Part 08 ❀

January 28th 2020

"Tomorrow is the weekend!" Yeonjun yelled while randomly punching the air.

Soobin started pulling his arms back and forth "Just 2 more hours of class and we can get out of here!"

Beomgyu rolled his eyes at them "Stupid Huening called me this morning saying that he can't come today, and that I need to clean HIS classroom with Taehyun" the boy aggressively pointed to himself "And I'm a third year!!"

'Doesn't he have the biggest crush on Taehyun though.. why is he complaining?' Yeonjun's thoughts were interrupted by sighing-Soobin.

"Wahh us two are already third years" The bluenette was uttering "Time passes by fast, next year will be our final year"

Yeonjun spoke up while fake crying "Well for me it is my final year. And speaking of time passing by fast, I'm a time traveler and I'm fast."

"No you're slow. I honestly forget what your ebys is, since you don't use it"

"Don't disrespect Jessica like that!" Yeonjun retorted

"Jessi-wha? That's a really random name"

Soobin scratched his head "Uh who's that?"

Yeonjun replied in a cocky tone "My time traveling assistant!"

"???"

~~~

The bell rang.

And Beomgyu jumped off from his seat in surprise since he was sleeping on his desk. His classmates slowly started leaving the classroom while chatting with each other.

Jeongin turned to face his friend "What are you going to do this weekend?"

The very slightly younger pondered for a bit before answering something meaningless "I don't know"

'But.. I would really like to spend it with Taehyun...'

"Oh yea by the way! What did you think of the love song that I wrote for you"

Beomgyu got up from his chair "It was ummm.. something." 'I hope that he doesn't find out that I threw it away'

Jeongin giggled "Yes I know you adored it! Hey since we're finishing school pretty early, you want to hang out?"

"Oh no I can't.. I have cleaning duty, maybe tomorrow!"

~

Beomgyu made his way to the third floor at a leisurely pace, he again hasn't seen Taehyun all day. Now that he thought about it, ever since the blonde suddenly left the table on that day, he's been acting kinda...

When he arrived at the classroom, he could perceive Taehyun through the glass door, he was just sitting at a desk doing nothing in particular. 'Doing nothing yet he's so handsome..' Beomgyu took a deep breath before coming in "Hi."

"Oh it's you.." Taehyun mumbled as the older walked in.

"Yes it's me, do you have a problem with that?"

Taehyun smiled faintly "Not at all, I asked Kai if you two could switch anyway."

Beomgyu paused "Hold up. You wanted to be with me? On your own will? Like you WANTED this? You know I'm Beomgyu right? The same guy who you insult every day"

The younger just nodded.

ShOcKed, the dark haired dropped his bag on the floor and advanced towards the other then asked with all his might "Were you brainwashed?!!"

Taehyun chuckled it off then grabbed two brooms "Come on the faster we start this, the earlier we can leave!"

~

They didn't really talk much while cleaning the classroom, which is sweeping the floor, cleaning the windows, board and desks. It was a comfortable silent.

Of course the school has janitors, but students have to do some extra work too!

Taehyun stretched his arms "Well I think we're done here"

Beomgyu hummed while gazing at the other who was packing his stuff. Even if they didn't converse much, he really enjoyed just being with his long time crush. "Hey Taehyun.. there's something that I want to..."

The younger smirked "Taehyun" You used to always call me Tyun-ah in the past"

Oh geez the older blushed at this, he pointed his finger at him all defensive "W-Well- you used to call me Beom hyung but now you literally just drop honorifics left and right!"

Taehyun gazed at the other admiringly "Okay then, Beom hyung~"

The older's eyes widened "ARE YOU SURE YOU WEREN'T BRAINWASHED?!" He darted to the younger and started shaking him "Is some kind of mind-controlling ebyser doing this to you?"

"But why are you saying that Beomgyu?"

"You.."He let go of him. "You don't dislike me anymore?"

Taehyun blinked "I never did"

Before Beomgyu could say anything back, Taehyun closed the gap between them by wrapping his tiny arms around the other. And affectionately buried his head in the older's neck.

The raven haired completely tensed up, his remaining braincells took a long time to register what was going on. The sudden feeling of Taehyun's warm body pressed against him like this, made his heart flutter.

It indeed took a while for his brain to comprehend what was going on but as soon as he came to his senses, he melted into the younger's embrace and hugged him even more tightly while remaining gentle. Although not understanding why he's being hugged, Beomgyu truly missed Taehyun a lot and he just wants to enjoy this rare moment. 'Ah I adore you so much...' His heart was pounding so passionately that Taehyun could certainly feel the heartbeat against him.

"I never did..." The younger mumbled. "You're the one who started hating and insulting me out of nowhere... So I was being mean in return for my feelings to hurt less."

"Taehyun... I-I'm truly sorry.."

Taehyun slowly pulled away and gave the older a soft smile "I never told you this but even though I call Huening my best friend.. You're my favourite person in the world, you've always been"

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Beomgyu.exe has stopped working. He blushed really heavily and suddenly didn't know where to look, he even flinched the second Taehyun prod his arm concerned "Beomgyu?"

'Someone tell me I'm dreaming, someone pinch me awake please PLEASE don't harm my heart.'

Well that heart went off to win a race and it won 'What does he mean?!!' The dark haired looked sideways as he hid his blushing face behind his forearm. 'Calm down Beomgyu, he means this platonically, don't you dare get your hopes up!'

He muttered. "You're my favourite too..."

Taehyun made a simple smile "I need to get going"

"What no.. don't leave..." Beomgyu quietly whined.

"I have a doctor's appointment, heh I need to go" he giggled.

Beomgyu just sighed, he didn't want to be separated so suddenly "Okay but.. D-Do you mind if we see each other this weekend..?"

"Sure but" Taehyun put on a pained expression "It's not guaranteed"

"Huh-"

"No please don't worry about it.." Taehyun smiled sweetly.

"It's just that.. things don't always go as we want..."

Lost in his eyes, not hearing his voice anymore, Beomgyu was unconsciously leaning in with his lips puckered but he realised too late that Taehyun had already started walking towards the door. The boy blushed when he noticed his incredibly lame attempt to kiss Taehyun, he was now giving himself multiple mental facepalms.

The younger turned back to look at Beomgyu one last time "See you!!" He waved cheerfully with a wide smile that showed his dimple. "Take care..."

Beomgyu's heart made a somersault and he shyly raised his hand and waved it. "See you.."

When Taehyun left, Beomgyu leaned his weight on a desk as he rested his palms on there. He groaned an indecipherable series of words, feeling utterly overwhelmed by his strong feelings for Taehyun. He's still processing what just happened and his hammering heart won't give him a break. 'Oh my gosh Taehyun, what was that this whole weird behavior all about?!'

He then sighed in regret and brought something out of his bag. A little box that contained a silver necklace that has a broken heart as a pendant. Beomgyu is in possession of the other half.

'I couldn't give it to him after all...'

Years ago, Beomgyu saved up a lot of money to buy those matching necklaces, and give one to Taehyun for Valentine's day. But he never mastered the courage to do so.

