CHAPTER 15

Question : what's your favorite weather?

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(Thirsk person's pov)

Jimin and Chaeyoung were seated at a table alongside Yoongi and Jin. After Jungkook had dragged Taehyung, the girl kept on bombarding the other fellow of questions; knowing very well that he had certain answers or at least a notion of what was going on. The boy had stayed mute until Yoongi had joined them, forcing the conversation to deviate topic.

Jin had just taken a seat with the trio and was enquiring about their youngest friend.

"Where's Kim Taehyung?" He asked coldly.

"Humm... T-toilet..." The shorter male lied.

The only female with them could not comprehend what was happening. She knew, by the way Jimin's face contorted into one of worry and constipation that the matters were grave. What exactly was happening, she didn't know. She was wise enough to choose silence - if Jimin had resolved to lying to the one whom they feared the most, the matters were indubitably serious.

"He's with Jungkook isn't he?" Seokjin queried in a matter of factly way. There was strictly no point in lying to him; he just knew. His face shifted from neutrality to disgust in a matter of seconds.

The heaviness of the air was suffocating for everyone - even to the pianist who knew something was off. Usually, Chaeyoung and Jimin would be fighting over futile aspects of life except they were now dead silent. The air felt like it had been sucked of its oxygen content. An outer party came to disrupt the deadly atmosphere.

"Hey Seokjin Oppa! Miss Lee needs you real quick to verify the correct deliveries of pastries." The newly arrived student informed. She was rather short and feisty. Clearly, she was acting a bit too nice and showing her ideal side in front of males. Chaeyoung hated girls like her.

The said lad got up with final words to one of his specific friends.

"Tell Taehyung to get tested."

Their female friend jerked her head upwards to look at the one talking. Getting tested for what? She didn't like the way she was being alienated, specially when it concerned her crush and her best friend.

The student council president followed the zesty girl dressed in pink, leaving behind a group within which a clear tension could be felt.

"Okay Park! I'm going to force the words out of your bitchy mouth! Tell me what's up because unlike you, I'm no idiot!" Chaeyoung growled, "I can see there's something wrong which I am not being updated about! I figured out that you know something which I don't! I'm a member of this group too and so is Yoongi! I think we deserve to know whatever happened to Tae which seemingly involves Jungkook! I can see that the poor baby cried! Why? Tell me why Jimin!" 

"I don't fucking know!" The chap replied with equal annoyance. He wished he knew too - he wanted to know why his closest and most precious friend was reduced to tears because of a womanizer and a player. Surely, he had walked in to the youngest in tears but he never got the opportunity of asking what was wrong. Jin had created a scene which caused Taehyung to cry even more. He was wailing and whimpering too much for him to be able to place a word in between. The frustration and worry Jimin felt could not be compared to anything else. The fact that his best friend was gone for now a great amount of time with the school's most popular fuckboy was not helping in easing his perturbed mind.

"I wish I knew too! I wish I had found out by now what your asshole of a crush has done to our baby! But no Chae! And you're correct, I know certain things which you don't but that doesn't mean I have to tell you. You don't have to know everything which concerns Taehyung."

A rather harsh and unpleasant silence established itself. Everyone was shocked by the words employed by the second born male. The sound of a band playing on the outside stage behind them was the only prevalent noise. Harm had been done.

"Chae... I didn't mean that..." Jimin apologised upon realising what he had just blurted out absentmindedly. The said girl never cried but this time, her eyes were glossy. It was the first time she felt out of place. She was about to retort something harsh and sarcastic but was promptly stopped by the approach of their youngest friend.

Taehyung was crying loudly and was catching the attention of other people seated on the tables close by. His steps were quick yet clumsy and he appeared alarmed and hurried. Something definitely had happened.

The three seated individuals were quick to get up. The boy whose glasses were falling off his face was having a panic attack. When he reached their level, he immediately threw his arms around Jimin. The latter noticed that the newly arrived person was trembling and had difficulties in breathing. When he pulled away in an attempt to calm him down, the others noticed the apparent dark purplish marks on his neck.

"Jimin... Jungkook... Video..." He stammered. He was in no proper state of mind to formulate a tangible sentence.  He was panicking; but who wouldn't in his place?

"What happened? What video are you talking about?"

"What's that on your neck Taehyung?"

"Oh gosh, did Jeon do that to you?"

"Jeon did what to him? Jeon who? Jungkook?"

The female and male pair previously fighting, would not shut up. Apparently, their questions were traumatising the crying boy even more for he started shaking more vigorously.

"Video... Jungkook..."

Yoongi had to interfere.

"Okay both of you shut up! Tae bear come here..." He said calmly as he stretched his hand forward. The sobbing fellow was quick to grab it as he allowed himself to get guided into the musician's warm embrace.

"You're okay... It's okay. You're here with us now. Whatever is bothering you, we'll find a solution to it..." The aforementioned boy murmured softly. His words seemed to be helping. Taehyung was calming down drastically. When they pulled away from each other, the youngest wasn't crying anymore. His throat however tightened.

