『 ʙᴇɴᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʀғᴀᴄᴇ ⋙ sᴏᴘᴇ 』✔︎

𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕨𝕠

Waking up to the sound of an alarm clock, Jung Hoseok warily glanced out the window, squinting at the early sunrise. Tints of orange, yellow, and pink showed all about the room, casting a very ethereal look to it in the early morning.

As Hoseok began picking out an outfit for school, events from last night slowly crawled back into his memory. A sigh released from his chapped lips, as he slipped a hoodie over his head and made way to the bathroom.

In order to brighten his mood, he made it a personal goal to just enjoy the school day that day. Although fully aware that the task would be much more difficult than he thought. Even though Dawon spent time comforting her older brother about his troublesome worries, a pit of anxiety couldn't help but form in his stomach.

Coming to a new school he didn't expect things to go this way, but that's what happens in high school apparently. A never-ending chain of stress or constantly watching your back all the time in fear of someone or something coming to stab you in the back.

After finishing getting ready, Hoseok trudged down his staircase, holding his backpack in one arm and phone in the other, "You ready Dawon?"

Dawon looked up from her cereal bowl, quickly gobbling down the last bits of it, "Yep!"

Hoseok waited by the door for his younger sister, before both siblings stepping out and saying a good-bye to their parents.

"You feelin' any better?" she glanced up hesitantly with sparkly eyes.

Hoseok gave her a big smile and pulled her in for a hug "Yeah, thank you Dawon you helped a lot."

A smile formed on her lips, wrapping her arms around her brother's back, as the two waited across the street for Taehyung and his sister.
Finally spotting the two come out of their front door, they made their way over greeting each other with friendly waves.

"Hey Tae! Ooohhh nice sweatshirt"

"Hey Hobi! And thanks, it's Gucci!" Hoseok playfully rolled his eyes but soon laughed at his friend, knowing well about his Gucci obsession.

"What ever happened to being broke?" Hoseok teased

Taehyung leaned in to whisper in his friend's ear "Oh don't worry! This is thrifted."

Hoseok snickered at the response, as the two walked to school. However, throughout the whole walk Hoseok's mind seemed to be preoccupied by many things, as he was barely taking in anything Taehyung was saying.

Words flew in one ear and went out the other, not even taking recognition at his own name being called.

After a while, Taehyung got frustrated at his friend's haziness, "Hobi? Hobi! HOBI!"

Jumping up at the sudden name calling, heart nearly jumping out of his chest, "Huh?"

Taehyung rolled his eyes, "You good? You've been spacing out and I was literally talking about baby animals," he let out an offended 'hmmph'.

Hoseok sent him an apologetic glance and fumbled with his fingers nervously, "Sorry, just a lot on my mind right now."

"You know, Yoongi's been acting like this too. Is something going on?"

Hoseok's eyes shot up immediately at that, "What?"

"I'm not too sure, but if something is bothering you, you know you can tell me, right?" he gently latched his arms around Hoseok's shoulders.

Guilt-ridden, Hoseok bowed his head down towards the ground, "I know Tae, thank you."

As Hoseok leaned in for a hug, Dawon sent him a knowing smile, causing him to fill with warmth as he sent her a smile in return.

『••✎••』

As Taehyung and Hoseok both walked into their morning class, dread instantly filled up inside Hoseok as he spotted Chul at the opposite end of the room. Taehyung, who noticed Hoseok had stopped all of a sudden, gave him a light shove to make his friend come back to reality.

Hoseok nervously scampered into his seat, Taehyung staring at him with a skeptical expression from behind. Jimin and Taehung exchanged quizzical glances, before walking over after his friend to take a seat.

While Jimin and Taehyung initiated a bubbly conversation, Hoseok just sat there, staring at the back of Chul's head. Not necessarily because he was attracted to it, but because he was trying to figure out the mysteries that boy held.

Watching and observing his every move, Hoseok's heart only fluttered when Chul let out a cheery laugh at someone's jokes. Quickly noticing, he soon snapped himself out of it with the mindset to not pay attention to Chul anymore.

So, to control himself, he just blankly gazed towards the back wall, not processing anything at the moment as if he was some mindless robot.

Personally never witnessing Chul doing anything bad, it was hard to believe he was capable of doing so. Everytime his eyes landed on the tall junior, he was either smiling, laughing, or just innocently talking to other students as anyone normal would do.

Hoseok wracked his brain for answers, MAKE IT MAKE SENSE! Why do men have to be so complicated?

As Hoseok is in daydream land, Taehyung motioned his head towards him to Jimin, Jimin catching the hint. The two friends of the lost boy were confused as well, as to why Hoseok and Yoongi were both acting so weird and quiet.

Sure, it was normal for Yoongi to be quieter, but there was still an odd aroma floating around him that only puzzled the two even more. And with Hoseok, he was always saying something eccentric or cracking jokes, filling the air with loud echoes of laughter.

It threw Jimin and Taehyung off completely at the peculiar behavior towards the two, slightly signaling towards each other to make it a goal to confront them about it later on.

『••✎••』

After what felt like a million years, Hoseok dashed out of there at the speed of light, without giving recognition to either Taehyung or Jimin.

"I'll talk to him later," Taehyung stated, giving Jimin a concerned look. Jimin nodded in agreement, as the two walked out of the classroom.

As a result from running up the stairs at a very speedy pace, Hoseok breathlessly panted while plumping down into his seat beside Seokjin. In order to distract himself, he turned fully towards his taller friend and enthusiastically greeted him, "Hey Jinnie!"

Looking Hoseok up and down questionably, he asked, "Boy are you high? You have this weird buzz in your eyes."

Hoseok scoffed, snatching his hand back offendedly, "Honey-- what?"

Seokjin bursts into laughter while Hoseok just playfully crosses his arms like a little kid, with an angry pouty face, "No I'm not high, I don't know what you're talking about."

"Awww, you're a little baby ~ so cute," Seokjin cooed, causing Hoseok to stick out his tongue playfully.

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