fifty-one || graduation time

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"Taehyun!"

The male turned his head around after hearing his name being called out, a soft smile began to form on his face as he watched Sunoo running towards him with a very wide smile on his face, along with what it seemed to be a letter in his hand.

"Hey! Sunoo, how are you doing?" Taehyun asked the male, ruffling his fresh new black hair, a big change from the usual pink that he had for the past three years now.

"I'm doing good hyung, how are you doing? Are you excited, graduation is tomorrow for you final year Ito University students!" Sunoo said pushing Taehyun's hand away, trying to fix his own hair that was messed up.

"Yeah..." Taehyun said, his voice almost faint as the thought of graduating just tomorrow sent absolute chills of unfamiliarity through him. "What's the letter for by the way? You finally going to confess to Nishimura?"

"What?!" Sunoo gasped out, very flustered from the sudden guess, it's been well known between him and Taehyun that the male has had a crush on his best friend for a while now. "Stop! No...It's for you, you're leaving soon and...You've always been there for me in class even when I was alone, I wanted to thank you for that."

Sunoo handed over the letter to Taehyun, a wide happy smile on his face that just screamed pure energy, it made Taehyun want to smile too. But what the younger said was true, we would be graduating Ito University, and that meant he had to leave his dearest friend for a year.

"I'll cherish it, thanks Sunoo...Now get out of here, school ended like twelve minutes ago." Taehyun smiled, ruffling the males head causing Sunoo to groan again from how much he's been doing that.

"I'll make sure to come see you tomorrow, walking on that stage." Sunoo said after the latter calmed down with his ruffling fest. He pulled the male into a big comfortable hug, putting all of his love and support into it, causing Taehyun to hiss out a huge painful breath from hard he was squeezing.

Even though Sunoo was overly happy for his liking, he had never hated the male. Sometimes he felt bad for involving him in his spell book shenanigans, he didn't deserve to be apart of that all. He was surprised that even after the weird Yumi situation, he still stayed his friend and defended him when people made fun of him after that happened.

"I'll be excited to see you there," Taehyun said, patting the males back, he was starting to get slightly emotional at the thought of finally leaving Ito University.

Sunoo gave him one last smile, turning his head to see Niki over by the entrance waiting for him. Quickly flushing red, he glanced over at Taehyun to see if it was okay if he went over to him, in which Taehyun responded with an affirming nod, allowing the male to hug him one last time before running off towards the other.

Taehyun watched as Sunoo walked out of the University with Niki, leaving him all alone in the empty hallway. Usually it would feel weird walking through such an empty silent hallway but now....It felt emotional, this was the last day he would ever step foot in these halls and get pushed around by people who don't know how to walk on one fucking side of the hall.

"Taehyun! There you are! Soobin and I were looking for you!"

The ravenette turned his head and saw Huening Kai running towards him with the biggest smile ever, which definitely meant something special happened...Either Soobin finally proposed or the male just got some sort of candy.

"Sorry, I was talking to Sunoo," Taehyun said, walking over to the latter as Huening Kai slowed his pace down, panting heavily since he hated running. "I was just about to head outside."

"No worries! I was going to come get you anyway, look!" Huening Kai said, holding up a letter that made Taehyun's head tilt curiously as the two began walking towards the exit of the school where Soobin was waiting outside for them.

"You...?"

"I got accepted into one of the best fashion company in Seoul! Taehyun I'm going to be a designer!" Huening Kai exclaimed happily, practically hopping as they walked towards the doors.

The male gasped loudly, it had always been Huening Kai's dream to be accepted in one of the top designer companies anywhere, the male had spent so many years and had so many lessons on fashion he was sure to be accepted into one of them, yet the slim chance of being accepted was always there. It brought so much excitement to the male seeing his best friend succeed in his dream.

"Hyuka! I'm so proud!" Taehyun exclaimed, pulling the male into a tight bear hug, causing Huening Kai to be startled for a second before hugging the male back, nearly about to cry because of how happy he was. "You finally achieved your dream, I still have the first ever shirt you made me in my closet somewhere."

Huening Kai pulled away from the hug, his eyes brimming with happy tears as he looked down at the floor so Taehyun wouldn't see him cry, the male hated crying in front of other people. But right now it all felt so foreign, the thought of graduating the whole next day and finally going into life was so overwhelming he couldn't hold back his tears at all.

