Be careful who you love

College year one-6

Before anybody could do anything, Yoongi stepped in front of me. "Calm down everyone. You've all tasted blood before." Taehyung walked towards me. "Her blood is different however. It has to be some of the sweetest I've ever smelled." I took a few steps back, until my back was touching the desk. Taehyung laughed. "Relax. I know how to control myself." The other vampires shared a look, as if to say he didn't. "It didn't look like that when you were downing alcohol like water yesterday."

Taehyung growled. He walked to me, but Yoongi was in the way. "Move." Yoongi glared at him and he stopped for a second. "I won't hurt her. Move." NO. DON'T MOVE. STAY THERE. Yoongi moved. Taehyung moved towards me, and I wanted to take a step back, but I was already against the desk. He was right in front of me and I saw pupils change color. Instead of swirling black, they were now silver. What? Silver? I couldn't look away from his eyes.

"You came home from the hospital last night. You were tired. You had watched a movie and went to sleep. You will not remember anything of Jungkook or vampires. These bite marks," He said, grabbing my wrist, "are from a dog bite this morning. You remember nothing of us, vampires, or alcohol." He finished. I was still in a trance, and I repeated. "Tired...movie...sleep...no vampires...dog bites" I shook my head.

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I was dizzy. I put my hand on the desk, putting my weight on it. "What's going on?" I say, rubbing my eyes. The principal was sitting in his desk. He coughed. "Ms. Arin?" I looked at him. Yes? "Were you early or late this morning?" "I was on time." He nodded. "Thank you, there was a minor confusion."

I was about to leave, but something stopped me. "Am I forgetting something? I thought there were others in this room." He looked at me confused. "No, are you feeling alright? It must be from the injuries in the detention room." A sad silence took over the room as we both remembered Areum. "Thank you." I went back to class.

Something felt wrong, but I ignored it. I walked in and all eyes were on me. Miss. Looked at me and smiled, but she seemed nervous. Jin smiled at me as I took my seat. "Why'd they call you?" I looked at my work and saw I had already done it. "It was about whether I was early or late this morning." He nodded. "You were almost late." I snorted. "Almost. That's all that really matters." Then the bell rang.

I sighed and packed up. I think I remember where the room was. AP calculus. Mira was already in there. "Are you feeling better? Oh my gosh I was so nervous when I learned you were in the hospital. What had happened?" She bombarded me with questions. I sighed and shrugged. "I don't remember much myself." She nodded, and I sat next to her. I felt as if I was being watched. But when I turned around, everyone was doing their work. Except Taehyung. But he was sleeping, so he couldn't be watching me.

After lunch, Mira and I sat together. "Remember yesterday when you stood on the tables and showed off your sassiness?" She laughed. "And then you stood up to Areu-" A silence took over. "What had really happened that night?" I sighed. "The gun man had started hitting me and struck my head. I fell to the ground, and then heard a shot. It was Areum." We sat in silence, as if it was a tribute to her. "Before she was shot, she was scared. She even apologized to me." Mira sat in silence. A few tears escaped my eyes.

"She thought those were her last moments, but I told her it wasn't. I said that she was being crazy and that it would be ok. I had hugged her and told her that she would come back tomorrow and be her normal b!tchy self. And then she didn't." A few tears escaped my eyes.

I felt my hair being yanked back. "You don't deserve to be talking about her. We all know it was you who killed her." She pushed me to the floor. I could feel everyone's eyes on me. She kicked me in the stomach repeatedly. I didn't bother and just curled up putting my head into my legs. She kicked me continuously, insulting me with each kick. It all came back to me. I deserved all of this didn't I? If I had just woken up Taehyung, Areum wouldn't have been there. My parents don't even care about me. I should've been me, not Areum that died.

