playing by the rules || j.jk

VI

Ji-Young's POV:

My breathing became erratic and cold sweat dripped down my back. Clammy hands and hair slick down to my neck. A cold chill soared up my body. This was a nightly occurrence. I went to sleep and within an hour the nightmares would start, each more terrifying than the last. Looking to my left, the clock read 4:56 am. A sudden wave of nausea came over me and I covered my mouth. My hands were shaky as I tried to open the door. Once it opened I ran down the hall and threw up into the toilet bowl.

For a minute I sat there, letting the dizziness go away. I found a bottle of water and slowly sipped on it until my stomach calmed down. The cold tile of the bathroom floor felt nice against my hot skin. Like water to a flame. Slowly, I moved myself to the mirror. I studied myself. My dark circles were so prominent. I needed at least another 2 hours of sleep to get them to die down a little. 

Shakily, I made my way onto my feet. My legs throbbed in protest. They just wanted to rest. I dragged my way down the hall to my bedroom and sat on the bed. 5:13 am. I have an hour until I need to get up. Eventually, despite the soreness, I got my legs into my bed and let the soft mattress and warm duvet devour me.

Jungkook's POV:

Gazes turned to me as the entrance opened and I made my way down the hall. I felt awkward and out of place even though people stared at me for being popular and good looking. But I hated being studied like a sculpture in an art exhibition. But I hid the insecurity with cocky comments and winks. Can't blame them completely. I am hot.

I hated the staring and high pitch squeals and the word Oppa being thrown around by every single girl. I need to start checking their ID cards; I seriously swear some of them are older than me. How needy these girls were just annoyed me and made me less likely to care for them. But, to not seem out of sorts, I threw a wink and smile at a crowd of drooling dongsaengs. I counted, 3, 2, 1.

"eeeeeeeeekkk" in unison the all squealed.

"Oh Jungkook oppa winked at us"

"No he definitely did it to me"

"I helped him with his Chemistry homework so of course it was me. AND, he was asking me so many personal questions" I had to laugh. I asked you for the answers not your current relationship status.

In a way I wanted to scream at them. I am not their Oppa. Some of them are like a year older than me!

None of my friends were in sight so I made my way to tutor. Perhaps they would be in there, sat in their seats talking about something of slight interest. But instead I was greeted by 2 people I didn't know. Both had their noses stuck into textbooks. I rolled my eyes and carried on.

A few minutes later, Hoseok sauntered into the classroom and behind him stood Ji-Young. Her head was rocked back, mid laugh. Hoseok had a wide smile, radiating light like the sun. Good lord that boy was too happy sometimes. Ji-Young's gaze caught mine and she smiled making her way to her desk and turning her chair to talk to me. Her eyes were glazed over and she looked like she may fall asleep right there.

"Um.. hi I just wanted to ask-"

"I told you not to talk about last night!" I hissed. This would be the only reason she would ever talk to me so I had to cut her off early.

"What about last night?" She raised her eyebrows looking at me with a concerned look on her face. Oh...

"What were you saying" my hand found the back of my neck and my cheeks felt warm.

"We need to start running through this play for English. As much as I hate it, we have to. From what I know you're okay but not great. So we definitely need to practise." the corners of my mouth raised ever so slightly.