kim taehyung.

the seventeen year old boy had moved from france all the way to america.

it all started when his mother met his father while on a vacation to france. his mother is korean and his father is french. when they met, they fell in "love". taehyung's mother was a very smart, multilingual and successful woman so moving to france to be with the love of her life didn't come with any financial issues or language barriers. therefor, no problems.

that was until his father became abusive. no one really knew what triggered it. it was probably the alcohol. or the drugs. mrs.kim tried to deal with the toxicity for the sake of her love but once she found out that her husband had layed a hand on her child, she had enough. she was still a rich woman so, one night, she booked a flight to america. she packed up all their belongings, left her wedding ring on the kitchen counter and took her son with her.

that's how kim taehyung ended up here. his never-ending vacation to america. never-ending because he lived here for good now.

he was thankful that his mother was such a strong woman. he always admired her for that. getting out of a dangerous relationship and leaving the person who you thought loved you behind isn't easy. leaving to a whole different country at that. well, it's a good thing she knew fluent english, i guess.

it was a sunday evening and taehyung was finishing decorating his bedroom at their new home.

it wasn't as big as his old room in france but he sorta liked it more since it felt more cozy.

as he was walking by to put the final empty cardboard box downstairs, he stubbed his toe on the side of the bed.

"merde!" he screeched.

[trans: "shit!"]

"kim taehyung! surveille ton langage." his mother scolded, walking in the room.

[trans: "watch your language."]

taehyung waved off his mother and rolled his eyes, walking downstairs with the empty box.

she followed him and, when he was done, she pulled him onto the couch with her and began to speak.

"what day is it tomorrow?" she asked, in english.

she'd do this a lot. she'd randomly start speaking english in order to test his skills. he already knew french since he grew up there and already knew korean since his mother taught him as he grew up. as for english, she began to teach him in his teens since it was deemed an important language to know if he ever wanted to visit america or england. oh if only she knew they'd be moving here one day, she would've started to teach him earlier.

taehyung still hadn't nailed it. in fact, his english was rather broken but at least he always tried. now, though, he was under even more pressure to learn it since he lived in an english-speaking country now.

"uhh... mon-monday?" he answered but it sounded more like a question.

"yes, correct. where are you going tomorrow?" she asked.

"school." he said, this time a lot more confident.

"what will you do?" she continued her testing.

"i will do...study! and- uh... make...." he tried to string a sentence together.

"se faire des amis. make friends." she decided to help him out a little.

[trans: "make friends."]

"i will study and make- make friends." he finished.

she smiled at her son, "well done!"

he smiled back, feeling proud of himself, and also because he was happy his mini pop quiz was over.

"ok, tu peux y aller maintenant." she said, shooing him back upstairs, knowing he wanted to leave to play his stupid video games.

[trans: "okay, you can go now."]

he cheered and ran back up to his room.

it was 9pm and his first day of american highschool was tomorrow. he wasn't too worried but he also didn't know what to expect. he decided not to think about it too much.

after over three hours of playing random video games and texting his friends back in france, his mother knocked and told him to get to sleep.

he turned his tv off, put his phone on charge and kissed his mother's cheek.

"bonne nuit." he said before turning off his light and wrapping himself in blankets.

[trans: "goodnight."]

whereas, with jeongguk...

jeon jeongguk had always been sheltered by his two parents for his whole life. because of this, he was very innocent. not innocent as in he didn't know what sex was or didn't know how to cuss. he knew about all of that because he was a teenage boy that went to public highschool. however, he was innocent when it came to trusting people. he'd allow himself to fall right into anyone's grasp and not question anything they do. although his parents obviously warned him that the world is dangerous and some people are bad, jeongguk's bright eyes chose to see the good in people.

even when that goodness seemed nowhere to be found.

did his kind-hearted nature get him played and cheatedby some people? yes.

did that change him into a bitter or untrusting person? no.

right now, jeongguk was in his bedroom, texting his best friend, park jimin.

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chimchim💛:
i heard that there's a new kid coming to our school tomorrow👀

sent at 21:47

chimchim💛:
other ppl r sayin that the kid is going to north shore high but i don't buy it. no parent that's not a druggie would willingly send their child to that shithole lmao🤢

sent at 21:48
read at 21:48

googie💞🧚‍♀️:
ooo, new blood👀. is it a guy or girl?

sent at 21:49
read at 21:51

chimchim💛:
idk i didn't hear. i hope it's a guy tho cuz there's too many girls who think they're bad bitch barbies at our school💀. i don't need them to recruit the new kid into their "i have lipgloss for brains" squad🙄

sent at 21:52
read at 21:53

googie💞🧚‍♀️:
true, i hate those girls. all they know how to do is wear too much lipgloss and say "tingz" way too much😭.

sent at 21:53

googie💞🧚‍♀️:
i want it to be a guy so we can make bangtan even bigger!

sent at 21:53
read at 21:55

chimchim💛:
same tbh. we never get the new kids cuz jackson always drags them into his group💀

sent at 21:55
read at 21:55

googie💞🧚‍♀️:
ikr! i wanted yuggie to join us but jackson stole him >:(

sent at 21:56

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"jeongguk! it's almost 10pm! get in the shower and go to bed!" his father yelled from downstairs.

"okay dad!"

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googie💞🧚‍♀️:
i gtg chimmy! meet me outside my house tmrw morning❤

sent at 21:57
read at 21:57

chimchim💛:
aight, see ya bby❤❤

sent at 21:57
read at 21:58

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and so jeongguk showered, put on his baby pink and white striped pyjamas, put his phone on the charger, turned off his light and went to sleep.

his parents walked in, not long after. they looked around the room and silently picked up a few things that were laying on the floor, so that their baby didn't wake up to a messy room.

(a/n: something like this but without all those cringy ass, generic photos hanging on the blue wall. oh and the photos under the bed can be of him and the rest of bangtan.)

after that, they both kissed his forehead and whispered him a goodnight before leaving the room and allowing him to sleep in peace.

trust me, he was gonna need it for what would happen tomorrow.

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•1306 words
•not edited or proof-read
•first chapter = complete!
•imma make jeongguk into the babiest boy ever and i'm so excited XD
•sorry to the topkook stans :( don't leave, i still love you
•this chapter was just a broader intro to our two main characters, an answer as to why taehyung moved in the first place and a few lil things about jeongguk that will be brought up again in future chapters.
•i hope you guys liked this / are looking forward to more chapters :)
•STAY SAFE ♡
•BLACK LIVES MATTER ♡
•i lub you <3 <3

peace out xoxo,

nixy.