"Hey V." I whisper to my watch in the midst of class. "Search Kim Taehyung."

'Searching...' was written on the black screen of this watch which soon was replaced with a 'Not found'.

I glance one last time at the new guy who's sitting in the second last seat of the third row from my third last seat of the first row.

I notice all the girls around me who are looking at him while the teacher's vexed with them not paying attention to him.
—

It's recess and I'm in the cafeteria alone with my food. I take the earpiece out of the watch and put it in my ear.

"Hey V."

No response.

"V?"

Oh no! did I break it?! It cant be...

"Hey V" I try again.

I hear the sound of a chair being dragged and when I look up, I see the vacant chair kept across from me being occupied by Kim Taehyung.

I blink few times before sitting straight and smiling at him.

"Hi." I say.

"Hey y/n."

I laugh nervously before saying, "Taehyung, you know my name?"

"Yes you are my classmate, right?"

"Oh yeah of course." I fake a laugh. "Did you eat?"

"No."

"You can order something from the counter over there."

"Okay."

Okay? Now what? I'm freaking out already. When I look around, I find some girls glaring at me. Maybe that's why he has come here to sit with me coz others are just drooling over him.

"Shall I order something for you?"

"No", he says.

"You're not hungry?"

"Yes."

"Oh." Its hard to converse with him. "So are you new to this place?" I ask trying to strike a conversation with him to make it less awkward.

"Yes."

His answers are so blunt and emotionless. What am I supposed to do?

V isn't working what if someone's in trouble and he fails to inform me. I need him to provide me with proper details about missions.

"I'll be back in a minute." I excuse myself before walking away from the table to a confined place that is the washroom. I enter the ladies washroom and wait for the three girls to exit. When they do, I test the watch.

"Hey V."

No response.

"Hey V!"

"Yes y/n."

Finally. I exhale before realising the fact that this voice didn't come from the earpiece.

"V?"

"Yes y/n?"

Wtf. I turn around to find Kim Taehyung in ladies washroom. My eyes almost escape my eye socket when I realise what the hell was going on.

"Wha- How- I mean.." I exhale before dragging him out of the washroom. Luckily no one saw us exiting the washroom at the same time, it would've been tough to deal with rumours coz we all know what high school's like.

I still dont know if it is what I think it is.
——

"Why is V a human now?!" I ask namjoon oppa through the video call V or Kim Taehyung had set up with the help of his projector eyes.

"He is not." He replies. The school's over and we're in an alley ostracised from the main street so V or Taehyung could show his skill of projecting a screen through his eyes on a plane wall.

"Indeed. A human can't have such a perfection."

"So you agree, he's handsome?"

"He is too good to be true. I mean look at his face. How did you create him?" I ask still unable to believe that I'm standing next to a beautiful creation.

"Powerful and creative imagination."

"Dayum joon" I say impressed by him but.. "Why the hell is he here?! What if someone finds out about him being a robot?!" I panic.

"Y/n-

"You know better than anyone else that robots aren't allowed to study in a school, its against the law!" I cut him off and continue my rant. "Besides why does a robot need a school anyway?!" I finally finish only to find namjoon rubbing his forehead with his fingertips.

"You done?"

"Yeah."

"Listen now. You might've noticed the amount of bots in the country lately-

"Yeah I fought one in Busan, one in Daegu and three right here in Seoul yesterday."

"No cutting me off when I speak." He orders in a serious tone.

"Ok mom."

He sighs before continuing. "The enemy knows there's someone helping people-

I chuckle cutting him off again before saying, "I figured that out. Those bastards." I mumble a 'sorry' when I find his pissed off form glaring at me.

"We've sent him to help you and also to protect you."

"I am the saviour of this country, remember?"

"The number of bots will increase day by day. Believe me or not, its gonna get much worse." He states. "V, or Taehyung as you might call him at school, is going to be with you as long as it is possible for him to."

"Woah woah! He can't stay with me at my place. You know my mom, dont you?"

First thing, my mom will think I'm dating him if I bring him home more than once then she'll tell it to dad and he might not like this at all as he's a "little" overprotective.

"You're seventeen, jeez. Buy an apartment or something. How much longer are you gonna depend on your parents?" He says as if it's a normal thing that happens in Korea.

"This isn't united states-

"This is the 22nd century." He pronounce each word stating the obvious.

I would love to stay alone but my parents won't let me. They still think of me as a dumb teenager going through puberty.

"We've spent years on creating V. Trust me, He won't disappoint you." He says.

"Who are 'we' here?" I ask as I didn't know if he was working with some other people or not.

"Y/n, I am a scientist not a God okay? I have people who help me with my work at Eon Labs. We work as a team-

"And he's the leader." A voice interrupts him on his side. "You finally decide to mention us, huh?" I laugh at the fact that he looks so naive sometimes, as if he's the most innocent person on this planet and no one wants him to speak.

