You weren't sure why but ever since Beomgyu had first met you he had an obsession with teasing you. Sometimes it'd be over small things like making fun of your song or mimicking your line over and over again. Other times it would be more embarrassing like the time you mispronounced a word during a promotion circuit interview and he laughed hysterically about it for five minutes and wouldn't stop bringing it up. Yeonjun had told you that was how Beomgyu was. That he was just very playful and loved to tease but it honestly felt like he just had it out for you, like he actually disliked you and was trying to upset you. You kept wondering what you'd done to make him hate you so much. Had you offended him? Was he upset you were over at his dorm so much and he wanted you to stop coming around? You wondered it every time he was around but got nowhere. It had gotten to the stage where you were now nervous around Beomgyu because you expected him to make fun of you at any moment. Your members were aware of this and so were constantly on the look out at work or at award shows.
You were heading back to your dressing room with your members when your leader Saerom paused. "Erm not to worry you but Beomgyu is up ahead". "What!" you cried "I can't deal with him right now I really can't". "Well he's right by our dressing room door leaning on the wall so we could pretend we've forgotten something and go walk around for a bit?". You knew your members were tired because you'd just performed but they were all so nice they would walk around with you. You couldn't do that to them so shook your head "no come on...maybe he won't say anything". Of course he did. "Hey y/n that was a great performance" he called. "Thanks" you replied but he wasn't done. "I especially like that move at the end, what do you call it?" and he began imitating when you almost fell over laughing his head off. "Ha ha" you replied and rushed into your dressing room slamming the door.
TxT won an award and Yeonjun texted you saying they were having a celebration at their place. You and the girls went but the minute you walked in you saw Beomgyu and regretted your decision. Yeonjun came to greet you but Beomgyu beat him to it. "Welcome ladies" he smiled "drinks are in the kitchen, snacks are on the tables and ow y/n be careful there are lots of potentially slippery places" before laughing. You sighed and Yeonjun shot you an apologetic look. "I'll do my best" you replied and walked away.
Yeonjun came over with you and patted your arm "y/n just ignore him, he likes getting a reaction" and you nodded "I know but it's hard". Yeonjun had noticed your reaction to Beomgyu's teasing and tried to help, distracting Beomgyu or ensuring you were never left alone with Beomgyu and tried giving his member subtle signs to back off but it didn't work. You took a deep breath trying to calm yourself and smiled. "Better?" Yeonjun asked. You nodded and went to speak when you were cut off by a change in music. Beomgyu had put your latest song on and was mocking it in front of a crowd of people who laughed. He was singing your parts and you sighed "you know I don't think this was a good idea, I'm going to hear off". Yeonjun frowned "no! Y/n you deserve to let some steam off and party". "Yeah but I don't think that's what I'd be doing tonight but thank you for inviting me. I'm just going to go home and sleep" and you discreetly exited through the back door so Beomgyu wouldn't see.
Yeonjun was upset all night about you leaving early and he couldn't stop thinking about it even hours later. Once the party had ended the members all happened to be sat together in different stages of drunkenness. Beomgyu was pretty drunk but Yeonjun was almost sober. They were discussing everyone who came tonight and Soobin frowned "I never got to say hi to Y/n". "Y/n was here?" Kai asked "I didn't even see her". "She left early because she's so borrrring" Beomgyu called loudly and the members chuckled slightly but Yeonjun didn't find it so funny. "Why are you so hard on her?" he asked and Beomgyu paused "I'm not hard on her". "Yes you are, you're actually really horrible and mean to her". Beomgyu laughed "no I'm not, you need to learn to take a joke". "It's not a joke if it upsets someone!" Yeonjun said getting angry and sensing this Soobin sat up "why don't we wind down for the night?" but Beomgyu was also aggravated. "I'm not upsetting anyone I'm joking! If y/n didn't like it she'd tell me". "Would she?" Yeonjun asked "because you're such good friends? You've been nothing but horrible to her since you first met her, do you really think she'd confide in you?". "Oh and she confides in you all the time right?" Beomgyu retorted "because you're so close, are you two together or something?". Yeonjun frowned confused where this was coming from and why Beomgyu said that with such malice. "What no but even if we were why would you be so upset..." when he realised. It all made sense! Beomgyu always teased people for some sort of reaction but mainly attention and so he teased you because he wanted you to interact with him. Beomgyu liked you!
Yeonjun realised his theory was right because after his last question the room went silent awkwardly. The members all looked to Beomgyu who had gone very pale and didn't know what to say. "You like Y/n" Yeonjun said and Beomgyu glared "you'd love that wouldn't but no I couldn't care less about her" and he stormed from the room. The members all turned to Yeonjun and he frowned unsure what on earth he'd just discovered.
After that Beomgyu wouldn't speak to Yeonjun and his behaviour to both of you changed completely. With Yeonjun he acted like that conversation never happened and there was a cold wall between them. With you, Beomgyu simply left you alone. He didn't comment or initiate any conversation with you and you quickly realised because of how frequently he used to do it. You asked Yeonjun if something had happened but he said nothing was wrong. Yeonjun couldn't explain you without telling you how Beomgyu felt so he decided to just not say anything. He was going to try and repair things with Beomgyu but things were too tense right now and they needed time to settle. So he played dumb telling you he didn't know and you believed him.
However it wasn't just Beomgyu's behaviour towards you that had changed, his whole personality had. He was quieter as a whole and instead of being at the centre of the party he could now be found on the outskirts avoiding the whole thing, if he was even there. He'd been less social lately and this had been the first party you'd seen him at in months. It was odd but you thought Beomgyu disappearing would've brought you solace but it didn't. You cared quite a lot about your fellow idols and knew something was wrong with Beomgyu. Plus you believed he wasn't a bad person really and didn't like seeing him sad even after your conflicting past with him. You were sure it was just a rough patch that every idol went through and that Beomgyu would bounce back. You kept eagerly watching to see him smiling and bounding around like he usually did but nothing.
