"Put Down the funking gun!" I screamed, covering Jungkook the best I could. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Lee!" RM yelled. "Fucking give it! Do it!"

"Lee, give it to me." Suga whispered, tugging at my sleeve.

"Sorry, Lee. It's all just business."

"Go to hell." I spat.

Then the trigger was pulled.

Three months prior

The town of Silver Spoon; divided between the upper class and the working class. You can basically draw a line between them on a map, because it's so clear. My house is on that line. If you drive down the roads where the mansions start to rise, bigger and better the further you go, you've gone too far, but if you're at the regular houses that looks like they haven't been painted in 20 years, you haven't gone far enough.
It's self-explanatory that the rich kids attend the good schools on the east-side, while the poor attends the west-side. I used to attend the west-side, but when my parents split, mom got a huge settlement to send me to the east-side. So, my ties are on both sides, which is a rare thing to come across in this town. Even my house represents the divide. The small Victorian style mansion is a good mix between the two sides whom I represent.

"Lee! Are you coming?" Sunmi asked, knocking on the window of my car, pulling my out of my own thoughts. I nodded and gathered, my things before stepping out.

"How do you manage to look so good this early in the morning?" I rolled my eyes at her as I straightened my uniform that was identical to all the other girls at this school. "You missing the west-side style?"

I sighed and pulled my skirt up a little under my big winter coat, like we always did, to show off. "I want to throw up when I have to put this thing on, so yeah, the west-side got it right."

"I agree. That's like the only thing they got right in that dump." Sunmi sighed, straightening her suit jacket. I shot her glare as we started walking to the building. It was a huge building made up orange-red bricks with plants growing up the sides and white columns. It looks like it could come straight out of a movie set. "Oups, sorry. No offense. I forgot how attached you still are to that place."

"I'm only going easy on you because you're my friend, but don't push your limits, okay?" I half-teased. Sunmi laughed, like it was all a joke, but I think she knew that it wasn't.

"Anyway, you going to Seokjin's party this weekend?"

I shrugged. "I don't know, probably. Depends on who else is coming. The parties have become so dull lately."

"Yeah, I agree." Sunmi sighed. "But who knows, maybe the new kid stirs some life into this place. He was supposed to transfer today, right?"

"I think so." I said as I spotted Jungkook in the hallway at his locker. "I'll catch up with you later, okay?" Sunmi followed where my eyes had landed before she gave me a knowing smirk. I didn't pay any more attention to her before I started to make my way to the brown-haired boy. He was intently reading over some of his notes when I leaned against the locker beside him. "You know, if you study too much, you'll forget most of it."

"It's better than not knowing any of it." He said, ripping his eyes off the page and on to me. "Are you prepared at all? I mean, it's a pretty big test."

I scuffed and took the notes out of his hands. "Please, when would I have time to study? I'm a busy woman, Kookie."

"Oh, yeah. The traffic across the border increasing?" Jungkook asked as he stuffed some books into his locker. "I guess with the holidays coming up, right?"

"Yep, people wanna get a hold of their fix before they go off on their vacations." I said and looked at the words on the page that were completely foreign to me. The knot in my stomach tightened as I felt the despair rise. "But don't worry, I'll catch up after Christmas."

"I hope you do, Lee." He said and took back the notes I handed him. "But…you know, if—if you ever, you know—" Before he could finish the sentence, whispers started spreading through the hallway.

Omfg, do you see that?
Holy-
He's gorgeous!"

My attention was drawn away from Jungkook to the cause of the whispers. Down the hallway, one of the most gorgeous boys I had ever laid my eyes upon walked with Seokjin and Jimin on each side. I have to admit; my jaw did drop a little. No noticeably like the other students around me, but enough for me to having to shut it closed again as they came towards us.

"Hey, Jungkook, Lee. This is Taehyung, the transfer student." Jimin presented the blonde hair guy. I tilted my head a little as I studied his face. He was cute, that much was apparent, though not cute in an angelic way like Jimin, but hot/cute, if that makes any sense. He felt, for some reason, familiar to me.

"Hey, I'm Jungkook." Jungkook said, shaking Taehyung's hand.

"Nice to meet you." Taehyung answered, flashing a bright smile.

"Have we met before?" I asked, feeling my eyebrows furrow. "I'm sorry, but you feel so familiar to me."

"Well, I did used to live here, many years ago. Kind of disappointed you don't remember me now. I thought I made an impression on you, Leah." Taehyung laughed before I quickly covered his mouth with my hand, grabbing his shirt with my free hand.

"How do you know my name?" I hissed, looking around to see if anyone heard. The boys around me started to laugh as Taehyung removed my hand off his mouth.

"You don't remember?" He asked, making me shake my head in response. "West-side, Mrs. Han's class? Second grade? I had these huge glasses that people laughed at, but one day you broke my glasses so they would stop bothering me about them? I asked you to be my girlfriend with a ring-pop? You said no? Ring any bells?

Suddenly, a light lit up inside my head. "I called you V, because of your habit of making peace signs. Yeah, I remember you."

"Hey." He said, still smiling brightly. I shook my head in disbelief and pulled him into a hug, which he returned.

