bully | JAEYONG

32 | AGAIN

"see you later," the black haired boy greeted as the two reached taeyong's room, the red haired boy waving bye to his best friend before entering his room. when inside, he inhaled the scent of his room and it felt like home to the boy. closing the door, the owner of the room plopped onto his bed where it had  been left untouched by his roommate and any other friends that may have been here.

taeyong decided to take a walk, even though he had just been outside everyday for the past week, but wanted to go to boom cafe since he hadn't gone in a week and a half. knowing that the breakfast place would be open, the red haired boy made the short walk from his building to the place that he gets breakfast from, and greeted baehyun who was inside, wiping down the tables.

"oh, taeyong!" baekhyun exclaimed as he saw his friend and ran up to give him a hug. the red haired boy hugged back but quickly broke from the contact, not wanting to hinder the boy from his job. "how was the trip?"

"it was good! really fun and it was nice to go with my friends, even though we still had to learn stuff..." the red haired boy's voice sounded a little upset, but it went unnoticed by the cashier who was finishing wiping the table he was currently cleaning.

the two began to have a long conversation that ranged from the trip to their thoughts about extraterrestrial beings. taeyong could definitely say that this was one of the most interesting and in depth  conversations he had ever had. of course, baekhyun still had to work while the two were talking, but since the cafe closed up soon, taeyong took his leave shortly before 14:00, which was the time they closed.

after bidding the cashier goodbye, the red haired student began making his way towards his dorm room once again, planning to start unpack some of his thing when he gets back. with a positive mindset, the red haired boy thought that nothing bad could happen today, but he was wrong.

further down the street, walking towards him, taeyong saw the familiar figure of jaehyun, hands in his pocket, hood over his head. the red haired boy's first instinct was to hide, but he realized that there was nothing to hide from. after a few minutes of thinking, the short boy decided to walk up to jaehyun as an attempt to start a conversation with him.

"hi, jaehyun!" the red haired boy exclaimed to the brown haired boy as he approached the shorter. the latter just looked up from the ground to the one who called him, before ignoring taeyong's presence and walking past the shorter. however, taeyong wasn't giving up that easily.

"what's going on? why aren't you talking to me?" taeyong asked, turning around at the boy who just passed him. jaehyun stopped walking forward after hearing that question come from the latter's mouth.

"i don't talk to people like you," the brown haired boy said lowly, almost like a growl, silently wishing that taeyong didn't hear so he could get out of the conversation. however, the boy's words turned against him, because the other had heard what he just said, asked about it.

"and what did i do exactly to piss you off and make you ignore me?" the red haired boy asked, trying to remain his composure and talking to jaehyun in a calm voice.

"you know i'm trying to date you," jaehyun gave up trying to get out of the conversation and turned around to look at taeyong.

"yeah... so?"

"you think you can go around and kiss other people when i'm trying to date you?" jaehyun was now starting to get worked up again as the conversation continued. the brown haired boy tried to cam down before he does something he would regret, but couldn't control his emotions at the moment.

"what are you-"

"you know exactly what i'm talking about! you kissing doyoung? yeah, i know about that now. do you really think that you can go around and kiss other people when i'm trying to date you? do you? don't tell me that you're interested in doyoung and you were only trying to lead me on to get revenge on me for bullying you because if that was your goal, the congratulations! you successfully led me on and made me believe that i had a change with you when i guess i really didn't-"

a loud slapping sound was heard from the two boys. taeyong had slapped jaehyun who was talking about nonsense to the red haired boy. he had no idea what has gotten into jaehyun.

"what has gotten into you?" despite the situation going on right now, taeyong was able to remain calm, trying to find a solution to whatever was going on, but was unsuccessful since he had absolutely no idea as to what jaehyun was talking about.

jaehyun held his cheek where he had been slapped, and looked at taeyong, giving him a deadly glare. the red haired boy would've taken that as a warning to run away, but he couldn't run from a situation like this. his heart, mind, and body prevented him from moving, and instead watched as jaehyun's cheek showed a hand print from where he had been slapped.

but... what happened next made taeyong immediately regret slapping jaehyun, because quicker than the eye could see, jaehyun punched taeyong on the side of his face, causing the red haired boy to fall to the ground from the strong impact.

blood was coming out from the side of the red haired boy's mouth due to the punch. taeyong wiped some of it off and looked up to jaehyun, thinking that the brown haired boy would realize what he had just done, but jaehyun didn't realize a thing, and sooner than taeyong knew it, he was being abused.

one punch after a kick was being thrown to taeyong. his face was now covered with blood and bruises and the brown haired boy was kicking taeyong, who was laying on the ground and trying to cover himself from the impact of jaehyun's kicks. every blow, every hit, every impact, was followed by a painful grunt from taeyong, but despite hearing all the painful grunts coming from the shorter, jaehyun ignored it and continued to abuse the other right there. by the time the brown haired boy finished, taeyong was bleeding more places than one, his body was decorated with bruises, and he wasn't moving.

however, not much could be done as taeyong lied on the ground, unconscious, with bruises all over his body, blood coming out of the corner of his mouth, looking lifeless. jaehyun shook his head and widened his eyes, refusing to think that he did this on purpose, but after looking at the shorter boy's body laying there, the brown haired boy couldn't take it anymore. he turned around and ran the direction he came from, not looking back, refusing to believe that he went back to his old ways because of some girl who told him unbelievable things, but despite the words of the girl being unbelievable, jaehyun still believed them, like the idiot he was.