fifteen || you over everything

warning : physical violence & bullying

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SLAM!

Taehyun winced harshly as he coughed out a strained breath when he was suddenly slammed against one of the stone walls of the school, glancing up with a pained face he met eyes with someone who he had never seen before with a smug expression.

"This is the famous Kang Taehyun, huh?" The irritating unknown person spoke up, just enough for the male to get a whiff of his disgusting hot breath. "You're the guy dating Choi Beomgyu?"

What does Beomgyu have to do with this? Taehyun thought in confusion but was more angry that these random guys decided to scare Huening Kai away then proceed to drag him to somewhere secluded, all because of a fake relationship he was in?

"Yeah, what-" Taehyun hissed loudly when the male had pushed him more up against the wall, causing pressure on his back which would probably form bruises later. "What of it? Don't tell me you only stopped me just because I'm dating Beomgyu."

"That's the exact reason why I stopped you." Great another butt hurt rejected guy. "You stole him from me."

Taehyun's jaw clenched tightly, his eyes flickering towards the two other guys behind him which he assumed was this idiots friends before looking back up at the male.

"How did I steal him from you?" Taehyun questioned him, grabbing onto the males wrists to try and get him off. "Last time I checked, my boyfriend isn't an object."

The idiotic dude laughed loudly, but it was more like a mocking type of laugh when Taehyun had said that.

"Everyone knows that Choi Beomgyu is supposed to be mine," The dude growled angrily, straining the word 'mine' to show how serious he was, it almost made Taehyun snort in his face. "I don't know what fucking bribe you pulled to make him date your nobody headass but guaranteed he'd be happier with me."

Great, another delusional, It took everything in Taehyun to not roll his eyes from how stupid this dude was. Glancing to the side he couldn't help but worry about Huening Kai. I pushed him away just in time, I hope he didn't get hurt, but knowing him he most likely went to go get help.

"I don't know what the fuck you're yapping on about," Taehyun began, finding the males attitude extremely childish. "But what you're saying sounds insane, don't you think if Choi Beomgyu wanted you..."

"Taehyun!"

Right before he could finish his sentence, the two of them turned their heads and saw both Soobin and Huening Kai running towards them in a panic, which. add Taehyun slightly glad that Huening Kai got help which he didn't really need.

Out of everyone... he had to get Soobin. Taehyun grumbled under his breath, but a part of him was glad his best friend didn't get Beomgyu, not because he was worried the male would get hurt or anything.

"Finish your sentence, brat." Seojun muttered loud enough for the two of them to hear, causing Taehyun to scrunch his face in disgust.

"Don't you think if Choi Beomgyu wanted you, he would know your name?"

Seojun's eyes widened in anger, as if Taehyun had sparked an intense hatred within the male with just a few words, but that didn't stop him from keeping his mouth shut.

"You're a nobody to Choi Beomgyu," Taehyun spat out, gripping the males wrists tightly as he stood up straight, staring down at him as if he were nothing but a weak person. "He will never know your name or ever want someone as idiotic as you. So get your goddamn delusions out of your ass, nobody knows you, and Choi Beomgyu will never. be. yours."

. . .

"Taehyun!—"

CRACK!

Silence ran through the air as only the sound of a body thudding against the hard concert floor echoed throughout the space around them.

The sounds of heavy breathing mixed in as Seojun stared down at Taehyun angrily, blinded by his intense rage he didn't care if Soobin and Huening Kai were yelling at him in the background, being stopped by his friends so they couldn't come closer.

"Don't you dare ever talk down on me like that," Seojun said, warning the pink head who sat on the floor with his head down, the faint line of blood rolling down his nose. "You're worthless, nobody knows you or cares about you, so who are you to tell me that I'm an idiot?!"

"Taehyun!" Huening Kai gasped out in fear, after just witnessing his friend being punched square in the face. "Taehyun! Move! Taehyun!"

Hyunsoo and Hayoon glanced at each other in guilt but held onto Soobin and Huening Kai tightly who were struggling in their grasp, they knew they should help but they couldn't, or Seojun would ruin their lives.