"You want to tell us what happened now?" Nobody had expected Yoongi to be so soft and adorable. A comfort laced his tone that had all of them melting.

"Jungkook took a video of me while I was..." He could not finish his sentence; it felt embarrassing to say that out loud.

"While you were what?" Chaeyoung requested loudly. Taehyung shivered at the intonation.

"Take your time my winter bear..." Yoongi was quick to caress his back soothingly.

"When I was doing stuffs to him in the toilets..."

He could not elaborate further - a familiar voice manifested itself on stage.

"Ladies and gents! Can I have your attention please?"

All heads turned to the person speaking. He was clad in black clothes, leather jacket thrown on his shoulders and phone tightly held between his fingers. Everybody recognised him; who wouldn't, with the famous fuckboy reputation he had? Murmurs and a brouhaha filled the yard, everyone seemingly wondering whether Jeon Jungkook was about to sing something or create a scene and feed their daily dose of drama.

Jimin and Taehyung exchanged a panicked glare. The second mentioned started hyperventilating - nothing good could follow.

"He-he has a video of me giving h-him a b-blowjob!" He quickly explained.

"What!?" The girl wasn't believing her ears.

"I have an important announcement to make!" The black-dressed individual informed through the purple mic. His eyes searched for those of Taehyung and he had no difficulties in finding them. It appeared like he had been spying on the younger and knew precisely where he was found.

"I'm bisexual."

Now, this was a surprise entailed like no other. People gasped and teachers straightened on their chairs - this certainly was going beyond a few unspoken school regulations.

"What the **** is he doing?" Jimin whispered.

Taehyung was basically on the verge of passing out. His eyes were locked with those of the speaking fellow and people were noticing. Occasionally, his stare would deviate to the phone clutched between Jungkook's fingers as he remembered what it contained. A freaking video that could ruin his reputation if ever it got leaked. What was his mistake anyways? For what was Jungkook punishing him so harshly? For catching feelings which he himself hadn't exactly figured out yet? This was unfair; Jungkook was being a complete asshole.

"And I slept with a guy. One of your classmates actually, whom you guys may not know anything about except when you have to copy the homework. But he's much more beyond..." The fuckboy continued, his eyes still riveted on Taehyung. No matter where this was going, it smelled fishy.

"He's much more... He's so incredible in bed and he feels really good. His skin tastes delicious and his neck is my favourite spot."

At this point, a multitude of pairs of eyes were glued to Taehyung and his neck. Everyone was seeing the way Jungkook was looking at the younger solely. They knew he was whom the one on stage was talking about - he was the boy with whom he slept.

The younger was shaking as tears started reforming into his eyes. The skin around the orbs were burning due to the constant salty liquid that kept on flowing out. What had he ever done to deserve such public humiliation?

"Taehyung... Is he telling the truth?" He heard a feminine voice mutter from behind him. He was certain his legs were going to give up on him. He tried blocking out the cacophony going on around him but it just kept on growing louder, causing his head to start spinning. He hated the negative attention he was getting all thanks to his **** buddy. If only he knew a single action of his would have triggered such a cascading effect, Taehyung would have never attended that damned party.

"But you know what guys? He kinda fucked up! He ruined whatever we shared and now I'm **** deprived. So this is a national call to all the male population out there. I'm now available to you too!" Jungkook exclaimed in a grandiose way. He flashed his meanest smirk to the nerd, watching and relishing the way the latter's face flushed red of embarrassment. Teachers were now getting up their chairs and shooting him death glares. He was going to get into serious issues if he did not get down from this platform.

Jungkook debated on his next move. He contemplated the phone in his hand. Should he? Did he have the right to destroy someone like that?

"Jeon Jungkook! Get down!"

His flow of thoughts were interrupted by none other than the principal. The old man looked like he was ready to strangle the boy. The aforementioned chap had no other choice than to do as told. His plan had already been executed and the look on Taehyung's face was enough as a reward. Nevertheless, a great part of him felt atrociously bad about what he had just done. The events however were too fresh for him to realise the impact of his actions. He had ruined someone's image publicly. He couldn't have stooped lower.

The judgemental looks people were giving Taehyung was nothing as compared to the look of sorrow he saw on Jin's face at a distance. Jungkook had already gotten down; disappearing into a crowd of people with the rector close behind while Taehyung was left to process everything which had just happened. He felt himself pulled by the arm and he allowed himself to be dragged. Every person who had heard the speech was now looking at the young boy who had definitely zoned out. He didn't know how to react anymore. Even the tears which had threatened to fall down before were now gone. All that remained was an emptiness and a feeling of denial of reality.

Chaos surrounded them as Jimin and Yoongi shielded their friend all the way to the building. Even Chaeyoung; who logically should have been mad; was accompanying the boys even though she was slightly in retreat. It was a lot to process for her too.

The noise did not stop - mimicking the sound of bees buzzing and pollinating and Taehyung's head felt like it was about to explode. Even when they somehow managed to reach his room, his head was still atrociously paining. It wasn't until he got sat on his bed that he broke down his walls. What on earth had just happened?

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Oof the drama- 👀

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