Ch.30
Lunch today wasn't the most appetizing. Taehyung scrunched up his face in disgust once he witnessed what the school was giving you. The first years were taking a guess on what is was. It was funny at first until you realized how actually hungry you were. Jimin was kind enough to give you an extra snack. Then Jungkook offered you half of his meal so generously. Taehyung saw what they were doing and told you that you could have the rest of his juice box. Giggling, you thanked them for their kindness. Even though they gave these items to you, you still felt bad for taking it all. Jimin assured you it was fine by the time Seokjin and Yoongi came out of the cafeteria.
Almost everyone was here except for the second years. Taehyung let out a worried sound at the same time his face was stuffed. His brows were knitted tightly together when the third years showed up. They're always the last arrive. Jungkook and Jimin were confused too since their leader wasn't present. Nor was Hoseok and he would always alert you guys where Namjoon was. Where's Hoseok!? He's still going to SuChin so you wanted to see him. Taking a big bite of the food Jungkook gave you, Seokjin and Yoongi sat down to finally notice the worried stares of the first years
Yoongi was automatically startled to see the younger members staring at him so intensely. Seokjin raised a brow before blowing you guys a kiss. Jungkook immediately made a face at his hyung's actions. That face didn't make the third year too happy. While Yoongi was unsettled, Seokjin grew offended by the maknae who wasn't pleased by the eldest's famous flying kisses. Jimin let out a chuckle at that to only offend Seokjin even more. Things have gotten way off track now. Somehow Seokjin took worried faces as they want a flying kiss.
"Hey, don't make that face! And you, what are you laughing at!?" Seokjin leaned over his crossed legs, pointing an accusing finger at the blonde next to you.
"Hyung! Where's Namjoon?" Taehyung asked. "And Hoseok?"
"Yeah! We don't want your sloppy kisses. Where are the second years!?" Jungkook shouted to get a glare from Seokjin.
"Sloppy kisses?? You obnoxious little bratâ" Seokjin began to get fired up, but Yoongi interrupted with a monotone voice.
"They have to stay in class during lunch. Hoseok got in trouble and managed to get Namjoon in his mess." Yoongi took a bite of his apple. "They have to make it up to the teacher."
"Aw, Hoseok hyung." Taehyung laughed. "I wish I could've seen what he did to get him and Namjoon hyung in trouble."
Jungkook agreed with Taehyung on that. When Hoseok became the babysitter of the first years, that's when they found out that he was a huge troublemaker in class. He went further to make teacher's hate their jobs than Taehyung did with Mr. Pyo. It was almost admirable, but at the same time you'd rather not be in that class. A few of the things Hoseok did were so crazy. You'll stay with Taehyung's mild disturbance in the class. Mr. Pyo would also take Kim Taehyung any day over his old student Jung Hoseok. Shaking your head at the silly thoughts, you listened to Jimin asking about what they're going to do after school. Knowing Hoseok, he'll probably get himself after school detention and Namjoon would be brought into it too.
"Namjoon always puts me in charge if he's not around." Yoongi stretched his arm. "I also know what we're supposed to do today."
"What's that?" Jungkook took a bite of his rice.
"Finish the crate organizing since you guys stopped in the middle of it." Yoongi gave a sharp glare at the young boys. They all nodded with light embarrassment. They got so excited when Namjoon came that they forgot about work. Plus, sleeping Yoongi couldn't tell them what to do anymore.
"Oh hey, can you help me find a deal?" Taehyung asked the blue hair. Seokjin furrowed his brows to hear him requesting that. The silver hair could always find deals, choosing the safest option for a successful deal.
"Are there no deals?" Jungkook paused in the middle of eating.
"No way. There a bunch of druggies out there." Yoongi scoffed. "What's up?"
"No one wants to do deals with us since we had the cops on us that one time. They don't trust our gang." Taehyung shrugged. Jungkook and Seokjin opened their mouth's in an 'o' shape as they understood. Yoongi set down his soda in annoyance.
"Those weak @ss f*ckers. They act all tough, but then get too afraid of some guys in uniform." Yoongi rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I'll help you find a deal. We don't have enough to supply but we got enough to help desperate addicts." The blue hair laughed, revealing a gummy smile.
