The Beauty and The Geek✔ (taekook)

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A sleepy Taehyung yawns loudly and stretches his body in his seat. He takes off his eye glasses, rubs his tired eyes with his hands and then goes to soothe the crease on his forehead, a little headache is coming his way.

He's tired as hell.

He has been studying in the past four hours nonstop because tomorrow's gonna be the big contest day. His agony has piled up in a span of a week, balancing everything, like going to school everyday, working shifts at the diner, doing projects and assignments, studying for the contest, and spending time with Jungkook. The raven head can be a whiny kid when they can't hang out together and Taehyung is so soft for him he can't say no.

He hasn't even started recording his song project and teachers just keep on throwing homework here and there. And with the addition of the stress that his ruined locker and missing notes is giving him, he won't be surprised he would have a mental breakdown someday.

Until now, he doesn't know who did the unforgivable act. And with the amount of students hating on him, he can't pinpoint who. He needed those notes because that included some of the recall questions from last year's Seoul contest and he has no idea what to do.

He doesn't have the time to investigate as for now, and he settles for library books and some of Jungkook's notes in the meantime. He can't dwell on his locker because he might not concentrate on studying. It's not the right time to worry about the beloved locker.

Taehyung heaved a sigh. Sometimes, he wished he's not the Mr. Smart Guy. He wished he's not the student whom teachers look up to and just be a normal student. He wished he lived a life with no pressure.

But then again, he wouldn't have given the chance to win a scholarship. And he and Jungkook wouldn't have met.

A sudden surge of pain runs through his head and he groans. The light from his lamp is adding pain to his eyes and head, so he closes his eyes in hopes to relax his brain.

A little sleep won't hurt. He thinks and makes a sigh at the thought of it. He can't wait to drift off.

But you still have 3 chapters to read! A small part of his brain shouts and he whines. He debates with himself that it will just be a short nap.

Just a short nap. His mind is too hazy to think about the contest tomorrow. So as he bends his upper body on the table and buries his head in his arms, he finally drifts off to sleep.

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Taehyung wakes up due to the pain on his neck, must've been because of being in the same sitting position for a long time. He stretches his body, limbs straightening to get off the numbness, and sounds of small cracks emitting from his bones.

He looks out his window and a bright sun is peeking out. He rubs his eyes groggily and his yawn blends with the chirping of birds.

Wait.

Sun peeking out. Chirping of birds.

He jolts up from his seat and looks at the clock at his table. 7:32 am!

Holy moly! I slept that long?! He frantically shoves his notes inside his bag and walks out his bedroom. He runs inside the bathroom, brushes his teeth, and washes his face, not taking a bath anymore to save time.

After quickly fixing himself, he hurriedly goes out, mind in a mess. He barely notices his grandma leaning against the ledge of the sink in their small kitchen.