The second third of a summer was already gone, all of the students were free from school schedules and most of them have been enjoying their own activities or less enjoyable part time jobs. Taehyun was probably one of those luckier ones. 

While he was enjoying coolness of wild sea waves, splashing his calves, as he was running out of the water he was swimming in a moment ago, his friend Beomgyu was sitting on the sandy beach, scanning the surroundings from behind of his dark sunglasses. Inconspicuosly, of course. 

Taehyun brushed his wet hair back and catching his breath, he stretched down his soaked white shirt, protecting his body from the sunlight. 

"Won't you really go in?" he asked his friend, as he was reaching for a bottle of water, covered with a blanket to keep it colder. 

"I'm on a mission," Beomgyu answered mysteriously, touching the middle of his glasses. 

So thirsty... Taehyun almost finished the bottle at once, then he sighed quietly after quenching his thirst, after that he tried to focus on his friend through his narrowed big eyes. 

"What do you mean by that?" 

Taehyun had some ideas, but he rather wished it would be somenthing else. 

"He always comes in that store before twelve o'clock, I just need to find out, if it's each day or if it's somewhat regular." 

The boy with calm aura for most of the time, stared at his friend for a few seconds, avoiding that low stress which lingered on his fingertips and chest. 

"Come on, Gyu," he nearly whispered, "it's unnecessary... and hopeless, to be honest." 

"Dude!" Beomgyu dramatically put down the dark glasses to look eye to eye at his a little bit shy friend. No doubt, he looked kind of dangerous. "You've been practically lovesick because of him for like... I don't know... five months already? You need to be cured." 

Seven. 

Taehyun looked around. "Stop this nonsense," he chuckled shyly and then masked it by changing his shirt for a yellow dry one. 

Actually, everything Beomgyu said to him was the truth. He absolutely fell for his classmate's kindness even if he was sometimes a bit too loud and chaotic. 

"I scream, you scream!" 

Surprised by the sudden shouting and pulling on his forearm, as he was bent towards his friend, head still covered by shirt, Taehyun was stuck in inhale... and in the shirt, too. 

Beomgyu held his arm tightly while enthusiastically packing their things - in this case it could be considered as a skill. 

"Hyung-" 

"We are going to have some ice cream." 

"Please, stop. I can't even see." Taeyhun was trying both to pull his head out of the shirt and stop Beomgyu from holding him while walking, because he felt as if he was on the edge and possibility of falling was bigger by each blind step. 

Luckily, his head got out eventually just when Beomgyu stopped to check him. 

Sigh. 

"I'm sorry," Beom apologized, little regret in his eyes full of unpredictable playfulness. 

Taehyun said nothing, just looked behind his friend, where a cozy store surrounded by flowers was situated. When he get back to Beomgyu, there was nothing clearly readable in Taehyun's straight expression, but little stars in his eyes. 

"Did he enter the store?" 

Weird grimace appeared on the face framed by Beomgyu's longer black hair. 

"What?" 

"As I said - you need to be cured, mainly your brain cells. Aren't you supposed to be the smarter one?" 

Taehyun tilted his head a little bit, light scowl on his face. 

"Let's go, bro." 

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The store was actually a kind of special patisserie with the tastiest ice cream in the World - at least that was what Beomgyu was declaring and Taehyun couldn't disagree. 

They sat in a box next to mid window, face to face, waiting for the specific waiter to take their order. 

"I'll die sooner than he comes" Gyu sighed desperately. 

"It's actually just five minutes since we entered, hyung," Taehyun replied him calmly. 

"But there is almost no one else to serve. What's taking him so long?" 

"You're just impatient. I don't get it, what do you even expect?" 

Big eyes took a look at the whole space around, before they stuck onto the menu in front of him. Not like he would read it. He just tried to hide from his friend for a while. 

"It's summer, people fall in love. You always just mind your own things, but I've never ever seen you to be so distracted by someone, not for such a long time... so what do I expect? I expect you to talk to that guy who wears Charizard hoodie and that damn bisexual badge - that guy you have a crush on." 

Why is he even so serious about that? Is that so wrong to just mind my own business? 

"What does he wea-" 

"Hi guys." 

While Beomgyu had enthusiastically responded on waiter's greeting, Taehyun's palms accidentally smashed the desk because of his unexpected presence. 

"Someone... has been crushed?" waiter in a white T-shirt seemed to be honestly worried, as he stayed next to their box, holding his notepad close to name tag. His narrow dark hair was almost falling into his eyes. 

Hyuka...  

"Someone wishes to be," demonic smirk appeared on Beomgyu's face. 

Kai opened his eyes in surprise, then his typical kind smile rose back on his lips as Taehyun finally spoke. 

"No one has been crushed. Don't listen to him. He is out of his mind, I told him to wear a hat. The sun is pretty shiny today," Taehyun smiled shyly, lightly kicking back Beomgyu's feet under the table. 

"I bet it is." 

"Right? So what would you like to eat? Peach ice cream cup as always?" 

"That would be perfect." 

"Hahahahaah." 

"Pineapple one for this insane mate, thank you." 

Both Taehyun and Kai slightly bowed their heads. 

"I'll bring it as soon as possible," the waiter said politely, they just exchanged a tiny smile before he left to prepare the order. 

As soon as Kai was gone, Taehyun met those provocative eyes once again. 

"What is it now?" was the question with a phlegmatic attitude. 

"Peach ice cream cup as always?" 

"It's his job." 

"Nope, it's not," Gyu giggled. 

"I might have impressed him by something, so he remembers. We are classmates after all, it happens. Nothing special." 

That's what the younger one said without mentioning the fact that he was secretly pleased by Kai's kind attention. 

After that sentence, Beomgyu was definitelly drowning in a despair. 

"What a self sabotage. Why are you so rational even about this? That's so anti-romantic, I wanna die." 

"So why are you trying to help me?" Taehyun couldn't help himself and silently laughed at his hyung. 

"I'm just a joke to you, right? Is it funny, huh?" 

"You are funny. Your seriousness is just so ridiculous," he kept on giggling. 

"You little- I will cuddle you 'till there is someone actually crushed." 

So... that's why Beomgyu threw himself over the table to turn Taehyun's hair into a total mess as they both were laughing hard and trying to protect themselves. 

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