Seeing his best friend starting to tear up made Taehyun want to tear up too, but he wouldn't allow any tears to drop just yet, it wasn't the correct time. "Come on! Wipe those tears Hyuka, what if Soobin assumes I said something mean to you? I don't want him to beat me up again!"

Huening Kai let out a broken chuckle, nodding his head as he wiped his tears from his eyes before looking back up at Taehyun. "Hopefully not," he said, smiling softly as his eyes were slightly red from how hard he was holding back his tears.

The two stared at each other, their smiles just not fading away. Years of friendship that built up between them stayed strong throughout the years, and now here they were, graduating once again together. It was such a dream that it didn't feel real at all.

"By the way! You missing your magic yet?" Huening Kai asked the male, carefully folding up the paper he had and stuffing it back into his pocket so he wouldn't forget about it later.

Taehyun snorted slightly, looking over at the male as if he had just said the most stupidest thing ever. "You're still asking me this? I thought we moved on from it."

"Hey! You never know, maybe you'll end up finding the spell book again and start using it on people again." Huening Kai teased, causing Taehyun to flush red in embarrassment that he still brought up his little magic shenanigans again.

"Is that Soobin?" Taehyun suddenly said, pointing over towards somewhere random to distract the male from saying anything further.

Huening Kai's head practically snapped in the direction where Taehyun was pointing, and shockingly, Soobin was there! The blonde was waiting near the front of the University's gate on his phone doing whatever. A small "Soobin!" was exclaimed from Huening Kai, gaining the elders attention as the male ran towards his boyfriend, engulfing him in a big bear hug.

"We weren't even apart for that long." Soobin chuckled, hugging his dearest boyfriend back, giving him a longing kiss on the forehead before pulling away. Looking over at Taehyun who stood there, teasingly gagging from the affection happening in front of him.

"I was just asking if Taehyun missed his magic, do you think so, Soobin hyung?"

Soobin hummed, tapping his chin as he thought about it before shrugging. "It all depends on Taehyun, what do you say? You miss your magic?"

Taehyun groaned loudly, shaking his head. "Come on! I said I don't miss my magic at all...After all..."

"It's been a whole year since I've last seen the spell book."

Both Soobin and Huening Kai just smiled, one of them nodding as the other grabbed onto Taehyun, dragging him down the side wall towards the parking lot. "That's true! Now, let's get you home before Beomgyu hyung comes after us...I still can't believe he sent like four cars after us when we wouldn't give you back." Huening Kai said, getting chills from the scary memory.

"We also have to get some rest today, we have a big day tomorrow." Soobin budded in, making sure Huening Kai didn't over excite himself too much.

Taehyun chuckled softly, it's been an entire year since he had given up the spell book, and it had been almost an entire year of dating the man who he considered his soulmate.

"I'm ready for tomorrow." Taehyun said, smiling to himself. He was so excited to go home and tell Beomgyu everything.

Tomorrow was the day, he will finally graduate.

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Taehyun waved goodbye to his friends as the two drove off, looking back at the doors in front of him he walked through the apartment lobby, heading straight towards the elevators that would take him up to his home.

He would be lying if he said he didn't feel excited to see Beomgyu. Even though he saw the elder almost every single day without an hour to miss, he still would yearn to be in his boyfriends arms. It all felt so fuzzy and bubbly, as if he and Beomgyu were still in the puppy love phase, with Taehyun being so in love with the elder he thinks he might be falling for Beomgyu more and more as the days go by.

The ding of the elevator caught the males attention, he could practically feel his face burning with a blush as he thought about his boyfriend, how did he end up becoming so love struck? He couldn't believe that he hated the elder at first, he was so glad that changed.

Politely allowing the old couple to walk out of the elevators first, the moment it was all clear he went inside and pressed the top floor button a couple of times, he was pretty sure that Beomgyu was home by now. He had a possible short shift today at the company that just got more and more famous by day, it sometimes made seeing him harder since there are even more auditions almost every two months and all of the other groups that were having comebacks or finally debuting under one of the most popular company.

He was excited to tell Beomgyu that he was graduating basically tomorrow! Even though the elder would keep a schedule in the room marking every special event that would come up, Taehyun's graduation especially, it just warmed his heart thinking about the elders reaction when he would tell him.

Months of hard work, months of constant studying, weeks of constant exams, he had finally did it. Even though he felt like dropping out whenever things got way too difficult, he had never stopped because Beomgyu was there, encouraging him every night he spent crying in the living room over songs he had no inspiration for. Helping him out when things became too difficult, making sure he was still healthy whenever he tried to choose studying over food. The elder had his heart.

