Flashback |Yeongyu/Beomjun|

Four

"And? Do I look like I care?"

"Man, you're so fucking messed up now. It's not your business who he likes. Does it matter if it's a girl or a boy?"

"What the hell, Yeong-cheol?! Of course it does!" Chin-Hae said. "Whos side are you on?"

Yeong-cheol looked between the two of them before standing beside Chan-yeol.

"I'm not going to watch you attack him for nothing." Yeong-cheol said angrily. Chin-Hae laughed.

"Don't tell me. You're a disgusting faggot like him, right?"

Yeong-cheol lifted his chin. "So what if I like boys? It doesn't make me disgusting or any less equal in life."

"That's gross, man." Chin-Hae said. "Just move, alright?"

Chin-Hae grabbed Chan-yeol and tried jerking him away, but not before Yeong-cheol grabbed his arm. He pulled him away and pushed Chin-Hae. 

"Leave him alone!"

"Make me, faggot."

Yeong-cheol landed Chin-Hae a solid punch, making him stagger back several steps. He wiped the blood from his nose and just stared at Yeong-cheol for several seconds before tackling him.

"You should have just left it." Chan-yeol said, reaching up with a wet rag in his hand and dabbing the blood from Yeong-cheol's nose.

"I would have felt guilty if I did. I'm not going to let him push people around for being gay."

"Are you really, you know... gay, too?" Chan-yeol asked, flushing slightly as he looked down. Yeong-cheol smiled slightly.

"Yes, I am."

Chan-yeol looked up at him and nodded slowly. "Good to know."

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"Hey? Hey!" 

Beomgyu heard Yeonjun's voice saying something, but he couldn't open his eyes. He just let himself cry freely. He didn't know how long he continued to cry, but eventually he felt a pair of arms wrap around him, and the sobs slowly faded to sniffles as he opened his eyes. He realized that he had hugged back, but it was Soobin who was hugging him. Looking around he saw Yeonjun with Kai and Taehyun, who watched in concern.

"Beomgyu, are you okay?" Soobin whispered. Beomgyu took a deep breath.

"I don't know."

Soobin leaned back slightly and watched him with concern as he wiped off a single tear that had broken free.

"Why were you crying?"

"I..." Beomgyu couldn't make himself finish. Soobin just nodded slightly and hugged him again.

"What happened with you?" Yeonjun asked with a raised eyebrow when Soobin, Kai and Taehyun left. Beomgyu managed a weak smile.

"Look who's already caring about me."

Yeonjun rolled his eyes. "You just had a breakdown but still want to act like that?"

Beomgyu shrugged. "I guess so, yeah."

"Whatever. Bye." Yeonjun said before walking away.

There was a knock on Beomgyu's apartment door. 

"Hm, I wonder who that could be, Mochi." Beomgyu said as he stood up with Mochi in his arms and he walked to the door. He opened it to see Soobin standing there with a small bag.