Song quote: I Like Me Better
To be young and in love in New York City
To not know who I am but still know that I'm good, long as you're here with me
To be drunk and in love in New York City
Midnight into morning coffee, burning through the hours talking
Damn
I like me better when I'm with you, I like me better when I'm with you
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Third Person's Pov:
Gray and Teddy glared daggers at each other. One of them at the bottom of the stairs, the other at the top.
Both were waiting to see who was going to charge first..
The tension between the two was quite frightening to the others on the side.. Even they didn't know what was going to happen next.
Eugene did see this calculated bullying continuing, ever since Phillip got tangled in this.
But Teddy seems to be another piece of his scheme..
It's like every day is moments away from a shit storm.
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Gray Yeon's Pov:
I felt my heart beginning to pound.
Fear and rage piling inside of me as I stood at the bottom of the stairs.
Without hesitation, I dash my way up the stairs. My feet stomping loudly with each step I take up the stairs.
My fists are ready. Ready to punch him in the face.
Though, I wasn't able to swing at him.
Why wasn't I able to swing at him?
I know why. He lifted his foot and pushed me down the stairs, making me fall backwards.
Bad plan.
Thankfully that was only my imagination.
Snapping back into reality, I still felt my heart pounding in my chest.. That's one of the things that aren't my imagination.
What I'd like to do is.. Run up there right now and crush that arrogant face of his.
Tightening my grip on my bag strap, I kept glaring him down.
But, if I choose to act now, I've be at a disadvantage, both positionally and psychologically.
It's reckless to charge at an enemy that's already ready and in a position. Whether consciously or subconsciously, Teddy is aware of this, and baiting me.
It's needless for me to get wrapped up in Jin's plan, and initiate a disadvantageous fight.
The choice must be made upon hard reason exclusively, without any petty emotions considered.
Breaking away from the eye contact with Teddy, I walk back to the classroom.
Yeah, I was pissed off.
But I have to wait for the right time.
This isn't the right time.
I only start a winning fight.
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Third Person's Pov:
"Huh?"
"Would you look at that... He's pussyin' out, scared shitless. Haha!"
"He must've used his head. Probably figured he'd be embarrassed and beaten to a pulp. Well, that was boring let's hit the roof for some smokes. Heh."
"You got it." Chad replied, following Teddy up the stairs, making their way to the rooftop.
On their way up, Teddy pulls out his phone, beginning to tap away on it.
"You made the right choice to keep it in, Gray.." Eugene spoke up, getting Gray's full attention.
"I'll take care of all this.. Sorry about your backpack. I should've stopped them from taking it, to the end..." Just as Eugene was about to continue, Gray cut him off.
"Eugene, there is no need to apologize. I'm fine." Gray spoke, glancing over at him before turning away.
"You should go see the nurse. Your face is all puffed up."
The more Eugene watched Gray walk away, he noticed the marker stain came out clean.. With the help of the things that Eugene bought for him the other day.
Come to think of it. This is the first time.. that Gray has called Eugene by his name.
The one thing that Eugene hasn't noticed.. Was the piling rage inside of Gray.
Each step that Gray took, rage continued to grow inside of him.
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Teddy Jin's Pov:
Pulling out my phone, I check to see what I missed during the little plan I had with Gray.
2 new messages from (N/n) >:(
(N/n) >:(
oi you big softie
you dumb blonde bitch
mean girls type shit
its wednesday today. you wearing pink??
you cant sit at our table then if you arent, regina
mister blonde material gorl homie sir.
are you there
prob arent
Me
im not a softie stfu
mb i couldnt reply hajsjdjs i was busy with smth lol
ofc im wearing pink today
i got pink hair clips in my hair
you cant see them tho
plus, you're not wearing any pink either (n/n)
you can't sit with us gretchen
Waiting a few seconds, probably even a whole minute, I get no response.
Damn it. I replied at the wrong time.
Most likely, she's in class right now.. I'll pick something up for her at the snack bar during break.
Letting out a sigh, I put my phone away. I don't want Chad to question why I'm a little stressed at the moment.
