𝐄𝐍𝐇𝐀 𝐎𝐍𝐄-𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐒 ☻

Boldness • YANG JUNGWON

"Do you not hear yourself right now?" Sunoo laughs

"Better yet, SEE yourself now!" Sunoo adds, snorting at Jungwon's meltdown

"Shut up Sunoo!" Jungwon demands, Sunoo rolls his eyes as he looks back at where Jungwon was looking at. He quickly presses his lips together as he notices you looking quite sad, he averts his eyes back at Jungwon as he begins to look at you and Jungwon. Sunoo clears his throat as he turns his body back towards the other male, his eyes showing a hint of worry

"Hey, is Y/N? She seemed kind of down" Sunoo sudden questions

"Huh? How would I know that? I barely talk to her if you haven't already noticed??" Jungwon answers, though his expression slightly changed from the sudden question Sunoo had just asked. Just as Sunoo was about to carry the conversation further, the rest of their friend group arrives, a whole lot of them carrying trays of food

"Aye Jungwon, Sunoo, wassup" Jake says, putting down his tray of food before slipping into the seat next to Sunoo.

"Hi Jake" Jungwon greets. Once the rest of the group settled down, Heeseung was the first one to spark another conversation, though it wasn't too much different to what Sunoo was just talking about

"You know Jungwon, you know that girl you're always talking about?" Heeseung asks, Jungwon cheeks turn red as he turns towards Heeseung

"Yah! I don't talk about her that much!" Jungwon exclaims

"Haha hyung! You're so red!" Niki teases, Jungwon rolls his eyes as he continues to eat his food, allowing Heeseung to continue whatever he was gonna say

"Jungwon..you know what, anyways, I heard some pretty sad things at her table when we passed them, do you know anything about that?" Heeeung adds, Jungwon looks at him confused as he gave a shrug

"I know as much as you right now, but something must've happened for her to leave lunch early, she usually stays until the end before heading back to class." Jungwon answers, everyone then glances at the male with surprised looks, all equally confused

"What?" Jungwon questions

"I don't even want to know how you know that" Sunoo shudders

You continue to make your way towards an empty classroom, you were disappointed, yes, but everyone saw you as an easy going friend who somehow was 'okay' with everything and never had any sort of 'trauma', well ain't that funny. You sniffled in cries as you tried to choke back tears, you'd by very much lying if you said you did not feel an ounce of betrayal. The friends you so dearly cherished didn't even try to hide the fact that they tried to replace you, and it was so stupid of them to think you wouldn't notice.

After a while, the sound of the school bells rang throughout the school, you didn't move a single inch tho, feeling numb as your mind was blank.

"I'm okay, I'm alright..." you whispered to yourself, tears were still flowing down your face as you hugged your legs, you continued to repeat these words, unaware of the new presence entering the empty classroom you were in

"Where's my folder?-"

Jungwon went silent at the scene of you crying to yourself, his heart broke into pieces watching you sob, your hair was covering your face yet he was still able to recognize you

"Y/N?" Jungwon calls out. You stop crying as you heard his voice, you quickly wiped your tears as you got up from the floor

"Uh..sorry..yes? did you need something?" you say, you look up from the ground to see a familiar yet unfamiliar face, it was Jungwon, you didn't know the boy that much, but you knew enough to know he was a nice classmate of yours.

"Oh um, class started a couple minutes ago" Jungwon says, avoiding the fact that you were crying so he wouldn't question anything sensitive to you

"Oh did it, got it, thanks for telling me" you reply, you then make your way to the classroom doors, you keep your eyes away from making eye contact with the male as you passed him, though you were suddenly yanked back, startling you ever so slightly.

"Hey-"

You widened your eyes in confusion, Jungwon had engulfed you into a hug, his arms wrapping around your shoulders as he had dropped his bag on the floor. You were speechless, what was he doing?!

"Excuse me...-"

"Y/N it's okay"

You stay silent, your breathing began to fill the classroom as your heart raced faster and faster

"It's okay to cry Y/N, its okay to yell, don't worry, I won't judge" Jungwon says, his head was on top of yours as you continued to stand still, you didn't know why but you did feel a small feeling of comfort in between his arms

"I'm sorry but I don't what you're talking about" you lie, you knew exactly what he was talking about, but you'd rather lie than admit that.

"If you don't want to say anything it's fine. I saw what happened at lunch tho, I don't blame you for being sad, I would've left too" Jungwon says, you scoff at his statement

"Okay Jungwon tell me then, how is it to be replaced? I know damn well you've never felt that, you've always had a great friend group since childhood, I barely know you but yet you're the one comforting me? What about my other friends? Friends I've known longer than you? How are you any different Jungwon. Tell me, tell me and I'll see if I accept this comfort you're so freely giving to me"

You didn't want to deal with it anymore. You may not know the boy in front of you, but if he was so committed in knowing what was happening in your life, this was your test to see if he would leave you like your other friends or not, this was the final decision.

"Then stop hanging out with your friends. I know you don't know me anymore than a mere classmate, so let's become friends, I'll show you how you're supposed to be treated" Jungwon says firmly, he then allows a proud expression land on his face as he contained eye contact with you, it sent shivers down your spine as words hitched at your throat. You stay silent for a moment before giving an answer

"Well then....let's see you try Jungwon"

"...Challenge accepted"

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"You WHAT?!"

Jungwon had just told Sunoo about the conversation he had with you just a while ago, Sunoo's face looked sour at the short story, a small laugh trying not to escape his mouth as he tried to visualize the setting. The 2 boys were at Jungwon's place, school had ended not too long ago and they had planned to hang out. The rest of their friend group was in the living room playing video games while the 2 males were in the kitchen preparing snacks.

"I knew you were bold but not THAT bold" Sunoo comments, leaning against the kitchen counter as he munched on some mint chocolate covered pretzels

"Uhm, excuse me! I'd like to let you know that I actually really bold!" Jungwon replies, side eyeing the pretzels

"Yeah, and I hate mint chocolate, we can't all be great liars Won" Sunoo teases. Jungwon lets out an offended scoff as he rolls his eyes. He continues to place a couple snacks in bowls before heading back to the living room, Sunoo following from behind with a couple bowls too.

"You guys would never believe what Jungwon just told me" Sunoo says, he quickly runs over to the other boys after placing the bowls of snacks on a coffee table. Heeseung was the first to look over at Sunoo, curious on what he was saying

"Go on" Heeseung replies, moving closer to Sunoo. Sunoo gives a mischievous grin as he continued to tell Heeseung, along with the others, about the interaction Jungwon had with you

"HAHAH JUNGWON-HYUNG"

Niki began rolling on the floor as Sunoo finished telling his short story, the rest of the boys were hiding snickers and laughter behind their smiles as they all eyed a red-faced Jungwon

"Shut up Niki!" Jungwon exclaims, he takes a pillow from the couch behind him as he yanks it at Niki. Niki ignored it as he continues to laugh