Stay l Taekook

-05-

"So please, start studying, people" Mrs. Kim said as the bell rung. I closed my notebook and quickly approached Namjoon.

"So get this, I overheard a conversation between Jungkook and his mom and apparently he got expelled from his last school! I went to look and found out he sprayed paint over all the lockers. Apparently, he insulted some kid on each of them."

"Woah, that's pretty fucked up" Namjoon chimed.

"And to think I thought he was a baby bully" 

We exited the classroom and walked through the halls during recess.

We were halfway around the school when we came across a group of about ten students. We slowed down as we walked past them and overheard them talking about Jungkook. Apparently, they too had heard about how he had gotten expelled out of his last school.

"Did you tell anyone?" Namjoon asked me. 

I shook my head no and we kept on walking. We ended up passing by Yoongi's classroom and went to see him. As usual, he spent his recess sleeping at his desk.

"Wake up, dude" Namjoon gently hit him in the leg. I was about to speak when I heard Jimin and Hoseok talking behind us.

"Man, Jungkook even has some bad boy cred now! How awesome is that?" Jimin squealed.

"So awesome, he's gonna be even more popular" Hoseok high fived his friend and kept on talking about something else.

"What did I miss?" Yoongi asked when he heard the two.

"Apparently Jungkook got kicked out of his old school and is now a "bad boy", tsk" I roll my eyes. It bothered me how everybody suddenly knew. I didn't say anything, so how did they all know?

We spent our entire recess hanging with Yoongi until the bell rang and we made our way back to the classroom. I opened the door and saw so many girls glued to one desk. I heard Namjoon chuckle but I only rolled my eyes. What was funny about this?

I sat down and hoped the teacher would hurry so he would kick all these girls out. I made the mistake of looking behind me and saw one of the girls was sitting down on Jungkook's desk. She ran her hand through his hair and I couldn't help but groan.

"Where is the damn teacher?" I tapped my foot obsessively as I waited for him to come.

"Dude, can you knock it off" I turned around and saw Jungkook mentioning my foot.

"I'll stop when your groupies calm down and make less noise"

"You jealous? I can give you some if you want" I see him smirk and feel my blood boil.

"You can keep them" I mutter as I turn my back on him.

The teacher ended up coming a few minutes late and asked all of the girls to leave. I spent the rest of the day listening to music and drawing in my book. I didn't feel like doing anything else all day. When the last bell rang, I thought of going to spend a few hours with the music club but since most of them were working together, I didn't have much stuff to do. Besides, I didn't really feel like hanging there today.

I packed my bag and walked to the parking lot. I got into my car and tried to start the engine but I never managed to turn it on. I was halfway through cursing my bad luck when I remembered that I had noticed the low tank yesterday when I came home. I had been so caught up in the Jungkook thing that I forgot to fill the tank.

"You're such an idiot" I whisper as I let my head fall down on the wheel. Namjoon was at the club, Yoongi already left with the school bus and both of my parents worked. Shit.

I get out of the car and take a look around. There were no nearby gas station and even so, I didn't have any jerrycan with me either. Going back inside, I tried to turn on the car once more but of course, nothing happened.

"Having trouble, there" 

I hear someone snicker and roll my eyes.

"No, dipshit. I like driving a car without gas. It's better for the environment" I exit the vehicle and lean back on it.

"Well, good for you then" Jungkook nodded my way and started walking away.

"Wait! Where do you live?" I ask him.

"On the street next to the Walmart"

"I live super close, give me a ride" 

Desperate times called for desperate measures.

"No"

"Come on, man. It's not like I'm asking you to go pick up the gas and all, just give me a ride to my house so I can pick up a jerrycan" I close the door, lock my car and walk closer to him.

"Fine, hop on" He started walking away but I stayed put for a second.

"Hop on what??" I ask as I run behind him. When I caught up to him, I saw a black motorcycle. "Oh, no. Forget it, those are death machines!"

"It's not a death machine, it's a Yamaha r15" Jungkook grabbed a helmet that was hanging by its handles.

"I'm not riding on this. I'll walk" I was about to turn around when he grabbed my shoulder and turned me around.

"Just hop on, here. I'll even let you wear the helmet" His hands went above my head as he rather gently lowered the helmet onto my head. "Since you're going behind me, you have to wear the reflective band"

"But it's still light out." I say as I place the band around my shoulder.

"You always have to wear it." He said and closed the visor of my helmet. "Let's go." 

I watched him swing his leg around the bike and turn on the engine. I sigh nervously and got on behind him.

We left the parking lot and I was tense. The first time he slowed down, I got so scared I tried to grip the handles that most motorcycle have on the back seat but found none.

"Wait, there are no handles back here!" I whine, I was so scared.

"Just hold onto my shoulders" I could hear him snicker and felt my blood boil. I wasn't going to do it but when the bike started up again, I ended up gripping his shoulders with all my might.

It was a rather smooth ride until Jungkook parked in front of my house.

"Alright, thanks for the ride" I say as I take off the helmet and hand it to him.

"Come on, hurry up. I left the engine running" 

I stopped in my tracks when I heard what he said.

"You're going to wait for me?" He nodded his head and I couldn't help but smile. 

I take out my keys and hurry inside, I grab a red jerrycan and run back outside. Locking the door, I grab the helmet Jungkook was handing me and put it on.

Just like before, the ride to the gas station and then back to the school went smoothly. On our way here, a few girls had stared at us. I thought for sure Jungkook would play along with them, but he always focused on the road and never once looked back to them.

He stopped the bike and turned off the engine.

"Thanks, you really helped me out today" I took off the helmet and handed it back to him.

"You're welcome" He took it and kept on looking at me.

"Look at you, I didn't think you'd be able to say that" I tease him.

"You said thank you first" He shot back.

"Alright, see you, then" I smile and watch him put on the helmet. He turned on the engine and drove off.

For a moment I stood there, trying to assimilate everything that had happened today. On the day Jungkook had become bad boy Jeon, he had been incredibly nice to me. What a strange world.