𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄

#.. SIX

When Jooyeon returned to his room with Jungsu after annoying classes, Jiseok was fast asleep on his bed, snoring quietly as he did so. "Ugh, I'm so tired", Jooyeon groaned as he let himself fall down on his mattress. "Yeah, right? I absolutely hate P.E. class" Jungsu agreed, taking off his hoodie and searching for his pajamas. There was something that catched Jooyeon's eyes. Jungsu's arms were, well, covered in scars. But Jooyeon didn't want to talk to him about that, knowing that these kind of talks are always uncomfortable. But what was the trigger for Jungsu to hurt himself? Jooyeon beat himself inwardly, why was he always so curious? Curiosity would kill him at some point.

"I'm going to Gunil later, don't tell anyone, please" Jungsu warned him as he put his pajama on. And then Jooyeon remembered what he originally wanted to ask. "Can I ask you a question about you and Gunil?" And the moment he got the approval, he asked why Gunil was much more respected than him. "Uh... Probably because he is the son of the head of the boarding school here.. They're scared that they'll be punished if they do anything to his son." Suddenly the door was torn open and the boy, who was already in the room before, stood there. "Guys, please come quickly!" He cried. "Seungmin is not doing well! I don't know what to do.."

Jungsu was concerned at instant and stood up, looking over to Jooyeon. "Stay here", Jungsu muttered as he quickly walked away with the boy. The sudden loudness and rush seemed to have waken up Jiseok, as he slowly sat up, his hair completely disheveled. "What happened?" he asked sleepily, looking around and then meeting Jooyeon's eyes. Jooyeon explained the situation in a few sentences, making Jiseok groan as he let himself back down again. "This has happened before, too. Like you know, when you all had classes" he sighed as he remembered what happened some hours ago in room 120. And once again, curiosity overtook Jooyeon and he asked about the previous situation.

And Jiseok told him. "So you know, we're both suspended from school for one week so I wanted to go over to his room while you guys were studying but he was sitting on the floor and had something similar to a panic attack I think.. He told me he was dying because he couldn't breathe.. Who knows what would've happened if I weren't there to calm him down.."