Bad Boys are a lot of Trouble (BAP Zelo/ Red Velvet Joy/ Kpop Fanfic)

Chapter 7

After school was over, I was at my locker when I felt two hands on my shoulders. "Hey guess what?"

I turned around and saw Jota behind me. "Oh hi. What is it?"

"I'm free today so we can go home together." He held the straps of his backpack and he resembled a grade schooler on his first day of school.

"Oh really?" This was a rare occurrence. The last time we walked home together was probably during our first year. "But I'm actually not going straight home. I have to go pick something up...so maybe next time we can walk together." I said closing my locker.

"Hey Jota." From the side, we heard HeoJun calling. Him and Daewon were waiting for Jota.

I shrugged, "I guess you should go to your friends."

"I'll see you around," He smiled and punched my arm playfully.

Before walking home, I made my detour to the pharmacy. I walked into an aisle that was all too familiar to me. I was looking for the bright yellow pill bottle with happy faces and I saw it on the top shelf. I tiptoed to reach for it, but someone else already grabbed it before I could.

"Junhong?" I planted my heels on the ground and saw my "new friend" standing next to me.

"Were you trying to get these?" He shook the bottle of anti-depressants with raised eyebrow.

"Yeah...thanks," I said, taking the bottle from him.

"Do you usually buy those?" He asked me.

"Yeah I do. But they're not for me." I replied.

He looked and me up and down as if he didn't believe what I said. Without saying another word, he reached his arm up again and took another yellow pill bottle for himself. He walked around me and headed towards the cashier. I followed and waited behind him in line. We both made our separate purchases and walked out of the pharmacy, still not saying anything to each other.

I was about to head to the crosswalk, thinking that Junhong was going to go in the same direction as me, but instead, I saw him heading for the parking lot. "Oh, I didn't know you drive. You usually walk to school though, right?"

"I've had my license for a while. But uh...in the past, I've had a lot of problems with driving...and road rage. So I stopped for a while." Junhong answerered trying to sound monotone, but there was apparent embarrassment in his voice.

"Ah I see. When did you start driving again?"

"It was probably like a week ago." He said, unlocking his car. I nodded at his response. It was exactly a week ago that Junhong and I became friends--even if he still doesn't like to call us that. But in the week that this happened, I've noticed that there haven't been any problems with him at all in school. He keeps a low profile and if someone annoys him, he doesn't get angry anymore. He just walks away.

I don't want to jump to conclusions and say that I probably had something to do with Junhong being able to handle his anger problems, but I think it's safe to say that I made a little bit of a difference. Any time I see him, I smile and say hi. The first few times, he ignored me, but after a while he would acknowledge me and nod his head.

"Did you want a ride home?" He asked, which kind of surprised me.

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It was nice of Junhong to offer me a ride. I was sitting in his car but in complete silence. "Do you not like listening to the radio when you drive?"

"No. I find it annoying." He answered.

"Oh I see. Well hey, have you started that assignment for class yet?" I said, trying to make small talk.