Taehyung pov

The next day which was a Monday, I got myself ready for school and walked downstairs. I knew Hobi wasn't going to be around. He would have left for work. Yoongi should be the one in the house since he hasn't gone to school for some time.

Expecting to see Yoongi on the couch, I saw a sticky note on the fridge telling me I was the only one in the house.

Where did he go?

Whatever.

I picked a granola bar and strawberry milk and walked out of the house, locking the door and going to the bus station.

I stepped out of the bus the moment it reached the college and began walking to my first class.

Business. (A/N: is that it? Dunno.)

Two hours later

I sighed as I stepped out of the classroom and stretched. I remembered that I was supposed to look for Jungkook.

So... Lemme see. If I was too look for Jungkook where would he be?

Aha!

Cafeteria.

I slung my book bag over my shoulder and began making my way to the cafeteria.

"Tae! Wait!" I heard someone calling my name and I looked around seeing Songmin running towards me.

"hey Tae." he said hunching over to catch his breath.

"o-oh Songmin." I said, "how are you?"

"long time no see." he panted.

"hehe. Yeah I guess..." (A/N: why does this sound like me?)

"where's Jimin?"

"um, I don't know. He isn't in school? Right. It's monday. He doesn't have classes until 12. But I guess he'll be early."

"OK. What have you been up to?" that just reminded me to get to the cafeteria.

"Songmin, now's not a good time. I'm kinda busy right now. Let's catch up some other time." I said while running off.

"Tae I know you don't have lectures till 1."

"It's really urgent. Please stop following me. It feels like you're stalking me."

"fine. Sorry."

I ran into the cafeteria, panting and trying to catch my breath. I was also indirectly looking for Jungkook.

As if on cue, he walked in from another entrance and I went deaf.

Just for some time though.

Why couldn't the girls just shut up?! Was it too difficult. I slapped my hands to my ears as the screaming got louder. Jimin just joined him.

And he'll be an easy target since he's broken up with Yoongi.

But come on, he's not like that.

I began to thank the stars as I noticed that the screams had died down. Not completely. Just bearable.

I walked up to the table which Jungkook and Jimin sat.

'What's he going to do?'

'The slut everyone! Targeting Kookie and Chimmie at the same time!'

I heard the background laughter.

'Does he think anyone likes him? I mean who would like that? Totally not me.'

'Not me either.'

The words which they were saying was painful. I thought I was already used to this by now. It was like a fresh deep wound. I just felt like turning back and going to cry. But then no.

Did this people realize I could hear them at all? Are they even thinking about my feelings?

Well they're selfish.

I kept on walking towards their table but heard something that made me stop.

'He's going to take them to bed now. Make them do things to him. He'd going to seduce them.'

What?

I froze. I was only a few steps away from the table. Was this really worth it? Was I really going to keep on letting these people insult me because I wanted to help Jimin, Yoongi and Hoseok?

Guess not.

I'll be selfish for once.

It hurts a lot.

I'll leave the cafeteria and keep my distance from everyone.

Maybe Bogum was correct. Maybe no one really wants me.

I turned away to begin walking to my next class even though I was really early but I didn't care.

"...talking about."

"Taehyung?"

"Tae! Come sit with us." Jimin chirped. It was all fake. Even if I hadn't known Jimin for a very long time, I knew when he pretended to be happy.

I turned slowly to look at their faces.

"Tae, you good?" I heard Jungkook ask.

'Just like I said in the comments, he's an attention seeking bitch.'

"will you all just fucking shut up?! He's human too and just so you know, he has ears and can hear what you are saying!"

"one more word about him from all of you... You'll taste my wrath." Jungkook said causing a lot of people to gasp.

"come on Tae, let's leave." Jungkook said intertwining our fingers and pulling me away from the cafeteria with Jimin following behind.

We walked to a hallway and Jungkook pushed the door open and dropped himself on the couch. I stood beside the couch awkwardly.

I just couldn't believe that the college's fuck boy stood up for me in front of the cafeteria. Didn't he feel embarrassed? Why would he want to help me?

Right we're friends.

And I'm not supposed to call him fuck boy if he's my friend. My bad. How could I have been doing that...?

