CALM IN HIS STORM

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Taehyung smiled and pecked his cheek before settling next to him to dig in. Somin frowned when she saw her son lost in thoughts. "Are you still thinking about that friend of yours?"

"Huh? Yeah... I hope he is okay."

"Don't worry Tae. Everything will be fine. Even if he is not, I know he will be. Ask me why?" Wonshik asked wriggling his eyebrows, earning a giggle from Taehyung.

"Why?"

"Because... YOU are his friend." He tapped Taehyung's nose, who scrunched it at the action. "And you are enough to light up everything dark." Taehyung smirked puffing his chest out playfully.

"I am glad atleast that kid's face wasn't revealed." He pointed, nodding to himself. Taehyung hummed nodding back seriously.

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"He didn't come?" Taehyung whispered with a pout, worrying growing more. "It must be hard to even think about coming back. It'll only bring back bad memories of that day. I can understand."

"Tae!!"

Taehyung flinched when Jin hugged him from behind. He smiled when he saw Jin laughing his ass off, satisfied with Taehyung's reaction.

"Let's go. We have the next class together." Taehyung nodded, his eyes searching for the raven haired man. He frowned when he noticed the hallway being noisy than usual.

Jin took a deep breath and spoke in a serious. "Jungkook is back." Taehyung jerked his head towards Jin in a snap and was about to leave to meet the mentioned man until Jin continued. "But he left as soon as the first class finsihed. I mean... the students were all whispering and staring at him. I know the attention is not new for him but it's not for a good reason this time."

Taehyung slumped his shoulders, feeling dejected. Things are happening exactly the way he thought they would. Only if he knew, none of this ever bothered Jungkook and they would never.

The day went by with Taehyung letting out deep sighs and involuntarily searching for Jungkook in the classroom, hallways, cafetaria only to get disappointed in the end.

"I'll see you tomorrow. Bye." He waved as he watched Jin leave. He was about to do the same before a loud screeching noise that he was familiar with. He turned towards the roaring car that entered the lot and smiled when he recognised it. It was Jungkook's and he was right. He watched Jungkook get out of the car before walking towards their block.

"Jungkook!!!" He screamed while making his way towards him. With all the commotion of students leaving, Taehyung was sure the other didn't hear him. He jogged trying to catch up to the other. He was about to scream his name yet again when they were in the hallways but held himself back not wanting to grab attention and chose to talk to Jungkook in private.

He followed Jungkook closely, who made his way towards their first classroom. He frowned when saw Jungkook stumble in his steps, he instinctively forwarded his hands. He looked at now empty corridor before walking towards the class Jungkook went into.

"Jungkook?" Taehyung called, not noticing how the other went stiff in his place, clutching the bag in his hand.

"I've been wanting to talk to you for so long." Jungkook turned around, his eyes bloodshot, his jaw clenched as he bored holes into the oblivious man.

Taehyung played with his fingers, not knowing how to bring up the sensitive topic. "How are you? I mean... I am sor--" He halted midway when he saw Jungkook's bandaged hand.

"Oh my god!!" He widened his eyes and rushed towards him. "Are you okay? How did this happen? I am already worried and this happened on top of that. Is it hurting?"