Chapter 27: Can't I meet you again?

"Are you ready, hyung?"  Jungwon asked. "Yup! But I'm a bit nervous since I didn't participate in these kinds of events even in school." Taehyun replied. They were walking together, taking the path of the college. It was the day for which both of them were getting prepared.

"Really? I thought you were used to this." Jungwon smiled and took his first step on the stairs. Taehyun followed him and hearing the boy's question, made him feel embarrassed. But he laughed to hide his embarrassment and said, "Why? Why did you think so? I'm not the kind you think I am."

"Then why did you agree this time? Is there any special reason?" Jungwon asked without looking back. Some of the students were riding the stairs with them. Some of them were in a rush and some of them were chill. Jungwon and Taehyun were in the second group so they were stepping on each level slowly.

"Because you were the one who asked me and I couldn't reject you." Taehyun smiled.

"What? That means, if there was someone else, you'd reject them?" Jungwon asked out of curiosity.

"Hm"

"Why?"

"Because you're too cute to reject, I guess?" Taehyun laughed. But he didn't see the boy who reached the top of the stairs, was blushing and stopped moving for a while after getting his answer.

"What happened? Why did you stop?" Taehyun asked when he noticed Jungwon wasn't moving.

"N-Nothing!" mumbling this Jungwon nearly vanished from there as he was too quick and reached their destination.

The quiz show began and all of their friends and classmates were there to cheer them up. After a long battle, Jungwon and Taehyun's team won and of course thanks to the walking encyclopedia, Taehyun.

"Yay~ we won!!" Jungwon was hugging Taehyun tightly and didn't let other people touch his precious human.

"Eiii, stop hugging me! You're hurting me!" Taehyun's voice was being low as his throat was hurting thanks to Jungwon.

"Ah! I'm sorry!" Jungwon untied his arms and let Taehyun go.

"Jungwon! Congratulations!" a guy came to him and gave him a bouquet.

"J-Jay h-hyung!" Jungwon faltered and it seemed like he got a huge shock as if he saw any ghost or spirit.

"Yup! I was searching for you everywhere! And Sunghoon told me you live in this city but as expected, he didn't know where you live. So, I'm sorry it took longer to find you." Jay smiled gently and took back his hand as Jungwon already received the bouquet.

"What? Won't you hug me like you used to?" Jay asked since Jungwon was feeling awkward with his own brother and couldn't say anything. Taehyun was watching everything and he patted Jungwon's back since he could understand how Jungwon was feeling.

"You are?" Jay looked at Taehyun and asked if he was gonna interrogate Taehyun.

"I'm Taehyun, Jungwon's f....." Taehyun couldn't finish his words as Jungwon spoke up before that.

"H-he's my b-boyfriend." Jungwon hesitatingly replied.

"What||" Jay and Taehyun, both of them shouted together.

"Y-Yes! A-and this is why I-I'm living here." Jungwon also didn't know what he was blabbering about.

"Jungwon! What's with your attitude?" Jay looked at his younger brother who wasn't pleased to meet him suddenly. Jay thought Jungwon would be surprised and run to him, embrace him. But he was seeing the opposite scenery and that surprised him instead. 

"Spare us a moment, please." Jay gently smiled at Taehyun and grabbed his brother's hand and walked away from there pulling him by himself.

After they left, Taehyun was standing alone there. He had the trophy which the two of them just won. Is he really worth it? He never felt so happy when someone was clingy to him. But why did it feel so good when the boy hugged him a while ago? He couldn't understand anything. He reminisced about the moment that made him blush but happy.

"Hey! You are Taehyun, am I right?" a girl poked him from his back and asked. Taehyun looked back and saw a cute, tiny girl standing in front of him.

"Whooo.....are you?" Taehyun couldn't recognize the girl.

"Uh! I... I-I'M YOUR CLASSMATE!" The girl seemed very nervous but she was loud when she gained her courage.

"Ah! Sorry I never noticed!" Taehyun was feeling guilty since he had no idea this girl was truly his classmate.

"I-It's okay. C-Can you give me your number?" the girl asked, being nervous. Taehyun was hesitating because he never talked to any girl before and exchanged his number.

"O-Okay, you can call me on this number. I'll wait for you." The girl was looking at the floor all the time but gave him a piece of paper. Taehyun took it but he couldn't take other actions since he was too surprised. Who she was and what was the purpose behind it.

"H-H...." Taehyun tried to call the girl but he couldn't. After the girl went away, Taehyun realized Jungwon wasn't there for quite some time and he should be back by then. So, he went to search for him. But he and his brother were nowhere to be seen.

After some time, Taehyun looked through the glass window of the balcony and saw the two brothers were chatting on the ground behind a big tree. Seems like both of them were arguing with each other and Jay was furious. Taehyun could understand why he was furious. Of course he should after what Jungwon gave the introduction of Taehyun to his brother. But why did he tell his brother that they are boyfriends out of the blue? Did he really think of him like that? Did he truly have feelings for Taehyun? Or he just wanted to use him as a shield. If so, then what kind of shield's role Taehyun was playing? Taehyun had no idea. Taehyun was riding down the stairs in a hurry as he was afraid of losing Jungwon. He should make things clear to his brother that they weren't dating. They were just friends and it was so immature of Jungwon to say such things.

But fortune wasn't with him that day. He got pushed by someone from behind and fell on the ground. He rolled down from the stairs as he couldn't control himself and got injured badly. After that, he couldn't remember anything.

When he woke up, he was in a hospital bed. His head was wrapped with a bandage and so was his right arm. But the person he saw beside him after opening his eyes was the tiny girl he met before. She was sitting on a chair beside him while looking at him. But it seemed like she was lost in somewhere. And of course she was lost in the handsome face of Taehyun. So, when he opened his eyes and looked at the girl, their eyes met with each other and the girl blushed. But she hid her emotions perfectly and stood up to move near Taehyun.

"You woke up!" she spoke out of joy.

"Ah!" Taehyun touched his own forehead as it was hurting so much. The pipe which was flowing blood in him seemed too long.

"Don't move, please! Stay still. I'll go and call the doctor." saying this the girl went outside. Her face was full of worries but Taehyun couldn't understand why the girl was next to him.

After some time the doctor came and checked on him. At the same time, his parents also showed up and stayed with him all day.

But Taehyun was feeling empty inside and he felt a little disappointed as he expected Jungwon by his side too. But he didn't show up all day.

"Wait! Why I am willing to see him right after I woke up? How long have I been unconscious? And what happened to him? Did Jungwon's brother take him away? Would I never see him again?"  Taehyun was worried too much and when he thought he could never see his cutie again, his heart aches.