BLACK SWAN || HOSEOK

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A sudden feeling of discomfort made Irene wake up, she glanced at her alarm clock. Three minutes before the alarm goes on.

Turning the designated alarm off, Irene still laid flat on her bed, staring at her cream colored ceiling. She hates how she can't stick her favorite ballet dancer's poster in her wall. She hates not being able to fully express herself in their household.

"Stop procrastinating..." Irene mumbled to herself before standing up to do her usual morning routine.

Once she's done prepping, Irene went downstairs to have some breakfast. She saw her brother and her mother talking, Irene envies Namjoon, he could talk with their mother casually. After all, Namjoon is the favorite, and Irene? her mother makes sure to keep an eye on her and control her everytime she can.

Pulling a chair quietly, Irene sat on her usual seat, "How is your studies, Namjoon?" They her mother spoke, it's like she's bragging Namjoon in front of her.

Irene is glad that their mother barely comes home from her work. She wouldn't have to deal with her mother's constant mocking.

"It's great, our math prof keeps on insisting that i should join the quiz bee." Namjoon answered, he's is still oblivious about how Irene feels. Not that she hates her brother either.

"That's great," Irene saw how her mother glanced at her. ", I just hope you'll be like your brother, Irene. Stop chasing those kind of petty dreams." Irene clenched her fists, she's holding herself back from bursting in anger. Her dream is not petty!

Namjoon glanced at Irene worriedly, their mother laughed mockingly. "After all, those kinds of dream can't lead you to anywhere. Only few succeeded." Their mother continued, before finishing her food.

After a few moment, their mother left the table leaving the siblings still seated. "Let's get ready for school." Namjoon said awkwardly and stood up, probably heading to his room.

Irene shook her head, she knows the saying 'mother knows best' and their mother just want a brighter future ahead of them, but happiness is not considered. For their mother, her kind of interests are useless and distraction for studying.

Inhaling deeply, Irene stood up and took their plates on the sink. Their mother; Harae Kim, grew up being dictated by her own parents, Irene couldn't blame her mother.

After a few minutes of thinking deeply, Irene prepared for school.

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"I'M FIXING the door this time." Namjoon says, shyly scratching his nape. Irene rolled her eyes with a pout, apparently her brother was injured by the front door of their house but the door got some damage to be repaired.

"You better dumbo, the hardware man keeps on teasing for destroying things!" Irene exclaimed, grimacing at the memory of the hardware man telling her to stop destroying things. It was Namjoon who did that!

"Hey Namjoon, is the door okay?" Yoongi catched up on the two bickering siblings walking in the hallways of their school, Namjoon sent daggers on Yoongi.

Irene faked a cry before pointing at Namjoon, "The door got badly injured, but this time this dumbo will be the one to fix it." Yoongi stifled a laugh after hearing what Irene said.

"Looks like you'll be needing a new door, sooner." Yoongi mocked Namjoon, the older just groaned in annoyance.

"Seriously, stop talking as if i'm not here." Namjoon mumbled, Yoongi and Irene laughed at the older's reaction.

One more thing that Yoongi and Irene have in common; annoying Namjoon 'til they exist. There's still Thirty Minutes left before the classes officially start. The trio likes to be an early-bird.

Suddenly, they were startled when a boy came rushing to their direction and pushed Yoongi on the wall harshly. Irene and Namjoon glanced at each other, they were also panicking.

"Why did you humiliate my girlfriend?" The boy said sternly, his eyes sending daggers unto Yoongi's. He looks like he's about to shower Yoongi with punches.

"Oh, the one with the cheap card?" Yoongi retorted, a playful grin appearing on his lips. Then it dawned into Irene's mind, he's the boyfriend of the ballet dancer who ordered her to buy them food.

Namjoon glanced at Irene, his face filled with questioning look, "We got into a fight yesterday, well mostly Yoongi." Irene whispered to Namjoon.

The boy clenched his fist tighter, clearly unhappy with Yoongi's response. He held Yoongi's collar tighter, "Say that again, trash." The boy fumed.

"I said, she. is-" Before things get escalated Namjoon quickly covered Yoongi's mouth. "Umm, you could talk this out nicely, we don't want violence in here." Namjoon says righteously.

The boy chuckled darkly, removing his grip on Yoongi's collar, he faced Namjoon with a smirk. "What do i expect from you, pet." The boy says with a resentful tone.

Irene saw how Namjoon changed from his anxious look to a solemn one, his jaw tightened, Namjoon gave the boy a dangerous look. "And what do i expect from a nut-brainer like you, Park Jimin." Namjoon retorted back, furiously.