Suddenly it stopped. I looked up to see Mira with her hand raised, and the girl who was kicking me with a hand print on her cheek. Mira pulled me up and into a hug. I just broke from the hug and ran from the room. Mira followed me but raised her middle finger to everyone in the room as she left to follow me. I ran up to the roof top. I curled up and started crying there. Mira hadn't come up, so I figured she had lost me.

My stomach was in pain, but I ignored it. The door opened. "Hello? Is anyone up here?" I look to see some guy standing there. He saw me, and his eyes widened. "You're the girl at lunch-" "And?"

"Sorry, I just wondered what happened? My name's Namjoon. You can call me Nam." I nodded. "Sorry about being snappy. My name's Arin." He stuck out his hand. "Nice to meet you Arin. Is your stomach ok? Quite a beating you took there." I nodded and shook his hand. "I'm fine. It wasn't a big deal." He stared at me in amazement. "You amaze me." I stretched and wiped my tears. He handed me a tissue. I looked at him confused. "Your cheeks are still wet." He answered. "I got that part, but why do you randomly have a tissue?" He looked sheepish. "I always like being prepared."

I nodded and took the tissue. "Thanks." I checked my watch. "We should get to class." He nodded. I got up and winced in pain. "Are you ok?" I nodded. I continued to walk, but now I was limping. He stopped me. "Let me carry you." I shook my head no and went to move around him, but he blocked me again. "Either you let me see your stomach, or you let me carry you to the nurse." I shook my head. "Neither." He frowned and grabbed my shoulder. "Let me see. You seem bruised." I sighed and lifted my shirt a teensy bit. He lifted it a bit higher and my face got red.

But he didn't notice. "Your stomach is black, blue, and bruised." I rolled my eyes. "I let you see, so let me go to class." He didn't say anything. I walked down to my class, but since I was slow, I was late. Jin looked at me worriedly. "What happened at lunch?" I shrugged it off. "It was nothing." Just then, the door opened. It was Nam. My breath hitched, and I could've swore Jin saw me. "Yes, Mr. Namjoon? Can I help you?" He gestured to me. "Arin is actually really hurt. I need to take her to the nurse."

The teacher looked at me. "Is this true Arin?" Nam walked over to me. Tell the truth or I'll say about your bruised stomach." He whispered. I sighed. "I had fallen down and my stomach's in a bit of pain" The teacher nodded, but then frowned. "Why didn't you say anything? Are you just making something up to get out of class? Please prove you're hurt." I sighed. Nam looked at me. "If you don't want to it's fine." I sighed. "I really should go to the nurse though." I stood up and pulled up my shirt enough so that my stomach was visible. Shock were sent through the room.

The teacher nodded. "You may go to the nurse. Nam, would you please accompany her? I hope your stomach feels better Ms. Arin." Nam smiled. "That's what I was here for." We walk out of the room, and I could feel all eyes on me. He takes me into the nurse's room. "Thank you, Nam." He nods. "No problem." The nurse looks at me. "What are you here for?" I sigh and raise my shirt ever so slightly. She gasps.

"Here, I'll help you." She takes me into another a room and shoos Nam away. I give him an apologetic look and he leaves. The nurse lays me on the bed and brings a cream. "Here, rub this on your stomach." I took the cream and applied it. It was painful, but I managed to put the cream. I laid there for a while, and almost fell asleep. The nurse came back and looked at my stomach. "You look better." I nodded and tried getting up. It wasn't as painful. "I think I'm good enough." The nurse debated it. "Try walking."

I walked to the door and back, without much pain. I didn't tell her about the small pain though. "I feel better." She nodded. "Then you may go. It's currently 4th period. Would you like me to send someone to take you to class?" I shook my head.

As I was walking to class, I heard two people making out around the corner. I sighed. There was no other way to get to class. I'll just walk by. It was hard though because I'm slow and was slightly limping. I tried to cover it up in front of the nurse, but it took a lot of energy.

I walked by, but before that I saw the two people making out: Taehyung and the girl who had kicked me repeatedly earlier.

How?