[ Namjin ] Two years

21 - Jungkook

Are you kidding me ?
It... sucks... ass...
What the hell ?
Oh what a fool I was to think this was gonna be the dream life...

I text my friend, Mingyu directly after seeing the little space we were given.

Me: OMG I already hate it here...

I wait for his response but I realise it's only like... 4 a.m in Korea...
Well damn, it's gonna take me some time to get used to all this...

We've been unpacking for quite a while now and my dad suddenly recieved a text. He sighed before reading it. His eyes grow wider as he reads it to us: "As your children are still minors and still in school, they will have to attend school in here, hope you know a bit of French sons. I already signed you up in your new school. You'll have classes such as Mathematics, French, Economics, Science, Art, English and German or Spanish, as you wish." I didn't know who this was from but I definitely didn't want to know. "Anyway, Seokjin, you'll start work next week, on Monday. Hope to see you in good shape. See you on Monday !"

Jimin doesn't look very happy and me neither. We knew we couldn't escape school but we thought we'd go to a school especially for foreigners, with a special schedule for us. Our dad doesn't look very happy with that either.

"I'm so sorry guys. I didn't know that you-" "It's okay dad. You didn't know and it's not your fault." Jimin says. I stay quiet though. I'm not mad at him, I'm still a little dumbfounded. I smile at my dad to not make him feel bad. I don't feel like talking right now but I don't want him to think I'm mad at him.

He sits on the couch between Jimin and I. He takes his laptop out of his bag and puts a movie on. We always watch the same movie. Whenever we're down, he puts 'Mary Poppins' on and we don't say a word during the whole movie. It's our way to say that we love each other and that everything will be fine. Just put a movie on, and that's the happiest we can be during a rough time.

After the movie, my dad prepares the couch for him to sleep in while Jimin and I go to prepare for bed. I brush my teeth while Jimin is taking a shower. I took mine a while ago so I go to bed directly after brushing my teeth and hair. I put my pajamas on and get under the covers.

I feel Jimin coming in the room a bit after I turned off the lights. He sits on his bed and goes to sleep. I was about to close my eyes when I heard Jimin calling me.

"Jungkook ?" He says, whispering. "What ?" I say. "You know we'll be fine, right ?" He says. "I... Yes... Everything's going to be fine. In two years, it's going to be over." I say.

"Two years is long." he says. "I know. But it's not that bad, don't worry." I say that and I can see Jimin's head nodding. "Now, go to sleep we have to get up early tommorrow." He nods again and we go to sleep.

The next day, I was woken up by an atrocious smell in our room, it smells like a rat died with a rotten piece of cheese between its paws. I get up in a rush and open the little window but it doesn't change anything.
I try to breath the little fresh air that is given to me.
Than, it's all clear, I can hear a toilet flushing behind the wall my head was against. It was the neighbour.
Dear God, I didn't know if this apartment could be any worse.
I pinch my nose and go to the opposite of our apartment, where my dad already is. He nods, probably to say it woke him up too. Jimin is in the kitchen, cooking, it looks like he doesn't mind the smell.

"I'm used to it by now, he's been at it for a while" Jimin says. I smile, I don't know if I was supposed to laugh or be disgusted...

After a while, the smell faded away and I had time to get to my French...
I can say Hello, Yes, No, Thank You and Bon appetit... I still have a long way to go...
I learn basic expressions, or I try, it has to be one of the most confusing languages ever...
I try to learn some new words but my brain keeps telling me that I'll never make it and I should be scared for next week. You're too stupid to learn a whole new language...
Do you really think you will be able to say other things than 'Hello, I'm Jungkook' ?
WOW a new word, after an hour of learning the last one. I hope you'll learn this one faster, I'm tired...
Maybe you should just stop trying.
I decide to stop for today. I'm not in a state to do this.
I propose to Jimin to get outside. To which he says 'yes'.