The next day
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Your Pov:
Waking up to the sound of an alarm clock, you lazily remove your arm from inside of your blanket to shut it off.
The cold air in your room reached your arm, which made you hastily shove your arm back in the blanket.
The cold world is a bad place.
You knew you couldn't stay in your bed forever. You had to go to school.
Sitting up and shoving the blanket to the side, the cold air immediately hit you like a truck.
The cold world is definitely a bad place.
Rushing over to your mini heater in your room, you turned it on before going over to your closet.
You sort of took your time while putting your uniform on.
For your jacket of choice, just a regular black zip up jacket that you owned. It sort of goes well with the uniform.
Once you fixed your outfit and such, you walked over to your bathroom, going to do the things you usually do before heading out.
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As you grabbed your bag, you unplugged your phone from it's charger, slipping on your glasses before exiting your room.
Only for you to rush back into your room..
You almost forgot to turn off your mini heater. You'll unplug it from the power outlet just incase it might set fire to your room or something.
Making your way down the stairs, being careful not to trip or anything, you rushed into the kitchen.
Thankfully you had your lunch already prepared last night, it was currently in the fridge. All you had to do was heat it up for a minute or two.
For breakfast.. You honestly just grabbed a box of cereal and milk.
Grabbing your spoon, you went over to the cupboard to grab a bowl.. Only for you to find out there are no bowls.
Or cups. It was completely empty.
Damn it. You should've run the dishwasher last night.
Letting out a sigh, there was only one way to actually have your breakfast.
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"I'm eating cereal in a fucking pot. This is ridiculous."
You took a photo of your breakfast.. It was sad, really.
No cups, no bowls. So what did you resort to? A pot.
A saucepan, to be exact. This is ridiculous.
Once you finished up your breakfast, you placed the pot in the sink. You definitely need to clean it up later, along with running the dishwasher.
You couldn't run the dishwasher now, you might set fire to your house or something when it's on it's drying mode.
Getting your lunch out from the microwave, you place it inside your bag before checking the time.
It's only 6:40 AM. You had time to walk.
It is still pretty early after all..
Making your way out the kitchen, you grabbed your keys from the side and shoved them in your jacket pocket.
You let out a yawn as you slipped your shoes on, opening the front door only to be greeted by the cold air.
"Ah fuck-- It's so damn cold." You shivered in your timbers.. You weren't wearing any timbers, but you were shivering for sure.
Hastily making it outside of your apartment, you closed the door behind you and took your keys out to lock up the door.
Double checking to see if it was locked, you shoved your keys back in your jacket pocket before walking down the steps.
Going past the gate and closing it behind you, you made your way to your school.
Time skip
Once you were in the halls, you saw Teddy chilling outside of his classroom. He was currently alone and was just on his phone.
"Sup, Gram Crackers." You greeted him, putting up a peace sign for no absolute reason.
Grabbing his attention, he turned to you and a small smile formed on his face as you watched him put his phone away "Hey, (N/n). Good morning."
"The craziest thing happened to me this morning." You commented dramatically, pretending to let out a sad sigh as you looked away.
"What happened?"
"I walked into my kitchen to make me a bowl of cereal and milk."
"Yeah?"
"Everything was there... Except for one thing."
"The milk?"
"No.. The bowls."
"Oh my god!"
"I know! And the bowls weren't the only thing that was gone.."
"The spoons!"
"No... The cups."
"I'm gonna faint! Those poor bowls and cups!"
"So you know what I did to eat my breakfast this morning..?"
"No.. You didn't."
"I did!"
"NO!"
"I DID!"
"Bitch.. You really ate cereal with a fucking pot."
"YES. I have a photo too." You answered, pulling your phone out and showing Teddy the photo you took this morning.
"Damn bitch, you live like this?"
"Oh, shut up. I forgot to run the dishwasher last night."
"Yeah, yeah. Anyways, arcade later?"
"Yeah. Arcade."
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Walking into your classroom, you were greeted with your classmates greeting you first thing in the morning.
You exchanged a few good mornings with them, along with a few hellos.
