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twenty-four

Jin's P.O.V

Taehyung still isn't here and there is no way to check the time, and I don't want to speak to anyone else. I had placed my stuff in my classroom leaving Jimin to study and avoid angry Hoseok. After changing into my uniform I went back to the gate to meet with Taehyung like he said. I'm afraid Taehyung's voice will leave and the next time I hear it again I'll break down into a mess. Girls scream. Not scared but happy screams. I follow the group of girls running to the school gate I can tell some had pulled up their skirts more than necessary. I'm not looking you are. What are they running to though? Then I see. Taehyung is barely past the gate as the girls crowd him. I back up a bit. I should help, but no one would listen to me. I would be another stalker even as a guy I'd look even more weird and I'd be a sore thumb out of the crowd.

A body moves past me right to Taehyung. Her long black hair traveling behind her. Guys stare at her like she's a goddess but I glare right at the back of her head. She is the right amount of skinny and tall, everything someone would want in a girl. My stomach turns as she approaches Taehyung with a dark smile. Hae-Win. "Taehyung!" She chants.

"Hae-Win!" The girls call out to her like an idol.

I stay in the background. "I need to get to class," Taehyung protests but no one hears him and no one seems to care what he has to say. Typical. "I said!-" Hae-win clashes their lips together. The girls scream more and a few are silent as they wish it were them. Other students take pictures. I stand there. I don't know how to feel. But why isn't he pulling away? I was stupid to think he was only for me. Stupid to think that maybe, just maybe Taehyung had changed.

"Get to class!" A teacher who is outside announces to us. I'm quick on moving away into the school.

Taehyung is a senior so I can't see him at all today. I could message him but he has other things to worry about then again my phone is dead. Should I even talk to him about what I saw or will he brush it off thinking I'm crazy? I stop in the hallway noticing the walls. Pictures of Taehyung's face fills the halls, I take one down and begin to read it.

Hae-win and Taehyung! The cutest couple in this High School? If you think so please go vote whenever you have the chance for them to have a nice vacation!

A few kids behind me yell something about drugs and wanting some. Random. "Stupid isn't it?" I jump at the voice. My eyes land on a face I used to know. Namjoon. I slump and drop the paper. "It's obvious you like him." Namjoon tells me.

"I saw you out there, sad and you didn't know what to do. I know how that feels." He explains.

I scuff and try to kick the paper but kick nothing instead. "Now that is stupid. I wouldn't like such a douche." I say.

"That is your taste," Namjoon laughs. I crack a smile. "What have you been up to?" He asks. Acting just like Jungkook, like nothing happened. It'll happen for Taehyung too, like nothing happened.

"I should be asking you that even after what I did." I bubble up.

"What did you do? You told me how you really felt so why does it matter?" Namjoon smiles showing his dimples. That's a bit scary before he got mad or at least was about to. I cant really remember.

I smile once again and shrug. "Sorry, I just thought..."

"It's fine. We should get to class. I've missed a lot so I'll need some help." Namjoon said.

I nod. "I'll help you."

We walk side by side to our classroom. I can't get over what I did to Namjoon, I wonder how he felt that day. Did I break his heart? I don't want someone's heart to be like mine. Namjoon is the best, I'm glad I met him this year it would have been boring getting over Taehyung but there is no way to do that. Namjoon and I walk into our classroom and take our seats right next to each other. But this time instead of him not talking, "How long have you liked him?" Namjoon brings up.