"Okay, time's up. No more chit-chatting. Let's start the first recording session."

Long Shen led the cast to the recording room inside the building. He then separated them into groups to familiarize themselves with each scene because there were also second and third BL couples in this web series, although the depths of their relationships weren't going to be explored fully. 

The main pairing was still Kim Tae-Oh and Bo Yun. 

Lee Kibum and Bai Yunyu entered the recording cubicle and then recited their lines. 

"Remember, stare at each other and make expressions while recording! Emotion is important!" Long Shen instructed. He was a professional in this, so he wouldn't tolerate incompetence. 

He had high hope for Lee Kibum and Bai Yunyu, though he wouldn't scold Yunyu if he did wrong because... well... love bias. 

Lee Kibum and Bai Yunyu stared at each other, and Yunyu smiled first, "Let's do the first scene today, dear."

Kibum's cheeks reddened. He shifted his eyes at the script again to make it less obvious, "L--Let's just read this."

--!Action!--

After Kim Tae-Oh and Bo Yun met under the tree behind the school, they started meeting each other again in the same spot. Because Bo Yun had to constantly run away from those bullies who wanted to extort money from him. 

Usually, Kim Tae-Oh, or what he called as Tae-Hyung, would ridicule him for not standing up to the bullies. 

Today was a bit different, though, because Bo Yun found Kim Tae-Oh in a low mood. 

Bo Yun was catching his breath and sat beside Kim Tae-Oh, "Aish, those bullies really won't leave me alone!" Bo Yun complained. "Do they know a bit of pity for me for one day won't hurt?"

Kim Tae-Oh smiled thinly as he was sitting under the tree, but he didn't give the same ridiculing reaction as he used to do daily, which got Bo Yun worried.

"Um... Tae-Hyung, are you okay? You look... sad."

"I'm not ok," Tae-Oh replied. But he didn't seem to be open for a conversation. 

Bo Yun got curious. He sat beside Tae-Oh, "You know that we're friends, right?"

"Are we?" Tae-Oh turned his head towards Bo Yun, he wanted to challenge that statement, but once he saw how innocent Bo Yun was, he restrained himself and sighed deeply instead, "You're right, we're friends."

"Then you don't need to restrain yourself around me. I can help if you need something, as long as it's not money, hehe."

"It's just a small fight," Kim Tae-Oh said. "I had a fight with my mother in the morning, and it's about her choice."

"Choice?"

"Yeah, she is a widow now after getting a divorce from my dad. She told me that she was thinking of dating again, so she would give me a stepfather. I was angry at her because she could move on only after a few months of getting a divorce. I start thinking that my mom doesn't love me."

"Ah, I see," Bo Yun went silent for a moment, trying to come up with a good answer. Then he said, "I think it's fine that your mom is going to get a new boyfriend. It's her right to find love."

Kim Tae-Oh's eyes widened, "You… you're on my mom's side?"

"No, no, listen to me first," Bo Yun quickly cleared it up to avoid misunderstanding. "I'm not on your mom's side. I just think it's inevitable for her to want to find love."

"But that doesn't mean you will be left alone after that, right?" Bo Yunyu said, trying to calm Kim Tae-Oh. 

"There's no guarantee that she will still take care of me after she remarries. I bet she will be busy with her new husband, and if they have a child, then I am 100% sure that she will leave me. Because she will be busy with her new family," Kim Tae-Oh said, lamenting over his fate.

Bai Yunyu felt that Kim Tae-Oh's problem was very personal for himself. Because his mother died five years ago, and his already detached dad just simply remarried and then left Yunyu alone. He didn't even allow Yunyu to live with his new family, or at least visit his step-sibling because he is not part of the family now.

[In the end, I'm just a discarded child that nobody wants, not even my parents, let alone Han Ye Gege…] 

Yunyu was overwhelmed by emotion and instantly poured his feeling into the line, slightly altering the lines he should've been speaking. 

"My parents are also divorced, and my dad decides to remarry. I also feel abandoned—no, I am abandoned by my dad. But I turned out okay, right?" Bo Yun said.

"We don't know what will happen in the future, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be optimistic about it. Your mom might remarry and will be busy with her new family," Bo Yun added. He then leaned in and caressed Kim Tae-Oh's hair.

"But, Tae-Hyung, that doesn't mean you will be alone. You have me in here. I will never leave you alone, no matter what. I guarantee that you will never be lonely because you have me!" Bo Yun assured him with his big and innocent smile, something that Kim Tae-Oh liked the most about Bo Yun.

Kim Tae-Oh stared at Bo Yun with a meaningful gaze. Lee Kibum also had the same experience as Kim Tae-Oh, his parents were divorced, and he went with his mom to China.

He also had the same feeling that Kim Tae-Oh had right now, and he wouldn't lie that it made him really sad knowing his mom would eventually remarry and leave him alone. 

But since Bo Yun… or Bai Yunyu, in this case, promised that he would accompany Kibum even at his loneliest, then Lee Kibum wanted to cling to that.

"Bo Yun, promise that you will never leave me alone. I don't want to be alone…." Kim Tae-Oh demanded.

And Bo Yun nodded again to give him reassurance, "Tae-Hyung, I will always accompany you, no matter what happens, because I don't want you to feel lonely."

—!Cut!—