five || peonies & a walk home

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"What do you mean you almost got fired from your job Taehyun?!" Kai said loudly in shock when the male told him what had happened on Sunday with a specific ravenette. It had been a whole week since the incident and Taehyun hasn't seen Beomgyu at all, which he didn't mind.

"They were mad because I smashed Beomgyu's face into the tiramisu cake but they didn't fire me for some reason." Taehyun shrugged. He was quite shocked that his manager only gave him a strict warning instead of firing him on the spot. Did he feel guilty for shoving the elder's face into the cake? Nope, not one bit.

"I mean- Who does that?! Who asks for a kiss? I would never kiss anyone, especially that goddamn Choi!" Taehyun said ready to rip his hair out. Kai stared at Taehyun with an awkward smile and just let his friend rant about how angry he was for the whole week.

The two walked inside of the school heading towards Taehyun's locker which was fortunately right next to Kai's. "You know how Beomgyu hyung is, Taehyun. He's a trickster." Kai sighed and opened his locker, the whole top part was filled with multiple plushies and a little 'you can do it!' sticker on top.

"Also Isn't it about time you finally call Beomgyu...hyung?" Kai asked and tilted his head. An airy scoff came from Taehyun before shaking his head. "I refuse to address him as hyung. He doesn't deserve it!"

"But it's a basic form of respect, Taehyun. I'm surprised he hasn't scolded you yet." Kai sighed and closed his locker. Taehyun just shrugged and turned around opening his locker.

Taehyun's eyes widened as something hit his chest and fell off to the floor. Looking down at what the object was he saw a bouquet of peonies and dahlias that had a little white bow wrapped around it.

Taehyun slowly picked the bouquet up and stared at the flowers. "Holy shit Taehyun!" Kai looked at the male excitedly, "You got flowers!"

The redhead eyed his best friend suspiciously, "You didn't put this in my locker?" He asked. Kai shook his head no which made Taehyun even more confused. The male stared at the bouquet curiously. He never told anybody that peonies were his favorite flower, he didn't even have an exact clue who would give these to him!

"The person who sent you these probably really likes you Tae," Kai said and grabbed the bouquet out of the male's hand. Taehyun felt a weird stab in his gut when the other took the flowers out of his hands. "Dahlias! Don't these signify everlasting love?" The male asked before the flowers were snatched back by Taehyun.

"I don't care what the flowers mean- This is stupid! Why would anyone give me flowers?" Taehyun scoffed and looked at the flowers, but deep down he felt unknown butterflies. Staring at the flowers made him sick. Looking more in his locker he felt a small sticky note and quickly grabbed it.

This is cheesy but these flowers aren't as beautiful as you! <3

P.S: Sorry for Sunday.

Taehyun read the note as his face turned into a frown. No initial or anything, not even a hint of who gave this to him! He felt a little bit upset and sad that the person wouldn't expose themself. Sorry for Sunday? Taehyun read and felt dumbfounded.

The school bell rang signaling that there were only ten more minutes left til' class started, Kai quickly closed his locker and patted Taehyun's head before leaving. Taehyun bit his lip trying to think about anything that happened on Sunday, yet his mind was clouded. "Ugh, whatever." He said as his eyes slowly roamed over to a trash can.

Should I...?

Taehyun contemplated whether he should throw out the flowers or not. They were absolutely beautiful but it gave him a weird feeling in his stomach he couldn't get out. Mentally fighting with himself he sighed and pulled his phone out and texted his brother.

« Soobin hyung 🤢 »

Hyung can you come get these flowers in my locker and take them home? Put them in a vase too or whatever.

Do it yourself.

I'll tell Yeonjun hyung you like him.

So what's your locker combination ♥︎

Taehyun snickered at how stupid his brother was, texting the elder the locker combination he carefully placed the bouquet back in and closed it. Hurrying off to class, his mind was just curiously filled with so many questions. 

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"He took it right?"

"I don't know I can't see!"

"You're stepping on my foot you asshole!"

