Live Laugh Love Learn

15

The break bell rang and Jake, Jungwon and Jay went to their designated table at the cafeteria. Jungwon seemed down, Jay seemed to be right and now Jungwon was also worried about the younger. "I assume something is wrong, what's got you down Wonnie? Was Niki not alright?" Jake asks.

"That's the thing Yunnie, I don't know. All that time arguing with that idiot Sunghoon and when I finally got to asking the bell rang and he ran off. Now I don't even know where he is right now" Jungwon says. Meanwhile Jay spotted the varsity team at Niki's table.

He knew that the two wouldn't be coming to the cafe so he just watched the cafe entrance, luckily Niki happen to pass by and he was the only one to see it. He shook his head at the boy before rising from the table but before he could leave Jake called him. "Seonggie where are you going?" Jay had to think.

"Uh- um- bathroom. Yup, bathroom" Jay kept looking to the door not wanting to lose Niki. "Are you sure?" Jake asks. "Are you alright Jay?" Jungwon asks making him blush. "Yup.. just really need to go" he says before running to the door soon slowing to a jog remember Jungwon could see him.

He did lose Niki for a little but he found him coming outside the bathroom around the corner. "Niki!" The younger looks toward Jay and gives him a cool smile. "Hey Jay. What's up?" He says. "Jungwon said you guys talked earlier... you did talk to him... right?" Jay sighs receiving several beats of silence.

"Niki!" Jay sighs. "I don't want Jungwon to be worried about me. You shouldn't have said anything to him" Niki glares at him. "I'm trying to help you. What is even happening?!" Jay asks as Niki starts walking away. "Just leave it alone Jay!-" Niki shouts. "I talk to Sunghoon!" Jay says making Niki stop.

"I know he didn't tell you anything, he doesn't like you" Niki scoffs. "You're right and I don't like him either but if you care about him like he cares for you, you will tell Jungwon and stop him from getting in trouble" Jay says and Niki sighs "You don't need to be afraid to tell, this isn't your fault Niki"

Niki turns around to Jay "Fine... I'll tell him" he says sadly. "Don't think like that. Jungwon will think he's a bad friend or that you can't trust him if you don't tell him. He'll feel bad" Jay says and Niki knew he was right. "I know" he says as Jay begins to chuckle. "I can't believe you told that hot headed idiot before Jungwon" Jay says.

"What do you mean? What did he do?" Niki asks. "Mind telling me why he was on his way to beat up the whole team yesterday?" Niki sighs with frustration. "I told him to leave it alone" Niki grumbles. "What happened?" Jay asks again. "I got suspended and kicked off the team"

"What?! Why?!" Jay says. " The team didn't like me at all. Sunghoon says it's because i was younger and better than all of them. When I would sit with you guys at lunch Sunghoon said they wouldn't invite me on purpose so they could smoke and drink together" Jay nods slowly "I can believe that"

"During practice one day they drank before the practice and tried to get me to join but I said no and they got scolded. They blamed me saying I poisoned them, all of them so the coach had no choice but to suspend me but Jungwon told me I'm not even on the roster anymore"

Jay finally walks up to the younger who looks close to crying and hugs him. "Please tell him. You have to tell him Niki. You're a good kid you don't deserve this and me and Jake will help however we can to get you back on the team, okay?" Jay says pulling away a bit, the younger nods tearfully.

Jungwon was heading home and decided to stop by Niki's convenient store to see if he was there. As usual at the time of night business was slow , meaning no one was there. "Is Niki here?" He asks the guy behind the counter. "Who's asking?" He says roughly. "Oh I'm Jungwon his friend from-"