Many parents were tagging their small children along with them and pushing strollers with young babies fallen asleep peacefully inside. There were also a few couples who strolled hand in hand lovingly just like Nara and Taeyong, looking around casually. The place was crammed like sardines and there was hardly any space to move. Sometimes the customers' skin even brushed against each other.

"Let's go to the arcade" Nara suggested as she saw the arcade right across them.
They both excitedly ran towards the arcade and when they were just about to enter, they both heard a deep, loud voice behind them.

"So this is where you guys came?"

Yungho walked towards them as Taeyong clenched his jaw in displeasure. He stopped leaving an ideal distance between them and scoffed at their linked hands. "So you guys are dating now?". "Mind your own business" Taeyong bit his head off right away. "Right. You rejected me because you liked him, didn't you Nara?" Yungho snarled at Nara who was holding back from saying anything. She didn't want to lash out in the middle of a chaos mall. She didn't want to humiliate anyone either because they were in their school uniforms. If anything happens right at that spot people would obviously start posting pictures and videos all over the social media.

'21st century sure is annoying and dangerous' Nara thought to herself, biting her lower lip. "Leave us alone before I embarrass you here" Taeyong warned and Yungho smirked. "Do it. Embarrass me."

"Stop provoking me."-Taeyong

"Why? You would actually do it?"-Yungho

"Why did you follow us here" Taeyong clenched his jaw again, as he kept his voice as low as possible. "I saw you both running out of the school earlier" Yungho said. His hands in his pockets as he just smiled at them to make it look like they were just his friends. "Doesn't mean that you follow us you scumbag." Taeyong's blood was boiling. Nara was starting to feel a little concerned that they might start fighting. "I saw you both running out so I was just curious. But before I leave let me tell you something. Don't try to come back to our team again I'm serious. You can't take away my position again, I won't let you." Yungho gritted his teeth as he talked.

"Watch me, I won't waste my swimming skills" Taeyong smirked before leaving first with Nara. He dragged her out of the mall, his mood ruined badly after hearing about the swimming team from Yungho again. "Are you angry?" Nara asked softly. "Sorry, I just want to go home." Taeyong avoided looking at her, waving for a cab on the crowded road. Nara sighed in disappointment as she really wanted to go to the arcade with him, but she also understood why Taeyong would feel uncomfortable and moody.

Although Taeyong was confident enough to say those words at Yungho, it kills him inside remembering how rudely he was able to kick him out of the team. How easy it was for Yungho to ruin the best life he was living.

As soon as they got a cab, they hopped in. Before Nara could say anything, he gave the driver his house name as the location they were headed to. "Are you sure you don't want to go to sch-" "I don't" Nara got interrupted by Taeyong, who was now scrolling through his social media.

"We are here." After paying the driver, Taeyong rushed out to his apartment leaving the short girl Nara to catch up with his pace.

Throwing the bag on the floor and plopping on the couch, he started to switch between channels on the TV. Nara took a seat next to him, worried about how negative Taeyong must be thinking right now. It was silent. Not awkward, not comfortable but it was just silent between them. The television was the only thing that was making any possible sound but it was also on low volume. She sighed, clearly knowing Taeyong was upset.

"Yong" -Nara

"Yea" -Taeyong

"Don't let it bother you" -Nara

"Don't let what bother me." Taeyong gave her instant replies, his eyes fixed on TV. "Taeyong look at me" Nara said. He sighed and faced her. "I'm fine Nara. Whatever he said is true anyway. I won't be able to take away his position. Plus, even if I go back I bet nobody would like me." Taeyong spoke, sadness in his tone. "That's not true. You are talented and you are capable of going back on the team. You are capable of changing what others think about you because you did not do anything wrong. You deserve to be a part of the team. If anybody doesn't deserve its Yungho, not you. You can do this and I will help you. Don't believe his words okay?" Nara tried comforting him. Taeyong smiled, so happy that his girlfriend is trying her best to get him on the swimming team and also, so happy that she always knows how to comfort him.
"Oh you just smiled!" Nara beamed. "Let's go practice tomorrow after session ends, let's stay home today" He planned to not give up and stay positive.

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"They are seriously not coming back to school today??" Chitapphon asked Lucas, and Lucas nodded with a pout. "But why" Jaehyun asked. "Because they are on a date you ass." Yuta rolled his eyes. "What do you mean by a date? They literally just ran out of the school" Jaehyun gave him a confused look. "Yeah. together!!!" Yuta emphasised on the word 'together'. However, Jaehyun still wasn't able to understand as Taeyong and Nara never directly said they were dating. "Jaehyun. You are still too young to understand until somebody spoon feeds, arent you? Just take the hints man." Yuta sighed while Chitapphon and Lucas groaned due to boredom.

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-here's an update again, hope it's okay
-also HAPPY HAPPY 25TH TO MY SUNSHINE HOSEOK!! ❤️❤️