Soobin stared at Taehyun in fear, fear that the male wasn't okay and had just become unconscious, he was worried for the male despite not talking to him as much. He needed to make sure that he was okay, he had to help!

Glancing between Hyunsoo and Hayoon, he took a deep breath and grabbed onto the two which startled the both of them, distracting them from Seojun and Taehyun.

"I can see you're still conscious, dipshit." Seojun scoffed, seeing how Taehyun's eyes fluttered open and shut — most likely to stay conscious and not pass out.

After not getting any response from the male, Seojun scoffed mockingly and grabbed onto Taehyun's pink hair harshly, causing the male to hiss out in pain loudly as he immediately grabbed the males wrist to try and get him off, which made Seojun smile with pleasure.

"See? Don't you see that I'm superior to you? A nobody like you should've never started dating someone as perfect like Choi Beomgyu." Seojun spat out, finding Taehyun's pain amusing, it finally made him feel superior and worthy of Beomgyu's love.

"What do you have to say? Huh?" Seojun gripped the males hair harder and tilted his head back so he could get a clear view of Taehyun's face.

The pinkette's eyes squinted in pain slightly as his jaw clenched angrily, on his right cheek was a red and purplish bruise already blooming on his idiotic face as blood dripped down his nose slowly, leaving a trail of disgusting dry blood.

How weak.

"Got nothing to say? Perfect, now I can dispose of you, and then Beomgyu could be—"

"Pfft,"

Right before he could finish his sentence, a slow snicker came from Taehyun as he stared at Seojun who seemed confused yet pissed off from the sudden action, but that didn't bother the pinkette at all.

Personally for him, it made everything exciting.

"Why are you laughing?!" Seojun raised his voice louder, gripping the males hair even tighter he was certain that he would rip it off. "Do you find this amusing?! Watch! I'll kill you!"

That empty threat didn't make Taehyun scared at all.

A slow smirk spread over the males lips as he looked up at Seojun with a smile that was unexplainable yet eerie, it almost sent chills down the males spine from how calm and relaxed Taehyun looked.

"Idiot."

That was the last thing he heard Taehyun say, not having enough time to properly react to why the male had said that, he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his knee when all of a sudden Taehyun kicked him.

"AGH!" Seojun yelled loudly, releasing his hold on Taehyun as he stumbled backwards, holding onto his knee in pain. Suddenly feeling flustered, the male looked up and saw Taehyun slowly standing up with a calm expression.

An expression so calm yet so full of anger.

"The only idiot here is you," Taehyun spoke calmly, yet it the tone of annoyance was laced in his words like venom. "Do you really think that I would be scared of you?"

"You should be! I can ruin your life—"

"The only life you ruined was yours," Taehyun cut him off, slowly bringing a thumb up to his nose as he wiped away the blood that dripped down, almost as if the painful bruise on his cheek didn't affect him at all.

"Me? My life ruined?!" Seojun cackled loudly, his eyes widening as he spoke, slowly sitting up he began to rise from the floor. "You! Just you watch I'm going to kill—"

SLAM!

A loud wheeze left Seojun's mouth when all of a sudden intense pressure was pressed onto his chest and was slammed back onto the ground, looking up at Taehyun in shock he finally realized what had just happened.

Taehyun, the supposed idiot, had just kicked his chest with such intense force it made him fly back into the wall.

"What are—" Seojun was suddenly cut off when a loud painful wheeze left his mouth, instantly shutting him up.

"I suggest you start listening and stay quiet," Taehyun spoke lowly, it made him sound like a complete different person than usual. "You think you can do that? Or do I have to baby you and shove my goddamn shoe down your mouth to keep that worthless part of you from talking."

Seojun was one to never back down from a fight, especially against a nerd like Taehyun, but right now it was like the male did a total 180 on his personality, standing above him menacingly and not even caring that there was a huge throbbing bruise on his cheek.

Taehyun smirked slightly, "Now listen up you trash."

"You really think I didn't plan this through? Did you think I was some hopeless. fucking. nerd?" Taehyun strained his words, pressing his foot down on the males chest harder each time which made Seojun yelp in pain.

"I can ruin you in an instance, one trip to the principals office and you're out of this school." He bitterly smiled, feeling no remorse for this dude.

