I n n o c e n t

二十四

♡ Narrator's POV ♡

it took at least half an hour for the men to find each other, with jimin being found near the entrance of the mall, sitting down on a nearby bench like a lost pup.

"that was the worst mall trip in my entire life..." taehyung said, digging his hands in his jeans pockets as he huffed. "we didn't even buy anything."

"not everyone can afford gucci, tae." hoseok said as he swatted a nearby fly away from his face. "and besides, most of the others should be back at the dorms by now. I got a text from yoongi!"

"what does it say?" jimin asked, taking out a bar of Reeses pieces before ripping the orange wrapper open.

"well, the so called 'street gang' that namjoon and yoongi checked out was actually our old friends. taehyung, remember baekhyun and sehun?"

taehyung's eyes widened. "wait wait, bacon and bubble tea boy are in a gang?! since when??"

"no, you idiot. they work at a restaurant called exo. suki tried to offer a contract where they would join a gang. but they declined it, thank god."

"what about jin? did he get any answers from the principle?"

"not that I know of," hoseok said as we all walked down the sidewalk back to campus which was only abou 15 minutes from here. "jennie had to ditch going to the mansion because jungkook really didn't want to. but I can understand why, though."

"interesting...." taehyung mumbled as jimin just absorbed the information while humming to himself.

♡ Jungkook's POV ♡

"hey, who ate the last bag of chips??" hoseok asked as he searched through the kitchen cabinets where most of the snacks were held. "which one of you little elfs at the cheetos, huh?"

"I did," yoongi admitted without any guilt from the living room. "no one said they were yours, hobi."

"but no one said you could just eat them either, yoongi!" hoseok complained as he walked out the kitchen and to the living room where some members were either sitting on the couches, or the carpeted floor. "jin bought those for me!"

"yeah, and I ran out of doritos. and you had one left so I took it. no biggie." yoongi said as he leaned forward off the couch, his finger grazing the tv remote which rested on the coffee table ahead of him. struggling for a few seconds, yoongi gave up and just settled for the show which was currently on.

i was sitting down on the carpet, leaning on the couch jennie was sitting on as she was playing solitaire on her phone.

by now I still hadn't found my glasses, and as much as I did not really like asking people for things, i needed new glasses. not only for school but so everything around me wasn't so blurry all the time.

I wasn't that dependent on them, but I was near-sighted. so things like signs on buildings, chalk boards in class, screens, and such were difficult for me to see.

(*casually offers gguk my glasses*)

"you okay, kook?" jennie suddenly asked, diverting my attention from the large tv screen to the female who glanced down at me with concern. "you've been a bit quiet lately..."