A Caged Bird | Minjoon

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three weeks.

three weeks had gone by since jimin had even spoken a word to namjoon.

and in all honesty, jimin missed the boy like crazy.

he missed how things were before.

but he couldn't just crawl back now. namjoon had been so rude to him. he really hurt his feelings and jimin knew going back after everything that happened wouldn't be the right thing to do. and, on top of all that, he had some new friends that he couldn't just leave in the dust- no matter how different from them he was.

the new group consisted of jimin and three other boys named jungkook, yoongi, and hoseok. they were all pretty much your typical college boys. they liked to party and drink and talk about girls. hoseok was the only one out of the three of them who seemed to be a bit different. he was quieter and liked to keep to himself a bit more.

jimin sighed, staring down at joon in the stands, who was sitting all alone, reading his book.

why isn't he sitting with areum?

jimin thought it was strange, but was quickly broke away from his thoughts when jungkook started speaking to him.

"that's namjoon, right?" the boy asked, seeing jimin staring at him.

"...yeah," jimin said, with a sigh.

yoongi chimed in, immediately.

"didn't you two use to hang out?" he asked, "i don't know how you put up with that kid for so long. he seems like a real weirdo."

"yeah, good thing you got out of that," jungkook said, with a chuckle, "what i want to know is how that loser got the hottest girl in our class to go out with him. like... what the fuck? maybe i should start acting like a fucking pansy and see if it gets me laid."

the other boys laughed, but jimin stayed quiet, with a frown on his face.

"joon isn't a loser," jimin said, turning to the boys, "he's... he's quiet... and shy, but he's not a loser. he's one of the sweetest people i've ever met."

yoongi snickered, turning to jimin.

"what happened to him screwing you over? i thought you two weren't friends anymore?"

jimin just sat there for a moment, thinking.

"he... he was mean to me... and he said things that hurt my feelings," jimin started, "but... that doesn't mean he's a bad person. that doesn't mean... i don't care about him anymore."

the boys just stared at jimin for a moment, then immediately broke out into laughter, aside from hoseok, who just sat there and watched the confrontation.

after they calmed down, jungkook spoke up.

"jesus, jimin," he said, still laughing a little, "we were just joking around. no need to go all gay on us."

the boys all started laughing again, making little jokes here and there.

jimin just bit his bottom lip, and turned to them, seemingly becoming a bit angry.

"gay on you?" jimin asked, as soon as the boys quieted down.

jungkook just looked over at him, a smile still on his face.

"sorry," he said, with a laugh, "i was just joki-"

jimin stood up from his seat, flinging his bag over his shoulder.

"no, i'm sorry," he said, staring down at them, "i'm sorry that your overly-masculine brains can't understand the concept of caring for someone else. i'm sorry that you're more concerned with being stoic and entitled, than decent fucking human beings," he said, silencing them, "and i am so, so sorry that you all think you have some sort of hierarchy over people, because of your fucking sexuality, because i can assure you, you don't."