the boy at the bus stop ? taegyu

Late

Right at that minute, the 11.30 bus arrived. Taehyun unironically wanted to die right now. How much worse could this situation get. The bus was pretty much empty, and he contemplated just leaving the guy laying on the floor and boarding the bus, as he seemed to be fine enough but he couldn't bring himself to. The bus driver gave him an annoyed look muttering something about stupid drunk teenagers who couldn't take care of themselves. 

"He's not drunk! He passed out after a....concerning act-" Taehyun tried to explain but the bus driver brushed him off saying if his friend was as drunk as if to pass out, he'd rather not have him board the bus. The engines roared as the bus sped away.

Taehyun was 5 seconds away from screaming but he controlled himself. There was another bus in 30 minutes. He would board it, no matter if the guy woke up or not. He was not going to have a meltdown in the middle of a Friday night. 

 Oh right, the guy. He looked down at the unconscious face of the boy in his arms. He looked so at peace, and was also strikingly good looking. Taehyun's mind wandered around every possible question. But right now the best he could do was sit the guy upright and try to force some water down his throat.

He pulled out his bottle from his backpack and slipped a gulp of water into said boy's mouth, gently trying to shake him awake once again. When he didn't budge, Taehyun began contemplating if he should call an ambulance or not. He slipped some water into the boy's mouth again, pushing up his grey sleeve, silently feeling his pulse. His eyes widened at the large amount of cuts littering his hand, some looking pretty old and others looked fairly new. 

Taehyun sighed, slowly rolling the boy's sleeve back down. He felt as if he was violating him by looking at them but couldn't help but feel concerned for him at this point.

After a few minutes, just as Taehyun was about to dial the ambulance, the boy gave a few violent coughs as if choking on air, and opened his eyes wide with a gasp startling Taehyun. Chest heaving, he looked around before locking eyes with the latter.

"You- you're still here?" He asked, words slurring a bit with a confused tone.

Taehyun gave him an annoyed look. "Of course I'm still here. You said you were fine and then just outright collapsed. And because of that I had to miss my bus." he said angrily.

The boy smiled sheepishly. "Well, we're strangers ya know? You could have just left me here, not like anything would matter to either of us anyway."

Taehyun huffed in annoyance. "Well unlike you, I've got some basic human decency in me, not to leave someone in need unattended."

The boy smiled again with a cunning tinge to it. "Well decent human, since you care so much about me, how about you introduce yourself. I'd atleast like to know the name of my savior." 

"I'm Taehyun. Kang Taehyun. I'm a university student and I'm quite intrigued and annoyed by you right now." He said, clearly unamused, making the boy laugh.

"Nice to meet you Taehyun. I identify as kilometers per second." He smiled. 

After looking at Taehyun's quizzical face, he laughed even more. "Man if you didn't get that, we can't be friends for sure."

Definitely wasn't looking forward to it, Taehyun thought.

"Anyway, I'm Choi Beomgyu. Also a university student except I don't remember when I even last went there and actually learned anything." He said shrugging. Taehyun stared at him in disbelief. How could someone be this nonchalant and yet intriguing at the same time? 

"Wait, do you happen to go to HYBE as well? As far as I know, this bus stop is the closest to it." He asked.

Beomgyu nodded. "Pretty and smart? That's a great combo there Taehyun-ah." He said smiling, making the shorter boy look away huffing. "Let's board the next bus together then. Guess the world still needs me." Beomgyu said with a half smile before turning away to check if the bus had arrived yet.

Taehyun was still wary of the guy. He'd never seen him around HYBE in these past 2 years. But then again, it had 3 buildings and Taehyun's classes all occurred in the first one, so he wasn't sure about the other batches either way.

"Penny for your thoughts?" Beomgyu's voice interrupted his thoughts, making Taehyun look back at him. "Nothing, I was just thinking about university." he answered.

"What about you? What's on your mind right now?" Taehyun asked.

Beomgyu smiled as the headlights of the second bus approached.

"Death."

Taehyun groaned.

This was going to be a long night.