Straykids One shot book

from afar pt. 3

Ship: Hyunho
Triggers/Warnings: bad eating habbits?, light bullying

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He mouthed a simple thank you and Jeongin simply smiled and then the teacher came.

The following weeks, Hyunjin disappeared from the cafeteria again with just a small meal and something to drink, the group of boys just looked at each other worriedly and hoped that these two weeks would go by quickly. And so the saga continued with the four boys. Jisung tried, Felix tried and Seungmin too, but it always ended like it ended with Jeongin, but Seungmin noticed the striking detail.

"He definitely wants to talk to us, but a little earlier someone seems to be stopping him. As he was about to answer, I saw a group sitting a little further away from his table out of the corner of my eye. I strongly suspect that they have something to do with it. We have to think about something else and if we take the boy to our table so that he doesn't even see the group then it probably should be like that... do you know what I mean?" he asked and the others nodded.

Without further discussing with Mr. Song what was going on, they debated how best to approach the boy and this time they left it up to Chan to do it. The next day came and Chan approached Hyunjin, who was already sitting at his seat, Minho deliberately walked slower with the others and only came into the classroom when Chan was already sitting at his seat. Meanwhile, Chan didn't really know how to approach Hyunjin at first, so he just went about it without thinking.

"Hey.. would you stay here for a moment after our last lesson? We want to ask you something, don't worry, it's nothing bad okay?" The black-haired boy nodded slowly and so Chan sat down in his seat with one last gentle smile at the boy. And so the lesson began. During class, Mr. Song gave partner work with the person sitting next to him or his choice, and since Minho went out most of the time without a partner, he took the chance and asked Hyunjin. He nodded, but remained in his position when he noticed the familiar looks, which Minho also noticed and sent the person away.

"Relax okay? They can't do anything okay? I promise." Minho said and smiled encouragingly at Hyunjin, who actually relaxed and so they could do partner work. The whole time, Minho felt the gaze that was directed at him and Hyunjin and during Mr. Song's lesson, his patience burst and he rose from his chair and turned around to the people who were still looking at Hyunjin with the same gaze that could pierce holes in somebody.

"Okay! That's enough! Nick, Jasmin, Jinsoo, Yongchul and whatever your name is! Stop intimidating the boy! No wonder he doesn't talk to us! What did he do to you, huh? Is it because we're with him and talk to him and not to you? Yes? Then think about why!! And now stop intimidating the boy like that or I'll go to the principal personally and then we'll see what happens!" And so he sat down again, the class was speechless about Minho's outburst, as was Mr. Song, but Hyunjin didn't know how to feel and started crying, this was enough for Mr. Song to grab the group and march straight to the principal.

Meanwhile, Minho and the others tried to calm Hyunjin down. "Don't cry... they won't hurt or do anything to you anymore, okay? You can talk to whoever you want, be friends with whoever you want, sit with whoever you want, no one has to stop you from doing that, okay? Nobody can stop you, because this is your choice and not theirs okay? you stay here later after class, cause we wanna talk to you, i guess Chan said it right?" Hyunjin wiped away his tears and nodded with a small smile, but before Minho could say anything else, Hyunjin hugged him. "Thank you Minho.." He whispered.

Briefly overwhelmed by the situation, Minho put his arms around Hyunjin's petite body a few minutes later and whispered "There is nothing you have to thank me for. Its a thing that i dont accept thats all." back. The other six smiled, as did the rest of the class, who also thought it was a shame that Hyunjin was sitting alone, but now they didn't have to worry about it anymore because they knew that nothing could happen to him with Minho and his friends. A few minutes later, Mr. Song returned without the group, he smiled at his students and then he turned to Hyunjin.

"You don't have to worry about them anymore, they'll probably be expelled from school, so you can be who you are, what we all want, because you're still a mystery to us Hyunjin." Smiled Mr. Song, Hyunjin's cheeks turned a light shade of pink and he lowered his head, causing the others to giggle. "Well, what do you think if we just talk for the next hour, bring us all up to date, you bring me up to date. I'm also happy if you tell me how you're doing, if there's anything that's bothering you. Just everything, okay?"

The class nodded eagerly and as the bell rang the group came into the classroom, they went towards Hyunjin who reflexively moved closer to Minho, but the only thing they did was apologize, put their school books on the table and then left the classroom without a word and Mr. Song would not be Mr. Song without what he did next. He waved and shouted a loud "Hasta la vista!" after.

The class, completely flabbergasted, shouted a loud "MISTER SONG!!" and the only thing he did was burst out laughing. The next and final lesson began and so they just talked, surprisingly Hyunjin also poured out his heart for the first time. But he also shared a little more about himself after sparking interest in the class. Mr. Song watched his class with a proud smile and continued to listen carefully to Hyunjin, after all, this is the first time he has ever talked so much.

tbc.

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You with me for pt. 4?

Bye bye.

Tayla♡