UNIVERSE / BTS.

01: skate or die / sope

SKATE OR DIE

WORD COUNT 1.7k
OVERVIEW in which hoseok is curious about the new boy at 'his' skatepark, and yoongi is tormented by his past. ( warning for mentions of homophobia )

PLAYLIST sk8r boi / avril lavigne, hum hallelujah / fall out boy, g.i.n.a.s.f.s / fall out boy

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     "SHIT!"

hoseok yelped as he fell off his skateboard, his hands hitting the concrete floor of the park and his knees burning as they skimmed across the floor, making him hiss out in pain. jooheon whistled lowly from where he sat on the top of the ramp, sliding down to check on hoseok.

"you okay seokie?" he asked. the older boy nodded as he stood up, observing the broken skin on his hands and cursing under his breath as he saw that his knee was bleeding, and his jeans ripped. he stripped off the hoodie he wore and threw it towards the pile of backpacks he and his friends had abandoned when they came from school, wiping his hands off on his jeans and adjusting his snapback.

"i'm fine jojo, don't worry," hoseok smiled, grabbing his battered old skateboard. their other friend jeongguk had gone to get soda from the store across from the park, and jennie was flirting with some girl by the water fountain, leaving jooheon and hoseok alone in the park. hoseok set his board on the ground and began to skate slowly around the ramp in the center of the park, before speeding up and doing a kick flip, not falling off this time.

"guess who just got a date, suckers!" jennie yelled as she jumped over the fence into the park.

"jooheon's mom?" hoseok laughed as jooheon smacked the back of his head, jennie laughing with him.

"i just bagged a date with jisoo! get in!" jennie fisted the air, victory dancing like an idiot. hoseok rolled his eyes at the girl who was easily his best friend, spotting jeongguk on his bmx, the brunette stopping at the gate and kicking it open.

"i got your soda, you lazy assholes!" he threw them each a can of dr pepper, the three catching them easily. jeongguk wheeled his bike in and rolled up the sleeves of his flannel, revealing the very illegal tattoo on his wrist. he sat down by the pile of schoolbags, rummaging around in his for his speaker.

as hoseok and jooheon began skating again, taking it in turns to attempt going up the larger ramp at the other end of the park, jeongguk played some american rock band he had been into recently, humming along to the lyrics. jennie put on her rollerblades and began whizzing around the park, only stopping when she saw another person coming in through the gate, their face hidden by a black adidas cap.

"yo! dude! who're you?" she asked, skating over to the entrance. hoseok, jooheon, jeongguk and jennie were usually the only ones who frequented the old park, it being close to the apartment complex where they all lived and a cool place to stop at after school. there had been a few others, but they usually left; they found the group intimidating, hoseok thought.

hoseok looked over to the boy jennie was talking to. he was short, wearing a grey denim jacket and black ripped jeans — his knees were skimmed similar to hoseok's, and hoseok found himself wondering if he fell off his board frequently — and he held a fairly good quality skateboard under his arm, the board covered in graffiti, and the wheels neon yellow. he took off his cap, revealing a face hoseok would describe as imperfectly handsome: a large bruise was on his left cheek, and he had multiple scratches in the same place, and a shaved eyebrow. his electric blue hair was messy, unkempt like jooheon's usually was. hoseok thought he was intriguing.