𝔟𝔬𝔶𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫

18

 TW: WOUNDS/BLOOD

YOONGI

It's Monday, and Taehyung still isn't at school. Yoongi stared at the door unrelenting until the bell rang, and the homeroom teacher started talking. Jimin glanced at him nervously.when English started he figured Taehyung wasn't coming. Maybe he should go check on Tae again, go by himself this time.

The door opened.

A grey hoodie walked in.

Yoongi knew what that hoodie meant.

He sat down to the left of Yoongi. He didn't look at anyone. He didn't respond when Jimin flicked a note at him.

Taehyung put his head down. And went to sleep.

If that's what Taehyung needed Yoongi would cover for him. Jimin seems to get that too and nodded at Yoongi with a smile. Taehyung was here and that's what mattered.

When the bell rang for history, he figured Taehyung should sit up, so he crouched by Taehyung's desk and touched his arm.

"Hey Tae? Wake up. Mr. Ahn is next."

Yoongi saw scratches on his hands and ran his fingers over Taehyung's soft skin. "Tae?"

The boy shuffled, pulling away from Yoongi's touch and sitting up. Yoongi still couldn't see his face. He went back in his seat anyway as class continued.

When they went to art that's when he knew something was really wrong. Because Taehyung just put his head down.

He didn't paint.

Or talk.

The teacher seemed to notice as well and just left him alone. Yoongi tried to get his attention, but nothing worked. Jimin didn't want left him alone.

Even the lunch bell rang Taehyung still seemed to be asleep. Everyone left and Yoongi made Jimin leave as well. He tapped Taehyung and crouched next to his chair. "Taehyung?"he shuffled, proving he was awake and alive.

"Are you okay?"

He nodded, his hood shuffling so his blond hair poked out.

Yoongi tugged on a strand. "Can you show me your pretty face?"

Taehyung didn't move.

"Do you want to go to sleep?"

Taehyung shoved a thumbs up. Yoongi smiled; he still had his sense of humor. But something was lost.

"We can go back to class if you want, but you can't sleep here Tae." Yoongi tugs on his sleeve. "Come on, let's go back to class. Do I need to carry you?" Taehyung held out an arm, taking it as a yes, Yoongi threw him over his shoulder Taehyung gasped as Yoongi did it easily.

"I'll take you, don't worry."

Taehyung was limp as Yoongi walked through the hall. Kids glanced at them as the two walked through the halls back toward their empty class. Yoongi sets Taehyung down in the bean bags at the back off the class. Taehyung pulls the hood down, so it stayed dark.

"Can you do one thing for me?" Yoongi asks.

Taehyung nods.

"Can I see your pretty eyes?"

Taehyung doesn't move. He fiddled with his hands, that were scratched.

Yoongi reached under his hood and lifted his face. His heart sank when he saw Taehyung's bruised lips and cut up cheek. His eye was black and still swollen, spreading up into his temple. and he had marks along his neck.