hide and seek. [ taehyung 김태형 ]

dead leaf

DEAD LEAF ; CHAPTER ONE

seonmi arrived at her locker, lazily slid the card to open the locker. it was quite early as there were only a few students walking around the hallway. she turned around; only to drop her books from the sounds that the freshmen made from the skateboards.

she sighed quietly, picking her books one by one. she clenched the books tightly to her chest, making sure it didn't drop for the second time.

'i hope you're having a great day,' a raspy voice from behind greeted her. eunbi turned around and found a smiling jungkook.

he was her friend for 3-4 years in a row. she didn't considered him as her best friend; they weren't that close. but he became especially close that year.

'it's great so far. hey, tell the freshmen, they shouldn't be skating in the hallway. it's forbidden,' she pointed to the kids playing skateboards in the hallway. she knew it would create scratches and the janitor would hate that.

jungkook nodded, telling the freshmen to stop immediately.

'let's hang out at the library for a little bit. its a little too early for school,' he frowned as he almost stepped on the banana peel in front of him. 'good thing you looked down,' she half giggled.

she looked around, confused, 'where's jimin? i thought he was with you?' she asked, fishing for her phone in the back pocket of her jeans. 'eh, he should arrive soon. he was running late and told me to go first,' he shrugged, stuffing his hands into the pocket of his hoodie.

'oh hey, taehyung. i hope you're having a great day. you're doing great!' she exclaimed excitedly as taehyung walked pass her. she liked to ask how everyone's day was, give motivations and help them even if it wasn't such a big deal.

'i am? thank you then. i should get going. goodbye.' he had no expression whatsoever. although there was a slight excitement at the first few words he said. other than that, none.

jungkook smiled as the boy walked past him, turning into a confused look as he looked at the girl beside him.

'seonmi, you know that guy?,' he asked; as he was a murderer and she wasn't suppose to be friends with him. 'well yeah, i know everyone here," she looked to him.

'that guy looks like a dead leaf. his lips kind of cracked and he looked expressionless,' jungkook wiggled at the thought of his lips. true—his lips really did cracked. but it wasn't the terrible kind like he just climbed the everest mountain without a lip balm.

'i can fix that. everyone needs happiness. it's only the matter when they will get it,' she gave the latter a big grin before dashing to the library; immediately as the library was in sight. 'if hyeri called you, just say i'm in the library. i will be turning off my phone now. it's the library,' she whispered the last few words as she stepped in the library. the cold breeze from the air conditioner inside touches her skin, leaving a cold impression.

'um, okay. i'm just gonna get some drinks from the cafeteria. you want something?' jungkook titled his head, waiting for her response. 'uh no thank you. i already had enough coffee this morning,' she gave him a last smile before watching him out of her sight.

'hey hey hey,' jimin nudged seonmi's elbow, taking a seat beside her. 'oh hey. and be quiet please,' she pointed to the sign that says, no talking. although it became as no fucking talking as the paint from the graffiti didn't wash away.

'oh sorry,' he lowered his voice down. 'right right, no fucking talking,' he grinned, talking in a low voice to avoid getting scolded from the librarian. 'you know, its bad to swear. just don't. f-u-c-k is a bad word,' she spelled the explicit word one by one, sighed as the attack is going to come a few seconds from now.

what attack?                                                               this one.

'fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck—'

seonmi knew it wasn't going to stop. she held the book up above her head, covering her ears with it.

'for fuck's sake jimin. shut the fuck up for once,' hyeri came right on time, smacking jimin's head with a thick book she founded.

'and you too, no swearing.'

'ah shit, right.'

'oh my god.'

authors note; aye this ff was planned on my head for a few months now. dont worry taehyung is gonna appear in the story some time later.