Making it to your seat, you sit down and pulled your phone out.
You'll kill some time.
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Third Person's Pov:
The incident at the staircase that day was only the beginning.
One time, Gray's bag was on the floor, and it was dirtied up by a bunch of footprints on it.
The rather indirect methods of bullying that Teddy was enjoying, became more and more frequent.
Eventually, he quit being indirect about it all together.
"Oh shit, pussy-boy detected!" Teddy exclaimed, having a hand over his eyes before slipping out a rubber band and aiming it directly at Gray's neck.
He dashes towards Gray before kicking his foot, making him stumble back and crash onto the floor.
"What do you think you're doing messing around in my field of vision like that? Looks like you lost your balls since last time, huh?" Teddy questioned as he glanced back at Gray, sending a glare before walking forwards once again.
Though, Gray didn't do anything. He stayed silent while getting up from the floor, wiping the dust off of his uniform.
Eugene peeked from the corner with a bucket in his hand. He was actually watching the entire time.
Eugene couldn't understand why Gray wasn't retaliating at all.
With all Teddy was doing to him..
Eugene got so curious that he decided to ask him himself. Why was he letting Teddy get all away with this? And this is how Gray responded.
"I'm not done studying ahead."
And then, that day came.
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Your Pov:
"Huh. It's raining."
You didn't know that it would be raining heavily today. You only heard that there was a small chance of light rain, not heavy.
Thankfully you brought your umbrella today.
Good thing there isn't any lightning.
You had your own opinion on the rain. It sort of half-half.. Somewhere in the middle.
You liked it somedays, and others you didn't. Either that you found it annoying as shit or it just helped you sleep sometimes. Just a little bit of background noise is fine.
Hearing your ringtone go off, you slip your phone out from your jacket pocket before checking to see what it was.
New message from Teddy gram crackers
Teddy gram crackers
ayo (n/n)
You
ayo gram crackers
Teddy gram crackers
wanna go to the arcade
You
bet
did you bring an umbrella tho? it's raining pretty hard today
Teddy gram crackers
hba
haha
about that
You
you didnt bring one??
Teddy gram crackers
yeah
i dont own one 😔
You
damn bitch you live like this
Teddy gram crackers
says the one that ate cereal in a fucking saucepan
damn bitch you live like this 🤨⁉️
You
MF YOU DONT OWN AN UMBRELLA 😡
Teddy gram crackers
you ate cereal in a pot
bozo
You
have fun walking in the rain then
bye
Teddy gram crackers
no (n/n) please
im sorry
(n/n) please
ill beg
please
You
what.
Teddy gram crackers
ill get on my knees
(n/n) please
You
GOODBYE
Teddy gram crackers
PLEASE
IM SORRY
You
OKAY OKAY FINE
DAMN
😭
Turning your phone off, you let out a small sigh.
You'll waste some time on your phone.
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Teddy Jin's Pov:
Walking into my classroom, Chad was following behind. I just needed to check something real quick.
Only to see that my bag was missing from my desk.
"You... Where's my bag?" I questioned, turning over to the guy that was a seat in front of my desk.
Watching the guy turn around to face me, he nervously spat this out "H-Huh? A.. A guy from Class Five took it, saying you asked him to bring it to you."
Now, what kind of bullshit is that?
"What kind of bullshit is that, you dumb fuck. Class Five, who?" I questioned again, pissed off that some guy from Class Five had the audacity to take my bag away. I'm not letting this little bitch get away with this.
"You know... The little, pretty looking one..."
Fuck, it's that Gray Yeon kid.
That fucking loser! Does he even know what kind of bag that is?!
Rushing out of the room, I slammed the door open and shoved a guy to the side in the meantime.
You're way out of line, you fucker.
I'll kill you.
By the time I got to Class Five, I slammed the sliding door open once again, only to see him cleaning up the chalk board.
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Third Person's Pov:
Hearing the door slam open, Gray pauses his cleaning before looking over to the door, seeing no one other than Teddy standing there while panting.
A few students in the class turn their heads over to the door, beginning to whisper why Teddy out of all people were in their classroom.
