"Didn't anyone tell you not to lay a hand on a woman like that? What the hell is going on here?"

Great. It was the late boy from economy class.

Taehyung scoffed as he glared daggers at the intruder. "She was the one blocking my way and trying to bully me, I was just defending myself! What the fuck are you, anyways?," he snapped at the male still holding his wrist tightly.
"And will you let me go?!," he hissed, finally using his vampire strength to pull his wrist out of the other's grip harshly.

He took this opportunity to take a good look at his opposite's face which was partially covered by strands of soft raven hair. He already had a feeling the other might be handsome but he didn't expect this.

The first thing he noticed were his eyes, resembling two black, fiercely glowing diamonds with an indescribably intensive gaze that could shut anyone up within a second, dark and furrowed, perfectly shaped eyebrows sitting on top of them. Looking into his orbs felt like looking into a stormy night sky and for some reason, some part of it felt oddly familiar.

Below a high yet somehow adorable button nose were a pair of perfectly pink lips, the top lip thinner than the bottom one. A little mole right below his bottom lip completed his dashing features and pretty much perfectionated them. His skin was flawless and spotless apart from a little scar on his left cheek, his jaw sharper than a hunter's knife. Not once in his extremely long life had Taehyung seen such a unique and appealing face that somehow gave him a feeling of familiarity at the same time.

Ugh. Why do the hot ones always have to be the irrational, dumb ones?

"It looked like you were attacking her. You could've just ignored it but you chose to act violently. Don't you think that's a bit childish?," the boy kept talking, the slightly scolding tone of his smooth voice aggravating him for some reason. Who did this guy think he was, bossing him around like that?!

"Thank you, Oppa. I know right, I was just talking to him and he got offended and grabbed my hair like that! I-I think he should see a doctor, he may have anger issues!," the girl butted in, trying to fix her now horribly messed up hair. And in that moment, Taehyung's hate for her might've increased just a little bit.

"You lying, little-- god, I don't have words for you right now. You were shaming me for wearing a fucking Valentino handbag for absolutely no reason, and you were being a homophobe. When I clapped back at you, you grabbed my hair first because I'm guessing you can't deal with someone roasting you which is pathetic as fuck, not gonna lie," he defended himself, now turning towards the raven-haired male.

"Don't believe her, she's a fucking liar and she chose violence first and I simply defended myself. Then again, I don't fucking care what you believe," he snapped.
"You know what I actually believe? I think you were kind of overreacting. I've known Seolhyun for months, she wouldn't just attack someone like that. Thanks, you can go now," the latter spoke calmly, dismissing the four girls with a wave of his hand, them rushing away quickly while whispering to each other aggressively. The redhead scoffed.

"Kid, you're being terribly biased right now. She's a close-minded homophobe who shamed me and grabbed my hair first, believe it or not. Maybe you haven't had many gay kids here before but nevertheless, it dosn't matter. How would you justify that, huh? Unless... You're a close-minded homophobe aswell." He looked the other dead in the eyes after rolling his own ones, seeing his pink lips part in irritation and almost recoiling as he saw a tongue slightly poking out.

"Who the hell are you calling kid? I think you're jumping to conclusions far too quickly which is extremely immature. I'm not a homophobe, in fact, I don't approve of homophobes and I date people regardless of gender. I'm just looking out for people and no offense, but you seemed a little impulsive. Just tell me you won't act like that again because violence will not be tolerated at this university." The redhead rolled his eyes again, wanting to get out of here already.

"You're a fucking hypocrite, you know that? I won't lay a hand on anyone unless they attack me first so you can calm down, Mister I-am-such-a-sweet-and-fair-guy-please-pay-attention-to-me. But I am not letting people abuse me without fighting back, there is a thing called dignity. And why are you only shitting on me, she came at me first! Discrimination at its finest, I swear to god!," he snapped, hearing the other boy scoff. He could sense the rage cooking up inside of him, wondering if he had gone to far.

"There's no proof she attacked you first and unlike you, I am not one to jump to conclusions so immaturely! You're so damn stubborn, talking about discrimination? And will you stop making--" The two males' heated discussion got interrupted by two new people stepping into the scene, clearly having heard the quarrelling across the hallway.

