Another day in school and Jerry is well known around the school but not like he's popular or a model student to the teachers or anything like that, he's well known for being friends with Lee Hoon the official class loser.
And it doesn't help that Hooni is taking all of his attention and not in a good way, it all started when they were walking to school, and noticed some blood under his bandage that is wrapped around his wrist and Hooni also seeing blood, linking out of his bandage freaked out a little.
"I'll catch up to you. You can go without me." He said nervously like he's about to be caught for murder, he then ran to a restaurant to use the bathroom to clean his wounds.
~back to the present.~
As Jerry thinks of a way to help him or just take Hooni's mind off of things, like go play games in his apartment, or go to a restaurant and eat or just go to a mall for the hell of it, tho Jerry is not sure if there is a mall here.
As Jerry continued thinking on what to do after school, he then snapped back to reality when he heard a loud smack sound, he quickly turned around and saw a tall male student.
"I need you to lend me your PE uniform right now, alright?" He said with a cocky, mocking tone as he gripped Hooni's hair.
"Well, y-you see... Seongchan didn't return it, so I don't have it." Hoon said in a nervous, sacred tone, as he endured him gripping his hair tightly.
Before anything can happen, Jerry calls out to him as he is holding his phone recording the whole time.
"Don't you get tired abusing him, you pussy." Jerry said in a soft, demetered tone, fighting himself not to jump him.
Him seeing Jerry recording him stopped. "Looks like Jerry saved your faggot bitch ass." He mumbled to Hooni as he let go of him and walked away.
"T-Thanks Jerry I really appreciate it-" Before Hooni can finish his sentence he was cut off by Jerry. "Hooni please shut the fuck up." Jerry said calmly but clearly pissed off. "Listen we're going to hang out in my place okay?" Jerry spoken to Hooni, his ton not really asking a question, but instead telling him he's going to, Jerry then walked back to his seat, not waiting for a reply.
"He... He hates me now... God I suck." Hooni said in his mind, sad, and more depressed, thanking he just lost his first friend in school.
As a few minutes pass by, Hooni asks to go to the bathroom, he walks out of the classroom and goes inside the bathroom stalls, he then goes insids sits on the toilet, Hooni holding his tears thinking why he couldn't be. Normal. Before he can take out his box cutter, he then hears a knock which scares him.
"Ummm. Occupy." He said nervously.
"It's me Hooni. Come out, I know you're not taking a shit." Jerry said tiredly not willing to deal with bullshit right now.
"W-Wait I am-"
"Going to cut yourself Right? Just come out man or I am literally going to come in there." Jerry said, as he waits, taping the floor with one of his shoes.
Hooni sweating bullets, as he shakes in fear, stuttering a lot, trying to make a lie, but a few seconds later he sighs, knowing there's no escape and comes out, holding his box cutter still, Jerry takes it away and puts it away in his pocket.
"Hooni I don't really know what to do here but, I will say something. You're not alone, I'm your friend, if you need to talk too, I'm here man... Come on the teacher said to come pick you up, since you're taking a long time." Jerry said softly but firmly.
"Okay... Huh? But I just got here." Hoon said confused and frustrated. "Yeah he's an asshole but it is what it is." Jerry replied back.
As they walk, they talk for a little, about themselves and then Soorim seeing them on the street walk towards them to join the conversation.
And yap, yap, yap, Soorim talk, and talk, as Jerry just continues to listen to him while Hooni is thinking about how he is going to afford something to eat for today.
They hang outside, until Soorim said they should hang out in Hooni room, Jerry seeing how uncomfortable his friend, Hooni is, insist they hang out in his room, Hooni give a little nod to Jerry as a thank you, and Jerry nod back.
They hung out in his room, his room wasn't bad, it had a bed, a medium size TV, a PZ5, with 4 controllers, a bench press and two, 25 dumbbells, equipment on the floors.
"Home sweet home." Soorim and Hooni said at the same time. Soorim looks around casually then he starts playfully lifting the dumbbells as Hooni looks in envy.
"I'm just going to cook some eggs you guys wants some?" Jerry said calmly to them as he takes the eggs out of the fridge, as well oil.
"Sure I'll have 2 rounds eggs man. About you hooni?" Soorim said to him, Hooni being the scary cat he is, looks away nervously and shyly denied it, but in 2 seconds later his stomach starts to rumble, calling his lie out, Hooni blushing in embarrassed, as Soorim laugh a little at him.
"3 scrambled eggs is then." Jerry said nonchalant as he set up his pot on the stove.
As Soorim was playing a game, Jerry and Hooni talked for a bit about Hooni learning to stand up for himself.
"That's easy for you to say." Hooni said nervously and tiredly clearly not enjoying this conversationm.
"Sure it is. It's scary yes but trust me man. Stand up for yourself, aren't you tired of there bullness?" Jerry said clamly.
"Yes, but-" Hooni stop for a second before letting out a heavy sigh."I'm scared and I'm not strong like you, I don't even know how to throw a punch man."Hooni said, ashamed of himself admitting it.
"But that's it start. Sometimes the first thing about standing up for yourself is being brave." Jerry said clamly to Hooni but also trying to motivate him
"But I'm scared bro and I'm weak, I mean look at me." Hooni said as he rises his arms openly, like he's an an example for a weak person.
"Maybe. But that's how it always starts. You can't be brave if your not scared, that's the whole point of being scared but you keep on moving." Jerry said clamly as he place his hand on Hooni shoulder. "Plus you got us or me. I can teach you somethings, like boxing and some workout advice." Jerry said.
Hooni just looks down not replying back Jerry just sigh softly knowing his words won't get to him but won't push it either way.
"Just think about it. I'm your friend and Soorim is too believe it or not. Now come on before Soorim or the readers start thinking we're having a BL moment." Jerry said cheaply as he lets out a little cough.
After a while, they then joined Soorim, looking for a game to play together.
~The next day on the weekends.~
Hooni is in his apartment room laying down on the floor, feeling depressed as always, sometimes there are days when he gets too depressed just for no reason, and today must be one of those days, feeling overwhelmed, to the point he just lay flat like his body becomes too heavy to move, and of course normally he'll feels better after cutting himself, but this time it just won't do.
What do people even do during times like this, Hooni thinking, like going out with friends or playing video games or something.
"Wait. Jerry, he's not just my friend, he's literally my neighbor too." Hooni said happily.
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