School was... better to say the least. The early days of the school year were pretty typical for you except for one thing; Jungkook. Which really meant that he changed your typical into a new sort of light. You still got harassed, but ONLY when Jungkook wasn't around. The two of you together must have threatened those who wanted to make some sort of physical or verbal abuse towards you and kept them at bay. The moment you and Jungkook noticed this, the two of you began to stick together as much as possible.
You thought you had known your friend pretty well, but you learned something new about him the moment he was put into a school environment. He couldn't sit still. Whereas in the summer he could move around freely and do whatever he wanted, school was a place that forced him to be still. And he hated it.
Jungkook pretty much disliked school in general except for a few classes, (Art and P.E), and whenever you had a class with him you could clearly see this written on his face. You had always been good at the studying aspect of school, but with your very distracted and distracting friend with you, you found it a little harder to pay attention in class.
He would slouch low in his desk and place his feet under yours in the area that held your books. When you reached down under your desk to wave his feet off, he would respectfully comply before instead leaning forward and falling asleep on his desk; his gentle breaths close to your neck and proving to be even more distracting than when his feet had been supporting themselves on your desk.
You had voiced your concerns about his lack of attention in class and he could only sheepishly agree that you were right before telling you he would try his best the next day. Unfortunately, with the strain it took to translate the teacher's words and his hyperactive body that wanted to do anything but sit, so far he hadn't been able to successfully pay attention in class.
"Jungkook we have a test coming up! You have to pay a little bit of attention today or you might fail." You chided one morning as you were walking to school.
He shrugged. Failing wasn't the complete end of the world for him but you clearly looked stressed on his behalf so he agreed to let you help him if his focus began slipping. He immediately walked into history class with earbuds in and you frowned before yanking them out of his ears.
"(Y/N)..." He complained, pouting when you tugged on the cord but he shut up when he saw you giving him a look. "Sorry."
You sighed before laughing slightly and shaking your head, turning your attention towards the front when class started. The teacher began talking and Jungkook wanted to die inside, but following your and the rest of the classes lead, he pulled out his note book and flipped to an empty page. So far the only 'notes' he had drawn were small doodles and sketches.
The teachers voice immediately began fading away as his eyelids began closing, but he snapped his head upwards when you lightly touched his arm. You cocked an eyebrow at him for already failing to focus on class and he coughed in slight embarrassment before you brought your hand away. He sighed and sat up a little straighter; the warmth of your hand grazing his skin fading after a moment.
Jungkook noticed a new sort of presence and looked back to see a girl that usually didn't sit in the desk behind him clearly staring at him. He blushed when she smiled and turned back around quickly. He put his focus back on you and the lesson that were in front of him and did his best not to put any attention into behind him. When the girl brought her feet forward to rub against his heels, he quickly brought his feet up to rest on your desk instead.
You groaned and turned around once more to see him blushing and motioning his head backwards in attempts to let you know what was happening. Your eyes trailed behind him to the girl who was clearly glaring at you and you configured what may have been happening. If most girls didn't like you before, they hated you even more now that they knew you were good friends with the handsome new guy. You were now very used to receiving such looks.
Glaring back pointedly; you looked back to Jungkook who was biting his lower lip and blushing.
"Are you OK?" You mouthed in a whisper, and he nodded. His absolutely stunning features and talents were always accompanied with shyness, and you loved it. He didn't go around flaunting his clear attractiveness for his own gain or show off his gifts of being able to do practically everything effortlessly. Because of this you found him even more endearing and lovable where as his shyness tended to irritate the other girls who chased him relentlessly.
Seeing the empty desk next to you where the student who usually sat there was sick, you pointed to it and his face lit up. When the teacher turned to write on the board, he quickly got up and snuck to the desk next to you. You could practically feel the guns and daggers the girl wanted to point at you boring into the back of your head.
