Fight Me (BTS Taehyung)

Chapter 22

"Joohyuk and Taehyung are apparently dating."

Suppressing my laughter, I responded "What makes you so sure of that?"

"Look at them spending so much time together and saying all these ambiguous things and-"

"Okay so basically if I hugged one of you two now and said something like 'Wow I'm feeling really nauseous today', would that justify someone else claiming I'm carrying your child?" I laughed nonchalantly, "Be careful not to spread rumors like that anymore, we're not in kindergarten."

On my way back to the classroom, I almost dropped my crutches from laughing too hard.

Entering the room, I silently watched Taehyung and Joohyuk chatting peacefully while laughing and smiling adorably.

Watching them being so cute together like kittens, I couldn't resist but chuckle to myself.

"What's so funny?" Taehyung suddenly turned his head to me, watching as I walked over to my seat which was in front of his.

"Nothing" I laughed as I seated myself, "I just heard something very amusing."

"A joke?" he asked, "Tell me!"

"Hmm maybe later" I winked teasingly as I turned to the front of the room.

"C'mon tell me why you laughed, Jihye!"

Joohyuk smirked, "Her life is a joke itself, what do you expect?"

"Oh yeah? Is that so?" I turned back to them, "You could be right. My life doesn't seem to be as exciting as yours. I mean it's not me whose dating rumors are being gossiped about."

He patted his own shoulder, "I'm sure all the girls at school must be pretty disappointed to hear that my heart is taken by Saerom."

I laughed nonchalantly, "The boys must be, too."

"Love has no gender. Can't blame boys for falling for someone like me either" he grinned.

"That's one of these moments where I have seriously no idea whether to praise you for your wisdom or slap you for your narcism" I sighed, "Well, I'm just going to say it out loud, so listen."

Both of them looked at me with anticipation.

"There are rumors abou-"

- "Seung Jihye, eyes to the front" our teacher Mr. Lim ordered me as soon as he entered the room, "We're starting the lesson."

I apologized and immediately did as I was told to without being able to tell the boys about the rumors.

Luckily enough, both of them had a poor memory causing them not get back to that topic after class.

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After classes, in front of the school building's gate

"Should I take your bag?" Taehyung asked after greeting me in front of the gate.

"Why?" I looked up to him, smiling.

"It must be hard walking around with your injured leg all day so I thought you might be tired" he scratched the back of his head, grinning sheepishly.

I was indeed really tired- tired enough not to able to keep my thoughts for myself, "Why are you so cute?" I muttered quietly.

"Did you just say what I think you said?" he suddenly smirked brightly, widening his eyes slightly.

Trying to hide my red face, I turned around and started walking ahead of him, "Is it wrong saying something like that to my boyfriend?"

Taehyung ran a few steps to catch up to me, blocking my way.

Stopping in my path, I looked up to him, "What is it?"

Without saying a word, he snatched away my left crutch and gently grasped my hand.

"Thank you for not always being an unromantic stone" he laughed softly as he placed a kiss on my hand.

My heart wouldn't stop skipping beats,"Woah, look at my best friend's significant other making a move on me."

To my surprise, Taehyung started chuckling, "You heard that rumor as well?"

"Wait" I looked at him puzzled, "You know about the rumor?"

He let go of my hand and pulled out a few folded pieces of paper from his pocket, "I already received four love letters from male admirers today."

"Does Joohyuk know about all this as well?"

"I don't think so. But it's not a big deal anyway. I'm used to others gossiping about me."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

He let out a little short laugh, "There were rumors about me being a thug at my old school."

"You? A thug?" I couldn't hold back a little chuckle, "You're the sweetest person I know."

Grinning after hearing that, he placed my hand on his arm, making him support my tread and continued walking while speaking, "I really sucked at English and asked some girl to tutor me. After seeing us together her boyfriend misunderstood and approached me together with his friend. Although I explained everything, he didn't believe me and started a fight."

I bit my lower lip , "Poor boy must have regretted his decision."

"I understand him not believing me but it was his fault for not trusting the words of his own girlfriend."

"True" I sighed.

After walking me home, Taehyung left in a hurry to submit his application for a part time job.