Part 04 ❀

At a time between classes, Yang Jeongin turned behind him to face his classmate whose forehead was on the desk.

"Why are you so gloomy?" He asked poking his head.

"My brain just feels dead after ebys class" Beomgyu replied in a muffled voice.

"Ehhh? Everyone loves ebys class though. We learn how to master our ebyses and learn more about them in general"

"Well, what did you learn today?" Beomgyu asked still not sitting straight, sounding uninterested.

"Well I thought that apathy was the only side effect of consuming ebys pills, but apparently memory loss is too."

Beomgyu got up with a frown and rested his chin on his hand "On second thought, I don't want to know what you learned."

Jeongin smirked "I think I know why you're so down... you're lonely!"

His friend just blinked at him "Uh.. lonely?"

"Yep! But maybe you wouldn't be if you stopped rejecting boys and girls' advances left and right. Like why do you always turn down people? What's with you?!"

"I'm.. simply not interested in dating anyone at the momen—"

"Wild guess, are you perhaps into that Taehyun guy you keep talking crap to me about?"

"I'm not and don't say his name, I don't wanna hear it, it's already polluting my mind enough.." Beomgyu tiredly said before burying his head in his folded arms and sighed "I messed up..."

Jeongin tilted his head "By doing what?"

"I tried changing the future like I always do, but what I wanted not to happen still ended up happening..." he grumbled as he made a tired sigh "Please I'm so upset...."

"Oh I can tell.." Jeongin did notice how it looked like his friend had been crying or something before attending this class, but he's just basing that off his eyes. Bringing it up might've embarrassed him. "What happened??"

"Something that I've been avoiding to see for years. I wish Yeonjun hyung would use his ebys more... he can even make other people time travel, he could help me fix my mistakes.

But you can't ignore the big consequences of time traveling."

"Yea I read about the 'butterfly effect' once in a book, it's quite fascinating"

"Pff, there's an after school class where all they do is read books, you should join." Beomgyu scoffed.

Jeongin clasped his hands together "Yea maybe but you're in the music class right? I kind of want to try it out. What are you guys doing right now?"

"Well, I personally have to write a love song but I have no idea how to do it.."

"Can I do it for you? I'm a master at this, trust me!"

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"I'll see you tomorrow!"

After saying that to Nari, Taehyun's facial expression changed, he has music class so has to put up with that guy again today which put him in a bad mood. Thankfully it's only 3 times a week.

He's not even that interested in music, he's just there for his half brother.

Taehyun entered music class a bit late, of course his brother wasn't there yet, he probably forgot something again. Beomgyu was already there looking out of the window. But before sitting next to him, since he's obligated to. He went to his same age friend "Hi Minhee-yah I have your sweatshirt"

"Thanks Tae!" He took it from him, Taehyun also greeted Minhee's seatmate Park Sunghoon, also an 02 liner before going to his seat next to a certain ravenette whose eyes were still fixated on the window.

"Sorry class!" Mr Jeon barged in panting a little "I forgot my bag"

"Way to go Jungkook!" Taehyun said with his fist in the air.

The teacher stock his index out "First of all, it's Mr Jeon. Second of all, could you stop dropping honorifics?"

"Anyway." Mr Jeon removed his coat and started digging in his bag "we'll start where we left off with the lyrics. I asked you guys yesterday to write a few lines at home. I just realised that I forgot my folder, so while I get it back, um work on it" he then sprinted out of the class.

Taehyun sighed dreamily "He's doing such a good job.."

His seatmate slowly turned to him with a confused look, but he couldn't bring himself to look at him in the eyes "He's actually not that great"

Taehyun hit his arm with his elbow "You sound better with your mouth closed. He's a bit forgetful sure but he's a prodigy when it comes to music, just wait for his nervousness to completely disappear"

Beomgyu's eyes drifted to the younger's sheet of paper "You actually did the homework? Well, you are a dork after all."

Taehyun sighed and rested his forehead on his hand "I really wish I was beside Sunghoon or Minhee instead of you"

The older tsked after hearing that second name, but then was a bit intrigued by the first one "Sunghoon? Who's that?"

"You should know the names of your music classmates."

"I'm unfortunately only familiar with you here"

Taehyun raised his head a bit "Aren't there 5 third years attending this class? How have you not seen at least one of them?"

"Well I forget the faces of people I'm not interested in. It's not that I like you by the way, hard to forget an ugly mug that I've seen for almost 7 years."

Beomgyu grabbed Taehyun's paper

"You should write a sad song right?" he then read the lines that were written on it.

