Run.
That's all that Hoseok could do at the moment. He'd have to run as fast as ever to get home before it would start raining. Honestly, getting soaked in the rain wasn't the main issue. But...
"Hoseok!!"
Did someone justㅡ
"HOSEOK!!"
He stopped. For the first time he thought he only imagined it, but someone really was calling his name, yelling it out loud.
Panting, Hoseok turned around. Brown and messy hair, sharp bunny-like eyes, black hoodie with couple red letters and a pair of black sweatpants. Hoseok had seen this guy many times today, so it was easy to recognize him.
Jungkook really was running after Hoseok like his life depended on him.
Hoseok had to admit that Jungkook really was a fast runner, which wasn't much of a surprise to him after all. He did seem pretty athletic, and now it only had been proved to be true.
Jungkook soon catched up to Hoseok, and pulled the shorter boy into a hug.
A hug.
With his strong arms wrapped around Hoseok's small frame, he cursed couple times between his heavy panting. Hoseok didn't move, not like he even could have at the moment.
"Hoseok. What's going on? Please tell me if we're doing something wrong. I don't want to see you running away like that for the third time."
"I'm not letting you go before you answer me."
Hoseok couldn't say anything. His heart was racing fast, and he was sure it wasn't only because of running. Just the feeling of someone holding you so gently, Hoseok had forgotten how nice it felt.
It had been sixteen years since he had felt the warmth of a hug. Such a simple yet so lovely thing to do.
"...Why do you care so much?"
It burned Hoseok's throat to speak, and his eyes were getting teary. He was fighting back, he wouldn't cry just because of an old memory and a hug... Right?
"You heard how we ended up coming to this school... We're kind of trying to start over, not be so mean to people who don't seem too annoying. You are such a troublemaker, first you were a basic jerk and now you're just quiet and cold."
With a smile, Jungkook continued; "But you seem like a nice person to us, we're just trying to get to know you better. And if we really did something that made you this uncomfortable, please tell us. I don't want to start like this in a completely new place."
Jungkook actually got a good point. Hoseok was a bit surprised to hear such a meaningful reason. Now that he thought about it, he maybe had heard Taehyung mention something about this kind of 'new start' they wanted to have in T.A.N. High.
Hoseok started to regret what he had done. He really was an heartless idiot, wasn't he...
"I... I just realized that I forgot my bag at school. I apologize for being so disrespectful, again."
"You must have been embarassed, huh.." Jungkook chuckled, slowly letting go of Hoseok. "If that's it, then let's go get your bag."
That smile, that adorable bunny-like smile that made Jungkook's eyes sparkle. Hoseok didn't want to break that smile with a cold 'no', but priorities were priorities. At a time like this, he should go grab his bag and run to his lonely apartment. No distractions were allowed to take place during this plan.
"Thank you, but I'd rather go get it by myself" Hoseok tried to speak softly this time.
Seriously, the six boys he just met had made his mind so messed up in such a short time...
Judging by the determinded look on Jungkook's face, he wasn't going to give up this easy. "But it's going to rain soon, isn't it? Do you have an umbrella?"
"Not here, but at school."
It was a lie. Pure, little lie that Hoseok made up just to get away from this awkward situation.
Honestly, he wanted to just laugh at what he had just said. As if he had the money to buy an umbrella, when even his earphones were originally stolen from his mother years ago... It's a wonder how they still worked.
"Butㅡ"
Oh gosh, Hoseok really had to bite his tongue not to fall for those puppy eyes.
"Please, not this time. I really appreciate it and all but it's just thatㅡ"
Drip.
Drip, drip, drip...
"...Shit" Hoseok cursed under his breath. Drop by drop, he could feel his clothes get wet.
It had started to rain.
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A/N
i'm really sorry if i spelled something wrong, i was in a hurry while writing this. which also means this probably wasn't as good as it could have been 😔 so i apologize. this chapter was also quite short, i apologize about that too
💕 stay safe
ー hyun
