Falling Slowly ↭ jikook [COMPLETE]

13. Regret

I rush my way to school. I'm late for my first subject. I'm about to enter the school grounds but someone stops me from entering. An arm is brought up in front of my face, blocking my way. I look up at him. He is looking at me straight in the eye. He is chewing a gum, making him look more intimidating besides his sharp jawline and strong facial features. He smirks and looks at something from afar.

"Hey! Jungkook, right?" Two male students walks to us, making them three this time.

"Yes." I nervously answer them, hugging my bag, tightly.

"Come." He pulls me by the collar and drags me to the back of the school with them. He throws me like some kind of a rug on the ground.

"People like you should die." He punches me square on the face. The other one kicks me on the gut multiple times, making me cough blood.

"Hey!" Halla shouts. They stop punching and kicking me. I can barely see anything. They probably punched me so hard that I feel like I will go blind. She chases the three and stops past me.

"Your faces are already ugly that's why you're making this handsome guy look like you. Go and beat each other's eggs!" She defends, siting beside me, leaning her back against the wall, "F*cking brats!" She lights a cig next to me. I hold her wrist to come closer to me.

"Thank you," I smile at her, "But I wish you never came, so that I would've been dead by now." She hits me on the head.

"Don't be stupid!" She stands up and pulls me up, "Let's get you to the nurse, you look like sh*t."

We enter the school and at that same moment, Jimin leaves his class. He is standing by the door and turns his head to us when he hears us approaching. He fixes his gaze on us. There is this look on his face that I can't explain again. He furrows his eyebrows and goes back to his class.

"Come on. You're heavy." She drags me to the clinic. Once we get inside the clinic, a nurse helps her to lay me on the bed.

"What happened?" The nurse asks her.

"Just a bunch of addicts tried to kill him, but I saved him." She sits beside me. The nurse looks at her completely perplexed.

"Don't you have class?" The nurse asks her. Halla's eyes widens. She scratches the back of her head and smiles nervously.

"Right!" She laughs and runs away. The nurse tries to chase her but fails because of her heels. She sits beside me and tucks me under the blanket.

"Kids nowadays." She laughs.

"Wait there." She vanishes from the room. She comes back with a first aid kit.

"Let's clean up your wound. And wash your mouth with this." She hands me a cup of water. I gargle it and spit it in the trash can. She places a wet towel on my wound to clean it. I hiss and flinch in pain.

"Why would people do such thing on an innocent man like you? The world is such an unfair place." She sighs while cleaning my wound. I watch her clean my face. I can see Halla on her face, they resemble.

"I'll just put some antibiotic there. This will hurt a bit." She puts something on a cotton swab and gently applies it on my wound. I feel my eyes water as the antibiotic stings my face. It hurts like hell. She put a band aid over it and kisses it.

"Just sleep and take a rest." She tucks me in and ruffles my hair. I watch her exit the room, leaving me alone inside the clinic. I close my eyes, feeling the cold air hit my face. I hear the door swing open.

"Halla!" I sit up. She looks at me with her face scrunched.

"Oh my gosh! You still look awful. That guy was strong." She scans my face over and over again.

"How bad is it?" I ask her, trying to cover my face.

"Terrible." She bluntly says, fixing my hair. "But don't worry, you're still handsome unlike those guys." She then ruffles my hair, ruining it again.

"How's Jimin?" I lay myself down.

"Why did you ask about him so sudden?" She ask back, "He is all right."

"Yeah. Why would I care about him when he doesn't care about me?" I turn my back at Halla who is sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Stay strong, Jungkook. I have something to do." She places her hands on my thigh and leaves. I feel a tear run down nose. The door swings open again. I wipe the tear off my face.

"I thought you have something to do?" I sit up to look at her, but instead of seeing Halla, it's Jimin standing by the door.

"What are you doing here?" I ask him. Tears are starting to form in my eyes again, "I thought you didn't want to see me?"

"Eat this. You might be starving." He bring a paper bag up, similar to what Halla gave me the last time. I swat it away from my face, making it spill on the floor.

"Eat that and what? To ruin my life again?!" I yell. He takes a step back. I'm furious; furious for many reasons, "Why do you keep coming back and leaving me again? Is this how you express your love?"

"Jungkook, let me explain." He walks to me.

"Go away! I wish I didn't met you!" I turn my back at him.

"I did that for your sake." He retorts.

"For my sake?" I mock, "Those boys almost got me killed, earlier. But I wish they did."

"I didn't expect that to happen. I-- I love you." He sobs.

"Love me? How? You left me and humiliated me in front of those students. And now they're making fun of me and they're trying to kill me." I can't bare to look at him. He places his hand on my shoulder. I swat his hand away, yet I missed his touch at the same time.

"I think it's better if you transfer school." He mumbles.

"Why would I transfer school? You thought about it, then you do it." I huff.

"I'm just doing this for the better." He sighs.

"For you, not mine." I say.

"Kookie, please hear me out." He places his and above my shoulder again. I stand and walk by the window.

"Don't call me that. You're not the Jimin I knew. Where is that promise you kept? Forever and always." I imitate his voice in an unnatural tone.

"I'm sorry, okay! And I didn't mean to hurt you." He whimper. I freeze.

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