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Minghao ran down the corridor, attracting attention from the crowd along the way. A group of boys gave chase and were shouting at him to stop but it only made him run faster. He ran out of the building and hid behind a fake wall where seniors usually hung out to smoke. He didn’t notice but there was a group of students present there who was glaring at his back.
“Do you think he ran off?” the group chasing him could be heard discussing.
“Yeah, that bastard is a retard anyway. We’ll get him after school. Let’s get back.” The bullies’ leader commanded.
Minghao let out a breath of relief but was alarmed again by the hand on his shoulder. His body turned stiff and he slowly turned to face the owner of the hand.
“I’m sorry!” he blurted out and bowed immediately.
From his position, he could see five pairs of shoes. He was ready to sprint off when the hand held him back.
“what was that about?” a hard voice was heard but he was too scared to look up.
“I’m sorry, I won’t disturb you all again. I didn’t know somebody was here.” He rambled on.
“Shut it!” another voice shouted turning him silent.
He heard footsteps coming near him, his body started trembling with nerves. He felt his face being lifted and came face to face with the notorious gang member of his school, Kim Mingyu. His face turned pale and he started to hyperventilate. He was losing air and suffocating. He could see the other’s mouth move but he couldn’t hear anything till everything turned black.
“Look what you did, the kid fainted.” The friend who pulled Minghao back mocked Mingyu.
“Like he won’t have fainted if he saw you with your emo looks.” Mingyu retorted.
“Shut up you two.” A soft voice interrupted them. “We need to get him to the infirmary.”
“Who is going to carry him?” a third voice asked blowing out imaginary smoke.
He was none other than Dokyeom but goes largely by DK. He's good at inciting fights and rubs people off the wrong way. Most of their fights have been due to him saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
“Let Mingyu and Wonwoo carry him. They were the ones who stopped the fellow from leaving.” Their leader, S. coups declared with a hoarse voice.
Seungcheol, their leader by default as he was the one who they could always depend on in any matter. He took on this role as it suited him and allowed him many rewards from his partner.
“Why do I?” Wonwoo, the emo boy complained.
“Just do what you’re told.” The soft voice owner, Joshua sighed.
He may be known as the kind guy among them by other people, but he was worse than all of them combined when challenged. None of them ever tried to go against him as he's unpredictable when angered.
“Let’s get this over with.” Mingyu huffed and pulled Minghao’s body upright.
Wonwoo reluctantly held the other side. The two carried the unconscious boy to the infirmary where they dumped him on the closest bed. When they thought the job was done, the nurse made them stay back. Instead of calling the teacher, she called an unknown person and locked the door.