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⚠: Violence
The younger boy blinked suddenly, clearing his throat and looking at Heejin at the same time, something in the shorter boy’s gaze had made him nervous and scared him, well, he was used to having that kind of annoying looks on him, just because he was a boy his age and looked shorter and weaker than him, didn’t mean he couldn’t beat him up too. — Ah… Jiwoong, Lim Jiwoong.
Sieun heard his name, he didn’t really care what his name was, he just wanted him to stay away from his girlfriend. He nodded at his words, looking at their intertwined arms before turning back to the boy and raising an eyebrow. —And what is the reason you are touching my girlfriend? — The youngest didn’t know what to say about it, he really didn’t have bad or ulterior motives, he just didn’t want her to feel bad if he walked away from her.
Also, he didn’t know she had a boyfriend, come on, they had practically met a few hours ago.
Heejin smiled at that moment, recognizing that tone of the boy in front of them, she wasn’t going to lie, she liked to see that almost invisible grimace that Sieun made when he got upset, jealous, about something. Releasing the grip on both arms to walk towards Sieun, she took his arm to look into his eyes later, making him lower his serious gaze from the boy and place it in her eyes, which softened when they saw that beautiful brown color, for him.
— Jiwoong is a friend who came to visit a few days ago, we are going to eat something at Ms. Shin’s restaurant, do you want to come with us? Surely Sooho will be accompanying us, it’s time for his lunch – The girl asked, and then added, looking with big eyes at her boyfriend, who swallowed hard upon hearing that.
Will Sooho be there too?
— No. — He said in a dry tone, Heejin raised her eyebrows upon hearing that, however, she nodded, releasing her grip on his arm. She didn’t really know how to act, if he was upset, she didn’t want to upset him even more.
— Well, ah… Then, see you later. — She said with some hesitation, seeing how Sieun had only turned his gaze to the boy behind her, leaving a kiss on his cheek before turning to Jiwoong with a smile, the boy seemed to be trying to look away, or avoid the eye contact with Sieun, so when she called him, he quickly looked at her. — Come on Ji, Sooho’s break starts soon.
The boy nodded, making a small bow towards the boy to walk behind the older girl, who put an arm around his shoulders, in a friendly manner, while they walked and talked about something, Sieun watched the scene, feeling that strange burning in his chest.
Jealousy? I don’t know, am I supposed to feel it? The boy was tall, attractive and seemed to get along quite well with her, of course Sieun felt a little threatened by that figure, but he didn’t know if the feeling in his chest was jealousy or just annoyance because the girl had been acting strange all day and suddenly she goes out with a boy to eat.
You should have accompanied them, idiot.
No, Heejin said they were friends, and if she says so, it’s because they are, I don’t have to think otherwise…
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—Do you really know how to play pool?! Ah, Heejin, I will finally have a worthy rival. — Sooho smiled with the food on his cheeks.
The duo had arrived just as Sooho was leaving for his break, so they easily got Sooho to order food for the three of them, although he didn’t really know if he was going to pay for their food as well. —Hey, where do you study? I hadn’t seen that uniform before.
— Eujang, it’s in Yeongdeungpo. — The two teens in front of him widened their eyes upon hearing that, looking at each other before turning back to the boy.
—What time are you going to study? Dude, that’s about two hours from here, and hopefully if there’s no traffic. — Sooho said, blinking in surprise. — I have heard that only criminals go to that place, is it true? — Heejin hit her friend’s arm due to the inappropriate question, he complained, almost choking on the piece of meat he was chewing. — Yah!
— Forgive him, Ji, Soo gets a little idiotic when he has a lot of food in front of him.
— No problem, nonna… — The youngest said, looking at the boy, who was already putting another bite in his mouth, as if he had not been insulted a second before. — And yes, hyung, it is a school for delinquents, at least, people who don’t accept anywhere go there. — He shrugged his shoulders, somewhat embarrassed for saying that, he didn’t want them to think that he was a criminal or something similar.
