House of Bangtan

Living Alone

I'm writing this in class 😅
The walk to school is quiet and I take notice of the large amount of space that Taehyung is careful to keep between us. Multiple times he starts up and small conversation, however....I'm not very good at speaking to boys so good looking.

As we near the front of the school, he vows politely at me.
"Let's walk together sometime okay?" He smiles sweetly at me but disappears into the crowd of uniform students before I can reply.

"Oh well." I sigh and look around for my friends. Suddenly I feel hands grabbing at my shoulders and pulling me, dragging me up against the brick walls of our school.

"Okay, boy! Start talking!" I stare, eyes wide at a group of three girls who stand in front of me. They're younger than me by a year, but far more scary than I am.

"About w-what?" I stutter.

"Don't play dumb with us! We saw you walking to school with Prince Taehyung!"

"Y-you know he's not really a prince right?" I whisper.

"Shut it! He's the best looking boy in school and that makes him a prince!"
The leader of their group jabs a finger at me.

"Hey!" I suddenly hear a familiar voice shout behind us. "You want me to beat you?" I turn to meet the eyes of my best friend, Ji. He's famously aggressive but he's got a heart of gold once you get to know him.

"Hey, you can't hit girls!" One of them shouted at Ji with an incredibly high pitched and whiny voice.

"Oh yeah...stick around and we'll find out." He smirked at them and a moment later the fangroup had disappeared.

"Thanks, Ji."

"Damn, I hate those girls. I swear, everyone must think we worship Taehyung because of the way they act. Anyways, why were you walking to school with him?"

"Oh I uh...."

"You don't have a secret love affair starting with him do you?" I jump as my other friend, Kyung-shi, sneaks up on me.

"Why do you always have to be so creepy, kyung-shi?" I sigh and try to slow down my pounding heart. "No, I'm not in a relationship with him." I blush at the thought and begin to walk to class.

~Time Skip~

After school I head to work at the Bangtan Hospital. I'm not a doctor or anything 😅, I'm just a cleaner. The people there always treat me very nice and the pay is good enough. Though, I often end up working late to ensure that I'll have my tuition by the end of the year.

I yawn as I make my way through the forest and to my tent. My body aches everywhere and the worst part is that I have to write my paper when I get home too. I also have to wash my clothes in the river also. Ugh...I'll be lucky to be asleep by 12.

"Hi mom." I say sweetly as I enter the small tent. "Yeah, I know I'm late. I'm sorry. But, I still can't go to bed yet. I've still got a paper to write and then I have to wash my clothes too." I smile at look at her picture fondly. "Don't worry, I'm just going to take a bath and I'll be right back, okay?"

As I pick up my towel and crawl out of the tent, I hit my head into something.

"Huh?" I whisper and look up.

I'm met with the shocked eyes of Kim Taehyung and the man I saw this morning on the front porch.

Wind whistles and crickets chirp awkwardly as blank stares pass in between us.

"I uh..."

"Bahahaha!" I'm cut off by Taehyung's friend's burst of laughter.

I blush in embarrassment and freeze as I worry what they will say, but no one says anything.