Fate

Chapter 18

"Hakyeon-ah~"

Leo asked from behind as Hakyeon silently waited for the elevator. He was waiting with his mentor, he couldn't really reply so a simple nod was all that he could offer to Leo.

"Are you busy this Monday?" Leo murmured, somehow as if he was going to be guilty of whatever he was about to say. Hakyeon looked from the corner of his eyes, Leo was looking at a poster stuck on the wall about some concert or something. Judging Leo's vision, Hakyeon decided that Leo was probably looking at the date. The door of the elevator opened up, but Hakyeon didn't realize, his eyes still focused on Leo.

"Are you coming?" a voice and Hakyeon turned around, four people standing inside of the elevator. They were the other competitor of this competition, tiredness and annoyance were both present on their face. Well, they were all practicing and now they can't even reach the ground floor because one guy is staring at off to who knows where.

Hakyeon took a step forward then took two step backward. Bowing his head a little, he started to walk towards the poster. The door of the elevator closed behind him, as he took a halt beside Leo.

"A concert..... you interested?" Hakyeon asked eyeing the concert detail. It was of some idol group called 2pm.

"No..." Leo silently replied.

Hakyeon faced him, a little grin on his face,

"Then? I'm sure you already know that I have my training schedule that day as well, also the next round would be on Wednesday, so I'll be pretty busy."

"I know," Leo replied, his voice almost sounded like a slur. Hakyeon folded his arms before his chest, as he again turned his head to the poster.

"Why do you want to go there? To celebrate?"

Leo looked from the corner of his eyes, perking his eyebrow up, asking what. Hakyeon catching the question flatly replied,

"Your one month of being here..... but it ends on the Friday doesn't it?" Hakyeon continued, his eyes looked around a little for the reason of Monday, and because of that he failed to see how deep his flat words have wounded Leo. Leo on the other hand found his hands trembling a little, he clenched them into a fist.

"One month....... It's over?" Leo asked , Hakyeon's eyes turned to him. Even from one glance he realized Taekwoon was not aware of it. Hakyeon removed his hands from his chest, letting them rest on the both side as he tilted his head a little.

"You didn't know?"

Leo looked away. A bit angered by how Hakyeon was acting on that matter. Like it has already been a frigging month, he was telling him that he had only two month left but acted like it was such a normal matter.

How could he do that? Doesn't it bother him at all?

"Then...why do you want to go to a concert? I thought you wanted to celebrate, but... judging you, it seemed like this thought crossed your head for the first time today..."

"I don't want to," Leo meekly replied, walking away from the poster towards the staircase. Hakyeon once called out but Leo didn't budge.

Celebrate? How could he even think that...tch.....

Hakyeon kept quiet as he climbed down the stairs. He looked at Leo a few times, but Leo wouldn't look at him, he just lowered his head all the time. It's not like Hakyeon did not know what was the reason for his sudden silence. Surely he was shocked too, when Leo asked for whether he was busy or not. I mean his one month was gone now, how could he think of even celebrating it. But he wanted to sound positive for Leo's sake, after all if Leo wanted to enjoy his almost close to the freedom part then he should support him as well, but it seemed his positivity backfired on him. And all he could do is curse his large mouth for being so much talkative. Hakyeon surfed through his brain to find a suitable subject to talk about also that will help to break the wall now, but couldn't.