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Jin grabbed his phone and checked the time. It was now 12:45....lunch time... Jin dropped his lunch when he was running away... he went into his contacts and began texting J Hope.

I'm hiding because the school is looking for me. - Jin hyung

Typing....

Why is the school looking for you? And where are you hiding at? - Hobi.

Typing...

I'll explain when you come here. I'm hiding in the closet underneath the gym bleachers. - Jin hyung.

Jin wiped away his tears, he was still crying. Why? Why? Why him? It's like elementary school and middle school all over again.

Jin suddenly heard the door knob turned but Jin locked the door.

"Jin hyung? You in there?" It was J hope.

Jin got up and unlocked the door. There was J hope, he was dressed in his saint laurent jacket (the one he wore in Daydream) J hope realized Jin's eyes were puffy.

"Were you crying this whole time?" J hope asked.

Jin nodded.

J hope sighed, he was pissed off that Yoongi turned on Jin like this. It made him mad that Yoongi lost someone special better than that slut.

J hope walked into the closet with Jin, there was P.E equipment, it was quite big but not as big as a class room. It was a bit dim due to the poor lighting.

"Did you eat lunch?" J hope asked.

Jin shook his head.

J hope reached into his bag and pulled out a brown bag.

"Here. I bought you lunch." J hope handed him his lunch. Jin's eyes lit up.

"No, you don't have t-"

"It's yours, I can buy a snack at the vending machine later on." J hope said. Jin stared at the bag, he was speechless.

"Take it, you're having a bad enough day already, there's no use to starving yourself." J hope said. Jin grabbed the bag out J hope's hand.

"Thank you." Jin said.

"You wanna sit and explain what happened?" J hope asked.

Jin nodded.

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Jin and J hope took a seat on a gymnastic mat, it was wide but wasn't really soft. Jin opened the bag of lunch and his eyes widened.

There was a take home box full of warm pasta mixed broccoli and grilled chicken, a small strawberry cake, 2 cold sprites and of course chopsticks and napkins.... Jin knew J hope came from a wealthy family, he was wondering how much this lunch costed because he knew that J hope went out of school to but this.

"How much was this lunch?" Jin asked .

"Don't worry about it." J hope brushed off.

Jin felt bad that J hope must've spent over 50 bucks on him. However, Jin opened his chopsticks and took a bite out of the pasta.....

It was beyond delicious.....

"So, are you going to tell me what happened?" J hope asked while laying his head down on the mat, he was looking up at the ceiling.

"Yeah... that...." Jin muttered. J hope knew it was already going to be terrible.

"I walked into class and the teacher told me to take a seat, but Yoongi put his bag on the seat beside him and told the teacher that I don't sit next to him. Then the teacher asked if he talked to him, Yoongi replied back with "No... he was talking to the...orc..." He referred to me as that. Then I decided to just run.... and hide here....."

J hope got up. Jin was confused at the sudden action.

"You want me to fight him for you?!" J hope sternly asked.

"Wh-What!?! No!!!" Jin pleaded. J hope raised his eyebrows.

"Look, I don't want you to hurt him!" Jin cried.

"But he hurted you! Jin! Don't let your feelings get in the way of this!" J hope shouted.

Jin tilted his head down.

"THIS IS WHY I SHOULD'VE SAID NO!!!" Jin cried out loud. J hope's expression became speechless.

"Wh-What?" J hope asked.

"That night! When Yoongi called out Jimin!! When he ran after me in the rain!! I should've said no! I should've never dated him if I knew he was going to replace me!!!" Jin cried, tears splashed on the mat as Jin's whimpers increased.

J hope crouched down. He knew Jin was fighting with himself. J hope's been through it, being replaced....

J hope put his hand on Jin's hair. Making Jin look up in confusion.

"Look, it's worse to hide yourself from the school than facing your problems head on." J hope said. Jin looked into his eyes.

"But... he wouldn't believe me..." Jin muttered.

"That's why you put up a fight when the world gets rough!" J hope spat.

J hope stood up and opened the door.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" Jin shouted.

"We're settling this!" J hope said. He grabbed Jin's hand dragged him out of the P.E room.

"I told you. The school is probably  looking for me!" Jin pleaded.

"Like this school gives a shit about fixing problems!" J hope growled.

Jin tried to pull back, but J hope was strong... too strong...

"Where are you taking me?!" Jin asked.

"Where else?!" J hope replied back.

Jin gripped J hope's wrist and pulled him in. Making J hope turn and facevJin. They both stopped walking.

"I told you, I don't want to see him! Not again!" Jin whined.

"Do you want Yoongi back?!" J hope asked. Jin froze there and looked down.

"I do.... but.... not this Yoongi..... " Jin sternly said.

"I know Jimin, he must've lied to Yoongi and manipulated him into thinking that you're the bad guy." J hope explained, yanking Jin back and dragging him in the halls.

