"Lee Ruo," he spoke into the microphone. "Please report to the principal's office."

Taehyung's breath hitched, panic settling inside his chest. He was not ready to sit alone in a room with Lee Ruo! It was different than seeing each other at the other end of the hallway, they practically had to breathe the same air, sit next to each other! He didn't think he was able to do that.

Mr. Han seemed to notice how tense he was all of a sudden, turning slightly pale and clammy hands pulling at the fabric of his trousers as he frowned worriedly. He let it slide for now, waiting for his student to enter.

Just about a minute later, another knock could be heard on the wooden door of the principal's office. "Enter," Mr. Han ordered, Taehyung slightly flinching at the sound of the heavy door opening and closing his eyes shut as he heard the other's footsteps on the floor, leading towards him. Not sparing the auburn-haired boy a single glance, he could sense Lee Ruo's presence right next to him. He was horrified. He really thought he had moved on properly but as he was left alone with the older boy standing next to him, he could feel anxiety rising in his chest and his ears picked up nothing but the other's breathing, suddenly remembering certain things.

"Take a seat, Ruo," the man spoke, gesturing towards the chair next to Taehyung's, the pink-haired boy shifting uncomfortably. "So, Mr. Kim tells me you have done inappropriate things without his consent during your relationship with him which damaged him permanently. What do you have to say?" For a second, the boy looked caught off guard, taking the seat and widening his eyes for a moment, obviously not expecting Taehyung to actually have the courage to speak up.

"He's-- He's lying. He wants to take revenge because he was not satisfied with our relationship since we were both young and immature and ended tragically!" Tears brimming inside his eyes, Taehyung shook his head wildly while shutting his eyelids tightly.
"Wh-When will you finally admit it?! You took advantage of me, and you keep denying it! Do you even realize how fucking much you scarred me?!," he screamed, both Ruo and Mr. Han widening their eyes at his outburst.

"Language, Mr. Kim. So, both of you tell me different stories, which one am i supposed to believe? Mr. Kim, you are one of this school's most reliable and hardworking students with a squeaky clean slate. And Ruo, I know your family and how much they care for independance and world peace, economy, climate change and all those things. Without a doubt, they raised their son just right," the man thought out loud, Taehyung almost scoffing at the ignorance despite being extremely scared and internally panicking.

They raised their son just right? They raised their son to be a piece of literal dog shit, but go off, I guess.

"Sir, I have evidence. I have witnesses. I have photos, videos, audio material... Please, give me a chance to prove that I am not lying. I am the victim here! A-And I would not wrongly accuse someone of attempted rape for some stupid little revenge!" Feeling the tears leak and doing everything to keep them inside, the boy grabbed into his pocket with shaky hands and pulled out two phones: his own and BamBam's brother's phone.

Without even waiting for a response, he unlocked his cellphone, searching for the videos of Jackson's party and succeeding almost immediately. Playing a video and zooming in on one spot, he turned around his phone so that the screen was now facing Mr. Han.

"This is me and him at Jackson Wang's party. I'm sure you can recognize us. He's pouring me a drink and I'm drinking it. Can you see? Can you see how weak and tired I look? He's taking me upstairs," he told quickly, feeling his breaths accelerate once again.
"Because he was tired. I was going to put him to sleep, the slight alcohol just messed with his mind. He's a lightweight, you see?"

"Sh-Shut up," Taehyung snapped, slightly sniffling now. He took Mr. Han's silence and slightly widened mouth as a sign that he had processed everything shown in the video and moved on to the next one. "You saw the way he grabbed me. I was struggling but he forced me upstairs and no, I wasn't just tired. Look at this one, Sir. That's Jimin accompanying me back downstairs. I'm sure you can see the marks on my neck, those are hickeys. I was so in shock, I could barely walk. I can't just fake this, Mr. Han. Here's Ruo, walking down after Jimin fought him off and helped me. These are from Jackson's Instagram account, I didn't stage this. You can ask him personally," he continued, taking down his phone with his voice breaking every now and then.

"Without a doubt, horrible things were done to you that day, Taehyung. I apologize for doubting you and assuming you wouldn't tell the truth for even a second. Lee Ruo, what is your statement for this matter?," Mr. Han finally spoke, Ruo slightly gulping but not backing down yet.
"It wasn't me. Jimin came upstairs and tried to have sex with him instead, he even punched me in the face when I tried to protect him. He always had this crush on him but Taehyung wouldn't listen!," he exclaimed, Taehyung feeling nauseous again.

