BTS HYYH Notes (Book 1, 2, BUS Game) // COMPLETE [Part 1]

2020, Sep 30 - Jungkook (The End Of Us)

[Places: School, hideout]

"Jungkook, you don't still go there, do you?"

I just looked down at the toes of my sneakers. I refused to answer, so the teacher struck my head with the attendance book. I still didn't give in. It was where we hung out. Since I first stepped into that room, not a day had passed without me stopping by. The other's wouldn't have known. They had other plans and part-time jobs and didn't always drop by. Yoongi hyung and Seokjin hyung sometimes didn't show up for days. But I was different. I went there without exception. There were days when no one else came. That was fine with me. It was fine because that room was there and because the others would show up later, or tomorrow, or the next day.

"I knew you were hanging out with the wrong crowd." The attendance book hit my head again.

When I raised my eyes, and stared at the teacher, the attendance book came down again. The scene of Yoongi hyung getting beat flooded my mind. I clenched my teeth and restrained myself. I didn't want to lie and say I didn't go there.

(A/N: Moments after)

And then I was standing in front of the room. It felt as if the others were there on the other side of the door. When it opens, they'll look back and complain about what took me so long. Seokjin hyung and Namjoon hyung must be reading, Taehyung hyung must be playing a game, Yoongi hyung must be in front of the piano, and Hoseok-ie hyung and Jimin-ie hyung must be dancing.

But when I opened the door, only Hoseok hyung was there. He had come to clear out what was left of our things. I stood frozen with my hand on the doorknob. Hyung came towards me, put his arm over my shoulders, and walked me back outside.

"Let's go."

The door of the room close behind us. I realized then and there. Those days were gone and would never come again.

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(A/N: Other narration. Same scene.)

The others probably didn't know, but I went to the classroom every day and never missed. There was a space for me inside this place I found awkward and unfamiliar and I liked that feeling so much that I escaped to there whenever I could. It was the only place I could feel at ease.

But today, when I open the doors to the classroom, only Hoseok hyung is there. He's gathering up the items we'd left behind.

"Let's go now." He looks back at me with those calm words.

And I realize that the days we spent together are memories now, and they'll never come back again.