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his fleece blankets made his skin itch, broken springs in the mattress put aches in his back. the stampede sound coming from his stomach, along with the throbbing pain in his head made it impossible to sleep, he rolls and flips, not able to become comfortable. he hears the morning song of a birds, he sits up and wonders how much sleep he got,did he get any sleep at all? he gets up without pain, anyone who had a bed like him wouldn't want to stay in any longer than necessary.
he walks to his draws, nothing special, just plain wooden drawers. he pulls out his uniform, none of it fits right, its all second hand me downs from the school. Hes not necessarily poor, his father, is drug addict and drugs cost a ton, he's not home a lot of the time so its fine. his mother, she has a job, not the safest one, but it's something and she's good at it, well at least taehyung hears so, she earns a lot of money, sometimes leaves some on the counter for taehyung, only if his father doesn't steal it all first, normally that's the case. taehyung should get a job, then he wouldn't have to worry about money and he could help his mother.
having put on his uniform he leaves his room and looks to the clock in the kitchen, 6:15, he still has an hour and forty five minutes till school starts, forty five minutes till the library opens, no where to go, but he doesn't want to stay here, especially because the shoes from both his parents are here, he looks in the kitchen to see if they got any food, nope, the fridge is still as empty as it was last night, he then notices 20 dollars on the counter, that could last him a while. with that he looks around for his back pack but cant find it anywhere, then he remembers that he didn't have it when he left school, got7 threw everything in it all over the floor by his locker, if he's lucky they'll have been brought to lost and found.
he gets on his shoes and leaves, super markets don't open till 9, so he make his way to school and waits in front of the main gates and waits till 7:00 so he can go inside the library, its peaceful and quiet at this time, he doesn't have to worry about people bothering him, he picks out a book on the shelf, normally he would study, but he doesn't have any of his books. he's never been much of a reader, you'd think he would be, because people like him use reading to escape their reality, but reading only brings him back to his reality, it makes him more focused on whats happening around him.
finally 7:30 rolled around and the doors to the school building will finally be opened. the first thing he did was check at the office to see if his things had been turned in, luckily most things had been, there were a few missing things, like pens and some loose change but that was to be expected, there wasn't much to steal in his bag so most things were put back in it, i mean who wants a text book bigger than an elephant? nobody, well except taehyung, he got the book for free from the school, so if he loses it, hes not getting another one.
he goes into his class, luckily the doors are always unlocked, he takes his regular seat at the back corner of the room and waited for class to start.
* * *
jungkook woke up at 7:30, only having half an hour to get up, get dressed, have something to eat and make his way to school, it was plenty of time if you ask him. after putting on his uniform he grabs his bag and rushes down the stairs and into the kitchen, and grabbed a breakfast for on the go, nothing special, just toast and an apple, he wishes farewell to his mother with a kiss on the cheek and nods to his father who is at the table reading the morning paper, jungkook rushes out the door and into his car, he drives to school while eating his toast.
he gets to school with 10 minutes to spare, wow he did good this morning. on his way in he's greeted by people he doesn't even know, he starts by going to the main office, even though that boy said not to do anything about it, jungkook couldn't just stand by knowing that someone in his school is being hurt, he had to do something.
jungkook: hi miss. Lusaka could i want to report a case of violence
miss.lusaka: at this school? i dont believe we have such a thing.
jungkook: would i ever lie to you?
miss. Lusaka: you would never, take a seat and you can see the principle in just a moment/
jungkook: alright, thanks miss.
jungkook sits and waits for the principle to call him in...
principle: what can i do for you today Mr. jeon jungkook?
jungkook: well a friend of mine is being bullied.
principle: who is it, someone on the team.
jungkook: no another friend. some boys threw him in the pool yesterday.
principle: im sure they were just having fun.
jungkook: they weren't, they threw him in and he couldn't swim out, he almost drowned, if i didn't find him when i did, he probably would of died.
principle: well if you're certain, then there's no reason not to believe you, but i need a statement from the victim and the names of everyone involved.
jungkook: the victim, he wants to stay anonymous and the students involved was Jackson Wang and his friends.
principle:okay i'll see what i can do.
jungkook: thank you Mr. smith.
pricipal: don't forget to pick up a late note from miss. Lusaka.
jungkook leaves pretty pleased with himself. he gets a note from miss, and goes to his class. e keeps an eye out for the mystery boy, but he doesn't see him anywhere, well that's until lunch when he sees the boy sitting by himself, with a sandwich and an apple. he gets his lunch and ignores all his friends calls to sit with them
jungkook: mind if i sit here?
taehyung: yeah i do, now bugger off to your friends.
jungkook: come on, we must be friends after i saved your life.
taehyung: what if i didn't want to be saved?
jungkook sat there a bit shocked, did he really not want to be saved?
taehyung:im just kidding, thank you for saving me, as you like to call it but can you please leave no.
jungkook: in return for saving you i want to have lunch with you.
taehyung: no.
jungkook: pleeeeeaaaaasssssseeeee.
taehyung: fine, just shut up.
jungkook: so whats your name?
taehyung: dunno, you tell me.
jungkook: um how about, min-jun?
taehyung: no
jungkook: joon-woo?
taehyung: no
jungkook: how about i call you, v?
taehyung: no
jungkook: why not?
taehyung: because i dont want that name.
jungkook: than tell me your name.
taehyung: fine, v, it is.
jungkook: what do you want to do after school?
v: nothing with you.
jungkook: why not? i dont have practice today, i need something to do.
taehyung: hang out with your other friends.
jungkkok: but i wanna hang out with you.
taehyung has finished his lunch so he got up from his seat.
jungkook: okay i'll pick you up after school.
taehyung throws out his mess and leaves the lunch room. leaving a smiling jungkook behind.
