Lunch time came and Taehyung already felt his stomach growling from being empty since last night. He stayed in his seat at their classroom, not even bothering to go to the cafeteria since he doesn't have money to buy himself food. He just got out three fish dumplings from his bag and devour the food like lightning. It was a simple lunch that even one won't be satisfied with it but in his case, he was thankful to have even just three pieces of dumplings. Those were leftovers from the diner that Taehyung work at, those were cooked foods but never had the chance to be served.

And he was very thankful to have a kind-hearted boss to lend him some food before going home at night, to give dinner to his grandmother who was waiting for him at home, and some of it to pack for the next day. He would be very lucky if he would get more than just dumplings.

As he gulped the last bit of dumpling, he opens again his bag to find an empty water bottle. He must've forgotten to refill it since he was running late this morning, so he stood up from his seat sighing, and headed out from the classroom to the cafeteria. He actually didn't want to go there since he avoids meeting people and getting into trouble. But since he's thirsty, he doesn't have a choice. He entered the cafeteria with his head hung low.

Few years ago was a bit different. He entered the school with a wide and friendly smile, showing everyone his slightly crooked teeth, he was a happy student who finally had the opportunity to continue his studies.

Taehyung stopped going to school for two years since he can't afford it. But then, his grandma persuaded him to continue and he entered the school with a scholarship. He really loves his grandma, so he decided not to disappoint her and do his best not to waste such opportunity.

Whereas teachers admire him, students despise him. The brunet is an intelligent student. He is good in math and science, while students feared these two subjects, he is confident with it, to the point he was always sent as representative at interschool quizzes and take home either gold or silver medal.

But actually, its not in these subjects that he has the great passion, but his real genius brain works when he is in music or art class. Its in these that Taehyung really excels and pours his heart into. He doesn't own any musical instrument or either a paintbrush in art class, but he diligently learned playing the piano and saxophone with the help of his friend Yoongi, who's already a college student majoring in Music, and just borrows art materials from their Arts teacher Namjoon.

Taehyung is a friendly person, but maybe the students weren't as friendly as he thought. He would try to smile at them and start up a conversation but ended up receiving raised eyebrows and backs turned. Still, he was very nice to everybody and is easily being the target laughingstock. Sometimes students laughed at him and he would also join to laugh thinking that they will like him, and not knowing that he is the one being laughed at. Students would always think: He is a genius at the same time weird, no in between.

Being weird to be hated by his schoolmates was one reason, another is of his social status. Everyone thinks of him as a poor kid and they were afraid to befriend him for it will ruin their reputation and would make them less cool. Who would hang out with an awkward kid who doesn't even own a damn phone?

After months and months of trying to earn a friend, Taehyung gradually gave up and accepted his fate of being a 'geek' as everyone called him. He's still nice and polite because that's what his grandma taught him, but stopped making eye contact to people, too fed up of rejection already. He would quickly fix his things after class and hurry to the diner where he works, go home after his shift at night and study, and would go to sleep very late. This is his daily routine and he's kinda contented.

Back at the moment, Kim Taehyung now walks hurriedly to the cafeteria's water dispenser to have a free drink with his head hung low, students occasionally bump his shoulders just to bother him. They would mockingly say 'oh sorry!', and Taehyung would just smile and say its okay.

As he neared the dispenser he adjusted his eyeglasses up his nose and slightly crouched down to refill his water bottle. He aligned the bottle's opening to the dispenser and waited for the water to fill his container. But even refilling his bottle could not be done in peace, when he felt another bump on his shoulder, causing for his grip on the bottle to tilt and water run down his tattered shoes.

Oh that reminds me! I have to buy superglue. He thought as he look down at his poor wet shoe, with his socked toe slightly poking out. Another fake sorry was heard and he turns back at the owner of the voice and mumbles 'its okay'. It was actually just Yugyeom.

Yugyeom rolls his eyes in disgust and Taehyung returned to concentrate at his water bottle. The brunet was capping his bottle when he heard a familiar voice.

"Hey beautiful"

He turned to face the owner of the voice. His eyes went wide when he sees Jungkook walking to his direction and cannot believe his eyes when the younger smiled. His face blushed and his mouth hang open while looking at the raven haired boy approaching and waving his hand.

He may or may not admire the raven haired beauty, but somehow, his face flushed and felt butterflies in his stomach.

"H-hi Jungkook" he stuttered and waved back smiling and was about to say more when he saw Jungkook walk past him.

Confused, he look over his shoulder to see where Jungkook went, and he realized it wasn't him that the younger had called out. Jungkook walked straight to his boyfriend Yugyeom and kissed him on the cheek and Taehyung stood there with his hand hanging mid air and face flushed not because of butterflies anymore but because of embarrassment.

Yugyeom saw it and he smirked at the poor geek, muttering to him "you wish".

So Taehyung just hurriedly cap his water bottle and speed walk back to their classroom, with his head again hung low.