Unexpected Falling | Taegyu

Chapter 16⚠

“This could have made you happy. So, my company and presence on its own haven’t made you happy?”

“You know that was not what I meant.” He could feel the heat of his angry blush, high on his cheekbones as he tried to hold back the flood of indignation.

“No, I don’t know what you mean, Beomgyu.”

“Taehyun.” Beomgyu said, nostrils flaring. “You are being an asshole right now.”

Their voices were rising, and he could see Jay and Jungwon who were a couple of feet away, look over at their direction in concern.

“Okay just forget it.” Taehyun glowered up at him, finishing his drink.

“No, you better tell me what the fuck happened to you.” Beomgyu said angrily. “I am getting tired of the way you are treating me.”

He saw Taehyun adjust his collar, his eyes darting everywhere nervously. Beomgyu knew something was bothering the man, for quite some time now and waited patiently for him to say it.

“Taehyun say it. Otherwise, I am leaving.” Beomgyu demanded, his lips pursued.

Taehyun sighed, inhaling in a sharp breath as his eyes trained on his nails, not knowing where to start.

“It started when my dad tried to set me up with someone, a woman, to get married to. I met her the day I came over to your apartment without telling you.” He whispered, clenching his fists and the words were like a gunshot straight to Beomgyu’s heart. “I fought with him and he said some stuff to me and yeah, it just reminded me that love doesn't exist.” He said, shrugging his shoulders casually.

“Wait what? You got to be fucking kidding me.” He said, bewildered. “You went on a date? You are always so jealous when I interact with someone and you went on a date? What did you tell her?” He gritted out through his teeth.

“I told her I was not interested.” Taehyun said, still looking everywhere but at him, his anger dissipated into regret.

“Beomgyu.” Taehyun said, after a few minutes of matching, stiff silence. “I am sorry.” He was reaching out to hold his hand and Beomgyu snapped out of his trance.

“Have you been sleeping with others?” Beomgyu asked. “Is that why you just forgot I existed?”

“Beomgyu, no, of course not. It is complicated. It wasn’t even a date; I went there to tell her I wasn’t interested.”

“Of course, you were not interested. Because ‘love does not exist’ correct? And why are you sorry? I am not your boyfriend.” Beomgyu managed to mutter steely.

"Beomgyu-" Taehyun was getting angry right now but Beomgyu did not care.

"Why have you been treating me so badly then? I don't understand you Taehyun."

"I am treating you badly?" Taehyun scoffed, "I don't understand how else you want me to treat you? You do remember we are just friends who fuck right?" He said, crossing his arms in front of him, glaring at the older man.

Beomgyu’s expression transitioned from anger to confusion to sorrow and at that precise moment, he grasped, how hurtful a heartbreak could be. Before he could hear any more from the man before him, he turned and walked away.

Beomgyu felt himself falling apart, reaching his breaking point, he had tried for so long to pretend that he was fine. He had too much of an ego to even admit to his friends that he might have fallen for the man that he had tried so hard to avoid in the beginning. He dug his own grave and now he had to repent.

He quickly went in search of Soobin, he needed a pillar, someone to lean on and found the man standing by an empty table, checking his phone. Soobin knew this was going to happen. He had fallen in love with someone who only saw him as a way to get his sexual frustrations out, someone who would rather produce rich heirs for the company, someone who kept hurting him.