* * *
after school like jungkook said he picked v up, in his car, it was very hard to get v to comply but when jungkook said he'd buy him dinner v's face seemed to light up, he'll have to remember that for next time, v likes free food.
v: where are we going.
jungkook: you'll see.
taehyung hoped it wouldn't be something that involved spending money, as he had no money to spare.
soon they arrived outside of an arcade, taehyung panicked because he didn't want to spend money and he's never been to an arcade before, so hes just going to make a fool of himself.
jungkook: i haven't been here in so long.
v: can we do something else?
jungkook: why, do you not like arcades?
v: its no that, its just-
jungkook: i'll pay.
they went in the arcade and jungkook buys $40 dollars worth of chips.
v:do we really need that much?
jungkook: of course we do, were gonna be here till dinner, so we dont wanna run out.
they played game after game, and taehyung sucked at every one of them, earning a few laughs from jungkook every now and then. jungkook had a lot of tickets so he went over to the prize both to see what he could win.
jungkook: have you been to an arcade before?
v: no
jungkook: really: your dad didn't even take you as a kid?
taehyung looked away in shame, personally, he doesn't really like telling people his dads a druggie and his mothers a whore.
jungkook: here, for you.
jungkook hands taehyung a medium sized plushie of a bunny, it was soft and pink, taehyung really liked it.
v: you sure?
jungkook: yeah, to make up for all the times you've never been.
v: thank you.
jungkook smiled at the small blush appearing on taehyungs face.
jungkook: lets go get something to eat, im starving.
they get into jungkooks car and drive to the nearest maccas. they go inside and order on one of the self order machines.
jungkook: what do you want?
taehyung hadn't been to MacDonald's in so long he wasn't really sure what there was to get.
v: i dont mind, you choose.
jungkook orders them both big macs with a large diet coke and fries.
jungkook: after we'r'e done with this we'll get ice cream.
jungkook: how come i haven't seen you around at school before?
v: maybe because im not in a sweaty gym all day.
jungkook: it's not that bad.
v: says you.
jungkook: well what do you do at school then?
v: i study.
jungkook: that's it? wow, that sounds boring.
v: well not everyone can be as talented as you.
jungkook: i guess so, im quite lucky, with my dad, he owns Jeon Entertainment.
v: i think everyone knows that.
jungkook: yeah, most people do, and they all assume that i'm stuck up because of it. what about your family, what do they do?
v: nothing really.
jungkook: what do you mean? they must do something.
v: no they don't.
jungkook: how do you get money and food?
v: can we not talk about this.
jungkook: okay, well, how are your studies going?
v: fine
jungkook made a very uncomfortable situation for the two of them, but it slowly cleared as they began talking about school and jungkooks life, they finished their meals and jungkook order two ice creams on a cone dipped in chocolate with a flake. they are eating it and jungkook sees taehyung smile as he laughs at a joke he told, his teeth are perfect, his smile is the most breathtaking thing he's ever seen.
unfortunately they finish their ice creams and it's time to go, jungkook doesn't want to leave this moment, he doesn't want to leave v, from what he can tell v doesn't have the best home life and he doesn't want him to be hurt but how can he help him?
taehyung has to give jungkook directions to get back to his house without getting lost, like last night. jugnkook stops his car outside of taehyungs apartment complex.
v: thanks for tonight, i thought you were an ass hole but you're actually a nice guy, we should do this again sometime.
jungkook: yeah i would like that.
they stared into each other eyes not breaking eye contact, jungkook thinks its now or never, he slowly leans into taehyung pressing his lips against his, but this recoils as taehyung flinches back in fear, jungkook will never forget the look on v's face.
jungkook: v' im so-
v: its fine, forget about it.
taehyung frantically grabs his things and rushes out the door and into the building, up the stairs and into his room. it felt amazing, he brings his hands to his lips and smiles slightly at the thought, does somebody finally love him?
jungkook sat in shock in his car, he felt bad, he would have to apologise to v tomorrow, he didn't know what came over him, yes, he found v cute and adorable and hot, but he's not gay, he shouldn't of kissed him.
he makes his way home in his car, his mother waiting by the door for him.
jk mother: jungkook, you're home, i was so worried.
jungkook: sorry mum, i was with the guys and i lost track of time.
jungkook lied about v, he couldn't have his parents find out about him, because then they'll ask questions, questions jungkook may not want to answer, and he doesn't know his name something that doesn't normally go down well with parents.
jungkook: im really tired, good night mum.
jk mother: good night jungkook.
jungkook took a quick shower as he thought about the day, everything was great until he kissed him, why did he have to ruin the day. he gets out of the shower and climbs into his soft bed, instantly his eyelids become heavy, he didn't realise how tired he was, instantly falling asleep as he closes his eyes.
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