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000

Bum tried to avoid looking directly at Sangwoo's house the next day when he left to go to school. He'd had dreams of the other student the night before, and he felt as if looking towards where he lived might somehow summon the half blonde. His efforts were in vain when he heard the front door open.

"Bum!" Auntie called. "Don't you leave for school without saying hello!"

"Oh, don't be such a pain." Sangwoo told her, inching his way around the woman. "Morning, Bum."

"M-Morning." Bum watched as the other teen practically hopped down the stairs to him.

"Want a ride?" Sangwoo asked.

"Don't...aren't you picking up Jieun?"

"No." Sangwoo responded. "Her father insists on bringing her because he assumes I'll run late."

"Oh okay...but won't she freak out if she…?"

"If you're that worried," Sangwoo sighed, "I can drop you off around the corner…"

"Yeah, sorry, I just don't want to ruin things for you."

"Would you stop?" Sangwoo rubbed the back of his neck. "Putting yourself down is damn annoying…"

"Ah, sorry."

"You still apologize a lot."

"Shut up…"

Sangwoo laughed, patting him on the back. "Come on, let's go, then. Later, auntie." He waved at her.

"Have a good day at school, boys!" She waved.

Bum waved back. "Thank you!"

Sangwoo clicked a button on his keys and the car made a blip sound. Bum climbed in the passenger seat and buckled up as Sangwoo did the same. He drove a little bit from their homes before sighing.

"She's overcompensating." Sangwoo complained.

"I'm sorry?" Bum cocked an eyebrow as he turned to face the driver.

"Auntie. She feels bad for not seeing me all these years, and worse so with my parents being dead finally, and she's being overly nice…"

"She's always been overly nice…" Bum paused. "Because she knows my Uncle treats me like shit…"

"Yeah, she's nice normally. But when something bad happens, she's right up your ass."

"I'd rather have something else up my ass…" Bum muttered, looking out the window.

"Well, then, good to know." Sangwoo cleared his throat.

"That was a joke…"

"I'm aware...you're gay…?"

"No!" Bum glared. "I'm...not into anything, really...it was just a joke, god…"

"Relax, I'm just teasing." Sangwoo shook his shoulder. "It's not my business anyway."

"You're my best friend…" Bum paused. "If I was going to bring someone home, I'd rather not sideswipe you by bringing home a guy out of the blue…"

"I'd...rather you not be sideswiped by who I bring home, either…"

"Well, since its Jieun…"

"Yeah. I know you don't like each other…"

"You know what a psycho she was towards me when we were kids."

"I'm not excusing her, but you didn't discourage it…"

"I know…" Bum looked away. "Never mind."

"Sorry…"

"Now who's apologizing…"

Sangwoo laughed, running a hand through his hair. "Yeah, yeah, zip it, Bumi."

"Make me…"

"Nah, I'm driving."

"Scared?"

Sangwoo pulled over to the side of the road, leaning close to Bum again once he put the car in park.

"Of what?" Sangwoo asked. "You? That's laughable."

"Oh, so I'm not intimidating?"

"Not by a long shot, Bumi~"

Bum glared but rolled his eyes and folded his arms over his chest. "I know that…"

"Then don't get offended." Sangwoo grabbed the smaller boy's chin and turned it to face him. "I don't mean anything by it, and you know it."

"S-Sangwoo…" Bum pulled away. "People will see…"

"And? I'm not doing anything."

"I just…" Bum unbuckled as he bit his lip. "Thanks for getting me to school…"

Sangwoo looked up, cursing under his breath as he realized how close they were to the school.

"Yeah, no problem…"

"I'll see you later, okay?" Bum opened the door. "Don't worry about getting me home. I can walk."

"Bum…" Sangwoo grabbed his arm. "If you think you're going to cause me problems with Jieun by me giving you a ride, get over it, alright? She's going to have to accept it that we're friends…"

"We're best friends, Sangwoo...and we're always going to be...right…?"

"Right…?"

"Then whatever Jieun has an issue with, she can plain go fuck herself."

Sangwoo smirked. "Damn straight, since I'm never going to."

Bum laughed. "Good to know, Sangwoo."

"Shut up and get out of my car."

Bum laughed, slamming the door shut. He watched Sangwoo drive off, slipping on sunglasses as he did so. Bum watched until he could no longer see the car's tailpipe before slouching down and sighing.

"Who's the guy?" A voice asked behind him.

Bum turned to see a shopkeeper who had offered him water when he stopped outside her store panting after school.

"My new neighbor." He answered.

"He dropped you here and not at school?"

"His...er...girlfriend...kind of hates me."

"I see...Shame. Here I thought you were going to actually have a friend."

Bum laughed. "He's been my best friend since we were kids, actually. He just moved back."

"Ah, I see." She smiled gently. "Well, I'm glad he's back for you then. But to drop you off just so she won't notice…"

"No, it's nothing like that. He said she needs to get over it. I just don't want to cause him problems."

She rolled her eyes. "Calm down." She ordered. "If he's your friend and doesn't care what she thinks, you shouldn't care either."

"That's...just the way I am." Bum adjusted his backpack strap. "Eventually I'll get over it, I guess. He just got here and…"

"Whatever your excuse is, Bum, I don't want to hear it." She giggled. "I saw the way he looks at you."

"What?" Bum laughed. "What are you talking about?"

"If you can't figure it out, you're blind, Bum." She pat him on the head and vanished back into the store.

He rolled his eyes and started off towards school. He'd have to pay more attention to how Sangwoo looked at him now if he was going to figure out what she had meant.

000

Sangwoo gripped tight to the steering wheel as he sat at a red light. Why was Bum so worried about what Jieun thought? She was just some dumb broad Sangwoo pretended to be interested in. She'd thrown herself at him a few times already, but he faked being into the idea of waiting until marriage to get her off his back. He didn't care about when he got laid, but there was something about Jieun that turned him off even before he knew how she treated Bum. Yet the night before, thoughts of Bum filled his mind while he got off in the privacy of his own room. There was something about the other boy that he was somehow attracted to, he couldn't deny that. He almost found himself wishing that Bum was coming out to him earlier. Call him crazy, but he'd feel a lot less guilty about fantasizing over the other if he knew Bum might possibly do the same over him. The car behind him honked when the light turned green, earning a middle finger from Sangwoo as he started moving. Damn Bum, interrupting his waking day as well as his nights.