Beomgyu's Reasons Why [ BeomJun/ YeonGyu / TaeGyu ]

Three Can Keep A Secret

TW: mentions and opinions on suicide. Mentions of blood.

On January 6th, a month after Beomgyu's death, Kang Taehyun was arrested for murder.  

It wasn't supposed to end up that way. After Beomgyu's last breath, everything should've gone back to normal. That was how it worked, right? Once a person dies, everyone would grieve, and then go on as if that person never existed.

That was what Beomgyu thought, too. He thought that once the trigger was pulled, the world would carry on as if there never was a Choi Beomgyu.

If Beomgyu only knew his death would bring about a series of unfortunate events, could he have gone past the suffering and struggle to live?

Maybe.

Taehyun's crime came as a shock to the entire university. He was popular, loved by the teachers, and should've been the batch valedictorian-- had this not happened.

Rewind a month earlier, before Taehyun got arrested. A month earlier... to the night Beomgyu gave up.

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There were a million things Taehyun regretted. The first, being the sudden pull to chase after Choi Yeonjun. Initially, Taehyun only wanted to talk to Beomgyu-- especially after Yeonjun rejected him in front of the entire school, after Yeonjun professed his love for someone else.

Okay, Taehyun wasn't an angel, but he felt pity for Beomgyu's public humiliation. Seeing as Yeonjun showed no interest in apologizing to Beomgyu, Taehyun knew the aforementioned boy needed someone.

However, Taehyun arrived outside Beomgyu's house a little too late. Once Taehyun got there... he saw Yeonjun, who exited Beomgyu's house with a gloomy face (this is the most accurate description Taehyun could make out in the dark.)  He went on his motorcycle and drove away.

He could have let him go, but the shoe box in his grasp caught his eyes. Oh, and Yeonjun was sobbing uncontrollably, he was shaking. That caught Taehyun's curiosity as well.

If Taehyun didn't chase after Yeonjun, maybe Beomgyu would still be alive. No, that was wishful thinking. 

Carrying on, Taehyun biked after Yeonjun's motorcycle as fast as he could.

Panting, Taehyun finally put his cycling legs to rest as Yeonjun situated his own motorcycle right outside a graveyard.

Taehyun carefully trailed behind Yeonjun, who trudged through the dark gravestones, only the light from his phone guiding him through the dark blanket of the night.

The younger was a good distance from Yeonjun, it was a good thing the other never suspected anyone was following him. 

The light from his phone illuminated a shovel Yeonjun wielded as he dug, and dug, and dug, deep into the cemetery's soil. Deep enough to fit a small box.

That shoe box, upon further inspection... was splattered with blood. 

Upon further scrutiny, Taehyun spotted specks of red that have dried on Yeonjun's bare arms.

Taehyun's eyes went wide... what had happened?

The answer to that question of his was contained in the seven tapes inside the shoebox Yeonjun has buried.

Later on, Taehyun would come to realize that the tapes contained secrets. Secrets that only two people knew.

Soon, though, Taehyun would be challenged.

Challenged to chose between keeping a hidden secret he accidentally found out about...

or let his feelings gain control over his rationality and ruin the peace Beomgyu hoped his death would bring.