Immediately as Seo-joon and his two lackeys entered the bathroom the smell of cigarettes forced its way into Jin-woo's nostrils.
"Damn it, why did this bastard of all people come to this random bathroom to smoke? Didn't we already have to deal with his father just now? How miserable."
Seong said, nervousness and frustration evident in his voice.
"There's three of them, you can take them if they jump you right?"
Jin-woo didn't answer Seong and only stared at Seo-joon with an expressionless face.
Seo-joon placed the cigarette between his lips before he slowly made his way over to Jin-woo. He stopped in front of him then took the cigarette from his mouth and looked down.
He was slightly taller than Jin-woo.
Then, contrary to blowing the smoke in Jin-woo's face, Seo-joon suddenly turned his head to the side and blew. Afterward, he smiled and said with a laugh.
"Haha, freak don't look at me like that, is it because of the cigarette? Right, right, I remember you saying something about hating them back in our middle school Track Club. You were so vulnerable with me that time, don't worry I'll get rid of it now."
Seo-joon wore an apologetic expression, but he held the cigarette by its bud and waved it in front of Jin-woo's face. His words did not match his actions, a common theme for Seo-joon in his arsenal of torment.
"What? You don't believe me when I'm trying to be so considerate?"
Seo-joon said when he saw that Jin-woo was still staring at him coldly. The cigarette he held was still close to Jin-woo's face. The two lackeys at the back who were smoking as well snickered when they saw this.
Seo-joon patted Jin-woo's shoulder while saying in a hurt tone.
"I really mean it Jin, I'll put it out now, okay? Just stick out your tongue."
Seo-joon's pat suddenly turned into him grabbing the back of Jin-woo's head. Jin-woo immediately acted and grabbed Seo-joon's other hand that wanted to burn him with the cigarette.
The two lackeys flicked their cigarettes into the sinks before moving forward to grab Jin-woo.
Jin-woo tried to step back but Seo-joon's hand around the back of his neck wasn't budging.
Eyes turning even colder, Jin-woo regulated one of his hands that was holding back Seo-joon's hand to direct a punch to Seo-joon's left side.
"Ugh… fuck…"
Seo-joon's hand instinctively let go of Jin-woo's neck and he stumbled back while clutching his side. His cigarette fell to the ground as well.
The two lackeys angrily approached, one of them stepping on the cigarette crushing it as he planted his feet firmly and swung for Jin-woo's head.
Free to retreat, Jin-woo took a step back and pulled his head out of the way in time for the first lackey's fist to swing past his face. Jin-woo wasn't one to act passively, he was already pissed off way before they came. His leg struck out with impeccable timing, aiming to kick the first lackey in his stomach. However, the second lackey took this opportunity to aim a fist at his face. Jin-woo abandoned his kick and lifted his forearm to block the fist.
The sound of flesh meeting flesh through clothing was heard in the bathroom. A numbing sensation immediately ran through Jin-woo's forearm, but he ignored it and made another move. His arms opened to lock the second lackey's hand before he could pull it back.
"Fucker…!"
The second lackey became slightly off balance as he was dragged over. Jin-woo used him as a shield to stop the first lackey that recovered and was approaching. Afterward his leg kicked out and this time it connected. Due to the force of the kick to his stomach, the second lackey released a groaned as he flew back into the first one, who was knocked over in the process.
"Yeah! Get those bastards! Fuck them up!"
This entire time Seong was cheering noisily for Jin-woo in the back, but Jin-woo was more annoyed by the distraction than anything.
Seo-joon had already recovered and he walked over to his two lackeys that just made a fool out of themselves.
"You two idiots can't even beat this freak. Well, it's not anything new."
The first lackey helped the second one up who was rubbing his chest. Both of them glared murderously at Jin-woo before moving forward with Seo-joon.
"Damn it, three against one, fight fair you delinquent bastards!"
Seong yelled when he saw that the situation was turning for the worse.
Jin-woo looked coldly at Seo-joon and his two lackeys approaching. He raised his fists in a boxing stance not willing to go down with a fight.
Seo-joon upon seeing this laughed out loud and said.
"Haha, right, a Track prodigy, a Boxing prodigy, a Taekwondo prodigy. You had names like that back in middle school, huh? Mister Athletic! Mister Multitalented! The middle schooler who even outshone his seniors in High School! Haha, but now everyone sees you for what you really are, a freak. Good thing that bastard is dead, what was his name again? Ah~ Who cares, he was pretty annoying. He was the one who always broke us up before the teachers were called in these situations, right? But not anymore."
Seo-joon grinned as he stared at Jin-woo who had become angry. However, if one was paying attention to Seo-joon's voice one would be able to tell it slightly dropped an octave when he said those last words, while an imperceptible emotion flickered past his eyes.
Jin-woo's body had long begun to tremble at the mention of Seong and his eyes turned red as he glared murderously at Seo-joon. He dropped his boxing stance and suddenly charged at Seo-joon in a blind rage.
"No! Fuck, snap out of it Jin, that's what he wants!"
Seong tried to stop Jin-woo but obviously failed.
Jin-woo pounced on Seo-joon and the two fell onto the ground with Jin-woo on top.
Like a crazed bear mauling a hunter that took a shot at it unprovoked, Jin-woo unleashed a fury of punches at Seo-joon's face.
Unfortunately, Seo-joon was ready and had already guarded his face with his forearms. Worse, the two lackeys took this opportunity to attack an unguarded Jin-woo.
What happened next wasn't a surprise.
Sounds of ferocious beatings echoed out in the bathroom and softly drifted out into the empty hallway.
This was a somewhat secluded bathroom that was some distance away from the Science Lab. On normal days, there would be students passing by this area, but this wasn't a normal day, so not many people were walking by to hear the loud shouts and fighting inside.
Step… Step… Step…
After some time, Mr. Soh, the male nurse who had helped Sol earlier, happened to be coming by here from Science Lab.
As he was passing by the bathroom, he heard a shout and he stopped. However, just then, the bell signaling lunch was almost over went off.
"Ah, already? I haven't even eaten those delicious sandwiches yet!"
Mr. Soh forgot about the shout he heard from the bathroom and turned to hurry to his office.