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❦ Chapter 10 ❦

Taehyung Pov

With wide eyes, I stood in front of the big house where Jeongguk apparently lived. Again and again, I looked at the little piece of paper with the address on, checking again whether I was really right or not. But I was not mistaken. This was Jeongguk's house. My heart was beating wildly against my chest and my fear of the young man with the ravenblack hair and the dark eyes was rising more and more, standing only in his front garden. How could someone like him live in a house like this while my parents and I lived in a small apartment?

I just wanted to turn around and go home, but then I remembered Jeongguk's threat, so I slowly stared at the bell and bit my lower lip. Jimin's words came to my mind and buzzed around. What if Jeongguk really wanted to pick one theme? What if he didn't want to beat me up but had really good intentions with me instead? Taehyung, pull yourself together, advised me an inner voice, so I put my little index finger on the white bell.

Nevertheless I hesitated. I just didn't dare to ring the bell because I thought of the few students Jeongguk had beaten just before school started and who ended up in hospital. If he could stand up against guys like that, I had to be nothing more than a little bug he could flatten with his shoe. This man was by far very dangerous and someone like me would sink in quickly in his dominant presence. Even if he fascinated me in some way, everything about him intimidates me. He was simply the complete opposite of me...

Maybe I can write him a message and say I am sick, I thought to myself and let my little hand sink again, then I took a few steps back, looking again at the big building. I thought of my resolution at the beginning of the school year to never cross Jeon Jeongguk's path. Who could guarantee me that Jeongguk would be satisfied with my silence and wouldn't finish me off if I was of no actually use to him and he ended up getting bad grades for me? Nobody could. Besides, he had said anyway that my silence can't do him anything good. The best thing I could do was just to go and ask Mrs. Lee to do an individual presentation tomorrow.

So, I turned around and slowly walked over the stone path, leading to the front door back, to the sidewalk. Once again, I thought of Jeongguk's threat that I would regret not coming to him, but Jeongguk was certainly better off without me. Most likely I would sit silently in front of him like in class and not say a single word....

"Where the hell are you going, partner?"

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~ ggukstaee 🌺