Jungkook preferred the new seat much more; especially since instead of looking at the back of your head he could now sneak glances at the side of you, (although he had to be careful in case you noticed.) He watched the way you concentrated on the board and slightly poked your tongue against the side of your mouth as you copied down the words onto your notebook paper. Clearly unable to focus once more, he absentmindedly began sketching you without even realizing it. His eyes continued to flicker back to you as his hands worked on dragging the end of the pencil against his paper in likeness to your features.
After awhile you couldn't help but notice the presence of his flickering gaze and turned to look at him in confusion, wondering if he needed something again. He swallowed hard upon being caught but steadied his eyes to peer into yours as you made weird eye contact. You had mixed feelings about it really. His eyes were just as magically gorgeous to you as always, but you hated how your nerves flared up upon the clear knowledge that you were staring at each other in class and decided to look back forward before it got too weird.
Finally Jungkook looked down at his paper and his jaw dropped in shock when he came to the full realization that he had just drawn you. He quickly flipped his pencil over to the eraser side, but hesitated before he brought it down to his drawing. He couldn't erase it even if he tried, so instead he quickly closed the notebook before anyone could see when the bell rang and stood up abruptly.
"Well?" You questioned, collecting your things and standing up with him, "How did it go? Did you pay attention?" Jungkook pulled on the collar of his shirt before lying.
"G-Good," He stammered, avoiding your gaze. You didn't catch his lie and grinned before squeezing his arm slightly in a sort of congratulations.
"That's great! Hopefully you'll do good on the test."
"Yes!" He practically squeaked as you touched him before blushing and clearing his throat, trying to not think about the picture he had drawn of you hidden in his notebook instead of history notes.
"Alright then. See you later in English Kook. Stay out of trouble?"
"OK," He agreed, and smiled at your form as you departed to go to your next class. Seeing as a few girls still lingered in the room and were pointedly looking his way after you left, he decided he should leave too, and as quickly as possible.
~~~
P.E. was really Jungkook's favorite class, even though it sort of sucked that you weren't there. He would always silently change in the locker room next to the guy that sat next to him in math class, Sam, while the other guys all shoved each other around and stole each others clothes.
When the teacher, Coach Dean, blew the whistle; all the guys would trip over themselves as to line up for stretching in the gym and be as fast as possible so they wouldn't get extra push ups. Jungkook hadn't made friends with any of the guys yet; he was mostly waiting for the opportunity to arise. He wasn't good at approaching people so he just hoped maybe someone would come to him. Not that he felt deprived of companionship in any way or anything, he loved you...r friendship with him and you would always be his number one, but he did think it would be really cool to have a guy friend in the country.
The only guy he was even able to recognize besides Sam so far was Vince, and he would rather be friends with a garbage can than even talk to him. Sam usually wouldn't talk to Jungkook because he probably thought he was cooler or something, so he kept his silent distance even though he liked how Sam seemed to be different and didn't flock around Vince like the other guys.
In P.E., the usual routine would be to stretch, do a quick workout, (which Jungkook admittedly loved because he was able to exert some of the energy he had built up by sitting for two periods,) and then move into the days sport. That day in particular was basketball, so Coach Dean called forward Vince and Sam to be the team captains in order to pick who would be on which team during the game.
Jungkook was clearly athletic based on the previous two weeks of the class, but he still found himself pointedly ignored by Vince and the others until Sam eventually picked him when there were a few people left. He wasn't bothered by this however and only became more determined to win.
The game started and Sam passed the ball to another guy on his team to start off; all the guys running into position and guarding each other in order to capture the orange sphere. Unfortunately Vince's team captured the ball fairly quickly and were able to dribble the ball all the way down the count to score a point in their own basket. Jungkook heard Sam curse under his breath as the other team got a huge head start and he clenched his fists in determination.
Running towards one of the guys Vince held eye contact with, Jungkook lunged outwards and was able to snatch the ball out of the air before the guy could catch it. Everyone froze in shock for a moment before Jungkook took off down the court; no one to stop what they hadn't seen coming.
