save me | jungkook

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"Jungkook?"

"Yeah?" He hummed in response, raising his eyebrows slightly. There was a slight second of silence before Areum spoke up. "I don't think–" Her voice got cut off by another's. "Hey transfer student! Wanna play basketball with us? I heard you're a good player," a boy with mint colored hair called out to him. "Yeah sure! Wait a moment," Jungkook replied with a smile.

     He turned his attention back onto Areum and asked, "what were you about to say?"

     "Oh, it's nothing," Areum smiled back at him. His face looked content and full of joy and she wasn't ready to destroy that yet. Not now. "Okay then. Bye for now," Jungkook waved at her as he ran towards the boy with the basketball in his hand. Areum smiled and sighed as she remembered she couldn't stay near Jungkook.

     She sat down on a nearby bench and watched from faraway, the game between the new transfer student and the mint boy. She could see that Jungkook was struggling to catch up, but he was slowly progressing and catching up with the boy.

The bench creaked as another person sat beside Areum. Areum's body stiffened as she immediately knew who it was.

The person leaned towards her and said, "if you're smart, you won't say a single word and you'll follow me. I don't want us to be getting into trouble." Areum clenched her hands into fists, her fingers digging into her skin. "P-Park Yuna," she stuttered as her hands shook in fear. "Areum," Yuna's voice was traced with a hint of hatred.

     Yuna turned away and headed back into the school. Areum stood up and gave Jungkook one more glance. He was happily playing against the mint boy, matching each other's levels in basketball.

Areum looked away and followed after Yuna, who was waiting for her by the back door of the school. Her foot was tapping against the ground with impatience. Areum hurried her pace and caught up. They headed into an abandoned classroom in the west wing that hadn't been used in years due to a devastating situation that occurred in the past.

     "What are we doing here?" Areum looked around, recognizing the area. The hallway and the room was dark, only some lights still blinking occasionally.

"What are we doing here?" Yuna mimicked, "I'm here to teach your fat a** a f*cking lesson." Areum whimpered at the thought of getting beaten up again as she tried to back away from Yuna. The girls in the back pushed her back to where she was before. "Please don't," Areum begged desperately. She even got onto her knees as tears streamed down her face.

Yuna bent down, face to face with Areum. "Please don't what?" Yuna pushed Yuna's face to the side roughly.

"Please don't hurt me," Areum said quietly. "Aren't you scared? Don't you have any pride at all?" Yuna said, staring down at the girl in front of her. Areum didn't dare to look into Yuna's eyes as she continued to stare at the gray tiles of the floor. "Look at me," Yuna said threateningly. Areum didn't obey and stayed silent.

Yuna grabbed her hair and tugged it backwards harshly, a sharp pain shooting up through Areum's head. "Look at me!" She yelled at Areum, but just like before, Areum didn't look into the girl's eyes. Yuna's grip loosened her grip on Areum's air. "You f*cking b*tch, I told you to look at me!" Yuna slapped Areum across the face, earning a loud yelp from the submissive girl.

Her cheek was burning from the slap. She cupped her red cheek with her left hand as she cowered away in fear.

"Do what you want to that fat wh*re, girls. Beat her up, kill her for all I care," Yuna rolled her eyes at the pathetic scene in front of her. She took out a cigarette and lit it, taking small smokes. The girls in the room started to surround Areum.

Punches came towards Areum and they never stopped. Bruises formed on her arms, her face, her legs, and her body. She was getting even more broken after each and every second.

"Get up!" One of the girls yelled at her. She weakly stood up, trying to steady herself.

A kick hit her on the abdomen, causing her to slide back and hit against a pile of tables. A couple of tables fell down, fortunately missing Areum. The loud noise rung through the west wing. "Who's there?!" A female teacher yelled in the hallway, "students shouldn't be in here!" The girls in the classroom cursed under their breaths.

"Sh*t," Yuna cussed out loud, "let's go." But before she left the classroom, she looked over to the injured Areum. "This isn't over. I'll be watching your every move so you better be careful with your actions. A fat b*tch like you doesn't deserve Jungkook's attention," Yuna warned before running out of the classroom with the rest of the girls behind her.

Areum clenched in fists in disappointment of herself.

     "Hey! Where do you girls think you're going? You shouldn't be here. Get back here before I have to report you! I'm calling the security guards!" The teacher shouted. She got out her walkie talkie that was given to her from the school and told the security guards to get the girls.

The teacher shoved the walkie talkie back into her pocket and decided to look into the classroom the girls had ran out of. She spotted Areum near the piles of tables, bruised and injured.

     Areum's lips were busted and bleeding. Her skin was covered with purple bruises. "Oh my god. Areum, are you okay? Did those girls do this to you?" The teacher's eyes widened with shock. The teacher helped Areum stand up and supported her so Areum wouldn't collapse back down.

     There was no response and only tears streamed down Areum's face.

     "You can tell me what they did to you. It's alright. Don't be afraid. I won't let them touch you like that again," the teacher pitied her with sympathy as she tried to calm the student down. Areum was very hesitant to answer, but she didn't want to get hurt by them again especially after what they did to her today. So she did what she had to do.

     "They–"

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Hopefully, you like this chapter. I'm planning to go to Coney Island with my friends this week or next week. I live in New York if you didn't know. ^^

SEVENTEEN's new song, 아주 NICE (VERY NICE), is so good. ^^ Hoshi and DK look so handsome in the video as well as everyone else. I hope Wonwoo gets better. ><

Sincerely,
Flora Lee