"You!—" Seojun hissed in pain loudly at the intense pressure on his chest, all of his limbs feeling weak. "You have no proof! Who's going to believe a nobody like you?!"

"Oh..." Taehyun hummed softly, almost as if he were saddened by that. "I think I do have some proof."

Seojun raised his eyebrows in confusion, watching the pink head tilt his head in the direction of where Soobin and Huening Kai were coming, he turned his head to witness that Hyunsoo and Hayoon were no longer there holding back the blonde and the penguin guy.

There just stood Soobin and Huening Kai staring at them in shock, with Huening Kai's phone out as he recorded the whole Seojun part of the incident.

The males eyes widened as all the blood in his face began to drain, looking back up at Taehyun angrily he began to squirm under his hold.

"You! YOU SET ME UP! You bitch, you drove my friends away! I'll show you I'll show you that i'm—"

WACK!

Pain instantly bloomed all over Seojun's face as an the feeling of a hard fist met with the side of his head, staring up at Taehyun in shock for a few seconds his vision began to become blurry.

And within a few seconds,

The male had passed out.

"I'll never let you near Choi Beomgyu," Taehyun muttered under his breath at the unconscious Seojun, but it came off as a note being made for himself. "Not in a million years."

"TAEHYUN!" Huening Kai cried out, running towards the male and engulfing him in a hug, worried for his best friend. "Are you okay?! You got punched pretty hard, oh my god."

"I-I'm fine Huening Kai..." Taehyun wheezed out, almost forgetting that he had gotten punched, it was like he was running on adrenaline that time because the moment he realized he got punched the annoying pulsating feeling began to bloom on his cheek. "Just- A bit hurt..."

"Just a bit hurt?!" Soobin repeated, suddenly appearing next to Huening Kai in shock from all that happened. "You got punched square in the face and i'm pretty sure that dude tried ripping your scalp off!"

Taehyun glanced over at Soobin in confusion, he wondered why the male was all of a sudden here with his best friend, had there been nobody else to come help Hyuka? Feeling awkward the male looked away and shrugged.

"It's okay I'm fine."

"Are you sure you're fine? You're wobbling!"

"Yes Huening!" Taehyun groaned loudly, trying to convince himself that he was fine until a wave of exhaustion and drowsiness washed over him. "I'm...I...I'm fin..—"

"TAE!" Huening Kai yelled loudly, immediately catching the male who had suddenly gone unconscious, which was most likely caused by the harsh punch and pressure on his face and his pure exhaustion. "Damn it! He needs to stop acting like a hero!"

Soobin stared at the male in shock, it was his first time seeing Kang Taehyun like this, maybe it was because he barely knew the male and only knew him as his best friends boyfriend who is cool and nonchalant but this whole new personality made him... impressed.

"If you don't mind me asking," Soobin spoke up, helping Huening Kai carry Taehyun as they placed one of his arms over their shoulder. "Since when was Kang Taehyun-ssi so... uh... strong?"

Huening Kai bit the bottom of his lip nervously, he didn't know whether or not to tell Soobin about why Taehyun easily beat the bully, looking over at his best friend he sighed and decided on telling him, he was trustworthy after all.

"When Taehyun isn't painting or locking himself in an art studio, there are times where he would go boxing or practice taekwondo." Huening Kai explained slowly, debating if he should tell the next part.

"Believe it or not, we have been friends since middle school, and I used to get bullied a lot..." Huening Kai mumbled softly, almost as if it was a heavy topic for him, "So taking the opportunities he had, he kept practicing those things in hopes he can protect me one day."

Soobin stayed silent and nodded, finding this new piece of information about the mysterious Kang Taehyun alluring, it made him want to know more about the male and become his friend!

"Does Beomgyu know?"

"No!" Huening Kai said a bit too loudly, shaking his head quickly. "He shouldn't know, Taehyun doesn't want him to know."

"Why?"

"He doesn't want anyone to know about his other hobbies, he told me that if word got out some people might be afraid of him and not like him even more, Taehyun doesn't like the feeling of having authority over others so he keeps it on the down
low and sticks to art."

