Sterling

Chapter Eighteen

Jungkook and Taehyung arrived at school the next morning a little earlier than usual. They had both fallen asleep in the brunette boy's bed, neither one of them changing into the pajamas, both falling asleep in each other's arms and waking up to a blaring alarm clock on Taehyung's side of the bed.

When they walked through the front entrance of the school, they received weird and questioning looks from everyone sat in the cafeteria, and soon the whispering began. Taehyung noticed this like he always does, and it made him feel small and put on the spot. He began playing with his fingers as he tried not to look around, hearing the faint whispers as people looked at them.

Jungkook noticed it too, causing him to place his hand on the small of the younger's back and guide him towards the hallway and to his locker. He glared at everyone as he opened the door for Taehyung to walk through, before following behind him and letting the door close with a loud slam. He followed Taehyung to his locker down the semi-empty hallway, leaning against the cool metal as the brunette boy put in his combination.

The rest of their morning went by pretty quickly, even though they were in school. Taehyung went to his classes while Jungkook went to his own. They exchanged small talk during lunch and in the hallways when they saw each other, smiling and laughing before their next class started. Taehyung was in a history class while Jungkook was in his gym class, currently in the boys locker room changing into his gym clothes.

"Saw you walking in with Kim this morning," Bogum stated, looking over his shoulder at the raven-haired boy behind him as he threw his shirt on. Jungkook looked over at him with furrowed eyebrows, not understanding the big deal, "Did you seriously walk with him or something?" He asked as he sat down and pulled on his shoes, now facing the younger.

"I stayed the night at his place," the smaller answered honestly with a nonchalant shrug of his shoulders, still not understanding the big deal. Bogum raised his eyebrows as a smile formed on his lips, only adding on to Jungkook's confusion, "What? What's the big deal about me staying at his place?"

"Nothing, you've just been spending a lot of time with him here recently," Bogum replied with a lame shrug as he tied his shoes. The raven-haired boy rolled his eyes as he went back to changing into his gym clothes, feeling Bogum's eyes boring onto his back, "It's weird seeing you with a freak like him, you know."

Jungkook was in the middle of pulling his shirt on when he heard those words leave Bogum's mouth, causing him to turn around and look at the older man with a cocked eyebrow, "What did you just call him?" He challenged, taking a step closer to him as his folded his arm over his chest. Bogum scoffed as he stood up, bucking up to Jungkook as well, "I'm not going to repeat myself."

"I called him a freak."

"Who are you guys talking about?" Jin asked as he sat down on the bench and pulled on his shoes, Namjoon taking a seat next to him. Neither one of the boys answered the other instantly, both of them staring into each other's eyes with hard glares, Jungkook more challenging than Bogum's, neither one of them cowering down to the other.

"They're talking about Jungkook's little boyfriend," Minho answered for them, leaning back against the lockers as he watched the two males just stare at each other, however, this caught Jungkook's attention, causing him to look over at Minho with the same hard glare he was giving Bogum, "What?"

"He's not my boyfriend."

"You're talking about Taeyong?" Namjoon asked, earning a confused look from the younger before shaking his head and running his hands through his hair. He let out a deep sigh, rubbing his face when he felt a headache beginning to form from the people around him. He was ready to yell at every single one of them and tell them what his actual name was and he was ready for the day to be over with.