DEMON

1.2

jungkook focus
friday had finally come. it was only second period (science), and there was still a long, tiring day ahead. jungkook slumped into his seat and ran his right hand through his hair. he sighed.

namjoon was absent and jimin was in a different class, so there was nobody available to entertain him. the only solution, besides actually paying attention to the lesson, was to pull out his phone.

he snuck his hand into his pocket as the science teacher walked in; a forced smile plastered onto her face, a red coffee mug held in her left hand, and a hint of confidence portrayed in her steps.

"how's everyone doing today?" she asked as she sat at her desk.

absolutely terrible, but i really don't want to dwell on it—so just get to the point and do attendance, or whatever.

all of the students groaned in unison, filling the room up with negative, unpleasant energy (as usual). the teacher frowned.

she sighed, standing up as she did so, gathering the students' full attention.

bang, bang!

"heads up!" she shouted at the top of her voice as she slammed a textbook onto the desk twice.

"no slacking! it's the first friday of the school year, liven up a bit! i can't stand this attitude," she demanded.

she looked around the classroom with her eyebrows furrowed. after scanning the room with her sleep deprived, dead eyes, she sighed.

"everyone, pay attention. and jeon, give me your phone, i'm not in the mood to deal with you today."

fuck you, he groaned as he inwardly and almost practically slammed the phone into the teacher's hand. fuck. this. bull. shit.

the teacher placed the phone onto her desk, and then turned back around to smile at the class.

"today we're going to start working on a little project," she announced, "it'll work as a way of introducing you all to...."

jungkook buzzed the rest of the project's introduction out of his head. he didn't care. he figured that he'd just ask one of the girls to help him with it, anyways.

per usual.

"....and i want you all to work in pairs. fortunately, we have an even amount of students in this class, so there will be no "extras" to worry about. everybody will get a partner."

if i don't get some hot girl or namjoon i'm going to kill myself, jungkook decided.

the teacher's eyes scanned across the classroom. "alright," she said as she brought her hands together, "i'll be choosing your partners now."

she pointed at the first two students, "eunbi and chaeyoung, you're together."

jungkook "dozed" off (head starting to nod itself to sleep, eyes too lazy to keep themselves open), while waiting for the teacher to call his name.

the teacher mumbled, "jeon... who should i put with jeon..." she thought aloud.

jungkook looked up at her with his eyebrows furrowed, face reddening ever so slightly.

she better not put me with who i think-

"taehyung! you'll be with jungkook. make sure he stays on task."

jungkook tried his best not to curse the teacher off, or let out an aggressive protest. it just didn't make sense.

why taehyung? why pair him up with the one person he had been trying his best to ignore?