"i hate you" "no u don't"

2

"So I'd have to see your stupid face even after school? No thanks." Beomgyu teased.

"Hey you're seeing it now, besides I think it'd be fun. Plus, Kai's on the team too, you know that." He reasoned, but Beomgyu only furrowed his brows at the older boy.

He hated anything physical, that's probably why he actually liked studying sometimes.

"Is there a position that doesn't involve me moving?"

"Oooo positions?" Yeonjun teased with a smirk while nudging him.

"Not those positions you idiot!" Beomgyu blushed as Yeonjun laughed.

"Well there are a lot of those positions if you wanna—"

"Yeonjun."

"Fine. We have a manger spot open."

"Manager?"

"Yeah, it's pretty simple. You just have to come to all the practices and tournaments, do stats and help out our coach. We usually go to other schools too so it should be fun." Yeonjun finished saying.

Beomgyu titled his head to the side as he stared up at him. He watched the older boy take a sharp intake of breath, a small ting of pink filling his cheeks.

"I'll think about it." Beomgyu said after a few seconds.

"Okay I'll—"

"Yeonjun! Let's go before the school closes! I forgot my fucking math homework!" A friend of his shouted.

"Okay! I'll tell Kai to give you a form, here, I got you something—" he paused to pull out a small gift box from his backpack. "—Happy Birthday."

Beomgyu smiled, his insides feeling all tingly as he took the box from Yeonjun. It weirded him out at the fact that he felt like this because of Yeonjun, but he brushed those thoughts away.

"Thanks, you didn't have to get me anything you know." Beomgyu said.

"Oh baby this isn't even all of it, I'll give you the rest when it gets fucking delivered," He said frustratedly at the fact that what he ordered hadn't arrived yet. "Anyways, see you tomorrow loser." Yeonjun teased while stepping back.

"Bye shitface." Beomgyu teased back as he waved at the older boy. Yeonjun only grinned before walking off with his friends.

The rest? I wonder what it is...

After they had gotten their ice cream they went to sit down at a table booth near the door. Beomgyu sat down next to Taehyun since they were sharing, Kai and Hiyyih were in front of them.

Taehyun sat close to Beomgyu—maybe a bit too close—so his heart was currently beating a little faster than it normally would.

"What school did you transfer from?" Beomgyu asked Taehyun.

"Dosang High." He replied.

"Why'd you transfer?" Kai asked.

"Because my dad didn't let me join the volleyball team, he wanted me to do boxing instead. But I moved in with my mom recently so she switched me to try out."

"Really? I'm on the volleyball team, I'll put in a good word for you. The tryouts are on Friday by the way." Kai said with an excited grin.

"Thanks, are you going to the tryouts?" Taehyun asked Beomgyu.

"Yeah, you should come." Beomgyu said with a smile.

Taehyun smiled back, a certain look present in his eyes that Beomgyu couldn't read.

"I will. Speaking of friends, I heard this school has a thing for cliques, are there any I should watch out for?" Taehyun asked.

"Definitely, don't talk to the basketball players, they're really cocky and stuck up. The volleyball guys and girls are cool, just ask the twins." Beomgyu said, earning sheepish smiles from them.

"The cheerleaders are pretty cool too. I wouldn't suggest talking to the dance girls, they're always going after guys. The soccer guys are cool too, Kai and I know a lot of them." Beomgyu finished saying.

"For non-sports people you should stay away from the quote on quote "popular kids", they're not as cool as they apparently sound. The music kids are really cool, the theatre kids are weird so don't even, and the art kids don't usually talk to other non-art kids so it's hard to get to know them, I would just acknowledge them if I was you." Kai added.

"That's a lot, but good to know. Aren't you technically popular though?" Taehyun asked.

"What do you mean?" Kai questioned.

"You seem to know everybody." Taehyun said.

"I like talking to people, and so does Hiyyih, she knows waaaay more people than I do though."

"So I'm friends with the popular kids?" Taehyun teased.

"No, you're friends with the extremely cool kids." Kai joked making everybody laugh.

***

"And where were you?" Beomgyu's dad loudly asked making him jump.

He had only just entered his house.

"I was with the twins."

"Doing?"

"I was tutoring them." He lied.

His dad quickly nodded, he only needed to hear those words to not give him another thought. He walked away without saying another word to him.

Beomgyu's jaw clenched tightly, not even a "Happy Birthday" from him. He walked up to his room and shut the door. He sighed out softly and set his bag onto his desk chair.

He pulled his hoodie off and folded it neatly before setting it on top of his dresser. As he turned towards his bed, he noticed a small gift bag sitting on top of it.

That definitely wasn't there before.

He opened it and pulled out a brand new phone, it was the latest model. His brows raised at the sight of it, but who could have given this to him?

There was also a sticky note attached to it.

Happy Birthday, your mom helped pick this out. The one you have at the moment is old, you're going to need a new one for when you go study abroad.
- Dad

Of course, what more could he expect from his dad?

He pulled Yeonjun's gift out of his pocket.

Might as well...

He pulled the lid of the box up and removed the tissue paper that was on top of it. He was surprised to see a really nice pair of earrings in the box, along with $69.

Beomgyu laughed quietly to himself.

"What a perv..."