1. 108 billion people died on earth
*....* - What they are doing.
"....." - What they are saying.
(......) - What they are thinking.
In the music room, Kim Taehyung sat on the piano stool while looking at the music score.
This was the music for his solo piano performance at the school's arts festival one week later. Since starting high school, Taehyung's everyday piano practices have greatly reduced. Because of the recent school transfer and the new environment, he was not able to touch the piano for almost a month. The music that he had previously been able to play with both eyes closed now felt unfamiliar.
Taehyung reviewed the score again. Laying the book flat on the music stand, he prepared to play the piano.
Kim Taehyung
*At this time, a pleasantly deep voice flew to his ears.*
Someone
Our school's Fourth Culture and Arts Festival begins today. Culture forges our school's spirit, arts...
Kim Taehyung
*couldn't resist glancing at where the voice came from.*
In the front of the music room, a male and a female student stood on a platform. The female student was called Choi Irene, the neighboring class' president. Beautiful, gentle, and eloquent, she was chosen to become the arts festival's female presenter. Standing next to her was the male presenter, as in Tae's archnemesis Jeon Jungkook.
[Archnemesis - A big enemy to someone]
No, to be clear, Kim Taehyung one-sidedly decided to make Jeon Jungkook his archnemesis.
Jungkook himself seemed to not know about this......
Kim Taehyung
*secretly stared at Jungkook.*
He wondered what Jungkook, that second-year high school student, ate in order to grow to 184 cm tall. Yet unlike the usual lanky bamboo pole-like physique, Jungkook's body was well proportioned with a decent amount of muscles. With his pleasingly handsome face, and due to his physique looking extremely dazzling while wearing the school uniform, he was publicly known as the most attractive boy in school.
(A/n - Beware the muscle bunny, fear the muscle bunny 😏.....)
You can still grow more at 17 years old. Some people grow earlier while some people are late bloomers.
Kim Taehyung
(Wait until we're 20 years old and let's see who's taller!)
175 cm Taehyung thought angrily as he absent-mindedly started to play the piano score in front of him.
Kim Taehyung transferred to the boarding school a month ago, during the start of his second year. This came about because his father was sent to work at the company's branch in Europe, leaving Taehyung without anybody taking care of him. His mother wanted to stay at the old house. The teachers and the quality of education in that city clearly could not compare to the ones in Tae's current school. As a result, Father Kim put his foot down, determined to send off the pampered-since-childhood-young-master Kim Taehyung to the boarding school.
Jeon Jungkook - the overall-pretty-good guy had a handsome face, was good at sports, was multi-talented, and had a rich family. If not for his personality that was rather cold to strangers, you can say that he was perfect.
The thing that made Taehyung most bitter was the 4x400m relay race that he participated in. He carelessly fell down while running. Although he immediately got up and tried his best to run while enduring the pain, he was still surpassed by some people. However, when he passed the baton to Jungkook, Jungkook unexpectedly caught up to three people in one breath.
Nobody blamed Taehyung after the race was over. Two enthusiastic girls even approached him for the first time, giving him water and medicine and helping him treat his wounds. But seeing everyone treat Jungkook like a hero made Taehyung feel like he was compared to and found lacking.......
Since elementary school, the person who was always the most popular in school sports competitions was me, ah!
--In short, he felt all kinds of annoyed
Kim Taehyung
*he bit his lips, absent-mindedly playing the piano and making a mistake.*
The bell rang, signifying the end of the class.
Kim Taehyung
*anxiously stopped playing the piano.*
This was the afternoon's last self-study class. To prepare for the arts festival, the teachers gave lots of support to the two presenters and to Taehyung, who needed to practice the piano. Every afternoon during the last self-study class, they came to the music room to practice. Taehyung played the piano while Jungkook and Irene practiced the actors' lines, neither party bothering one another.
As the piano melody stopped, Irene's clear and charming voice could be heard.
Choi Irene
"Jungkook, are you going to go to the canteen?" *sweetly*
Jeon Jungkook
*Jungkook's tone was indifferent* "I will go later."
Taehyung didn't think that Jungkook really wanted to go later. It must be because he just didn't want to go together with Choi Irene. According to his observation, Jungkook seemed to be completely immune to beautiful girls.
[Immune - Totally or partially resistance to something]
--When Taehyung was barely transferred to the school for a week, he was relaxing near the doorway when a beautiful girl from another class suddenly ran towards him and shyly gave him a lovely-looking envelope. Taehyung was ecstatic; he thought that as a result of his endless charm, somebody already wrote a love letter to him despite only transferring in several days ago.
Kim Taehyung
*He felt very proud of himself and smiled, asking a question that he already knew the answer for* "Who is this for?"
A girl
*Spoke with a red face* "I'm sorry to trouble you, but please give this to Jungkook. Thank you."
