DINER

The rattling of the rusting train cars rang through the area as Yeonjun made his way towards the diner. It wasn't the best looking, and wasn't very popular with tourists or locals, but this place had some of the best food Yeonjun had ever eaten. He pulled the door open, a tough feat with the rusted hinges. The metal creaked, and the bell on the inside rang, signaling eyes to be placed on him. He walked up to the counter and ordered some fries and a burger. He felt a pair of hands touch his shoulders, and a light, joyful voice.

"Glad you could make it!" Kai said, his smile brighter than the sunlight shining through the windows.

"You're joking, right? You think I'd miss a day like this?" Yeonjun's reply earned a playful punch to the arm.

The girl at the counter slid the tray across the counter to Yeonjun, and he followed Kai to the others. They were being loud as ever, laughing over girls and delinquent activities. He took a seat next to Soobin, and offered the fries to everyone. Beomgyu took one and dipped it in the cup of ice cream he was slowly snacking on.

"Taehyun, you wanna tell Yeonjun that joke again?" Soobin wheezed between his laughter, reaching over for a fry.

Taehyun took a moment to regain himself, wiping some tears from his eyes, taking a breath and beginning.

"Well, we were writing poetry in Mr. Ryu's class today, and I mean, aren't limericks poetry?" He could barely keep himself together.

"So this genius decided, 'Since Mr. Ryu's a very conservative man, I'll write him a limerick,'" continued Kai, now joining in on the stealing of the fries.

Taehyun cackled a little bit, "And so I did! I wrote the dirtiest limerick I possibly could come up with. He has no choice but to pass me, because I did the assignment!"

"His reaction to it was priceless!" Kai was face down in his arms, body shaking from laughter.

Beomgyu joined in on the laughter, copying Kai's gesture, fist hitting the table a few times.

Yeonjun cracked a smile, laughing at the story and taking a bite of his burger. He remembers Mr. Ryu, and his crazy obsession with tradition. It's nice to see other people are messing with him too.

"Glad you guys are keeping up the tradition. It was a baton passed down to me by those 'boy scouts,'" Yeonjun pointed out, pressing a finger to the table.

"You're talking about Jungkook and those guys? The ones who got arrested their senior year for that tunnel incident?" Soobin looked at him, curious.

Yeonjun was the only person who had met the self-proclaimed 'boy scouts.' He was a freshman when they were seniors, and they adopted him into their little group. They developed a popular image in the town, and became legends at not only the school, but to the youth. That was the turning point for Yeonjun's parents, and when the boy scouts were arrested, he was taken out of school for the rest of the year.

"Yeah, they did way more than just that, though," he began, peaking the interest of the others. They all sat up and looked expectantly at him, eager to listen to stories of their encounters.

"The leader was a fearless, super smart guy named Namjoon. He was one of the honors society kids, and he was one of those rappers you find online. Well, the origin of the boy scouts was back in their freshman year. Namjoon was filming a music video and ran into three guys named Taehyung, Jin, and Yoongi. They immediately made friends with each other, and Yoongi and Namjoon bonded over their rap life. Yoongi introduced Hoseok to the group about a week or something afterwards, and the three became the head of the boy scouts," Yeonjun laid the scenario out, the origins, "Jin met a guy named Jimin through theater, and they all met Jungkook during detention. They all began hanging out after school, and that was when they started calling themselves the boy scouts."

Beomgyu and Taehyun's eyes were wide, leaning in for more. Soobin was just curious which story would be told this time, and Kai, who had never heard the stories from Yeonjun had stopped moving from laughter, and was now attentive as ever.

"They didn't originally mean to become delinquents, they just wanted to have fun. The first year was easygoing, they'd just go for joyrides, biking, or pulling petty pranks on teachers and students. Their first major break was in their 10th grade year, when they broke into a skating rink and just went roller skating. They enjoyed the thrill of it, and began to do more," to the others, these were their predecessors. They were the heirs to their thrones.

"I wish I knew all the stories, honestly, but I just know what they used to tell me during lunch. That mural in the parking garage, down on Seaside? That was painted by Taehyung and Hoseok. The pink ribbons wrapped around all the streetlights on West Gregoria? That was Jin and Jimin. You know that one hula hoop thats stuck over that streetlight on Main? That was Jungkook. There are a bunch more around the town, but I don't remember where… Namjoon and Yoongi are the reason that karaoke place in West Gregoria banned rap music," Yeonjun snickered a little bit.

"They were the staple delinquents for us, their heirs. This is our last year as a full group, we gotta make it count," Taehyun pointed out, nudging Beomgyu.

"Yeah," Beomgyu nodded, looking at Taehyun, then to Yeonjun, "Yeonjun's leaving us in less than a year, we gotta make our names known!"

"Since they were called the boy scouts, what would we be called? Like, what's gonna be our tag? Our symbol?" Kai looked towards Soobin, the head of the group.

"Well, how about something that represents us as a whole. We aren't the boy scouts… Something unique.." Soobin said quietly, losing himself in thought.

Yeonjun quickly rose his brows, hands placed on the table. He had an idea. "How about Tomorrow and Together? Because we're always together, even if it's not physical."

Kai and Beomgyu tilted their heads. "TAT?" Beomgyu questioned, not sold on the abbreviation.

"What if we do Tomorrow by Together? That way we can use an 'x' for the 'by' and it'll be TXT," Soobin suggested, earning some nods from the others. Yeonjun agreed, it was a neat name.

"TXT it is! We're gonna be Tomorrow by Together from now on."