"Okay guys, sit together in your groups, we'll carry on with your history project!"
Groans went through the classroom.

Taehyung rolled his eyes since he really did not look very forward to this. Talking to Jungkook wouldn't be so hard now since they were on better terms now, but BamBam?

After the party-incident, they hadn't talked to each other and to be honest, the brunette really didn't want to, either.

But since Mrs. Lee insisted that they should be working in their groups and BamBam unfortunately was at school, he probably would have to.
"Chim, how did working with BamBam go?," he whispered into Jimin's ear since today, Hoseok was sick and Jimin took his seat. He could feel his best friend tense visibly.

"Uhh, he was just unmotivated, I guess. He wasn't a great partner since I had to do basically all the work but at least he wasn't being a little shit. Why are you asking, did he do something to you?," the other answered, trying to keep his voice as low as possible as he didn't want Mrs. Lee to hear them.

"Umm... he went to aunt Hyejin's party even though he doesn't know her and he acted creepy as always, I don't think he will ever learn."
Jimin furrowed his eyebrows.
"What?! You should've called me, Tae. I would've made sure he stayed away from you."

Taehyung shook his head.
"I can take care of myself. And Jungkook was there, he kind of helped me and that's how we got close in the first place.
The older sighed. "Whatever. You guys are on a first-name basis now?"
To that, the brunette just nodded shyly.

They didn't get to talk any more since Mrs. Lee now rushed them all to move their tables together so that the groups could sit face to face and after that, two figures made their way towards Taehyung and Jimin.

Of course, it was BamBam and Jungkook.

And much to the brunette's dismay, BamBam took the seat right next him while Jungkook took the seat opposite to him.
The ravenette, who was actually planning to sit next to him, wasn't too pleased either.

"Hey Taehyung, it's been a long time since we talked," BamBam suddenly said while turning around his seat.
Taehyung scoffed.
"Don't you think you should apologize?"

The other seemed to think for a second, then he opened his mouth again. "Oh, yeah. I'm sorry we got interrupted. I'll make up for it."
The boy next to him blinked speechlessly, being at a loss of words.

"You seriously think nothing about what you did was wrong?! You stupid ass, you basically harassed me! And this is what you apologize for?"
BamBam furrowed his eyebrows, genuinely seeming confused.

"You're overreacting. Besides, I know you secretly liked it. I felt it and I know you did too."
Taehyung exhaled sharply and turned his head around. He was starting to get really pissed.

Opposite to him, he could see Jungkook clenching his jaw with rage burning in his eyes and for once, he didn't mind the younger's protectiveness.

"Whatever. I'm done talking to you. Guys, let's note our keypoints and present them to each other."
Taehyung took out his folder and a spare sheet to note everything down, everyone luckily cooperating.

For about the next ten minutes, they all worked with each other piecefully. The brunette was glad to say they came a lot further, he had enough information to make a 20 minute-presentation at this point.

But just as they were having a heated discussion about whether they should do a PowerPoint presentation or just an ordinary presentation with posters on the blackboard (since they had to present it in some form), Taehyung felt a hand on his thigh.

"What the hell? Get your hand off my thigh, BamBam," he hissed, making both Jimin and Jungkook look up alarmed. He actually felt himself feel a bit... uneasy as he saw the fiery rage blazing inside Jungkook's eyes just like before.

He slapped the hand away extremely annoyed when the other wouldn't budge.
"Can we just agree on doing a PowerPoint presentation? We will never be able to write so many things on posters. Also, that way, we would save a lot of paper," he declared as if nothing ever happened.

"I agree with everything you said," Jungkook spoke, looking dreamy since he was definetely very intrigued by the way Taehyung clasped his palms together subconsciously when he talked seriously in order to prove a point. He also didn't miss the way Taehyung's eyes got bigger and the way his lips stayed slightly parted all the time.

But beside being whipped as hell, he was still alarmed. BamBam sitting next to Taehyung definetely was not a good thing, that boy was way too stupid and infatuated to ever learn the meaning of the word "No".
All Jungkook wanted to do was grab Taehyung, move him to another seat and kick BamBam's face.