Kim Taehyung
*who waited for the girl to answer with "you"* 😑
At his previous school, Taehyung was also at the level of "most handsome boy at school". He was not tall, and he was quite slim, but he was very handsome. With his delicate facial features, he could simply be described as "beautiful". When he was little, he was always mistaken as a little girl. Beautiful young boys like him were usually considered very popular at school. But compared to Jeon Jungkook, the handsome and masculine Adonis, Taehyung really was a bit lacking. At least for boyfriend material, girls still prefer Jungkook's type a lot more.
Taehyung was full of anger. Grabbing the letter, he returned to the class, and threw it at Jungkook. He then went back to his seat. Both people's seats were only separated by an aisle, so Taehyung clearly saw Jungkook's indifferent look while casually throwing the love letter on his desk.
Kim Taehyung
*Couldn't hold it in anymore, and he was not done dealing with him, blurting out* "Are you just going to put it there?"
Jeon Jungkook
*Glanced at him, asking* "Should I throw it on the floor?"
Kim Taehyung
"No, what I meant is you didn't even look at it?"
Jeon Jungkook
*Raised his eyebrows, looking at Taehyung's face and asking* "The one who sent it was a girl?"
Kim Taehyung
*Thought was that this was bullshit, but his lips were saying* "Right, a very pretty one."
At that time, Taehyung didn't think anything of it. But afterwards it somehow felt weird when he thought about it again. However, his relationship with Jungkook had been gradually getting worse, to the point of not speaking with each other. Asking about this kind of thing is out of the question, so Tae could only keep his doubts to himself.
In the music room, the rejected Choi Irene felt a little unsatisfied. She remained in the classroom, asking a question in Tae's direction.
Choi Irene
"That's right, did you guys hear the story about this music room?"
Jeon Jungkook
*Coldly kept his head down, turning the script's page and not making a sound.*
The atmosphere was a little awkward. So Taehyung quickly responded.
Kim Taehyung
"What story?"
Choi Irene
*spat it out: "It is said that a person died in this music room. At night, if you stay here, maybe you can see something you shouldn't see."
Taehyung wanted to contribute to the conversation, but Jungkook laughed, head still looking down at his book, and said:
Jeon Jungkook
"Since ancient times, there are 108 billion people who have died on earth, people have died pretty much everywhere."
Kim Taehyung
*Turned his head. Facing away from Jungkook, he gave Jungkook a huge eye roll.*
Kim Taehyung
(Will it kill you to not act like a pretentious prick?)
Irene went to the canteen. Jungkook leaned on the bottom of the podium, head in the script. Taehyung started to play the piano.
Halfway through playing the music, Jungkook suddenly threw the script on top of the podium. Without saying a word to Taehyung, he turned his head and left the room with both hands in his pockets.
That's right, Jeon Jungkook also somehow didn't like Kim Taehyung.
There were two main reasons for this.
First, because Jungkook's personality was rather independent, he didn't like to mix with people. In addition, his father donated money to the school, so the teachers heavily favored him, continuously letting Jungkook live in the dorm without a roommate. However, after Taehyung transferred, the school didn't have excess beds. They could only put Taehyung in Jungkook's room, disturbing Jungkook's one-man world.
This was actually not the main reason as Jungkook was not a narrow-minded person. At the start he also thought to get along peacefully with Taehyung. But Taehyung, whose limelight had been snatched and was feeling like it was unfair, usually acted negatively towards Jungkook. Jungkook was also not stupid. Although he did not know the exact reason, he could figure out that the boy was full of hostility towards him. As a result, he gradually ignored Taehyung. Although the two were in the same grade and lived in the same dorm room, they were not on speaking terms, mutually treating the other as if he didn't exist.
Once Jungkook left the music room, Taehyung stopped playing.
He tidied up the music book and put it inside the piano stool before hurriedly leaving the music room, acting as if somebody was chasing him from behind.
(A/n- I do the same when everyone leaves the class 😭)
Talking about this is quite embarrassing as Kim Taehyung didn't think of himself as a coward. Many people were afraid of bugs, snakes, or mice; Taehyung wasn't afraid of those. When he was a kid, he grew up in a village and was immune to those small things. However, he had one Achilles' heel: he was afraid of ghosts. Just now, Irene rambled about a story that was half-true and half-false, but Tae didn't dare to stay in the music class alone.
[Achilles' heel - Someone's weak point or fault in something]
When Taehyung was small, he was raised in the village by his grandfather. His grandfather's profession, if seen through modern lenses, can definitely be characterized as a fraudster. The years living with him were bizarre, but he could not see what real skills his grandfather had. At that time, his grandfather's favorite hobby was to tell Taehyung ghost stories. The stories were incredibly realistic, and the young Taehyung was full of curiosity. Although he was extremely afraid of ghosts, he always forced himself to listen to these stories. When he was growing up, he became even more afraid of ghosts and until now still did not change.
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Joy D
After class is over,
● I would go out first(If I was alone or no one was waiting for me!), and
● if a friend was waiting I would go with them, and
● if I was busy with something I would go last... In any case, I make decisions based on my surroundings and environment. ✔️
2025-01-29
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Moonlight
🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭He got scared of the story but still get his manners and ego 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
2025-01-27
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Moonlight
.............It's childish to consider him your arch nemesis over this
2025-01-27
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