The duo of friends nodded, looking at the table for a second, Heejin hoping that Sooho wouldn’t blurt out another uncomfortable question for the boy and Sooho looking for something else to ask to satisfy his curiosity, inhaling before leaning over the table. —And what did you do to get put in that place?
— For God’s sake, Ahn Sooho.
….
—Hey, let’s invite Jiwoong, he’s a cool guy, I’ll make him play Mario Kart.
Heejin nodded while rubbing her face, her mind and body felt tired from everything that was happening in her home, she had had to tidy up the whole place with Jiwoong because, apparently, the adults had left, she didn’t know how but no. There was nothing to give them a sign that they were there, their things perhaps, but the girl knew that, being as drunk as they always used to be, they possibly just left the things there.
And what kind things.
—Are you okay, Jinnie? — Sooho asked, stroking the older girl’s hair, she yawned, nodding with a tired expression, the boy denied, leaning down so he could whisper something to her. —And they already left?
– Don’t know.
— Ah? How can you not know? You live there, idiot.
The girl complained, denying once again. — I don’t know, they weren’t there yesterday when we returned home, nor today in the morning, I guess they just left. —This she said with a grimace.
—And they left you Jiwoong. — The girl listened, looking at Sooho with open eyes, it was true, she had not thought about that, now she was practically the boy’s babysitter. —Hey, if you don’t want to have him in the house all day, make him work.
— I don’t even know if he’s going to stay, if his father doesn’t come back, I guess we’ll talk about that. — The girl shrugged her shoulders before looking at Sooho with a grimace. — Making him work sounds very cynical to me, I don’t work
— The difference is that you have a father who sends you money every weekend, he doesn’t, you can’t support him, he’s not your son or something like that. — Sooho said, shrugging his shoulders. —If you guys decide that he is going to work, Ms. Shin needs employees for the other restaurant that she is going to open downtown, I can recommend him. — The taller one said to the girl with a smile before they both saw some figures walking in the room, noticing how Bumseok left the place without even looking at them, they both looked at each other strangely, Sooho shrugged his shoulders and looked back again, lying down on his pillow.
He didn’t really care much, he didn’t like problems.
— Ah, what did your boyfriend say about Jiwoong? You like him, right? He is a good boy, he called me hyung.
Heejin smiled before her smile was lost, both remained silent when they saw a figure posing in front of them, raising their gazes, they locked eyes with Sieun, who looked serious, as usual actually, getting up, Sooho was the first to greet him with a smile as he put his arm around his shoulders. —We have groupwork. — Heejin nodded, taking her things without saying more, watching as Sieun left the room without further ado, Sooho opened his mouth almost offended, watching as Heejin just sighed and began to walk out of the place as well.
What’s with these idiots? Sooho wondered before leaving after them both.
—Hey, wait bunnies. — Sooho said, running towards them, putting an arm around each one’s shoulders while he stood in the middle of them with a curious expression before deciding to open his mouth. —Are you upset?
Sieun rolled his eyes, avoiding looking at him before answering. — It’s none of your business.
Heejin shrugged. — Don’t know. — Both answered at the same time, making Sooho open his mouth, confused.
— You say that phrase to me a lot lately, Heejin, how could you not know? — Sooho complained, hitting his friend’s head without much force, just pushing her a little.
Sieun saw that, pushing the taller boy a little in response to his action.
—It’s the truth, Sooho, I don’t know, we were fine yesterday, I don’t know what happened. — The girl shrugged her shoulders again, Sooho raised an eyebrow, looking at Sieun, who just ignored his gaze and continued on his way. — I even introduced him to Jiwoong. — That made Sieun stop for a second, making Sooho and therefore Heejin stumble, both friends saw that action, the boy sighed with frustration as he looked at his girlfriend before seeing Sooho and returning his gaze to her.
Sooho decided to open his mouth once more, but only to confirm his suspicions. —Oh, do you like Jiwoong? He is a great guy.