He wanted to graduate for him and Beomgyu.

The elevator dinged loudly, signaling that it had reached the top floor. He didn't even wait for the door to open all the way, just sliding through the slightest crack he quickly (practically ran) towards the door, punching in the code, hearing that satisfying click.

"Beomgyu hyung!" Taehyun called out as he opened the door excitedly, throwing off his shoes and throwing his bag somewhere as he ran towards the living room to see if his boyfriend was there.

Fortunately, he was there.

"Darling, there you are." Beomgyu said, turning his head as Taehyun ran straight for him, shocking the male. "Woah— Taehyun!—"

Taehyun quickly jumped onto Beomgyu, wrapping his arms and legs around the elder, causing the male to stumble back and fall onto the couch, making the two of them bounce slightly.

"My love, you're excited as always to see me." Beomgyu chuckled, his hands resting on Taehyun's waist as the latter sat up, practically sitting on his lap, his hands resting on the elders chest as he smiled down at Beomgyu with literal heart eyes. "Are you perhaps excited seeing me or about a special occasion?"

"Obviously you, idiot." Taehyun replied, but he wouldn't lie that some of his excitement is from his graduation tomorrow. "How was work today?"

"So busy, I finally decided to work today! Can you believe that?"

Not really...?

"But I did have Yeonjun hyung help me out on stuff, he did most of the paper work but I did a good portion of it as well! I'm so proud of myself, aren't you proud Taehyun?" Beomgyu said, his thumbs rubbing circles on the males waist as he stared up at the younger above him with literal goo goo eyes, just waiting for praise.

"Yeah I'm proud of you, but you really need to not have Yeonjun do all of your work for you! He almost quit because you made him deliver a bunch of papers to trainees in only one hour."

"I'm trying!"

Taehyun rolled his eyes, it was obvious the elder would never get out of his habit of making Yeonjun do all of his work. Before he could open his mouth to say something he was suddenly pulled down by the neck, his lips meeting Beomgyu's as the elder pulled him into a passionate kiss, most likely tempted by how long he was on his lap for.

Their lips moved in sync as if they were dancing, both of them fighting for dominance, which was quickly done when Taehyun lost it when the elder had moved his hand more up his waist, causing him to weaken from how sensitive he felt there. Leaning more into the elder to capture his lips more, causing the kiss to become deeper.

After a few minutes of careless making out, the two had finally pulled away from each other, a string of saliva connecting on both of their lips. Beomgyu brought his thumb up and placed it onto the males puffy lip, wiping away the saliva, smiling at Taehyun.

"I love you, so much my love. I can't wait to watch you graduate on that stage tomorrow."

Taehyun gasped loudly, instantly sitting up causing Beomgyu to groan from the sudden pressure, but that didn't matter, he had totally forgotten that he was graduating tomorrow! It was literally the number one thing on his mind this whole time too!

"You'll be there tomorrow, right hyung?" Taehyun asked him, holding onto his shoulders, his eyes just staring down at the elder.

"What kind of question is that?" Beomgyu snorted, taking Taehyun's hands off of his shoulder so he could sit up. "Of course I would be there, I even scheduled a day off on that day."

Taehyun smiled widely, his heart fluttering wildly, he knew not to doubt the elders loyalty but he was just so anxious about who would be there or not. But knowing Beomgyu was going to be there brought so much reassurance to him he couldn't hold back his smile.

"Are you about to cry?" Beomgyu spoke up, teasing the male as he pinched his cheeks, causing Taehyun to hiss slightly from how hard he was gripping. "You must be really happy you're graduating tomorrow, that marks the beginning of our future together."

Taehyun chuckled softly, opening up Beomgyu's hand and leaned into it, his heart just ready to explode at the thought of his future with Beomgyu.

"I'm happier than ever."

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Oh god...I hope I don't fall off of the stage. It'll be okay Taehyun! It'll be okay! You practiced your walk all morning!

It was best to say that the male was panicking his life away.

It had been about two hours since he had left the apartment and went to the university and met up with Huening Kai and Soobin who were waiting for him before all final year students dressed in their light blue gowns and caps with white tassels, were directed to go to the gym to wait until the graduation had started.

"Taehyun! Calm down, you're gonna pee yourself the moment you get on stage!" Huening Kai said, trying to reassure the male, yet his attempt was shut down when he was elbowed by Soobin who did not like his response at all.

