Hats (3/?)

[ygwildchild]

Title: Hats (3/?)
Author: ygwildchild
Pairing: Seungyoon/Taehyun
Rating: PG
Beta: kimnams
Genre: AU, Romance, Friendship, Fluff
Length: Chaptered
Word Count: 2,825 for this chapter
Disclaimer: I do not own any of them, only the story.
Summary: Taehyun wears a hat that brings him to meet a boy with a bright smile named Seungyoon. And it changes every feeling Taehyun has ever had.
Author's Note: I don't know why this chapter came up long, too, but I personally really like it. Be ready for the amount of fluff here. The song I used for this chapter is originally from Maroon 5, but it arranged and played by Sungha Jung on his youtube channel (please don't leave any comment talking about this fic on his videos when you check out his channel). Well, I hope you enjoy. Feel free to leave a comment and constructive criticism. Thank you.
Taehyun had awakened by the sound of his phone ringtone. He groaned and looked at the clock with sleepy eyes. 07:28am. Who the hell was calling him at this early morning? It was Saturday, time for sleep more. He grabbed his phone on the table beside his bed and picked up the call without looking at the caller ID.

“Hellooo..” Taehyun said lazily.

“Taehyun, hi.” said the person on the other line.

“Yeah, hi. Who is this?”

The person chuckled. “Is it too early for you? It’s Seungyoon here.”

After he heard that it was Seungyoon, Taehyun immediately got up from his position and sat upright with eyes widened. “Oh! Hi, Seungyoon. Good…good morning.” he grinned.

“Good morning, Taehyun. Are you just waking up?” Seungyoon asked while laughing softly.

“I…yeah, I am.” Taehyun answered as he ruffled his hair and continued, ”why, uhm, why are you calling?”

“I…I don’t know. I just wanted to hear your voice.” the caller said, with a soft smile on his lips that Taehyun could hear just from the way he spoke.

“Oh…uhm, hi.” Taehyun felt his cheeks blush. He heard some noises from Seungyoon’s line and asked, ”are you at home?”

“No. I’m at the park now.”

“This early? What are you doing there?” Taehyun asked as he got up and headed outside of his room. He walked down the stairs and went to the kitchen where his mother, brother, and grandma were already there, having breakfast.

“I go cycling every Saturday morning.” Seungyoon answered.

“Wow, you’re really unpredictable. I don’t see you as a sporty-person, you know.” Taehyun said while smiling to his family who were looking at him curiously.

“Well, I don’t, too. I just like to spend my Saturday morning cycling,” Seungyoon laughed, ”you should join me sometimes. The air is always fresh in the morning. It’s good for our health.”

Taehyun smiled, ”Sounds great. Try to wake me up earlier next time.”

“Taehyun?”

“Yes?”

“Do you have any plans for tonight?”

“Nope. Why?”

“Oh. Uhm,” Seungyoon was hesitant to continue but then he did, ”did you know that there's a new Sushi restaurant near the museum?”

“Yes,”

“You…uhm, I have two all-you-can-eat vouchers from that restaurant for tonight only. Do you…do you want to go with me?”

Taehyun didn’t respond.

“Taehyun?”

Taehyun still didn’t say anything.

“You know, it’s okay if you don’t want to. I should’ve just asked Jinwoo. He really likes free foods!” Seungyoon laughed.

“I’d like to,” Taehyun answered suddenly, almost shouting, when he heard Seungyoon mentions asking another friend. His family turned to him with confused looks on their face, ”I…yes, I can go with you tonight.”

“Oh, great,” Seungyoon smiled, ”you said yesterday that you like Japanese foods, so I think you would like it.”

“Ah, yeah, I like Japanese foods,” Taehyun grinned, ”what time? and where we should meet tonight?”

“5pm at the subway station?”

“Okay, I’ll be there.”

“Good. See you later, Taehyun.”

“See you later, Seungyoon.”

And they ended the call.

“Whoa, who is this ‘Seungyoon’ guy, hyung?” Donghyun teased his hyung as soon as Taehyun put down his phone.

“You don’t need to know, Donghyun.”

“Is he the one who walked you home last night, Taehyunie?” it was his mom who asked this time.

Taehyun couldn’t ignore his mom so he didn’t have any other choice than just answer it, ”ah…yes.”

“He seemed nice. You came home with a very wide smile on your face last night. Even giggling.” His grandma added, making Taehyun blushed uncontrollably.

“Grandma, don’t do that.” Taehyun said, covering his embarrassed face by drinking his orange juice.

“Why didn’t you make him stop by here to meet us last night?” his mom asked.

“He said he'll stop by next time. Last night, just…we were just tired.”

