Earphones• Vkook

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In front of the classroom an older women in her forties, wearing a dark burgundy old dress is signing, her face showing no emotions, no smile, just a straight line where her lips should be. She translates the words she needs to before rolling her eyes and ruddy leaving the room, not making any eye contact with anyone. Jungkook's view however looking at a hairy mole on her cheek. When lunch came she stands behind Yoongi in view of Taehyung where she signs every word slightly judging the teenage boys sitting there. That is what Jungkook was expecting. 

Not the preppy, happy, male only a few years older with a huge smile and hair as bright as the sun that is standing in the front of the classroom where the mean old lady should be. 

Tao spent lunch with them, he talked with Yoongi the most out of all of them, teaching him how to speak Chinese. 

"Hes so cool" Yoongi says beaming with happiness. 

"Me? Thank you" Jungkook says walking quickly out of the school building, the bell rang a few minutes before.

"I understand you aren't mad because you said so..But why are you mad?" Yoongi asks and Jungkook starts mumbling some words inaudible to Yoongi.

"excuse me? Jungkook?" He asks still waiting for Jungkook's answer

"He told me to go home without him, his mom is coming over for her monthly visit..Which she hasn't been able to recently so why today? and why can't Taehyung and I go home together like normally?" Jungkook rants Yoongi shrugs. 

"Maybe he didn't want to get a boner because of you or something I don't know" an unexpected answer from the wise but currently done Yoongi.

"Shut up, thats not a serious answer, these are Namjoon answers are you Namjoon now? Talk to me again when you lose the attitude" Jungkook runs away from his friend.

"I will lose it, when you lose it" Yoongi yells but Jungkook is too far and his thoughts are covering his ears. 

"What you've never seen someone yell before?" Yoongi says to a group of girls who are holding their books to their chests giving Yoongi a judgmental look, their eyebrows pushed together with their upper lip higher than it should be, almost as if they were going to scold him for yelling at the beautiful Jungkook. 

"Hes a cool guy, he's not Taehyung's type, you can't hate everyone who comes into his life" Jungkook says slowly and clearly in a whisper to himself as he walks up the stairs in the apartment complex. 

"yeah thats right, he likes you, he's with you, way to go Jungkook you have the boy" he says putting a fist in the air out of happiness. He skips to his door but before opening it he looks back at the door across the stairs from him. Taehyung must be in there right now and if he isn't he will be soon and later tonight when his mom is gone Jungkook is planning on visiting. 

"he likes you" Jungkook mumbles as he puts his key in the lock. 

"Why is my room one of the old style ones, I want a fancy hotel card kind of lock" Jungkook complains as he opens the door and walks inside, he doesn't even bother taking his shoes off before crashing onto his couch. 

With his shoes on, his backpack still attached to his back and his uniform still on. 

"Just a few hours" he thinks as he lays there looking up at the celling. 

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Meanwhile Taehyung walks into his kitchen, he turns around to face the blonde haired boy, "Do you want water?" He asks Tao signs a 'yes please'. Taehyung takes out two glasses and fills them with cold tap water. He puts them on the table and Tao takes his glass. 

"Thank you" he signs and Taehyung smiles,

"You don't have to sign all the time, I can read lips, for the most part. Your hands must be tired" They both laugh

"Be aware I can talk to much" Tao says 

"thats okay" Taehyung says looking down bashfully. 

"My mom should be here soon, she is excited to meet you" he adds. After the school contacted his mom and explained to her the situation she felt two emotions, one embarrassed that they must think she was a bad parent for not giving her son an interpreter at a high school filled with troublemakers. Two relieved that her son would be able to learn in a good environment for him. She texted Taehyung last night and he reassured her that the school doesn't think badly of her but highly due to how she respected Taehyung's wishes. Somewhere in that text his mom saw in invite to meet whoever the interpreter would be.

Taehyung kept saying no because it would involve having to invite a total stranger over. But his mom was persistent and after actually meeting his interpreter he was almost as happy as his mom was. 

Tao's first impression was a good one. Way better than Taehyung expected, the horrors he thought he would have to face faded away the first moment Tao smiled at him. A warm welcoming smile making Taehyung feel at home.  

The lights flash and Tao offers to get the door and before Taehyung could make a move Tao opens the door to see Taehyung's mom.

"You must be Tao, its so nice to meet you" She says happily and just like Jungkook did a few months before Tao offers to help her with the bags of food and help her cook them. 

Across the hall Jungkook stands still in place like an ice statue outside of his door. He watched the blonde haired boy open the door, he watched the side profile of Taehyung's mom's face as a smile appeared on her face. He watched as Tao took hold of the bags, taking away the wight of them from her arms. 

Jungkook loses grip on his phone, as the man closes the door after Taehyung's mom went inside. It was like everything was in slow motion. Jungkook's phone leaves the grip of his hands and meets with the hard ground next to Jungkook's feet. 

"Why didn't you tell me" Jungkook says outloud in a quiet voice of betrayal. 

[ I wanted to do something different something fun and interactive. So I thought about it and how about a question and answer with the characters? (yay?) 

Leave me comments (or you could message me) include a question and which character(s) you want it to be too. It can be anyone, even characters that appeared then have disappeared over time.  You can leave as many questions as you want. 

Pleaseeee you can get to know the characters better and it will help me procrastinate from SAT prep.. You can also ask me questions if you want (No? Oh okay) ]