"Wait? You know each other?" Seokjin asked in disbelief. I nodded. "Awesome! Now we can probe Tae about all of Lee's secrets that she won't tell us." I stared daggers at him as he laughed with Jimin.

"Lee, we should get to class." Jungkook said, pulling at my jacket to make me release Taehyung. We pulled apart from each other before I turned to Jungkook. "You know, big test and all?"

"Oh, yeah! I forgot." I turned back to the guys. "I'll see you later."

"What about my special hug?" Seokjin asked, holding out his arms.

"True." I smirked and hugged him with one arm as I guided his other hand into the pocket of my jacket where he grabbed the little bag I had stored for him, replacing it some a bunk of money. "See you later." With that, we parted ways.

"How much did you earn this time?" Jungkook asked as I pulled out the money from my Pocket.

"Plus tips? 120 dollars." I said, pushing the money into my bag.

"Damn, that's a lot of money." He sighed. "Maybe I should just join you in dealing instead of giving myself headaches with all this studying." I quickly hooked my arm with his.

"Never say that, understood?" I said, staring intently at him as we walked to the classroom. "You are going to get an amazing job that pays millions a year, okay? Don't give up on that and do things my way. You live for the long run; I live for the moment."

"I promise, as soon as I get that amazing job, I'll get us out of this town." Jungkook said, grabbing my hand, squeezing it once for reassurance. I smiled up at him as we went inside the classroom.

"I'll hold you to that."

The sun was high in the sky outside the cafeteria, but since I wanted to avoid frostbite, I stayed inside at my east-side groups usual table by the big roof to ceiling windows, aka the best table in the house. People were walking around, trying to find spots or buying food, always so busy. I was seated on the table, eating an apple while Sunmi was talking about all the cute boys she had meet at her dad's job.

"You should totally come with me next time, Lee! You'll die!" She smiled up at me. "They are absolutely gorgeous."

"Who's gorgeous?" Jennie asked as Jisoo and her sat down. That made her go back into her rant about the boys. I tried to keep my focus on her, but I started to fall out about 10 seconds in. Luckily, my phone buzzed, giving me an excuse to give up on the conversation completely. 4 new texts it said.

Mom: Hi, sweetie 3 I won't be home until Monday. I've wired you some money for the weekend, so invite some of your friends over for some pizza.

I felt a shot of sadness flow through me, but I quickly pushed it away as I clicked on the next messages.

J-Hope: Yo, where are those little paper boxes?

Suga: Can u pliz not steal my food anymore? Thx

RM: Hey, call me

"Lee!" Jisoo said, tugging at my skirt to get my attention as I read the last text. "The new guy is staring at you." She nodded towards the table a little further down the cafeteria, and sure enough, my eyes met V's as soon as I looked his way. He shot me smile while the boys around him were in a full discussion about something. I smiled back before turning back to the girls. "I think he likes you."

"Please, we only know each other from when we were kids."

"From the west-side?" Sunmi asked, looking back to V. "Guess I gotta start looking to the west-side for better boys if they produce people like him." Jennie smacked her hand with a disgusted look.

"Don't say things like that, please. I've heard so many terrible things about the boys there." Jennie looked up at me. "No offense."

I shoved the anger down and shrugged in response. "Well, the guys here aren't squeaky clean either, so…" I jumped off the table, straightening my skirt. "I'm gonna make a call." With that, I walked away and out of the cafeteria to the empty hallway outside before dialling RM's number.

"Lee, I—" I didn't let him finish before I interrupted him.

"Sorry, are the boys there? I need to talk to them for a bit."

I heard him sigh, ever so slightly. "Yeah, sure, hold on. Suga! J-Hope!" I heard some yelling back and forth, before someone answered again.

"Okay, so, you know why we have this business, right?" Suga started. "It's to make money, and what can you buy with money? Food. So get your own fucking food, alright?" His voice was kind of angry, but I could never take him seriously when he was like that. "Also, when are you coming back? I want those pancakes you make so well." And then it's a completely different tone, like a little kid.

"I'll come by tonight." I answered.

"And pancakes?"

"I'll make them if you buy the ingredients."

"Deal." He answered before the phone changed to another person.

"J-Hope." He answered.

"The boxes are in the cupboard underneath the stairs."

"Got it." He said, and the phone changed back to the original caller.

"It's me." RM answered.

"You wanted something?" I asked, leaning against the lockers behind me. Suddenly, Taehyung came out from the cafeteria, looking around until he spotted me. He immediately smiled at me, heading towards me. "I'll call you back, okay?" Before RM could answer, I hung up and smiled up at V. "You looking for me or something?"

"Will it sound creepy if I say yes?" He laughed.

"Depends on what your goal is right now." I teased.

"Well, I heard Jin is having a party this weekend, and I was wondering if you were going to maybe be there?" He smiled.

I shrugged. "Maybe, depends on who else is coming."

"Well, if it helps, I'll be there."

"Well, then I'll be there too."

"Good." He laughed, and I could kind of see a little blush start to form on his cheeks.


Hey, I know this is kind dull, but I promise, the drama and action will start in later Chapters :) Just allow me to set the scene and present the story 3