Admired From Afar... |•JJK•|

• chapter twenty five •

"Hey, Mei!" I looked over at a girl running to me. Why was she running? I recognised her from my physics class. "Sorry, Mr Knol told me to tell you that since you skipped class yesterday you need to clean the storage room during our class today." She breathed out.

My brows furrowed. "What if I was sick? And why? Wouldn't I be wasting another class?" I questioned a little annoying.

She shrugged. "He said that it's your fault and now you'll miss even more stuff. Oh, and he knew you were in school so he thought you were bunking." She explained.

My eyes widened. Shit! I didn't have free period yesterday!

I let out a tired sigh. "Okay, thank you," I told her. She gave me a smile before walking back to her locker.

How did I forget yesterday wasn't my free period day- I turned to my locker and leant my head against it.

Great. Now instead of studying, I need to clean the dumb storage room. Why is that even a punishment!? They have staff to do that!

I leaned off my locker. Since I didn't need to open it anymore, I headed straight to the storage room. Let's get this over and done with.

I didn't know which storage room but I guess it didn't matter. As long as I got one clean, I was fine. They were normally unlocked so I walked in and placed my bag on the ground.

I guess, all I had to do was place the boxes in neat order and do basic cleaning.

I took off my blazer and rolled up my shirt sleeves. I hated cleaning. I walked up to the shelf of boxes and tried to pick one up. I had forgotten how heavy these were. There were at least ten study guides in each box.

I bit my lip and furrowed my brows. I can do this.

No. no, I can't.

I let go of the box and turned around when I heard the door open. Taehyung walked in and threw his bag beside mine. "Need help?" He asked, standing at the door. Did he bunk too? I nodded and stepped away from the shelf. I watched him close the door behind him and walk up to me.

I wasn't surprised when he lifted it without having to try. He did it to four other boxes when I stopped him.

"Don't you have class?" I questioned.

"I don't like class." He replied in a flat tone.

Wow ok-I guess he didn't like talking either, but I wanted to ask more.

"How did you know I was here?" I asked, whilst dragging the box across the floor.

"I saw you walk in." He replied.

I let out a groan when I lost my grip of the box. He turned around and looked down at me.

I stood up straight and tilted my head. "What?"

He stepped over the box and began walking towards me. My eyes widened and I instantly shuffled back until my back hit the wall. I instantly pressed my hands on his chest to keep a gap.

"What are you d-" I began, but his lips pressed against my mouth.

I gasped into his mouth, letting him slip his tongue in. His hand grabbed my jaw keeping my face in place, whilst his other gripped my waist. His lips moved slowly against mine as if he was taking in my taste, savouring my lips. I clenched his shirt in my hands when I felt his tongue swipe over my teeth then the corner of my mouth.

I whimpered when he buried his knee between my thighs and cupped my neck. "Stop- what are you doing?"

"Why do you think?" He replied in a low tone.

His eyes darkened and his lips were parted. "But you-"

"You deserve better, Mei."

I flinched when he slammed his fist above my head. "All he has ever done is hurt you... yet you still fell in love with him." He spat.

I felt blood rush to my cheeks as my face heated up. "I can treat you better than him." He said dipping his head down to my neck.

He placed a soft kiss beneath my ear before whispering, "I can make you forget about him."

"S...stop. Get off me."

I felt him smirk against my skin. "Why? Afraid I'll fuck you better than he did?"

I clenched my jaw and pushed him completely off me. I raised my hand to slap him but he caught my arm mid-air.

"I like you, Mei."