taehyun expected beomgyu to be at the school library but instead, only soobin is there— who is busy studying.

he went straight to the older and sat on the chair across him.

"beomgyu didn't attend the class today," he whispered.

soobin stopped reading and looked at him. "really? well, i don't know what happened to him so stop giving me that look."

his eyebrows furrowed. "what look?"

"the 'something's up and you know the answer' look. i've been busy doing my final papers so i haven't seen beomgyu since tuesday." soobin continued to write his paper.

he sighed. beomgyu was still okay yesterday though, he's not acting odd or anything.

"just visit him after class. he must be sick or something."

"but he was fine yesterday. i feel like something's up."

soobin grunted and closed the book he was reading. "you didn't tell him right?"

"what? I'm not stupid hyung!" he looks offended that his hyung would accuse him. he might be against the idea of hiding yeonjun's situation to beomgyu but still, he won't just do it without permission.

"then everything must be okay. just visit him after class to see if he's really sick."

"how about you?"

"it's Thursday. I'm gonna visit yeonjun to see if he's doing fine."

taehyun bit the inside of his cheek. he might be more concerned about beomgyu but yeonjun's state right now is actually stressing him out. he can't even sleep at night without thinking of what will happen.

soobin packed his things and tapped his shoulder. "I'll be going first, update me about beomgyu later."

"sure-"

"oh and by the way, bring kai with you. bye!" soobin smiled and waved at him before going out of the library.

he stayed a little more and even took a nap. when he woke up, it was already 3 PM. one hour to go before their class ends and he didn't even bother attending. thankfully, the librarian didn't notice him sleeping or else he would be getting detention right now.

after waiting for kai to finish his class, the two boys immediately went to beomgyu's house.

they find his mother cleaning her car outside.

"hi mrs. choi, we're here to visit beomgyu. is he still sick?" taehyun asked.

beomgyu's mother smiled at him. "he just got a little headache from staying up all night. anyways, you two arrived perfectly. i need to go back to work so can you accompany him?"

the two nodded. mrs. choi thanked them and told them to just eat the snacks she prepared if they get hungry. then she left, hurrying.

"oh by the way boys, he's in his room so just knock! bye!" mrs. choi yelled from the outside.

"okay mrs. choi! take care!" kai yelled back, chuckling.

---

kai stayed at the living room to watch his favorite movie, while he went to beomgyu's room.

he spots the boy lying on his bed while staring at the ceiling. he's spaced out that he didn't even noticed taehyun on his door.

taehyun cleared his throat. "something bothering you?" he went closer and sat at the bean bag.

"t-tae! i didn't know you were here," beomgyu finally looked at him.

"yeah, it looks like you're in deep thought. care to share?"

the boy sighed. "it's about yeonjun."

he doesn't wanna tell taehyun about it but if he keeps this to himself, he might become crazy.

meanwhile, taehyun starts to feel nervous. what if he asks about yeonjun? he certainly can't handle lying to him.

"what about him?"

"he called me last night."

"he what?!"

taehyun looks so shocked. well, he is. he mentally cursed and then contemplated on why the hell would yeonjun call his friend when he was the one who told them to keep his secret. total bullshit.

beomgyu looked at him weirdly. "you okay?"

he smiled. "yeah- just shocked. why did he call you suddenly? and where was he the whole time?" taehyun asked.

"i don't know. he just said that he's sorry a couple of times and then that's it. i tried calling the number but he won't answer." beomgyu laughed while holding back his tears.

he feels frustrated. he just wants answers, or whatever the hell yeonjun's excuse for leaving him, unexpectedly.

taehyun cursed again. he badly wants to tell him the very reason why their friend had gone missing, but he can't. and it made him feel like a useless shit.

--

after their talk, beomgyu said he felt okay and just joined kai on binge watching some anime while taehyun prepared their food.

he's currently cooking some popcorn when soobin called.

"hyung! something happened, yeonjun called-"

[ yeah i know. yeonjun told me he called beomgyu last night. ]

"so what do we do now?"

[ we'll talk to him tomorrow. yeonjun wants to see him just once. ]

"but you know he can't-"

[ don't say it please. anyways, I'll stop by to get kai. i'll be there in 5 minutes. ]

"sure, they're busy watching some cartoons anyway. why did yeonjun even called him?"

[ i actually don't know. maybe he missed him that much, they're both attached to each other- ]

taehyun ended the call when he heard a glass shattered. he turned to see beomgyu staring at him, while the glass he was holding is now on the floor, and into pieces.

kai who was still watching also paused the movie to check what happened.

"fuck! beomgyu what happened?!" he touched his hand but the boy just shoved it away, making taehyun confused.

"what's wrong with you-" taehyun stopped asking when he saw a tear escaped beomgyu's eyes.

realization drawn to him. he heard their conversation. he heard him say something about yeonjun.

he freaking heard it all.