"That'll only make his nerves worse, Hyuka." Soobin scolded the male before turning his attention towards Taehyun who was still nervous shitless. "It'll be okay Tae, why're you so nervous? It'll be quick!"

"That's the thing! It'll be so quick that processing we're finally graduating would take like years! I can't believe this— And Beomgyu is here too! What if I fall on my face and then it goes out into the public like 'Hot rich CEO's boyfriend embarrassed himself in public!' that's horrifying!"

Huening Kai and Soobin both side eyed each other then looked over at Taehyun as if he were the most craziest person in the room...He probably was.

Shaking his head, Huening Kai pulled Taehyun closer and patted the males back. "You don't have to be nervous about anything, all of those...Really weird thoughts is just your mind tricking you! Come on, stop panicking and relax, you're fine. Be confident, for you, us, and Beomgyu!"

Taking deep breaths, in and out, the male relaxed his nerves and nodded. His best friend was right, there was no need to trick himself into thinking everything will go wrong, there were only thirty minutes until the ceremony starts and all students have to go to the auditorium where their family and friends await to see them walk across the stage, he shouldn't fail this one in a lifetime chance.

Until he was feeling better, the male flung onto Huening Kai who was chatting happily away with his friend that came up to them excitedly...If he could remember his name...Something along the lines of Chanhee...Maybe?

It didn't take long for Taehyun to finally let go of Huening Kai who was completely unbothered. But the male felt better, way better than before. He was convincing himself that everything would be okay, he would walk across that stage confidently and then run into his boyfriends arms after.

"Taehyun?"

"Yes?" The male turned his head after hearing his name being called, yet the person who called out his name was someone he never expected at all, it caused his eyes to widen and his body to tense up.

"Yeojin?" He breathed out, seeing his ex girlfriend right in front of him, smiling widely.

"It was you, I figured you'd be around Huening Kai and Soobin!" Yeojin said, her voice sweet as ever, was it possible that she had gotten more prettier the past year?

Even though his ex girlfriend and former crush was standing in front of him, the fact he was still complimenting her in his head, he felt no butterflies at all. No nervousness, weird ping in his heart, fuzzy feeling...Nothing at all. Which would make sense since he has lost all feelings for her, yet seeing her now after a while made things feel...Strange.

"Yeojin," Taehyun smiled, "How have you been? I see you dyed your hair pink, it looks good on you." He complimented her, causing Yeojin to smile shyly from it.

"Thank you, I just wanted to come over and check on you. It's been a while, do you remember that promise we made a while ago?"

Taehyun was a bit taken aback from the sudden straightforward question, he had to dig deep in his memory to remember which promise he had made with her that would've gone on for so long. After a few seconds of hard thinking, his mind was a total brain rot from joe over excited he was.

"I don't..." He sheepishly replied, scratching the back of his head. Expecting a betrayed reaction from Yeojin, all she did was smile and shake her head in an almost understanding way.

"I knew it, don't worry. It's been a while, I had almost forgotten too until I saw you. The promise...We had together was that...When you win the person you loved so much at that time heart, you'll be happy. So...Are you happy Taehyun?"

A low "Ahhh" came out from Taehyun, finally understanding what she meant, the whole memory coming back to him now as he smiled shyly, looking away before his face became too red. Yeojin was always caring like that, there's no doubt that she will have a lovely partner in life due to her kindness and smartness.

"I am happy," Taehyun finally replied, looking back at her. "I've never been so happy until I made Beomgyu, my boyfriend, mine."

Yeojin gave him the warmest smile ever, as if she were a mother watching her child grow up. With a nod, Yeojin pulled Taehyun into a hug. Just proud of him, so so proud of him for achieving his happiness.

"I'm proud, Taehyun. Don't ever let go of that happiness, because your happiness is mine, remember?"

Taehyun was startled, but hugged her back with gentle arms. Even if there were no romance between them anymore, he still cared deeply for her, as did she. He was grateful he met Yeojin, he learned a lesson from her that he would never forget, he was so thankful she encouraged him to chase after Beomgyu.

"Thank you, for everything, Yeojin." Taehyun thanked her, the hug lingering for a few seconds before an announcement was made that the ceremony would start soon. Parting ways, Yeojin wished Taehyun one last goodbye before turning around, walking into the crowd and disappearing.

Taehyun stood there smiling, a sense of relief washing through him. All of the hard work he's done...It all felt like it was paid off.

"Was that the Im Yeojin hugging you?" Huening Kai suddenly popped up behind him, causing Taehyun to turn around. With a gentle smile, he nodded.