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.

Beomgyu is a tomato.

Wisdom is not putting a tomato in a fruit salad.

A tomato, aka Beomgyu, instead belongs in the trash, not in a fruit salad, Thank you.

Beomgyu frowned. "W-What the f*ck is this?? Seriously what IS this?!"

"Paper.. with ink on it."

"You're the trash here and why're you calling me a tomato that's so freaking random." Beomgyu gave the paper back to his seat-mate, "Zero rhymes, zero sadness and zero sense, but it's decent I guess."

"That song is just a joke, the real one is in my bag. But thanks, I don't appreciate it. How's your love song doing?"

Beomgyu gripped his sheet of paper and read what was on it, his eyes widened and he brought the paper close to his face in shock, he really should have read it before coming here. 'Wait WHAT?! These lines are so cheesy!'

Taehyun snatched it out of his hands "Since you read mine, I'll read yours"

"Wait no don't read that!!"

The younger smirked "I don't listen to morons so I'll even read it out loud" he then cleared his throat.

"You'll die of cringe if you read that!!"

Taehyun raised a brow "Thanks to my wonderful ebys, the probability of me dying in general is pretty high anyway. And why did you write this if you hate it so much? Stupid." He then began,

"I never loved someone

The way that I love you

Forever in my heart

Is where you will ever be

Nobody else can enter

Because you have the only key"

Taehyun slowly raised his head and stared at Beomgyu whose face now acquired the colour of the famous tomato. The raven knew he was red since his face suddenly heated up, he snatched the sheet back from his hands and crumpled it.

"I-It's my friend who wrote that, not me! He said he was a master at writing so..."

Beomgyu had no idea what was causing this blushing of his, but he had to hide from the younger as he looked away, the wall now being the center of his view "Forget it..."

Taehyun looked at him with a blank expression "That's a good start for a classical or acoustic song. Also, I think your friend has been doing the impossible, liking you."

"Jeongin?" Beomgyu quietly laughed "Nah there's no way. Besides he likes this guy from another school."

The teacher then barged in again "Sorry guys, I couldn't remember where I kept my folder but I have it now!" he chuckled

"Way to go Jungkook!" Taehyun said with his fist in the air.

The oldest of the room frowned at his brother but as he looked towards that direction, he couldn't help but notice something "Beomgyu ssi.. why are you so focused on the wall? Look towards us"

The latter really wanted to dig himself in a hole "No...!" 'Why the f*ck am I blushing?!'

"Hey moron." Taehyun called in a whisper. "Are you still sure calling you a tomato was random of me?"

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Time skip

"Hey why are you following me?" Beomgyu snapped at the other.

"I'm not following you, I'm just heading towards the same direction which is the exit." Taehyun retorted now walking ahead of the older.

After the hour was over, students directed themselves out of the building. The school halls were kind of empty since less than a third of the school's population attend after school classes.

Noticing that Taehyun was advancing in a different direction, Beomgyu asked "Isn't the train station the other way?"

"Average observation. It's just that I'm going to the hospital. But I'll come back using the usual street to the station. Since I'm not really familiar with this place."

"Huh why? Why are you going to the hospital?"

"Who cares dude. Just go home." Taehyun looked sideways, wanting to avoid Beomgyu's prolonged stare, doing so he saw a trash bin and decided to point at it. "Look your home is right here too."

Beomgyu ignored that. "Is.. Ebys hospital your destination by any chance?"

"No time to talk with a dunce like you, I need to go before I die of a tragic death" Taehyun bluntly said before walking off in a hurried manner.

It was getting pretty late, if he doesn't take an ebys pill before the day is over he might-.

'I think it's better if I go to the local Ebys Pharmacy since it's nearer, I'll go to the hospital when I have more time.'

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"By any chance" Said the employee when Taehyun told her what he wanted "Are you the one who has the (   ) ebys?"

Taehyun nodded which caused her to gulp, suddenly feeling anxious about his presence.

"I'll be right back" she said.

The employee came back with a box that has a 'Danger' safety sign. "I need to make sure that you are legally allowed to take this"

The boy searched for his documents in his bag then showed them to her. After a successful transaction of the pills that cost a fortune he left the shop with a smile plastered on his face. He needs to temporarily remove his Rebystraint while taking a pill so he did that and immediately swallowed one of them with some water and sighed in relief.

The sudden cool down in his body after ingesting it made him realise that his chest has been burning this whole time... It was getting dark and the street was empty so he moved away from the storefront but he suddenly felt a strong grip on his wrist.