bully | JAEYONG

13 | BIRTHDAY (part 2)

taeyong wandered through the guitar store that the team stopped by to get a present. they decided to split up to look for the presents, each person only having to search for two or three instead the whole group searching for twenty gifts. right now, they decided to get the most expensive gift first, which was guanheng's.

"can't believe that guanheng actually just gave me $486 to buy a guitar..." taeyong muttered under his breath as he searched the store to the specific model that guanheng sent him.

dejun loves music a lot, and he writes a lot of his own songs, plays the guitar, and sings. the guitar that the chinese had before had become old and broke down while dejun was trying to play it for his friends. he had that guitar for half his life, and after it broke down, he's been wanting a new one, but hasn't been able to get to it.

guanheng found out that dejun was wanting a specific guitar model, and he decided to do some research. the chinese boy found the store that sells what dejun wants and planned to give it to him for his birthday.

due to guanheng wanting to be a good best friend, the red haired boy was now suffering in a guitar store, with $486, and having no clue on what guitar model to look for.

spending about an hour at the store, the other members decided to help taeyong search for the guitar, since time was slowly running out and they still needed to buy nineteen other gifts before the party.

the red haired boy has never felt so rich, holding so much money in a store that sells expensive instruments. coming from a poor family, taeyong would've never been able to even step foot into a guitar shop. but now, even though it wasn't his money or his gift, he felt happy to be able to step inside an instrument shop for the first time.

"is this your first time in a guitar shop?" a voice from behind startled the red haired boy who was beginning to find the shop more and more fascinating.

"god jaehyun, don't do that!" taeyong exclaimed as he jumped back a bit. the brown haired boy just chuckled before looking up to where taeyong was looking at before.

the red haired boy was looking at a blue guitar. it was a really pretty shade of blue and the guitar itself seemed like it was brand new. taeyong showed admiration for the guitar, but quickly came back to his senses when he realized that he was supposed to find a guitar for guanheng to dejun.

he sighed as he stepped away from the guitar and continued looking for the present, but before he could take a couple steps, jaehyun grabbed his wrist and pulled him back, causing taeyong to lose his balance a little bit and lean close to the brown haired boy, their faces inches apart.

after retrieving their senses, they both stood up straight once again, jaehyun's cheeks a light shade of pink and taeyong's ears turning red. silence filled in between the two of them as they tried to register what had just occurred, but it was short lived when jaehyun broke the silence by asking, "do you wanna try playing that guitar?"

taeyong looked at jaehyun with light in his eyes as jaehyun reached for the blue guitar that taeyong was admiring before. taking a seat on a nearby stool, the red haired boy gladly took the chance to try and play the guitar.

"hey guys! look! taeyong's playing the guitar!" jaehyun exclaimed throughout the store. good thing was that it was 7:30 in the morning and barely anyone was inside. the other boys from the present team came to where jaehyun and taeyong were, and saw the red haired boy playing a blue guitar. well, taeyong most just strummed some open strings.

"i like that color," jaemin said as he took a look at the blue guitar. everyone else agreed as taeyong just smiled.

"but it's a big contrast from your hair," johnny said as taeyong strummed the guitar once again. everyone including taeyong laughed after johnny had made that comment about the color of the guitar and his hair.