after that breakfast the two had, jeongguk got himself ready, finally brushing his teeth and doing his hair at the end. yoongi was waiting for him at the door, checking out his nails, noticing they'd need to be cleaned. jeongguk walked out, grabbing his bag on the counter and keys. he opened the front door, beginning to walk out.

yoongi followed suite, keeping an eye on jeongguk closely.

“hyung, you really don't need to do this-”

“jeongguk, would you rather me stay for your whole class or just walk you there?”

“... walk me there.”

“then stop saying the same thing.”

jeongguk looked back at yoongi, who had an obvious scowl placed on his face. he heard jeongguk's named called out. looking around, he found a yellow-haired boy running up to jeongguk. jeongguk smiled at them, waving widely.

“hi, yugyeom!”

“gukie! how are you?”

“i'm fine, a little tired, but fine.”

“ah.. so am i. hey, i heard some things happened between you, jimin, and hoseok... they said you were spreading bad rumors about them.”

yoongi clenched his fists. first, they break ties, and now they're spreading a bad rumor about jeongguk? he wanted to beat up the two, but he couldn't. he walked behind the two while they talked. jeongguk was relieved that at least yugyeom would still speak to him.

they reached the building before yugyeom left jeongguk. yoongi stopped behind him, watching him wave to his friend that he'd be in class soon. jeongguk turned back to yoongi with a smile.

“friend of yours?”

“thankfully.”

“that's good. he seems like a nice person.”

they made their way to jeongguk's classroom. jeongguk sighed, beginning to walk in. yoongi watched him go, but was surprised to find him looking back at him.

“thanks, hyung, for taking care of me...”

yoongi smiled, putting his arms down to his side to rest, he walked up to jeongguk, ruffling his hair.

“you'll owe me. have a good day, okay? i'll text you later,” yoongi said, standing up on a his toes and placing a small kiss on jeongguk's forehead. jeongguk's face bloomed with a rose red. he nodded, mumbling a small okay and walking into class.

--

a few days passed, and yoongi was happier than ever. everyone noticed a big change in his work, stamina, all of it. he went from the serious, medical student, to serious-but-laidback student.

jeongguk had a dance class that morning, and yoongi was running a little late to be there when he got out. in fact, the bell had already rung, and yoongi had promised to take jeongguk out for lunch. he did find namjoon walking the halls, since he had music right upstairs. the two walked next to each other, talking about their classes and other things.

right as they turned the corner, they didn't expect to see a group of students, surrounding something. no, not something. they were surrounding someone. yoongi and namjoon walked quickly, only to take a few. when they got closer, they could here someone saying something. they pushed through the crowd, but yoongi couldn't see a thing as opposed to namjoon.

namjoon saw three people, one with their back against the wall, one in front of them, and another with their hand holding the one in front of the other. confusing, i know.

“you know what, jeongguk? i really wish you go rot in a hole. God, you're inconsiderate, how could you say that?”

“i didn't say anything rude, i was just talking!”

yoongi looked at namjoon, who was looking right down at him. that voice, jeongguk and hoseok's.

“hoseok, stop, this is too much!”

and jimin's.

yoongi pushed through the crowd before getting to the front. jeongguk spared an alarming glance at yoongi before facing hoseok again. but this time, hoseok was ready to throw a punch. and he almost hit jeongguk, he almost did. but, yoongi, with his blood boiling and muscles aching to knock the boy down, instead hit the boy down instead.

yoongi watched him fall before looking at jeongguk. he mumbled a soft 'you okay?' at him. jeongguk nodded, and yoongi turned back to hoseok.

“pathetic. falling down on the first hit, and you want to hit jeongguk? disgusting.”

yoongi kicked the boy a little. “get up, the worst that punch is going to do is leave a bruise.”

releasing a warning glare to everyone, they dispersed. jeongguk leaned onto the wall, namjoon stood back, hands in pockets. hoseok was clenching his stomach and jimin was bending down next to him. jimin looked up at yoongi.

“why did you do that?”

“i should be asking the same question. hoseok, get up,” yoongi said before turning his attention back to jeongguk.

“he didn't hurt you anywhere, did he? if he did, i'll make sure to nurse you back to health.”

“i'm fine, hyung,” jeongguk said, a little shaken up. yoongi sighed in relief, taking the boy into his embrace.

“you're such a magnet, always getting some sort of attention.”

“shut up!”