But since Mrs. Lee was here, that was obviously not possible.

"Class, I have to go and discuss something with a colleague for a moment! Please keep working, I'll be back in a second!," Mrs. Lee said all of a sudden, leaving the classroom with rash steps.

As expected, the rest of the class started chatting loudly, about topics that obviously had nothing to do with history.
Taehyung scoffed. "Such noobs. Anyways, Jimin, do you finally agree with me? PowerPoint is the better option, I can download some pictures to illustrate everything, if you like."

He could see Jimin think from the other side of the table. "But Tae, you know how much Mrs. Lee loves posters! She always gave Soyeon better marks just because of her poster presentations, her presentations in general sucked!"

"That may be your impression, Jimin, but..." He stopped when he felt a hand on his thigh again.
"Jesus Christ! BamBam, get your hand off my thigh now or I'll switch places with Jimin!"
He waited for the other to take his goddamned hand of but obviously, that didn't happen.

He huffed. "I swear to god, you f--"
He didn't come to talk any further because he felt his wrist being grabbed and his whole body being dragged out of his seat.

As soon as he recovered from the shock, he realized Jungkook was the one who just randomly decided to knock him out of his seat and narrowed his eyes at the younger boy.
However, he didn't even get to ask what the hell he was thinking.

Because he let him go immediately and charged towards BamBam, and...

He punched him in the face.

Making everyone gasp loudly. Jimin's eyes turned to saucers, BamBam held his face in pain and Taehyung grabbed his arm and pulled it back instantly.

"What the fuck, Jungkook?! You can't just do that, you could get suspended!," he exclaimed, throwing a sideeye at BamBam who was still holding his face in pain.

"You're... gonna... pay... for... this... newbie," the aforementioned groaned, stressing every single word.
And suddenly, he lunged forward to send a punch back to Jungkook.

But he wasn't quick.

Because the ravenette yanked his arm away and held it behind his back, not even looking fazed in the slightest.

"Don't fucking test me, you deserved. Stay the fuck away from Taehyung or I will destroy you. You know, I was quite popular for beating people up in my old school. If you tell Mrs. Lee about this, I'll tell her about how you keep harassing him. Now sit the fuck down and shut your ugly ass up." His voice was dangerously calm and his glare was condescending and dark, BamBam seemed to be quite intimidated since he just nodded and sat down slowly, his eyes never leaving Jungkook out of fear.

The ravenette tsk'ed. "Coward."
Taehyung, who had been basically stunned the whole time, just gaped at him.

Just then, Jungkook turned around and faced him. His eyes immediately lit up and a huge smile started to show.
"Don't worry, he won't bother you anymore. I'm sorry you had to see that, by the way. I know guys like him, otherwise he will never learn."

Taehyung was speechless, to say the least. Just a second ago, the other was fighting BamBam and literally threatening him and now he was being all happy and smiley again?

He punched him... for me?

"U-Uh... thanks? Is your hand okay?," he stammered, the younger immediately laughing.
"Of course babe, I've thrown way harder punches. I could've knocked his teeth out but I decided to be generous. But are you okay?"
Hesitantly, he nodded, confused of why the other had even asked this question.

Just as he was about to ask him something important, Mrs. Lee entered the classroom again and the two of them sat down immediately.

And Taehyung just thought.

Normally, he would've been extremely annoyed by Jungkook's kind of-cliché actions but somehow he found himself to be... quite impressed. Especially by the way his whole demeanour changed within a damn second.

And curious, aswell. He wondered what the other boy's past was like and why he had decided to transfer to this school, all the way from Busan.

Oh, Jesus. Was he actually starting to get interested in Jungkook?

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(A/N: hiii

yooo have y'all heard bts' new japanese album?? 'your eyes tell' just randomly decided to smash my heart into tiny little pieces and kick all of them to the curb--

what i meant is it was so beautiful and sad it broke my heart and made me cry :( 
i can't believe jungkook composed this, such a talented boy with such good taste, i love him and i want to hug him and be his best friend forever :(((💘

anyways bye y'all love you sm i'm gonna go cry over this song some more lol💜💜💜 btw stream mots: the journey)