You watched him at your current party. A girl came up and asked him to dance but he shook his head and went to sit in the corner with his drink. You knew he'd only come tonight because Taehyun had asked him to and it was clear he was uncomfortable here. "Is he okay?" you asked Soobin who nodded "Beomgyu?" he asked after a pause “yeah he's fine, why?". "He just seems quieter than usual" you replied and Huening Kai nodded "yeah that's probably because Yeonjun killed his confidence". Soobin shot Huening a look but he didn't see it. "What?" you asked and Huening frowned "didn't Yeonjun mention they had a huge argument about you?". "Kai!" Soobin called and he froze "he didn't...". "Nope" you said "what was it about?". Soobin sighed "sorry Y/n but you need to ask Yeonjun" and so you nodded and went to find your friend.
Yeonjun could tell from your face something was wrong and the second you asked about the argument he frowned and explained. "I had no idea that was why Beomgyu was acting that way and I've tried reconnecting with him but he doesn't want to know. He's hurt and thinks I was telling him you weren't interested in him but I thought he was bullying you!". It was a lot to process but one main thing stood out "Beomgyu likes me?". Yeonjun nodded "yeah and I totally should've seen it earlier, he only teases people who he wants attention from. I thought he only did that with members but apparently it extends to crushes too". You shook your head still in disbelief but the more you thought about it the more it made sense. Beomgyu had a cheeky personality and he would be the type to poke at someone he liked. Then when it sunk in Beomgyu did like you, you felt...good.
Beomgyu was such a unique and lively person you were surprised he liked you of all people and wondered why. What about you had attracted such a confident fun person's feelings? You felt quite flattered and also a little excited? Now you knew where Beomgyu's behaviour towards you came from it changed your perspective and allowed you to admit why it had hurt so much thinking Beomgyu hated you...because you liked him. Before you met them, Beomgyu had been your favourite in TxT and not just for his personality. Yes he was funny and confident but you also thought he was incredibly beautiful and loved his looks. You'd been really nervous to meet him in particular when you joined the company and that’s why his apparent dislike of you stung even more. It hurts when someone you don't like dislikes you but hurts way more when it’s someone you do like. However now you knew the truth it got your brain spinning and Yeonjun noticed. "Y/n? I know that expression, what's going on?". You paused "I...I like that Beomgyu likes me" and blushed. Yeonjun froze "wait Y/n do you like him too? I thought you hated him". "I hated him because I thought he hated me but now I know he doesn't...I never disliked him when I joined the company. I actually thought he was really cute". Yeonjun's jaw dropped and he grinned "omg this is like some K-drama shit and I'm going to have so much fun with it". You shook your head "no way you've caused enough drama, this is between me and Beomgyu" and Yeonjun smirked "go get him y/n" making you blush.
Beomgyu was still sat on his own across the room when you re-joined the party and after taking a breath you walked over to him. "Hi, can I sit?" you called when Beomgyu didn't see you approach. When he did look up he jumped "y/n?". You nodded "I've got some things I'd like to talk to you about" and Beomgyu nodded "okay" and moved over so you could sit at the table with him. He put his phone away but wouldn't meet your eye and you hated how upset and shaken he was. It's horrible to see a confident happy person lose their spark so you decided to get right to it. "I like you" you said and that made Beomgyu look at you. His eyes shot up to you and he blinked "what?". "I like you" you repeated "before I joined the company I of course knew TxT and you were my favourite". Beomgyu's eyes widened "you’re being serious?". You nodded "yes but there's been some misunderstandings, I realise by how I've acted towards you that might not have come across". Beomgyu shook his head "yeah not really" and you nodded" that's because I thought you hated me". "What!" Beomgyu cried "y/n that's crazy I..." then he blushed "I like you too" and you smiled. "That’s the misunderstanding. I never realised you were teasing me so much to flirt with me, I thought you were doing it to make fun of me and that's why I never responded". Beomgyu shook his head "yeah Yeonjun made me aware my jokes weren't as light as I planned and y/n I'm so sorry. I'd never tease someone to hurt them but I know I didn't make that clear enough. I feel horrible for any pain or upset I’ve caused". You shook your head "it's okay...I just felt uncomfortable to have all your attention solely on me. I'm quite introverted even if I don't appear that way and so I overthink everything someone says to me and how I appear to other people. I can be oversensitive sometimes". Beomgyu shook his head "no this wasn’t you being oversensitive. Since Yeonjun said it I’ve been thinking over my action and I think anyone would interpret them how you did. I totally didn’t think how they'd appear and I’m truly really sorry y/n". You smiled "it's okay, I was pretty happy when I found out the real reason why you were acting like that" and Beomgyu blushed "yeah I've liked you since your group first debuted". "Really?" you asked "why!" and Beomgyu smiled "well the first thing we saw of your group was those profiles you filled out. I remember thinking you looked really pretty and intimidating but then I read your profile and realised you were actually really nice and pretty cool. You mentioned how you're nerdy and like cartoons which I liked, I also like your taste in music. You admitted you know nothing about cool stuff like fashion or cars and I loved how proudly you said that. Then when they asked what you do on a day off all your members said really extroverted things and you said stay home without any hesitation. Since that interview I was hooked and I don't get crushes easily but when I do they don't go away". You blushed and Beomgyu smiled which was such a beautiful sight it made you smile. "I like you y/n and if I haven't ruined everything would you maybe like to leave here and go and get a coffee with me?" Beomgyu asked. You blushed once again and nodded "I'd love to".