Sam looked impressed when he scored a basket and a few guys on the team cheered for a moment, but shut up when Vince glared at them. As the game went on it became pretty even; both teams scoring back and forth. When Sam's team was up one point, Vince growled in anger.
Jungkook caught the ball that had been passed to him, but when he turned around he became practically slammed into by Vince and the ball was flung from his hands.
"Foul!" Sam called out towards the coach, but he had been distracted and only looked at him in confusion. Sam looked at Vince in disbelief at his actions, and he glared back.
"Shut up Sam," He hissed, and he quickly shut his mouth in obedience. Jungkook was now pretty angry and channeled this into sprinting towards the guy who had caught the ball and was headed towards the net. He shot, and the ball teetered on the rim.
Vince was so sure of the victory that he smirked, but his eyes widened in horror when the ball didn't quite make it through and feel over... right into a rebound made by Jungkook. Others lunged for him but couldn't catch him as he was much too fast and eventually he made the winning point.
Even though Vince was angry, those on Sam's team couldn't help but cheer at his impressive moves that had won the game. Sam beamed before the coach blew the whistle and the boy's all ran back to the locker room to change before the next class.
Unfortunately the second Jungkook stepped foot into the locker room, he found himself slammed against a locker.
"Who do you think you are?" Vince sneered, firmly holding him against the metal. The others only watched with wide eyes as the scene unfolded in front of them.
"Let go." Jungkook requested, trying to calmly shrug him off, but his grip only tightened.
"You're bad news. Being friends with (Y/N) is bad enough, then I hear you hung around my girlfriend over summer, and now you clearly think you're better than me? You need to know your place."
Jungkook scoffed in disbelief, not scared at all.
"Let go please?" He requested again, this time a little firmer. Vince laughed before grabbing Jungkook by the shoulders and slamming him into the locker harder. His head collided with the wall and he winced a little in pain as stars danced across his vision.
"Is that all you know how to say? I'm not surprised."
"Dude what the heck. Cut it out." He heard Sam say from afar, but Vince ignored him. Jungkook really didn't want anyone to get hurt, but clearly Vince didn't care. Also he sort of deserved it. So when Vince decided to throw a punch, Jungkook rolled to the side; dodging the strike before grabbing his arm.
Vince looked up in surprise at how fast he had moved before he found his arm twisted in an uncomfortable fashion behind him. He cried out in pain before Jungkook threw him to the ground. He was able to get back up and angrily lunged for Jungkook, but he was stopped by his foot that nailed him across the head and threw him to the ground.
Everyone watched with wide eyes as they stared at Vince's defeated form on the ground, a knot now visible on his head as he held it in pain. Their eyes then traveled to Jungkook who looked down fairly pleased with the way he had handled the threatening guy.
The worst thing for a guy to do is back down, and Vince knew this but could do nothing in his pain as he struggled to stand before having to make his way out of the locker room. His group of friends all stared at Jungkook with wide eyes before leaving to follow him.
Now he had no chance of making friends. Knowing this, Jungkook's shoulders slumped in disappointment.
"Hey." Sam's voice called, and Jungkook whirled around at the sound of his voice. "That was pretty awesome. Was that Karate or something?"
"Taekwondo." Jungkook corrected, a little shy.
"Huh. Well that's the first time I've ever seen someone kick that guy in the head, so I've got to say I'm impressed. He's sort of a jerk sometimes. He probably deserved it."
"Yeah."
Sam paused for a moment before cocking an eyebrow at him and crossing his arms.
"I sort of ignored you when I heard you're close to that one girl everyone talks about, but now I'm thinking you aren't that bad. Why do you hang out with her though?"
When Jungkook was able to understand, he clenched his fists in slight anger.
"(Y/N) is good. She's my friend and I hate when I hear people think she's bad, " He threw in his direction, and Sam held his hands up in defense when Jungkook suddenly snapped at him.
"Woah sorry. I just listen to the chatter you know? I guess it was wrong of me to assume. So do you like her or something?"
Jungkook coughed in embarrassment before fumbling back into his school clothes and trying to pick up his books.
