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Taehyung could see the anger in Jungkook's eyes as he stood swiftly to his feet after being dragged across the pavement on his back. He turned towards the culprit with fire in his eyes as Taehyung slowly stood to his feet behind Jungkook. Both their eyes growing wide as they stood face to face with Jeremy once again.

"Who let you out of your cage?" Jungkook asked bitterly, hoping Jeremy would get the hint that Jungkook was referring to him as an animal. Although, Jungkook was hoping for too much once Jeremy spoke. "I wasn't living in a cage," Jeremy retorted as Jungkook made a face. "Wow, you're so intelligent," Jungkook deadpanned, his expression flat from Jeremy's stupidity. "Do you think Tae tutoring you would have even helped?" Jungkook asked sarcastically, earning a light tap on his shoulder from Taehyung.

Jeremy glanced at Taehyung, Jungkook noticing the slight shift in his gaze. "You're a hard person to find, Tae," Jeremy announced as Jungkook's face contorted with disgust. "Did you just call my boyfriend, Tae? As if you know him personally?" Jungkook asked incredulously, emphasizing that Taehyung was his companion on purpose. He didn't know how Jeremy's obsession with Taehyung came to exist, but he wasn't going to let him anywhere near Taehyung after the last time.

Taehyung stood behind Jungkook, too frightened to move much as Jungkook stood in front of him. Jungkook could feel the tension off Taehyung's body as Taehyung reached for Jungkook's shirt, gripping it tightly between his fingers. They both noticed Jeremy's eyes narrow visibly as Taehyung's grip tightened even more on Jungkook's shirt. "You're dating him?" Jeremy asked bewildered, his voice cracking with rage.

Taehyung shuddered violently behind Jungkook, but Jungkook could still feel it as he tried to soothe Taehyung's fear. "Yes, he's dating me. Do you have a problem with that?" Jungkook retorted with his own question, angry that Jeremy sounded so astonished by the fact that they were dating. Jungkook watched as Jeremy's eyes narrowed dangerously and he felt Taehyung's grip on his shirt tense up more while moving closer to Jungkook's back. He heard a soft whimper of fear, realizing how terrified of this situation Taehyung really was as he buried his face in the back of Jungkook's shoulders. "If you don't mind getting the fuck out of here so we can kindly go about our date again, that would be much appreciated," Jungkook expressed, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly at Jeremy's glowering gaze.

Jeremy lunged forward toward Jungkook, gripping his shoulder hastily and throwing his fist into Jungkook's stomach rashly to get the upper hand. Jungkook let out a loud breathy gasp as he doubled over Jeremy's fist in pain, frozen in that position. Taehyung took several immediate steps back from both of them, his eyes wide with terror as Jeremy removed his fist from Jungkook's stomach. Jungkook dropped to his knees, still gripping his abdomen as Taehyung noticed a blood-soaked metallic object in Jeremy's hand. That was when Taehyung realized that Jeremy had stabbed Jungkook rather than just punching him. "Why do you look so frightened, Tae? You know I'd never hurt you," Jeremy reassured, stepping closer towards Taehyung.

With his voice stuck in his throat, Taehyung bolted for the door, hoping to get away from Jeremy safely and get help for Jungkook. Before Taehyung could get anywhere near the door, he felt a large hand grab his ankle roughly, throwing his frail body to the cold, hard ground. He landed on his shoulder hard, sliding in the dirt as he struggled to get hastily back to his feet. Although, Jeremy had both of his legs gripped tightly by his calves, yanking Taehyung closer towards him. With his fingernails clawing at the ground, Taehyung managed to kick Jeremy in the dead center of his chest and knock the breath out of him.

Using the adrenaline that coursed through his veins, Taehyung scrambled to his feet and dashed for the door once again. The adrenaline only coursed harder when he heard Jeremy's heavy footsteps right behind him. He didn't want to look back and see how close Jeremy was to him. As he reached the door, he felt a burning sensation spread through his chest, and in that one moment of hesitation, Jeremy gripped a handful of Taehyung's hair and yanked him away from the door. A loud cry finally left Taehyung's throat as tears trickled down his cheeks, his hands immediately flying up to the handful of hair that Jeremy gripped harshly.

Taehyung whimpered softly, only small sounds able to escape his throat as he tried to beg Jeremy not to hurt him. He felt Jeremy's breath on his ear as they both struggled for control, although, Jeremy was winning with his stature compared to Taehyung's own. Taehyung groaned softly, feeling Jeremy's other hand grip his throat hard. If it wasn't hard enough to breathe for Taehyung, Jeremy started to squeeze harder as he lifted Taehyung off his feet. Taehyung's fingers clawed and scratched at Jeremy's hand, loud gasps of air escaping him as he kicked furiously.

Although, his kicks weren't helping him at the moment because he couldn't land one close enough to Jeremy to get free. Taehyung could see his vision fading and his legs were gradually slowing their velocity in kicks, the gasps becoming louder and more frequent as Jeremy watched the light gradually fade from Taehyung's eyes. "If I can't have you, nobody can," Jeremy whispered hatefully up at Taehyung, tightening his grip that much more. Taehyung's arms fell limply to his sides but before the light could completely disappear from Taehyung's eyes, Jungkook shoved his entire left side into Jeremy's back causing him to drop Taehyung's limp body hard on the ground.

Jungkook crawled over towards Taehyung to check on him, hoping he wasn't too late. Jungkook shook Taehyung lightly, planting one blood covered hand on the other side of Taehyung's motionless body as he leaned his ear close to Taehyung's chest to check if he was still breathing. "Come on, Tae, breathe. Please," Jungkook urged, changing positions to start chest compressions until he was yanked away from Taehyung by his ankle.

