Chapter 28

Jungkook POV

It's been two weeks.

Two weeks since Jinhee and I became the happiest couple ever.

Something isn't right. I woke up today with a strange feeling settled on my chest, like I couldn't breathe normally.

I didn't realise that it was a warning that something bad was going to happen until I got to school.

I met Jinhee as usual at the school gates, holding hands with her when we walked in school.

Some of the freshmen stared at us, unabashed.

I glared at them in annoyance, making them scramble for their own classroom blocks.

Entering the crowded hallway of students and lockers, whispers echoed around Jinhee and I.

"There's a new girl at school today."

"I heard she used to study here and was dating Jungkook before she left mysteriously at the start of her first year."

"Yeah, I heard the same thing, she must have been crazy, if I were dating Jeon Jungkook, I'd never leave him."

My heart felt uneasy all of a sudden, and beads of perspiration started to form on my neck and forehead.

My first thought was: She's back.

Followed by the mountain of rage that I'd kept to myself for the past five years.

Then I thought, it can't be her.

She left because her work was done, she wouldn't dare come back.

Not when she knew I was living here.

Yes, it must have been another one of those weird rumours that one of the popular girls in the school started.

"Jungkookie? Are you okay? You look nervous." Jinhee's sweet voice snapped me out of my trance.

I plastered on a false smile, hoping she wouldn't notice my strange behaviour.

"Y-Yeah. I'm fine. Just...thinking bout something."

Obviously it didn't work, but I wasn't about to let her know that.

With a suspicious look thrown at me, she relented and said, "All right. Remember to tell me if something happens okay? Love you." before walking into her classroom after giving me a swift kiss on the lips.

Instantly, my demeanour brightened. Her touch does have that effect on me.

"See you later." I whispered, even though I knew she wouldn't hear it.

I strode to Biology class with a light heart, my worries forgotten as I sat down, until the teacher walked in with a rather short girl following closely behind her.

I recognized her immediately, and drew in a sharp intake of breath, the hairs on the back of my neck raised in alarm and my face contorted into what must have been a terrifying expression.

She locked eyes with me and froze, shocked, at the same time that I growled out, low and dangerous.

"You..."

Jimin POV

I rushed down to the canteen when school ended.

Jungkook had gotten himself into detention for the first time, together with a week's suspension from school.

I wonder what the heck happened to make him lash out at a student like that.

The not-so-subtle whispers passed around in the hallway also did nothing to satisfy the curiosity building up in me.

"OMG did you hear Mr Cha's biology class this morning? There was so much noise. I think it was Jungkook's class."

"Yeah it was, I saw him. He looked so scary!"

"Holy cow! Did you see Jungkook's eyes?! He's so hot when he's angry!"

I rolled my eyes at the last comment, fangirls are absolutely insane.

I spied the maknae sitting alone in the  cafeteria and clapped my hand on Jungkook's shoulder when I reached our usual table, but he didn't turn around.

"Hey Kookie, what's up? You feeling any better?" I asked gently.

When he did turn around, I was stunned by the depth of pain and fury in his expression.

"Hyung..." he croaked out weakly.

I hugged him tight right after, not sure what else to do.

The youngest of BTS squeezed me for comfort, and I knew what happened must have been really, really bad.

He's never acted like this before.

I gave him a few minutes to calm down before calling Namjoon hyung.

"Hyung," he picked up on the third ring, "have you heard?"

"Heard what?" came his smooth deep voice.

"About Jungkook. He isn't doing very well, I think something happened in his class this morning. He got detention and was suspended from school for a week."

"What?! But he never gets detention! Neither has he been suspended before!"

"Exactly. So something must be wrong."

"I'll get the other boys, get him out of there, I'll call Jinhee as well."

I hung up, patting Jungkook's back, "Hey maknae, we gotta get moving okay? The hyungs want to talk to you. Let's go."

He stood up, covering his face with his large hands, half leaning on me as we walked slowly out of the cafeteria with everyone's eyes on us.

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"Can you tell us what happened? Come on, we're your brothers, you can tell us anything." Hoseok hyung prodded again.

Jungkook just sat in silence, staring blankly at the ground, while Jinhee held his hand and tried comforting him.

He laid his head on her shoulder and closed his eyes as if resting, and I felt a twinge of envy in my heart.

We were in the school field, which was empty of people except us.

"I give up, the poor soul was traumatized too much by whatever happened in Mr Cha's class."

Then, came a small, almost inaudible voice, "She came back..."

"What? We didn't hear that, sorry." Jin hyung said.

Jungkook opened his eyes, bearing a look of hate on his face, and spat, "The criminal who killed my father is back!"

Shocked silence greeted the statement.

Taehyung was the first to recover surprisingly, "Kang Mi Rae's back?" his voice full of deadly venom.

Jinhee looked confused, so I told her that Mi Rae was Jungkook's previous girlfriend, and that she was the one that Jungkook believed had murdered his father.

She furrowed her eyebrows in anger, immediate fury and sadness made her face look serious and intimidating, her violet ebony eyes flashing dangerously.

"Jungkook ah, what did you try to do?" Yoongi hyung said sternly.

Jungkook scowled deeply and said without regret, "I strangled her and punched her in the face. I broke her nose too."

"Good, but she deserves more than that." Jinhee piped up.

Everyone turned to her, flabbergasted.

Jinhee, usually so kind and wise, was practically egging Jungkook on to physically injure another person.

"Woah. Never knew Jinhee was so fierce and scary." Hoseok hyung leaned in and whispered to me.

"She's always like that when she's protective over her loved ones." I replied, but still wary of Jungkook's reaction to Jinhee's support.

What if he really does that? He may kill her.

Not that I don't want her dead, I do, but not at the hands of Jungkook, he'll just become what she had been, a murderer.

"Jungkook, you won't do it right? You won't kill her right?"

He swivelled his head towards my direction and fixed his burning glare on me, "Why are you defending her?! You know what she did to my family!"

"I'm just saying that you should leave her fate to the judges in the court. If you do kill her, you will be no better than she was. You will become a murderer as well." I pointed out calmly.

That's when the youngest got off the floor so fast it made my head spin, and hissed poisonously, "You don't understand how I feel do you?! How would you like it if I someone you trusted, came along and smashed your family to pieces? Huh?!"

With that, he stormed out of the field in a rage, shaking with the memory of grief.

I sighed.

"Jungkook!" Jinhee called after him.

She gave us an apologetic look, seemingly saying sorry on his unwilling behalf, and chased after her boyfriend, who was already on his way out of the school gates.

The hyungs and Tae shook their heads, but comforted me.

"Don't take it to heart Jiminie, he was too angry. Give him some time to cool off, he'll come to his senses soon enough." Namjoon hyung consoled.

"Yeah, I know." I said glumly, staring after my friend, utterly crushed by the weight of his harsh words.