ㅡ chapter two .

' brave bunny boy '

"i-i like you, taetae hyung..."

"i don't."

the smaller boy widens his eyes as a quiet gasp left his parted lips. he sighed in defeat while taehyung's bored gaze is still stuck on him. "i-i understand." he mumbled.

taehyung rolled his eyes and walked away with three of his friends following him from behind, leaving the shaking poor boy alone in the middle of the hallway embarassed with students who were watching them from the start.

"why do they have to stutter? at least that boy understands and doesn't actually yell at me like an idiot unlike the rest." taehyung groaned as he puts his hands in the pocket of his jacket.

hoseok huffed. deep inside, he actually feels what the boy is going through right now and he can't help but replay the embarassing yet horrible scene in his mind. it still sends shivers down his spine.

"let them be, taehyung. people stutter when they're nervous, hesitant, or flustered. it's just what human kind is." hoseok exclaimed. taehyung seems to understand it a bit but it's just... annoying to him.

people stuttering? taehyung prefers to hear an air horn for one hour straight instead of hearing people stuttering.

"still. it annoys me." jimin rolled his eyes at taehyung's excuse and smacked his head at the back causing the blond male to slightly stumble forward.

he halted his movements and harshly shoots his head at jimin as pain shoots through the crook of his neck unexpectedly making him groan and shut his eyes closed while he placed his hand on where the pain is.

the three of his friends bursted into laughters, ignoring the death glare on them. "karma is a bitch, eh?" jin teased while he pats taehyung's nape.

taehyung swatted his hand away and continued walking down the noisy hallway. "fuck you, jiminie." he said through his gritted teeth.

the aforementioned male giggled like an innocent kid. "aw, fuck you too, tae." he chirped making taehyung annoyed yet relief that they're still best friends.

he's one of the students who doesn't have friends that much. loyal friends specifically.

from his point of view, all of them were just using him and after a week or even a day or two, they would leave the innocent taehyung in the dark again.

making him suffer in the dark by showing off their friends and just by watching the other kids play with their friends laughing together, playing in the sandbox, and other stuff.

this started since he was in kindergarten until eighth grade and it turned into a routine until jin came into his life. followed by jimin and hoseok.

the four of them promised that they will stay as best friends forever no matter what and the promise has never been broken up to this day and they aren't planning on breaking it as they love each other like brothers.

as taehyung was mentally asking himself what he should do later, someone bumped into him. having no clue who it is as it feels like a blur, he wrapped his arm around the person's waist.

once everything stopped in motion, the person slowly gets clearer and clearer. the person looks familiar to him but he still doesn't know who it is.

"t-taehyung. let me go."

fuck it's jeongguk.

without hesitation, he lets go of jeongguk causing the raven-haired male to fall on his bum onto the floor as two of his friends took action and ran towards the poor boy.

yoongi glared at taehyung as he glared back. "you motherfucker-"

"yoongz! yoongz! calm down!" after helping jeongguk stand up, namjoon stood in between taehyung and yoongi to prevent them from fighting causing taehyung to smirk.

taehyung rolled his eyes and walked away, leaving the mess he made behind.

"that was close." hoseok breathed out. taehyung sulked and shrugged. "it's been so long since i had a fight with somebody." he said making jin somewhat mad and overprotective.

"the last fight you had with that guy was the most extreme fight you had. you could've die." jin exclaimed as hoseok tensed up from his tone. jimin noticed and went beside him only to put his arm over hoseok's shoulders.

taehyung smirked and spared jin a glance. "it was fun, hyung."

"what the fuck-"

"the last time i got hurt was when i was five. i got hurt from the same guy. i missed getting hurt, hyung." taehyung whined as jin rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"what are you? a masochist? taehyung you're getting crazier and crazier. you have to stop this." taehyung halted his movements and turned around only to pout at the eldest in their group.

"but hyung. i feel like i'm myself in this way."

"this is not you. the taehyung i know is the opposite of this. you were cheery before and now look at you, where is the cheery taehyung?" jin asked sternly yet his voice is laced with worry and sadness.

hoseok is almost to crying but jimin is there to comfort him. taehyung giggled and beamed his signature smile at the three of them making them speechless.

it's not the smile they knew.

