fifteen

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"kid."

taehyung's deep voice
mused; the word echoing
down the empty, barren street
as jeongguk stepped out
of the man's car and onto the
pavement outside of
his home.

pulling the straps
of his faded pink
rucksack further up his small
shoulders, he turned around
and hummed at the older.

"yes, mr kim?"

the sun had set by now,
leaving soft whispy
tendrils of orange smoke
in its hazy wake, they
bled together with
the newly emerging
navy hues of
serenity and the tiny
stars that blinked from their
slumber, flickering about
in the beckoning night sky,
they glowed against taehyung's
golden skin.

"i want to speak to your
mother. is she home?"
taehyung held the steering
wheel. why did he have to
look so good holding a steering
wheel? ugh, why did he have to
make jeongguk's life
so difficult?

and oh.

why ever would
taehyung need to do that?
was he in trouble? did jeongguk
do anything wrong? that's the
last thing he wanted..

"um i don't think so
just yet- she will be in half-
an-hour or so though, if you
want to wait-"

"i'll wait."

"okay." a soft silence passed
between them for a few long
moments.

"uhhh, are you going to
get out of the car.. or-?"

"jeongguk, i'm not inviting
myself into your house."
his teacher chuckled softly,
silver locks brushing his
eyes. he drummed his long
fingers against the steering wheel.

there was this look in
taehyung's eye that jeongguk
didn't know.

he looked at him with
a certain fondness
that the younger remained
oblivious to.

"i insist mr kim." jeongguk
whispered. it was a bit of
an under exaggeration,
he wanted to drag him
inside and make him some
piping hot cup of tea- what? that
was weird. or did it have a
double meaning?

no, jeongguk was thinking
for too much into this.

"are you sure?"

"of course! i- mean..
uh, of course." he tried
no to squeak, he really did.

he failed miserably.

taehyung stared at him
again with that expression
that jeongguk
had never seen someone
look at him with, it was
different, made his
tummy flutter and just
in that very instance,
he could have sworn,
was convinced that he saw
his eyes twinkle. or maybe
he was just getting lost in
them again, as always.

"alright, ggukie." the man
sighed, turning off the
engine and climbing
out of his car.

'ggukie.'

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