Taehyung thanked his hyung with a happy smile. The others laughed at Yoongi poking fun at the local gangs. It almost made you wonder what it was like do and be a part of a deal or work with other gangs. Joining a gang wasn't tempting, but you were curious for a one-time experience. The most you've experienced was accidentally showing up to a deal. But you knew if you joined a gang, it would be hard to leave. Maybe not this gang, but you'd still rather not join any gang even if all your friends were in this one. The 'Bullet Boys' were good as they were. It was impossible to manage one gone or an addition. They worked perfectly as seven. More efficient than smaller groups and giant organizations.
The group stopped talking about gang related subjects when an adult took a step outside. They pushed open the door, staring at everyone sitting outside. He was most likely a teacher is what you assumed. He instructed you guys that you weren't allowed to eat out here. Food was to only be eaten inside the cafeteria. No one spoke a reply and no one moved. Faculty at this school has never really done this before. Usually they're too afraid to speak to the gang when they're all together, but today the gang was short two members. Yoongi didn't respond with words, but he did lift up a certain finger to give the teacher a message. The teacher grumbled under his breath then left you guys all alone. Once the door shut, everyone cheered Yoongi on.
"That's our Min Yoongi!" They ruffled his hair, making him complain about getting touched.
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Seokjin told everyone to walk over to the warehouse. He got the message from Namjoon that Hoseok got them in even further trouble. Just like predicted! The eldest was going to stay at the school and make attempts to get the teacher to let them go. He was going to use his charms to return them to the warehouse. Hoseok apparently insulted his science teacher, comparing her to a donkey. What a classy move. Namjoon tried getting Hoseok out of it by pretending it was a good metaphor. His explanation to the meaning of the awful and confusing metaphor got them both in trouble during lunch. They had to write letters of apology to their teacher only for Hoseok to say 'it's really noticeable when you look to the left' for some d*mn reason. Now the two were stuck after school for two hours.
The first years didn't complain about walking over to the warehouse at all. They all high fived in excitement to take the relaxing walk. It helped them all unwind, even Yoongi was smiling. Jungkook gave you a grin since the two of you could walk to the warehouse together. Everyone trailed behind the third year because he was the temporary leader and in front. He wasn't faster than the others, but it was just an unspoken rule to not pass the leader. Jungkook and you were five feet away from the blue hair, talking about the classes you didn't share with the members. Taehyung and Jimin were three feet behind the two of you talking about who knows what. All you could hear was Taehyung telling Jimin strange story that shouldn't ever be told.
The five of you were in no rush to the warehouse. The walk from the school to the warehouse took about half an hour to get there. It would take longer if the members used the main roads and followed the sidewalks. They only took the main road if Seokjin was driving them to the location. Today was a nice day for a stroll. To get to the warehouse, you guys would go through a large field and eventually reach a rail road track that seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. You've never seen a train use this track and neither have the members.
Jungkook and you balanced yourselves on the rails. He took the left rail and you took the right one. The two of you continued your conversation to see Taehyung and Jimin do the same. The blonde followed behind the brunette while the silver hair was on your rail. Yoongi didn't join in on the fun and stayed walking in the middle of the tracks. It looked like he wasn't listening into the conversations, but he would occasionally reply. Soon the tracks were getting close to the field with the empty sheds. After the gang situation, Yoongi and Jungkook checked the sheds to make sure there wasn't anything left by them.
"She kept staring at me during class which was really weird," Jungkook complained. "Then she almost didn't let me go to lunch and kept calling me oppa."
"You get a lot of crazy girls after you, don't you?" You chuckled to see him huff in frustration. The poor maknae has been through a lot, but you couldn't help laughing at his girl troubles.
"Remember the time one of those crazy girls fought (F/n)?" Yoongi cracked up and you had to glare at the back of his head.
"And whose fault was that?" You growled, referencing the rumors.
"Hey, I said you were a slut for us. Not that you were dating Jungkook and I also didn't tell her to fight you." Yoongi scoffed.
"You're the slut!" You pouted to have the rest of the first years burst out laughing. The sudden comment made Taehyung and Jungkook lose balance.
"Sure, I am," Yoongi replied nonchalantly, unaffected by your defensive remark. "We made it." He sighed, getting off the rail road track and into the wheat field. Everyone got off the rails to follow him with the warehouse in sight now.
