i roll my eyes and look up from my phone as the bell goes. since my class is basically opposite to where i am sat, i get there before everyone else and take my seat at the back corner.
as the other students pile in, i start to drift off into my day dreams but i'm quickly interrupted by the teacher tapping her whiteboard.
"we have a new student today. he'll be here in a second, but it has apparently been requested he sit next to y/n."
i frown. what the fuck? how does this person know who i am if they haven't even set foot in the classroom yet?
everyone grunts at the mention of my name, and all the intrigued girls after hearing the pronoun "he" sigh frustratedly.
footsteps fill the curious silence and i look up again to see taehyung.
i blink a few times and eventually come to the conclusion that yes, taehyung is now in my class and did indeed request to sit next to me.
i make eye contact with him and look down as i try not to smile widely.
i hear the chair next to me being pulled out.
"hey" he whispers, and i look up and return his smile.
as the lesson progresses, i hear many confusing comments about misoos absense today.
"wow, i hope she's okay."
"was it bad?"
"i wonder what.. or who.. caused it to happen"
i frown as i keep hearing these comments frequently.
i turn to taehyung.
"do you know why misoo isn't in today?"
he frowns at me.
"didn't you know? misoo got into a pretty bad car accident last night.. apparently she'll be in hospital for weeks. officials say it was faulty wiring in the brakes which caused it to skid off the road."
my eyes widen.
"shit.. well even if she is a bitch, i hope she's okay. maybe i should go visit her.."
taehyungs eyes flash with what looks like panic before he shrugs.
"eh, she's probably not allowed visitors yet. you know, cos it's so recent. so no point in going."
i nod slowly.
...
"hey new boy. looking good huh? what's your name?"
i stop in my tracks on my way to find taehyung for lunch. i peek my head into the door of the empty classroom where i told him to wait to see misoos usual girl gang (excluding misoo herself) crowding around him. sooji stands directly in front of him, her skirt hoisted up higher than usual.
taehyung looks up at her unfazed. "my name is taehyung, if you were listening in the class we had earlier instead of day dreaming about your next one night stand you would have noticed"
sooji laughs.
"wow, you're really playing hard to get? misoo would be impressed. don't worry, one of us will get you one day."
taehyung shakes his head.
"hm, i don't think so. i already have my eyes on someone, so good luck to you. my type isn't worthless whores."
sooji gasps and turns furiously without saying anything in response. i quickly move out of the way as her and her posse dash past me, completely oblivious to my presence.
taehyung likes someone? i raise my eyebrows to myself before walking into the room. taehyung smiles at me.
"what took you so long? you just missed the raging group of bulls."
i laugh slightly.
"oh, you know.. queue was especially long today."
he nods.
we enjoyed our lunch time and just talked. as we were talking together, i started to think about how strange it was that i was so comfortable around taehyung and yet i had known him for such a short amount of time. but at the same time, it's nice having someone i can talk to well and i'm glad we're becoming closer.
i walk to my locker at the end of the day with a smile on my face. taehyung has turned the day around from yesterday drastically and it's put me in a very good mood. i turn the hall and see three girls of whom i've never seen before stood in front of my locker.
"uh.. excuse me? could you move please, you're stood in front of my locker." i say as i approach them.
they don't do what i say. in fact, they move more in my way.
"what you gunna do if we don't, huh? get your daddy to get us in hospital too?"
i frown.
"i don't understand what you're talking about."
the girl in the middle rolls her eyes.
"oh come on, y/n. don't pretend to be stupid. everyone knows."
i tap my foot as i start getting impatient.
"look, i have no idea what you're talking about. now please get out of my way."
the girl smirks.
"i'll put it simply then; we all know you got your sicko of a dad and his group of low lives to do that to misoo just because she embarrassed you. i cant believe how twisted you and your family are."
my hands turn into fists. i take a step towards the girl and she moves back only to hit my locker.
"listen to me. i have no idea where you've gotten this absolute bullshit from, but i'll tell you one fact; you NEVER speak about my family around anyone. i want nothing to do with that and bitches like you don't help."
the girl recovers from her momentary shock and sighs dramatically.
"fine. misoo said you'd be like this. everyone believes her, anyway. just wait until your pretty boy finds out."
just as my head was about to burst with anger, i feel a hand gently pull me back from the girl and her face drops.
"the only thing i've found out is that this school really is filled with pathetic whores. now, as i'm sure y/n has said, please move. now."
the girls quickly scurry away in response to taehyungs low growl. i turn around to face him and let out a huge sigh. but the relief is short lived.
"how long had you been listening?" i say closing my eyes.
"the whole time."
