Taehyung is left a little shaken up after that incident earlier. The boys had mocked him and called him names before finally letting him go. The blue-haired boy unconsciously raises his hand to his chin where the boy from earlier had gripped him tightly. He can already feel the bruise forming. 

Taehyung tries to shake off the overbearing thoughts about earlier as he hurries to what he hopes is his science class. The boy enters cautiously into the room full of students. A man, probably around his late fifties, stares at him questioningly. 

"Uhh, can I help you." 

Taehyung nods, "um, yes, I was just wondering if I had the right class. I'm kinda new here." The boy tries his hardest not to fidget or stutter. He mentally pats himself on the back for speaking properly, even though he was a little quieter than he should have been. 

The teacher walks up to Taehyung before gesturing for the timetable that he grips in his hands. The blue-head holds it out for him, waiting anxiously for the teacher to read it as he feels the eyes of the student bore into him. 

"Ahh, yes, you're the new student I was supposed to be getting. Lovely. Well Taehyung, my name is Mr Fo, welcome to the class, please introduce yourself formally to your peers." 

Taehyung nervously heads to the middle of the class, head slightly ducked from the hawk-like eyes that stare at him. 

"H-hello," he mentally curses himself for stuttering. "My name is Kim Taehyung, nice to meet you all." He bows to the class. He nervously looks around, meeting eyes with the scrutinising stares of his classmates. 

"Right, Taehyung, now that you've introduced yourself, please take a seat." 

Taehyung nods before searching the room for an empty seat. He almost squeals in excitement upon spotting a seat by the window. He heads over to it, ignoring the ogling eyes of the students he passes and takes a seat in the chair. 

"Right class, today we will be talking about chemical imbalances in the body." 

Taehyung immediately shoots his eyes up at the teacher's words. He loved all things chemistry, especially biochemistry. He tries to hide his excited smile, leaning in closer to listen intently on the lesson. 

"Chemical imbalance is when the chemicals in your body, for example, thyroxine, is not in working balance or in suitable proportion to the other chemicals in the body. Chemical imbalances can lead to many malfunctions in an organism, causing a wide range of disabilities and diseases." 

Taehyung unconsciously nods before writing down his notes eagerly, despite already knowing all this information. Call him a nerd, he didn't care, he loves science. 

Suddenly the door to the room opens and in comes a familiar ravenette. Taehyung's eyes nearly bulge out of his head upon realising who it is. It is the boy from earlier. The reason his jaw is starting to stain with this bluish purplish bruise. 

"Ah Jungkook, I see you're late to class again."

Jungkook merely shrugs before taking a seat at the very front of the class. Mr Fo smiles at Jungkook with a look of admiration before looking back to the board. Taehyung is left confused over the encounter, shouldn't he be mad at Jungkook for being late? 

"What was I saying....?" the teacher continues, grabbing the blue-heads attention once again. "Ah right Chemical imbalances cause a variety of disabilities and diseases. In fact, scientists believe that the disease of homosexuality is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain."

Taehyung's heart stops at the words. Disease of homosexuality. The pen that he once gripped onto now carelessly slips out of his, landing on the wooden floor with a metallic clink.

The sound snaps Taehyung out of his state of shock. He feels as if he just drew on the attention of everyone. He wants to curl up into a ball and disappear. Of course, many probably only looked at him because the pen happened to break the silence in the room, but Taehyung couldn't help think otherwise. They know I'm gay. They know I'm gay. They know I'm gay.

Taehyung slowly grabs the pen from the ground before looking back up and around the class. No one seems to be looking at him anymore which bring a great sense of relief to him, but the relief is short-lived because just as he's about to sit back comfortably in his chair, his eyes meet the eyes of Jeon Jungkook. 

The boy stares at him with a vicious look, a look full of hatred. The ravenette raises his brow at the smaller boy before breaking out into a malicious smirk that makes Taehyung break into a cold sweat. 

The smaller boy turns back and straightens in his seat, trying to ignore everything and focus back on the lesson but despite his efforts, he just can't seem to concentrate on the teacher's words. There's only one thing running through his mind right now. He needs to be straighter, he has to stop acting like, like... like a fag. Taehyung cringes at the word. 

After that lesson, Taehyung couldn't help but think, maybe science isn't his favourite subject afterall. 

