ENEMIES WITH BENEFITS | VKOOK

〚THIRTY FIVE〛

Taehyung sat in the back of the classroom, idle chatter from his classmates like white noise in the background. He didn't feel like waking up that particular morning- wishes he could stay in bed all day. But school was a necessity, for some fucking reason, so now he was here.

"Sehun! Sehun!!! Sehunnie-" A voice came, and Taehyung gripped his pen tighter. Jungkook was calling for the black haired boy, who was talking to Jimin. Just pay attention to him, dumbass- Taehyung thought and saw Sehun walk up to Jungkook.

"What's up, baby?" Sehun asked, cupping Jungkook's face. Jungkook smiled up at him and leaned up to press their lips up for a second. Taehyung's breath hitched and he looked down at the assignment.

Jungkook pulled away and then pointed at the sheet on his desk. "I finished the assignment. Let's check answers?" Jungkook asked, and Sehun sat down beside him, grinning. "Yeah!" Sehun said energetically and then looked at his paper.

"Woah, you've got everything right. Me too!" Sehun said, and Jungkook smiled at his enthusiasm.

"Jungkook how's your art piece coming along?" Eka asked, sitting on her table. Jungkook looked at her. "Good! I'm deciding to do a renaissance inspired gay painting," Jungkook said, and Eka laughed. Taehyung felt his insides bloom at that. Jungkook got so happy doing art, it made Taehyung happy.

"How interesting! I used to do art too!" Sehun said, smiling at Jungkook. "I won the London Art Fair last year. Got an award and everything. I couldn't continue with art here, though." Sehun said pouting a little.

"Really? You did art? That's awesome!" Jungkook said, and then tilted his head. "You probably haven't heard of this guy, Stanislav Aristov? My new piece is inspired by his-"

"Oh my god I love him! Did you see his work on the New York exhibition? King!" Sehun said, and Jungkook gasped, giggling. Both continued talking about their favorite artists, favorite subjects, and all the rest. They had everything in common, it seemed.

Taehyung looked at the back of Jungkook's head, trying not to get upset over it. He had to try to be happy at least for today. Today was the worst day of all. One, tonight he had his first match where he wouldn't be captain. Two, the maths teacher said she wanted to speak to him- which can never be good.

And lastly, today was the anniversary of Taehyung's mother's death. He didn't like thinking about it.

Taehyung just took his earphones out of his bag and put them into his ear, turning his phone on to put some random music on. While he had no music playing, he heard some voices on his side.

"Yeah, no- I'd never date a guy like V."

"Me neither. I mean, he's hot or whatever, but he's such a dick!"

"Yeah. Plus, my mom told me to never date a guy who bullies people." Another girl said softly and then looked to make sure Taehyung wasn't listening and looked back at her friends. "V's probably going to be the type to hit his girlfriend when he gets mad or something,"

Taehyung's breath hitched, and he fumbled to put on some music so he could stop hearing those words. Did- did everyone think that?

Did Jungkook think that?

Taehyung felt the earphones get pulled out of his ear. "No phones in class, V. I'm giving you guys a relaxed lesson, that doesn't mean you take advantage," The teacher said, and Taehyung hummed and put his phone away. "Talk to me after class." The math teacher said, and Taehyung nodded, putting his head on the table and trying to get sleep.

After class was over, Taehyung watched as Jungkook dragged Sehun out, excited to show him his artwork. Sehun looked excited too.

"V, look. I'm going to be blunt here because I care about your future." The teacher said, and Taehyung stood in front of her desk. She took out some papers, placing them on the wooden surface. "What's wrong??"