~~~

Beomgyu entered his home with a smile on his face, even though he once again couldn't give Taehyun the necklace, he felt like they became a bit closer, getting to how they were before. And that brought happiness to his little heart that has always loved Taehyun dearly.

He walked into the living room and perceived his older brother reading a book on the sofa

'Since when does this guy read books?'

Beomgyu really felt like things were a bit weird today and the day before...

Taehyun being nice? Weirdest thing ever.

Taehyung reading a book? Second weirdest thing ever.

Yeonjun saying the most random things about being a fast traveler and talking about a Jessica? Not so weird. It's YJ after all.

Huening being absent? Subtly weird.

Soobin being Soobin? Weird.

Normally his brother would greet him whenever he comes back from school, but this time nothing. He was reading his book, not looking up from it.

Beomgyu suddenly felt nauseous and lightheaded like he was going to faint. He held on to his stomach that felt heavy and tried to trudge to his brother "Hyung...." but then everything went dark.

***

Vision,

You could see a room and the number 13 was written on the door. This white room looked quite familiar. Beomgyu needs to go there twice a year to check his ebys, so he could tell that it was Ebys Hospital.

There was a hospital bed, with someone lying on it, Taehyun. It was Taehyun, his eyes were closed. There were a lot of doctors surrounding him like he was getting some kind of surgery.

Taehyun's body started glowing. More and more. The light became so bright that you couldn't see anything anymore.

After some time, the image became blurry, it was hard to distinguish anything but the colour, which was red.

Red... the walls that were previously white were now splattered with red.

Red?

***

"AAAH!" Beomgyu yelled as he abruptly sat up and started panting heavily like he just woke up from the biggest nightmare. He looked around, he was suddenly in his bedroom.

He must have passed out and his brother maybe brought him here. His face became pale after that vision. Maybe it wasn't even a vision of the future but just a bad dream.

But without thinking, he hastily got off the bed and dashed downstairs, Taehyung wasn't there anymore but he didn't take notice of it. He was way too preoccupied with something else. After quickly putting his shoes on, he ran out of the house

'I don't know what the hell that was, but I need to get there as soon as possible'

He was running, running like his life depended on it. Shoving pedestrians out of the way and ignoring traffic lights. Ebys hospital is pretty far. He arrived at a bus stop but the next one was coming in 15 minutes.

Beomgyu didn't want to waste any time, since he couldn't calculate when that vision is going to happen in real life and couldn't take a risk of being too late ( the milder the pain before the vision, the sooner it happens. But since he fainted, he couldn't feel the headache. So he couldn't calculate the time )

'I need to go on foot then'

After a real while, He finally arrived at the hospital but he was so out of breath from running that he fell on his knees in front of the building.

After an all too precious minute, He darted to the entrance and hastily made his way upstairs. He ran the hallways while looking at the doors, he then saw 13 on one of them.

He made his way to it but a man stopped him

"Family members or friends aren't allowed in"

"Kang Taehyun is in there right?! Is he okay?!" Beomgyu yelled.

The man didn't say anything.

"Just tell me he's okay" Beomgyu made a broken smile "and I'll leave"

He then brought out the necklace from his pocket and held it to his heart "and please give this to him"

The man said in a low voice "I'm so sorry... but.. but.."

"My baby is gone!!" A wailing female voice cried from behind.

Beomgyu dropped the object and slowly turned behind him with a horrid look on his face.

Taehyun's biological father, the mother crying on the floor, Jungkook, Taehyung and Huening Kai were all standing behind him. How didn't he notice?

Beomgyu slowly turned to the man who was guarding the door again. His lips parted and his eyes became as somber as ever.

All kinds of bad scenarios flashed through his head, Taehyun clearly had a fulmination in that vision, but he has his rebystraint and his pills so, there's no way that...

"Kang Taehyun passed away a few minutes ago"