Soobin nodded once again, it made him feel happy knowing Taehyun was someone who was kind and not just a heartless nonchalant emo boy who started dating his best friend out of no where.

"Don't worry, I'll keep it a secret, we should hurry up and get to the infirmary before we get in trouble," Soobin paused for a second, licking his lips as he thought. "I think those two minions of Seojun went to go help him, who knew giving them each twenty dollars would help?"

Huening Kai chuckled softly and nodded, glancing down at the unconscious Taehyun he frowned slightly, worried for the male.

"I just hope Beomgyu doesn't find out, or he'll definitely panic."

"You recorded it, didn't you?" Soobin suddenly asked, causing Huening Kai to nod.

"It's a plan between Taehyun and I," Huening Kai said softly, as if he didn't want to talk about it, before Soobin could reassure the male that he didn't have to say anything at all the younger continued. "When...There was a chance a fight would happen between me and some... people,"

"Taehyun would immediately push me away and tell them to beat him instead," Huening Kai spoke softly, pausing for a second as Soobin opened up the door to the hallway, hoping that no teachers catch them.

"Are you serious?!" Soobin gasped out, not expecting to hear that from Huening Kai, Taehyun looked like the type to never get bullied! "And they went with it?"

"When someone wants to feel powerful and intimidating to others, they make themselves look like the bigger person." The male said bitterly, as if all the bad memories were coming back. "Some people don't realize that Taehyun really does have muscles, but only visible when he flexes them or wears short sleeved shirts."

"So...That means they'd rather bully Taehyun because he comes off weak...?"

Huening Kai nodded at what Soobin had said, glancing down the empty hallway he was grateful that nobody was out of class wandering around, it'd be hard to explain why they were carrying an unconscious student covered in blood.

"So while he distracted them, I would run to get help, but if there was nobody to help me then I would hide somewhere and record everything, as bad as it sounds Taehyun says we need proof everytime something like this happens so the people who are bad gets in trouble."

Soobin stayed silent and nodded, perhaps this is why Huening Kai and Taehyun tend to stay silent and be around each other more than anyone, and maybe this is why Taehyun doesn't step out to learn more people because of this happening to him and his friend.

"Does it always work?"

"I wish," Huening Kai said under his breath, a small chuckle coming out that was full of disappointment. "Sometimes the counselors or even principal would brush us off, saying that we were kids being kids and it was no big deal."

The bitter truth, it was something Huening Kai wished never happened but he knew no matter how hard you try even with enough proof, not everyone will believe you or even help you. It made him realize that he needed to shield himself from everything and only take action with those who are fully trustworthy.

Soobin was beyond speechless now, he had no exact words to say when the male exposed all of this to him, it just made him adore how strong Taehyun and Huening Kai are.

"You don't have to worry anymore, Huening Kai," Soobin began to speak up once they approached the infirmary. "You don't have to be scared about not having anyone to believe you."

"What do you mean...?"

"You have us, Huening. You have me, Yeonjun, and especially Beomgyu." Soobin said, a determined look expressed on his face which made the male smile slightly.

"Thank you, Soobin, it- it really means a lot, for the both of us." Huening Kai said softly, happy that he now had new friends to comfort him.

The two of them walked slowly in silence until they reached the infirmary, knocking on the door, it took a few seconds for the nurse to come out in confusion before laying her eyes on Taehyun who was unconscious and bleeding.

After a few minutes of panicked interrogation and questioning, the nurse had taken the male into one of the rest beds and began tending to his wounds, telling both Soobin and Huening Kai to stay outside the infirmary and head back to class, thanking them for bringing him to get help and giving them passes to class.

"Do you think he'll be okay?" Soobin asked, even though he was certain Taehyun would be okay, he couldn't help but worry.

"Of course I do, Taehyun is strong, a punch like that isn't enough to entirely hurt him bad...i think..."

Soobin ignored the last two words and nodded, staring at the closed infirmary door he sighed loudly and looked away feeling guilty.

"Do you think Beomgyu will find out about this?"

