"Bummie?"

"Neh, hyung?"

"When will you take off that mask?"

Silence.

"I mean, Halloween was yesterday, Bummie."

"Hyung, I'm going to wear this every day now."

"Why? You are beautiful! Is this about what's happened before?"

"I don't want to talk about it hyung."

They sat on the steps of Jonghyun's porch for a while after that conversation.

Neither of them spoke for a while after that and they just sat and stared at

passing cars.

"Bummie?"

"Neh, hyung?"

"Why do you not believe me when I say you are beautiful?"

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"Kibum-ssi?" The younger called out once again, running over to Kibum. He put

his face back into knees before the tall boy could see his face.

"Are you okay?" He spoke again to Kibum, now kneeling in front of him.

"N-neh," Kibum stuttered trying hard to keep his face hidden.

"Kibum-ssi, if you're crying like this in the bathroom, you are not okay.

Please, tell me what is bothering you," The younger said, "Please, lift your

head?"

"A-anih," Kibum stuttered, new tears threatening to flow out of his eyes.

"Kibum-ssi, people have told me about you. I don't believe them, nor do I care

about what they've said. I'm not that type of person to judge you," he said,

standing back up from his kneeling position, "Please."

'He's not going to stop,' Kibum thought, 'We're going to be late back to class.'

He sat there for a bit. His muscles slowly became less tense after thinking

about the situation. 'You know what? Why should I care I one more person sees

me? It's only going to get worse anyway."

He sighed one last time before picking his head up off his knees to come face to

face with the young boy. He took in the younger's appearance. He had short, dark

hair and big, round eyes. He thought it made him look like a frog. He was very

tall as he saw earlier, and it was difficult to believe that the boy was younger

than him.

While focused on the boys appearance, he didn't see the boy's eyes get slightly

bigger upon seeing Kibum's face. He definitely looked surprised, but he couldn't

tell whether that was a good thing or not.

Before he could think anymore of the situation, the boy took a step back. Kibum

quickly stood up, dreading what was to come next. Although he expected it, the

sincerity in the boy's voice gave him the slightest hope that he might be

accepted for once in his life without having to hide. 'I'm such a fool,' he

thought.

He slightly backed away from Kibum towards the bathroom door.

"K-Kibum-ssi, I think we should both go back to our classes," the boy said, then

walked out the door.

He knew the younger was right, but all he wanted to do was go back in the corner

and cry his eyes out.

'I'm done crying,' Kibum thought, hastily wiping his tears, grabbing his bag,

and heading back to his classroom.

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Kibum walked out of his final class of the day and headed for the entrance door

to leave. The school day went okay after that morning. The occasional weird

looks and whispers here and there, but nothing major. His father and mother

wouldn't be home until later, due to work and their busy schedules, so he was

planning in going to a park near his neighborhood he enjoyed visiting as a

child. He would always wait there with his childhood friend, but they didn't

really associate with each other anymore, so he would have to stay there alone.

Kibum sighed in content, for the day was over for now.

"Hey."

Maybe not.

"N-neh, Jonghyun-ssi?" Kibum stuttered in fear, turning to Jonghyun and his

group.

"C-can I-"

"Yah!" Sekyung interrupted Jonghyun, "Don't call him by his name like that!

Aish, anyway, did you like our little gift this morning? I'm glad it made you

late."

Kibum stayed silent, averting his gaze to the floor in fear. Of course he knew

it was JongHyun's group who did that. He continued staring at the ground, afraid

of what would happen is he responded incorrectly.

"Hey!" Sekyung screeched again, "I asked you a question! I would slap you, but I

don't want to get my hands dirty."

"M-mianhaeyo, Sekyung-ssi," Kibum choked out, "N-neh, I did enjoy it, thank

you."

"Ah, you enjoyed it? We will have you try harder next time." She spoke again, in

an intimidating tone.

"N-neh, I will be going now," Kibum said, turning to run out of the school

entrance.

"Hey! Get back he-" she started again, but was held back by Jonghyun. She have

him a surprised gaze, then scoffed.

"Whatever, we'll get him again later," she said.

'Oh no, are they following me?' Kibum thought, 'I have to get out of here!' He

started sprinting faster to the park. He ran past many high school students,

whom all gave him weird looks that he ignored, too focused on getting away from

campus. He ran past the bookstore he frequently visited as well as the ice cream

store. He finally reached the park, relieved to find out he wasn't being

followed. He panted out of exhaustion while sitting down on the old park bench.

If he had been paying attention, he would have noticed the small boy sitting on

the other side of the old bench with his MP3.

"Excuse me?" The young boy pulled out his headphones, looking in Kibum's

direction with dark sunglasses on. He looked to young to be a high school

student, and he hasn't seen him in the high school building yet, so he was

probably still in middle school. The boy was still looking in Kibum's direction

waiting for a reply, but not directly at him, which confused Kibum. He rubbed

the back of his neck with his hand in confusion, trying to think of how to

explain the situation to the younger.

"Is someone there? Minho hyung?"

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A/N: Chapter 3 hooray! I'm glad that I'm updating consistenly like I promised.

So, ANOTHER NEW CHARACTER HOORAY! Identities will be revealed in the next chapter. 

I hope you guys enjoyed! Should be updating again tomorrow or the day after that. I also want to thank the people that have been commenting. It really motivates me to write more when I have people that like what I'm writing and tell me that! Thank you! ^^