—We have work to do. — With that, the shorter one walked away from Sooho, walking towards the room where they had to work, Sooho watched him leave before letting out a laugh, Heejin looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
—My suffering doesn’t seem funny to me. — Pushing him away with disdain, she sighed, looking in the direction of the hallway where Sieun had gotten lost.
—Your kitten is jealous of your dongsaeng. — This one laughed loudly, caressing the girl’s head mockingly. — You’re going to have to talk to him, but it seems like he’s pretty angry, so you might have to do something else, you know, to convince him.
The girl narrowed her eyes, looking at her friend for a moment. – For what? For you to come and interrupt us? No, thanks.
The boy opened his mouth offended, looking at his friend almost indignantly, his hand going to his chest as he saw her walk down the hallway, away from him. – Hey! It’s not my fault you two have a nympho complex! I’m just your guardian angel who prevents you from having a child at seventeen.
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Bumseok had completely distanced himself from them, he hadn’t even worked with them, and if she was honest, Heejin was grateful for that, if it weren’t for the fact that he was now hanging out with Jeongchan and Taehoo, she might have thought about going and talking to him, but if he was gone, so easily, with the people who hated them, for no apparent reason, so Heejin assumed, no, knew, that there was something wrong with him.
Heejin always said that it was not good to hold on to a bad relationship, whether it was loving, friendly, even in the family environment, there was no point in holding on to something that would hurt you in the end, that was why Heejin decided not to follow any of the two boys when they went out in search of this one, if that friendship was not going to last, it was better not to hold on to it, it was for that same reason that she only decided to go home.
She had to make sure her mother wasn’t in her house, again. Also, Jiwoong said that he would be home early that day, she had to make sure the boy was okay.
When she arrived at the building, she stood in front of the door for a second so she could enter the password, sighing before jumping when she heard a loud noise, as if something had hit it with too much force, so much so that it made it close again if it weren’t for the fact that she stopped it with her arm.
Trying to open the door, the girl pushed, however, it seemed that there was something, heavy enough, so that the girl could not open it. Cursing, the girl tried to put her foot in, leaving a shoe between the door and the frame. This, hurting herself a little in the process, but she couldn’t let the door close, not when she heard the commotion that seemed to be going on inside the place. Walking away a little, she raised her leg, giving a kick, which she internally thanked Sooho for showing her, the door opened a little, and Heejin managed to get through before it closed again, the image in front of her made her stop immediately.
She swear her eyes were going to pop out when she saw how her house was, it was a total mess, bottles scattered all over the place, broken dishes in the kitchen, even the couch in her living room was upside down, the table in the dining room was broken and she swore it was missing a leg, as was one of the chairs, frowning, her mind stopped thinking when she heard a scream of pain and a loud bang.
Her body almost fell back when she saw the scene before her eyes, if seeing Jiwoong being hit by a belt yesterday wasn’t enough to make her angry, now seeing him, shirtless, lying on the ground, his body being hit with something, which Heejin couldn’t see exactly what it was, however, she didn’t care, the girl smelled a horrible, too strong, smell of alcohol, and she could only deduce that the adults were drunk enough to even be able to talk to coherence.
— Tell me where you have it!
— I do not know what you’re talking about! No, dad! — The slightest scream when the man lifted him off the ground by his hair before throwing him against the kitchen marble, making him hit his torso against it. It must have hurt, because the grimace of pain did not go unnoticed by the girl.
— Where did you leave my bag!? — Heejin frowned at her mother’s strong words, the bag, of course, closing her eyes, she sighed in annoyance, of course she knew why they wanted that bag.
It turns out that yesterday, when they were both tidying up the mess they had made, they found the luggage of both adults, in which there were, among all the clothes, bags of tucibi, something that they didn’t know what it was, but it seemed to be important if it was hidden among countless old, smelly clothes, so they both began to investigate and found valuable information: it was pink cocaine, it was an expensive drug, too expensive.
And the mere fact that they had it gave her a feeling of fury in her body, they broke into my house to interrupt my peace, to steal my food, and now, also, with drugs.
