Good Boy?

Ch10

"Packed everything? Are you ready?"

"Yes mom!", I said, excitedly.

The school planned to give us an educational trip to a museum. It was named as 'A Museum for Arts'. It was in one of our lessons, which was one of the most important topics.

When the teacher informed us about it, students were excited, but not really. A place to go away from this school, but a place which includes our studies. 

But not only that.

Our assignment from the trip is to make a report on what we saw, what attracted us, what we understand and relate to our lessons etc etc.

All of us groaned inwardly. But of course, we can't do that in front of a teacher, can we?

What I planned to do, is to carry a small spiral notebook, to make some points as I looked around the museum.

Look, I'm NOT being sincere.

I often have a nut in my brain which keeps falling off. 

My memory.

I forget things really often.

That's why, even now, mom is checking if I packed everything.

"Where is your notebook, which you said, you will make notes on?", Mom asked.

AH. 

See! I forgot the main thing itself.

After all the checking, I took my bag, and waved to Mom and Dad. As me and Hyejin walked, I took a different route to school.

"Why are you going like that? It's a longer route...", She asked.

"I somehow begged Taehyung to tell me where his house is, so that I can pick him up.", I said.

"Looking at his personality, I'm sure it took you 10000 hours or something...", She said.

"No. It took way more than that. But it's a success!! From now on, we'll pick Taehyung, and go to school...", I said.

"Then we pick Aeri too. She's a good friend, and is not a bodyguard for someone."

I glared at her.

"And also, her new home is near Taehyung's, she told me, just yesterday."

"She's shifting? She never told me!", I said.

"Yeah. She is shifting after a week. Well... If someone isn't someone's bodyguard, then that someone would know about someone else shifting..."

I glared even more. "It's fine if I don't know about her shifting just because I'm protective of Taehyung.

"Hey, hey! Calm. Don't you realise, it's because I'm jealous of Taehyung, that I spoke in that way?", She asked.

"My sis is jealous of my new friend...uh huh?", I asked, teasingly.

She slapped my shoulder. 

I laughed, and then became serious. "I don't really know why Taehyung is treated like this... He such an innocent peach... Why don't they mind their own businesses?"

"You think.", Hyejin muttered.

"Why, what happened?", I asked.

Just then, we reached Taehyung's house, and he was waiting outside, looking at his watch.

"Taehyung!!", I called him, excitedly.

He saw me, and his face brightened. He waved at me and ran towards me and Hyejin.

Looks like Taehyung is improving because of me. I taught him somehow, to make eye contact. 

That day-

"Why are you so desperate to make me maintain my eye contact with whomever I'm talking to?", He asked, pouting, looking at his fingers.

"Don't you know one important rule of conversation? And good manners?", I asked him.

"What is it?"

"You have to maintain eye contact. Or else, the opposite person will take it as if you're ignoring, disrespecting or you're not interested."

"What! No... I don't mean it... Didn't I say you that I'm not being mean?", He argued, looking like a cute baby.

Although he started to talk to me like a good friend, he still didn't maintain eye contact, didn't ever begin a conversation, or suggest ways to spend more time together.

I do everything.

And all he says is an "Okay...", or a "No... I'm sorry..."

But, don't blame him. He is a sweet pie... I feel him more like a son or something, more than a friend. He literally behaves like a cute baby, only when no one else is around. He begs me to cook his favorite food, or play video games with him.

Ah. When I talked about video games, I remembered that he loves video games. May it be kart rider, among us, overwatch, PUBG etc. The only place where he is aggressive is video games. He begged me not to tell anyone. 

He looked so cute. He didn't wail, but pretended to. He even produced fake tears, but his mouth was in a boxy smile. I played a bit with him, but later let it be his way.

He was slightly similar to the boy I liked. Innocent, cute from one side, naughty and childish from the other side. But, it has been only 2 months since we were friends. I am still changing him a little bit, not like, changing his manners, behavior etc, but just making him more bolder.

And, back to the present, Taehyung ran towards me and Hyejin excitedly, with his adorable boxy smile. He joined us, and we walked to school together.

"Are you ready for the trip?", I asked.

"Yes!", He said. "It's something new for me... In my previous school, I never had much trips... I know this is a educational trip, but it's about art, right?"

"Yeah...", I said.

We reached the school, and the students of our class and the other sections too, were assembled on the ground, getting ready to leave. We were assigned our buses and sadly, I couldn't sit with Taehyung.

I pulled one of the boys getting into the bus and said, "Take care of Taehyung, as much as you would, to your girlfriend."

"Huh? Why me? I'm scared!!", He said, and ran away.

? 

Why is he scared of taking care of Taehyung?

Oooh probably he's scared that he would get the bashings instead of Taehyung while protecting him... 

I called the boy, who was supposedly the most strong, non bully boy, and asked him to take care of Taehyung. He panicked.

"I need protection, not him!", He said, and ran.

?????

What's wrong with these people?

I begged the teacher to change my bus seat, to where Taehyung sat in. The teacher did not allow me to do so, as the boys were very naughty, and they can't let a lone girl sit along with many boys.

I begged them to at least make him sit in my bus. The teacher was shocked about the fact that I was so desperate to sit with him. She thought for a while and allowed.

I ran to Taehyung, who was sitting in another bus. I got inside the bus, exclaiming, "Taehyung!! I got permission to let you sit with-"

"...me?", I finished, looking surprised by the sudden crowd. I heard a loud thud.

I pushed through the crowd to see Taehyung fallen on the floor of the bus, and gripping a boy's hand, who was grabbing his shirt.

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(Why are people scared of Taetae?

🤔

Let's see...)