Someone else enters the frame on the video chat and stands next to namjoon.

"Hey y/n!" He waves his hands at me with a cheerful smile on his face and greets as if he's talking to a three year old kid. I bow and repeat the gesture. "He's Dr. Kim Seokjin." Namjoon introduces. Then another figure appears, "I'm Park jimin!" He says jovially. "He's the mechanical engineer here." Namjoon adds. "and I'm hobi!" Another man joins them. "He's Jung hoseok, he's in charge of chemicals." Namjoon says.

"Now you guys, can I do my work?" Namjoon asks the handsome men ingratiatingly. They leave and Namjoon carries on with informing me about all the details related to the robot V.

"I'm sorry to disturb but Y/n, we have a situation at Jeju." Taehyung speaks. "This one's 6 feet 4 inches but much more heavier than previous one's." He adds.

"All the best kid." Namjoon says before V closes the projection.

I would be lying if I said I'm not impressed by Kim taehyung. I fly with the help of boosters my suit has on its legs. Taehyung flies next to me with the help of similar features installed in his legs despite the fact that his features aren't visible.

"What if someone notices you? They're gonna post stuff about a flying human on social media." I ask him as we fly.

"We're higher than their line of sight. Don't worry I've got things under my control." He states. "Now hurry, it's bad." With that he increases his speed and I follow him increasing mine too.
—

I land back in Seoul after fighting with the stubborn bot that wasn't ready to die. When I come back to my clothes, my shirt is torn from the region around my belly button as usual but it wasn't just a minor invisible cut, it was actually torn coz of high impact that my suit had to endure. This is my damn school uniform, what the hell?!

I flinch when taehyung's hand land on my shirt and it is back to normal within some seconds.

"Y-you stitched it?" I ask in amusement.

"Yes."

"That's so kcufing cool!"

He smiles showing his teeth. His smile is not at all ordinary, what else can we expect from a robot? It's in the shape of a rectangle and it looks cute. It's the first time I've seen him express himself, guess he picked it up from his surroundings. No matter how realistic it looks, the truth is he can't feel the happiness. He is not a human, he just looks like one. He can't feel anything.

"Let's go home y/n, it's getting late. Mom might be worried." He says before patting my head. I blink few times before catching up with up to walk till my place. What the hell am I gonna do once I reach home? 'Hey mom, He is a guy and he's gonna be with me all the time.' Is this what i should say? My mom's gonna think I brought home a 'husband' for myself. Maybe I should tell her that he's gonna stay over for a school project. I hope she falls for that.

When we reach at the doorstep of my house, I find bags laying on the floor.

She opens the door when I ring the bell and then-

"You've finally grown up my child." She pulls me into a hug. "You're gonna live alone, I'm no longer taking care of you. Live your life, get out." Her voice went from sweet to devilish as if she's happy I'm leaving.

"Mom?" I ask perplexed.

"Namjoon called."

*sigh*

Should've known.
———

I'm here in my apartment that my dear cousin bought for me. Does he have a lot of money to waste now? He sure has great influencing skills. I still don't know why is my apartment this big. It has a living room, kitchen and three bedrooms for god knows who?

"Taehyung"

"Yes y/n"

"Call Namjoon oppa"

"K"

And now there's a big screen in front of me.

"What the hell?!" I say as soon as he appears on the screen.

"Well you sure are a mannerless brat." He replies with a fake smile.

"Did you really have to do this?!"

"We are preparing you for future, there are going to be times when you have to deal with stuff you can't at home and also taehyung needs to be with you."

"Fine." I say after exhaling. "Thanks."

"Now we've got a gift for you." He suddenly cheers up.

I scoff. "Might be my lucky day." I mumble.

"Remember Jungkook?" He asks with excitement in his voice.

"Uh... no?"

"The hell y/n?! I thought you liked him."

"What?! I dont even know who he is!"

"The guy you used to trail behind all the time when we lived in Busan."

"Bro. I was three back then, I hardly remember anything."

"How can you forget your first ever crush?!"

"What are you even blabbering about?! I've only had celebrity crushes and it hurts when they are a lot older than you and while you grow up they get married." I fake a cry. I could see Namjoon oppa's incredulous face.

"Come on. Remember you both got lost in the amusement park? and we found you sleeping on a bench hugging each other like you'll die if someone separated you." He chuckles as he reminisces the scene. "People awed at you both for like ten minutes" he laughs

I kind of remember now. The worst experience a child could ever have is getting separated from their family. I still remember crying my eyes out that day but this person was there to give me company, we cried together.

Jeon Jungkook.

I know his name but I don't know his face.

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