//21 - "No one cares"//

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     Jin sits on the grass with his legs tight against his chest, resting his chin on his knees. He's stalling to go home as he can't stand the dirty looks Jungkook gives him when he thinks he doesn't notice. Hell, he probably knows Jin can see them but he doesn't care if he does.

     He's aware that Jungkook is going to be out in an hour or so, so until then, he's hanging out at the campus square.

     He watches people walk to their buildings or groups of friends doing the same as him but they're cheerful unlike him. He wants to tell Jungkook, tell anyone for that matter, but he doesn't know how to start.

     Thunder roars up above him and he sees people scurry to take shelter when the first couple of raindrops hit his head. He hides his face as it begins to rain harder. It wasn't supposed to rain, it was only supposed to be cloudy.

     He lets himself get drenched, not really feeling like getting up. He knows he's being dramatic but he doesn't care at this point. The raindrops pelt onto his body, until it doesn't. He looks up to see San holding an umbrella over them.

"Let's get inside before you get even more soaked," he says and he extends a hand towards Jin, offering to help him stand up. Jin takes his hand and San hoists him up, the both of them running into the library that's nearby. They stand in a little area between the front doors and the actual entrance to the library, San shaking the water off his umbrella over the doormats.

"You ok? Why didn't you get up when it started raining?" He asks softly, staring at Jin who's arms are wrapped around his stomach. Jin just shrugs because really, he doesn't know why he didn't run into a building like everyone else. He just wanted to be more miserable than he is already, he guesses.

     "If you want, I can walk you home since you don't have an umbrella. It doesn't seem like the rain is going to lighten up anytime soon," he offers and although he doesn't necessarily want to go home, he doesn't want to be cold and wet either.

     "Ok," he says meekly, shivering in his drenched clothes and before they head out, San takes off his extra jacket and gives it to Jin, staying in his hoodie. He gratefully accepts it and slips it on as they run out into the pouring rain. They huddle close underneath the umbrella as they speed walk towards their building, Jin pulling the jacket tighter around his body.

They stumble inside the building, catching their breathes a bit and Jin starts taking off the jacket to hand it back. He takes it.

"Thanks."

He smiles a little. "Don't worry about it. Though you should probably shower and change into warm clothes so you don't get sick."

His phone starts to ring and he answers while waving at Jin goodbye and exiting the building once again.

Jin slowly makes his way to the elevator and pushes his floor's button, shivering as he waits and finally he arrives at his apartment. He walks in and avoids eye contact with Jungkook who is sitting on the couch with Hongjoong.

"Shit, got caught in the downpour huh?" Hongjoong asks concerned and Jin nods, taking off his shoes.

"Yea. I'm gonna head upstairs and shower."

"No one cares. Leave already," Jungkook says rudely and Hongjoong stares at him in awe and confusion while Jin swallows harshly at his comment. He hurries up to his room and slams the door shut, Hongjoong continues to stare at him until Jungkook sighs in annoyance.

     "What?"

     "What do you mean what? Why the hell were you so rude to him? Don't you have a crush on the guy?"

     Jungkook just sits there. Of course he has a crush on him but ever since Monday, he's become more angry at him. He knows Jin and Chan have a little thing going on and he was already upset about that. The fact that he started hooking up with a teacher because Chan isn't here to take care of his needs made it worse. Why not him? Did he not like his first time? Is he not good enough for him?

     "Whatever. Let's go, I don't want to be here."


     Jin throws his wet clothes in the corner of his bathroom and turns on the shower, stepping inside the stall once the water is warm. The whole time, he fights back tears as he doesn't want Jungkook's attitude to affect him. But he's sick and tired of being treated this way when he knows he doesn't deserve it. Like, why should he care what Jungkook thinks of him? It's not like he was super nice to him the week before.

     He sits on the floor and begins to think. He needs to do something, he knows he does.

==

     The next day, instead of attending class, he goes to the counselor's office in the main building. Maybe he can trust them enough to tell them everything and hopefully they can help him out.

     He knocks on the door and someone from the other side tells him to come in. He does so and he's met with a man in round glasses and parted wavy hair. He looks young, has to be in his late twenties to early thirties at least. He looks at the plaque resting on his desk.

     Mr. Kim Jonghyun.

     "Hello, what can I do for you?" He asks kindly, signaling at Jin to take a seat. Jin takes a deep breath as he doesn't know how to begin but once he does, he shows no signs of stopping. By the time he's done, he's worried Mr. Kim doesn't believe him or won't do anything by his facial expression. But it's definitely not that, he's more so mortified that such a thing has happened on campus, by a faculty member no less.

     He's disgusted at his attacker, disgusted at the fact that he has been working alongside this poor excuse of a man for a few years now. But as he looks back, it starts to make sense as when he first started working at the university, he was 25 at the time and Mr. Cho had tried to make moves on him and he felt super uncomfortable by his advances. Of course he would, Mr. Cho is a creepy man in his late 40s. Luckily however, he got him to stop but he didn't think he'd go as low as to rape and threaten an innocent student.

     "I-I'm... I'm so sorry Seokjin. I'm glad you came to me and I promise we will expose him. But sadly, we don't really have any evidence to use against him. You said your bruises healed?"

     Jin nods and this makes Jonghyun sigh.

     "We'll get him, don't worry. Although we can't do much right now, I will still help and make sure you're not harmed. When do you have his classes?"

     "Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays from 9:45 am to 10:45 am."

     "Look, what I can do is wait for you at the end of class and walk with you so he doesn't get the chance to hold you back afterwards."

     "Honestly, I'd take that over anything right now. I'm just so scared and I don't know what to do," he starts to cry and Jonghyun passes him a tissue.

     "It takes courage to come forward and I'm proud that you did. Even if it took a week because a lot of the times, it takes many individuals more time to report these assaults or even at all. It's a hard thing to process but I will be here to help you through it. Absolutely no one deserves to go through this type of abuse, or any type for that matter."

     "Thank you Mr. Kim."

     He smiles sympathetically at Jin and reaches over to gently pat his hands. "That's what I'm here for. To help."

     After a few more minutes of discussing what's going to happen, Jin leaves his office and decides to go to the building of his next class and wait. He doesn't notice Mr. Cho leaving the staff room down the hall or how he glared at him as he saw Jin exiting the counselor's office.

     He's in big trouble now.

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