TEN BLINKED TWICE and looked at the screen of his phone again. across from him sat kun, who gave him a worried look. currently they were at kfc, munching on chicken and fries, when ten decided to search through instagram and ended up on taeyong's profile (like he did often).

"what is it?" asked kun, already noticing an odd sensation about ten.

"did you know that taeyong changed his hair color?" mumbled ten absentmindedly.

kun just shook his head as ten showed him the picture that taeyong had uploaded. "seems like he dyed it together with some guy from his class... his name is seo chayu."

"oh the youtuber?"mumbled kun in between his munches.

"why does everyone seem to know that guy-" sighed ten, every little bit of hope leaving his body.

"well, no offense to anyone, but i get why taeyong would ask him to dye his hair." kun suddenly went quiet, when he realized that his words had hurt ten. "i'm sorry."

the other just shrugged. "it's okay, i should just let go. i mean, for the past weeks you've been a better friend to me than i even deserve."

kun smiled at ten softly. "i'm glad i could help at least a bit."

"but let's eat up, so i know i'll still have a friend tomorrow, who didn't die of starvation." chuckled ten and grabbed some fries, while kun did the same.

actually the food grossed ten out and he didn't want to eat at all. but he also didn't want to worry kun more than he already did, thus he tried his best at eating it all up.

when he did so, kun gave him a wide smile. "you're doing so much better now. i'm proud of you, ten."

"i'm just trying." said ten and decided to switch to another topic, while they left kfc. "do you still have some time or do you have tuition now?"

"yeah i do, sorry for having to leave you here like this." he suddenly bowed down and picked something up. "here, don't lose your beanie, it's cold."

ten uttered a quiet thank you and tried to figure out how to say goodbye to his friend without making it too obivious that he didn't want any company at the moment.

just then kun spoke up again. "could you do me one favour? please don't watch that video, i'm scared that it'll make you sad."

"if you hadn't brought it up again, i wouldn't even have thought about it. but don't worry, i won't." ten lied to kun's face.

after a while ten finally reached his home and went straight to his room, locking himself up.

sorry kun, i just want to look at his face... mumbled ten while reaching for his laptop. he searched for the video and for the blink of a second he stared at the screen in anticipation. this is the closest i'll ever get to taeyong now.

a quick intro with soft music played and ten quickly shook off that pathetic thought. in the video seo chayu introduced himself. "halo angels, it's yuyu to bring you the latest make up and fashion! today i'm also have a friend with me."

ten paused the video and looked at the background. they were definitely in taeyong's room, a place where he had left a lot of happy memories. with a sigh he resumed the video when taeyong introduced himself too.

"hi, i'm taeyong! for today's video i asked chayu to dye my hair red, since i always wanted to try that hair color, but i don't really trust hair dressers." ten's heart felt bitter, since he knew this for a fact; taeyong had once tried to dye his hair red and failed terribly.

"but he seems to trust me for some reason." that chayu guy laughed and ten couldn't help but admit that he was adorable. next he explained which hair colors from which brands they were going to use but eventually ten dozed off at the sight of taeyong's face.

there was a cut in the video and next he could see taeyong sitting on a chair with a towel around his shoulders. well, that's the first thing we got wrong back then chuckled ten to himself.

in the video chayu opened the containers with the haircolor and gasped. "wow i'm scared this might not be enough, though- oh wait there is a second container in it."

"i got really scared for a second though." laughed taeyong.

"don't be scared or else i'll be scared of ruining your hair." scolded chayu and held up the carton package as if he was going to hit taeyong.

they really were fooling around as if they've been friends for a long time, but ten knew it wasn't true. whatever the reasons behind all this were, ten wished nothing more than to be in chayu's place.

"so taeyong hyung already has  dyed his hair light brown, which makes it easier for me to dye it, since i won't have to bleach it." explained chayu, "so what i'm going to do is mix the hair dye with conditioner and let it sit for longer. i know that extending hair dye with conditioner is very popular when people don't have enough hair dye left. i'm basically doing this because the conditioner helps the hair dye to sink in and last longer."

"how do you know all of this?" asked taeyong with wide eyes and a skeptical look.

"i tried it on myself more than once already... if i still happen to ruin your hair, i'll dye it black again, deal?"

the video went on like this for about seven minutes, it probably would've been longer but ten noticed some cuts and speed ups.

while seo chayu seemed to be talking all the time taeyong kept quiet most of the time and smiled, an expression that ten could've looked at all day.

who really confused him was chayu; he had never seen him at school, only once at the café, where he probably worked. but how was he so famous on the internet and at the same time he had never been to any party? did he think he was better because he was famous?

but the more ten watched him, the less he seemed like a arrogant person and it was hard for him to still be mad at chayu. though that didn't change the fact that he envied him.

eventually ten hadn't even noticed that the ten minutes of the video were almost over, when a selca of taeyong with his new red hair and chayu showed in the end.

suddenly he held his breath: it had been taken from a different perspective and right there, beneath the please subscribe panel he saw them; their old photographies on the wall.

ten bit his lower lip painfully in order not to sob, but he ended up crying anyway. there was nothing in the world that he wanted more than his best friend to hug him right there.

but how could he forget? that best friend was disgusted by him.

so ten spend the night lying on the floor with his face and shirt drenched in tears; tears wasted on nothing but a teenage dream.

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sorry for taking so long to update, there was just a lot going on lately

q1: since this is an interactive story, would you guys like to see a q&a special with the characters when i reach 1k?

q2: which one of the main characters do you want to see next?

like, i know where i'm heading with this story, but i don't want to make it go too fast