I Like Me Better [JaeYong]

Seven

Months have passed and Jaehyun had been sulking more and more as each day went by. At the beginning of his searches for the older, he had been out and about, exploring every corner of the city. But now, he's gone into hibernation in his apartment, not wanting to speak to anyone. Why had a complete stranger changed his life so much? He's just another face in the crowd, why does the man named Lee Taeyong effective him so much?

"Jaehyun~" Johnny sings his best friend's name as he enters the apartment and turns on all the lights in the kitchen, "Get out of bed, I'm taking you out, but not the dating way. You know, just like best friends-you know what I'm just gonna stop talking."

Johnny chuckles to himself at his stupidity, but his happiness fades away as he doesn't hear a response come out of the younger's room. He sighs and rolls his eyes, so done with his best friend's behavior. He opens the door to the bedroom only to be met with pitch black space, no light to be even seeping through the blinds.

With no hesitation, Johnny flicks the light switch up. A beam of light brightens up the entire room in one go, it even causes the older to glare his eyes due to how radiating the lights are.

Jaehyun hisses like a cat at the sudden exposure to light. He brings the covers over his head as Johnny's eyes finally adjusted to the light. He once again rolls his eyes at the younger's action, thinking he's just being over dramatic.

"Jaehyun, I've been thinking for a good two seconds," Johnny speaks his mind as if the younger is listening, "But, why have we never searched Taeyong on Instagram? Or Twitter?"

"Because he doesn't have one, I've already tried that." Jaehyun's muffled, raspy voice emits from the covers.

"Okay," Johnny's voice drags out the word, "Well, then why haven't you gone to his work place? Doesn't he own an art studio or something? What was it, a dance studio?"

Jaehyun rips the covers off of himself and immediately gets out of his bed as he hears the older's question. Is Jaehyun seriously dumb or what? Why hasn't he thought of that himself?

Johnny's taken aback by the sudden movements, stepping back into the hallway to avoid getting hit by the younger. Jaehyun looks like a complete mess, something the public should never see. The older's fashion evaluator side starts to kick in, not wanting his best friend to embarrass himself like this.

"Jaehyun, you're not going out looking that gross. Go take a shower now, and when was the last time you've seen sunlight?" Johnny asks and the fact that Jaehyun actually had to think about the answer to his questions makes the older give up on his best friend.

"I don't want to know the answer anymore, just hurry up. I'll be drinking coffee in the kitchen." Johnny throws his arms into the air in defeat, officially done with the younger.

^^^^^

"Alright, what's the studio called again?" Johnny asked as they both sat into the expensive car. Jaehyun clicks his seatbelt locked before answering, "Blue Flame Studio."

Johnny finishes typing in the way to the studio on his phone, the app creating a path straight to the building. The older looks at it for less than a second before already knowing how to get there, a power Jaehyun only could ever wish he had.

The car ride there was short but silent and awkward. Johnny turned on the radio right before he started to drive, since he knew the younger wasn't going to speak a word. He taps his fingers on the steering wheel along to the music, slightly bopping his head up and down to feel the tempo.

Jaehyun just stares out the window of the passenger's seat, completely lost in his own world, wondering what to say when he gets to see Taeyong once again. Well, what if he actually isn't there? What if the studio is closed for the day? What if-

All these pessimistic questions ran through Jaehyun's head, making him dizzy and nauseous. He has to keep his chill, can't give off the vibe of an ex-boyfriend who can't seem to leave the older alone, even though he technically does radiate that aura.

But we won't tell him, right readers?

"Jaehyun, dude. Snap out of it, I've been calling your name for a good thirty seconds," Johnny snaps his fingers by the younger's ear over and over again, trying to get him out of dreamland, "We're here, I'll wait in the car while you go in. Got it? I believe in you, Bro."

Jaehyun blinks rapidly, missing every word his best friend just said. He gets out of the car anyways, seeing as they're parked next to a building with the sign BLUE FLAME STUDIO above it.

Jaehyun slams the door shut, on habit he checks to see if his phone is in one of his coat pockets, and releases a sigh he didn't know he was holding. The cold air causes his breath to be seen as if he could breathe fire, watching as it goes up and disappears in the wind.

"Alright Taeyong, I'm sorry, but I just have to see you again, maybe just this one time." Jaehyun says to no one in particular as he grabs ahold of the door handle. He pulls the door wide open and steps inside, immediately greeted by warmth and someone that isn't Taeyong.