You Never Walk Alone

Chapter 24

TW: swearing

Namra was sitting in the principals office with her sons, all of them either had a busted lip, a black eye, a bloodied nose or bruised up faces.

"Mrs.Baek, I'm very disappointed today, your sons are the top students of our school, and it was very shocking for me to find out that they have gotten into fights and have injured other classmates. As for Yoongi and Taehyung, well, today was their first day and I'm afraid I already have a bad impression of them, I mean, they were already covered in scars like gang kids and I have heard these two attacked their classmates first, now I don't know from which dump you picked them u-"

"Sir, I respect you and all but please, do be respectful towards my dongsaengs as well. You don't know the whole thing so I suggest you keep quiet about it. And as for throwing the first punch, Kyung-se was hurting Jimin first, so Taehyung went to protect his twin, and Dong-ha was the first one to hit Yoongi as well." Jin interjected, this was a new principal and knew nothing about the Baeks, especially Yoongi and Taehyung, so the seventeen-year-old did not lash out and start yelling at the man.

The principal glared at Jin, "As I was saying, whatever homeless shelter they mig-"

"I'm sorry, sir, but if you have called us here to insult my sons, then I'd like to leave." Namra interrupted in a cold tone.

"-ht be from, I will not tolerate this kind of uncivilized, uneducated behaviour from now on, teach your kids that they are not on the streets anymore and thus, cannot punch whoever they want." The principal completed his sentence, ignoring Namra completely.

"And why should only my children get a punishment? What about the kids who bullied them for four years? They're the ones my sons fought with today as well, right? So why aren't they here with their parents? I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of witnesses for the bullying." Namra said.

"They are getting punished separately. Now, as for your children, they're going to have to stay back two hours every month, they'll be helping clean up after the day ends, they'll also have to write an essay each day on a new topic and bring it to me. If they fail to show up for even a single day, they'll continue this punishment for two months." The principal stated, "Now you may leave with your children."

"But-"

"The door is that way, Mrs.Baek." And with that, the Baeks were dragged out of the principal's office.

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The car drive back to their home was utterly silent most of the drive, but then, suddenly, Namra heard little sniffles coming from the back of the car, she stopped the car on the side of the road and turned back to check on her seven sons -they had been extremely stubborn in sitting together in the last row of seats, leaving Namra to drive a car with the passenger seat and the first row empty-

"I-I'm so sorry, hyung."

"Me too, I shouldn't have hit him."

"If anyone's to blame, it's the Byun brothers'."

"Yeah, that's right, can you stop crying now, Kook?"

Namra heard her sons whisper to one another, she knew they didn't want her to interfere, which is why they were whispering, and she couldn't comfort her sons from the drivers' seat, so she just continued driving.

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"D-do w-we r-really s-seem l-like h-homel-less and u-un-civili-zed k-kids?" Taehyung asked his brothers once they reached the safely of their room. Though Yoongi didn't say anything, he too, stared at his bothers intently, silently begging them to answer.