The next day, Taehyung paced up and down in front of the school building, waiting for the younger ravenette with his mind occupied by nothing but said ravenette. He even forgot about his now probably ex-best friend for a while.

Not a single soul was there, a scene quite unfamiliar for him. The usually so loud and obnoxious chatter was nowhere to be heard, just the all too familiar chirping of the singing birds filling his ears. They sounded like voices inside his head telling him to stop overthinking despite him not being able to understand what they were actually chirping about.

"Tae." The brunette turned around, smiling as he saw Jungkook jog towards him, his hair bouncing up and down along with him cutely which made the older boy smile like an idiot.

He spread his arms out wide, planning to hug the boy but let out a gasp of surprise as Jungkook turned him around by a simple grab of his shoulders and wrapped his arms around his waist from behind instead. His chest was slightly heaving up and down and his breath was quicker than usual due to him just jogging all the way to school.

"O-Oh... um, hi," Taehyung squeaked, feeling the other laugh breathily against his neck.
"Hi, beautiful. Thank you for being here, I need this. I'm kinda sad," he muttered. He opened his closed eyes and couldn't resist pressing a little kiss on the brunette's nape.

Taehyung gasped, both of them slightly blushing at that little action. "What happened?"
Jungkook sighed, tightening his hold.
"Your shit of an ex happened. And so did my dad, it's kinda complicated." The older boy wriggled his way out of his hold and widened his eyes, not believing what he was hearing right now.

"Wait a second. Ruo texted you?! Or talked to you?! What did he say?" The ravenette shrugged, not far as angry as he was yesterday.
"Oh, you can imagine. He texted me, I kinda lashed out on him and got pissed when I realized it was him. And then he threatened me and told me to have some respect and blah, blah, blah. That sort of stuff, you know?" Taehyung frowned, shaking his head fiercely.

"Kook, you need to take this seriously. He's not one to mess around with. You may think I'm overreacting but I'm not. You know, I suddenly remembered. When we were together, there was this girl who seemed to have a crush on me. Always looked at me, smiled when I was there, I felt kinda sorry for her. Ruo noticed and literally tormented her to no end, that poor girl. She got expelled. She was such a innocent kid, there's no way she got expelled just like that. He fabricated some kind of fake story and of course, everyone believed him, including the principal." Jungkook stayed silent for a while, eyebrows furrowed.

"Wait a second," he mumbled to himself. "He knew about my family. How did he even know?" He then looked up and locked eyes with the brunette who just gaped at him worriedly.
"You know... This may be a bit off-topic. But yesterday, my father had a little talk with me. He... He wants me to come back to him, to Busan. And that asshole, he told me he knew what we talked about. How..." Taehyung's jaw dropped, shock taking over him.

"Why didn't you tell me? What if he's planning on expelling you too? His parents are close with the principal, he'll believe him in a wink, no matter what kind of bullshit story he comes up with!" The ravenette stayed silent for a while, looking onto the ground as he thought about what could happen.

"'If you step another toe out of line, I'll take you back and send you to boarding school. They won't be as nice to you as your cousin Seokjin there.' That's what dad told me before he sent me to Seoul. And yesterday, he called because he didn't think it wasn't normal for a seventeen-year old boy to live with his cousin. If I get expelled,..." All of a sudden, he looked as if he could start crying any moment. Taehyung, noticing that, rushed towards him and cupped his face immediately, his palms warming the cold skin.

"No, you won't! I will never let that happen, I'm not losing you too! I'll do anything, just... Are you sure he wants to expel you? Oh, who am I kidding? Of course he does... Maybe I can persuade him--" To that, the younger shook his head profusely and grabbed the brunette's hand that was currently caressing his cheek.

"Absolutely not. He obviously wants you back, he's obsessed with you! You're not talking to that psycho because of me. I'd rather get expelled than see you get affected by him again." He softly stroked Taehyung's hand with his thumb, feeling the other tense.

