stray souls

who?

Seungmin was sitting in biology, staring at the whiteboard as Mr. Thomas spoke about the brain. Normally, he would listen to his teachers, but this time he was too bored to care. He's heard all of this three times now. Normally, he would pass notes to Jeongin or Alexander to pass the time, but neither of them were in; Alex was sick, and Jeongin had to do something for one of his classes, so he was alone and bored. Luckily for him, he got distracted by Kian, Jacob, and Oscar, who were messing about, and the time felt like it went quicker. As soon as the bell went for break, he almost ran to the bench before some year 9s got there.

The rest of the day was even more boring. He just hung out with the rest of his friend group, went to lessons, ate lunch, went back to lessons, and then returned to his dorm.

When he entered the dorm, Minho was already on the sofa watching something on the TV, and Jeongin was in the bathroom. Seungmin went to his room to get dressed into normal clothes and then lay on his bed and fell asleep.

He was woken up by Minho asking if he could go to the shop to get food.

"What time is it?" he asked, stretching.

"17:52," Minho stared at him for a while. "We haven't got much food, and Jeongin's hangry," Seungmin rolled his eyes. "Why can't you do it?" He stood up as Minho laid on his bed and pretended to sleep.

Seungmin sighed, put on his shoes, grabbed his keys, and left.

When he got to the shop, he had an hour before the shop closed, so he rushed around the shop to get everything. He managed to get everything except some socks Minho wanted. He bought everything and went to leave.

"Oh shit... of course, it's raining."

He stayed there for a little while, hoping the rain would stop, but it didn't. Eventually, he gave up and rushed back.

When he was outside the dorm, he noticed something. There was a boy around his age laying on the floor unconscious. Without hesitation, he rushed over, dropping the shopping beside him. Kneeling down, he checked for any signs of injury. The boy had bruises and cuts on him. The rain was pouring down, soaking both of them. Seungmin picked him up, grabbed the shopping, and took him back to the room. Seungmin gently laid the unconscious boy on the sofa just as Jeongin came out of his room.

"What happened?" Jeongin asked, his eyes wide with shock as he took in the sight of the injured stranger.

Seungmin quickly explained how he had found the boy lying unconscious outside in the rain. Jeongin immediately sprang into action, grabbing towels to dry the stranger off.