𝙻𝙸𝙴 | 𝚃𝚊𝚎𝚔𝚘𝚘𝚔

Two

-SEVEN YEARS LATER-

It was tuesday and Taehyung sat listlessly at a table in college. It was the first year in college for him. He was in thought and drew some random things on a piece of paper.
"Taehyung...? KIM TAEHYUNG!"
He looked at the teacher, startled. The kids in his class laughed at him immediately.
"Y-yes...?" Taehyung asked, confused. He didn't listen because he was really tired and unmotivated. He just wanted to go.
"I asked something." the maths teacher said strictly and made his way to Taehyung's seat.
"I-I-I'm sorry... I didn't listen..."  he apologized, glancing at his book in shame.
"And what's that?! This is not the art lesson!"
He got very angry at Taehyung and threw the drawing away.
"Mianhabnida..." he apologized again.
Later, he was in thought again and didn't pay attention to the lesson. He was scared of having a bad grade... because he knew that the teacher was going to give the exams back. And he also knew that his stepdad would beat him up if he had bad grades... He hated his home. Every day he locked himself in his room and came out only for breakfast and dinner. He did it out of fear. Taehyung also knew if his stepparents would find out that he was gay, he would be dead.
Suddenly, the teacher came to his seat and put his exam on the table.
"Wasn't that good, hm?" He said and left.
Taehyung turned the page over, his hands shaking.
*F*
Shittt... my stepdad's gonna kill me..
His face went from disappointed to... more disappointed... But then he recognized Jungkook, who was making fun of him because of the bad grade. Jeon Jungkook was the boy he loved, but he made Taehyung's life horrible. Everyone had respect for him because he was friends with Minho, Kai and Taemin. They were the most famous boys in the whole school, bullying the innocent kids. But Jungkook was just focused on Taehyung... Why? No one knew.
Taehyung tried to ignore him, even though it hurt that he bullied him. He packed his things and left the classroom. He just felt like crying.
"Aw Taehyung you crybaby... got a bad grade?!"
Jungkook's laugh could be heard from the classroom, but then Taehyung ran to the boys bathroom and shut the big, heavy door behind him.
A little tear ran down his cheek and dripped onto his hoodie.
I'm so damn weak...
The bathroom was empty so every little noise could be heard through the whole room.
"Taehyung...?" he heard a familiar voice out of sudden. As he looked up, he recognized the face in the dirty mirror. Without hesitation he turned around and fell into his arms.
"Joon..." he whimpered. Namjoon was his best friend and he cared for him very well~
"What did Jungkook do again?" he wanted to know. Taehyung sobbed again and buried his face into Namjoons big sweater.
"It... it wasn't Jungkook..." Taehyung stuttered.
"I know it was."
"Mhh-" he didn't know what to say, so he just hugged Namjoon tighter.
"What happened?"
"I'll tell you when we get out of here." Taehyung said, wiping his own tears away and going out of the bathroom.
Namjoon followed him until they stood right in front of the street. Then Taehyung started to tell him everything.
"Well... we got our exams back."
"And then?" he asked impatiently.
"I got an F."
"Oof- I can help you studying next time okay?"
Namjoon really tried to cheer him up with his words, but it didn't work really well.
"Yeah. Stop saying that. It sounds like it's the easiest thing in the world. You have an IQ of 148" Taehyung mumbled.
"Sorry", he shrugged "but I can help you though~"
"Yeah, thanks-"
Namjoon looked at him really expectantly, like he knew there was something that Taehyung didn't say.
"Don't look at me like this!", he complained. "Jungkook said something nasty. But it's okay."
"If Karma won't hit him, then I will. He's such a dumbass! So stupi-"
"ENOUGH. I still love him, joon." Taehyung interrupted him.
"Exactly..." Namjoon mumbled as they walked down the street together.
The rest of their way, the boys were quiet and didn't say anything. Taehyung wondered why Namjoon didn't drive home with his new car, but he didn't want to break the silence. So he kept his mouth shut. When they arrived at Tae's home, he hugged Namjoon one last time before he went home. Tae was about to ring the doorbell, but he was scared. Scared that his stepfather would beat him up again. But he had to live with this fear.
So he rang the doorbell, his hands shaking again. He looked up at the big skyscraper in Busan he lived in with his stepparents. Right afterwards, someone opened the door and he went up the stairs shyly. The family lived in the 4th floor and there were no lifts or something, so Taehyung had to walk all those long stairs on foot. When he got to the apartment, his stepdad already waited for him and looked really mad.
Tae's heart started beating faster out of fear...
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