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Jimin's Perspective

Finally! The meeting with the principal is done. It was tiring af. I submitted all the reports and a copy of the remedial list to him. Taehyung was my savior today. I mentally noted to buy fried chicken and japchae while going home as a treat. Yoongi hyung had gone to his class already.

Now I gotta inquire the remedial students of my class. I walked to my classroom and put my books on my table with a loud thud to gain students' attention. I see that all of them have already gathered in the class. "Today I'm going to announce the names of the students who are going to stay back for your remedial classes and I'm going to inquire them" I heard some students groaning, some cheering and some not being bothered. 

"The students who are not called can leave the class i.e you are not going to stay for the remedial"I announced. " Park Chaeyoung, Kim Hyunjin, lee Felix, Kim Yugyeom, Kim Jongin, Kim Jongdae, Byun Baekhyun, Ah HyeJin, Lee Ji Eun, Jeon Jeongguk, Choi Yeonjun, Choi Beomgyu, Kim Minseok, Jung Jinyoung, Shin DongWoo."I almost rolled my eyes seeing bratty kids like Byun Baekhyun, Ah Hye Jin, Kim Jongdae, Kim Yugyeom, Choi Yeonjun. But what can you expect from them? I sighed " Alright, guys who are not in for remedial can leave the class, you guys are done for the day." They cheered and left the class. "Now, You guys will be called one after one to be inquired, "I informed. 

Third person's Perspective

Jimin started calling out names and started inquiring but what he didn't notice is that a group of students walked over to Jeongguk. Jeongguk was already trembling out of fear, not because they r going to hurt him but because he might slip into little space. He almost slipped into little space when Taehyung asked what happened earlier that day in the empty classroom. He had enough dose of bullying today. He is not ready to get triggered anymore. "Ayy, scardy cat, what's up?"Baekhyun croaked popping the 'p'and smirked. "n-nothing" Jeongguk muttered being scared. Baekhyun makes an 'oh' face. " I see you aren't busy at all" Baek Hyun smirks. " If that's the case, you'll be doing all my remedial homework until it's done." baekhyun says and laughs with his friends. jeongguk's eyes widened when he heard that"N-no, I c-cant do that, I have m-my o-own w-work to do." jeongguk mutters quietly but audible enough to Baekhyun.

He immediately regretted what he said because he saw Baekhyun's eyes darkened in anger and slammed his hand on the desk. He flinched and jumped up from his seat. Tears started cascading down his cheeks. He tried to wipe them off with his sweater paws but that only resulted In more tears flowing down. "what did You say?" he asked gritting his teeth. the latter was not in a condition to answer. he was crying. "I asked, What did u say?" Baekhyun snarled louder. " If you don't do what I say, you are going to face consequences. Do you understand?"Baekhyun's voice was growing louder and louder. His Friends looked at jeongguk and started laughing. Jeongguk covered his ears being completely anxious. He wanted to get out of here. he wants slip because it eases his mind but doesn't want to embarrass himself anymore. " And If you utter one single word more, you'll face the consequences" a Voice behind them was heard. All of them turned their heads towards the voice. Jimin was standing there, arms crossed and glaring daggers at Baekhyun, Yeonjun, and Jongdae. Jimin is the sweetest person one will ever find but He will be the last person you want to meet when he is angry. 

All the three students were standing there with their heads ducked down. Baekhyun curses under his breath for forgetting that Jimin was still in the class. "to. the. Principals. office, right. now"Jimin growled gritting his teeth immediately regretted when he saw jeongguk crying hard shutting his ears, moving to the corner as much as possible because of the loud voice. Jeongguk hates being yelled at. Jimin signalled the boys to go Out of the class. 

The Boys ran Out of the class leaving Jimin and a crying jeongguk alone in the class. Jimin snorted and calmed himself down. He slowly made his way towards the trembling boy. He sat beside the weeping boy and made an attempt to touch him. Jeongguk flinched for the nth time that day. "Hey, calm down. Look at Me. You know me, right? I'm your art teacher. You don't have to cry anymore. Look I shooed them away. No one is here. I'll not harm you."Jimin assured. Jeongukk looked around for confirmation. His cries reduced down to soft sobs once he was sure that there was no one in the room. He tried to wipe his face with his paws but the elder beat him to it by fishing out his own handkerchief from his pocket and gently wiped his tears away. Jeongguk face and ears turned a bright shade of pink from crying. His nose and eyes turned into a bright shade of red. His hair was all messed up. Jimin Was cooing visibly.

"Are you OK?" The elder asked. The younger faintly nodded not completely over sobs. He was still sniffling."s-sca-ared." he said with his quivering lip. Not wanting to scare him, he opened his arms for a hug. His trembling body immediately jumped onto me for a tight hug. He fisted Jimin's jacket and rested his face in the crook of his neck. Jimin was taken aback for a moment but chuckled at his cuteness. Jeongguk was almost all over Jimin. Nevertheless, he hugged him back tight and patted his head. "P-plwease don' l-leave me a-alone" he mumbled in Jimin's neck and his words sounded muffled. "I'm leaving anywhere without you, OK?" "ok" He was in his embrace for a few minutes more and they pulled out. He has calmed down by now. "Do you mind if I quickly inquire you about the remedial classes? he looked at Jimin and nodded. He smiled and started " I saw that your marks in arts and commerce are on the borderline. Do you have a specific reason to score like that??" Jeongguk started to tense again. he started sweating, tears started pooling. "hey, Its ok if You don't want to share it. I am just trying to help you with it."  Jimin confirmed. "hard" Jeongguk said fidgeting his finger. "what do you find hard?" he looked at jimin for a sec and continued fidgeting his fingers. He looked like he was in deep thought." I-i d-don't like d-doing art-t. I m-mess it u-up all the tim-me. Com-mmerce a-and a-accounts are co-confusing because o-of the fo-formulas and t-the def-definition-ns. t-they all sou-n-nd the s-same t-to me. B-but I s-still t-tried to st-study." he looked up at Jimin with his big innocent eyes. Jimin awwed but felt bad for what he was going through. 

" If you attend these remedial classes, we help you with your problems personally, ok?" Jimin asked. Jeongguk started shaking his head vigorously" NO NO please don't put me with baekhyun and others. I don' wanna be with them. They'll harm me. Pl-please no." Jeongguk suddenly burst out startling jimin. Jeongguk started trembling again scaring Jimin. 

" hey hey it's ok If u don't want to attend the remedial. I'll cancel your name from the remedial and talk to the principal. I'll manage that. But u gotta improve your grades for better future opportunities. Jeongguk sniffled with his head ducked down." Do u have anyone at your home that can help you?" Jeongguk shook his head from left to right. Jimin decided not to ask anything about friends cuz he Knew that jeongguk barely had any friends.