Irene knew better not to interfere with their little chit-chat. Jimin laughed mockingly, as if he heard the most funniest thing ever, "So you finally had the guts, eh? What you gonna do? Tell Mr. Chwe, like the pet you are?" he is still speaking contemptuously, that stupid mocking grin still evident on his face.

Namjoon clicked his tongue, his eyes flickered to Jimin with a displeased expression. "You know what..." Namjoon cracked his knuckles, Irene paled when she knew what is about to happen. She tried to stop her brother but it's too late. "...fuck you!" Namjoon exclaimed angrily before punching Jimin square in the face.

Yoongi didn't help either, he kept on kicking Jimin's side as Namjoon continously punched Jimin's face. The students crowded on them, making Irene feel suffocated.

"EVERYBODY STOP!" A deep voice roared throughout the hallway making everyone scurry away from the scene.

His loafer shoes clicking as he strided in the horrible scene, pushing his glasses up, he brought his infamous notepad out. "The three of you, write your name." he says handing his notepad to the trio, their face paled as sweat started beading on their faces.

They are so done! Irene thought. "We are just playing, Taehyung." Jimin laughed awkwardly patting Namjoon's back as if they are friends.

Kim Taehyung; the student council's president. No one likes to mess with him, his punishments are totally the worst! Taehyung didn't budge, he still had his hand with his notepad sticking out to them.

Yoongi groaned and snatched the notepad from Taehyung's grasp, "Come on, what's so bad about this?" Yoongi says nonchalantly before writing his name along with the other two in the notepad.

Oh s**t, he's a transferee. Irene remembers. Taehyung breathed deeply before taking the notepad and ripping the page they where Yoongi wrote their name. "Go to the Principal's Office and make him sign this." Taehyung says before handing the paper to Yoongi.

Taehyung then, glanced at Irene, "Go to your classes milady, it's about to start." He tapped Irene's chin before walking away like the superior he is.

"I am so, not doing the punishment." Jimin growled, glaring at Yoongi's naiveness.

"Go to your class, Irene. We can handle this." Namjoon assured his sister, who kept on looking worried.

Irene glanced at the trio one last time before running to her class.

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"WOW, i never thought someone would still disobey the rules, with Taehyung still in charge." The principal said with disappointment as he glanced at the trio in front of him.

"Hmm, let's see what Taehyung has in his sleeve for this day." The principal opened a file on his monitor, before signing the paper the trio handed.

"There's an animal shelter we support, you need to clean every single cage they have." The principal informed them.

"So easy," Yoongi mumbled, Jimin and Namjoon looks at him like he had grown two heads.

The principal cleared his throat, "All of you will do it for a week. The three of you will be starting after tomorrow." The principal gave them a tight-lipped smile before handing them the paper Taehyung gave.

They all stood up, getting ready to leave when the principal spoke once again. "Oh, and you still have detention for an hour. Go now." The principal reminded making the two groan.

"This is your fault!" Jimin exclaimed, clearly annoyed as he pointed at Yoongi.

"Who pushed me in the wall again?" Yoongi retorted back, placing his hands inside the pockets of his pants.

"Well, who called my girlfriend cheap!" Jimin fumed, like the child he is. He kept on sending daggers at Yoongi. Honestly, Namjoon's punch still hurts like b***h but Jimin is totally annoyed at Yoongi.

"Can the both of you stop bickering? How did you even fought with this nut-brain's girlfriend?" Namjoon is annoyed too, it's not fun knowing that their mother would definitely ground him and hearing bickering noises is not a big help.

"Well, she tried to humiliate Irene by giving her a credit card with no f*****g balance." Yoongi growled, making Namjoon's eyes widen.

"What?"

"What?"

Both Jimin and Namjoon said in surprise,

"Your girlfriend didn't tell you?" Yoongi glanced at Jimin weirdly, the boy shook his head.

"She told me she was just trying to help Irene, but you suddenly called her cheap." Jimin said making Yoongj face palm, ofcourse that snake would lie just to get pity out of people.

"Why didn't Irene tell me about this?" Namjoon asked, he felt anger in him once again. He wasn't there to save his sister, he wants to be the perfect brother for her.

"Ask her," Yoongi shrugged.

They entered the detention room, the old woman who was assigned to look over them shook her head, "Troublesome people still do exist." She mumbled before scrolling through her phone again.

The trio sat down, taking out their own phones trying to busy themselves.

Yoongi is scrolling through his phone when he saw a video that caught his attention, 'Famous Ballet Dancer in Chungwa Academy, shows a thrilling performance once again!'

Chungwa Academy? It's their school! Yoongi clicked on the video, and to say he was impressed is an understatement. The video was from two years ago, he checked the comments and saw some information wherein the boy dancing is in his freshman year.

Yoongi's eyes widened, he must be in Namjoon's year! He checked more comments and saw people commenting one name.

Jung Hoseok.