"N-No, she's my-" his flustered form accidentally dropped his books and to Jungkook's absolute horror his notebook flew open and clearly revealed his drawing of you from earlier. "Friend." He finished, blushing hard.
"Yeah..." Sam spoke with a smirk before picking up the paper. "Clearly."
Jungkook snatched the picture out of his hands and stuffed it back inside his notebook, face burning.
"You know, just because she's your friend doesn't mean you don't like her."
Jungkook didn't know what to say then and was clearly flustered with the conversation so only looked down. Sam laughed slightly, drawing his attention back.
"You know what, I think you're pretty cool Jungkook." Sam then held his hand out, and after looking at it a moment, Jungkook took it and they shook hands.
"We should hang out sometime. You know, after this suspension you're about to get ends."
Jungkook beamed for a moment at the prospect of a friend before his face paled. Wait...
"S-Suspension?"
~~~
"You got suspended?!?" You cried, standing up abruptly from his bed upon hearing the news. Jungkook swallowed hard under your shocked expression.
"Only two days," he informed you quietly, looking down in shame.
You were beyond shocked and stared at him with wide eyes.
"Jungkook! It's only the second week of school! What on Earth did you do?!?"
"Um..." he rubbed the back of his neck, trying to think of the best and simplest way to phrase what had happened. "I kicked Vince in the head."
"You..." You blinked in shock as his words washed over you and you couldn't help but become frozen. Jungkook could only watch as you took in what he had said and bit his lower lip.
"But... he hurt me first."
Finally you shook your head to clear it before looking up at your friend. What were you doing? You were supposed to be supportive!
"Well... he probably deserved it then. He didn't hurt you too bad right?" Jungkook was now shocked as you didn't scold him.
"I'm OK." You stared at each other for a moment before you couldn't help but blush and look away.
"Then that's good. If you stood up for yourself then he's the one who deserves punishment for starting it. You were defending yourself. Sadly the school justice system doesn't call for actual justice. I guess I'm just... scared. And disappointed. Things were just getting so much better for me..."
"(Y/N) it's just two days," He interrupted, causing you to sigh.
"Jungkook you really believe your disappearance won't give them an excuse to do something to me?"
There was a silence as he realized you were right. Even if it was just for two days, it only takes a moment for something to happen. Jungkook felt a sort of similar determination he felt during the basketball game as he became angered and clenched his hands tightly.
"Don't let them win. If they say something, kick them in the head."
You looked at him in shock for a moment before laughing slightly and shaking your head.
"I can't do that. I'll get in trouble."
"Then we can be suspended together."
You felt the need to exhibit some sort of physical form of appreciation so before you could chicken out grabbed his hand and squeezed in affection. Jungkook was ecstatic but stayed silent; the joy of his heart only exhibited by his smile. Suddenly your face fell and you groaned, causing Jungkook to look at you questioningly.
"Dang it! We both did our best to work on your focus in class and now it's ruined! Since you're suspended you'll fail the test."
"I would have failed anyway..." he grumbled under his breath before he realized what he was saying. You narrowed your eyes.
"What?" You questioned, and Jungkook swallowed hard as he realized he had given himself away.
"You didn't focus at all did you!?! JEON JUNGKOOK!"
And you chased him around his room, admittedly the two of you eventually laughing. You came to the conclusion that maybe things didn't have to be perfect. Jungkook didn't have to have perfect focus and you didn't have to have a perfect day. All that mattered was that things were better, and for then, you appreciated that more than anything.
~~~
"So, how's school going?"
"Umm... good?"
"Hmm. You're lying. I already contacted the school and filed myself as one of your guardians, so I better not get a bad report card."
"WHAT?! Hyung!"
"I mean it Kookie! I better not see anything under a C! In fact, it better be all A's and B's. Also your punishment records will be sent to me next week, so I better not see anything on that either."
"..."
"Your silence is telling me that you already need a week without dessert. WHAT DID YOU DO?!"
*Kookie has ended call*