♚ Egomaniacs ♚ | vkook (ON HIATUS)

Chapter 5: Save Algie

Algie and Jungkook hurry down the hall, cautiously looking left and right as they weave in and out of the oncoming students. The notion that, any minute, they could run into someone looking to cause them trouble worries Jungkook, but he's not about to let his fellow classmate know that... instead, he just motions him along; hoping he wouldn't piss his pants before they reach the restroom.

"Just a little bit farther." Jungkook says, picking up his pace a bit, but still trying to keep a fairly low profile by keeping his head down. He could tell a lot of the students were nosey in this school, and he definitely isn't one to enjoy being the topic of conversation.

As the boys turn the corner, they have a glimmer of hope - seeing as how the coast was pretty much clear - but that wouldn't last long, as a brown-haired teen situated himself directly in front of the boy's bathroom entrance, menacingly punching the palm of his hand with his fist.

"Oh no..! It's him!" Algie says, and swiftly yanks Jungkook back behind the corner by the bottom of his shirt.

"And who exactly is 'him'?" Jungkook asks, peeking behind him to make sure Algie hadn't stretched his new school uniform. There is no way he could afford another one.

"Tom...Tom Gurney..." Algie says in a whisper, he, too, peeking around Jungkook and around the corner. Jungkook wrinkles up his nose a bit as he gets a whiff of Algie's cheeto breath. "He's friends with Trent...you know, the blonde guy with the pimples on his forehead."

"The one with the black eye? That's Tom?" Jungkook asks. He knows he had seen him before, so he stares at him for a couple of moments. It didn't take long for it to suddenly hit him; he was one of the males that had cornered him in the bathroom, just one day prior.

"Yeah...he's really freaking weird...there is absolutely no way I'll be able to get past him..." Algie says, his eyebrows pinching together in worry. "I mean, don't you see the look in his eyes?? He's out for my blood, I just know it!"

"Don't jump to conclusions just yet...he could just be, oh I dunno, waiting for his turn in the stall, or waiting for his buddy, or something." Jungkook says, trying his best to remain level-headed, and to try keeping Algie level-headed as well. He could tell from the moment he met him, Algie was a scaredy cat, and the way he was acting only confirmed his suspicion.

"No...you don't know Tom like I do..." Algie says.

"Well, maybe we can talk to him. Come on." Jungkook says as he goes to step out from behind the corner, but Algie just grabs him once more, preventing him. Jungkook was getting a bit annoyed now, but he doesn't say anything, only straightening out the back of his shirt.

"No! Are you crazy!? Trying to talk to him is like trying to talk to a hungry tiger!" Algie says.

"Well, what do you suppose we do?" Jungkook asks, throwing up his arms.

"I don't know...but there is absolutely no way we can try getting through to him..." Algie says with worried looking eyes.

"Well, there's gotta be more bathrooms in this school. Let's go." Jungkook says, but Algie shakes his head no.

"We can't. There's no way I can make it! Can't you just, oh I dunno..." Algie pokes both of the tips of his index fingers together, "...punch him and run away or something..? You look like you would run pretty fast, and it would make a great distraction!"

"What?! You've got to be kidding me." Jungkook says, waving his hand back and fourth. "Didn't you just say he was like a tiger?? Do you want me to get my face torn to shreds?"

"Aw man...b-but......I can't wet myself again!!! If I do, I'll never hear the end of it!!! I'll be called 'Peestain' for the rest of my life - heck, I might as well get my name legally changed to that now!" Algie whines. "A few bruises only last awhile...but you know, a mean school nickname can live with you for the rest of your life! You're good looking - so I bet you'd never have to go through it!"