A Caged Bird | Minjoon

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"he's getting expelled," jimin said.

jimin had just made his way out of the deans' office, joon waiting for him outside. the school had been reviewing and deciding how to handle the whole jungkook situation, eventually settling on just expelling him.

"expelled? really?"

jimin nodded.

"yup. they said that homophobia isn't tolerated at their school and that he's getting harassment, bullying, and homophobic behavior marked on his record. jungkook has three days to leave campus."

joon just stared at him, partially shocked.

"...wow," joon said, "that's amazing, jimin. now he won't be able to bother you anymore."

"...yeah."

joon could sense sadness on his face, wondering what was going on.

"what's wrong?"

jimin sighed, letting his cool composure go.

"i just... i don't know. i guess i just feel kind of bad. i just... i didn't think they would actually expel him. i thought maybe give him a warning or tell him to leave me alone... but expelling him? that could like... ruin his life, you know? who knows what college he can get into now. i mean... being expelled from school for homophobia and bullying... that can't look good to other schools."

namjoon nodded, understanding where jimin was coming from.

"i guess i see your point. but... i mean... he did bully you and he was homophobic to you. it's not like you lied or something. you just have to remember why we turned him in in the first place, you know? he's a bad person and now karma's catching up to him. he could have kept harassing you all year... and maybe other people, too. you did the right thing by letting the school know."

jimin sighed, with a nod.

"i guess you're right. i just... i hope he learns something from all this and can get into a new school."

namjoon smiled at how sweet his boyfriend was, quickly leaning in to hug him.

"i'm sure he'll be fine."

-

"i'll miss you," jimin said, pouting a bit.

the two boys had hung out together at jimin's dorm for about an hour. of course namjoon wanted to stay, but he also knew he should go and spend some time with his grandfather. jimin also had a ton of homework that he was procrastinating on, and joon wanted to leave so jimin could have some space to get started on it.

"i'll miss you, too," joon said, leaning in and giving him a kiss.

joon grabbed his jacket from jimin's coat rack and threw his shoes on.

"i'll see you tomorrow."

"okay. bye joon," jimin said, not so excited to spend the rest of the night alone, doing homework.

jimin stayed seated on his couch until he heard the front door to his dorm shut, signaling joon had left.

jimin sat there for a moment, thinking about what homework assignment he was going to start on first, when a great idea popped into his head.