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"Changbin..I said no" "One drag, just one!" "Not even taking that close to my lips" Changbin rolled his eyes at Taehyun, "Whatever" he took a drag from his own cigarette.

Taehyun leaned on the bridge railing, "What's so fun in smoking?" Taehyun asked, his eyes glued to the gold cigarette packet. "It just feels good, away from stress and uninvited feelings" Changbin merely replied while taking a drag, blowing the smoke towards the road. 

Taehyun took a glance at Changbin and then at the packet. "Just trying this once" He pulled out one and lit up, "Finally" Changbin chuckled, Taehyun hesitantly took a drag. Shortly after he violently coughed out the smoke, "That's terrible- The fuck?!" He throws a disgusting face at Changbin who is laughing at his reaction.

"Don't worry, you'll get used to that nicotine" Changbin took another drag, Taehyun threw his one on the ground and stepped on it. "Definitely NOT trying again" He stuffed the packet in his jacket pocket. 

"Definitely" Changbin mocked, "Shut up Bin"

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Taehyun walked towards his apartment, his throat still burning. Resulting in him coughing again. His eyes spotted someone, his eyebrows furrowed as he stared at that male, trying to process if beomgyu was standing there or if he was hallucinating. He quickly turned away and wanted to walk away but he stopped. His body and mind went on autopilot mode and he turned around. He ended up going to Beomgyu.

"Hey" He stood beside beomgyu who was scrolling on his phone outside a cafe. Beomgyu looked at him and flashed a smile. "Hey, Taehyun" He looked back at his phone, continuing scrolling. 

Surprisingly, They stood in a comfortable silence. Taehyun took the packet out of his pocket, keeping it by his side so Beomgyu wouldn't see. He stared at it while Changbin's words in his mind were roaming.

"It just feels good, away from stress and uninvited feelings"

"Maybe I should try it again.." He mumbled under his breath. His attention pulled towards the other male as Beomgyu spoke. "I don't understand why people smoke...Like what's so fun in that smoke you drag?.. I hate this habit" Beomgyu spoke, his eyes still glued on his phone screen.

Taehyun paused for a bit, he stared at beomgyu for a few seconds before looking at the packet and throwing it in the nearby trash bin.

"Right" Taehyun nodded and smiled a little.

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"So you like him?" Yeonjun asked as he took a bite from the cookies that Taehyun made, patting Hobak with his free hand. Taehyun sat across from Yeonjun, he looked away, "I genuinely don't understand why my mind just goes blank when I look at him or think about him...maybe not love but I'm going crazy" his ears started to become red.

"Oh my~ You as an economic student shouldn't be that dumb to understand that" Yeonjun teased, wiggling his eyebrows at Taehyun. " So Taehyunnie in love?~ I have to meet that dude, right?~" Yeonjun nodded at Hobak who meowed on his lap. "What was his name again?" He looked up at Taehyun.

"Beomgyu" Taehyun took a sip from his coffee, gulping down the embarrassment. Yeonjun nodded, a small smirk crept on his lips."So confession when?" "February 30"

"Ok ok I'll wait" Yeonjun took a sip from his coffee but then paused. "Wait wha-"

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Beomgyu stared at Kai from afar in the same cafe, at the same time. He was seeing the male with another one who was slightly taller than him, all smiling and happy. He felt a little jealous, tried to gulp it down by drinking his iced americano but didn't work. 

He placed his coffee down on the table and sighed, he didn't want to be a creep staring at two males but he couldn't stop staring at them. The other male with Kai caught him unhealthy of times. Beomgyu's ears turned red because of embarrassment, he stood up and left the store.

He went to the nearest park beside the kids' playground, he sat down on the bench. his eyes looking at the kids playing with snow, making snowmen, having a snowball fight, and whatnot. His memories of his childhood floated in his mind.

"YEONJUN HYUNG!" Beomgyu laughed as he threw a snowball at his elder brother's face, Yeonjun let out a sigh.  They were playing in their backward, throwing snowballs at each other. He threw back one at Beomgyu. "TAKE THAT, BITCH" "CHOI YEONJUN! LANGUAGE" Their mother yelled from the house, they both stopped. They looked at each other before breaking into giggles. 

