Dark Side (Kim Taehyung & Kim So Hyun)
Episode 21 - Punishment

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When he heard all the girl's chatter, Yoon-gi suddenly smiled for no apparent reason. He propped his chin up and glanced towards the door of the UKS. He smiled strangely again.

"It seems like someone came here" he said cunningly. 'We'll just see. What punishment is appropriate for an eavesdropper' his inner self feels very happy.

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So Hyun still clearly remembered when his eyes met Jimin's eyes when he was about to leave class. It felt like he wanted to say hello to Jimin as usual, but it seemed like it was impossible for now.

Jimin looked at him a little sharply and indifferently. That's why he prefers to lock his lips tightly. But because of that too, a burden on him was felt.

He walked alone when school was over. Among all the students who were walking together, he was alone. Jimin seemed to have walked over and went home earlier than him.

Every now and then, So Hyun looked back hoping that Jimin was walking to see him with his unique smile. The girl looked back straight ahead and exhaled her heavy breath.

Slender. It feels lonely. From the beginning of the first break bell rang, So Hyun did not see Taehyung. It's completely invisible. He exhaled heavily with pressure again.

The girl walked with her head slightly lowered. His eyes were hot and sore again. The clear water seemed to block his vision. He went back to blaming himself for no apparent reason, and an illogical question came to his mind.

'Am I not human either? Haha... That's ridiculous, So Hyun-ah!' his mind continues the war through its own self-imposed curse. He quarreled with himself like looking at a mirror reflecting his image.

However, his inner voice made the two clear feathers fall back. He lowered his head and stopped walking.

No matter how many times his body was hit by the students who were still passing by, he still stopped his steps there. He licked his dry lips and let the water drop.

'I have to what now?' his heart just kept muttering.

He wiped his tears slowly. When he was about to turn his head back, someone immediately pulled his hand tightly, making his body slightly slammed forward quite tightly. Fortunately, he was able to maintain his balance. He knew what was pulling him right now was a man.

At first, he smiles happily if the man is Jimin. Unfortunately, the person who pulled him was not Jimin, but Namjoon.

"Follow me!" namjoon said with a pretty firm voice. He said with the volume of sound that So Hyun's eardrum could pick up, but he didn't look at So Hyun at all.

Namjoon pulls him into the back garden of the school. He also sat So Hyun in the same old chair. It's just, the condition of the chair is a little strange with bent legs.

So Hyun followed what Namjoon told him through the gesture. The girl looked around herself. In that place, in that chair, he met and confronted the perpetrator of the murder in person and alone.

Namjoon sat down next to So Hyun with a heavy sigh. He turned his head in all directions, then looked at the girl who did not make the slightest sound. He knew the girl was sad because of this morning. Fighting with friends is a bad thing for the girl.

"Are you okay?" ask Namjoon in a soft voice. He felt stupid now for asking that question.

So Hyun lifted his head, then looked at Namjoon. His eyes looked different than usual. The girl held back her tears, "I'm fine. Never mind, haven't I said that many times?"

Namjoon exhaled again quite heavily, "Yes, I've heard that. But from that physique of yours, you don't see that you're 'alright'"

Without feeling a clear water slid free from So Hyun's eye pelupuk. Quickly, the girl wiped her tears. But the tears are getting more and more. He couldn't hold it much longer. In the end, he did not reply to Namjoon's words. He kept trying to wipe his tears until they completely dried up.

"ah! Damnit damnit! Why does this water keep coming out, anyway?!" so Hyun cursed while wiping his eyes with the sleeves of his school suit.

Namjoon silently did not make any more sounds. He let the girl curse and finish her 'crying. He cleared his throat slowly and supported his forehead for a moment. He thought of the next step he should take to 'keep' the girl next to him from Yeowang.

However, Namjoon did not want to linger to stay silent. He looked at So Hyun who was still pressing his eyes slowly to hold back his tears, then said, "If you have something you want to tell me, you just tell me."

So Hyun looked at Namjoon with his eyes open, "Hmm... There aren't. I just feel lonely. There's nothing I need to tell you in detail, right?"

"I know you're lying. I know you feel so guilty about your two friends. Moreover, Taehyung... I'm right, right?" Namjoon looked at So Hyun leisurely however, calming down. He also smiled slightly and showed a pair of sweet dimples.

So Hyun looked at Namjoon with his eyes back on the heat, "Sunbae..." The girl released her tears again. He covered his face with both feet.

Namjoon was still smiling, "Never try to hide something you can't hide. I know you like it..."