Actually, Heejin was hoping to see them to throw their things in their faces and throw them out of the place, but she knew that it was not going to be an easy job, which is why, with the younger, they had gone to leave their things in front of a police station the night before, being as cautious as possible to avoid getting into trouble.
She didn’t want to see her or him again, although of course, before all that happened she talked to Jiwoong about that idea, anyway, the police would have their IDs once they had their things, and she didn’t want to mess it up with him and send the boy’s father to jail if it meant he would be alone from now on.
But Heejin being a warm person and the boy being like a little puppy, she couldn’t tell him to leave, so she offered him to live with her, anyway, there was an extra room that she doubted would ever be used if it weren’t because Sooho loves to come on weekends to sleep in a big and comfortable bed, the boy accepted without hesitation, so they both agreed to leave all that in the hands of the police, they did not want to interfere more than they already had done.
— What, are you looking for the tubici? —The girl asked out loud, making both adults look at her, her mother stopped throwing things on the floor, she seemed to be looking for her bags in every corner of the place.
– What? What did you do with the bags, Moon Heejin!? — Her mother’s loud voice made her grimace, her head had hurt from the high-pitched sound she had made. The youngest woman looked at Jiwoong, ordering him, with her gaze, to approach her.
— Possibly the police already have it with them. Why? — The girl answered the woman’s question, with an innocent voice, when she saw how her mother approached her quickly and with a threatening look, she took steps back, taking Jiwoong with her, not because she was afraid of her, but she didn’t want to get into more trouble because of her, much less get the boy into trouble.
The girl didn’t manage to do much else when her mother grabbed her by the hair before slapping her and pulling her hair hard, as if that would force the words out of her. – What did you do!?
– Let go.
– Answer, damn! What did you do with my drugs!? — The man’s voice was heard this time, walking towards his woman’s daughter, he grabbed the youngest girl by the neck, squeezing it, obstructing her air passage.
Jiwoong saw that, getting scared when he saw his nonna stand on tiptoe when the man pulled her up a little. – Dad…
– Be quiet! Shut up, damn, you’re next! What did you do with my things!? Answer me or I’m going to crush that idiot’s skull. — The girl listened, however, ge was squeezing her throat so hard that she couldn’t say a word, even though she was afraid for the boy, in reality, she couldn’t say a word, not when she felt her head already hurt from the lack of air.
The younger became upset when he saw how the man began to hit the girl’s face and how her mother pulled her hair, dragging her around the place, looking for his cell phone quickly, he dialed the number that Heejin had given him the day before.
Well, if you ever need anything, don’t hesitate to call me, or this number, we will help you whenever we can…
— Sooho hyung…
—Oh! Jiwoong-i! How are you?
The boy swallowed hard, feeling his body shake more every time he heard the blows fall on the girl’s skin. — Hyung…. H-Heejin nonna… Please come home, they are going to kill her and I…
—What, Heejin what? Are you home? — The boy asked, getting scared when he heard the boy’s crying voice, however, what made him stop walking were the screams he heard behind the line, those were Heejin’s screams, and there seemed to be more people with her.
Is she hitting her again?
Cursing, the boy ran towards his motorcycle, without even putting on his helmet, he started and accelerated towards the girl’s building, he had to get there before things ended badly like the last time.
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—Do you want to die!? Do you want me to kill you!? Because am I going to do it! Do you even know how much money you just handed over to the police!?
— I don’t give a damn. — The girl said smiling as she looked at the man, feeling another slap hit her cheek, this one was so strong that the girl swore she started to see blurry, at this point, her face was swollen and she was already bleeding, Jiwoong tried to help, of course, he couldn’t see his nonna in that situation, but the youngest was in the same or worse condition than her and the truth is, they both felt like they would vanish at any moment.