Just why exactly was Teddy in their classroom?
Well, to get his bag, of course.
Gray stopped his current cleaning duty before turning his head over to Teddy, who was standing at the door glaring daggers right at him.
"You..." Teddy spoke, taking a few steps forward before halting. His eyes slowly move towards the bag that looked way too similar to his sitting on the edge of the open window, and currently getting soaked due to the heavy weather happening outside the building.
"You've finally lost it, haven't you? You little shit bag." Teddy spoke, anger piling inside of him as he kept a close eye on his bag sitting on the edge of the window. There was no way in hell he wanted it to fall from the third floor.
"Oh." Gray spoke, making his way over to the bag on the window. He picks it up with a singular hand before turning back to Teddy.
"You here for your bag?"
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Your Pov:
You're sitting here.. Your candy ass is sitting here playing another one of your games called 'Tears of Themis.'
Of course, you fell in love with the hot physiatrist and the hot artist... All the characters are so pretty for some odd reason.
Damn bro, you really simping over lines right now? How pathetic of you.
You were currently waiting for another chatroom to be available for the other game you had called 'Love Unholyc.'
William, the hot butler, has stolen your heart for sure.
Thankfully none of your classmates peaked over your shoulder to see you laughing at colored lines in a video game. No one is that nosy.
Anyways. You'll study later.
Those textbooks can wait!
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Third Person's Pov:
"You... You're messing with that? Do you even know how much it costs?" Teddy questioned, completely pissed off that his bag was getting messed with.
Gray didn't respond. Instead, he glanced over at the bag in his hand before turning his head back at Teddy.
"Yeah. But it was getting dirty. I thought I'd wash it, just for you." He spoke, instantly changing his tone as he moved his head slightly down, still making eye contact with him.
"Chad. That prick might drop it. Get down there and be ready to catch it." Teddy ordered Chad who was standing right behind him.
"Bruh-- You know it's raining, right?" Chad reminded Teddy, knowing for a fact that Teddy was treating him like his own little minion right now. He really didn't want to go outside and get wet by the rain.
"Just get your ass down there. Now!" Teddy repeated as he exclaimed the last part, he was really losing his temper with Chad due to him not wanting to at least try and cooperate for once.
"Huh? Yeah, okay..." Chad finally gave in, he knew he didn't want to get on Teddy's bad side, he might knock some sense into him.
He exited the room, making his way to the exit of the building to try and at least make an attempt to grab Teddy's bag from the window.
He knew he should've switched lanes over to Phillip's side when he had the chance.. Yet, he didn't
"The rain must've got to your head. But come to think of it, you've never gotten a proper beating from me, have you?" Teddy asks, only for Gray to threaten him by moving his hand farther out the window, the same exact hand that was holding on Teddy's bag.
The only thing that was keeping Teddy quite stable at the moment was the fact that Gray didn't let go of the bag quite yet. It was honestly just getting soaked in the heavy weather.
The sudden movement had gotten Teddy's attention as he watched Gray remove a few fingers from hanging onto the bag, only to see Gray's thumb was the only thing holding onto the bag.
Thankfully for Gray, Teddy's bag wasn't that heavy.
"YOU LITTLE FUCKING SCUMBAG, IF YOU EVEN DARE...!"
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Gray Yeon's Pov:
Pathetic.
All this over a backpack.
The same guy that beat his teacher for dirtying his bag.
He cares so dearly about his belongings, but thinks of everyone else's as nothing more than garbage.
The reason he's doing everything he can to please Phillip Kim... I think I know it now.
Whether it be Phillip Kim or his bag. In the end, Teddy Jin is nothing more than a delusional high school brat, who is overconfident in big names and obsesses over superficial possessions.
Removing the singular finger that was supporting the bag of staying in Teddy's reach, I watch his face form into complete anger as he dashes towards me with a hand out in attempt to reach for his bag.
To be real, does he really think he could catch his bag on time? What's the point of trying to reach it from the window? This isn't a simple fairy tail.
Does he really expect his bag to still be there just in time for him to catch it? He's all the way at the other end of the classroom, can he really make his way to the window in time to catch the bag?