"Yeah, it was Yeojin."

Huening Kai have him a nod before Soobin walked over next to them, very excited to finally graduate officially soon. "Are you ready Taehyun?" He asked him, staring at the male as the ceremony was about to begin.

"Ready as I'll ever be."

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Taehyun breathed in softly, fiddling with the bottom of his gown slightly as rows were called up upon stage to receive their diplomas after a long two hours of speeches. It was safe to say it helped Taehyun ease down his nerves but now that the actual ceremony was starting, he was just so nervous.

"Hey, remember what I told you," Soobin spoke up, noticing Taehyun was on the brink of freaking out once again. "Everything will be okay...Don't panic!"

It was easier said than done, in Taehyun's opinion. Nevertheless, he exhaled deeply, as if he were breathing out all of his nerves. There was only one more row of students before his row would be called to go up onto the stage, looking over at his two best friends who were both equally excited, he knew he had nothing to be afraid of. He was going to walk that stage with Soobin and Huening Kai, with his lover, family, and friends watching.

About ten to fifteen-ish minutes later, it was finally their turn to go to the stage. Once the last person was off stage, the professor on stage called out for Taehyun's row. All ten students stood up and made their way towards the stage with Soobin, Huening Kai, and Taehyun, being the last three.

"Deep breaths Taehyun! It'll go by fast, and remember to smile...They'll take our picture and who knows, maybe Beomgyu wants a photo of his gorgeous boyfriend as well!" Huening Kai reassured the male, patting his back as they waited by the stairs of the stage to go up once their name were called.

Taehyun nodded, turning his head over towards the crowd where almost hundreds of people were. It was quite hard to see where Beomgyu was in the balcony seats, but he knew the elder was watching him no matter what.

"They're starting." Soobin whispered to the two so they'd stop staring off into space.

"Hong Eunchae."

It was really starting to build up now. Loud cheers echoed out throughout the auditorium as the first student walked the stage.

"Jung Wooyoung."

A sudden loud voice screamed Wooyoung's name, making everyone in the line giggle as the male on stage was burning red from embarrassment.

"Naoi Rei."

The line got smaller and smaller as more students were called onto stage one by one, and soon there were only four left. Soon to be three.

"Yoon Keeho."

Keeho was in this row? Taehyun thought, his head perking up to the stage, indeed seeing his classmate walk across the stage with a wide smile as he was waving. He couldn't hold back his smile watching his classmate that helped him throughout his music class graduate.

It was finally time for the last three to go up on stage, nerves started to build up between them but they knew it'll be okay. It was a special emotional moment meant to be shared.

"Choi Soobin."

Soobin's breath exhaled softy, looking over at Taehyun and Huening Kai who both gave him a nod. Squeezing his boyfriends hand one last time he let go of it and walked up on stage, the roar of cheers instantly echoed out as he walked over to the middle of the stage to get his diploma.

"SOOOOOOBIIIIIINNNNN!!!!"

The blonde looked over and saw his mother and father, both smiling widely and cheering, they were practically jumping in their seats watching their son walk across the stage. Failing to hold back his tears, Soobin turned his head, shaking his professors hand as he was handed his diploma, soon walking off of the stage where the other students in line were getting their picture taken.

"Huening Kamal Kai."

"It's now or never, I'm so happy to walk this same stage with you, again." Huening Kai said, giving Taehyun a tight squeeze.

don't cry don't cry don't cry don't cry. Huening Kai repeated in his mind as he walked up onto the stage, screams and cheers like Soobin echoed out, it made the male melt on spot when he spotted his father and sisters cheering for him near where Soobin parents were. It made the male almost sob on the spot if it weren't for the professor gaining his attention again.

Now it was only Taehyun left, the last student of his row to go up on stage. He was way beyond nervous, practically shaking his boots, he felt like he could literally pee his pants...Which he hopes he wouldn't...

"Kang Taehyun."

Taehyun's breath hitched as he looked up on stage seeing his professor smiling at him, waiting to shake his hand and give him his diploma. Taking one last anxious breath, he stepped onto the stairs and walked up, the instant sounds of cheers blasting into his ears which made him startled.

He felt so nervous, his palms were sweating so bad, being in front of this many people sent so much fear down his spines, what if he made a mistake, fell even? Oh god he doesn't know what to do...He stood there frozen as professor Yang in front of him smiled, holding his hand out to shake it.