"he's gone now hyungs. now you gotta respect and appreciate the new taehyung." with that, taehyung turned his back at them and continued walking towards the rooftop of the building, deciding to skip classes and just take a nap.

leaving the only three of his friends on their spot, speechless and heart broken. they feel like they failed as taehyung's best friends.

they lost hope after hearing from taehyung, himself that the cheery taehyung, who always gives them candies whenever they meet up at the front gate, who always hops on their back out of the blue, is gone.

but jin will never give up like this.

he shoots his head at the other two and relaxed himself a bit before speaking up. "i know that he's still in there somewhere." jin said.

"b-but he just said that the taehyung we know is gone. he himself said it, hyung." hoseok whimpered as he's so worried for taehyung.

jin sighed and hummed in response. "he's lying. the taehyung we know is stuck in the dark, nowhere to go. he can't help but watch us suffer from the new him. the dark looks endless as he tries to run from it."

jin tried to see if hoseok and jimin has hopes in their eyes but all he can see is nothing. "you're making me remember of namjoon. you're being too poetic." jimin said in a plain tone causing jin to glare at him.

"he's our mortal enemy, what do you mean?" jin shook his head. "let's just get to class." he muttered as they continued walking towards their first class.

"what about taehyung?"

"leave him be. let him have time for himself."

once taehyung reached the rooftop, he closed the door gently and admired the pots at each corner of the rooftop with different types of flowers in each of the pots.

but one flower caught his eyes.

he walked up to a one specific pot and crouched before it and touched the petal with his index finger gently.

he smiled genuinely at the angelica flower and didn't notice a tear slid down his bread-like cheek.

(this is what they look like but some of them have a different color other than green :D)

taehyung carressed the fresh-looking petal and looked up at the bright yet clear sky. "how are you doing up there, mom? dad?" he muttered under his breath.

"i still remember the flower you gave me when we were walking around the park when i was still little." taehyung chuckled and stood up as he glanced back down on the flower.

a cold breeze passed by as the flowers danced with it, making the male thought that his parents gave him a soft kiss on his hair like they used to do until they heard something about their son.

taehyung's smile grew wider as another tear escaped his glassy eye, trying to move on from his hurtful past.

he calmly walked towards one of the bench beside the doorway and sat down. taehyung placed his legs on the bench and laid on it.

taehyung lets out a sigh, taking this chance to have a peaceful time for himself and closed his eyes as he slowly drifts to take a nap.

i'm sorry, hyungs.

i love you.

"tae? taehyung."

the aforementioned male slowly fluttered his eyes open only to shut it close again as the sunlight is pointing directly at him.

this time, he slowly opens his eyes and saw three figures standing beside him. "what?" he muttered while he sat up.

"it's lunch time. let's go eat."

"i don't want to." taehyung whined. jimin huffed and glanced at jin receiving a nod from him. "come on, tae. if you don't want to eat then we'll stay here with you."

the aforementioned male widens his eyes when the trio suddenly sat on the floor as they admire the view from the rooftop. he doesn't want them to die from starvation because of him.

"n-no wait..." taehyung bit his bottom lip when the trio doesn't even take a glance at him or even notice him. he frowned in defeat and stood up.

"okay fine. let's go. i don't want you guys to starve." he muttered as pink dust scattered around his bread cheeks, embarrassed to look at them.

the trio smiled warmly and stood up before engulfing the embarrassed male who's still avoiding their gaze. "we love you just the way you are, taehyung." they said in unison making taehyung feel overwhelmed.

"t-thank you, hyungs." taehyung mumbled. once they pulled away, they all laughed together while taehyung did not laugh but instead giggled quietly.

"i'm s-sorry also... for being stubborn." taehyung said softly as he looked down, too guilty and embarrassed to look at their eyes.

jin chuckled and patted his head causing him to slowly lift his head as his eyes glistened at the eldest in the group with his lips parted.

"see? the cheery taehyung is back. as easy as that. just be soft and patient with him." he explained making taehyung more embarrassed.