"Tae, join me. I didn't bring you here to be my bodyguard." Jungkook said. I blushed and joined him on the couch. Where was Jimin?

I haven't even said thank you to him.

"Um... Kookie, thanks for saving me back there. I really appreciate it." I said looking at his face.

"It's nothing. We're... Um... F-frien-ds. It's what friends do for each other. We help each other out in time of need." he said giving me a tight lipped smile. I smiled back at him.

Where was Jimin? What is this place? I voiced out my second thought.

"what is this place? I've never seen it before. Right I don't walk around much."

"it's like I, Jimin and... Yoongi's hangout room. We come here to rest. Whenever our tanks are full. When I say tanks I mean our heads."

"o-oh. So why did you bring me here?"

" 'cause it's yours now." he said to me smiling.

"huh?"

"you can come here to rest now. After all you're my... F-friend now." why was friend difficult for him to pronounce?

"um... Thanks. But it's not really necessary."

"Tae, you're welcome here now." Jungkook said in a tone of finality (A/N: is that an English word? I'm too lazy to reach my dictionary)

"so Taehyung, did you want to join us on our table earlier?"

Right the main reason why I was looking for him.

"you see Jungkook-"

"hey, what did I miss?" Jimin said barging in.

"really Jimin?" Jungkook said.

"where were you Min?"

"on my way, where else?" he said rolling his eyes. He looked down at his watch, "oh my- gotta blast. I'm late for class. Did that just rhyme? Whatever. Bye guys." he said winking I think in Jungkook's direction. Why would he do that?

"Tae, what were you saying before we got interrupted by Jimin?"

"o-oh. Um... It's about... Jimin's relationship with Yoongi." I watched as he began to frown.

"what about it?" he asked gruffly. I gulped before continuing.

"Yoongi still loves Jimin-"

"he doesn't! He said it himself. People fall out of love Taehyung and he fell out of love with Jimin. I'm not letting him get 10 feet close to Jimin."

"p-please, j-just... listen to me."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get mad."

"it's fine. Now please just listen to me. And no objections till I'm done."

"fine." he grumbled.

I spoke to him about how I unintentionally eavesdrop on Yoongi and Hobi whenever they were talking. They both speak about Jimin and how much they love him.

About how much they love each other and when Jimin told me he had feelings for Hobi and Yoongi at the same time. That he couldn't understand himself since he thought it wasn't possible to love two people at the same time, but they were doing it.

"so I came up with a plan. But I know you're still doubting. This is what will happen... I'll bring you to my house today-"

"what?! Your house?!"

"yeah. Why?"

"Nothing. Go ahead." I sighed and continued discussing my plan with him.

"sounds good. I'll try and co-operate."

"don't try. Make sure to. I'll head to class now. It's almost 1pm." I said standing up. He chuckled.

"you really don't know what the time is? It's a few minutes to 3."

"what?!" he looked at me with wide eyes and I cleared my throat in embarrassment.

"I mean what? Why does this always happen to me?" I whined. He cleared his throat, "since I missed my last class for the day, let's go to my house so you'll understand what I was saying better." he mumbled something which I couldn't hear.

"huh?"

"it's nothing."

"hold up. Did I make you miss some classes? If I did I'm truly sorry. Do you still have any other classes today?"

"no. We are both studying the same course so no."

"we are? How come I never knew?" I asked him as we walked out of their hangout room.

"well you never asked." he said smugly. I smiled as we walked to his car and we both got in. I was expecting to hear people say a few things about me but instead it was as silent as a graveyard.

My phone dinged and I looked at it, checking the notification.

'Jeon Jungkook defends Kim Taehyung and now hangs out with him.'

I tapped on the notification and saw a few pictures and a video. I just scrolled down to look at the comments. People were still bad mouthing me. They were free to do it since it was the internet and they were anonymous.

"Tae, you good?" Jungkook said placing his hand on my thighs, making me flinch.

"sorry." he said. I hummed in response.

"It's fine. I'm fine." I said trying to convince myself.

"you haven't told me your address."

"yeah. It's **********." I said as he began to set the GPS, turned on the engine and we drove off.

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Hi!

I totally understand Taehyung.

Whatever!

'peace out💟