The Bulletproof Friendship (Book 1) || #LOVEYOURSELFAWARDS

Chapter 5 - Stuck Together

"Good Morning class!" Mr. Hong greeted to the whole class, entering the classroom casually. Everybody stood up and greeted him. "Good Morning Sir!" He placed his stuff down on the table then he fixed his aqua blue tie, He then brought out a piece of chalk. "Please sit down." He said letting the students sit after standing. He wrote 2 characters on the board. The students were curious to what he was writing. "Campin- Camping?" Hoseok uttered quite surprised. Mr. Hong placed down the chalk then he faced his students who were curious about what he wrote. They were mumbling to each other on their ideas of this camping.

"As you've may have guessed, yes, all third years will be going camping." He announced then the whole class cheered in excitement. "Yes! We're going camping TaeTae." He said holding and shaking his seatmates arm. "I hope we will be partners hyung." Taehyung said to Hoseok after being shakened.

"Now, yes you will be picking partners but it depends on your bus number. If you are on a separate bus then, say goodbye to your friends." The whole class awed at his statement. Mr. Hong then smirked liking the idea of separate busses. "This will be a three day camp. The list of stuff that you will need to bring will be posted on the board near the cafeteria." He grabs out a book and a pen. "Okay now, time for our new lesson. Bring out your notebooks." All of the student awed again not wanting to start a new lesson but then followed the teacher.

"Hey Jimin, what is this?" Yoongi asked wanting to know what the papers were for. There were a lot of students who were crowding at the board. Jimin and Yoongi were at the middle so they can nearly see everything and they did not need to move or look too far to read the other lists. "Didn't you listen in class?" Jimin asked. Yoongi shook his head slowly. "No. I was asleep." He replied with a straight face. Jimin rolled his eyes because obviously, Yoongi would mostly sleep in class and not listen. "Of course. But hey, let's check our bus number." Yoongi nods and both of them scan the papers to find their bus. "Oh, I'm in bus 3!" Jimin exclaimed smiling. "I'm bus 4 with Taehyung and Hoseok. Jin and Namjoon are in bus 1." Yoongi pointed out the names. "Who else will be with me in the bus?" Yoongi looked at the first person then he read out the names skipping Jimin's name. "Hmm, We have Kyulkyung, Jisoo, Chan, Jeonghan, Dongmin, Seungcheol, Jihoon, Soonyoung, Sana, Nayeon, Nayoung, Bin, Sanha, Minhyuk, Jinyoung, Chanyeol, Youngjae, Baekhyun and..." He paused at the final person. "What is it? Are they all?" Jimin asked. "See for yourself."

"Why are there so many people?" Mingyu groaned with impatience. "You have to wait for them to all go. It's dismissal anyways." Jungkook said leaning on the wall, arms crossed. "I do not want to wait." He started complaining. "Stop acting like a child will you?" Jungkook said annoyed at him. Mingyu rolled his eyes. "Fine."

"Finally!" A few minutes passed and many students left. "Time to check our bus numbers." Jungkook said. The both of them scanned the whole board until they found their names. "Oh, I'm in bus 2! I'm with Wonwoo, Minghao, and Jun!" He said smiling happily. "I've only heard of Wonwoo. Who's Minghao and Jun?" Jungkook asked curiously. "Oh, friends of Wonwoo, they came from China." He said. Jungkook made an o with his mouth and nodded. "Too bad you're not here." He uttered sadly trying to find Jungkook's name. "What bus am I then?" Jungkook asked. Mingyu rolled his eyes. "Just look for yourself." And so he did. Jungkook looked for his name first not minding the other names. "Oh, I'm bus 3." He pointed out. "Who will be with you then?" The both of them looked at the list for the bus 3 students and who they found made them shocked. "I'm with that short jerk?!?" Jungkook exclaimed out loud. "Oh crap, good luck to you then." Mingyu said to him. "What am I going to do then?" Mingyu thought of it for a second. "Just, hope that you wouldn't get partnered by him."

"What?!" They ejaculated out loud in disbelief. "Yes I'm with him!" Jimin repeated hating that it was a fact. They decided to hang out in Taehyung's house since it was a weekend. All of them were seated on top of the pillows which were on the floor which formed a circle. "Well, one of them might end up wanting to be your partner other than him." Hoseok gave out an idea. "But the chances are low." Yoongi stated. "What do you mean hyung?" Taehyung asked. "Well, despite me being the lazy one in the group, I usually walk around the school most of the time and I ask everyone's names." He smiles confidently. "So you were stalking them?" Taehyung asked which ruined the mood. "I wasn't stalking them. I just ask their names then I leave."

"Hey what are your names?" Yoongi asked. "Oh, I'm Jongdae and this is Minseok." Jongdae introduced. "Okay. Just wanted to know. Bye." He then left. "Why did he just ask us for our names? Is he gonna stalk us?" Minseok whispered, asking Jongdae but he shrugs.

"I see." Taehyung furrowed his eyebrows, focused on the topic. "So you are saying, that everybody in the list, would not be partners with Jimin because they already have friends of their own?" Seokjin said trying to make the topic clear. "Yes but-" He was interrupted by the knocking of the door.

"Taehyung! I made maki! Do you and your friends want some?" Mrs. Kim, Taehyung's mom, asked from the other side of the door. "Okay mom!" Taehyung opened the door then he got the plate of maki from his mom. "Thanks mom!" He said smiling. "Just call me if you want more. Have fun with your friends!" She said. "I will." Taehyung closed the door then he placed the plate down on the center of the circle. He then sat back down on his pillow.

"Woah this looks good!" Namjoon said out loud. "Here are some chopsticks." Taehyung handed over the chopsticks to them. He handed one over to Seokjin but he declined it, shaking his hand sideways. "It's okay, I have my own." Seokjin said. He got his bag and he brought out his fancy chopsticks. "Woah Seokjin! Your chopsticks seem fancy!" Namjoon said surprised about the chopsticks kept in a fancy container. They laughed at his fancy chopsticks. "What's wrong with it?" He asked. "It's nothing. It's just too fancy." Yoongi said.

"But anyways, as I was saying, But there is a chance for one of them not to be present during the trip itself but it is also unlikely." Yoongi said which confused the others. "What do you mean?" Hoseok asked. "They've all got perfect attendance." He said sternly. "Ya! you are stalking them!" Hoseok exclaimed, nearly throwing the maki on his chopsticks at him. "Fine, fine, I kinda was stalking them for some reasons." Yoongi said. "What reasons?" Jimin asked with an eyebrow raised up. "Aren't we supposed to focus on the problem on bus 3?" Yoongi uttered getting back to the original topic. "Yes."

Someone then accidentally hit the table which made a picture frame fall and its glass shatter. "Ah, I'm sorry, I was moving backwards until I hit the desk!" Hoseok apologized. Jimin grabbed the photo and looked at it which made his eyebrows furrow. "It's fine. I could just get a new frame." Taehyung forgave Hoseok. "Is this you and Jungkook?" Jimin asked.

"Show us the photo." Namjoon requested. He placed the photo in the middle of the circle, moving the plate of maki away, and everybody looked at it. "So it's true that you and Jungkook met when you were kids." Yoongi said. "This was the day when Jungkook got wounds on his elbow." Taehyung said. He then suddenly remembered, the past memories of the both of them. They had lots of fun and they were even the best of friends; until now. For a moment, he has forgotten Jungkook being the school jerk and remembers how good and innocent he was when they were kids. These thoughts made him smile but then getting back into the present, he frowned.

"I miss the Jungkook I used to know."

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