[Monday - 12.06]

The crowd laughed loudly at the joke Minho had cracked, a couple of the guys pushing each other back and forth playfully.

The cafeteria was full of people enjoying their lunch, about 20 of the most popular students crowding around Minho and his friends' table.

"Anyways." One of the girls said, flipping her hair over her shoulder and crossing her legs over each other.

"We should totally go outside once we're done with lunch. The weather is like so bomb today." She flipped her hair extensions, smiling with her thick, filled lips.

She looked like your average basic bitch but from what Minho had seen she was actually very chill. She was polite, sweet and didn't step on others.

"Yeah, totally. Hey! Bet I can score more hoops than you!" One of the guys called out, hitting Minho's shoulder playfully.

"Oh, you're on!" Minho playfully yelled back, hurrying outside.

The whole crowd followed the two boys into the courtyard, where they grabbed a basketball from the small shed and started up a match, randomly teaming up.

The girls sat in the grass beside the court, watching the hormonal and rowdy boys run around and yell at each other.

"Doesn't Minho oppa look so hot when playing basketball?" One of the girls said, twirling her hair cutely.

"Mm, yeah, he's definitely up there with Hyunjin, Chan and Felix." Another answered.

"Hey come on. He's not a wax figure, let's not compare them. They're all beautiful in their own way." The girl whom had suggested they should go outside - Lara - interrupted.

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[Monday - 12.11]

Ji walked through the cafeteria, head hanging low. They had been invited to eat at Minho's table right before leaving the latter's house the previous weekend, but where exactly was this supposedly table? Ji certainly couldn't find it.

"Hey freak!" A voice called right before something collided into Ji, sending them tumbling to the floor.

"Watch it!" The bully - Jeon Jungkook - yelled with a smirk.

Ji drew a deep breath not to get emotional and angry, eyes staring right into the elder's.

"What? Cat got your tongue? Oh wait, I'm sorry. Your drug-making sugar daddy must have cut it off. What, couldn't the freak give his daddy good enough head?" Jungkook provoked, mocking a sad pout.

The cafeteria broke out into laughter.

Ji gritted their teeth, biting the inside of their cheek hard.

A sudden cold feeling hit Ji's head, quickly falling down to their neck and then further down their back.

"Oups. Didn't see you there. I thought you were the trashcan." Kim Jennie, Jungkook's one and only bitch girlfriend innocently said, twisting the cap back onto her bottle.

Ji turned around in shock, hand reaching up to feel at their hair. A sticky, creamy liquid was spread around their hair, running down their neck and back, turning their previously white shirt light blue.

'Blueberry yoghurt' 

Jennie walked over to her boyfriend with a victorious smirk on her face, looking down at Ji with her arms crossed over her chest.

"Fucking-"

"Fucking what, freak? What are you gonna do? Hit me? You know you couldn't even touch me, just give up and run home to your sugar daddy already." Jungkook interrupted.

Ji bit the inside of their cheek, breathing heavily to try and calm themselves down. The latter stood up, quickly walking away from the scene. The crowd was laughing at the young person, making them shrink further into their own skin, regretting even getting out of bed this morning.

Ji threw the door to the closest bathroom open, locking it not to get interrupted. They quickly walked over to the mirror, the pain in their chest only intensifying.

'Ugly'

The latter turned on the nearest faucet, sticking their hand under ut to check the temperature.

'Freak'

Ji stuffed their whole head under the stream of water, rubbing the  yoghurt out of their hair angrily.

'Fat'

The water ran down their neck and back, soaking all their clothes but they didn't care. 

'Disgusting'

Ji screamed in frustration, hitting the sink hard. They drew a deep breath, closing their eyes. Two stray tears slipped past their eyelids as Ji drew deep and calming breaths, anger turning into sadness. One of their hands reached up, covering over their mouth as the latter pressed their lips tightly together to keep from crying.

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[12.20]

Minho laughed, passing the ball to Hyunjin whom jumped up and scored in Changbin's face. The two high-fived, hearing their 'cheerleaders' cheer from the patch of grass beside the basketball court.

A shadow moved past the court a little while away, not gaining the attention of anyone but Minho. The latter did a double-take feeling like he recognized the shadow.

"You guys play a set without me, I'll be right back." Minho told everyone, smiling at the girls as he passed by them. 

Th latter jogged after Ji's figure, wondering why they were rusing away from school in the midst of lunch when they had school in only a few minutes.

"Ji!"

"Hey, Ji, wait up!"  Minho tried calling but gained no reaction other than Ji speeding up.

Minho jogged faster to keep up, reaching out and grabbing Ji's arm. The younger immediately shrugged out of the elder's grip, shoving him away with a fierce glare.

"Wh-"

"WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU?" Ji snapped, feeling angry and hurt by the elder.

"I THOUGHT WE WERE FUCKING FRIENDS! DID YOU ONLY DO IT TO PLAY WITH ME? DID YOU KNOW THEY WERE GONNA DO THAT?" Ji yelled, arms going up to gesture around their hair in frustration.

Minho took a look around Ji's dischieved figure. Their hair was wet and messy, their face and eyes red and their shirt soaked wet and sticking to their smaller figure, a light blue stain decorating the top of it.

'Oh fuck! I promised I'd sit with Ji today!'

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry, Ji! I totally forgot." Minho sadly exclaimed, feeling terrible for standing Ji up.

"I'll make it up to you, come sit wi-"

"NO JUST FUCKING FORGET IT. WE'RE THROUGH, STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!" Ji snapped, quickly hurrying back down the road to god-knows-where.

Minho looked after the younger with sad eyes, confused to why Ji was so hurt. Wasn't it normal for people to forget stuff, he was human, wasn't he? What had happened to make Ji so upset? Why did they think it was Minho's fault.

Before Minho could dwell any more on it the bell rang for their next period. Minho sighed and started jogging back towards the school, hurrying towards his next class before he was late.