“Okay then, Taehyun. We hope to see him soon.” his grandma smiled, as did his mom. Donghyun just held in his laughter and nodded.

***

“That’s a date. You’re going on a date with him, tonight.” Mino said. He and Taehyun were sitting at the coffee shop near their house, waiting for Seunghoon.

“Shut up, Song Minho. It is not a date,” Taehyun objected, ”He just asked me to fill the empty spot for that all-you-can-eat voucher!”

“Yeah. He saved it for you. He could just ask his best friend Jinwoo but he choose you, because he wanted to go with you, and when someone wants to go with you, especially when there are only two vouchers, it means that they consider it a date.” Mino explained as clearly as he could.

“Mino-“ Taehyun wanted to add another objection when Seunghoon finally showed up.

“What’s up, people?” the dancer took a seat beside Taehyun and grinned, ”do I miss something here? How was your meeting with KSY yesterday?”

“It was great…” Taehyun answered softly, smiling.

“They're going on a date tonight.” Mino interrupted.

“No- Song Minho, you dumb idiot.“ Taehyun hit Mino’s arm.

“Wha-? What’s even going?” Seunghoon asked in confusion.

“The KSY person is Kang Seungyoon; they literally had a really lovely talk yesterday, and Seungyoon asked Taehyun to go on a date with him tonight which Taehyun obviously accepted.” Mino answered once again instead of Taehyun. He received another big hit from Taehyun.

Seunghoon gasped and finally broke into a fitful laugh.

“Don’t easily believe what Mino said,” Taehyun stated, ”he is indeed Kang Seungyoon, and we had a long talk yesterday, not lovely, but long. But yeah, it did feel really lovely to talk to him yesterday. And he didn’t ask me to go on a date, okay? He, just being a nice person, offered me an extra all-you-can-eat voucher - he has two - at the new Sushi restaurant tonight. Clear enough?” Taehyun let out a long sigh after he finished and drank his iced-coffee.

Seunghoon chuckled, ”that’s a date. No offense. And he asked you out to a Sushi restaurant? Gosh, Taehyun. Since when did you like Sushi?”

“Since I thought that there would be other things on the menu there? It’s an all-you-can-eat voucher though.” Taehyun shrugged.

“Ha! You stopped objecting about us calling it a date.” Mino said, laughing.

“Whatever,” Taehyun scoffed.

Seunghoon and Mino laughed. Taehyun could feel his face burn irrepressibly.

***

Taehyun arrived back home at 3pm after meeting with his - dumb - best friends. He immediately took a shower and got ready for his so called "date" with Seungyoon. Taehyun stared at his clothes, in the process of making decision which clothes to wear. He was looking through his sweaters when his phone buzzed. There was a new message from Seungyoon.

Sat 12 Apr, 03:55pm
Hi, Taehyun. Just a reminder that you will go to a Sushi restaurant with Kang Seungyoon tonight.

Taehyun giggled and replied:

Sat 12 Apr, 03:56pm
Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Kang. See you soon.

Taehyun couldn’t hold his excitement on going out with Seungyoon. He kept smiling as he tried his clothes one by one until he got to the decision which outfit he would wear. After 20 minutes of trying out clothes, he finally decided to wear black long pants with a black plain tee inside of a grey cardigan. He let his middle parted hair stay wavy and natural. He checked out his looks once again on the mirror and nodded in satisfaction.

***

Taehyun texted Seungyoon as he walked out from his house.

Sat 12 Apr, 04:17pm
I’m on my way.
Sat 12 Apr, 04:18pm
I’m walking past the corner of my street.
Sat 12 Apr, 04:20pm
I just walked past the pet shop we stopped by yesterday, it’s about 5 minutes away from the subway station.

Taehyun was typing another message when he received a message from Seungyoon.

Sat 12 Apr, 04:21pm
Taehyun, are you live-reporting your brief to the subway station?

Taehyun chuckled at that. He replied:

Sat 12 Apr, 04:22pm
Yes. Just so you don’t need to ask where I currently am. Are you there already?

Sat 12 Apr, 04:23pm
Oh! Thanks, then. Yeah, I just arrived here... and I can see you.

Sat 12 Apr, 04:24pm
What do you mean, you can see me? Where are you?

Taehyun was already at the subway station. He looked around, yet hecouldn’t find where Seungyoon was. Just then, Seungyoon replied his last message.

Sat 12 Apr, 04:25pm
Hey, gorgeous with grey cardigan, turn your direction at 2 o’clock from where you’re standing to find me.

