Broken Strings (Tyunning)

Broken Strings

"Hyuka...do you believe in soulmates?" Taehyun asks out of the blue, head resting on Hueningkai's shoulder as he keeps his gaze on the notebook in his hands. 

Hueningkai jerked to the side at the question, making Taehyun raise his head to look at him. "Why...do you ask?" he pried his eyes from his phone to look at Taehyun.

Taehyun grins, a fond smile on his face "I believe they are real, the concept of a pair of people made for each other and connected by the red string of fate on their pinky fingers, it's so...interesting"

He raised his pinky up, looking at it with sparkles in his eyes. "I wonder....maybe we could be soulmates" Heuningkai smiled at his boyfriend and raised his own hand to connect their pinkies.

In his eyes, the string looked more like red rings on their pinkies now that it's connected.

"Even if we aren't, I'll still love you Hyunnie" Taehyun giggled when Hueningkai easily grabbed him by the waist and planted pecks of kisses all over his face. His Hands however roamed around to tickle the slightly older male "Hyukaaaa~!"

"Ew lovebirds tone down the PDA please! Some of us are single here!" Yeonjun called out to them, "C'mon we got practice Hyunnie!!"
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Taehyun is surfing the web on his notebook while slouching on his desk. "Hyunnie! I got Bingsu, do you want some?" He hears Beongyu call out to him. 

"No thank you hyung" he mumbled, thinking about how Hyuka left just now with Soobin to eat that. .

He also thought about these past few weeks, Hueningkai clinging to Soobin as if they were attached by the hips or how the youngest declined going on dates, telling Taehyun comeback is near and they should focus. 

But then jumps at any opportunity to hang out with Soobin alone.

Jealousy was one thing, but Taehyun isn't the type to take out his feelings on the people around him, he silently buries his emotions and doesn't think of how Hueningkai stopped sneaking into his bed at night, he goes to Soobin now.

Taehyun doesn't think of how much it hurts him to feel abandoned, to not have Hyuka give him cuddles and kisses anymore. He tries not to dwell on the fact Hueningkai is slowly pushing him away. 

And that was his biggest mistake or rather, the biggest sign he was going to get really hurt.

He closes the notebook and sighs, hands shaking as tears trail down his cheeks. He hoists himself up and climbs the bunk bed, pulling out his phone to scroll through his many memories with Hueningkai when they were together.

The first selfie as a couple they took the night before their debut, the day they confessed their feelings. 

It was kinda blurry, the lightning was all wrong because it was nighttime and they looked like babies. 

Taehyun softly smiled, he remembered that day like it was moments ago.

The two of them are squished together on one bed, arms tangled together and the only audible sound was the snores of their hyungs from below and their steady breathing. 

"I'm scared," Hueningkai whispered, Taehyun hums and nuzzles himself into the other's neck.

"You'll be fine, I'm nervous too...and scared...but...this is finally it isn't it? we're debuting" They stayed like that for a few minutes, unable to fall asleep.

"I like you.." Taehyun suddenly says, Hueningkai was so surprised Taehyun was ready to wave it off and sleep because the youngest wasn't responding to him.