"You guys are so noisy!" Beomgyu groaned and pushed the two annoying males in front of him away. Looking down the hallway he watched Taehyun place the flowers back inside of his locker before walking away. Beomgyu's heart was racing heavily just hoping that the younger accepted the flowers. "You're noisy!" Yeonjun scoffed and pushed away Jeongin who was eagerly leaning on Beomgyu to see what happened.

Beomgyu had woken up extra early this morning with a plan, the dream he had with the flower field inspired him more to win Taehyun over! So he headed out early morning and stopped by a local flower shop that was pretty famous among students. It was cheap and the flowers came in great quality! And to Beomgyu's surprise, the owner of the flower shop just had to be Jeongin's grandma!

The blonde had pestered Beomgyu all morning about who the flowers were for when it should be obvious, but Jeongin wanted to hear it in words. After a very long walk of nonstop questions, Beomgyu had finally given in and told the other who desperately wanted to help.

Yeonjun was waiting for Beomgyu at the front gate like he always did during the morning so the two can walk to class together. When the elder saw Beomgyu walk with Jeongin to school with a bouquet in his hand the endless teasing of Beomgyu finally moving on started.

So here they were now, literally watching the whole scene with Taehyun and the flowers Beomgyu secretly gave the male unfold. He was hoping that Taehyun would accept the flowers and not throw them out, he had planned this out for a whole week and saved up money to buy the most beautiful bouquet the flower shop had.

"So why aren't you guys in class?" A sudden voice made all three males freeze, slowly turning their heads they saw Soobin standing there with a blank face. "Soobin!" Yeonjun said a bit too loudly with a red face. He quickly took a hold of Jeongin's arm who gave the elder a confused disgusted look.

"I-I was just showing Jeongin around but now we have to go bye-bye!" Yeonjun said before speeding off with the male leaving poor Beomgyu behind who just stood there awkwardly.

"Yo." Beomgyu waved at the male awkwardly. Soobin, who stood there unamused just sighed. "So you're the one who put flowers inside of my brother's locker?" The male asked while raising a brow. Beomgyu gulped slightly and nodded with a reddened face.

"I figured," Soobin shook his head and gave Beomgyu a small smile. "How do you know his locker combination though?"

Beomgyu gave the elder a tight smile. To be honest, Beomgyu only knew Taehyun's locker combination because he had watched the male open it in front of Beomgyu and he just happened to accidentally memorize it!

"Never mind that, go to class." Soobin sighed and pushed Beomgyu softly so the male would start walking. "Wait! You won't tell Taehyun, right? Does he like it?" Beomgyu quickly asked holding onto the male's sleeve.

Soobin raised his brow and smirked slightly. "I don't know, I'm kinda bored so maybe I'll tell him." He shrugged. Beomgyu panicked slightly and shook his head no. "No! Don't-- I'll set you up on a date with Yeonjun hyung!" Yeah yeah, just sacrifice your best friend to the school's student council president. Best plan!

Somehow, that sparked Soobin's interest as he nodded. "Alright." Soobin agreed, which made Beomgyu a little shocked but he was happy that Soobin wouldn't tell Taehyun. Beomgyu thanked the elder softly and started to walk off to his class.

"Beomgyu," Soobin called out the ravenette, Beomgyu looked over his shoulder curiously and tilted his head. "About the flowers...He loves them."

Beomgyu's smile widened brightly as his heart raced fast, his stomach was filled with joy as it felt like it was doing backflips all over the place. His eyes brightened and overall, Beomgyu was delighted to know that the flowers worked.

"Thank you hyung!" Beomgyu thanked the elder before running off to class.

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RING!!~

Multiple students started packing up their things, Taehyun was one of the first ones to leave the classroom instantly when the bell rang. He didn't like being one of the few who was last out the door and having to walk through a very crowded hallway just to leave school.

Stopping by his locker he grabbed his things quickly, noticing the bouquet was gone he was relieved to know that Soobin was honest with his words. Closing the locker he walked out of the school quickly.

He sighed softly and stood near the school gate waiting for his brother so the two could walk home together. Taehyun could barely focus today which was strange. He was so curious about who got him flowers, usually, he would just throw them out but they were just too pretty.

Taehyun stood there silently watching kids leave one by one in groups or singles, the soft chatter around him faded as only the sound of cars passing by or birds tweeting filled the void.

