The Facility

Semester 2: Sharing Is Caring

Riiiiiiing!

Jimin walked with eyes darting around the wide halls that morning. The first morning of the second and final semester he would be spending at this facility.

His steps were quick and deliberate as he kept moving. I didn't have breakfast today. He just had not been in the mood. Instead of eating he had spent a considerable amount of time sitting at the edge of his bed, reflecting on all that happened last year as well as what happened over his break. Nothing much took place besides keeping in touch with Solar and well some of the friends he had made here.

A lot of the thoughts he had been having had been of him trying to help others in his class and . . . some more awkward and/or dangerous moments he had had.

He rubbed a hand over his mouth as he remembered being kissed by Leigh-Anne and nearly engaging in sexual activities with her. Then he thought of how Prodigy had kissed him and then that incident with Perrie in the janitor's closet. The boy shook his head as his body tingled.

The last thing that crossed his mind was when Jade had nearly set all of them on fire.

That caused him to stop in the hallway for a moment before keeping up his walk.

After thinking and reflecting I decided to do some exercise in order to get myself to focus. He needed to keep his mind stable. When he shifted other people did too. He was sort of an experiment in this class . . . according to Alex that was. Is me not acting entirely how I feel sort of compromising it though? He wondered. What if he were to go in there and scream like how he sort of felt to do at the moment?

Jimin tried to imagine what would happen.

Prodigy would probably stand and yell 'Ahh the new guy has lost his mind!' And then Leigh-Anne may act concerned but probably begin to blame people, Taehyung will become scared and . . . hmm . . . Maybe it really was best to just keep it together.

But why do I want to scream? Why?

He remembered Solar speaking to him about his nervous problem. A gorgeous coat with a string hanging off it. A string which causes it to slowly unravel. He gulped. That was how she had described him. After coming back in here I did get screened again. I have to take extra sessions now. That made him feel uncomfortable. What would they say to him? Or attempt to do to 'fix' him? I suppose I'll find out.

Jimin paused in his movement once he was close to his class.

He took a deep breath then put his game face on.

Now he stepped in with a serious expression before standing at the front.

Everyone was already present. They had all been casually talking about whatever and once they caught sight of Jimin they stopped.

Jimin shrunk. Let me just scurry along to my sea-

"Hi Jimin. It seems as if you're always way later than the rest of us." Taehyung giggled.

"But also earlier than Alex." Leigh was sitting on Jesy's desk.

Jimin wore a nervous smile. "Umm . . ." He watched how everyone stared. "Let me just . . ." He hurried along to his seat and sat there quickly as well.

Everyone went back to minding their business it seemed.

Jimin breathed out once the atmosphere began to feel more familiar.

"Hey." Taehyung brought his chair up to Jimin's desk.

Jimin blushed. "Hi . . ." He somehow expected more people to flock him. He looked around the class and spotted Jungkook and Hoseok watching dance videos on Hoseok's phone. That made him smile. They seemed enticed. Now his eyes surveyed more and he made out Prodigy chatting it up with Yoongi and Ray Ray. Yoongi was not speaking but just smiling tiredly. Prod seemed to notice him and nodded. Jimin nodded back and then looked for Roc. He saw him sitting with arms folded and eyes forward, appearing . . . kind of mad about something. Roc had a lollipop in his mouth like he tended to have. Hmm . . .