Blood, Love and Tears

CHAPTER EIGHT

MONDAY MORNING

The guys all came together at their usual spot in the hallway at the usual time. JK and Jimin looking at each other with shy smiles. JK moved over to whisper in Jimin's ear, his hand on the lower part of Jimin's back.

JK: 'Hi. How are you feeling?'

Jimin: 'Good. How was the rest of your weekend?'

JK: 'I missed you...' He looked at Jimin seriously. 'Every minute.'

Jimin(blushing): 'Me too. We need to discuss what to do about those pictures. I sent them to Tae to see what he thinks.'

Tae: 'What are we whispering about?'

Tae had stuck his head in close to JK and Jimin. Jimin squeaked and pulled away. His face bright red.

Tae: 'Did you enjoy your toys, JK?'

Tae winked at him. JK looked at him exasperated.

JK: 'I am still angry at you, so don't think you have gotten away with anything.'

Jimin: 'What are we going to do about the pictures.'

JK: 'I don't see that it is a big deal.'

Tae stared flipping through the forums on his phone but paused to look at JK seriously. He didn't see anything yet, so they still had time to think of a plan.

Tae: 'We should consider this though. It won't be bad for me but will be bad for Jimin.'

JK: 'How? He has me.'

Tae: 'No he doesn't. He is associated with me not you. You know no one will do or say anything to me, but I don't have the power to protect him.'

Jimin looked down. Since the day he had been hanging out with the guys he had been getting threatening notes in his locker, mean messages, garbage had been stuffed in there and cruel voice message left on his phone. Mostly girls, but if he was to be outed he was sure the messages would start coming from boys as well. He just wanted to live in peace. He sighed. JK and Tae looked at him.

JK: 'You okay? No one will do anything to you.'

Jimin looked at him and nodded. He was afraid anyway, since the guys had no idea how bad things were already. At lunch Tae showed the group a message sent to him. It was simple and precise. 'Stop hanging out with the loser or we will expose him' over a picture of Jimin smiling at someone to his left.

JK: 'Oh!'

Tae: 'I know.'

JK: 'That is a great picture. Can you forward it to me?'

Tae and Jimin looked at him incredulously.

JK: 'What? It is!'

Jimin: 'Do you know what this will mean?'

JK: 'You worry too much. They obviously are targeting you since they now don't have Tae in their message so it is easier to handle.'

Jimin started to feel panic. Being the sole target was worse! Tae was staring at Jimin and waving his hand, trying to get his attention. Jimin looked at him and Tae tapped his nose, telling Jimin to check his. Jimin reached up and came away with a bright red finger.

His nose had started to bleed. The stress was getting to him. He grabbed the napkin and made a quick dash from the cafeteria. JK was so busy looking at something on his phone he missed Jimin getting up and just saw his back as he was leaving. He looked at Tae with a questioning look.

Tae: 'Bathroom.'

JK: 'Ahhh.'

In the bathroom Jimin was in a stall trying to give himself an injection, toilet paper was stuffed up his nose. He prayed for the bleeding to stop and hoped this was a small occurrence. A couple of guys came in and were talking.