Entering the large entrance of the warehouse, Taehyung ran in like a child. Yoongi didn't hesitate to remind the boys that they had a job to do. Jungkook sighed, going to the back with a bored expression. Jimin took a few quick steps to reach Jungkook, placing his hand on the maknae's back. As they went to go finish organizing, Jimin told his story of dealing with some unwanted confessions. Was SuChin crawling with crazy girls or what? You went over to the couch so you wouldn't bother them from working. Plopping down in it, you watched the dust float into the air and spotted a new stain on the couch. This thing is disgusting, but you get used to it after a while to the point where you don't mind placing your face on a cushion.
Kicking your legs up on the small coffee table in front of you, Yoongi watched you from a distance. He wasn't at the table or 'kitchen' area but he wasn't in the 'living room' area either. His eyes narrowed down on you as you got comfortable. Does he want to pick a fight? You're willing to throw hands, but you also just sat down. This boy needs to get his timing right. Lately, he hasn't been rude but is getting into the habit again since Seokjin and him are cool again. That left you as fair game to be made fun of. Now you had tougher skin so his words wouldn't bother you, but you still needed to improve on your comebacks. Calling him a slut wasn't supposed to be funny. You were actually trying to somewhat hurt his feelings.
"Are you staying here?" Yoongi pulled out a cigarette.
"Yes, I am and smoking is bad for you." You crossed your arms though he only rolled his eyes. He can be rude all he wants, but you'll make attempts to be caring and nice. It's more than him who juts bites his tongue and calls that being nice.
"Like I care. Everything inside me is black already." Yoongi pulled out a lighter.
"Edgy." You wanted to take away the lighter. So why don't you?
Getting up from your seat, you walked over to him calmly. He had already lit his cigarette and let out one puff of smoke. His eyes were closed as his shoulders became less tense. They fell with a sigh only for him to become alert when he heard your feet. Yoongi's eyes shot open as he spotted you less than a foot away from him trying to sneak your hand in his pocket. He smacked your hand away and took a step back. This wasn't how you planned to spend your afternoon in the warehouse, but why not? This was for his health anyway. And slightly for your amusement. Yoongi got annoyed instantly to see you keep going for his pockets.
"Yah! Are you trying to feel me up or smoke a cigarette?" Yoongi shouted. A part of you wanted to go with the first option to see his reaction, but you weren't that close with him. He was also becoming terrifying at the moment. You didn't want to push his buttons more to only end up with your body in a ditch.
"...I was just having fun with you," You mumbled to see his eye twitch.
"Play with Jimin then. I'm not interested." He took a long drag from his cigarette, walking over to the stage where the table was. He took out his phone as a bunch of smoke left his mouth. Pouting, you told him smoking wasn't healthy again. Yoongi turned to face you with a stoic expression before opening his mouth. A lot of smoke clouded his face that you couldn't see it anymore. Once the smoke cleared up, you saw a certain finger pointing upwards at you. Fair enough.
Heading towards the back, you went with Yoongi's suggestion to go play with Jimin instead. At least Jimin wouldn't treat you like that. Taking a step into the back room, you raised a brow to see the three boys playing hot potato with the last bag of weed. Taehyung was laughing, Jungkook passed it around with lightening speed, and Jimin was panicking. The weed then ended in Taehyung's hands as Jimin nervously threw it to him. Jungkook cheered while Jimin let out a sigh of relief. They were taking this game a little too seriously. Jimin rested against the crate and Jungkook did a little victory dance. The silver haired boy stared down at the bag with a frown.
"Haha, you have to get high!" Jungkook pointed his finger at the male.
"Good thing we can both be clean." Jimin gave the brunette a small smile. They nodded to each other as Taehyung groaned.
"Does Yoongi have his lighter?" Taehyung looked towards the entrance to see your body leaning against the door frame. He flinched, catching the attention of the other boys. They jumped as well to see your presence.
"No one is getting high." You growled to have them all nod without question. Taehyung tossed the weed across the room without even looking at it. Good. Giving them an approving look, you finally walked into the room. The four of you weren't going to talk about what just happened. Jungkook shouldn't get addicted to another drug, Jimin is a dancer, and Taehyung is already a lot to handle when he's not on drugs.