"he's like a moody teenager." hoseok giggled while he covers his mouth with his hand before slapping jimin's shoulder causing the shorter male to giggle with him.

taehyung grumbled and glared at them. "come on, let's go eat lunch. my treat this time." jin said making the trio let out an 'ooh'. they started walking out of the rooftop and made their way towards the cafeteria.

they're not that type of 'bad group' who bullies everyone and is popular in school. they're the exact opposite but they're still twenty percent popular, only in their grade. not the whole school.

they just love teasing the group namjoon's in. they seem fun to tease with and they fight back. but they didn't know that fighting back just gave confidence and motivations for jin's group to keep on teasing them.

once they entered the cafeteria, it felt like there's only seven of them in the place, no other people than namjoon's group and jin's group.

everyone was a blur while namjoon's group is crystal clear causing for taehyung to keep their eyes on them as they approach their table slowly.

taehyung smirked when he and yoongi made eye contact. satisfied to see him scared.

"guys... i think we should g-"

"not on our watch." taehyung barked while his smirk got wider, seeing the trio look up at them with a frightened look.

jimin took yoongi's PBJ and took a bite of it, deciding on keeping it to himself as he watches the male growl. he smiled in satisfaction and chuckled as he continued to finish the sandwhich.

"hey, nerds. y'all have some spare money for us to borrow?" taehyung asked as he tilted his head to the side. he slowly brought his gaze on jeongguk and accidently made eye contact with him.

he doesn't know why or how but shivers went down his spine. it's probably because of the cold breeze that just passed by so he shrugged it off.

"no we don't, fuckers." yoongi barked. taehyung chuckled when namjoon instantly stood up from his seat before a scene can be shown in public which can possibly send all of them at the principal.

"alright. we don't want your presence here and neither do you. so can you kindly leave us alone? we didn't do anything." namjoon said sternly.

jin suddenly stepped closer and placed his hand on namjoon's shoulder while they share an intimidating gaze. "look. we're just hungry. all we want is some spare money and we'll leave you guys alone. that simple." the duo in his group nodded in agreement except for hoseok.

taehyung looked behind him and saw the poor frightened boy shaking, knowing that he doesn't like scenes that involve someone yelling, being aggressive, basically a violent scene.

so he'll just try to comfort him in some way afterward.

yoongi had enough and stood up from his seat before slamming his hands on their table as they slowing catch student's attention, already hearing whispers around them.

"as i said, we don't have any spare money. now, leave or e-"

"or else what, kitten? fight us? boo hoo! 'm scared!" jimin said in a high-pitched tone only causing yoongi to get more pissed. he smirked and puts his hands back in the pocket of his hoodie.

"s-stop talking! dead cells are coming out of your mouth." jeongguk exclaimed as their gazes fell on him.

annoyed, taehyung scoffed and walked closer to the boy only to place his hand on his head and felt him flinch under his touch, ignoring yoongi and namjoon.

"listen here, kid. that's so adorable. you trying to stop us? aw. come on. give us your food then we'll leave you guys be. hm?" he snickered. he watched jeongguk hesitantly grab his donut and gave it to him.

taehyung hummed in satisfaction and detached his hand from his head. "thanks, bud." he gave the donut to hoseok as an apology for not warning him and suddenly felt soft when hoseok looked at it in awe and took it from his hand before taking a bite of it.

"by the way, wattpad really sucks. it doesn't make any sense. do y'all even learn there? anyways. toodles, nerds!" and with that, they finished their school day by teasing namjoon's group as usual.

as they are walking out of the cafeteria, taehyung looked back and spared one person a glance causing him to snicker and bring his attention back to where he's going.

jimin walked up to hoseok only to engulf him and tightened his hug. "i'm so sorry for making you uncomfortable, bub! we didn't warn you beforehand!" he whined causing everyone to giggle.

"it's okay, chim. tae cheered me up with the donut. thank you guys." hoseok chirped. taehyung shook his head, "it's no problem. you went through a lot and we don't mind helping you." jin replied as jimin and taehyung nodded.

he's a brave bunny boy, i see. well, let's see how brave he is starting from tomorrow. taehyung thought as his lips formed into a smirk, already thinking of how jeongguk can show his braveness.

we really hope that he's going to go easy on jeongguk but i guess we'll have to wait and see.

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yeyy chapter two is out uwu

what do you think is the reason why they're 'teasing' namjoon, yoongi, and jungkook?

do you think they have a good reason?

hope you liked the second chapter <3

have a nice day, keep yourself warm and cozy, stay safe! :D

ㅡG.B❤