"Hey, nerd,"
Being one of the best students in arts, Choi Beomgyu already had his future set together when an incident unknown to the public turns what once was the sweet, innocent boy foreign. Changing his subjects from arts to music, where he meet...
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꒰🍒꒱ liddol note : hi bbys!! if you're rereading this, please refrain from commenting spoilers so the new readers can enjoy without worrying 🥺🙏 you can comment vague things with the 👀 emoji, tho! anyways, keep reading~ uwu
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»»----- lunch -----««
"Did you hear, hyung? You're the talk of the school! I overheard some kids in the hallways and in my class talk about you, and Beomgyu's name was in the conversation too," Kai exclaims all too enthusiastically as he takes a huge bite of his mouth-watering chocolate cake he bought for lunch, "did you really talk back to him? I thought you were smarter than that!"
"I don't think it was a stupid decision, Kai ah," Taehyun states, munching on his sandwich silently, choosing his words, "I don't get why people don't talk back to him. he's all bark, no bite,"
"Yeah? I hate to say it, hyung, but knees are scraped, your notes are wet and I had to buy you a new carton of milk because he knocked you down! what do you call that then, smart guy?" Kai says, "I'm impressed, hyung. really,"
"Hello, guys!" a distant, familiar voice called out. Their cheerful, dimple smiled friend came skipping by, along with his blonde-haired classmate. Soobin and Yeonjun, despite their small age gap, were one of Taehyun and Hyuka's closest friends in school. They were opposites, the duo. Yeonjun was known by half, if not all by the student body. Maybe even teachers. He was a loud individual. The boy loved to do things that would certainly attract attention, (take his hair for example. He had claimed, just like the poem For Heidi With the Blue Hair, they certainly weren't dyed in school colors).
Choi Soobin was the contrary. Sweet, soft, kind, and comforting. He was the first person you'd come to when you get a bad grade on a test, or simply for a hug. His arms were always open and awaiting; always ready to give love even if he won't receive the same amount of it back. His smile would light up a room, cheeks lifting and eyes crinkling at the corner while he tries to cover his mouth whenever he laughs with no avail. His dimples only added to his attractive features.
"Yeonjun hyung, Soobin hyung," Taehyun smiles to the two who were making their way over. Kai makes room for Soobin as Yeonjun sits beside Taehyun, opposite of the two younger, "what took you both so long?"
"Sorry, there was this big fight in the halls," Soobin replies as if it happens on every other day, wiping his spoon on the napkin, "it was intense, but we managed to get through it,"
"a fight?" the youngest asked, "are they okay?"
Yeonjun shrugs in return, seeming to be more focused on the yogurt in his hands than the question, "not sure. I mean, I overheard the usual 'these-are-my-hallways' line again, so you can already tell who that is,"
"ah," Taehyun looked up, "You mean Choi Beomgyu again?"
"Who else would the usual be," Yeonjun stated, "And you've got guts saying his name out loud. I heard he and you had a little encounter this morning?"
"it was embarrassing, that's all that it was," he says, " it's not like I was never bullied before I moved here anyway. I just want to graduate and get out of here into a better university. Maybe if he has me as some sort of permanent target, he'd stop doing it to the others,"
"I wish I was more like you, so brave, and has your future all set together," Kai says beside him, hitting his arm, "I'm a broke student that only wishes to buy BTS albums... do you know how much they cost?"
"speaking of BTS, have you heard their new song 'on'?" Soobin asked, and that made Kai jump.
"You're an ARMY too?" He jumped, already sounding as if he'd drop Taehyun any moment to talk about BTS with his Soobin hyung. It was no secret that Huening Kai was really close to the boy, always sticking by his side whenever they went on hangouts or study sessions. He was clingy, but the most to Soobin. Sometimes Taehyun can see the way Yeonjun glares at the younger whenever they're giggling together. The jealous friend concept was painfully obvious.
"Yeah, I am," Soobin says, a shy smile on his face when he says it. Soobin was always known with his shy personality, yet he had leadership skills and that's what made the teachers love him and chose him as student president.
"We've known each other for years yet I just knew this? how?" Kai asked, and Yeonjun had to facepalm, dragging his palm across his face.
"Soobinie told you multiple times, Kai, but you never listen to him," Yeonjun says next to him, scraping up the last of his yogurt, "I have to go to class early. 'haven't finished my homework yet and I don't feel like getting scolded at again," he says as he stands, taking his tray with him, "see you around!"
"I have to go too," Soobin stands after Yeonjun walked away, "Class starts in fifteen and the lab we're supposed to be at is a long walk from here, ciao," he says, winking at Taehyun at the end, and Kai jolts up.
"Wait, hyung! who's your bias? hey, hold up!" he yelled after, immediately following Soobin, "Mine's Jimin!" was the last thing heard from him after Soobin left, Kai following right behind him like a little tail.
Taehyun was left alone sitting there as students slowly dispersed out of the eating hall as well, the bell probably going to ring not long afterward. he sighs and shuts the drops his sandwich onto his tray. He had no appetite.
Just as Taehyun was about to get up, a loud slam of books made him look up in shock, eyes widening at the sudden shake from his table. He feels himself shrinking under the icy glare of a certain student who held a sly smirk.
