The Fan

Chapter 15

Feeling something wet against my face repeatedly, I groaned and rolled over, burying my face into something soft and warm. Then it moved. Being half asleep, I didn't think anything of it until I noticed that the movement was breathing. I was laying on someone.

Coming to my senses, I realized exactly where I was and what was happening. I was in my bed, my dog Ladybird sitting on top of me, licking at my neck. But most importantly, I was also sharing the bed with Jeon Jungkook and Kim Taehyung, both of whom were still asleep.

I jolted up, wanting to get out of the bed before anyone was made uncomfortable, but an arm I hadn't noticed was around my waist stopped me, pulling me back down into the bed. "Stay." Taehyung whispered. He was behind me, arm snaking its way across my waist, legs tangled with mine and Jungkook's. 

I nodded my head slowly, blushing furiously. "Okay." Ladybird saw that I wasn't getting out of bed and decided to leave, going over to bug someone else, probably. I snuggled back into the covers, and Jungkook, apparently. 

I felt his chest rumble and realized he was laughing at me. "Hey!" I whisper-shouted. "Why are you laughing at me?" I poked his chest until he grabbed my wrists, stopping their movements.

"You just give in really easily, that's all." He responded, his voice deep and gravelly from sleep. I blushed and hid my face from him. Huffing, I moved to turn around and face Taehyung instead, but Jungkook put his arms around me, stopping me. "Stop it. I wanna sleep." I pouted, but didn't move anymore until a thought dawned on me.

"Oh my gosh!" I whispered. Jungkook cocked an eyebrow at me questionably. "I have school today. And climbing practice. What time is it? Ugh, John's gonna kill me." I brought my arm up to check my watch, noticing that it was already 7:34, way past when I usually woke up. I gasped and sat up, ignoring the arms that tried to pull me back down.

I hurried out of my bed and went as quickly as I could to the shower, trying not to step on anyone as they slept. "Tyler, Talia, wake up." I said, patting their cheeks to get them up. "Go shower, we have to be at school in an hour and a half." They shot up, rushing around to get ready as quickly as possible.

"Ty... Stay!" Yoongi whined, holding onto Tyler's arm. He yanked it away, blushing as he grabbed his things. "This motherfucker..." Yoongi trailed off and fell asleep once more. 

We showered in shifts, everyone using a different bathroom to do their business. I got ready the fastest, slipping into some black yoga pants, a plain white shirt, black high-top Converse, a grey flannel and a thick black coat that came down past my knees. It was rainy and cold, so I wanted to be as warm as possible, especially since I knew none of my teachers would turn their heaters on.

I didn't mess with my long hair, just straightened it. "Let's go, come on!" I yelled, knocking on Talia's bathroom door just as she was opening it. "Oh good. Now let's go!" I pulled her hand along to meet Tyler in the kitchen. He was sitting on the counter eating a piece of toast with Nutella and slices of banana. 

"Hang on, I'll be right back." I ran upstairs to my room, stepping over the boys as I went to my desk. Taking out a piece of paper, I quickly wrote a not telling them where we would be if they needed us for anything. I walked over to Jungkook, looking at his sleeping form. I reached my hand out to brush his hair away from his eyes, but pulled back just before I touched him. Nope, I can't, I thought.

I jogged back downstairs and we left, hopping into my precious car and driving away towards school. 

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School was fine. It was just like every other day, except I actually had something to look forward to besides my bed after school. Due to my school's block schedule policy, I only had four classes, which was nice. 

"Argh, hurry up!" I yelled, running through the halls to try to get to class on time. We had to wear a uniform for school, but I kept my extra sets in my gym locker for instances like this, when I didn't have a clean one at home and I was in a hurry. 

I changed immediately when we got to school, and we took off running to class. First was Journalism, and I was lucky enough that the teacher never assigned homework and was lenient when people were late, never giving detention for tardies. 

"Sorry I'm late, Mrs. Walker," I said as I opened the door to her room. She just shrugged and I walked to my seat. Tyler and Talia had biology first, and I prayed they made it to class on time so as to not be flayed alive by Mr. Juniors. I quickly found my seat towards the back by the window and noticed a new student was seated on my right. Odd. 

"Happy Tuesday, class," Mrs. Walker called, making her way to the front of the room. "As I'm sure you've noticed, we have a new student in our class, so please make him feel as welcome as possible, okay? Benny, would you like to introduce yourself?"

He stood up shyly, going up to the front to stand by her. "Um, hi. I'm Benny. I used to go to erm Austin High, but I transferred. I'm an art student, so... JK! Hah, what's up everyone? I'm Benny, call me the Bensters. Ladies, watch your backs. I'm coming for ya!" Mrs. Walker ushered him back to his seat, high-fiving people as he went. 

Great, I thought. Just what I need, an asshole sitting by me and drawing attention to me. I rolled my eyes and opened up my laptop, scrolling down to where I had paused in my article. The assignment was to write an article from the point of view of a reporter from the 1950's on a topic of our choosing. 

Benny sat back down, winking at me as he slid into his seat. I just flipped him off and continued working on my article, not sparing him another glance for the rest of class. 

My second period, Chemistry, was easy to get through, and then it was lunch with Tyler and Talia. I shouldered my backpack and walked to the cafeteria, noticing a large crowd of people near the school's front doors. Shrugging it off as a teacher's dog or something, I walked over to our usual table and set my stuff down before going to get food. 

There wasn't any time to pack a lunch like I usually did, so I just bought a bowl of chicken ramen and a Gatorade before going back down to sit and wait for my friends to arrive. I started eating immediately, not pausing even when my friends joined me, their own trays in hand. I said a muffled hello and continued to absorb my food.

"Aidyn. Aidyn. Oh my God, Aidyn. Look." Tyler said, hitting me and grabbing at my arm until I finally looked up from my food. There was an entire bite of food in my mouth, some noodles spilling out onto the chopsticks I was using, and yet they walked closer, smiling at us, ignoring the giant crowd around us. 

The four men sat down in front of me, and I swear my heart stopped beating for a moment. 

"Taehyung?"