"You dirty liar," the boy hissed. "Do you seriously think I wouldn't realize who is literally assaulting me? If Jimin did this, I wouldn't have wasted another single second being his friend."
"Mr. Kim, could there a possibility of you confusing something after all? Mr. Lee was your boyfriend, why would he have waited all this time to put his hands on you? There isn't any proof of Ruo being the one doing this to you, so--"

The boy cut him off with a wild shake of his head. "I knew you would say that. Please open your eyes, Mr. Han. I barely had any conscience but I still remember the events clearly. Ruo was the one doing it. Don't you find it strange how he said I was making this up for revenge and now he's blaming Jimin? You didn't even let me finish, I have more evidence. And this is Ruo. Literally. Admitting. His. Crime." he spoke clearly, feeling so tense he could've exploded just then but taking the principal's silence as a sign to continue.

He then took out BamBam's brother's phone, easily unlocking it as it didn't have a pasword or a pincode and finding the audio file almost immediately. With shaky breaths, he turned up the volume and played the file, both men watching with their breaths hitching.

"Wait a sec. Doesn't that guy kind of remind you of Taehyung? I heard he recently dyed his hair."

"That's BamBam. He played Grand Theft Auto with Ruo not too long ago," he told Mr. Han.

"Your ex, huh? Isn't he the type of person to throw a fit at that kind of stuff?"

"And that's his buddy, Changmo. They're talking about me," he explained. Ruo didn't say anything, glaring at the principal's desk and thinking of how to talk himself out of this one.

"He's getting bolder and bolder recently, kind of aggravates me. He used to be such an obedient little puppy when we dated, it's pretty sad."

"I think you can tell who this is," Taehyung spoke quietly, deciding to not comment any further and let the file play.

"Sounds like he wants to take revenge on you or something. Did you, like, hurt him or whatever?"
Laughter.
"Such a prude, I swear. I remember, I took him to this party once and he threw such a fit there and immediately broke up with me. Like, Jesus. Pillow princess much?"

"Oh, wow. Sounds like a load of drama. What happened there?"
A sound of someone smacking their lips.
"I poured him a little drink to get him in the mood so we could finally have sex. But god, the way he struggled. Like what's the big deal? It's just losing your virginity. And it's not like I was a stranger, I was his damn boyfriend. Whatever I did, he kept crying and telling me to stop, god."

"Oh. What a piece of work. So, did it work? Did you take his... you know?"
"I was so close, but then that damn midget Jimin came inside and started punching me like a maniac. I always suspected he had a crush on Taehyung, but Taehyung never listened! And they both just ran away. Such damn cowards, it's just sex! ...Fucking son of a bitch, why is it so hard to kill this guy?!"

"You know that ice cream shop I'm working in part-time? Dahyun still hasn't given me her number, by the way, why are chicks so damn stubborn? Anyways, Taehyung visited with that Jeon guy once, and as expected, the pillow princess threw a fit. Again."
Laughter.
"Oh, Jeon. He's so fun to tease, he tries to not get affected but at some point, he starts lashing out on you uncontrollably. Hilarious, really. The look on his face when I got Mr. Han to expel him, priceless. And just with a couple fake screenshots, I managed to get rid of him once and for all. Life really is beautiful."

The recording stopped there, silence filling the room. Mr. Han was caught off guard, his jaw dropped in shock, Ruo felt conflicted and humiliated and Taehyung just felt awful.
"I'd also like to clarify, BamBam had nothing to do with this. He simply recorded him and didn't support him or partake in any of these actions."

"None of this is true, they forced me to say this because they wanted me to look like the bad guy!," the assailor protested, Mr. Han however not looking very convinced.
"Why are you still denying it when I have legit proof?! You even beat him up when you found out about the recording! Just make this easier for all of us and admit to your crimes!"

"I believe," Mr. Han spoke. "That it is time to listen to some witnesses and what they have to say. BamBam and Park Jimin, please report to the principal's office." He was speaking into his microphone again, Ruo quietly groaning beside Taehyung and the latter feeling so tense he didn't think he'd ever be able to move again.
"This is unfair! It's obvious both of them love Taehyung, obviously they're gonna lie for him! This is all staged, I'm telling you. You're gonna regret framing me." The principal did not answer.