"I..." Huening Kai paused, as much as he adored Beomgyu and adored the males company and care he knew it would be best for him not to know, or worry that his boyfriend had gotten his ass beaten. "I hope not, it would be bad to stress him out."

Soobin agreed with Huening Kai, he knew Beomgyu like inside and out. He knew that if the male had found out that someone — especially his boyfriend — had been injured he would drop everything and go to them immediately and care for them regardless of what it is, but if he were to find out it was because of him? The male would blame himself for life, die of guilt most likely.

"Yeah..." Soobin said softly, feeling unwell when he didn't feel that ping of pain when he thought about Beomgyu and Taehyun together, did that mean something? "Let's... make sure he doesn't find out."

Even if Beomgyu shouldn't know, it was best for him to know. Sorry Huening.

But Beomgyu deserves to know what happened.

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"You know, the first years are so rude." Yeonjun snickered under his breath, walking besides Beomgyu as the two of them headed back to class after finishing up a presentation.

"Don't say that! You know some of them were nice." Beomgyu frowned, disliking how Yeonjun was being mean about them.

"That's because they found us hot, Beomgyu, they wanted to swoon us with kindness." Yeonjun said, sticking his tongue out as the male stared at him in confusion.

Shaking his head, the two of them walked to their classroom which was down the hallway, it didn't take long for them to arrive to the classroom which was mid way throughout the lesson, once they stepped in Beomgyu could immediately feel the change of energy.

But what he noticed even more was that Taehyun was not in his seat.

Where's Taehyun? He questioned confusedly, he knew the pink head was not one to purposely skip class so now he was wondering if something had happened. Now that I think about it Soobin and Huening Kai aren't here too...?

Slowly walking towards his seat, he started to feel uneasy with the amount of stares he was getting, he knew he was one to be stared at but this time there was a feeling in his gut telling him that something was definitely wrong.

"Choi Soobin, glad to see you can make it to class," Mr. Son spoke up the moment the blonde had walked into the classroom.

Even though he was late, he still managed to give both his and Huening Kai's passes to the teacher, the younger had decided to stay behind and watch Taehyun just incase the male woke up sore and hungry, and he knew he had no say in it.

It was at that moment both he and Beomgyu made eye contact, which immediately made a wave of guilt wash over him.

Soobin's late...? Beomgyu was starting to get worried by what was happening, he would've brushed it off by now but something was really bothering him.

Soobin stayed silent as he walked back to his seat, but just before he passed by Beomgyu he slipped a notecard onto the males desk and rapidly walked away, causing Beomgyu to stare at him in confusion.

Why did he... just do that...?

Beomgyu felt so confused, he hadn't properly talked to Soobin in a few days yet for some reason that expression on the elders face made him worry so much, glancing down at the note that was slipped onto his desk he hesitantly picked it up and opened it up to read it.

"Alright class, let's go over our English lesson for today, please—" Mr. Son paused seeing Beomgyu's hand raised. "Yes, Choi?"

"May I please use the bathroom...?" The male asked shakily, his words caught in his throat as he avoided eye contact.

"Oh! Of course, please take the pass and come back soon."

Beomgyu wasted no time getting up from his seat to grab the pass, leaving the classroom in a rush. After reading that note Soobin had given him he felt his heart drop down to his stomach sickly.

Just how did Taehyun end up in the infirmary?

After a few minutes of panicky speed walking to the infirmary, the male had arrived just on time as Huening Kai came out of the infirmary with a shocked expression when he saw Beomgyu standing out in the hallway.

"B-Beomgyu-ssi?" Huening Kai questioned, confused why the male was suddenly here when Soobin had just left which means— "Don't tell me Soobin told you..."

"Let me see Taehyun, please." Beomgyu asked breathlessly, worried for the male.

"H-He just woke up from being unconscious I don't know if you—"

Unconscious?! Soobin just stated that he was in the infirmary, how badly injured is he...?

"Please, Hyuka." Beomgyu's voice wavered. "Let me see him."

Huening Kai could hear the pure desperation in the males voice, he could also notice the pure worry and fear that was painted all over his face, but the nurse had stated that Taehyun should be left alone so he could heal properly in silence, but since a huge part of him trusted Choi Beomgyu entirely — especially with his best friend, he moved over to the side and nodded.

