Chapter 7
Missing PiecesTaehyung was feeling shy in the classroom. After the introduction the two of them sat down next to each other in silence. He fiddled with the binding of the notebook he brought with him trying to keep his eyes in check. He had learned a lot from Jimin the night before about his eyes and about what could be the reason his powers were dormant for so long growing up.
“So...I heard your father is the captain of the Mato military.” Taehyung blurted. Victoria looked at him before cracking a smile, a smile that made him blush.
“I'm surprised you know that when I know nothing about you.” She chuckled.
“I-I’m sorry. Someone told me and I---”
“It's okay Taehyung. I'm not surprised. But what about you?” She asked, resting her chin in her palm as she looked at him.
“What about me?” He sat up straighter. “My parents are a chef and a lieutenant.” Well at least that’s half true.
“Oh, so you’re used to the military.” She giggled and he couldn't help but smile.
“Yeah…I...uh…” Taehyung stuttered but he didn't get to finish his thought as the classroom door opened and some more students started walking inside, including Jimin and Bobby.
“Whoa, you got here early.” Jimin commented sitting on the other side of Taehyung. Bobby sat behind him shaking his head with a laugh.
“I haven't been to an actual school in years. I got nervous.” Taehyung hid his face in his hands, causing Jimin and Bobby to share a look.
“Well, first things first, we gotta get you to leave with us so you don’t have awkward conversations.” Bobby joked only making Taehyung’s face redder. Victoria giggled before her attention was pulled away by Kenny.
“What are you doing here so early Vicky?” He asked sitting beside her. She dropped her smile, knowing Kenny didn’t really like Exotytes.
“Why does that matter?”
Kenny blinked and let out a small breath. “I just wanted to know. I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be so hard on him, girl. Kenny just stays jealous.” One of his best friends Yugyeom joked, sitting behind him.
“Shut up!”
That brought a smile to Victoria’s face and she just sat silently as the rest of her classmates filed into the room, including a couple of her friends Hwasa and Minji. She spotted the Exotyte that was bullying Taehyung the other day and her nostrils flared. From what she found out from a friendly Exotyte female, he was always a bully ever since he was a child, which made no sense to her. After another fifteen minutes, their professor stepped into the room, Youngjae Yoo.
“Alright, I know you guys are anxious to leave. You’re lucky day one is only orientation. However today I will also assign partners to each and every one of you. And before you ask, no it will not be your roommate.”
“Good, mine isn’t very talkative anyway.” Bobby said quietly causing Jimin to chuckle a bit.
Youngjae shook his head and turned his attention to the holo board behind him. There was a collective groan from a few students when they saw who they were paired with along with their photo.
Kenneth Jung (M) and Taehyung Park (E)
Victoria Kim (M) and Sehun Oh (E)
Bobby Kim (M) and Kai Kim (E)
Hwasa Ahn (M) and Kyungsoo Do (E)
Jimin Park (M) and ZiTao Huang (E)
Minji Gong (M) and Yerim Kim (E)
Yugyeom Kim (M) and Joy Park (E)
Jihoon Lee (M) and Wendy Son (E)
“As you can see here, these are your partners the next four years while you are here. Get along as best you can because this is important for peace between our people.”
Sehun raised his hand. “Is it possible to switch partners?”
“No. It isn’t. Now I want everyone to move and sit near their partners so we can go on with class.”
Taehyung looked to the other side of Victoria and politely waved to Kenneth who was getting up to move to the other side of Taehyung as everyone else moved around to find their partners and settle into their new seats. He watched as Victoria moved to the back of the class, already
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