"JK, what's going ooon? And who is this?," a soft voice spoke. It was the short, blonde-haired boy from economy class, positioning himself next to the ravenette and hugging his shoulders randomly. His soft blonde curls made him appear truly angelic, him smiling a smile sweeter than chocolate clouds and giving off an extremely bright and soft, innocent aura. The type to act super shy and timid in front of people but giving no insight to his actual thoughts, making people left and right fall for his charms. Also, the type to show extreme physical affection to his friends all the damn time, no matter if they were comfortable or not.

Taehyung absolutely despised people like that.

"Nothing important. He was just leaving," the still unknown boy, presumably called 'JK', spoke bitterly, giving the vampire a sideeye full of despisal and said vampire returning the look full-heartedly.
"Aw no, I don't think he should. You're new here, right? I've never seen you here before!," the blonde chirped, now facing Taehyung curiously. The latter tried to smile at him, which looked quite awkward as he wanted nothing more to just get away and out of this building right now. Plus, overly cheery people like this boy severely pissed him off.

"Uh... yeah. I'm new," he answered quietly, seeing the angel-like boy's smile widen and slightly jolting as he came closer, feeling quite uncomfortable.
"Aw, you're a shy one! That's so cute. What's your name, sweetie?," he started cooing, making Taehyung want nothing more than to slap the fond smile off his face.

I am not shy, I just don't like you and I don't want to talk to you. Fuck off, blondie.

The redhead let out a little fake laugh. "O-Oh, yeah. Just not that used to... so many new people talking to me. And my name is Kim Taehyung," he mumbled, the blonde boy smiling again with his eyes scrunching cutely. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see the JK-boy still standing there while listening to the conversation. He was quite surprised as he saw a highly puzzled expression on his face while observing him in a quite unsettling manner, as if he was thinking hard about something. Weird kid.

"That's such a pretty name! My name is Park Jimin, nice to meet you!," the blonde exclaimed, holding out his quite small hand for Taehyung to shake and the latter forcing a smile on his face for the n-th time as he held out his much bigger hand to shake Jimin's streched out one.

Hopefully, he would be left alone now...

"You must feel super out of place here, new university and all. Why don't you sit with us for lunch, we could get to know each other!," Jimin suggested enthusiastically.

Or maybe not.

"Actually, I wanted to call someone, they're expecting my call," he tried to excuse himself as kindly as possible. Well, it wasn't like he was lying. All he wanted to do was call Mina and tell her that her paranoia was absolutely bullshitting her, no one at this school could possibly know anything about vampires or other supernatural creatures. He also planned on begging her to allow him to leave this absolute shithole immediately. All people he had met so far were getting on his nerves: Mrs. Chang, The Wenches, JK and Park Jimin, the noodlehead.

Jimin just nudged him playfully. "I'm sure they can wait until after lunch. The food here is actually pretty good, and we all want to get to know you better!"
You little-- I'm a vampire, I don't eat! Disgusting, really..., Taehyung stressed as he thought of how to respond to the persistent male. Hearing a quiet scoff from JK did not help.

"Oh, Joonie. Why don't you introduce yourself? You haven't said anything yet," he spoke, pulling another boy, who was standing behind him a little isolated, next to him. It was the tall brunette who looked like a young college professor himself, also from business and economy class. The handsome one.
Maybe Taehyung would reconsider after all...

"Um, hi. My name's Kim Namjoon, nice to meet you. Feel free to join us for lunch, I could also give you a tour around the building, if you require one." Okay, Taehyung definetely liked this one more. He looked extremely smart but not nerdy-smart, just smart. Which made him even more attractive in the redhead's eyes. He also reached out his hand for Taehyung to take, him actually shaking it willingly this time and nodding kindly.

"Is that really necessary?," another voice asked coolly. The vampire turned around to see the raven-haired JK again, his arms crossed in front of his chest and his eyes narrowed at him as he stared him down disapprovingly. For a moment Taehyung had to admit, he did feel kind of uneasy with the good-looking boy glaring at him like that. However, he quickly recomposed himself and glared back at him, the two of them having a little staring contest by now.