Beomgyu couldn't help but feel so grateful that Huening Kai moved out of the way so he could enter the infirmary, nodding his head in gratitude the male quickly went inside of the room.

"Hey, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in class?" Nurse Joy popped up out of no where, questioning why Beomgyu had suddenly entered the infirmary.

"I..." You have to lie. "Mr. Son allowed me to, I have a pass right here, it won't take long I'm just here to see a classmate."

Nurse Joy raised her eyebrow in confusion but took the pass Beomgyu had anyway, after examining it for a few seconds she nodded her head in approval and walked away from the male, allowing him to ease down.

Beomgyu huffed softly and walked away over to the resting room where he instantly saw the pink head sitting up from his bed and staring down at a sheet of paper.

"Taehyun..." Beomgyu mumbled softly, loud enough to catch the attention of the pink head who was shocked that he had shown up. "What happened?"

"You're not supposed to be here..."

Beomgyu ignored what the male said and walked over to him, now getting a clear view of why Taehyun was really in the infirmary.

There was a giant nasty purple-ish bruise that formed on the males cheek and side of his face, and just above it are small cuts around it that made his eye swollen slightly.

"Taehyun, what happened?!" Beomgyu immediately dashed towards the male, sitting on the bed as he grabbed his face and started to carefully look, the bruise was definitely from a punch. "W-Why are you here, how did you get that bruise?"

Taehyun couldn't help but feel awkward when he felt Beomgyu's soft hands on his face, not knowing what to do he just gave up and allowed the male to examine his bruise, noticing the fear and worry washed over his eyes.

Why does he care?

"It's nothing, I just fell down the stairs and ended up here." Taehyun replied, not wanting to tell the male the truth that he had actually got punched square in the face for "dating" him.

"No falling down the stairs can cause a bruise this badly, I'm not dumb, you definitely got punched." Beomgyu's soft tone turned into a more irritated one. "Who did this?"

Should I be honest...? Taehyun looked down back at the papers, considering whether he should tell Beomgyu about the thing with Seojun or not. He deserves to know.

"Sim Seojun did this," Taehyun breathed out softly, avoiding how Beomgyu's expression became confused. "He's another one of your little admirers, has a shit ton of ego and thought that he's better than me. Angry 'cause I stole you from him."

Beomgyu stared at the male as all of the words he said were complete utter nonsense, but he knew that Taehyun was telling the truth.

"What do you mean "stole you from him"? What does that have to do with anything?" Beomgyu gently released his hold on Taehyun's face, sitting down on one of the comfort chairs by the bed.

"It seems like the perfect Choi Beomgyu can be dense sometimes," Taehyun teased, a mocking smirk forming on his lips which made Beomgyu grumble slightly.

"You're admired by many people, hyung, some people who admire so much they fall in love with you. Bad people including too, Sim Seojun is an example of that, he found out I'm 'dating' you and he wanted to put me in my place. That somebody as "weak" as me shouldn't be dating someone as perfect like you." Taehyun explained softly in a way that made sense to Beomgyu.

"So..." Beomgyu spoke up after staying silent for a minute or two. "You're telling me... that bruise is because of me...?"

"What? Beomgyu I—"

"No! No you're right, I'm too dense to understand that this will put you in harm, if we keep up this act then who knows what will happen? You could get hurt again, it was selfish of me to even consider this plan without thinking of the consequences—"

"—Beomgyu..."

"— And now look what happened! You got punched because of me! I cant believe people would even do that to others, we're all human, why do others think they need to demand supreme and power over others they find weak when we are all the same? Taehyun i'm so sorry—"

"— Beomgyu!"

"I think we should end it—"

"Choi Beomgyu!" Taehyun yelled loudly to gain the males attention, grabbing onto his wrist to snap him out of his little rant full of nonsense. "It's not your fault."

"Not my fault?" The male repeated as if it was a joke. "How is it not my fault when the whole reason you got hurt was because of me?!"

Taehyun could see the visible distress on the males face, he also began to notice the slight tears forming in the corner of the males eye, he never expected Beomgyu to be so sensitive over a topic like this and especially over him? Why did he care so much that he got hurt.

