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Chapter 19 - Chapter 19: Lee Taehyun

Taehyun watched as Kittichai and Jiwon came into view from where he sat. He cautiously observed the man from afar. Taehyun's gaze reached every inch of the blonde's friend. Scanning from head to toe unconsciously. His eyes roamed from his black boots, to his black torn skinny jeans, and then to his black leather belt with studs. He wore a white shirt with a torn blazer and of course it was also black. Taehyun let out a slight gasp as he reached the man's facial features. Kittichai was more than just a little attractive. His lips were full, and he had a cute round nose and was tan skinned, but what caught Taehyun's attention the most were Kittichai's eyes. He felt intrigued by Kittichai's amber eyes that seemed so innocent, yet he could tell they held a type of darkness in them. As he stared at Kittichai, Taehyun began to feel like he was familiar to him, but couldn't put his finger on it.

Taehyun hadn't realized he was staring at Kittichai until it was too late. The man turned towards him and they locked eyes. Heat rose to Taehyun's cheeks and his breath hitched in his throat as the brunette narrowed his eyes suspiciously at him. The look caused the artist to quickly turn away from the man, focusing out the window to his right. He could faintly make out the reflection of the two friends as he tried to focus on the scenery. He shrank in his seat as Jiwon ran in his direction dragging his friend with him.

"Minseok-hyung." He watched as Jiwon tapped on the orange haired man's shoulder. Minseok was sitting in a seat right in front of Taehyun and seemed to have been resting until Jiwon approached him. "This is my best friend Kittichai." the blonde gestured to the younger.

"Nice to meet you Kittichai." Minseok said.

"Nice to meet you as well, I've heard a lot of good things about you. Thanks for being a good friend to this fool." Taehyun could see in the reflection of the window how Kittichai gave a tight lipped smile after he spoke.

Once Jiwon was done introducing Kittichai and Minseok, he turned his attention to the silver haired man, surprising him. Taehyun shrank a little further into the seat and touched the back of his neck nervously as he turned to look at them.

"This is Taehyun-ssi..." Jiwon smiled at him.

"Is he your friend?" Kittichai asked.

"Well not exactly, but he is friends with Seojun, Hanwoo and Yeongsu. I just wanted to introduce everyone who I met on the train, after all we could be friends." Jiwon responded.

"He's friends with Yeongsu?" Kittichai seemed to be hung up on those words, doubt was clearly written on his face. "That is surprising, I don't really see Yeongsu being friends with such a..." Taehyun locked eyes with Kittichai causing the brunette to trail off, the piercing gaze of Kittichai made him shiver. "How would someone like him benefit as an ally?" The brunette scoffed as his eyes scanned over him. Taehyun flinched at Kittichai's cold demeanor, he wasn't sure why the man seemed to dislike him.

"Kitt!?" Jiwon gasped, visibly shocked by his friend's words.

Yeongsu had sat on the back side of Taehyun's chair. When Yeongsu heard what Kitt had said, he whipped around in his chair to face Kittichai, "what the fuck? Why would you say something like that?" Yeongsu glared at Kittichai.

"Yeah, why would you say something like that? You've never said anything hurtful before without good reason." Jiwon questioned. "It's not like you."

"Apologize to him." Yeongsu demanded. Taehyun remained silent as the two men started scolding the brunette.

Taehyun furrowed his brow as he watched the scene unfold. His eyes remained locked on Kittichai, he seemed troubled.

"Maybe he doesn't even know why he said what he said." Taehyun thought.

A few minutes passed by and they were still scolding Kittichai and telling him to apologize. Taehyun stood up and put himself in front of Kittichai protectively. He wanted to believe that the man hadn't meant what he said and interfered with the situation, he thought Kittichai had heard enough.

"Guys, it's fine, he's heard enough already. I don't think..."He paused thinking better of his words before he continued, "it didn't bother me, I'm fine." Jiwon and Yeongsu glanced at each other briefly before letting out a sigh. They looked back to Kittichai. Taehyun saw Jiwon looking questioningly behind him and took a step sideways to see what he was looking at. All of their eyes widened as they gazed upon Kittichai who was no longer able to hide his face, he had tears streaming down his face as he silently cried.