"Taehyunie~"

Taehyun's eye twitched slightly, immediately recognizing who the voice belonged. Turning his head he met eyes with a very smiley Beomgyu who stood next to him. "Waiting for Soobin?"

Taehyun stayed quiet and ignored the elder as always. Quickly pulling his phone out desperately he saw a message from Soobin, hoping that he would be out soon and take him home.

But all of Taehyun's hope shattered instantly when the elder messaged him that he wouldn't make it to drop Taehyun off home due to an important meeting.

"Do you want to walk home together?" Beomgyu suddenly asked, Taehyun glanced at the elder and scoffed before walking away quickly. Walking home was just fine to Taehyun. He didn't want to be bothered, especially by Beomgyu.

Taehyun walked silently down the street, he noticed that there was no sound coming from behind him. Taehyun was so glad that Beomgyu didn't decide to follow him, if he did he might've gone insane—

"Soooo~ How was class?" He heard a sudden voice next to him. Taehyun flinched slightly from shock, he looked to his side and saw Beomgyu walking next to him completely unbothered.

"Beomgyu! Go away!" Taehyun groaned walking a bit faster, only for the elder to copy his actions. "Don't you have a car? Go home with that!"

"Unfortunately, Taehyun. I walked to school." Beomgyu sighed. "Why would I let you walk home alone? What if some stranger kidnaps you?"

"I'd rather have that stranger kidnap me than you being next to me," Taehyun mumbled to himself, yet Beomgyu heard it. The ravenette gave the younger a small smile and brushed it off.

"Let me ask again, may I walk home with you?" Beomgyu asked. Taehyun sighed more for the ninth time today and glared at the elder. "Fine, since you're already here." He said and gave in.

Beomgyu smiled widely and started talking about random little things the whole walk. Taehyun just blankly stared off into space, yet somehow he heard every word that came out of Beomgyu's mouth. From how Yeonjun tripped and fell into a trash can during lunch, to how he mistook a random freshman as a teacher, and how he traded Pokémon cards with this random sophomore.

Taehyun couldn't help but eye the elder weirdly from his weird experiences throughout the day. But he won't lie, it was a bit funny. Taehyun realized what he felt and quickly started coughing.

"Taehyun!" Beomgyu called out for the younger and quickly fetched an iced tea from his backpack, opening the bottle cap he held the bottle up to Taehyun's lip. The redhead grabbed the bottle and immediately started drinking it, eventually calming down.

"You scared me, darling," Beomgyu said softly. Taehyun glared at the elder while closing the lid. Gave it back to the elder who shook his head no. "It's for you."

The walk home eventually became quiet between the two, it didn't take long for them to arrive at Taehyun's house. Walking up the stairs Taehyun quickly unlocked the door before looking back at Beomgyu who stood at the bottom just smiling.

"I'm glad you made it home safely," Beomgyu said and turned around, ready to walk off.

"Wait." Beomgyu turned around and looked at Taehyun who stood there with a reddened face. He tilted his head slightly waiting for the younger to speak.

Taehyun bit his lip slightly and looked at the elder with shaky eyes. "Th-Thank you, hyung."

Beomgyu's eyes widened from what he just heard, "Tae—" The sound of a door closing loudly cut the male off. Beomgyu stood there in shock, replaying the words in his mind to see if he heard them incorrectly.

"Holy shit..." Beomgyu breathed out before turning around, his face turning a bright shade of red. He couldn't believe it, Taehyun had called him hyung for the first time in years!

A wide smile was set on Beomgyu's face as he began walking back to the school. When he had told Taehyun that he walked to school it was a complete lie. He had driven to school like always but since he saw Taehyun walk home, he took advantage of the moment to spend time with the younger and get him home safely.

He could've just driven them, but he wanted to spend a good amount of time with Taehyun.

"Hyung...Hyung...Hyung..." Beomgyu mumbled to himself, he would hear the younger call him that all the time in his dreams but the word coming from real Taehyun's mouth? It made Beomgyu's heart go crazy.

So with dreamy clouded eyes, he walked home. Not even bothered that some people walking by gave him weird looks.

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