Born to be Different

Chapter 3: Stay Quiet And You Won't Get Hurt

A/N: I'm sorry in advance Jungkook and Hoseok stans. Trust me, this hurts me just as bad as it hurts you. Just remember that Jk and Hobi are angels in real life and that this is just a made-up story. 😉
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There are a million and a half things to fear in this universe. Animals with vicious teeth and claws, walking near the edge of a cliff where one wrong move could result in you falling to your demise, diseases that can kill millions in a matter of months, yet the scariest thing to human beings is... our own kind. Sure an animal can attack you, a cliff can break, and a disease can slowly deteriorate your body but at least those things don't try to hide what they can do. A human on the other hand could hide behind a completely different persona for months or even years and never show their true colors until it's too late.

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Kim Namjoon

I stared down at my feet the whole time, not wanting to look up towards Jimin and my brother. I could practically feel them gazing at me like hungry wolves stocking in the bushes, gazing at an unknowing rabbit hopping in an open field, not knowing what it had coming to it.

I was that rabbit.

You know, that's the funny thing about prey. It's in their natural instinct to constantly be on guard, constantly having to be in a state of fear that their lives could be ended any second, and they will be. They always are. It's the circle of life, the weak were never meant to survive, they didn't have a chance at birth. However they don't realize it until the very second they let their guard down, next thing they know, their frail bodies are locked in the jaws of a soulless beast who kills mercilessly for the sole purpose of survival, but can you blame them? They're doing the exact same thing that the prey is doing, living. In reality, they're not so different after all, the predator just got the better genes.

If only I had the better genes, then I wouldn't be such an easy target for everyone.

I don't know, maybe it would be nice to have friends who like what I like but that's next to impossible to find in this school. Everyone is either super athletic or rich. Me, my brother, and Jiminie were outcasts here. I mean, sure, we have each other to fall back on, but I have very different interests from the things that they like.

Jimin and Taehyung are really good at science. They're practically proteges and they share that with each other which makes their friendship stronger... but where do I fall on that spectrum? Yes, I'm not ashamed to admit it. I'm smart. I do very well in my classes, I always have the highest scores on tests, I'm always the first to volunteer to solve problems, and I can even correct the teachers when they miss something but... That doesn't mean that I like it.

Math bores me. Language arts is okay but I could happily go without trying to pick apart the tiniest details in books and poems. Science, it's just not my thing, I hate messing with chemicals that could cause serious harm to my body and learning about the cycle of rocks, also extremely boring and irrelevant.

There's only one thing that I'm deeply passionate about and that's music. It speaks to my soul. It moves me. However, in a school that's primarily built on academics and athletics, there's hardly any room in the budget for arts.

Theater, art, music... the school sees no value in, so it's pointless to invest in such things and it's not like anyone cares either. No one has ever cared and even if they did, they would never show it because they knew the consequences for enjoying something they loved in a place dominated by things that they hated.