❝my youth is with you❞ yeonbin

chapter 15

"You know how irresponsible this was? I am so disappointed in you, Soobin. And you too Yeonjun. I thought you'd be smarter than this. Getting wasted on so much alcohol? What if you drank too much and got poisoned? Do you even know what are you putting me through right now? I should contact your mom, Yeonjun, and talk with her," Soobin's dad kept nagging the two teenagers. Yeonjun was looking down, while Soobin stole side glances at him. "And now what."

"Dad, I'm sorry. We were just curious," Soobin lied. "We figured it would be the best to try drinking somewhere safe, like home instead of getting wasted in a club, or public." He tried to reason with his father, who gradually calmed his emotions. "Can you not contact Auntie?"

"Please, don't tell my mom, I don't want to worry her. You can punish us, I will gladly help around the house," Yeonjun almost begged him, and the old man gave in. He nodded his head. Soobin on the other hand, nudged Yeonjun's arm when he mentioned a punishment.

"I guess, the lawn has to be cut, bathrooms have to be deep cleaned, the grocery list is on the fridge, I also am a bit lazy to do the cooking today and there are few boxes in the attic I still haven't unpacked," he stopped naming the chores and looked at the frightened faces. He laughed. "Kidding. Just do the lawn and bathrooms. I'll prepare you some hangover soup, deal?"

"Yes!" They both exclaimed half glad and half dead from the pain coming from their heads.

 Soobin's father left his son's bedroom, and a deep sigh followed him. The two of them were sitting on a bed, still in their sleep attire, their hair and faces were in a complete mess. They looked at each other slowly. Yeonjun was the first one to let out a chuckle, his best friend punched his arm, and then giggled too. They both spent a few more seconds laughing quietly at the situation.

"So is Bumjune case closed forever?" Soobin asked trying to change the topic.

"Well, he owes me some explanation still. But I don't want to forgive him or go back to being just friends, you know. I think my feelings are over after what happened," he explained, swinging his legs back and forth from the bed. 

"Mhm, I get it," Soobin couldn't help but smile at his answer.

"Ok, I know what you want to say, so just say it," Yeonjun rolled his eyes at his best friend.

"I told you so!" Soobin exclaimed. "He's a jerk, always has been one." He laughed but checked if Yeonjun was laughing with him. On the other's face appeared a slight smile.

"You know, it's weird. It's like I was rejected, but I didn't even confess. But, I'm not even upset about it. I'm more mad that he was using me and wasting my time. Like, I could have met some other better guy, that would have been my boyfriend now or whatever." 

Soobin stayed silent. He observed Yeonjun and the change in his facial expression. The boy said he could not care less for the other boy who broke his heart, but the tears forming in his eyes said otherwise. There was a long silence before Yeonjun changed the topic.

"How did you even end up with Soyeon?" 

"Well, I got an unexpected call from Bumjune saying you left. Then, Soyeon took his phone and angrily explained that this jerk did something bad to you, so you left and took some alcohol with you, then she gave me the address and her number, so we went looking for you together. I think she talked with Bumjune a lot after we hung up. Then she explained the whole situation to me while we were looking for you. She was so mad and drunk. But if it wasn't for her, then who knows where would you be waking up right now," Soobin explained calmly.

"So you just followed a random drunk girl's words and came to look for me in the middle of the night?"

"She said Bumjune did something bad to you, so I had no reason not to believe her," he said while laughing, then stopped and looked at Yeonjun for a few seconds. He sighed deeply and put his forehead against the boy's shoulder. "But I was so fucking worried."