Burn up The Road || Haechan

Ten

"It's called 'Moonbyeol'. Donghyuck suggested the name." Renjun chuckles to the girl with her jaw almost hitting the floor. "It's all yours, a thank you for everything that you've done for us already."

"Renjun, there's no possible way I could accept this." She breaths out, just above a whisper. "You work so hard on this, it's your artwork."

"Don't give me that, Byeol." Renjun starts, smiling towards the girl before returning his eyes to his work of art hung up on the wall. "Obviously, it will have to stay at the centre for a few days, but after that I can drop-"

Renjun was cut off by Byeol's arms wrapping around his shoulders and pulling him into a tight hug. She was never one to initiate a hug, but here she was, her old self starting to poke through the surface. "Thank you so much, Renjun. It really means a lot."

Renjun's smile grew wider, along with the group behind them that had watched the whole thing play out. Donghyuck felt a little ping his chest as he watched her smile and hug Renjun tightly, he didn't know what this feeling was, but he didn't like it.

"Hey, that's okay." Renjun pats her back a couple time before releasing the hug. "Maybe when you join Dream then I can paint something on your car."

"Is that your bribing strategy that you're going use?" She laughs out, Renjun knowing exactly what weak point to hit.

"Is it working?" He asks hopefully.

"Nope." Byeol plops the 'p' sound, laughing along with Renjun. "Nice try, though."

Donghyuck and Jaemin walk over to the two that were having their own friendship moment. "Can we go get food now? I feel like I'm going to die of starvation." Jaemin says from the side of Renjun, speaking with a pout to the older male.

"Yes, Jaemin. We can go get food." Renjun drags a now happy Jaemin along with him.

Byeol stays back, eyes travelling over the painting that was dedicated to her, staring at it. "You coming?" Donghyuck asks from beside her, admiring her.

"Yeah, I'll be out in a minute." She turns to look up at the soft smiling male. "Just want to admire it a bit more."

"Well, it is a beautiful painting." He attempts to wink at girl, earning an eye roll and chuckle from her. "I'll be at the car, take your time."

After Donghyuck had left the girl alone she took her time to look at the painting, the way each brushstroke looked like it was made with precise detail yet looked magnificently effortless. She had no idea what to actually do with this painting once it was in her possession, because she believed it belonged in an art gallery.

"Byeol, right?" The same girl with chopped silver-grey hair spoke from the side of Byeol.

"Yeah, that's me, Ryujin." The short hair girl smiled towards Byeol, happy that she remembered her name. "Do you need anything?"

"Uh, I just wanted to apologise for whatever my girlfriend did to your friends." She starts off, barely looking at her. "I don't what she gets up to when she races."

"You don't have to apologise to me, you don't have anything to apologise for, you didn't do anything." She tries to make the girl feel a little better, yet her bluntness and introverted-self made it sound a bit rough around the edges.

"Sorry, I just didn't want you to think bad of me because of what Yeji did." Ryujin turned shy at Byeol's bluntness.

"It's okay, I don't think bad of you." Ryujin smiled at Byeol to which she returned half-heartly, wanting this conversation to end so she could get something to eat. "I've got to go, but maybe we'll see each other around."