"You said there are no bullies here?" I ask Jimin who is silently eating his lunch despite the commotion. "I said in our class there is no bullies, not in the entire school," he says with a shrug. Jin hyung laughs at this. "I am not sure about whats happening, but this is a daily occurence," he says with a shrug too. "Don't mind them. Enjoy your food," Hobi hyung advises me with a bright smile. I nod my head and drop my head to eat food, but not even few seconds passed before someone nudges my chair from behind. 

If I was not careful enough, my head would have been on my plate. I groan and stand up to face him. This guys is actually getting on my nerves. 'hundan' I murmur before placing my sweetest smile on face. "What do you want now?" I ask with my brightest smile. (trans: asshole)

"Where is he?" he asks me and I show my best confused expression. "I am not even his friend, why are you asking me this?" I ask him in return. Jin hyung coughs from behind. 

"Dak-ho, though I don't mind you screaming in the canteen, coming to my table and disturbing our lunch isn't so good, is it?" he asks, though his voice is calm, his face is scary. Woah, I will never get on Jin hyungs wrong side in my life. Dak-ho visibly gulps, he turns towards his side goon who just says 'lets go' in a whisper. They tuck their tails in between their legs and walk out. 

"What's the deal with Yibo?" I ask Jk who is sitting right beside me, but everyone hears me. They all look at each other to know who is gonna answer. The final decision is for Suga hyung to talk as he didn't talk at all. He clears his throat and rolls his eyes. "Jimin used to say that Yibo never talks to anyone, even if someone approaches him, he goes to the other side avoiding the person. No one ever tried to talk to him as he is not very approachable, so no one knows the story nor no one knows whether he is being bullied," he finishes and without looking at anyone he starts eating his lunch.

Suga hyung style is very much different from others here, but it is actually cute. Jimin nods in agreement on what Suga hyung said. I nod my head and focus on the lunch, minding my own business as I was advised by that asshole. But suddenly remembering how he helped me with the direction of canteen and all others, I can't help but question them again.

"So he never even spoke one sentence in secret to anyone?" I ask them and they all laugh at my sudden question.

"If he speaks to anyone, that would have become the hot topic #1 in our school. So, yes, he have never spoke in the recent years. But two years back he was okay to talk to. Not so friendly with us, but he did speak to a group of friends who left the school," Taehyung says and Jk nods beside him. 

By this, I should be the hot topic #1.

"They were close friends, but suddenly all three of them left leaving Yibo alone," JK adds and I nod my head in understanding. 

Something is definitely not right. Stop your detective mind Zhan.

Asking more questions will lead to useless rumors, so I didn't question them anymore. The next class is a free period as the teacher has applied for a sudden leave. We all sit in the class, some doing the homework given from previous class, some lying down, some chatting, some playing mobile games. I take my art note, which I always carry and start drawing something. I let my hand and heart do the work keeping my mind empty.

When I am about to complete it, I see myself drawing a small boy riding a bicycle and a man helping the small boy to balance before he falls. The scenery is a park with few couples and children walking or sitting at the side. My mood turns complicated, I close my art book and take my phone to chat with someone.

But with whom. I don't have close friends except for one or two who are busy with their life. My forehead touches the desk with a clear thump. It hurts but its bearable so I didn't mind it. JK went to sit beside Jimin, chatting away something happily. He called me, but I was just thinking it would disturb their privacy so I didn't go.

Yibo is sitting beside me, his earphones helping him to isolate himself from the whole noise. Is he lonely or is he comfortable like this? He looks handsome even in this simple uniform. His side profile and his prominent jawline is perfect. He looks tired yet lively, with a trace of loneliness. He seems to be in deep thought about something. I watch him for a while, and before I know it I slip into darkness. 

You didn't tell your mom yet. Do you need help with it? I shake my head repeatedly, begging him to stop teasing me and let me go. He didn't listen, instead he takes my phone away from me while his two other friends hold me captive. He beats me to tell the password and I did. Few moments later, he tosses my phone on my lap and walks away with his friends.

I open my phone and look through blurry eyes. Mom: I am gay🤩😏😎😚. I trusted them and thought they were my friends, but as soon as I said about my secret, they turned out to be my bullies. It wasn't enough, they even took it into their own hands to tell this to my mom. I try to delete it, but before I can, it shows my mom has read it.

The four emojis on my screen is taunting me. I close my eyes to calm myself down. I can face anything. I stand up from the dirty ground with determination, yet my eyes betrayed me from stopping the tears. I cry and cry as I walk towards my home. 

"Mom," I breakdown as soon as I see her red eyes. I kneel down at the doorstep as my legs turned weak. She didn't say a word but she ran and hugs me tightly. "I am sorry," I whisper over and over again as I cry my heart out, and she just holds me without saying a thing. 

After few minutes, she lets me out of her protective hug. "Let's have dinner, yeah?" she asks as she helps me up from the ground. With the dinner set and us sitting silently on the dining chair, I couldn't breathe at all in the silence. She didn't tell me anything. Is she accepting it or still processing it?

"If you like the same gender, it isn't wrong at all. Love is just love, we just made it look like it is normal to have a girl and a boy to love, than a boy to love another boy. I was worried because I know the message wasn't sent by you. You were bullied?" she asks me hesitantly. I nod my head slowly but rise my head after a while. 

"I won't let it happen again," I tell her with conviction. She nods her head happily. "Whoever cheats behind his/her love, whoever takes their love like a time pass, they are the ones who don't deserve love. I love you my son, no matter what" she says as she plants a kiss on my forehead. I nod my head happily and hug her tightly. 

I open my eyes, and my field of vision directly lands on Wang Yibo who is still in his own world. I discreetly move my hands to remove the traces of my tears and smile happily at the memory of how accepting my mom was. I like boys, but it is now not a secret at all. If they ask, I accept it openly. Just at the start, I was confused which led to the situation where my so called friends took advantage of my state. I was just 14 years old when I realized, so you can't blame me for being confused at the start. 

I was about to turn my head, when Yibo suddenly turns and stares at my face. This actually shocked me enough to make me feel like a statue for few seconds. Without any words he turns around again.

What was that? Calm down you stupid heart. It was just shocking to see the sudden movement. That is it. Nothing else, nothing else at all.

A/N: How do you like the chapter? I was planning to write a very emotional scene for that memory part of him opening up, but I decided not to as it is very common. I will just leave it like that. There may be further explanation scenarios in the future💌

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