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chapter 16

( friends or not ; 1 )

taehyun got down to bid beomgyu a warm goodbye. it was like beomgyu was never gonna come back, weirdly enough taehyun felt his heart falling or a flight for bog roller coaster was about to go down in him. "i know it's gonna be okay. you can do this taehyun!" beomgyu gestured "fighting!" to taehyun to which he responded with a weak smile.

beomgyu's house driver was already outside with a black car. it looked fancy and everything but beomgyu looked out of place "hello mr. kim! how're you?" beomgyu causally patted the older man's back but he remained stern "still not lose on me huh" he pouted feeling embarrassed with a hint of awkwardness.

"i shall take you back now...is this where you work?" mr. kim asked beomgyu "well yeah but its more like boarding fully grown adults who act like children in a chaos" he sighed with a smile. "well see you soon taehyun!!" beomgyu waved as the engine reeved and the car moved away. taehyun waved back but his smile soon fell as he saw beomgyu leaving his sight.

taehyun closed the door behind him and began walking towards the kitchen to get some snacks then move back to his room. he couldn't help but text beomgyu because he missed him already. usually they didn't spend the whole day together but even those few moments were much for taehyun to cherish and find light in.

"how was your experience in job hunting and landing one?" mr.kim asked driving "it wasn't the worst i guess? sure i only ate ramen for a week because living was hard and the apartment i lived in was an ass too...it reeked of this weird oder and bed bugs ugh i feel like throwing up while thinking about it" mr. kim laughed and beomgyu winced in annoyance. "aw come on hyung!!! how could you laugh at me! it was not funny i had to..."

"haha it looks like you are growing up well" beomgyu sat straight and leaned in from behind "you act like you're so old when you're just seven years older than me hongjo hyung" mr.kim cleared his throat and the atmosphere lightened.

beomgyu leaned back and looked at the window, it was late but the night was lightened up with the shops opened and houses still not asleep. looking back he could his way to his old highschool, even his university too. remembering those days made him smile. beomgyu knew he was lucky and happy to have what he had, he was always grateful for what he owned and maybe that's made him stand out and people liking him through the campus.

"omo my son is finally here!!!" beomgyu's mother was already out the door waiting for his son to enter. beomgyu saw her waving from a distance while they passed the main gate "i miss you so much mom!!!" both of them were at the verge of tears as beomgyu tightly hugged her mom and the tears washed away.

"i'm glad you're doing well" mr. choi was already waiting for beomgyu to hug him and he looked really proud. "yeah what else do you expect from your youngest son?" beomgyu proudly stood firm as the whole family laughed and unloded beomgyu's belongings. "aahhh i missed my room like crazy" he ran to second floor instantly hitting his head on the pillow. he wiggled and enjoyed the scent, the scent of home he missed dearly.

he turned around and now his back was facing the the huge window above his head. the moon looked really pretty that night but the first thing that came to his head was taehyun and his face droop because its going to be a while since he won't be able to see the younger and most of all taehyun's room was window less. it was almost as if he was trapped in a small cage.

"aahh i miss him i wish he could see the moon with me"

morning
taehyun woke up and it was 9am it's like his head popped instantly because that was around when he would hear beomgyu rambling around how he hard he was working and that taehyun should make an effort too. "well i guess it's gonna be the same old" he made his lazily made his bed and got down. it was already 10 in the morning.

he saw soobin preparing the breakfast and strangely enough hueningkai was also awake at this point using his phone while waiting in for the breakfast. "morning taehyun!" the younger opened his mouth to say something but then he saw a purplish bruise around the older's neck. he chuckled and patted soobin's shoulder and went to sit.

"hyung atleast cover it when you wake up" soobin too felt it and instantly embarrassed excused himself to fetch a patch to cover it up. "aahh i'll be back in a second" it felt like going back to old days again but the feelings weren't the same, for no one and for the longest time taehyun was finally feeling so light even when beomgyu was not around. even when soobin was nice to him just like before.

"sigh someone finally said. it was getting so embarrassing" hueningkai sighed and taehyun laughed again in response. huening's eyes widened to taehyun's response because usually he'd look away or ignore him. the conversation dried out after those two sentences and taehyun patiently waited for soobin to come back. he was happy for the latter but his focus was more on beomgyu was now nowhere to be seen.

"do you know when's beomgyu hyung coming back?" taehyun shrunk for a second and look back at the younger who was sitting in-front of him "uhh...no he said it's gonns take him a week" he shut his phone in embarrassment. god forbid if anyone saw his tweets he'll totally be seen as a love struck teenager "right right and..." huening was about to say something when taehyun's phone rung and he picked it immediately, his lips pressing into a smile.