Outcast | KNJ

3 | 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜

"So here is the art department." Seok-Jin trailed off, talking in detail about everything about the school and every department and whatever history he knew about it too.

However, Sung had stopped paying attention a long time ago, as she travelled around the school she made a mental note of where her classes were and the odd information about timetables and after school clubs however that was as far as it extended to.

She didn't want to know more, she didn't care, and most importantly of all she could see how Seok-Jin got his reputation from, to others they would love the fact he hasn't shut up about the school, especially since everything she has heard so far was positive however she would rather go round on her own  and if she had to be with another at least be quiet.

After being alone and had nothing but silence for so long you grow to love it and find comfort it in, exactly like Sung had.

"Are you even listening?"

And just like that she was pulled out of her transe, being pulled to look up at the tall boy next to her.

"Depends on how much , taking in what I need to know ignoring the rest." She admits, not caring in the slightest if he gets offended in any way, she was not about to create a whole new persona at this new school, not when everyone knew her and treated her just like her old one it would just be a pointless game that would all end the same anyway.

"I should have expected that, right come on let's go to the last places the gym and library." He sighed, slightly putting his hand on my shoulder to guide me away.

"Hold on where are we going?" She exclaimed silently, not wanting to draw attention to them walking through the corridors from the students in, having not heard what he had said.

"The place I heard that you spend all your time at." Seok-Jin sighed pushing her forward as he realised how little time they had left before they had to attend their next lesson.

"How do you know that?" She pondered, hurrying from Seok-Jin managing to walk significantly faster than her due to his long legs.

"I thought you know by now, people talk and especially about you, people probably know more than you would like to know or even admit." He confesses, seeing her take a large gulp as her reality comes crashing down on her again, reminding her no matter how much she tries she'll never be able to escape the reality everyone had created for her, one she never asked to be in.

"Of course, I should have expected it, if I really want to leave this all behind me moving to a whole other country is the only way, even then it's only a matter of time." Sung admitted looking through the windows of the classroom's seeing all the skin piercing stares directed at her, like she was some disease walking through the corridors that you could contract just by talking to her... that being the reason she closed herself, no one really wants her, by now she was just preparing herself to forever be on her own.

"Even then you may never escape."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you not remember in all those interviews you were forced to do by the paparazzi all that time ago?" Seok-JIn asked, seeming genuinely worried that she couldn't remembered how she badly she was focused on after her mother's disastrous death.

"I probably do but a lot has happened no one knows or will ever know about, but anyway it doesn't matter." she shrugged, creeping a smile onto her face to reassure him just like she did everyone which usually worked.

"Are you suree.. I e ahh." he exclaimed, suddenly falling forward as another rather large body came running jumping themselves onto his back making Seok-JIn fall hard to the ground not expecting it.

"Kook get off I am trying to have a conversation here." he grumbled managing to stand back up after being jumped on.

"Sure now who is this? Oh wait are you the new girl? Nice to meet you." Jungkook welcomed, a large bunny smile plastered across his face as if he hadn't just winded his friend from jumping on him.

"Yeah hi." Sung replied quietly, wondering why "Kook" was out of lesson, unaware that they were just finishing and he just happened to be the first one out.

"Sung this is Jungkook, Jungkook this is Sung, now you go get off to your next lesson and let me finish this tour in time." Seok-JIn demanded, startling Sung who had not expected for him to suddenly turn all "fathery" on Jungkook, especially when he didn't look much younger than her, then again appearance often shielded the truth, at least that was what she believed anyway.

"Yeah yeah whatever I'll see you at lunch, good to meet you Sung." Jungkook sung back as he wiggled away, if only she could be that happy and careless, Sung thought to herself after witnessing such a friendship infront of her.

"Right now let's go quick before we get caught up in the crowd and lose each other." He says quickly, not giving her enough to process what he had said before being pulled away by her wrist to some direction. He really like physical touch, Sung noticed.

"Here we are." Seok-Jin announced, finally letting go of her now red wrist as he hadn't realised  how tight he had been holding and pulling her along with.

"Thanks." Sung replied through her gritted teeth, now rubbing her sore wrist as she looked into what looked like a rather large library that was easily double the size of the main one in the city centre.

"This is a lot bigger than I expected it to be." She admits, hastily stepping in, her footsteps echoing as she walked in and looked around.

"Yeah I gathered it would be especially if you have been used to the one in the city which is surprisingly smaller than the one here, it doesn't exactly make sense why but there we go."

"It does actually if you think about it." Sung says looking up to Seok-jin who looked very puzzled at what she was trying to say.

"When was the last time you went to the city library or one of your family members did?" She questioned, already knowing what kind of answer she was going to get in response.

" I mean I don't think any of us have actually been there in years why?" He asked back, still very confused.

"That's exactly it, no one goes there, I remember nights or even afternoons where I was almost the only one there, people don't really care about it but as soon as they thought about closing it everyone protested against the idea and said quote "it had the town's history and can't be closed just for the sake of it." Sung explained, she knew her stuff no matter how people tried to convince themselves otherwise, she may be her mother's daughter but as far as she was concerned she was nothing like her and never would be, she wasn't even sure if she could be even if she did try to be, which was definitely not on her agenda any time soon at all.                                                                    

"Wow okay now I did not know that I must admit." Seok-jin confesses, huffing out a large breath that he was unaware that he was already.

"Yeah anyway I should be going to my first lesson Seok-jin." Sung says politely, wanting to keep up a good reputation up as long as she could before it somehow got damaged,

"JIn."

She freezes in her step, confused as to what he was on about. "What?"

"You can call me Jin, most people call me it infact so you can do, I know what you probably think of yourself and until you directly prove me different, consider us friends." Jin comments, looking back at her, who was clearly shocked at the words he had just admitted, maybe not even processing they were real or if he meant them after how everyone treated her over the years.

"Okay thanks Jin I'll see you around." She replies, wanting to show that if he wanted to be friends and on good terms she would try, well if it meant she had a friend even if they were distance it was something, not a lot but something that would make her better enough to actually care even the tiniest bit more.