To my beloved, Terry

Chapter 23

Taehyun finished taking his afternoon nap. It occurred once more, Beomgyu was lying lifeless in his dream for nth time. He couldn't be more bothered, anxious and afraid because it felt like Beomgyu was actually slipping away from him as he tend to be paranoid.

He's always been present for the older yet it seems like he keeps getting further. Taehyun know for a fact that he shouldn't be overthinking. Sure, there's something more than just a friendly affection both of them has but was he at the position to feel bad about Beomgyu hanging out more often to that Terry guy? His feelings are valid however it doesn't fit right for him to confront Beomgyu about this jealousy.

“Hey dude, mind if I need a hand on this one?” Felix, his assistant worker shouted. Taehyun stood up wanting to ignore whatever shits that's been giving him a hard time these past few days.

Beomgyu having breakdowns in the middle of night. Beomgyu's mood swings. Beomgyu's constant outburst of him overanalyzing things but despite all of this things, the older looked beautiful. He loves it when Beomgyu interrupt his nights, loves it when he gets all shy and embarrass after being quiet for a couple of hours, and love it when he gets all worked up and paranoid when he doesn't pay him the amount of attention he needed. Everything about Beomgyu is a mess and lovely at the same.

“Is this from old pops?” Taehyun asked noticing the car Felix was fixing.

“Yup, he dropped by asking for you but you were shit dead snoring. It's testing my patience though.” The boy remarked.

“When was it?” Taehyun gestured him to move away so he could take a look. The old man's car will soon be a regular to his shop to because of it's condition. It's probably one of the ancient vehicles around the area.

“An hour ago. Anyways, I'll leave that to you since Frank will be fetching his baby in thirty now.” Taehyun gave him a nod as he stood up to grab some of his tools.

It took him another thirty minutes to find what's actually wrong. The car's having poor alignment likely due to its lifespan but Taehyun thinks he can still figured it out. He'll personally advice the older to prevent accidents. As of now, he's glad that he gets to work up into something just so he'll stop thinking about some beautiful brown haired boy.

After an hour or so, the old man dropped by to get his car just in time. Taehyun was giving the vehicle a quick wash when he sees the older man popping out behind the car.

“Afternoon pops.” Taehyun recognize.

“Afternoon to you too young man. I see that you gave my baby a bath. Is she good?” He asked, hands in his pocket as he stepped closer to where Taehyun was holding a hose.

“You can drive him home now. She's really old pops I'd like to say it's time for you to get a new baby 'cause you know unfortunate things might happen.” Taehyun said turning the pipe off and gave the older a serious advise.

“I know. It's just hard to let her go. My wife loves this so much. It was a gift from her when we celebrated our fifth anniversary.” The old man replied, smiling tightly as he caress the car.

“I see. She's still fine though. You don't drive much anyways.” Taehyun replied starting to wipe the water off.

“Thanks folk. Dropped the stake already.” He respond whilst Taehyun gave him a nod.

“How is that Beomgyu friend of you doing? He hadn't visited my lawn ever since.” The older asked that halted Taehyun a bit but was unnoticed.

“He's doing great just busy with university.” Taehyun replies curious as to why was the older asking.