NOT SO GOOD BOY

Episode 57

"Jungkook-ah!," Hoseok yelled from across the hallway, running towards the younger and wrapping an arm around his shoulders, trapping him in a headlock smoothly.

The mid terms had officially started in their neighborhood high school. All students were pale, tired, under high level of stress, and wanted nothing more than to get their exams over with and finally enjoy some rest during the winter vacation.

Some of the luckier students, such as Hoseok, had finished their exams for the day and were free to go home or use the school's facilities to revise for their next exams, whereas others, such as Jimin and Jungkook, had multiple exams in one day, and had to wait around in the hallway for their assigned teacher to arrive. 

"How was your exam?" Hoseok asked, "do you have any more exams today?"

"It was... decent," Jungkook said, almost as if he were surprised of it himself.

Maybe his study dates with Jimin, despite not always being only studying, had paid off.

Jungkook effortlessly freed himself from Hoseok's headlock and shook his notes in front of the older's face,"I have chem next, don't bother me."

Both of them were standing around in front of Jungkook and Jimin's classroom, among the sea of students hastily reading over their notes again in the last few minutes before their midterms.

Hoseok scanned the hall for Jimin, standing on his tiptoes to look over some of the taller second years, until he finally found him standing right next to the door, looking down at his shoes and twirling strands of his long hair between his fingers.

"Jimin-ah!" He called, smiling widely as the boy looked up. 

The class had turned to look at them, initially surprised that Jungkook was being so touchy with someone outside of beating them up in a match, and now further shocked that he was letting a no-life like Jimin stand in his close vicinity.

People had been gossiping about that one incident when Jungkook had grabbed onto Jimin's wrist only for them to walk out of the classroom together. Jungkook genuinely seemed less terrifying: although reserved, he was polite with his teachers and his pears, never skipped cleaning duty and even helped people pick up the things they had dropped.

Yeongsu had always been one of the only members of the MCSC who was well liked by his classmates and maintained healthy friendships outside of the club, and overall the only person in the club that wasn't terrorizing anyone, but Jungkook was slowly starting to make it easier to approach him.

A girl from their class, urged by her two friends and pushed right in front of Jungkook and Hoseok, decided she just might as well give it a shot.

"Jeon Jungkook," Jieun said with a hesitant smile as Jimin finally made it next to Hoseok, "can I read over the notes with you?"

And a third wave of utter surprised and whispers washed over the class as they watched Jeon Jungkook, the captain of the MCSC lean down slightly and show his notes to his evidently shorter classmates without even glaring at her.

Jimin and Hoseok on the other hand, looked at each other with a soft, knowing smile, seeing very well that although Jungkook was trying to hide it, he was utterly ecstatic that someone had talked to him casually.

He had always hated being feared.

'Just like in the dramas,' Jungkook would probably say once they were in private.

"Jimin-ah you're not revising?" Hoseok asked as he let Jungkook and Jieun read over the notes together and turned to Jimin instead.

"I'm ready," Jimin simply answered with a relaxed smile.