bodyguard || heejake

chapter six

A/N: TW:
swearing
homophobic language

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i sat in the passenger's seat of heeseung's car, feeling anxious as ever. i picked at my nails and stared into the distance to calm myself

"what's wrong?" heeseung spoke up and looked in my direction.

i gulped. "just worried about junghyeon and them. they're coming back today." the thought of them made me sick to the stomach.

"don't worry about them okay? just stay by my side at all times and it'll be fine," he rested his hand on my thigh to reassure me.

i just nodded and mumbled my thanks.

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as soon as i saw them, i stopped in my tracks and backed away so they couldn't see me. however, i felt somewhat more safe being next to heeseung.

"i'll stay with you, i promise. they can't do anything to you whilst i'm here," he sent me a small smile which i reciprocated nervously.

at that moment, all three of them approached us and i stood, frozen. "who's this, your boyfriend?" junghyeon sneered at me.

"and what if i was?" heeseung shot back. "you jealous?"

"didn't know you were a loser and a fag," he snorted and the others joined him with a malicious smile on his face.

heeseung grabbed his collar and looked him dead in the eye with an unrecognisable gaze. "listen to me, asshole. touch him and i'll end you." he dropped him with the latter in shock.

we left them standing there and i thanked heeseung over and over again. i was seriously so grateful for him.

the bell rang and i hurriedly rushed to class. i almost forgot that junghyeon attended this class until i saw him enter five minutes late.

the teacher scolded him and he sat down at the back. i felt his sharp gaze on me and i tried to ignore it as much as i could but i couldn't focus the whole lesson.

mister choi put us in groups of five during a small group project. i almost doubled over when he announced i would be with junghyeon, sunghoon, chaewon and winter.

my thoughts were all jumbled up but i tried to compose myself. it's okay, you got this jake, i told myself.

all five of us sat on a table together and i tried to avoid talking to junghyeon as much as possible. i was mostly focusing on sunghoon's beautiful face so it was quite easy.

however, junghyeon leaned over and pestered me relentlessly with a malicious smirk on his face. he kept bringing up heeseung and i.

"you're just a whore who hangs out with the popular kids now, is that it? you showed your ass to them and they let you in, huh?" he teased me. i didn't have the guts to talk back so i stayed silent.

however, sunghoon heard him say this and said, "i don't know who you think you are but stop with your disgusting remarks."

junghyeon looked between us two curiously. "he your friend too or another one of your boyfriends?"

sunghoon slammed his hand on the table and clenched his jaw so hard, it looked almost sharper than jay's. "shut the fuck up before i punch your teeth off your face."

"you think you can scare me? i've been doing martial arts for years. i'll take care of you and your little friend here," he curled his lip.

"we'll see about that," sunghoon remarked. just then, the bell rang, signaling it was the end of lesson. i walked out with sunghoon when junghyeon dragged me back and whispered in my ear. "watch after school, you fag." he let go of me and shot me a piercing glare.