DARKNESS OF NIGHT (TAEKOOK)
FIRST SIGHT.
I didn't want to be too early to school, but I couldn't stay in the house anymore. I donned my jacket - which had the feel of a biohazard suit -and headed out into the rain.
Jeon Jungkook
Finding the school wasn't difficult, though I'd never been there before.*looking at school*
The school was, like most other things, just off the highway. It was not obvious that it was a school; only the sign, which declared it to be the Seoul High School, made me stop.
There were so many trees and shrubs I couldn't see its size at first. Where was the feel of the institution? I wondered nostalgically. Where were the chain-link fences,the metal detectors?
Jeon Jungkook
*front of principal office*
I took a deep breath before opening the door. Inside, it was brightly lit, and warmer than I'd hoped.
Someone..
Can I help you?*smile 😊*
Jeon Jungkook
Huh? hey, I'm Jeon Jungkook.*offer his hand*
Jackson Wang.
Jackson Wang.*Shake hand*
Jackson Wang.
You're New here.*asked him*
Jeon Jungkook
Kind of*shrugs his shoulder*
He dug through a precariously stacked pile of documents on his desk till he found the ones he was looking for.
Jackson Wang.
I have your schedule right here, and a map of the school.
He went through my classes for me, highlighting the best route to each on the map, and gave me a slip to have each teacher sign, which I was to bring back at the end of the day. He smiled at me and hoped, like Jimin, that I would like it here in Seoul I smiled back as convincingly as I could.
I entered my classroom, the teacher, a tall, balding man whose desk had a nameplate identifying him as Mr. Mason.
Someone..
Mr. Mason= so you're new student Jeon Jungkook*looked at him*
He asked my name, And of course I flushed tomato red. But at least he sent me to an empty desk at the back without introducing me to the class.
Someone..
Mr. Mason= What Shakespeare was famous for? can anyone guess.
Someone..
*sigh* so no one know.
of I know But I don't want everyone to see me as bookworm or I also don't want any attention.
Someone..
Mr. Mason= He wrote the blockbuster plays of his day - some of his most famous are Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet. It has been almost 400 years since he died, but people still celebrate his work all around the world.
It was fairly basic: Bronte, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Faulkner. I'd already read everything. That was comforting... and boring.
When the bell rang, and I went to My next class. But I guess I can't find even I have map.
Someone..
You're Jeon Jungkookie, aren't you?
Kim Seokjin
you can call me Hyung or Jin Hyung.
Kim Seokjin
Where's your next class?*he asked*
Jeon Jungkook
I had to check in my bag... Um, English, with Jefferson, in building six.
Kim Seokjin
I'm headed toward building four, I could show you the way...
Kim Seokjin
So, this is a lot different from the USA, huh?*he asked*
Kim Seokjin
It doesn't rain much there, does it?
Jeon Jungkook
Three or four times a year.
Kim Seokjin
Wow, what must that be like?*he wondered.*
We walked back around the cafeteria, to the south buildings by the sports room. Jin Hyung walked me right to the door, though it was clearly marked.
Kim Seokjin
Well, good luck.*smile 😊*
I smiled at him vaguely and went inside.
Jeon Jungkook
*looked at him* hello.
Someone..
You're New here right.
Jeon Jungkook
Umm....yeah! I'm Jungkook.
Kim Namjoon
I'm Kim Namjoon it's nice to meet you*dimple smile*
After two classes, I started to recognize several of the faces in each class. There was always someone braver than the others who would introduce themselves and ask me questions about how I was liking USA.
I was walking in corridor when I meet Jimin. He walked with me to the cafeteria for lunch
We sat at the end of a full table with several of his friends, who he introduced to me. And maybe I saw them.
Park jimin
He's Jungkook my cousin.*smile*
Park jimin
Jungkook he's Jackson, and he's Jin
Jackson Wang.
Hello we meet again.*smile 😁*
Park jimin
What do you mean Meet again?
Jeon Jungkook
He's the one who lend me school map and my schedule.
The boy from English, Namjoon, waved at me from across the room.
That I first saw them. They were sitting in the corner of the cafeteria, as far away from where I sat as possible in the long room. There were four of them.
Jeon Jungkook
*looking at them*
They weren't talking, and they weren't eating, though they each had a tray of untouched food in front of them. They weren't gawking at me, unlike most of the other students, so it was safe to stare at them without fear of meeting an excessively interested pair of eyes.
They didn't look anything alike. Of the three boys, one was big - muscled like a serious weight lifter, with dark, curly hair. Another was taller, leaner, but still muscular, and honey blond.
The last was lanky, lessbulky, with untidy, bronze-colored hair. He was more boyish than the others, who looked like they could be in college, or even teachers here rather than students.
The boy were opposites. he had a beautiful figure, the kind that made every girl and boy around his take a hit on him self-esteem just by being in the same room.
And yet, they were all exactly alike. Every one of them was chalky pale, the palest of all the students living in this sunless town.
They all had very dark eyes despite the range in hair tones. They also had dark shadows under those eyes - purplish, bruiselike shadows. As if they were all suffering from a sleepless night.
Jeon Jungkook
(But all this is not why I couldn't look away.)
They were all looking away - away from each other, away from the others students, away from anything in particular as far as I could tell.
Jeon Jungkook
Who are they?*asked them*
Park jimin
*look where he's looking*
Jackson Wang.
*looked where he's looking then look at Jin*
Kim Seokjin
*looked at Jackson*
Kim Taehyung
*eyes contact with Jungkook*
Jeon Jungkook
*find him looking at him*
He looked at me for just a fraction of a second, and then his dark eyes flickered to mine.
He looked away quickly, more quickly than I could, though in a flush of embarrassment I dropped my eyes at once.
Park jimin
That's Kim Taehyung and Kim Namjoon, and Min...Umm..*blush* Yoongi and . The one who left was Jung Hoseok; they all live together.
Jeon Jungkook
*staring at them*
I glanced sideways at the beautiful boy, who was looking at his tray now, picking a bagel to pieces with long, pale fingers. His mouth was moving very quickly, his perfect lips barely opening.
The other three still looked away, and yet I felt he was speaking quietly to them.
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