Stay l Taekook

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It was with a very worrisome look on my face and dreaded footsteps that I walked the halls of my high school this morning. It was almost seven o'clock already as I had tried my best to come at the latest as to avoid having to talk to Jungkook.

I walked to class and saw it was full, I looked for Jungkook but didn't see him.

"Why are you so late?" I looked to my right and saw him standing right behind me.

"My alarm didn't ring" I tried my best to take a few steps back without making it obvious.

"Too bad, we won't have time to catch up, the bell is going to ring at any moment now"

"Hopefully, yeah" I see him furrow his eyebrows and panic but thankfully, the bell rang.

I offered Jungkook a small smile and quickly went to sit down at my desk. I took out my phone and texted my friends to tell them they had to stick to me all morning until lunch when I could face Jungkook.

Every once in a while I'd hear Jungkook calling out to me and turn around. After about three winks and two smiles, I could feel myself falling back into that sense of comfort and playfulness that I felt whenever I was with him. And so for the remainder of the class we would exchange silly faces and notes about stupid stuff.

It wasn't until the first recess bell was heard that I snapped out of it.

"I need to go see Mr.Moon, can you come with me Tae?" Namjoon asked me.

"Let's go!" I got up but stopped when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Hey, wait! I thought we could spend recess together? Since I didn't come yesterday and all" I looked at Jungkook and felt bad.

"You guys can talk at lunch, come on, Tae" Namjoon took my wrist and dragged me away.

I felt Jungkook's hand slowly fall off my shoulder and felt horrible.

"Don't feel bad, Taehyung. You're the one who said you chose your principles over your feelings for him"

"I know! But I can't help but feel bad for him. He's not understanding this, I need to explain why I'm acting this way"

"At lunch, Tae. Do you really want to get into the whole beating your ex-thing right now with only twenty minutes of recess?" We had stopped walking and were standing in the middle of some random hallway. I shook my head no and looked around, where were we?

"I don't really have to go see our music teacher so I just took us to the bathroom for the first years"

"Oh. Right, let's stay here until the bell rings. Where's Yoongi?"

"He texted to tell me he's staying with Jimin all day. Apparently, he's feeling sick. Maybe he got it from Jungkook?"

"Probably, let's just hope he doesn't give it to us" We stayed put until the bell rang and we made our way back to class.

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The morning was finally over. I packed my thing and looked at Namjoon. I nodded my head and saw him wave goodbye. I turned around and watched Jungkook who was asleep at his desk. He looked so calm and peaceful, I could see him go up and down as he breathed in and out. It was hard to imagine him capable of doing what he did to that poor kid.

The picture that kid Sungwon had shown me popped back inside my mind as I took a step back. I looked around the classroom to find something I could use to wake him up but then his body rose from his desk.

"Oh, hey. Is the class over?" He asked in a raspy, tired voice.

"It's lunch. How about we go take a walk before we eat?"