𝐔𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 | taeryeong

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This was a silent walk. Because my mind was so cluttered, I didn't say much. I really made a fool of myself today.

Taehyun, at the very least, didn't appear to mind the silence. The funny thing is, I thought I was supposed to show him where the dry cleaners were, but he seemed to be leading me instead. He walked a couple of steps in front of me, constantly looking back.

My phone suddenly buzzed, and it was a message from Beomgyu. I stopped in my tracks and stared at it. He apologized for bothering me. If only he understood the actual problem. I let out a big sigh.

"Are you okay?"

"Hmm," I shoved my phone into my pocket. "Oh! yeah." I tried my hardest to disguise the sadness in my voice.

"You like Beomgyu, Right?" he looked at me coldly, waiting for my answer.

My face quickly turned red. I was frozen. My head was running, but I couldn't speak. I couldn't find the right words to say.

How did he know? Was I that obvious?

"It must be difficult."

I just looked at him, confused and shocked. This guy rarely showed any emotion ever. It was hard to tell what he was thinking.

"I-I..don't," I stuttered. Taehyun looked at me like he could tell I was lying. Next to us, there was a bench.  I sat down with my hands placed on my lap. "Please don't tell anyone."

Taehyun took a seat next to me, leaving a gap between us. "I won't," he said bluntly. He made this seem like it wasn't a big deal.

My hand started shaking. I had no idea what to say or where to start. I just wanted to cave in and die.

"It's fine."

"How is any of this fine?"

"No. I mean, you don't need to talk about it."

"Then what's the point of bringing it up?" I looked at him. "Arent you curious? Don't you think I'm a bad person?"

"For having feelings? It's a regular human emotion."

I stayed silent as I looked back down at my lap.

"But doesn't this hurt," he paused. "You're keeping this whole thing to yourself."

"Who would I tell Taehyun? I have no one."

"You've got me."

I looked up into his eyes. Even though he's hard to read, it was clear that he's concerned right now. "You shouldn't keep something like this hidden, especially if it's causing you so much pain."

I broke our awkward eye contact. "I like my best friend's boyfriend. I feel guilty trying to hide my feelings from them every day." I cupped my hands over my face and cried.

I felt Taehyun's hand hesitantly land on my shoulder. My phone bussed and I reached into my pocket to get it. I thought it was another text from Beomgyu, but it was Ryujin.

-

Ryujin

Ryujin

My parents are fighting again

Can I come over?

-

I put my phone away and looked at Taeyhun. "We should get to the dry cleaners," I said, wiping my tears.

"Chae." He seemed even more concerned.

I tried my hardest to put a smile on my face. "Let's go."

Smile the pain away, Chaeryeong.

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