"c'mon hyung! hurry up will you?" beomgyu yelled at soobin, who is now running towards them.

they're playing 'whoever gets to the school last will buy them lunch' game. and looks like soobin's losing.

"this is unfair! I'm practically older than all of you and my knees aren't that strong either!" soobin yelled back, panting.

they all laughed at him, and beomgyu is the first one to arrive at the school gate, followed by taehyun.

last week, taehyun seemed preoccupied and troubled. he was absent for two days,he said he's sick. but beomgyu feels like something's wrong with him.

"hey, you okay?" he didn't know he was staring at taehyun for too long.

he chuckled. "better than soobin of course."

"i heard that you shits!"

—

after what seemed like an endless bickering of taehyun and soobin, they went to their classes. it's been a long time since beomgyu actually felt like a student, and he's happy that he can now focus on his studies.

since finals are gonna be over soon, there's more free time to study. teachers finally stopped giving them a lot of projects so they can focus on their exams.

so now, beomgyu's studying literature while listening to music. taehyun's sitting behind him, staring.

beomgyu's back, he thought. he's thankful, since he really don't want to see beomgyu crying again.

how ironic. since i'm pretty sure he's gonna cry again.

his thoughts were interrupted when kai appeared outside their class room, waving and beaming happily.

beomgyu noticed him too and waved at him. "let me guess, you're not studying?"

kai laughed and gave him a thumbs up. he mouthed, 'gonna ditch the class. bye!' then ran off somewhere.

"oh no, he practically just ditched his free time just to be with soobin. bad decision ever," he heard taehyun mumbled.

"well, you're not the one who's inlove with soobin." he replied, facing him.

taehyun pouted and beomgyu can't help but pinch his cheeks. he's so adorable.

"aw! that hurts!" he slapped his hands away.

he giggled. "i missed you taehyunieee~"

taehyun, needless to say, is completely grossed out.

"ew! you always see my face and now you're saying you miss me? you're gross."

"and you're harsh."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

—

beomgyu just got home after their study session at soobin's house. his mom is happy that he's been studying again.

now he's done showering, and he's drying his hair when his phone rang.

he picked it up, expecting it would be soobin or taehyun but it was an unregistered number.

he answered the call.

"hello?"

[......]

the line is quiet, and beomgyu is weirded out.

"hello? who is this?"

[........]

still no answer. now beomgyu thinks it's one of those prank calls.

"you know what, stop bothering other people and just get a life-"

[ ....i'm sorry.. ]

beomgyu felt like his heart stopped. that voice...

"yeonjun?" he whispered.

[ ...i'm sorry.. ]

"what? why—why are you sorry? yeonjun? yeonjun?!"

the line ended.

beomgyu inhaled sharply and threw his phone on his bed. that was definitely yeonjun, and hearing his voice—beomgyu felt the pain coming back.

i'm fucking back to square one again.