Wolf Buddy| Kookv

New Friend With Black Fur | ②

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Lazily edited. I'm a lazy editor :')

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It has been two weeks since Taehyung's first visit in the dark forest. In two weeks, bullying got worse. It used to be just name calling and small shoves against the lockers in school but now it was more physical. After school, bullies would demand Taehyung to follow them. The poor boy couldn't do nothing but to obey. His skin would be filled with painful purple and red bruises by the end of the day. No one cared enough to help him.

Even his parents were starting to get cold and distant. They did help Taehyung once but they only gave a small warning to the school. After that, Taehyung still got bullied but his parents didn't intervene anymore. They just told the small sheep to man up and handle it on his own. How could he handle bullies alone if they weren't even the same age and size as him?

Taehyung sighed. His life was really starting to go down heel. If someone doesn't come soon, he might hit the rock bottom and never come back up.

Feeling bored, he took out a small boat made out of paper from his purple backpack and held it gently in his small hands. Taehyung made it in math class when the teacher blabbered something that the boy couldn't understand at all.

"I'm gonna name you taetae..." Taehyung said and smiled sadly at the small boat in his hands. He took out a pen from his pocket and wrote taetae with big letters on the side of the paper boat.

"You're fragile...just like me. Even water could destroy you just like that" Taehyung mumbled sadly. He put the paper boat on water and it was floating, floating for now. The boy also had moments when he felt like he was floating but they ended as soon as Taehyung set his foot outside of his house. Just like the paper boat, it floats on water but not permanently and ends up sinking.

"Am I sinking?...Yes, I'm probably sinking" Taehyung said. He slumped down on the ground and sighed heavily. Taetae was slowly floating away from him towards the middle of the pond.

"You won't float for long taetae. Enjoy it while you can" Taehyung mumbled and threw a rock in the pond, making a big sound when it hit against the surface.

Taehyung ended up looking at himself from the pond's reflection. Dark circle's under his eyes and faded bruises on his cheek. Messy grey hair and, like others would say, weird looking skin because it was slightly more tan that others' skin.

"Am I really that ugly?" Taehyung asked himself and pinched his cheek.

Chubby...

When Taehyung thought more about what bullies have said, the more he started to believe their mean words. Taking a stick in his hand, Taehyung hit his reflection hard. Now he just looked like an alien.

He stood up from the ground, patting away dirt from his pants and took one last glance at taetae before heading home. Watching the boat sinking wouldn't really make him feel any better.

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After kicking plenty of small rocks out of his way and chasing after butterflies, Taehyung arrived at his home. He threw his backpack on the sofa but it ended up on the floor. Taehyung shrugged and went to the kitchen where usually his mother would be making dinner at this time. Taehyung wanted to tell his mom that he was home early before locking himself in his room again.

"Mom-" Taehyung quieted down when he saw that Mrs.Kim was on the phone talking to someone, a male to be specific. Taehyung's parents got easily annoyed if the boy interrupts them while they were calling on the phone so Taehyung decided keep quiet until his mother is finished.