Choices

▶️attempt no. five: part two

"No."

That's all he says. Then as if on cue, the rest of the group turns and leaves.

The one you slapped still had a mark on his left cheek, making a feeling of satisfaction bloom inside you.

After a moment, you, Namjoon and the new student are the only ones in the corridor.

"Help him up," the light brunet says.

You look down at the classmate who is finally picking up his black rimmed glasses.

"Here." You offer your hand out, and the latter immediately takes it once he could see.

After regaining balance, Hyeolguk pushes his glasses up with a finger.

He looks like a child since he is shorter than you, and has such a corresponding demeanour.

"Thank you for helping again... Anyway, I have to go to the library. I'll see you around I guess?" Hyeolguk blabbered as fixed his backpack on his back and started walking off.

As you and Namjoon watch the classmate leave, you hear footsteps.

They stop next to you as Hyeolguk goes through the grey double doors.

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"I don't know..."

"You don't know what pathetic fallacy is, Park Jimin?" The teacher's tone of voice is, what I found, unnecessarily cocky.

"I don't think I'm the only one..." the blond murmurs in reply beside me.

The class remains silent, but you know this makes your friend even more anxious.

So you become anxious for him.

"Where's your list of language devices?"

"I don't know, it's not in my book."

"Why's that?"

"'Cause you didn't give us any list to copy down." Your friend almost snaps.

Exactly Jimin!

"I don't have it either." You speak up.

"I'm not talking to you, Taehyung." Well... "Jimin you have a 20 minute detention afterschool."

Another student speaks. "For what?"

This is what you love about your English class; everyone defends each other.

This time, you feel the need to defend some more.

"Exactly, last time it was some stupid punctuation, you don't need to get so worked up, gosh." You feel your eyebrows furrow in anger, and you try not to allow yourself to explode.

Your teacher simply sighs. "If anyone apart from the person I'm speaking to speaks again, they will have a detention along with Jimin."

That'd be good though. Who doesn't love Jimin?

"Taehyung, help him. Deohae, go and get the USB with the Language Feature powerpoint on it from next door for Jimin."

Unfortunately, Namjoon isn't in your English class, so you have extra work to do.

Either way, both you and the girl comply to your teacher's instructions.

After that, the hour long lesson seems to finish quickly.