"C'mon, Kook. Don't be so grumpy now. Taehyung, this is Jeon Jungkook. I can tell the two of you started off on the wrong foot, but that's fine. I bet you'll be great friends soon enough!" Both of them stared at Jimin in pure bewilderment, then back at each other with an equally annoyed gaze as before.

I'd rather drink five buckets of vervain-filled tea than be friends with this dude. Even though he is kind of attractive-- Ugh, Taehyung! Get a grip.

What did he say his name was? Jeon... Jungkook?

Jeon... Jungkook... Why does that sound so oddly familiar?

Deep in thought, he didn't realize the much shorter Jimin linking arms with him and forcefully pulling him along with him, towards the university's cafeteria.
Oh no.

The cafeteria was a little bigger than a typical high school cafeteria and while high school cafeterias portrayed nothing but pure anxiety-inducing horror in his eyes, Cheonsang University's cafeteria looked casual and comfortable. Everyone minded their own business, some sat together, some sat by themselves with a laptop or a book to prepare for their next classes. But nevertheless, Taehyung felt apprehensive and extremely out of place. He was still an almost three century-year old vampire, what the hell was he doing in a cafeteria full of university students?

As he had predicted, a vampire eating human food was strictly against nature's rules. He'd rather drink rabbit's blood, and rabbits' blood tasted the absolute most horrific, in his opinion. He felt nauseous and could already sense himself have a very upset stomach the following night. And it was all stupid Jimin's fault!

Speaking of...

The over-curious blonde boy was currently gaping at his hand, particularly his ring finger. "Oohh, I love your ring! It's so pretty. Mind if I take a look?" Immediately, Taehyung widened his eyes and retracted his hand, that was lying flat on the table just now, immediately while shaking his head in panic.
Why?

Jimin was about to inspect his daylight ring, the one thing that allowed him to even be present without getting burned to ashes by the noon's sunlight shining through the windows brightly.
His daylight ring, a thin silver ring with purple gemstones, in shape of a water lily-like plant, decorating it. If Jimin had pulled that ring off his finger, he would've gone up in flames without hesitation. And he would most certainly not die because of a stupid, clingy, overly nosy and enthusiastic noodlehead.

"I'm sorry, I can't take it off. A very important family heirloom, from my great-grandmother. She passed this on to me before she died. In an-- unfortunate plane accident," he excused himself awkwardly, his desire to punch Jimin's throat or suck the life out of him increasing each second. The blonde pouted. "Aw, that's too bad. I'm sorry for your great-grandma, then."

Thanking him and hiding the rage within, he let his gaze swipe across the table as he pretended to enjoy chewing on a ripe cherry tomato. Namjoon, who sat diagonally from him, was currently eating his third plate of meat and somehow, he even looked smart while eating. Taehyung then made the mistake of looking opposite of him and meeting Jeon Jungkook's highly suspicious, blazing eyes continuously inspecting him.

What the hell was going with this boy? Why was he looking at Taehyung like he was some sort of criminal? Was he seriously that mad about him grabbing that bitch's hair or was it something beyond that? Either way, it kind of concerned the vampire. The fact that him and his name seemed so familiar only added to that. He just wanted to get away and never come back again.

"Excuse me, I really have to do that phone call now. And I'm full. Uh... thanks for inviting me, by the way," he spoke quietly, standing up and slightly bowing his head, not sparing any one of the three a single glance anymore and jogging out of the cafeteria, using his vampire speed to get outside as soon as he entered a deserted corridor.

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(A/N: yes this is still a taekook story but you may already know that i'm a hoe for slow burns so yeah, patience? :DD

also, i'm getting four of my teeth pulled tomorrow😭 needles are actually one of my biggest fears (as stupid as it sounds) so i'm really really scared i could die but i just hope they'll allow me to listen to music there so maybe bts can cheer me up a little as they always too🥺👉🏻👈🏻

why are this book's author's notes turning into a constant dentist rant- i'm sorry sjdjdjjsks

anyways, thank you so much for reading this chapter and i hope you somehow enjoyed🥰 i love you uwu💜💜💜)