NXT 2 U [Minsung AU]

-9- NOT!

~POV Jisung~

When we entered his spacious study located on the highschool fourth floor, Mr. Hyun looked at us with so much annoyance and dismay it almost scared me. At once, his eyes rested on Minho, whom he looked at in exasperation.

"You again!" He roared without even knowing what had happened. "You can't help it!"

While my neighbour was biting his lips, obviously forcing himself to remain silent, I was about to speak when the headmaster beat me to it, asking my colleague to tell him the facts. Unsurprisingly, he immediately do it, with that smug look that made me nauseous.

Listening to him, I learned the other two students were Kwak Gitae and Jung Hwan of 2B-4. They hadn't come out of the fight unhurt, one having a huge shiner to his left eye and the other supporting his right hand by making a face. I hardly dared to cross Minho's gaze as he was so worked up, unlike his opponents who, although they were in the same situation, seemed strangely serene.

The more time passed, the more my stress increased. I had a bad feeling that refused to vanish. When my colleague' speech finally came to an end, there was a leaden silence in the room. Then, staring at the penknife on his solid wood desk, the headmaster sighed, taking off his glasses to rub his eyes.

"Do you realise what you've done, Lee? Threatening other students with a weapon is..."

But this time, my neighbour didn't let him continue.

"This penknife isn't mine!" He said, trying so hard not to lose his temper I could see his body shaking. "They started the fight, all I did was defend myself! Kwak threw the penknife on the floor when he heard people coming towards us!"

Suddenly, my colleague's loud applause startled me.

"What an imagination!" He exclaimed by sniggering. "Hearing you, you're the innocent victim of a conspiracy! Be serious ! Trouble-free students like these two would never start a fight! Plus, with a weapon? Stop taking us for fools!"

"Mr. Shin's right!" Kwak Gitae added quickly, pointing at Minho and staring at him scornfully. "That screwball threw himself at us with that penknife! He could have injure us or worse!"

Before we had time to react, Minho grabbed him by his shirt collar, slamming him brutally against a wall while Mr. Hyun and my colleague rushed to separate them. At the same time, the other student began to scream, pretending to be terrorised.

"You see! He's crazy!"

"Stop lying, you bastard!"

"SILENCE!" The headmaster ordered with gravity.

While no one was talking anymore, I clenched my fists. Minho's voice was so badly flayed it hurt me. It sounded like a wounded animal's complaint that didn't know how to defend itself. Instinctively, I wanted to approach him but at the same time, Mr. Shin grabbed him by the arm, forcing him to sit on a chair forbidding him to move. 

Sitting at his desk in front of my neighbour, the headmaster stared at him harshly before declaring.

"Lee Minho. For using violence within highschool grounds, you're reprimanded. Plus, you get three hours of detention tonight. Due to this weapon presence, I will immediately inform police captain Park who's following your case. You were supposed to watch your step, but I can see this is too much to ask of you".

What...?

It was mess in my mind. I couldn't believe my ears.

Minho wasn't speaking anymore. He was just staring at his hands, mechanically scratching his skin as if he was trying to remove it, all this not to get upset again. For my part, I kept repeating to myself : Jisung, you're a supply teacher... supply... supply... supply... Don't make waves by opposing a colleague and the headmaster since the first day! Hold yourself back! Shut up! But it was beyond me.