Less than a minute later, Jimin and BamBam entered the principal's office with a knock, both of them looking quite nervous. Mr. Han let out a gasp as his gaze fell upon BamBam's horrible state, bruises littering his whole body.
"What happened to you, young man?," he asked in shock, the boy showing a bitter smile.

"Why don't you ask Ruo?," he asked, pointing towards the culprit. "He and Changmo beat me up after he found out I recorded him. I know I supported him when Jungkook got expelled, but I lied because I thought it was the right thing to do. I know I shouldn't have done that. He did punch me in the face once, but that was only because I kept making Taehyung uncomfortable and I really deserved i--" With a hand gesture, Mr. Han cut him off.

"Thank you, BamBam, let's discuss one thing after the other. Mr. Park, I'd like to hear your side of the story. What happened to your friend on that night? You must know which one I'm talking about." Jimin nodded, glaring daggers at Lee Ruo.

"It was Taehyung's first ever high school party, we got ready together and went there together and there, he met his boyfriend. Unfortunately, every time I tried to talk to him Ruo pulled him away from me and brought him somewhere else, until I completely lost him. I searched the whole lobby, living room, wherever, he wasn't anywhere. I started to get a really bad feeling and I really hoped to God it wouldn't be true. It would've been better if he laid passed out in some corner, went home without telling me, or puked up some alcohol. But unfortunately, my senses were confirmed and he was in the bedroom. With him-- holding him down while trying to make love to him!" He gulped, shutting his eyes close.

"It was clearly forced! First off, Taehyung was drugged and had little to no sanity left. And he was crying, he kept telling him to stop! Do you know how much my heart broke, seeing my best friend like this? I wanted to break down the whole house but all I could do was knock Ruo down. Yes, I used to be in love with Taehyung and maybe, I still am a little bit. I also am- or was- his best friend. But does that mean I would lie for him? About literal sexual assault? Fuck, no! It doesn't. Mr. Han, I barely talked to him in weeks because Lee Ruo completely destroyed our friendship and I'd do anything to get it back but sadly, things aren't as easy as that. You could ask anyone, neither of us are lying."

"You may ask yourself, why hasn't he spoken up about this yet? Do you realize how fucking scared he must have been? He didn't even tell his own family. He wouldn't even have told me if I weren't a witness! Me and Jung Hoseok were the only ones who knew, and I was the one who told Hoseok anyways. You think Ruo's all sweet and innocent because of his parents' good reputation, right? But parents don't define their children. Kids can have alcoholic moms and abusive dads, they still don't have to be like them. So why not the other way round? Lee Ruo met some horrible friends, got influenced and now he's this- this disgusting, lying monster! You have literal proof of his actions, so why don't you do what you should be doing?" He bent over the principal's desk a little, his glare intimidating.

"Get him out of here. This school. Nothing can compensate for the pain Taehyung went through just because of one single night. I told him to go to the police if you refuse to listen to him. So you either choose to do the right thing or you may have to go through police investigations and people harassing you for being a horrible principal for the rest of your life." There was another pin-drop silence, the tensity thicker than ever.

And as Ruo was about to start protesting and denying again, Mr. Han finally made his decision.

"The evidence is overwhelming and clear. Ruo, I have been blindly fooled by your seemingly positive facades. Never would I have ever thought you were capable of such things. I can't help you anymore and I do not wish to have a sexual assailor at this school. I am going to call Jeon Jungkook's guardian to offer him a re-enrollment this afternoon along with an apology for doubting him and not listening to him." Mr. Han took off his glasses and looked the auburn-haired boy dead in the eye.

"Lee Ruo, you are hereby expelled and forbidden to ever set foot in this high school again."

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(A/N: why is this chapter so long help-

anyways i hope you're happy that bitch ass hoe is finally gone now, originally i wanted to make this even more complicated but then decided against it because that would've been a bit much drama :D

and this is random but i think i might've accidentally developed phonophobia which is basically extreme fear of loud noises and at this point, is there anything i'm not scared of? oh well

i hope you kinda enjoyed and i hope you're well, thank you so so much for reading and goodbye i love you🥰💜💜)