In the middle vmk

SIX

Jimin hummed, inhaling the fresh evening air as he stepped out of his apartment. He had finished his part time job in a second hand clothing store not too long ago and was now getting ready to start his shift in the convenience store. As he whistled a tune, he passed by a bookstore, one that contained a lot of college books for the students nearby. Jimin had two part time jobs to pay for both his apartment, which he shared with someone, and for his college money.

Jimin went to some sort of evening school to at least get some sort of degree. He had finished high school but didn't have the money to go to a real college so that's why he had ended up with two part time jobs to finance his studies.

Jimin's dream was to become the owner of his own clothing store. This is why he studied business & retail management. He didn't want to be some guy who never achieved something in life, and while working in the second hand clothing shop, he realized what he wanted to do.

It was his dream, and nothing was coming between them.

Jungkook walked out of school, the backpack straps clutched tightly into his hands. It was cold outside and the sweat which had formed after just finished PE made him scrunch his nose. As he almost left the school grounds, he heard someone yelling something which made him halt in his tracks.

"Oi rabbit boy!"

The straps almost got squished in the boy's hands as he awaited the voice once again calling for him. the reason why he had almost immediately reacted was because the words had been spoken in English, a language not many people understood.

"I heard you got a perfect score on that English test again", Bogum, also known as his recent bully, smirked as he made his way over to the foreign student.

Jungkook didn't want to reply since his Korean was really bad in unexpected situations. If he'd speak out now, he'd stutter and mess up his tenses and vocabulary.

"You know what you are going to do?", Bogum asked, mindlessly circling around his prey while his three friends watched the scene unfold with grins on their faces.

Jungkook shook his head at that which made Bogum grab him by the backpack and turn the younger so he was facing him.

"You're going to do me a favor and make my English homework", the bully grinned, "And tests too now were at it anyway".

The smaller boy balled his hands and his trembling figure didn't go unnoticed by the bullies.

"Is the rabbit getting mad?", one of the others spoke.

"I am not doing that", Jungkook spoke out calmly, thinking hard about the words he was speaking, trying his hardest not to mess up any word.

"Sure you are", Bogum grinned, "And you know why you're going to do that?"

The moment he started shaking his head, his hands immediately flew over to cradle his cheek. He gasped and felt something wet trickling through his fingers, the substance not watery enough to be tears.

Bogum proudly smiled at his balled fist before looking back up to the whimpering boy, "You understand?"

"Y-You an a-asshole", Jungkook stuttered out, trying his best to blink away the tears threatening to fall. His fists fell unclenched beside his body, his whole demeanor shaking in anger when he heard the rest of the boys chuckle alongside the main bully.

"Funny", Bogum spat back in English before landing another punch, this timing aiming for the boy's stomach. This effectively made the boy double over before he started coughing violently, trying to numb out to the pain which immediately returned when a kick struck his left side.

Taehyung felt like shit. He inhaled the cold air with a runny nose, his scarf loosely wrapped around his tan neck. He hadn't eaten since yesterday morning and his fever running body yearned for something to give him his strength back.

The green haired male spotted a familiar person walking a few feet in front of him. He only now realized that the male whistling some random tune was actually Jimin, the convenience store worker & mysterious cliff guy.

He slowed down in his tracks when he realized Jimin did the same. Yelling was heard nearby and he saw Jimin rush onto school grounds of the nearby highschool.

Taehyung got curious and peeked around the corner, just enough the see the scene unfold through the dark blue painted iron gates.

It was the high school boy from yesterday.

And he was obviously being beat up.

He watched how Jimin ran into the fight, pulling the bullies away from the raven haired boy. The boys watched in disbelief as Jungkook got helped up by someone who looked a whole lot like an older male.

Taehyung clenched his jaw and walked past the school, hearing the bullies leave now it seemed Jungkook had found a savior.

"I'm not done with him yet", one of the boys spoke, clenching his fists as he glanced at the sniffling Jungkook being comforted by the unknown gray haired male.

Taehyung adrubtly turned around, coming face to face with the bullies who stopped in surprise, wondering what the fuck was up with the green haired stranger.

"Just know, if you touch that boy one more time, Jimin won't be the only one coming to the rescue", Taehyung growled, hands quickly reaching out to hold the boy's collar, "And next time, we won't be so gentle".

When his last word was spoken, he turned around again, ready to find a convenience store to indulge into his addicts once more (this time with a wallet).

Jimin watched the dark haired male walk away, leaving the bullies dumbfounded.

His smiled, seeing the tan & taller male walk off, as if nothing happened. Green hair waving in the wind as his hands were stuffed into his black jeans pockets.

He looked down at the sniffling male and ruffled his hair.

"Everything will be fine".