Taehyun read that message and did what Seungyoon told him to do. There, he could finally see the older who was standing in front of a map board, wearing semi-leather black pants with plain white tee inside of a denim shirt. Seungyoon smiled and waved to Taehyun. After they finally stood in front of each other, Taehyun noticed that Seungyoon wasn’t wearing a hat.

“Hi.” Seungyoon greeted.

Instead of replying Seungyoon’s greeting, Taehyun stared blankly at Seungyoon and said, ”you’re not wearing hat.”

Seungyoon laughed, ”I’m not. I can actually say that I’m not having a bad hair day. And the weather is nice without a hat.”

“You look…different.” Taehyun said again, still staring at Seungyoon.

Seungyoon bit his lips, ”I hope it’s a good 'different'?”

Taehyun shook his head and blinked in realization and answered, ”yeah, yeah. You look…good.”

“Are you sure?” Seungyoon grinned.

The younger boy laughed, “Yeah, sure. You look good with or without hat, to be honest.” he smiled.

“Thanks,” Seungyoon rubbed the back of his neck, then announcing, ”let’s go.”

They had 30 minutes ride on the subway and arrived safely at the station nearest to the restaurant. It was a crowded area because it was the central area of their town. As they were ready to get out from the subway, Seungyoon pulled Taehyun’s hand and held it tight.

Taehyun was taken aback by Seungyoon’s action and felt his heart beating alarmingly faster; he could feel the warmth and strong grip on Seungyoon’s palm. His hand was slightly bigger than Seungyoon’s, but he liked it. He didn’t even care that he was actually taller than Seungyoon; he saw Seungyoon as a man. At moments like this he started to question his own feelings for Seungyoon. What is this?

“There are so many people here,” Seungyoon suddenly said, pausing Taehyun’s thoughts, ”I don’t want us to be separated in the crowd.”

When they arrived in front of the restaurant, Seungyoon slowly released the younger’s hand and turned to Taehyun. He smiled, ”we're here!”

Taehyun smiled and followed Seungyoon inside the restaurant. It was a small establishment with a very stunning decoration, so that the customer could feel as if they were really in Japan.

Seungyoon showed the voucher to the waiter and they were led to their seats.

“Because you have all-you-can-eat vouchers, you may eat every Sushi meal we serve at the Sushi bar, and in whatever quantity you choose. You also get a glass of free Ocha for each voucher and it may be refilled as you please. You may eat something from the menu that is not Sushi, but it will be charged.” the waiter explained.

“Wait…so the voucher's only valid for the Sushi bar?” Taehyun asked in horror, because hell, he didn’t like Sushi.

“Yes. Meals other than Sushi will be charged.” the waiter answered.

“What’s wrong, Taehyun?” Seungyoon asked. He looked confused.

“No…nothing. I’m fine.” Taehyun smiled awkwardly.

“Is there anything that I can help with?” the waiter asked again before leaving.

“No, thanks.” Taehyun said, and the waiter left.

Seungyoon chuckled, ”it’s great, right? Having free food.” he started to take some Sushi from the Sushi bar.

Taehyun looked at Seungyoon and at the Sushi bar nervously, and sighed. He couldn’t just sit there watching Seungyoon eat Sushi, he was hungry, too. But he couldn’t just order other parts of the menu because it would be charged and he didn’t bring enough money. Japanese food is expensive for him, here.

Seungyoon noticed that Taehyun still hadn’t eaten anything. He asked, his brows knitted in kindred concern, ”Taehyun? Are you okay?”

Taehyun looked up from the Sushi bar and grinned, ”I’m okay.”

“No, you’re not. What’s wrong?” Seungyoon put his chopstick down and leaned towards Taehyun.

“I…” Taehyun was hesitant to answer. He bit his lip and avoided Seungyoon’s gaze.

Seungyoon still waited patiently.

“I don’t like Sushi…" his voice trailed with uncertainty, "I like pretty much all Japanese food other than Sushi. With Sushi, I usually just eat the rice…” Taehyun answered slowly.

“That’s it? That’s the problem? Oh, dear, Taehyun.” Seungyoon laughed.

“I’m sorry. I should’ve told you earlier.” Taehyun smiled bitterly, though very relieved.

“Taehyun, why are you sorry?” Seungyoon smiled widely, ”gosh, I’m the one who should be sorry for not telling you that this voucher is only valid for Sushi meals. I guess I just assumed you like it, too. Can I ask - why don’t you like it?”

Taehyun grinned, ”I don’t eat raw food. I just can’t.”

“Okay, do you want to order something that you like? I’ll call the waiter.”

“No, I’ll be fine.” Taehyun answered firmly, though his stomach spoke of his hunger itself by letting out a weird sound.

Seungyoon laughed softly. “You have to eat something, Taehyun. Do you want to move to another restaurant?”