"KAAANNNGGG TAAEEEHYUUUUUNNN!!!"

Taehyun's eyes widened hearing that familiar voice, his head snapped towards the direction of where it came from, his eyes instantly meeting the male who made his heart melt.

There stood Beomgyu, pure as day, cheering loudly while holding up a sign that had writing on it that said "I ♥︎ Kang Taehyun!", next to him was Yeonjun actually smiling as he help up two posters with Huening Kai and Soobin's face on them. Next to them was his grandmother and Yuri cheering just as loud as Beomgyu was, he should be embarrassed by the silly posters, but for some reason...His boyfriend shined the brightest amongst the crowd, it made him smile.

"Taehyun?" Professor Yang called out to gain the males attention.

Taehyun turned his head, biting his bottom lip to hold back his smile and tears that were definitely falling now. Raising his hand, he shook his professors hand and was given his diploma, a roar of cheers accelerating as the last student from how row was done.

Walking down the stage, he stared at his diploma, practically admiring it. He walked over to where Soobin and Huening Kai waited, he ran up to them as they both held onto his hands, walking together towards their seats.

He finally did it.

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"My baby!" Beomgyu exclaimed loudly, seeing Taehyun running towards them with full speed.

After the last and final row was finished, all families and friends watching were told to go outside where the graduates would meet up with them, and what it felt like five hours (it was just ten minutes) the courtyard flooded with students.

"Hyung!" He heard Taehyun call out for him, and before he knew it, the younger jumped onto him with Beomgyu grabbing him just in time. The ravenette wrapped his arms around the elder neck as Beomgyu held him up by the waist, spinning him around as they kissed each other passionately, not a second to spare.

"My darling, I'm so...I can't..." Beomgyu hiccuped, tears running down his face. So overwhelmed by emotions when he watched Taehyun walk across that stage, he knew the younger was nervous, so he pulled everything together, scheduled a day off for both him and Yeonjun, and immediately went to the auditorium when things were ready. "I'm so...Proud of you."

"Stop crying!" Taehyun chuckled, kissing Beomgyu's cheeks to get the tears away, but he would be lying if he didn't say Beomgyu crying was his final straw, he didn't even realize tears were coming down his face.

"Stop hogging him all to yourself! Let me see my brother!"

Beomgyu chuckled softly hearing Yuri nagging behind him again, letting Taehyun go back on his feet they both looked over towards Yuri who was with his grandmother and Yeonjun, all smiling widely, but what made Taehyun shocked the most was the sudden appearance of Beomgyu's father right behind his grandmother, who was smiling fondly at him.

"You came?!"

"It would be rude to miss my sons boyfriends graduation, wouldn't it?" Doyun chuckled, the bond between him and Taehyun did increase more over the year. It was a bit hard at first but now things were good between the two.

"My dearest Tyun." His grandmother spoke up, opening her arms. Taehyun immediately went over to her and scooped her up into a tight hug as Yuri joined in, both of them so proud of how much Taehyun has grown. "I knew you could do it."

Pulling away, his grandmother wiped the tears off of his face and pressed a kiss on his forehead before he moved on to the next person, which was none other than Choi Yeonjun.

"Hyung, you came." Taehyun smiled as Yeonjun scoffed.

"I was forced to come." The elder teased, but he was super proud, proud of Taehyun graduating. Even though their friendship started off rocky at first, having a little bickering like relationship, the two were close as ever. "I'm proud of you."

Taehyun chuckled softly before pulling the male into a hug making Yeonjun cry out from the sudden hug he did not want. But after a few seconds he melted into the hold and hugged the male, deciding that today wasn't the day to be so mean.

"You're celebrating without us? So mean!" Huening Kai called out, running towards the two with Soobin right behind him as their family followed. "Yeonjun hyung we're so happy to see you!"

Huening Kai joined the hugged, squeezing Yeonjun from behind which made the elder wheeze out from the sudden pressure, but then Soobin had to join in on the side, pressing his body against him and Taehyun.

"I feel so left out, you guys are so rude!" Beomgyu approached the group, instantly joining on the group hug that was practically squeezing Yeonjun to death, but nevertheless, all five of them laughed loudly together, emotions flying around everywhere.

Taehyun and Beomgyu glanced over at each other, their eyes saying so much despite saying anything. Proud of each other and overwhelmed by love, Taehyun's hardest year in life was over.

They had finally graduated, together. Now it was time to step into the next page of his life with his dearest friends, family, and loving boyfriend.

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