hangul words to look out for:

kyeota: cute.

halmeonim: used when referring to someone else's grandmother.

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"have some more taehyung ah~," i say picking up some ramyeon with my chopsticks and putting it in his lunch box.

"yah! soo yeong ah~ you're going to make me fat." he chuckles but pokes the ramyeon anyway.

jimin and jungkook laugh from across the table, "doesn't your halmeonim love it when you're fattened up?" jimin cooes playfully.

taehyung nods his head while eating some of the ramyeon, "hmm she does and seokjin hyung's food is the best thing i've tasted." he turns to face me, giving me a sharp boxy smile.

i smile proudly, "of course it is!"

"neh, hyung. i literally come to school just to have seokjin hyungs food." jungkook gets up taking a slice of roasted beef.

"yah! so my suspicions where true." i point my chopsticks at jungkook and he laughs nervously.

"kyeota," jimin pinches jungkook's cheeks and he smiles shyly, "speaking of cute... i got something to show you taehyung," jimin says rummaging through his bookbag.

taehyung looks up with doe eyes and a mouthful of food. i swallow some ramyeon as i watch jimin slip out his smartphone.

i eye him suspiciously, "isn't this kyeot?" jimin puts the screen in front of taehyung's eyes and he just blinks. "it's soulmate culture if you ask me..."

i lean over to taehyung and get a peek at the screen. my eyes widen. it's that picture of taehyung feeding me coffee in english class. i look at taehyung and his lips form a thin line and his cheeks are puffed out cutely- maybe he's trying to stiffle back a laugh.

"yah! jiminie pabo! i told you to delete that!" i suddenly yell hearing taehyung's chuckle afterwards, "you have to admit she looked like sadako from that horror movie." i stare at taehyung with wide eyes while jimin and jungkook scan the photo nodding their heads in agreement.

"yah! taetae ah~" i lightly slap his arm, "i was too tired to counter back then but now- i swear i'll bite you again." i pout and he pokes my cheek playfully.

"again?" both jimin and jungkook ask in unison.

"hush you two," i sharply point my chopsticks at them, "i'll get you two locked up for photography without permission." i smile evilly.

"aish, that scary aura again. hyung do something." jungkook holds jimin and i fight back an evil laugh.

"ah~" i hear an unfamiliar voice cooe from behind me. "so i see you've found new friends, just like that. did you forget your old buddy that soon, taetae."

my body slowly turns around, turning to  match the voice to a face and i see dansae wrapping his arms around taehyung's shoulders. whatever happiness i was feeling a moment ago, soon drains itself from my body, refilling it with anger that's threatening to brew wilder than ever before within me.

dansae's really got some nerve showing up like this before taehyung after pulling that low prank on him.

my eyes gazes over at taehyung and he's no longer smiling rather, it's replaced with a straight face, and he's just poking at his food doing his utmost best to just ignore dansae but unlike him, jimin and jungkook both stare at dansae with very annoyed expressions. they give off the feeling like they're going to pounce at him any given second especially jungkook.

since dansae doesn't get a desired reaction out of taehyung, he turns to me instead, "so, i see you've settled for the ugly step sister." he cackles but i ignore him and out of the corner of my eye i notice taehyung stop poking at his food. "you know ah ro is what you call hot, she's much more mature looking than that trash." i bawl my fists over the hem of my skirt at his word ands he let's go of taehyung- whoms body just stiffened- and he pulls ah ro closer to him.

i didn't even know that she was here. i briefly look at her and she looks guilty for some reason, maybe it's because she has feelings for taehyung but then again it isn't real feelings, it just lust for his families fortune.

he faces her, "maybe you should tell mrs. hyungsik to lay off the work on soo yeong then maybe she'll look a lot more appealing." he snarls and i notice jungkook and taehyung attempt to get up but jimin stops jungkook and i stop taehyung.

"ah~ so i finally got a reaction from him." dansae smirks and i breath trying calm myself down because for every second that that blockhead is here, i feel the the anger swirl boundlessly within me.

"now that i think about it you do anything i tell you to do so i should've also gotten you to use that lady bug costume my little sis-" i quickly get up, standing on the bench and aiming a punch at dansae's face.

i can stand getting picked on by this blockhead but i can't take it when he makes fun of taehyung hence taking seokjin oppa's advice (about spreading my wings and flying) right about now seems like a good idea and i won't let him make fun of taehyung anymore.

my fist inches closer to his face but alas it never collides instead he grabs my forearm and roughly pulls me down from the bench and toward him but before i could collide into his chest i feel a hand on me- stopping me from moving any further.

i look down to see taehyung's graceful-looking hand on mine but he soon lets go and he holds dansae's forearm trying to shake off his grip on me, "get your hands off her." he says, his voice stern and full of hate and anger.

it's the first time i've ever seen taehyung angry and it somehow makes me feel guilty.

in all the haste i didn't notice jungkook make his way toward us but in any case he stands next to taehyung hoping to intimidate the blockhead and it seems to work because he releases his tight grip on my arm.

jimin immediately comes to my side checking up on my reddening forearm. i bite my lip to divert the pain surging through my arm and thanks to jimin's support i stand upright watching the scene before me.

