075. Disciplinary Committee.
Life As It IsYujin didn't talk about the whole girlfriend thing again that day. Jungkook ignored her and Haemi kept looking over her shoulders towards Yujin.
The seven of them took turns going to visit Taehyung in the hospital, all at the times that they were convenient with, except for Jungkook, who snuck in at night after Taehyung was asleep.
The weekend rolled by uneventfully. Jin was busy at home tagging along his father to work. Suga spent his mornings playing basketball by the Han River with whoever was already there and the rest of his day studying. Hoseok was in his shop for the whole two days as he usually does. Namjoon and Jimin spent most of their time in the hospital with Taehyung, going out to help Jiwoo out with groceries and also watching over the kids.
Yujin lazed around at home while Jungkook was no where to be found.
Monday came.
"Oh, the disciplinary committee is today!" Jimin said as he entered the school compound with Namjoon.
"Oh yeah." Namjoon nodded. "-where is it gonna be at and what time?"
"No idea. Let's go ask Jin hyung or the others in class." Jimin said. "-I know eommeoni is supposed to come in, but I forgot to ask her what time would she be here."
Yujin got into class still half asleep and stopped when she caught Park Jihoon staring at her. His gaze wasn't hostile yet it was serious, even though his usual laid-back self made it difficult for him to actually look serious.
She ignored him and went to her seat. Jungkook came in after her and took his seat as well. He noticed most of the class looking at Yujin, stealing glances at her.
Haemi approached Yujin and the latter looked up nonchalantly, biting back the tease that was about to slip out of .
"Why are you still here?" she asked.
Yujin raised a brow. "Class is about to start in half an hour's time."
"And so is the disciplinary committee!"
Yujin looked like she genuinely didn't know what was going on. Haemi dead-panned at her.
"-you're supposed to be there! Don't you want Kim Taehyung to get his justice?"
The expression on Yujin's face turned dangerously dark despite being blank. Haemi took a step back and Jihoon was quick to stand up, on alert.
Yujin remained silent for a moment before she recollected her expression.
"Where is it?" she asked in her nonchalant tone.
Haemi was confused for a moment but pointed out of the door. "Discipline room. It's two doors away from the principal's room."
Yujin left without a word. She stopped and leaned against the wall halfway down the stairs. She scrolled through JYP's website and got details about the disciplinary committee. Everyone involved in the incident and the parents of the victim and the attacker – Taehyung and the JYP bullies – had to be present. That meant that Jin, Suga, Namjoon, Yujin and the person who provided Suga with the photo evidence had to be present.
She logged in to the BH website.
BHAngel:: the disciplinary committee for Taehyung's case is going to be held today during the first two periods of class. Don't pry too much. The results will be announced on the notice board so pay attention in class until then.
"You didn't tell me I needed to be at the disciplinary committee." Yujin said once she caught Suga before he entered his class. There was only fifteen minutes left and she hadn't seen Jin enter his class yet.
"What????" Suga asked, clearly surprised. "-why do you need to be there??"
"Apparently everyone involved has to be there."
"'Everyone involved' being who?" Suga asked.
"I read off the JYP website. Apparently as long as we confronted them," she pointed at him. "-or helped Taehyung," she pointed at herself. "-we have to be there."
"Why didn't we get notified??" Suga's voice became louder and slightly higher as he widened his eyes.
"How would I know about the politics that happen in this school??" Yujin asked.
"." Suga swore under his breath and grabbed her wrist. "-in that case we gotta get my other friends too!"
"Who??" Yujin asked when he started pulling her and running.
"The ones who got the CCTV image!"
As they ran across the block, Suga dialled up Jin's number and informed him about the committee, asking him to get Namjoon. Suga halted in front of a senior's class.
Class 3-2.
He poked his head through the opened door. Catching sight of someone, he waved his hand gesturing the boy to come out.
Yujin watched as a boy around Suga's height came out. He had prominent cheekbones, wavy brown hair and a comical look. He spotted Yujin next to Suga.
