Black & Pink | Jikook

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"You have a lot of stuff in here." Jungkook proclaimed as he wandered around Jimin's room. "You have a bigger room than mine. I'm surprised you don't have a lot of friends over."

Jimin smiled and fell on his bed. "I don't have a lot of friends well...I don't have any friends now that you mentioned it. We just moved here a couple months ago. My mother just doesn't want me making friends too soon."

"Why's that?"

Um... "It's really complicated. I never talked to anyone about this because my mother would always tell me not to but I trust you. I can trust you right?" Jimin asked in a stern voice.

Jungkook's eyes widened as he tried to respond without hesitation. "Yes of course. I don't have any friend's either."

"I'm not trusting you to not tell anyone, I'm trusting you to not judge me."

"Okay."

"I'm a Hoedong High transfer. I had to come here because I got bullied so much there. It was horrible. I started to skip school everyday until my mom found out from the principal. I told the principal what happened and they told me they couldn't do anything about it because there was no proof of me being bullied. So my mom homeschooled me until we moved here. She was so afraid I'd get bullied again so she wanted me to wear this stupid wig." Jimin annoyedly whipped his wig off to reveal his pink dyed hair. "Pink is my favorite color so that's why I love dying my hair pink. It makes me happy, but my mom won't allow me to wear it in public unless it's black. She says I may get bullied again because of my hair. I hate it black! It makes me look too serious, but in school everyone wants to talk to me. Everyone thinks I'm cool with my all black clothes and hair, but that's not who I am. I'm not cool. I'm just Jimin."

Jungkook sat on Jimin's bed right next to him and wrapped his arms around the boy. "You're still cool to me. Thank you for trusting me. I don't judge you. You are who you are and you like it. That's all that matters. I like you too, but why were you so mean to me when we first met?"

Jimin sighed, "I wanted my first impression to be that I'm not a little boy. I'm tough, I'm strong, I'm mean, I'm a jerk. That's how all of my bullies were. That's who they were. That's what I wanted to be. Not a care in the world. Not caring how others felt or thought. I wasn't going to be a push over anymore. I'm sorry. You're a good person like me and you didn't deserve that. I promise I'll never be mean to you again."

"I understand Jimin. I think it's fate that brought us together."

"Why do you think that?"

"I went to Hoedong High. I got suspended for invasion of privacy and fighting. A week after you left, everyone was talking about the reason you were gone. Some would say it was because you were in prison. Others would say you had died. I don't know why, but I knew that that was bullshit. When I saw your picture in the yearbook, you looked so innocent and friendly, especially with your pink hair. I didn't even know you, but I knew you didn't deserve to die. I looked you up everywhere trying to find out what happened to you. No trace of anything. So I knew for sure you didn't go to prison or die. I overheard a couple of guys in the gym locker room talking about beating up a boy with the pink hair. I knew phones were prohibited, but I recorded everything they said. They caught me but I didn't care. I had evidence and I wasn't going to let anyone take it away. I ran to the principal's office and showed him the video. They called the two boys into the office. I refused to leave until they came. One of the bullies saw me and walked up to me. I punched him in the face and beat him with a stapler. So my parents moved here." Jungkook admitted. He looked down to the floor the entire time. He was afraid of how Jimin would've reacted, but he didn't really react, he just lied there.

After a few moments, Jimin arose and giggled. "You did all of that for me? You risked your life and education for me?"

"It was worth it. I found you."

"But why?"

"No one deserves to get bullied. You deserve your education just as much as everyone. You shouldn't be afraid to go to school because of a bully. So that's why I beat him up." Jungkook grinned a cheesy grin and felt the elder's arms wrap around him.

"Thank you."

Didn't really know how to end the chapter so I'll end it here and update later today.