The Fan

Chapter 16

"Taehyung?" I asked questioningly. He nodded his head, smiling his boxy smile. "Wait... What are you guys doing here?" Taehyung pouted.

"What? No hello? It's nice to see you Oppa? Wow, rude. Okay, let's go Jungkook." He pretended to stand up and leave, but I grabbed his arm, motioning reluctantly for him to sit down.

"Hi guys," I adressed the boys. "It's nice to see you, but... I really didn't want any attention being drawn to me. It's bad enough that I went through everything with Jarin yesterday, but now... They'll never leave me alone." At the mention of Jarin, Jungkook tensed up and began to look angry.

"Y-Yoongi?" Tyler asked. "Did you come here just to see me?" 

Yoongi nodded, taking his hand. "I said I would, didn't I? Last night?" Tyler blushed furiously and nodded. Everyone looked over at them in unison, giving the two an odd look. "Heh." Yoongi exhaled nervously.

"Aidynnn you were supposed to call us Oppa," Jimin whined, pouting. Taehyung noticed this and joined in, followed by Jungkook. 

"Guys, can we go somewhere else please?" I asked. Too many people were watching nearby, or worse, filming, and I was beginning to feel claustrophobic. "There are too many people here, and some of them take Korean; it's an elective here. Can we please leave?" They nodded, and we made our way out of the crowd.

I led them to the back of the school. Nobody was there except for a couple making out and a small group of juulers. "Get back to class!" I barked, causing them to scurry away like the rats in Ratatouille. I sighed, setting my stuff down and sitting against the wall. 

"We can hang out here for a little while, but not for very long. I have Calculus in twenty minutes, and I can't be late." I said, grabbing my bowl of ramen and digging in once more. 

"Ooh, is that ramen? I want some!" Jungkook exclaimed, holding his hand out. I set the chopsticks down in the bowl and handed it to him, hearing two gasps.

"Aidyn... you never share your food. Are you feeling okay?" Talia said, feeling my forehead with the back of her hand. I swatted it away, shrugging. Jungkook handed me back the still-full bowl with a smile, our fingertips brushing against each other's.  I stared at him before looking down at the bowl, taking it in my hands only to have it taken once more by Jimin. 

"Eat quickly, and a lot. You need your strength if you're going to be doing such hard math in just twenty minutes," Jimin said, taking the chopticks from me and feeding me large bites quickly. I ate it all, and afterward everyone was looking at me as if I had grown another head. 

"What? Is there food on my face?" I asked, wiping my chin with the back of my hand. 

"No, but you just ate more food in five minutes than I have ever seen you eat. Most people end up having to throw out half of those noodles because they put so much in there." Tyler said, eyes wide. 

I smiled and shrugged it off. "What can I say? I like my food." Yoongi muttered something about how obvious that was before going back to sleep on Tyler's lap. I chuckled, standing up to throw the bowl away. 

"Wait, where are you going?" Taehyung asked, wrapping his arms around my leg like a child. 

"I just need to throw this away." I replied. He pouted and I bent down, adjusting his body on my leg before walking off with him still clinging to me. I threw the bowl away and saw him staring up at me with awe in his eyes. 

"How? Wha- but how?" Jimin asked when I sat back down. I just shrugged, again, and stated simply,

"I rock climb." It was nearly time to leave, I found. "It's almost time to go to class, so you guys can go. I'll meet you at home after school, okay? Maybe I can get you guys to come to practice with me at 6." I smiled, standing up.