"But there must be something we can do...," the brunette whispered. He was upset, very upset. He felt like he could literally murder someone.
"What if you get expelled and have to move back again? How will I live without you? Everything's a mess, you're the only thing that's holding the broken pieces together." Jungkook's heart gave a little jolt at that, him feeling as if he could kiss every single inch of the boy's face right now. But given the circumstances, he decided against it.

"No. No, we won't let that happen. It can't end like that. We haven't even been on a proper date yet. I've never been to your place and we've never properly introduced each other to our parents-- or guardians. Well, Seokjin-Hyung knows you, but still! We've never been boyfriend and boyfriend, just..." Taehyung nodded sadly, squeezing his hand.
"It's so unfair. We've wasted so much time because I was such a stuck up prude all the time and didn't want to deal with the fact that I had feelings for y--" The ravenette shook his head wildly, interrupting his little ramble.

"Don't you dare give yourself fault for this. You had every reason to think of me that way, I obviously didn't make a good first impression on you by scaring you and invading your personal space. And considering what you went through, it couldn't have been easy for you. That bastard. I want to murder him, literally. He's ruining both of us. Why do we have to go through this?" Jungkook huffed in frustration, feeling enraged once again.

The brunette sighed, pressing a soft kiss on the other's cheek tenderly. "I don't even know, but it's unfair. I can't believe you got dragged into this too. For now, I guess we'll have to see what happens. See what he's planning and then try to find a solution. We're in this together now, so whenever you feel unsure or you need someone to let your frustrations out, you can do it with m--" And all of a sudden, a new figure entered the scene and stood beside them, standing tall.

It was the school's principal.

"Jeon Jungkook, please follow me into my office, right now."

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"I still don't understand what I'm doing here!" Jungkook shifted uncomfortably on his chair, glaring at the stern-looking principal across him.

"You have verbally abused and threatened your classmate in a highly vulgar and brutal way. That is unacceptable behaviour that comes with consequences," the man spoke seriously.

"I didn't do anything, what are you talking about? Did Lee Ruo feed you his little lies again? And you just believe him like that? Pathetic!," the raven-haired boy exclaimed, about to leave his seat but reconsidering as he heard the other's palm slam into the desk in front of him.

"Silence! I will not accept this sort of behaviour! Ruo has showed me convincing pieces of evidence. The poor boy is traumatized because of your horrific threats! What in the world made you act so tactlessly, boy?!" Suddenly, a knock at the door made both of their heads turn towards it and while an expression of relief took over the principal, Mr. Han, Jungkook's face showed nothing but pure terror.

"Principal, I came to explain the situation," Lee Ruo spoke innocently, taking a seat right next to Mr. Han.
"He," He pointed a finger at Jungkook, who was sitting in his chair as if he was paralyzed. "...Is in love with my ex-boyfriend. But honestly, it seems more like a creepy obsession to me!"

He pulled out his phone and opened his chat with Jungkook. "I tried to talk to Kim Taehyung yesterday since I was a tad concerned and this is what he said to me! His possessiveness seems truly unhealthy to me."

Jeon Jungkook😰
You deserve to go to jail for your actions. Actually, no. You deserve death.
Sent 5:55PM

Don't fucking test me.
Talk to him one or even LOOK at him one more single time and I will fucking murder you.
You know who I'm talking about.
Literally breathe in his presence and I will break every single fucking bone in your bone and and beat you bloody and bruised.
Or I'll just choke you to death.
Because that's what you deserve.
Sent 5:56PM

Fucking pathetic.
I literally want to rip your eyeballs out of your eye sockets and step on them. You disgusting con-artist.
Sent 5:59PM

"I felt scared and threatened for my life, that's why I reached out to you, Mr. Han. You're our old family friend, I feel safe around you." The middle-aged man suddenly smiled fondly, his demeanour changing in less than a second.

"Very well, Ruo. Thank you for reporting this. You!" He then, again, glared at Jungkook.
"What do you have to say for yourself?!" The ravenette didn't move a single limb, feeling as if his body had ultimately lost the ability to properly move.