"YOU'VE DONE IT NOW, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!! MY BAG-!!" He dashes towards me, seems like he was reaching for me instead of his bag.
Acting quickly, I kick a chair at him, blocking him from getting close to me.
Even Teddy Jin, who had experience when it came to fights, who started them by taunting his opponent, by skating them up mentally, ...Won't be nearly as familiar with the same being done to him.
As he was getting distracted by the chair I threw at him, I throw the chalk board eraser at his eyes. The chalk powder from the eraser instantly blinding his vision making him go into a fit of coughs and sneezes.
Everything is ultimately a game of odds, anyway.
And, and what determines who gets to have the better odds.
Snatching his hair, I pull him closer before slipping a coke can out of my pocket.
"You like coke, don't you?" I ask, before slamming the can right into his face.
...Is a powerful first blow.
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Third Person's Pov:
That's why, Gray wanted a coke.
The entire classroom was dead silent. No one dared to even speak a single word.
Colton and Evan, both were speechless just by witnessing the scene in front of them.
"KAAH! You sneaky bitch!" In attempt to protect himself, Teddy placed a hand on his face before lowering his free hand and forming it into a fist, about to throw it right at Gray.
Though, Gray saw right through Teddy's attack. He dodged it quickly by simply taking a few steps back. Teddy was about to throw another hit, only for Gray to dodge that one as well.
Gray grabbed the curtain and placed it in front of Teddy's face before quickly wrapping it around his head, trapping his head in the curtain.
"GET THESE OFF OF ME!!"
Gray slightly trembled as he wrapped the end of the curtain on his hand and pulled, making sure Teddy wasn't going to get out of the curtain that easily.
"You... Fucking..." He sweated a bit while pulling the coke can out once again, continuously whacking Teddy with it.
After landing a few more hits on him, Gray dropped the can and let it roll away on the floor. A large visible dent is seen on the can as it continued to roll away.
Gray panted in exhaustion, and Teddy still struggled in the curtain. In attempt to try and get it off of his head.
Gray's attention moved over to the chair from earlier, kicking it to make it stand up, he dashes towards it before placing a single foot on the chair while the other leg kneed Teddy right in the face.
He got down from the chair while kicking Teddy continuously once again, before stopping afterwards. He was out of energy.
No one dared to speak, they all just watched. Hell, some were even recording the fight.
In order to face a demon like Teddy Jin, Gray must become an even crueler demon, himself.
Teddy's hands trembled as he placed them on the wall, he wasn't even trying to escape anymore. It was like he was accepting his fate.
Pulling out a marker, Gray took the cap off with a loud pop.
For guys who put too much trust into big names, Gray will get to their heads with those names.
"Yoosun's Helmet, got his head cracked after acting out like you." Gray spoke through his huffs of air, drawing a large X on the back of Teddy's uniform. Just like what Teddy ordered the same guy to do to Gray not too long ago.
Though, a single voice chimed into the fight, making almost everyone turn their attention to the door.
No one other than Chad, he was sent out by Teddy to get his bag from him. He was dripping from head to toe in water due to the heavy weather happening on outside.
"Ayy, Teddy. Your bag." Chad spoke, lifting up the bag in his hand. Only for him to be greeted with Teddy's head wrapped around a curtain, and Gray holding the end of the curtain while panting in exhaustion.
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yo, yo, yo. thanks for reading!! :D
I GOT A LAPTOP NOW WOO !! I CAN WRITE QUICKER HAHAHA
i just wanna thank my bedroom heater for always being there when no one was there to warm me up <33 (LMAOO jkjk ily all <3)
thanks for reading this chapter ! i hope you guys enjoyed it as much as i liked writing it :)
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Current future endings list
Ben Park x Reader
Alex Go x Reader
Gerard Jin x Reader
Teddy Jin x Reader
Gray Yeon x Reader
Stephen Ahn x Reader
Donald Na x Reader
Jimmy Bae x Reader
Jake Ji x Reader
Wolf Keum x Reader
Jack Kang x Reader
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