You helped the boys rip the crate a part. Jimin and you actually took it down plank by plank meanwhile the two youngest members used crow bars to destroy it. They kept trying to see who could cause the most damage. It was a good thing they had gloves since they could get splinters. You had bare hands which made you nervous to help them, but Jimin assured you that you would be fine. Yoongi apparently burns the wood for warmth on the coldest nights. That tugged at a heart string to think he had to do that. Then again, that punk also loves to make your life harder. But you still felt bad. What a piece of sh*t, making you feel so conflicted. That's when the blue hair entered the back room looking tired. The cigarette was out at least.
"I got a text from Namjoon. He wants me to get another crate of supplies," He said to get Taehyung frowning.
"What? I get we're getting back into deals, but shouldn't we take things slow?" Taehyung reasoned.
"Yeah, let's deal with the drugs we have." Jungkook gestured at the decently sized pile.
"We don't even have a deal with another gang set." Jimin sat on what was left of the crate. All of the boys complained to the third year. Leaning against the counter, you wondered why Namjoon would be doing this after everything that's happened. He's a smart guy so what's up with this tactic?
"Is his Mom getting sick again? Or other money problems?" You asked to have the other first year boys look at Yoongi for answers. They didn't think right away that he could be having problems again.
"He promised to talk to us if he had money problems!" Taehyung whined. "That hyung!"
"He's not having money problems. These are just his orders as leader." Yoongi crossed his arms. Taehyung looked at Jungkook, then Jimin, and then at you. His square grin grew larger as he looked at everyone in the room individually. He had an idea.
"Well, right now you're the leader! So what do you think we should do?" Taehyung questioned. It almost felt like you could see a tail wagging excitedly on him.
"He's right!" Jungkook threw both his fists up in the air.
"Yes hyung, you're the leader now." Jimin chuckled while you shook your head playfully at them. The first-year boys got along so well. Sometimes they shared the same brain. This was one of those moments where they were all on the same page. Looking over to Yoongi, a small smirk appeared on his face as he saw the first years waiting for him to speak.
"We'll stick with what we have for now." Yoongi declared to earn cheers from the boys.
As they gave Yoongi approving thumbs up, the sound of the truck's engine came by. The rest of the members must be here. Jimin was shocked, looking around nervously. Jimin immediately told Yoongi that telling Namjoon about his decision was all on him. Taehyung agreed right away with Jimin, pretending that they weren't involved in making Yoongi come to that conclusion. The blue hair chuckled as he left the back room. Jimin and Taehyung followed him out like hyper children. Jungkook grinned, slowly getting near the door before glancing at you. He cocked his head in the direction where the others went. Pushing yourself away from the counter, you followed Jungkook to where the others were.
Namjoon looked extremely exhausted from the day he's had. Hoseok on the other hand still had a grin on his face. He got excited to see the first years, calling them all cute and jumping around with them. When Seokjin came into the warehouse, he looked greatly disturbed. What scarred him while they were gone? Yoongi lightly tapped Seokjin to ask what was up with him. Namjoon sat down on the rusty chair, letting out a heavy sigh. Taehyung went over to him to slap his thigh roughly. The happy grin on Taehyung contrasted well with Namjoon's current expression that he gave the first year. Normally, he adored the boy but right now wasn't the moment.
"Yoongi's the new leader!" Taehyung joked as Namjoon pursed his lips.
"Whatever..." The pink hair shrugged it off.
"It was so weird!" Seokjin cringed, shivering at whatever he was talking about.
Namjoon let out a soft chuckle at what the eldest was referencing. Hoseok covered his mouth, holding himself back from the amount of laughter he wanted to release. Now he had to tell everyone. Taehyung hurried in front of the two third years, taking a seat for the story time. Jungkook rushed down as well which convinced Yoongi to sit with them. Jimin was amused and looked over to you. He came over to grab your hand, bringing you to sit down next to him. Hoseok then joined everyone on the floor, but Namjoon stayed in his chair. Seokjin took in a deep breath as he got ready to tell his story.
