jungkook

"orange!" my friend taehyung cheered as he entered the classroom.

"what's with orange?" baekhyun, another friend of mine, asked.

"nothing, i just want to randomly shout the word 'orange' today. i'm beginning to have an obsession with the color. in fact, i'm planning to dye my hair orange in the future." i wasn't surprised anymore when he said that. the taehyung everyone knows thinks of weird things.

while he and baekhyun continue to chatter, i began thinking about the words she said to me last night. i admit that i felt something not normal inside me when she said she wanted for me to act as if i don't even know her.

it's as if every system in my body screamed 'no!' the minute she said that.

i'm a coward who took five freaking years to finally have the courage to talk to her by the way. i liked her even before people started messing up with her life. and the biggest mistake i ever made was that i let them be. just because of my cowardliness. i owe her my life. i was supposed to protect her from them, but fear got ahead of me because i'm afraid of getting bullied again.

let me tell you a secret. i was known as the greatest geek loser back then in middle school. and her? she saved me.

i was crying while being beat up by bullies when she showed up and shooed them all away. she hugged me back then, telling me that it's okay. that everything's going to be okay.

and i will never forget the beautiful look on her face when she told me that.

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