Leave Him Alone

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Yoongi stumbled into his classroom, bowing and walking to his seat at the back of the class. "You're late, Min Yoongi, that's the fourth time this month," his homeroom teacher snapped at him. Yoongi didn't care. He mumbled an apology and slumped into his chair.

His teacher shook her head, "where was I?" She paused for a second, tapping her lip with a finger before continuing, "ah, we have a new student. He should be arriving at any point now. Please treat-" The sound of the door opening interrupted her, and immidiately all the students stood up and bowed as their head teacher walked in.

Behind him was a small boy who kept his head down. His hair was oak brown and messy, and he wore huge glasses on his face. After the head teacher and homeroom teacher quietly exchanged words, the boy was brought to the front of the class, and the homeroom teacher asked him to introduce himself.

The boy looked up at the class. His cheeks were slightly chubby and flushed with colour, and he spoke quietly, but Yoongi could make out a Busan accent. "Hello, my name is Park Jimin, I just moved here from Busan. Please welcome me!" He flashed a smile that made his eyes disappear, and Yoongi found it adorable. He looked away, blushing. Min Yoongi doesn't find people 'cute.'

The new boy, Park Jimin was placed right in front of the kid he sat next to, school bully Jeon Jungkook. Yoongi could only imagine how this could end up. He noticed Jungkook eyeing the boy as he walked over, a smirk on his lips. When homeroom was over, Jimin turned around to face Jungkook, a huge smile plastered across his face, "Hello, I'm Park Jimin, nice to meet you." The boy extended his hand. Jungkook scoffed, "And? Turn around kid, I don't wanna look at your face, it's putting me off my lunch already."

It bothered Yoongi when he saw the boy's smile fade, and he awkwardly took away his hand, turning around. 'What an asshole.' Yoongi hated Jungkook. They were good friends some years ago, but as Jungkook reached puberty, he became more attractive, more popular, and more nasty. Their friendship ended in a fist fight, with Yoongi and Jungkook being arrested. They fought because Yoongi was getting sick of the younger letting his newfound popularity go to his head.

Yoongi sighed and put his head on the desk. It wasn't his business. He didn't have time to get involved. He closed his eyes and went to sleep. English was next, and he hated that subject. Luckily, on the other side of him was the best English student in the class, and his best friend, Namjoon. Namjoon allowed Yoongi to copy his answers in tests so that he didn't fail.

He was so tired that he even slept through economics class too. The teachers had given up on waking him up in class. They never got anything other than a grumble, and maybe him staying awake for another five or so minutes before drifting back to sleep again.

"Lunch time!!!!!!" The daily alarm sounded Hoseok yelled. Yoongi lifted his head and groaned. Hoseok and Taehyung, the class clowns were circling the classroom, flailing their arms about. He noticed Jimin watching them in awe. "Yoongi, are you coming?" Namjoon asked, already standing at the door. Yoongi yawned loudly, and shook his head, leaning on his desk again. He was tired and had a headache, and the last thing he needed was the loud canteen making his head worse.

The room finally went silence and Yoongi sighed happily. He thought he was alone until he heard a Busan accent speaking nearby, "Hello? Hi dad." Yoongi looked up to see Jimin on his phone. "Yeah, everyone's really nice here," Jimin lowered his head, and Yoongi thought back to earlier when Jungkook had been rude. His stomach twisted slightly. "How is mum doing?" Yoongi plugged his earphones in and went back to sleep, this conversation wasn't his business.

As Yoongi stepped on the bus, he noticed Jimin quietly sitting at the front of the bus. He had his earphones in, and so did Yoongi, so he decided not to bother him, and instead sat elsewhere. It was a quiet bus, since most kids went to town after school or stayed behind for clubs. Of course Yoongi was too lethargic in nature to do either of those things, and he preferred going home. Occassionally Namjoon would persuade him to come out, but that was never often.