"Stop it! I don't want to see his face!" Jin shouted loudly. Jin saw that they were getting closer to the hall that Yoongi and Jin use to hang out at.

Finally, they reached the hall. Jin and J hope could hear Jimin giggling. Jimin talked in a low soothing voice towards Yoongi.

"J hope..." Jin whispered.

"Stay here... I'll talk it out first..." J hope whispered.

Jin gripped J hope's hand tightly.

".... I... I don't want you to get hurt...."

"I'll be fine... I know how to take down Yoongi if he fights me." J hope turned, however Jin brought him back by gripping tighter on his hand.

".... I change my mind... take me with you....." Jin whispered.

"You're so confusing." J hope sighed. He gripped Jin's hand and led him closer to the hall.

Their presence caught both Yoongi and Jimin's attention.

"J hope? Jin? What's going on?" Jimin innocently asked.

Yoongi looked down and paid no attention to them.

"I want to talk to Yoongi." J hope sternly demanded. Jin gripped J hope's hand tightly. J hope noticed but ignored it.

"Talk about what? About how you're dating Jin?" Yoongi snapped back.

J hope felt the urge to bust Yoongi's mouth open, it made him pissed off that Yoongi would think that J hope would do such a thing.

"No. Jin and I aren't dating-"

"Then what we're you doing to him in the bathroom?" Yoongi cut off J hope. Yoongi slowly turned his head and stared down J hope. J hope stood there.

"Why can't you believe me, you know I would ne-"

"I asked what you were doing in the bathroom with Jin!" Yoongi snapped.

Jin gripped J hope's hand tightly, he wasn't sure if he should speak.

"I was talking to him." J hope said.

"Talking to him doesn't require to be on top of him! Just fucking admit it!" Yoongi yelled.

"Admit what?!" J hope yelled back.

"Admit that you were touching him!" Yoongi spat.

"Why would you care if I was touching him! You have Jimin, don't you?!" J hope growled.

Yoongi got up and balled his hand in a fist. Jin suddenly let go of J hope's hand and rushes in front of him before Yoongi makes contact with him. 

Yoongi stood there frozen as Jin closed his eyes tightly, prepared to get punched for J hope. J hope's eyes widened at Jin's sudden action of protecting him. Jin slowly opened his eyes to find Yoongi's fist not even a inch away from his eye. Yoongi stood there and stared at Jin in guilt. Yoongi slowly put his hand down and released his fist. Jimin stared at the situation, he knew Yoongi wasn't over it yet...

"....what's wrong?...." Yoongi raised his head to Jin's voice.

"...do it.... just do it already.... if you want me gone.... punch me..." Yoongi's  eyes widened to what Jin was demanding.

"Why are you just standing there?!... You had enough guts to call me an Orc in front of everyone in class! So just do it! Fight me!"Jin spat. Jin gripped his fist in anger. He was waiting for Yoongi to make his decision.

Yoongi clenched his fist, he lifted it and aimed it at Jin. Jin stared it down with out fear. J hope was trying to make Jin move out of the way but Jin glued himself there. Yoongi stood frozen in this position.

"Why are you hesitating?! Huh! If you meant what you said! Then you shouldn't care if I get hurt! So fucking do it alrea-!"

"I CAN'T!!!"

Jimin's eyes widened at Yoongi's response, it made him feel used. J hope knew Yoongi wouldn't do it, but it still worried him about Jin getting hurt because of his dumbass  fault. Jin raised his eyebrow at Yoongi in confusion. Yoongi looked down at the ground in despair.

"I mean... I won't...." Yoongi said.

Jin looked at Yoongi, the fact that he chose not to punch him means that Yoongi didn't mean to hurt him at all.

"You know already why I fucking won't punch you, you lunatic." Yoongi said under his voice.

"Pfft, lunatic... have you çseen yourself yet?!" Jin snapped back.

"I can't see myself at all... not without you..." Yoongi softly said.

"Shut up, your boyfriend is behind you. Why don't you say that to him." Jin sternly said. Jin turned away from Yoongi and walked away from the hall, J hope followed Jin out of the hall way.

"Damn Jin, I didn't know you had it in you! " J hope cheered.

Jin turned to J hope with watery eyes.

"I want to go!" Jin demanded.

"Um, Jin, we're in sc-"

"No, I want to leave Seoul. I don't want to be here anymore!" Jin cried.

J hope stood there in silence.

"....I can take you home...." J hope said.

Jin nodded.

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J hope drove Jin home, although he knew that he was going to get in trouble for doing such a thing during school. He didn't care, he was more worried about his friend than school.

He dropped Jin off at his house. Jin thanked J hope and entered his house. Jin took a breather, it felt good to hide away from the whole school...

Jin laid in bed all day, he took a long nap. He just wanted to live in another world, another place, another time.

Jin suddenly woke up to the sound of knocking and his door bell.