He deleted his messages and only left my bursts of aggression there. What a bitch. Fuck, fuck, fuck. Why are you saying nothing? Speak up for yourself, Jungkook!

"He deleted almost the whole chat! He provoked me. He's a threat to Taehyung, he hurt him! You can ask him yourself, he's probably still standing outside." The ravenette grinded his teeth against each other, seeing the auburn-haired devil beside him shake his head, a look of innocence still displayed on his face.

"Mr. Han, I would definetely not advise you to question Taehyung, he's not a reliable witness. The poor boy is too frail and innocent for his own good. Despite the fact that he is in an obviously toxic relationship, he feels an attachment towards Jungkook and would do anything he says in a wink. He needs some professional help, I'd say he was mentally unstable." Mr. Han frowned, nodding sadly.

"Such a pity, he's a sweet young man. Bummer to see people taking advantage of his purity." He now started glaring at Jungkook again, who currently felt like punching his knuckles bloody and clenched his jaw in response.
"Me?" He laughed sarcastically.

"Your favouritism is showing, Sir. Can't you see that he's lying and only trying to gain your sympathy? He's the psycho here, he showed obsessive and manipulatory behaviour towards Taehyung! He drugged him and tried to take his virginity forcefully! How can you not see that?! Do you want to see what our chat actually looked like? I know I probably shouldn't have said all of that, but he provoked me first. He stalked me and my parents! Do you even care about my side of the story?," he almost shouted, his voice cracking because of all the tears he was trying to keep inside.

He knew this was not a crying matter- he should not show weakness right now-, but not even in his dreams had he ever imagined humiliation like this. Complete betrayal, injustice and lies, things he disliked the most. He felt truly helpless.

"Jeon Jungkook!," the principal bellowed, now looking angrier than ever.
"Are you seriously accusing your classmate of attempted rape?! I will not listen to this any longer, you will be suspended for seven days and I advise you to reflect upon your actions during your time of punishment."

"Sir," the literal spawn of the devil spoke. "That's not all he did. He also physically assaulted another classmate of his, my friend BamBam. He's here too, he got punched in the most violent manner ever." Mr. Han gasped, massaging his temples.
"Very well. Tell him to come in, then."

"Good morning, Sir, my name is BamBam." Another male student entered the principal's office, greeting the man with a low bow.
"So I've heard. BamBam, please report us all sorts of inappropriate behaviour this student has used on you." Pointing his finger towards Jungkook as if he was some kind of insect, he motioned BamBam to talk.

"Um, I-I was in Kim Taehyung's group for a history project. And... he was there too. Since me and Taehyung were on good terms, I talked to him and was nice to him. He definetely misunderstood and kept watching me with that scary face. A-And he... um... just punched me in the face as soon as Mrs. Lee left the classroom. I-It hurt a lot and ever since, I don't feel too safe around here," the boy nervously spoke, Mr. Han turning even angrier now.

Jungkook didn't know what to say or how to feel, he didn't want to hear anything anymore. He just wanted to get away from here, far, far away.

"Jeon Jungkook, I have no other choice," the principal then spoke firmly.
"Verbal abuse, lies, death threats and phyical abuse. People like you don't belong into our fine school. I will call your guardian to inform him that you have been expelled. You may pack up your things and leave."

As if he was being pulled by invisible strings, the ravenette lifted himself from his chair and gave everyone in the room the most sinister look he could muster, fists balled tightly.

"Gladly. Fuck all of you, disgusting frauds. Acting all high and mighty and only believing what you want to believe because you can't afford bursting your sweet, little bubble. Expelling me but keeping a literal rapist in your school and embracing him with wide arms! There's no hope for little fucks like you. Goodbye, I fucking hate all of you." Without sparing anyone a single glance, the boy grabbed his rucksack and kicked the door open, not even closing it behind him.

Not even bothering to pack up his stuff, he walked straight out of the school gates, quite relieved that he didn't bump into Taehyung on his way out.

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(A/N: i'm sorry ashsjskks :((

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