So Hyun removed his palms from both of his faces. He wiped his eyes again, then muttered, "I am also confused by how I feel. If asked if I liked it, I couldn't answer it right away. But, it seems more like not. I don't have any feelings for that man." He nodded slowly with explanation.

"You sure? Are you lying again?" serdik Namjoon with a flowing tone along with implied ridicule.

"I'm sure of it. I don't like Taehyung. Absolutely not." So Hyun replied for sure. Now, her tears have stopped flowing. In fact, it had already changed with his rather piercing serious gaze.

"really? But why do you feel so guilty? You also said you were lonely, right?" Namjoon unceasingly scolded So Hyun with a mocking speech.

"Do I look like I'm joking? Sunbae, I was lonely because no one asked me to speak amiably anymore. Those who used to make me and Eun Soo laugh, have stayed away from me from today. Who likes to fight and ultimately stay away from such friends? Nothing, right?" obviously So Hyun was serious. He slightly ignored Namjoon's half-mocking gaze.

Namjoon snorted a chuckle, he threw his gaze away momentarily from So Hyun's eyes, "Sorry, I was just joking. If you feel so guilty about both of them, especially Taehyung, why don't you go look for him?"

"For what?" so Hyun asked with a frown.

Namjoon looked at So Hyun again, "I apologize to him. You explain everything in that book. I think he's very strong enough to block Yeowang's steps that will take you."

So Hyun was silent for a moment. After Namjoon says that he must apologize, he gets caught up in his brain an unthinkable idea. He felt stupid because he had not thought of it before. He did not think that he should look for Taehyung and apologize to the man. All right, he went back the wrong way.

So Hyun exhaled, "I think I took the wrong way out."

Namjoon gave a small smile hearing So Hyun's listless response. She was sure the girl would cry again. Then his hand was stretched out to ruffle So Hyun's hair of origin.

Although a little awkward, Namjoon tried not to make the atmosphere even more awkward, "Maybe. Why don't you go look for him now?"

The girl fell silent feeling the palm that was rattling her hair origin, yet soft. Then he cleared his throat, "Hmm... Excuse me, can you take your hand off my head? I don't like to be calmed down that way."

"ah! Sorry," said namjoon who immediately pulled his hand. The awkward atmosphere grew increasingly gripping. "In that case, why are you still silent? Find him and apologize."

"But I have to go home. I should have gotten on the bus by now! If sunbae hadn't pulled me here, I wouldn't have left the bus." So Hyun said. He explained with irregular hand movements.

"Either that. If you've missed the bus, you can use the time to find Taehyung, right? Count the time to wait for the next bus to come." reply Namjoon again.

"The bus has no schedule. They come if they are passing the existing route." reply So Hyun who is still convinced not to follow Namjoon's previous speech.

"I didn't run away from this! I just want to calm my mind first. I want to take off all the new things that made my head almost break!" So Hyun chattered with an increasingly raised tone. When he finished chattering, he adjusted his breathing. Alright, his selfish and stubborn nature reappears.

Namjoon gawked a little at So Hyun's loud babble. But soon, he laughed a little. "Don't be angry like that. I'm just kidding. But, my joke is also advice."

"..." - ".So Hyun was stunned for a moment. He massaged his forehead slowly to remove the weight on his head.

"That's it. Instead of you crying and blaming yourself, you better find Taehyung and apologize. I'm sure he'll understand." Namjoon said again.

"What if he's home? And what about Jimin?" so Hyun asked.

"He hasn't come home yet. I'm sure it is. About Jimin, let me explain everything to him." Namjoon exhaled his tired breath slowly. He leaned his body again, and straightened his legs to the ground.

"Where do you know that? And, why did you explain it to Jimin? Why did you explain to Taehyung and I to Jimin?" ask So Hyun again. The nature of the time the lights reappear. Namjoon could feel Shin Ah Jung's past now.

Namjoon exhaled his irritated breath. This girl beside him was too chattering and stubborn. If only So Hyun had been born not a girl, he would have wanted to cut off So Hyun's tongue.

However, as much as possible Namjoon restrained his annoyance. Although, So Hyun's way of talking for now was very irritating. Plus, those questions and offers.

"Because he needs an explanation from you. He is the one who feels most lied to by you. You don't remember when you fought with him and accused him of being a liar? Now, it's you that he values as a liar. Trust me, he just needs an explanation from you. If I explained to him, he would think no to me. Understood it? So, stop that annoying babble!" obviously Namjoon, with a pretty harsh suffix.