This story took place after school after telling all the younger members to go off to the warehouse. Seokjin described himself as a charming prince walking SuChin's empty halls to find the right classroom the second years were at. When he found it, he opened the door to see an angry woman in her fourties yelling at Hoseok. Namjoon was quiet, looking down at his desk with a tired gaze. The woman stopped scolding the red head to see someone had come in. She was surprised to see a student instead of an adult. Seokjin made sure to emphasize that he was just trying to use his charms to get the boys out of detention early and for nothing else.
All the boys besides Hoseok and Namjoon had an idea where this story was heading. Seokjin then said how calming down the woman took some time. It was especially hard with Hoseok occasionally cracking a joke out of nowhere. Namjoon looked dead inside, done with his best friend. This is when Seokjin took the woman's hand lightly, asking her in a smooth voice how long the boys would be here despite knowing. According to the black hair, Ms. Choi was instantly wooed by his good looks and charisma at that moment. Hoseok backed him up saying he should have taken notes. Seokjin resumed the story, saying he talked to Ms. Choi carefully without telling her his plan to get the boys out earlier.
"I didn't think she'd take it the wrong way, but she did!" Seokjin covered his face. "And no, she didn't slap me in outrage which I think I would prefer even though she'd hurt my handsome face."
"Get on with the story!" Taehyung shouted.
"I am!" Seokjin barked back. "So there I was, asking her why a beautiful woman like herself was getting stressed over a couple of stupid boys?"
"Rude," Hoseok mumbled.
"That's when I noticed she had no ring on her fourth finger and I hit home without realizing it." Seokjin ignored the second year.
Hoseok and Namjoon's teacher has been divorced since the beginning of the school year. In the beginning of the year, she was always sad and moping around. Now she gets angry at the smallest things. Those were Hoseok's words, so you didn't know how trust worthy of a narrator he was. Namjoon didn't say anything about their teacher, only enjoying the retelling of Seokjin's nightmare. Since Seokjin called her beautiful and basically indirectly told her to forget about her ex-husband, Ms. Choi had turned into a putty in the male's hands. Seokjin was older than the other boys, but still incredibly young compared to Ms. Choi. Seokjin sighed, saying his friendly and warm atmosphere trapped her. She was enamored by his good looks.
The boys rolled their eyes for the millionth time. Eventually Seokjin was back on track, stating how Ms. Choi's body language had changed. Her body was pointed away from him, her arms crossed tightly. Now she was completely facing him and no longer angry. Hoseok made another joke that made Namjoon cover his head like an explosion went off, but Ms. Choi did nothing. She didn't even blink at Hoseok's comment. The teacher focused on Seokjin like he was the only person in existence. Taehyung looked at Hoseok for clarification and the red head nodded. Yoongi was chuckling, seeing Seokjin get more horrified as the story went on.
Ms. Choi was flattered by Seokjin, asking him to properly introduce himself to her. The eldest member stated his full name, grade, and even age. Hoseok interrupted the story, promising that he saw Ms. Choi lick her lips when Seokjin said he was nineteen. Yoongi almost fell onto the floor since Seokjin was the eldest here, but she was still twice his age. Seokjin continued the story, trying to power through without the memories flooding in. She began to flirt with Seokjin, playfully acting younger than her actual age. Namjoon started to fall out of his seat, laughing and soon Hoseok was cracking up too. You and the rest of the first years were giggling lightly at the eldest's pain.
"It's not funny! She invited me to eat with her on the weekend!" Seokjin shouted.
"Did you accept?" You asked to see his eyes grow wide in shock.
"Why would I!? I told her no politely and said I was friends with those two idiots." Seokjin glared at the red head and pink head. "She let me take them out early, but she put her hand on my arm as we walked out the classroom..."
"Did you have her last year?" Jungkook tilted his head.
"No, and I'm glad I didn't." Seokjin huffed.
"There would have been a scandal if he had her last year!" Taehyung playfully smacked Jungkook.
"Oh, Seokjin hyung is a player!" Jimin laughed as you shoved your embarrassed face in his shoulder. These boys were too much, but they had their hyungs laughing loudly. All of them were clutching their stomachs tightly. Only Seokjin stood with an unhappy expression.
"You laugh now but wait until she flirts with you guys next year!" Seokjin shouted only to receive more laughter. "You guys should be laughing this hard at my Dad jokes! You guys are so rude." He walked away from the entrance, leaving the laughing crowd.
"We're sorry!" You giggled as some of the boys shook their heads.