“It’s not because the res-“

“Let’s just move, okay? I don’t want to see you uncomfortable with all this Sushi around you.” Seungyoon said as he got up from his seat.

“But, you like it! I’m fine, Seungyoon.” Taehyun refused to get up.

“Taehyun, you don’t look fine, okay? Let’s move to another restaurant. I’ll pay.” Seungyoon pulled Taehyun’s arm.

“What-?”

They ended up having dinner at the regular Bulgogi restaurant near the subway station. Taehyun sighed.

“I’m sorry…we could've had free food, if only I liked Sushi.”

“Don’t be sorry, Taehyun! Tonight is my treat. I wasn’t aware that you didn't like Sushi, that's why I asked you out to have dinner at a Sushi restaurant. It's all just a misunderstanding,” Seungyoon smiled modestly, his eyes twinkling as he looked at the younger boy, ”I like this restaurant, too, though. They have the best pork around this area.”

They spent the night talking about more things that they hadn’t talked about the day before. Taehyun felt his heart beating startlingly quickly the whole night. He was simply enchanted by the way Seungyoon talked; his hair, his eyes, and his lips... Taehyun couldn’t stop looking at Seungyoon’s lips every time he had a chance. The lips that looked so cute and bubbly yet sexy at the same time.

“Taehyun? Are you still there?” Seungyoon said while waving his hand in front of Taehyun’s face, breaking the younger’s thoughts.

“Eh? Oh yeah, yes, I’m listening.” Taehyun smiled. He put his chin on his palm and looked at Seungyoon lovingly as the older continued talking.

Taehyun didn’t know. He wasn’t sure what feelings he had when he was with Seungyoon. He felt like he just met someone that he wanted to be with for a long time. He didn’t know why. He just had that feeling in his heart, and it grew bigger every single time he saw this dark haired boy again.

***

Taehyun couldn’t stop smiling even when he already at his room, ready to sleep. The ‘date’ was amazing. He lay down on his bed and started to close his eyes. But he opened them again. He looked at his phone. Seungyoon usually texted him after they met each other. He waited for it, but no message. He couldn’t hold himself, and ended up texting Seungyoon first this time.

Sat 12 Apr, 11:23pm
That was a great time for me to go out with you. Thank you, Seungyoon :)
Sat 12 Apr, 11:24pm
Are you sleeping already?
Sat 12 Apr, 11:27pm
Nevermind, you must be sleeping now. Good night and sweet dreams, Seungyoon.

Just then, he got a reply from Seungyoon.

Sat 12 Apr, 11:28pm
I never anticipated you sending more than 2 really short messages at once.

Taehyun smiled at that. He was glad Seungyoon hadn’t sleep yet.

Sat 12 Apr, 11:29pm
Wow, you're still awake.

Sat 12 Apr, 11:30pm
Yes. Why are you not sleeping yet, Taehyun?

Sat 12 Apr, 11:31pm
I can’t sleep, I guess? I keep thinking about Sushi.

Sat 12 Apr, 11:32pm
I’ll protect you from the Sushi attacks, don’t worry.

Taehyun giggled after he read that message.

Sat 12 Apr, 11:33pm
I was seriously impressed. Thanks, Seungyoon.

Sat 12 Apr, 11:34pm
...what’s your favorite song, Taehyun?

Sat 12 Apr, 11:35pm
Hmm, I have many. Why are you asking?

Sat 12 Apr, 11:36pm
Just mention one that you want to hear right now.

Taehyun started thinking.

Sat 12 Apr, 11:38pm
Sunday Morning by Maroon 5, I think. Because it'll be Sunday in around 20 minutes.

Sat 12 Apr, 11:39pm
Taehyun, can I call you now?

Sat 12 Apr, 11:40pm
What? Why?

After he sent that message, his phone rang. Seungyoon truly called him. He picked up the call.

“Hello?”

“Hi. It’s Seungyoon here.” said the person on the other line of the phone.

Taehyun laughed softly,”Yes, I know. Why are you calling?”

“Listen.”

“Wha-“

(Click here ^^)

“Kang Seungyoon…” were the first words to come out of Taehyun’s mouth after Seungyoon finished.

“So, Taehyun? Did you like it?” Taehyun could hear Seungyoon’s wide grin on the other line.

“You…play guitar.” Taehyun said, staring expressionlessly at his room’s wall.

“Yeah, I play guitar.”

“You are amazing.” Taehyun said slowly.

“Taehyun? Uhm..., thanks...”

“You. Are. Amazing.” Taehyun couldn’t say anything other that that. He felt like he was falling a bit more again with Seungyoon.

(tbc)