So Hyun was a little surprised by Namjoon's loud voice at the end of his suggestion. He bowed his head guilty. 'What's wrong with me? Why can't I manage my own ego sense?' his mind is back to self.

"Find him now. Or..."

"WHO ARE YOU?!"

Namjoon hung up his words and glared. So Hyun who was a little surprised by that shout, immediately raised his head. He glanced around. Then, his head looked up straight. On the flat rooftop of the school, he could see someone stepping here and there without stopping.

"It's dangerous!" said Namjoon suddenly who immediately rose up. He also forced So Hyun to stand up and look at him.

"What's wrong?" so Hyun asked confusedly. Namjoon's gaze looked so anxious and hurried. The man also gripped So Hyun's shoulders quite tightly.

"Now you find Taehyung see you and explain everything to him. About Jimin, let me. Now you have to find Taehyung as soon as possible, before he actually leaves." Namjoon explained quickly. He immediately turned the girl's body and encouraged her to enter the school building through the side door.

"What do you mean, Sunbae?!" asked So Hyun who felt his back being pushed strongly by Namjoon.

"LOOK FOR TAEHYUNG AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING TO HIM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!" said Namjoon with a screaming voice, then closed the side door of the school was tight until it shook slightly.

So Hyun paused for a moment to stare at the tightly closed door. Then he shook his head indistinctly, and clenched his hands tightly.

Without hesitation, he turned his body and ran all over the school building. He ran as fast as he could, and opened every classroom door he passed.

'Taehyung-ah! Have you gone home yet? Where're you?'

The girl opened the door of the UKS quite hard. There's nobody there. He was hoping that Dr. Jung would be there. Because Doctor Jung is the only young woman close to him. Who knows, Doctor Jung is kind enough to help find Taehyung. But, the UKS room looks very quiet and quiet. So Hyun ran back and died the door of UKS that opened just like that.

He unceasingly opened the door of the room he passed through. Sometimes he screamed the name of the person he was looking for. There is no reply and no reply. Some of the students who were still in school were looking at him in wonder. So Hyun felt his eyes heat up again and was eager to cry.

"You looking for Taehyung?" ask someone.

"Yes?" so Hyun replied with lips that started to dry and shake.

"He had just received his sentence for not attending the first hour until the fourth hour. It's in the hallway on the 3rd floor. You can go there." explained the person with a slight smile. The person named Gong Pyo, Taehyung's classmate, seemed to casually explain it.

"Thank you..." So Hyun squinted his eyes to read the nametag embedded in the man's right chest. "Gyo Pyo-ah! Thank you!" So Hyun bent his body at a glance.

Gyo Pyo just nodded with a faint smile. He looked at So Hyun who was galloping towards the 3rd floor. However, someone broke his thin smile to the point of making him shudder.

"You coming with me?" said the person with a strange smile.

At that instant, Gong Pyo's eyes were rounded.

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Jimin couldn't help his shock when someone broke his daydream on the roof of this school. He was surprised by the presence of a man he saw in the UKS with Dr Jung this afternoon. The smiling man with white teeth made no sound at all.

"WHO ARE YOU?!" jimin said loudly. However, the man only replied to her with a cunning ruckus voice.

Jimin stood up from his position and walked back with a hand that signaled the man to back off. However, the man who smiled cunningly did not bully her. He continued to step forward with both hands in his pants pocket.

Once again, Jimin backtracked. He also looked back instead so that he would not fall or have reached the end of the flat roof. He could not help but give a surprised and strange expression. The frown was even so visible.

"You heard everything, right?" In the end, the man stopped his footsteps. Then, open your mouth and ask a question that makes Jimin a little creepy.

"What...what are you saying? Listen what?" ask Jimin who was a little distracted.

The man smiled cunningly with a half sniff, "You are the one who was in front of the UKS earlier, right? You heard all my chatter with Doctor Jung, right? Don't think I didn't see you."

Jimin's eyes were slightly rounded. He could not believe that the man in front of him knew. In fact, he remembered very well that the man did not look at him at all.

Do not look, the two men's eyes just look at the interlocutor. Jimin slightly gulped his saliva to moisten his throat which felt very dry.

"You're the one there, right?" The man returned to the snarl.

Jimin adjusted his facial expression to make it look a little calm. However, it cannot. He exhaled, then answered the man's words. "How... You know?"

To Be Continue's...

Who is that guy? You'll know in the next part..

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