We Can Be Outcasts Together (Chansoo) [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 4

The conversation between the two boys on the way to the nurse's office was minimal. Chanyeol stole a few glances at Kyungsoo's small bruised frame, still so many questions flying through his head about what Kai and his friends could have meant when they said... What they said.

"Hey... Thanks for saving me back there..." Kyungsoo said, breaking the silence, his voice somewhat void of emotion.

"You're welcome." Chanyeol answered softly.

After what seemed like an eternity later, they finally arrived at the school nurse's door. Chanyeol tiredly knocked on the door, he had done this far too many times for his own liking.

"Yes?" The school nurse, Mr. J. Kim, asked as he opened the door.

Mr. Kim was probably one of the nicest staff members in the entirety of the school, and his appearance matched his temperament pretty well. He had messily cut light brown hair with soft facial features. He was an average height, and just had a general warm, kind, welcoming appearance.

"Oh my! What happened to you both?" He asked worriedly as he ushered both of the boys into the little office that always smelled like a mixture of cheap disinfectant and flowers.

Mr. J. Kim sat both of the boys down next to another boy with bleached hair and was holding his hand over his stomach and groaning.

"Uuuugh... I think I bruised a rib..." The other boy complained, ovbiously overdramatizing his whole situation.

"Jackson, can you please stop whining because Jinyoung elbowed you in the stomach? I told you to sit down and rest until it stopped hurting, but it has been an hour. I am pretty sure that you can manage at this point." Said a woman as she emerged from behind the curtain that led to the supply room with a first-aid kit in her hand.

Chanyeol recognized it to be the School secretary, Mrs. G. She had medium-length caramel colored hair, and it just so happened to be out up in a bun today, which then drew more attention to her hazel eyes. She was a taller woman with a sarcastic sense of humor that she loved to use on students and teachers alike.

"This is going to the office! We ran out of bandaids." She said to Mr. Kim as she made her way out of the nurse's office, "and Jackson, come with me. You need to get back to class."

The blonde boy, who Chanyeol now knew as Jackson, followed Mrs. G. Out, muttering under his breath as he did. Mr. Kim then finally returned with gauze, cotton, and disinfectant. Kyungsoo looked at the minimalistic medical supplies with a touch of distaste.

"So you have anything better for... You know..." Kyungsoo started, trying to find the words.

"Treating more severe cuts and injuries? I'm sorry kids, but I just have what can, as the school puts it, "keep you hanging in there until the end of the day" and I know, I don't like it any more then you do... " Mr. Kim finished for Kyungsoo as he gave them a sorry look and started working on the boys' injuries.

A while later, Mr. Kim had finally finished with the boys. As Chanyeol and Kyungsoo were about to leave for their separate classes, Mr. Kim asked one last question.

"How did this happen to you two again? I need it for the report." He asked, looking up from his computer.

"You know how it happened." Said Chanyeol simply as he closed the door.

That was the thing. No matter how many times Chanyeol or anyone else tried to tell the office about Kai and his crew, no matter how many reports Mr. Kim filed about injured students because of Kai and his friends, nothing was ever done about it. The rumors were that the principal either was just done with his job, or that the guys had someone on the inside (in the office) making sure the principal heard none of it.

The rest of the day went by in a blur. Chanyeol couldn't focus on anything, all that he could think about was how small and broken Kyungsoo looked when he was sitting next to him in the nurse's office.