"you're actually standing up for her." dansae scoffs and taehyung bawls his fist in anger. seeing taehyung like this sends impulses of hurt throughout my body. "i thought we were frie-"

"he may have been your friend once but he isn't anymore." jungkook interjects standing infront of taehyung. "and if you're looking for a fight, you'll get one because no-one- especially someone as pathetic as you cannot hurt soo yeong or my friends and get away with it." jungkook stands close to dansae.

"jungkook ah~," i say attempting to stop him but jimin holds me back, "soo yeong ah~. don't get in the middle of it, you'll get hurt."

by now the entire cafeteria puts a halt to their lunch, standing up to watch the scene that's unfolding before them while chanting words hoping to aggravate the fight further.

i watch as dansae forcefully pushes jungkook, by the shoulders making him stumble backwards and he crashes into taehyung.

dansae then quickly steps forward with a bawled fist aiming to strike a hit at jungkook but taehyung pushes him out of the way and takes the hit instead. i see taehyung's head sharply move to his right from the impact and he's looking down at the ground, standing still as his hair hangs over his eyes.

"taehyung ah~!" i yell but jimin holds me back.

jungkook quickly regains his stamina and he lands a fast and hard punch on dansae's face as well sending him stumbling backwards two fold of what he had planted on taehyung.

the fighting, pushing and shoving continues amongst the three boy's for minutes on end and all i can do is stand by idly and watch. my body aches from the sight in front of me and the look on ah ro's face concerns me especially because it looks rather genuine and not pseudo-like. is she actually feeling guilty as w—

"what is all the ruckus about!?"

a sharp raspy voice rings throughout the cafeteria and i turn to see the principal walk in. he usher's his way toward us and stands smack in the centre of the scene. by now all of the chants have died down and all of the students stand awkwardly.

"a bloody brawl..." he inspects the situation, his eyes scanning the six of us.

i try not to make contact with him but my eyes ends up falling over taehyung and i gasp softly when i notice that he's bleeding from a cut on his left cheek. i look down at my feet feeling even more guilty than before and i dare not look over at the other boys.

"principal bang..." dansae speaks up, making me look over at him to see his bleeding features as well. jungkook really hit him with all he had. "taehyung started thi—"

"quiet!" principal bang interjects. "i donot want anyone pointing fingers until i've heard everyone's side of the story."

"but si—"

"you six are going to have to get your story's straight and tell me who initiated this bloody brawl..."

as principal bang speaks, with much courage, i untangle myself from jimin's hold and i quickly move over to taehyung's side. my eyes falls over his features, and with a sympathetic look i quickly mouth a soft apology.

"i'm sorry." my voice cracks but taehyung only smiles at me, and this confuses me a whole lot.

i don't question his actions rather my lips form a soft pout and i hesitantly shift my gaze passed principal bang and over to jungkook. he looks so worked up, so much so that he could take on an entire army by himself.

i cuss at myself, internally. i should have just stayed put in my seat and never gotten up from it. this whole mess could have been avoided if i just ignored dansae's low and stupid remarks.

this is my all my fault.

"... this is a prestigious school and this type of behaviour is unacceptable!" principal bang, announces. his voice is loud and clear that the students not even involved, flinch.

my eyes are still set on jungkook, and with his hand he wipes his lower lip in pure annoyance. soon after, jimin steps over to inquire if he's alright and i feel taehyung's arm fall over my shoulder so i wrap a hand around his waist, supporting him.

i also hear, dansae click his tongue and steps besides ah ro, throwing an arm around her shoulder but instead of acknowledging dansae she stares at taehyung and i with a rather neutral look.

"but before we get to the knitty and gritty, we'll first get you rebellious lot to the nurses office and punishment will follow suit." principal bang states, matter of factly.

a/n: thanks for reading!

(also, i feel really unmotivated to continue writing all my stories but i really do love writing so much and expressing my thoughts so please, if you lovely people have tips to make me feel motivated and ecstatic about writing again please share them with me. i would really appreciate it!).

AND HERE'S A SONG SUGGESTION FOR YOU GUYS: BREATHLESS (숨 가 빠) BY ASTRO! (IM PROBABLY A CENTURY LATE WITH THIS BUT OMO IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND I LITERALLY HAVE IT ON REPEAT!)

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~author-nim💜