~

Taehyung feels dizzy after the exhausting day. His day was filled with homophobic comments and teachers constantly reminding him of how homosexuality is a sin. Is a disease. Is an illness. Taehyung feels like a rabbit in a lions den. He doesn't belong here. 

Taehyung is lost in his thoughts as he sluggishly makes his way to his dorm. He just wants to go to his dorm and sleep his stress away. The boy stops in front of a door with the sign, DORM 5 engraved in it. The door holds a sheet with 2 names. Taehyung and then JJ. 

JJ? Taehyung thought. What a peculiar name. JJ is going to be Taehyung's roommate and he hopes with all his heart that the boy would be kind. At the very least easy going. 

Taehyung enters the room, nervously preparing his greeting in his head. He wants to sound confident when he first speaks to his roommate so that he wouldn't think he's gay. But Taehyung's efforts of practice speech go down the drain once he opens the door to an empty room. 

I guess they are out right now. Taehyung runs his eyes around the interior of the room. The room has two bed, one on either side of the room. One side of the room is already decorated, random posters hang around the messy bed while an overfilled closet sits next to it. 

Taehyung cringes at the mess. He is a clean freak but to his dismay, his roommate doesn't even seem the slightest bit clean. His hands are itching to go and clean the mess but he fights the urge and shrugs it off and heads to his own side of the room. He quietly starts unpacking, placing things in an orderly fashion around the room. 

It takes him around an hour, but his side of the room is looking absolutely perfect. Everything is neat and colour coded. He placed cute little decorations on his nightstand and wall to add a little spice to the room. Out of everything that happened today, moving into his new dorm room is probably the best. 

The boy happily trudges into the shower and cleans himself off. He lets the warm water melt away his worries and soften the tension in his shoulders. 

He hops out of the shower and changes into a pair of sweatpants and an oversized jumper. The jumper isn't supposed to be oversized but for Taehyung, everything is oversized. He was blessed from birth with a marvellous height of 5'2 and he wouldn't grow any taller than that. His short frame and petite body make him look a little less masculine than he would have liked which is probably why everyone assumes he is gay. I mean, they weren't wrong. 

Taehyung shrugs of his thoughts before heading to his newly made bed and sinking into the soft mattress. It doesn't take long for the weight of the day to finally take a toll on the small boy and leave him quietly snoring his thoughts away.

~

Taehyung jolts awake at the sound of the door banging open. He tiredly rubs his eyes while looking up, curious to see who it is. But when Taehyung does meet the eyes of the person, he wishes he hadn't. Jeon Jungkook stares at him, his eyes narrowed to slits. 

"What the fuck are you doing here, fag?"

Taehyung doesn't have the energy to wince at the words as his mind is still in a dream-like state from his slumber. 

Jungkook marches forward and grabs Taehyung by the collar of his sweater. "Answer me when I'm speaking to you. What the fuck are you doing in my room."

Taehyung seems to finally process the situation, the manhandling having done the trick in waking him up. "I-I- this is my dorm," he stutters out weakly. 

Jungkook's charcoal irises pierce into the other's doe eyes. "YOU, are my new roommate?" he asks with obvious agitation. 

Taehyung looks down, nodding slightly. Jungkook is still holding onto his collar and he is practically dangling off the ground. 

Jungkook huffs, "why did that have to put me in a room with the homo."

The ravenette's words have more of an effect on Taehyung than he would have liked. People saw him as some kind of monster or disease. They didn't want to associate with him. 

Jungkook sighs angrily before letting go of Taehyung. The small boy yelps as he suddenly drops fowards unexpectedly. He falls onto Jungkook and they both stumble onto Jungkook's bed, Taehyung on top of the ravenette. 

Taehyung squeaks as his face hits Jungkook's chest. He looks up fearfully to meet Jungkook's eyes. An indecipherable look crosses Jungkook face but it is quickly replaced with disgust.

"Get off me you freak!" Jungkook yells as he pushes the petite boy off him. With the sheer force of Jungkook's push, Taehyung is sent flying across the room, landing with a dull thud against the wooden floor. 

He feels the pain sear through him as he lays on the floor helplessly. He feels so helpless,

a rabbit in a lions den.  

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A/N: hehe, hope you liked chapter 2. Can't wait for Jungkook to stop being a dick.