Jungkook glared up at Jeremy, pressing his hands against his abdomen to try and stop his own bleeding. He was only hoping that Jeremy hadn't hit anything vital as he planted the sole of his large timberland boot in the center of Jeremy's face with all of the force he could muster on his back. Jeremy stumbled backward and fell heavily to the ground as Jungkook tried to stand to his feet. He felt weak and fatigued from the loss of blood, his legs buckling underneath him as he finally realized how much blood he'd lost during this confrontation. A trail of bright red liquid littering the dirt path Jungkook had ambled. Before Jungkook could worry about Taehyung again or who it was rushing towards them, his consciousness faded, and he collapsed onto the ground.

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Jimin raced towards Taehyung and Jungkook, watching as the latter fell forward onto the ground. "Tae," Jimin cried out, sliding on his knees in the dirt to check on Taehyung. Hoseok and Yoongi dashed out towards Jungkook to check on him while Seokjin hurried off to go find the principal, the warden, and campus security.

Jimin positioned his finger underneath Taehyung's nose to check if he was breathing, when he didn't feel any air leaving his nose or mouth, Jimin began chest compressions to administer CPR. After the fourth chest compression, Jimin pinched Taehyung's nose and blew a puff of air into Taehyung's mouth while Hoseok and Yoongi watched on in horror. "Come on, Tae. You can't leave me yet, please," Jimin pleaded, starting another round of chest compressions before Taehyung gasped loudly.

Jimin sighed in relief as he rolled Taehyung onto his side to keep him from choking on his saliva as he hacked from lack of air. Hoseok and Yoongi both sighed in relief as Taehyung tried to draw in as much needed air as he could possibly muster at the moment. While Hoseok and Yoongi rolled Jungkook onto his back to see Jungkook's hands still weakly clutching a deep stab wound in his lower abdomen. "Shit," Hoseok cried out as they glanced around the courtyard to assess how much blood Jungkook had lost.

Hoseok hoisted Jungkook up off the ground and hastily made his way towards the nurse's office with his limp body without anyone else's permission. He wanted Jungkook to pull through this because then who else would Taehyung have to fall back on anymore?

Jungkook groaned softly as his head rolled into Hoseok's chest, the younger trying to open his eyes to observe where he was located. Although, he couldn't even open his eyes from how weak he felt as he let whoever this person was do whatever they wanted to him. Hoseok didn't even bother to stop and explain when he noticed a worried Seokjin and principal approaching him. He didn't have to stop for them to see the blood that stained the front of Jungkook's shirt.

That was when he noticed the look in the principal's eye as they all continued on their path to the courtyard. When they arrived, Taehyung was finally sitting up while Yoongi and Jimin kicked Jeremy while he was still down. Yoongi went so far as to punch Jeremy as hard as he could, shaking his hand out afterward because it hurt him too.

Seokjin quickly rushed towards Taehyung's side to see the already prominent, dark purplish-red bruise around his throat and realized why Jimin and Yoongi were beating Jeremy while he was down. Seokjin felt his own blood boil as the principal rushed out the doors as well. "What in god's name is going on here?" The principal asked, shouting his question as everyone froze.

Seokjin shook his head as he helped Taehyung to his feet to turn him towards the principal. "That gorilla did this to Taehyung," Seokjin cried as he pointed to the very dark yet bright purplish-red bruise of fingers around Taehyung's throat. Taehyung opened his mouth to say something, but no sound came out as he turned back towards Seokjin and buried his face in Jin's shoulder. Seokjin gently patted Taehyung's shoulder, realizing that the younger was crying from the way his shoulders shook with silent sobs.

Jimin and Yoongi finally turned their attention towards the principal as security rushed towards them. "Hold on," the principal instructed, glancing at Jimin and Yoongi. "Let them explain their situation," the principal added, knowing Taehyung has had issues with Jeremy in the past. Jimin cleared his throat and straightened his shirt up before opening his mouth to speak. "That motherfucker almost killed Taehyung! That bruise around his throat is because he tried to choke the life out of him. After all, Taehyung wants to be with Jungkook and not him! I'm certain you saw that he nearly killed Jungkook too from that stab wound?" Jimin asked, angry that Jeremy had even had the opportunity to come into contact with Taehyung again.

The principal nodded his head, waving security towards them once more. "The one laying on the ground and getting his ass kicked. That's the one we're taking into custody," he instructed as the campus security hoisted an unconscious Jeremy up off the ground. They drug him towards the courtyard door that the warden held open for them, clicking her tongue at Jeremy in disdain. "Disgraceful. I don't think he can be rehabilitated here any longer. He has to go since he almost killed two of our other students. One of them being of tremendous importance to us," The warden addressed as the principal agreed, all of them following after Jeremy's limp body.

Jimin watched as they left, relieved that Jeremy would no longer be attending the same facility as Taehyung anymore. He turned his attention towards Taehyung as Seokjin gently patted his head. He sighed with relief that Taehyung was still alive as he walked over towards them. "Hey, Tae. It's okay if you can't speak right now, it's nothing to cry over. We have plenty of notebooks you can use to write what you want to say until you've regained your voice," Jimin reassured, trying to soothe Taehyung's tears.

Taehyung turned and wrapped his arms around Jimin, tears still evident in his eyes. Taehyung shook his head at Jimin's words and suddenly Jimin knew he wasn't crying about not being able to speak at all. He was crying so hard because Jungkook was severely injured by this catastrophe. Jimin rubbed Taehyung's back in small, soothing circles but he was still crying so hard that his knees buckled underneath him as he dragged Jimin to the ground with him. "Tae... I- I'm certain that Jungkook will make it through this, okay? He's a fighter and he won't give up that easily," Jimin tried to reassure Taehyung, still rubbing soothing circles along Taehyung's back in an attempt to calm him.