the next morning, yoongi woke up slowly. he hadn't gotten a good night's sleep, but then again, he never really did. he got up, exiting the bedroom. once in the living space, he found his roommate and namjoon holding each other while sleeping.

he sighed, making his way to the kitchen to find something to eat, yet nothing there seemed it would satisfy his cravings. in the end, he decided to head to the cafe in his dorms. he went back to the bedroom, throwing on clothes and his shoes, making sure to flatten his hair, too. he grabbed his keys and bag and left for the cafe.

eventually, he had his food and sat down at one of the many tables. plenty of other students were there with either others or just by themselves. yoongi spotted a familiar blonde and brunette, which he assumed to be jimin and hoseok. he wanted to get up and confront them, but it was way too early for him to start an argument.

his phone buzzed, and he took it out, seeing a message from jeongguk.

--

jjguk: hi hyung

myg.med:

hi

jjguk: sorry i didn't message

last night

i got drunk and eventually

passed out

myg.med:

I heard

jjguk: yea

now i have a nasty hangover

myg.med:

drink water and take ibuprofen

jjguk: just did

myg.med:

keep an eye on your temperature

jjguk: i will hyung

myg.med:

you have any classes today?

jjguk: just one

medical safety

myg.med:

I have that today too

guess I'll see you

jjguk: will i ever get to see

what you look like?

myg.med:

you already do you just

haven't approached me yet

jjguk: there's no way my shy

ass is gonna approach every

single boy

in

that

class

myg.med:

haha then I guess too bad

jjguk: shush

rude hyung :(

myg.med:

ouch, my feelings

jjguk: wait im sorry

nice hyung :)

myg.med:

that remark will forever scar

my heart

jjguk: :(

[photo sent!]

hyung please 🙏🏻

myg.med:

the scar is magically gone

jjguk: good then :)

oh

the time...

class starts in 20 mins

see you, maybe, idk

myg.med:

haha bye jeongguk

--

yoongi finished his food, setting his phone into his pocket before standing up. he threw his trash away and was about to leave the cafe until he was stopped. ah, hoseok, why can't you just let him be?

“um, excuse me, yoongi?”

he stopped before meeting eyes with hoseok. he wanted to cringe, but he couldn't. he kept a neutral face. jimin peered at him.

“yes?”

“you're friends with seokjin, right?”

“unfortunately.”

“right, can you relay a message to him?”

“i could.”

hoseok glanced towards jimin before turning back to him.

“can you tell him to perhaps stop hanging out with jeongguk, since he's namjoons roommate, you know? i fear-”

“disgusting. i despise people like you,” yoongi cut him off. hoseok stared at him, and was about to speak again, but yoongi spoke first.

“if you speak about jeongguk nastily again in any way, i will ruin your friendships. the boy has done nothing, know your place.” yoongi gave one last look at him before turning to jimin.

“jimin, know your friends,” yoongi said. he didn't care if jimin was confused on how he knew his name. he walked off, leaving the two at a loss for words. he exited the dorms and checked the time. he had about fifteen minutes to get to class. once he arrived at the classroom, he found jeongguk sitting in his usual seat, fiddling with his thumbs.

he walked over, taking the seat next to him and taking out his notebook and sat there.

“hi, yoongi.”

“hi.”

“how are you?”

“mediocre.”

“why so?”

“met some rude people this morning,” yoongi mumbled. he wanted to tell jeongguk, but he couldn't risk it. it was enough jeongguk didn't know who he was texting in the first place. jeongguk hummed, mentioning that there was always people like that.

“well i'm on a mission. gotta find this friend of mine who i have no idea who it is,” jeongguk said cheerfully. despite his hangover, he still could smile and seem like he was fine. jeongguk looked around the class, specifically at all the boys.

“alright, you do you...”

class started, and everyone got to work.