"I chose to get hurt, Beomgyu." The pink head slowly started to admit, feeling a bit embarrassed. "He talked about you like you were an object, something that someone can just toss back and forth and obtain without any fucking work. Do you know how degrading that is?"

"That doesn't matter!" Beomgyu foolishly brushing off what Taehyun said, "You got hurt, and it's my fault! I'm the one to blame—"

Taehyun pulled the males wrist with enough force to bring the male down, suddenly shocked Beomgyu didn't process anything until he felt two arms wrap around him securely, causing him to instantly freeze up.

"For once in your life," Taehyun mumbled softly, his mouth close enough to Beomgyu's ear which made the elder flush up. "Stop being so selfless and start considering that whatever happens isn't your fault. I chose to get hurt because I..."

Beomgyu glanced up at the male who had suddenly seemed like his words got caught in his throat, after a few more seconds of silence, Taehyun sighed softly.

"I-I just wanted to protect you, okay?"

Feeling the males arms loosen around him, Beomgyu pulled away and looked at him in shock, was today opposite day? The supposed well known cold heartless Kang Taehyun suddenly admitted to him that he wanted to protect him, why did that suddenly make his heart ping in an unknowing type of way?

Not knowing what to say, Beomgyu got up from his seat and went over to the freezer to grab an ice pack before coming back over to Taehyun, wrapping the ice pack around a thin cloth he scooted the chair closer towards the male and leaned forward, gently placing the ice pack on the males bruise.

"If you're going to protect me," Beomgyu said softly, wanting to make up for everything, feeling the males eyes lingering on him. "Then I'll protect you too,"

"It's the most I can do for a friend, right?" Beomgyu smiled softly, his eyes squinting in joy.

Taehyun's heart panged with an unknowing feeling, turning away he could feel his ears burning with heat as he nodded, now it was his turn to become speechless.

After staying there for some time, Beomgyu pulled away the ice pack and placed it down on the cabinet next to them, deciding to cut the silence he spoke up.

"So... what happens now?" He asked cautiously, "What will happen with that Seojun person? Don't you think the best choice for us is to end our act?"

Taehyun hummed softly and nodded, considering the males words. "No doubt that he will get suspended or expelled, I had Huening Kai record the whole thing," but not me punching the living shit out of the guy. "So tomorrow or later today he's going to go to the head office and discuss it."

Beomgyu nodded, somewhat satisfied that maybe the dude who hurt his two friends will be punished, but he couldn't help but feel guilty that Taehyun got hurt because of him.

"Don't you think we should honestly end this? If you got hurt now, imagine what later might be."

"Why are you on this topic again? I willingly accepted this deal didn't I?" Taehyun tilted his head in confusion. "I told you that I'd help you until your best friend and that Soobin get together, yeah?"

Beomgyu nodded shamefully.

"Then you need to stop worrying, if I ever get hurt because of you then think of it as me protecting you from those people who don't deserve to have your name in their mouth." Taehyun said, patting the males wrist softly so that he wouldn't feel too bad.

It made sense to Beomgyu though, he knew that deep down that Taehyun wasn't as heartless people make him seem, he's just someone who cares a lot for his friends and would do anything to protect them, even if it meant hurting himself in the process. This newly found information of Taehyun made something inside of his heart warm up, as if everything in him was telling him that trusting Taehyun to the fullest was a good idea, it made him want to dive in deeper and know more about the male.

"So what do you say," Taehyun spoke softly, staring at him with a warm gaze. "You'll let me protect you, right, boyfriend?" He smirked, the last word coming off as a slight teasing tone.

Beomgyu chuckled softly and nodded, if Taehyun wanted to protect him, then it would make sense for him to try and protect him as well, right?

Perhaps, over everything, something inside of him suddenly wanted to make sure that everything he did benefit the pink head in the best way ever, and especially after finding out he got punched because he defended him?

It made his heart swell.

"Yeah," He said breathlessly, finding an overwhelming feeling of happiness wash through him.

If Taehyun wanted to protect him, then he'll protect him as well.

"I'll protect you, too, boyfriend."

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