the in between // taejun

"i'm still older than you"

"you're stupid. oh my god! you don't even know anything, maybe he was talking about the letters from the radio, you airhead. i can't believe i'm even allowing this to happen."

unlike beomgyu, kai was a persistent person. he has internal (not internal) monologues every now and then, and soobin was sure that this was one of them.

they sit in one of the benches in the campus garden: yeonjun is hugging his legs as a shield of defense, kai is having a crisis beside him, and soobin found the whole scenario entertaining.

yeonjun pouts. "hey, watch it. i'm still older than you."

"i don't respect anybody who hurts my best friend," kai retorted, his face was red from anger. "did you know how confused he was when he opened his locker after winter break?"

soobin had to step in. "we don't know the full story because you weren't there either when taehyun said something, but yeonjun hyung was hurt, too. stop talking to him like that."

"fine. i'm sorry," kai was defeated.

"i deserve it, soob. i didn't know that it affected taehyun... at all. it's just that-" yeonjun paused. "-at the end of the day, i'm still one of the tiring senders of never ending letters. even if taehyun didn't mean it that way, how am i different? we're not friends, i can't even talk to him without turning red like an idiot. i'm a coward."

"that you are."

"kai!" soobin warned. he won't disregard yeonjun's rant and confession.

"it's slander yeonjun day; understandable."

kai stands up with a huff. "stop running away from taehyun and talk to him," kai leaves.

there goes yeonjun's brownie points from before.