"Oh?" he pointed at her.
"Eunkwang hyung, I have a favour to ask of you." Suga said.
"Again?" Eunkwang asked in a more laid back tone than the mysterious one he opted for in the library. "-you shouldn't be meeting me here like this!!" He was almost whining.
"I know but I don't have time. The disciplinary committee for Taehyung is starting soon. I need you to come and stand with us!" Suga said.
The comical frown on Eunkwang's face grew weirder.
"Didn't you know? I'm not supposed to be there!" he whispered.
"-even though I helped you, and Hyunsikie got the image, we can't be there. We're not supposed to be hacking into the system!" Eunkwang explained. "-but didn't you know that? We were informed by Jung Daehyun."
Suga and Yujin exchanged glances. "We didn't even know that we were needed in the disciplinary committee."
"-isn't his older brother your friend? Why didn't the message get to you?" Eunkwang asked. "-Daehyun was supposed to inform both of you, Seokjin and that kid who recorded the conversation. Meanwhile our identities as the information providers will be kept a secret."
"We weren't informed." Yujin repeated.
"But this was a message personally passed from Principal Jung." Eunkwang said. "-he even met me after Daehyun did to assure me that we won't be roped in."
"Forget it for now, we need to get to the committee now." Yujin told Suga, pointing at his phone in his hand that had been lighting up with messages and miss calls from Jin.
"Right, right, go now before it's too late!" Eunkwang hurried them. "-once it starts they won't let you in!"
This time, Yujin grabbed Suga's wrist and ran. Suga kept his phone in his pocket after sending a short text to inform Jin that they were on the way.
With five more minutes at hand, they made a detour to Suga's locker to get the image that he kept in a brown envelope. They got to the meeting room just on time. Jin patted Suga on the back while Namjoon and Yujin exchanged small nods. The four of them entered after knocking.
Namjoon and Yujin warily took in their surroundings. Being the only blue stripes present, they could feel all the hostility in the room directed towards them in an instant.
They recognised the three third years who beat up Taehyung. They were sitting with their parents, each having arrogant looks of superiority. Sitting on the opposite side, alone, was Jiwoo.
"Eommeoni!" Namjoon greeted and went to her side, instantly forgetting about everyone in the room.
No one noticed the way Suga stiffened when he saw Jiwoo. Yujin was standing next to him but she was more focused on the JYP students and their parents rather than Suga's reaction. Jin was oblivious to everything other than Namjoon going over to Jiwoo.
Jiwoo saw Suga staring and she realised that she had never met the boy before. She smiled at him.
Suga snapped out of it and bowed a little to her.
Principal Jung was seated on the shorter side of the long conference table. Jin, Suga and Yujin bowed to greet him and Namjoon realised that he forgot about the man. He hurriedly got back up to apologise for it.
Principal Jung smiled and nodded to acknowledge them. He cleared his throat.
"Alright, it's time. Let's start the committee."
***
Jungkook was restless throughout classes. There was no news about the disciplinary committee and when the third period started, there were still no signs of Yujin coming back from class.
When the bell rang for the five minute break between third and fourth period, he got up and left the class.
He walked towards the place where the disciplinary committee was being held but halfway there someone stopped him.
"Yah pretty boy idiot!"
Recognising that voice, he spun around on his heels.
Standing behind Yujin were Jin, Suga and Namjoon, who was standing protectively behind Jiwoo, eyeing the some JYP students who walked pass them.
When he saw them, Jungkook's defences dropped down as he ran towards them. The face he had on took them by surprise. Yujin raised a brow when he reminded her of an image of a small boy running towards her.
Was it a mere image?
Or a faded memory?
Yujin shook her head when Jungkook reached them.
"Why're you out of class?" she asked.
"What happened to the committee?" he asked Yujin in a panicked tone. "-did they pull any tricks?"
She only replied with a confused frown at his bi
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