The brothers lied down on the snow while laughing, "You know that you are a bitch" yeonjun said, his fingers wrapped around beomgyu's. "I'm 10 years old, hyung" "And still a bitch" "I'm telling Mom" "And the next thing will be your teddy disappearing"

Beomgyu chuckled at the memories, a silent tear escaping his left eye. He wiped it quickly and took a sip from his coffee.

Before he knew Taehyun was in front of him, with a nervous smile. He is holding someone's hand, more like gripping for support.

Beomgyu looked at the person, his eyes widened a bit. "hey beomgyu! it's been a long time since we talked! And it's my best friend, Yeonjun hyung" Taehyun spoke, his hand gripping Yeonjun's more tightly, making Yeonjun hiss a bit.

"Oh hey Taehyun..and we just met yesterday" He looked at Yeonjun and muttered a small hello. Yeonjun's lips curled up in a small smile, "I heard a lot about you from Taehyun, good to see you" Yeonjun's hand left Taehyun's sweaty palm and wiped it on Taehyun's butt, making Taehyun shoot him an annoyed look. Yeonjun extended his hand to Beomgyu for a handshake.

Beomgyu slid his hand into Yeonjun's, "You too" Beomgyu smiled. 

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Beomgyu talked with the males for an hour before they parted ways together. One thing Beomgyu noticed was that Taehyun was quiet and unfocused in their conversation, unlike the other time they met. All he did was stare at Beomgyu and zone out, barely blinking. was it a sign? or Beomgyu was being delusional?

Beomgyu shook his head and shoved his hand deeper into his jacket pocket, his body shivering from the cold. Meanwhile On the other hand...

"So...what do you think about him?" Taehyun shoved his hands in his pockets, walking while looking at Yeonjun. Yeonjun stared back at him, "Who him?" Taehyun blinked, "Beomgyu...?"

"Your crush, Beomgyu?" Yeonjun asked merely, Taehyun nodded. "What about him?" yeonjun asked, his eyes wandering at Taehyun's face. Taehyun rolled his eyes, "You just met him, idiot..and what do you think about him? And should I keep crushing on him or drop it?"

 "What? when? I don't remember meeting him. Are we gonna meet him soon? Or what?" Yeonjun raised one eyebrow, "What are you talking about, Taehyun?" The younger stared at him, "Hyung, it's not funny" He stopped walking, Yeonjun stopped as well.

"I'm not joking...I don't remember meeting your crush" Taehyun sighed as he ran his fingers through his hair. "The heck? You met him just a few minutes ago-" Yeonjun rolled his eyes, "Whatever, maybe saying I did will satisfy you then yeah I did" Yeonjun started walking again.

Taehyun walked beside him, "No please, be serious..you met him! stop lying, I'm not in the mood for these now" "No Taehyun...c'mon, I didn't... Now what are YOU talking about?" yeonjun spoke, his gaze on Taehyun as he put more emphasis on the word 'you'.

Now Taehyun was annoyed, But he knew Yeonjun wasn't the type to make up stories or prank him like that randomly.

Taehyun didn't say anything and entered his sister's bookshop as they reached there. He walked to one worker he works with. At this point, all the thoughts he is getting are weird and unrealistic. He didn't wanted to be dramatic but he felt like something is off.

"Hey, Sakura.." He greeted Sakura with a smile, Sakura looked at him with her doe eyes and smiled back. "Hello, you want anything?" She asked, her hands keeping the books in the shelve.

"You remember the boy you saw a week ago...? that boy reading the last piece of Jujutsu kaisen? We made fun of him after he left" Taehyun asked, hoping for a positive answer.

Sakura took a minute to remember but then shook her head. "who are you talking about, Taehyun? There are a lot of people come and go..." Taehyun's tongue poked his cheek from inside. "The long-haired guy?" "I'm sorry but I don't recall...Is there anything I can do more?"

Hopeness was replaced with frustration and confusion in his mind, he shook his head. "Nothing, thank you" He hurried out of the shop.

"The fuck is happening..."

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