“Son, what’s that you are doing? And here’s your milk.”

“Oh, j-just something, mom,” Soobin replied while busy doing something with thread and needle.

“I already saw that thing before, right? I thought you lost that bracelet alreay?” his mom asks.

“Yes mom but I eventually found it and look, I’m done,” he paused and showed what he did to his mom. “It’s a keychain now! It’s so cute, right?”

“Why is my son so happy over such little thing?” she chuckles and ruffles Soobin’s hair.

“Why mom?”

“I want mommy to see you smile more like that, my baby. Please?”

Soobin giggles and smiles even wider, eyes almost close. “Yes mom! I will!”

How can Soobin explain to his mom that the reason why he’s smiling right now is actually the same person why he got so devastated last time?

“For today’s activity, we’ll be discussing about your career path. Since few months left away from your graduation, make sure that you already have the courses you’re going to take on college, especially those who passed the CSAT exams. So, we’ll do it by pair. I have the recent list in here…”

“Aren’t we partners the last time?” Soobin recalls.

“Yeah, I think,” Beomgyu agrees.

“…okay so Soobin and Yeonjun— oh right, this was changed to Beomgyu—“

“It’s okay, ma’am,” Soobin stands up. “I-it’s fine,” he continued.

“What are you doing?” Beomgyu whispered, frowning.

“Will it really be okay to you? Oh well, that’s good so you two will reconcile,” Ms. Lee replied and continued calling names then Soobin takes his seat.

“What was that?” Beomgyu asked him in confusion.

“It’ll be okay. Everything’s on the past,” Soobin smiled of assurance.

That’s exactly what Soobin assured him last time but ended up getting hurt.

“Okay, sit with your pairs now,” the teacher instructed and Soobin moves to where Yeonjun is.

Suddenly, all eyes are on them. All went quiet. For the past month, these two never ever been on the same activity. They never saw them look or talk to each other even cross on each other paths but now they are seeing the two doing their own thing.

“Don’t you have activities to do? Continue staring and I’ll take out all your eyes!” Yeonjun yelled at them and everyone started doing their thing.

Soobin simply put his hand on Yeonjun’s thigh under the desk to calm him down. Yeonjun looked at him and the frown in his face fades then Soobin smiled at him.

“Let’s start this,” Soobin said and reads the instruction on the paper.

On the other side, Beomgyu’s looking at them in confusion, nervous, and all emotion he can feel right now but what’s really topping it all is fear.

He’s afraid. Beomgyu build up and fixed Soobin when Yeonjun hurt him so bad. He was there when Soobin couldn’t even eat because of pain inside his chest. He was in there when times Soobin’s crying out of nowhere because he saw Yeonjun kissing another student. He was in there when Soobin failed his quizzes because he can’t review well. He was in there when he can’t sleep; he was in there hugging him so tight.

Beomgyu fixed Soobin and made him feel better only to witness him get back to Yeonjun again.

“So, what do you want to become? What career?” Soobin asks, holding his pen and ready to write what Yeonjun’s going to answer.

“I don’t know, Pup. I’m kind of lost,” Yeonjun replied, lazily.

Soobin nods, “Lost… Then,” Soobin looked at him. “What are your interests? Do you like selling and money making things? Do you like growing plants and such? Do you want to become an idol? Do you want medical stuffs or building stuff? What?” Soobin asks.

Yeonjun thinks for a second and shakes his head. “I don’t really know,” he sighs.

Soobin pouted his lips and thinks of a way again. “Okay, your dad’s a police so do you want to be like him? Or you want to be a lawyer like your mom?”

Yeonjun moves closer to Soobin, “Pup, if you want to do something you really want but your parents won’t allow you, is it right or wrong?”

“Morally… wrong? Because every individual has the right to choose what they want but in some cases— in reality, well… it’s inevitable,” Soobin answered.

“See? Then why would I still choose? They are still going to decide it anyways,” Yeonjun stated and sighs.

“No, it doesn’t matter or at least tell me what you wanna become then we’ll work it out together,” Soobin pursued him even more.

“I’m still trying to figure it out. How about you, Pup?” he asked instead.

“Wanna be your wife or something…”

“What?”

“Huh?”

“Yeah?”

An awkward silence envelope the two and started laughing at each other. Soobin almost throwing himself on Yeonjun because he’s too overwhelmed.

“I’m sorry,” he muttered between his laughs. “Okay, okay, let’s be real— wait, I’m in tears,” Soobin paused to wipe his eyes.

“Stop joking like that,” Yeonjun reacted and calm himself. “You’re so pretty when you laugh,” he suddenly compliments him.

“Stop,” Soobin tried to hide his smiles and jokingly hit Yeonjun’s arm. “Let’s just do this, will you? Okay so I’m answer is I wanna be a Psychologist or Psychiatrist,” he answered.

“Oh really? That’s good. I’ll support you, no matter what,” Yeonjun reacted and smiles.

“Yeah, I don’t know. I want to study how humans thinks and their behaviour,” Soobin answered.

“That’s good and study how your brain thinks because it likes me so much without even enough reason,” he ridicule out of nowhere.

Soobin giggles, “You’re right… I’m wondering as well.”

Beomgyu never saw Soobin smiles like that, he smiles with him but it’s not as bright and sweet as how he see how he smiles with Yeonjun. It’s breaking him into pieces.

“Bae, I’m afraid. H-he’s into him again, I thought he moved on already,” Beomgyu ranted on Taehyun while they are alone at the SSC office.

“And the worst is?”

“And the worst is I think Yeonjun will probably like him back now,” Beomgyu stated and covers his face with his hand. “What I’m going to do?” he’s almost crying.

“There’s only one thing, bae. Be honest,” Taehyun suggested.

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Confess what you really feel for Soobin, that’s the only way you can stir him up. Tell him about what you did and what Yeonjun did. Let him weigh things and gaslight him about doing the wrong decision. Bae, it’s so easy because you’re so close to him—“

“But that’s so wrong. It’ll only confuse him and will make him decide things without proper thinking. I don’t want that,” Beomgyu cuts it off.

“Then what are you going to do then? Let Soobin with Yeonjun? Do you really think Yeonjun will change for him?” Taehyun planted a question on Beomgyu’s mind. “You’ll never know what a devil can do,” he even added.

Beomgyu frustratedly brushed his fingers through his hair. “What the fuck I’m going to do?”

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A/N: You all are so funny, overthinking things  ㅋㅋㅋㅋ