JERK MAGNET

4

Beomgyu hated gym class. He hated having to share a locker room with the males in his class. He hated having to change in a cramped stall, and above else, he hated the gym uniform.

Red tshirt with black shorts. On every other boy the T shirts are snug, showing off their muscular and boyish frames, but on Beomgyu it was another story. Even the smallest size in males fit him too lose and dress like, so he had to wear a girls shirt. Which was a white muscle shirt.

Beomgyu waits on the bleachers with his class, but farther from the group. He had to resort to twiddling his fingers since he couldn't pull on his shirt or short without revealing unwanted body parts.

Felix and Jisung come out of the locker room, the blonde hangs his head low trying to blend in but ultimately fails. Felix shoves Beomgyus head back harshly causing him to fall back into the bleachers.

"Choi quit screwing around!" The coach yells as he comes out of his office "it's dodgeball day, if your birthday is between January and June you're on the left side team, if it's July to December you're on the other side" the coach made teams this way to avoid bullying and exclusion, but it didn't work out in Beomgyus favor since Felix and Jisung were always on the same team against Beomgyu.

Beomgyu tried his best to not be hit, even went as far as cowering into the corner, which will end up being a regret of his. The two bullies threw separate dodge balls at the same time, one hitting Beomgyu in the stomach- knocking the wind out of him- and the other ball striking him on his face.

The world spins momentarily and Beomgyu can hear his classmates freaking out.

"Out my god!"

"Eww!"

He feels a warm liquid dripping down his nose, lips and chin. He touches his face and looks at his bloody fingers.

"CHOI YOURE GOING TO BLEED ON THE FLOOR! GO TO THE NURSE!"

...

Choi Soobin had the option of being a principals aide, a teachers aide, or a nurses aide. Him and the principle hate each other so that was out of the question and he didn't want to be around anymore random student for an extra class period so he settled on nursing aide.

It was fairly easier, since he couldn't actually do anything to help anyone he spent his hour listening to music and restocking bandaids. The nurse had left to get lunch and all was simple- until a small blonde bursts in with a bloody face.

Beomgyu stands in the doorway, one hand over his nose and the other on the door knob. The two make awkward eye contact for a few

"...I think I'm bleeding"

"Yeah..." Soobin stands up and guide the blonde to sit on the nursing bed. He's never actually helped anyone before, usually he tells them to have a seat and wait for the nurse but he couldn't just stand around and let the boy bleed.

He opens random drawers and pulls out something that looks like would do the job. He unwraps the package of two.

"I found some cotton sticks, it will catch the bleeding" he hands two tampons to the boy.

"Thank you" Beomgyu shoves then up his nose. Soobin smiles feeling proud, but it quickly falters when he sees how distressed Beomgyu looks.

"What happened?"

"I got hit during dodge ball, I..it's no biggie, everyone gets hit right?"

"I've never gotten hit" Soobin says. All his peers are too scared to hit him.

"Ah... I see..."

"I'm gonna go get you a shirt from the closet since yours is bloody" Soobin excuses himself

Almost immediately after a boy comes in, he had lied about a headache to skip class. He stops when he see's Beomgyu.

"AHAH no way you have tampons in your nose! HAHAHA wait until Felix sees this" He takes out his phone and starts recording. All Beomgyu could do was hang his head in shame and fear, he was scratching his wrist trying to not cry.

When Soobin comes back,he finds a boy laughing and recording with his camera phone up close to Beomgyus face. The blonde looked upset and embarrassed which pissed off Soobin.

"What the fuck are you doing?" He slaps the phone out of the boys hand, it hits the floor and shatters.

"What the fuck-" He turns angrily but his words get caught in his throat when he sees Soobin glaring down at him, looking ready to kill him.

"H-hey dude, we were just playing around, right?" The boy looks at Beomgyu. He sends the boy a glare and the blonde nods his head fearfully.

"Get out." Soobin said and the boy was out in seconds. The dark haired boy stares at the door for a few moments trying to cool his anger before looking at Beomgyu.

"Was it just joking around?" Soobin asks as he hands over the T shirt

"Y..yeah" Beomgyu pulls out the tampons from his nose.

"Why do you look like you want to cry then"

"I...I'm not going to cry..." his voice cracks as tears are already pooling in his eyes.

"Look at me" Beomgyu is obedient to a fault and looks up instantly. 

"You get bullied don't you?"

"How... why... why do you think that..."

"It's obvious. You're always on edge, flinch at any sudden action, you're too scared to upset anyone so you try hard to please them, plus I can see how they treat you." A bruise was already forming on Beomgyus cheek.

"It's... it's not true..."

"Why do you continue to lie for them? What are you so scared of?"

"I'm not scared! J-Just drop!" Beomgyu throws the shirt to the side and jumps off the nurses bed and walks out to return to the locker room to get changed.

Soobin follows behind him, keeping a distance but still close enough for Beomgyu to notice.

"Why... why are you following me?" Beomgyu turns around and confronts the bad boy.

"To make sure you get to the gym safe"

"Why would you do that?"

"Because I've decided to be your bodyguard"

"Why?"

"CHOI SOOBIN PLEASE RETURN TO THE NURSES OFFICE" the intercom speaker calls out.

Soobin rolls his eyes annoyed. He reaches in his pocket and throws something at Beomgyu who catches it in closed fists.

"Think of it as an apology and a thank you" Soobin says before walking back to the nurses office. Beomgyu is confused and takes a look at what Soobin has thrown to him.

A single piece of strawberry candy.