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chp. 6

''Don't you remember?'' Jaehyun asked, frowning when he recieved no response. ''Oh yeah, of course you don't. You were pretty drunk.'' He threw himself back on the couch, eyes on Taeyong's bare chest. ''Um...''

Taeyong blushed, realizing he had nothing except for a towel around his waist on him. ''Oh, sorry,'' he mumbled, taking off towards hs room only to be stopped by a hand on his waist. He flinched at the cold, looking back. Jaehyun took his hand off of him immediately.

''Aren't you curious about what happened?''

''I guess,'' Taeyong muttered, folding his arms. ''Don't you think I should get dressed first, though?''

''No, this is good,'' Jaehyun said, Taeyong raising an eyebrow at the awkward answer. Jaehyun noticed, of course, and started to stumble over his words. ''I-I mean, not like good good, I mean like, okay good. You know? Bro good.''

''Okay then,'' Taeyong smirked at Jaehyun. ''Bro good it is.''

Jaehyun had the most ridiculously nerveous expression Taeyong had seen in a while. ''You don't get to make fun of me when I saved your ass yesterday!''

Now that was interesting. ''What do you mean you saved my ass?''

''You were about to get in a fight with, like, the prettiest girl campus. Obviously I had to save you before the jocks beat your skinny ass up later.''

Taeyong rolled his eyes and put his hands on his slim waist. ''You didn't save my ass. If anything, you made me lose followers. That could've gone viral. The title would be something like 'the prettiest girl of the campus fights with the prettiest boy of the campus' and my popularity-''

''I can't believe what I'm hearing,'' Jaehyun cut him off, grimacing. ''You're so stupid. Just go and get dressed.''

Taeyong laughed at Jaehyun's words and complied.

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Somehow, this unexpected stuation turned into kind of a date. Soon, they were sitting in Taeyong's small kitchen, eating pancakes while talking. It was as if they were... friends, or something.

Their pointless conversations slowly took an unexpected turn and suddenly, they were talking about their secrets.

''If you don't mind me asking, why do you work at that club?'' Jaehyun asked, voice quieter than before. He bit his lip worriedly when he saw how Taeyong's expression changed immediately, but he couldn't turn back now. ''I'm sorry, I just want to know about the secret I'm keeping. I don't want to accidentally give it away because I don't know enough.''

''Will you tell me about yours in turn?'' Taeyong asked, feeling vulnerable all of the sudden. Nobody knew about his secret and he didn't want anyone to, but Jaehyun had a point.

''If you want," Jaehyun assured him. ''You don't have to tell me everything, just tell me the outline.''

''Alright,'' Taeyong sighed and took another piece of his pancake. He chewed on it slowly, thinking of where to start.

''My dad had to pay our expenses but he had just been fired from his job. His job didn't pay very well anyways so were left with no money in our account very quickly. Dad had to take a loan so he contacted a loan company and they lended him a pretty big amount. He promised me and mom he'd find a job as quickly as possible.''

''Mom's job doesn't pay very well too unfortunately and my sister's away so she can't help us as much as she'd like. As you could expect we couldn't pay back and the boss started to threathen us.''

The corners of Taeyong's lips turned downwards. ''He said that if we wanted more time, I'd have to work here for a very low salary,'' he sighed. ''So here I am. I'm gonna have to let go of this house soon. I just hope dad and mom can finally get a better job.''

Jaehyun pursed his lips. ''Damn, that's really bad,'' he said. ''I'm sorry.''

Taeyong smiled sadly. ''What's with yours?''

''Mine isn't as bad, I think,'' Jaehyun frowned. ''My father is the CEO of a very successful company. He's pretty old and I'm the heir, so after I finish university, he'll be retiring and I'll be taking over. But he's very conservative and has voiced his opinion on homosexual people plenty of times.'' he folded his arms, ''He always tell me shit like, 'Thank god you're not gay, or you'd lose your family immediately'. The thing is,'' he chuckled bitterly,''I am, in fact, gay. And he's aware of everything going on in the university. So nobody knows that I'm gay except for Johnny. I just need to wait until uni's finished and then tell him after he retires and I take over.''

''Your entire career relies on this, huh?'' Taeyong said. ''How long have you been keeping the secret?''

''A very long time,'' Jaehyun said, clenching his fist. ''And I'm really frustrated. But I've got only a year to go now, and then I'll be done. This is my last year in university.''

''Mine too,'' Taeyong said. He was happy for Jaehyun but that didn't change the fact that he was going to be in that club for years to come. He hoped Jaehyun wouldn't notice his pathetic bitterness. They ate in silence for a while.

''Well,'' Jaehyun said after they both finished their breakfast, smiling at Taeyong softly. ''Thank you for the meal. It was pretty good.''

''That's all?'' Taeyong teased him. He also had his smile back on his face. ''I want more compliments!''

''No, I'm just kidding,'' Jaehyun chuckled and got up, dusting his pants. ''I should get going now. I bet Johnny's really worried right now. ''

''Bye, then,'' Taeyong said, also getting up. Jaehyun looked at him uncertainly for a second and then reached out for him, long arms wrapping around Taeyong's small body.

''I'm sorry for threathening you when we first met,'' he whispered. Taeyong's eyes were wide in surprise. He slowly put his arms around Jaehyun as well, a little hesitant.

''It's okay,'' he mumbled, blushing. He wasn't the only one- Jaehyun's ears were red, too.

''I'll see you later, then,'' Jaehyun said, letting go. ''I left my number on the couch, okay? Just in case.''

''O-okay,'' Taeyong stuttered, flustered. ''S-see you later.''

Jaehyun smiled at him for the last time, eyes fond. He left the kitchen. Taeyong just stood there, looking after him.

The sound of the door closing echoed in Taeyong's ears.

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I'm sorry for this shitty chapter, I tried to make it better with the cute scene at the end but I don't think it worked out very well :( But whatever, it's getting the plot going!

Thank you for reading and please look forward to more!