Sooho’s accelerated footsteps were heard throughout the hallway, the boy ran, colliding with a body, but without looking back, he continued running until he reached the girl’s apartment, entering the password, the boy managed to successfully enter the place, stopping when he saw the scene in front of him, feeling his blood running throughout his body, the boy approached at a fast pace towards the man who had the girl holding the girl’s hair while shouting at her.
Taking him by the hair as well, he pulled the man, who screamed in surprise, without waiting much, the boy threw a strong punch in his face, making him fall to the ground, seeing Jiwoong, who was taking Heejin in his arms, the taller pointed to the door, he wanted them to leave the place.
— Sooho… No…
— Get her out of here, Jiwoong. —This one he said, ignoring the words of his friend, who tried to grab him by the jacket. The boy was clearly upset and just seeing his friend with blood on her face made him see the woman in the corner of the room, who was watching the scene with fear. — Ah, I hoped I would never meet you, ma’am, it’s a shame that this is the last time I’m gonna see you… And your scum, too. — The boy said, feeling how the younger passed by him while he saw the man on the ground.
Heejin could barely walk because she felt so weak, but she kept murmuring to Jiwoong that it was not a good idea to leave Sooho alone in there, however, the youngest ignored her, taking her out of the house, where the people had already piled up, among them, Sieun, seeing the scene of a thin boy with blood all over his body almost carrying Heejin’s body, made all shock, they began to murmur with concern, Sieun, upon seeing this, reacted, running quickly towards them.
— What happened? — He saw Jiwoong, who leaned against the railing of the place when the boy took his girlfriend in his arms. — Hee… — Now he call the girl, who could only spit out the blood that was accumulating in her mouth, the boy took her face after seeing that, analyzing every scratch that she had on her face, looking with annoyance to the thin boy. —Yah–
– It’s not his fault. — The girl assured, leaning on her boyfriend’s body while he helped her stand up straight, frowning, Sieun looked at her, noticing how she caressed the younger’s arm, even though she was hurt and was being hugged by him, the youngest only lowered the head.
He did believe it was his fault.
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Gripping the man’s hair tightly, Sooho made him look at his face. —Listen to me carefully… You’re going to get out of here.
– Asshole!
With a slap, the boy silenced him, tightening his grip on his hair again. — You’re going to get out of here or I’m going to go to the police myself and report you, do you understand me? Did you both understand? —He looked at the woman, who nodded with some fear, however, the man seemed not to believe a single word, so, laughing, Sooho nodded. — Well, come with me then… I’ll show you how seriously I’m talking righ now.
Pulling him by his hair, he began to walk towards the door quickly, taking him out with him, hearing gasps from the neighbors when he threw him to the ground before entering the house again and now leaving with the woman’s arm in his hand, also pushing her out of the place, noticing how Heejin and Jiwoong were looking at them, the boy saw them again, with contempt permeated throughout his being. —If you dare to come here again, to lay a hand on them, me, myself, am going to make sure that the useless years of your remaining life are spent dying of hunger in a dungeon… Do you understand?
Neither answered, so the boy took a step, making the woman take a step back, cowering in place as she bent down to take the man into her arms. — Understood, we understood…
—Get out of here…— He said forcefully, seeing how the adults stood up with some difficulty before walking away, but not before giving the two youngers a look. Heejin didn’t even return it, although Jiwoong did, with some fear
—Jiwoong, let’s go.
The girl immediately took him by the hand, feeling the adrenaline return to her body, so much so that she straightened up and separated from Sieun, who quickly stretched out his hands in an involuntary action, only seeing how she pulled the boy with her to look at the adults seriously. — Get out.
—He’s my son, he goes with me.
— You are not going to take anyone with you. — Sooho said, approaching the man. — You’re going to leave and you’re going to forget that you have a son.
—You can’t take my son away from me, not when he’s still a minor.
— No, I can’t, but maybe the police can. — The boy smiled — Why don’t we talk to them and ask them to decide?
The man looked at the pair of teenagers with annoyance, the woman just pulled him, making him curse them before leaving the place, Sooho looked at his friends before seeing all the people in the place. — Ah, there’s nothing to see here, thank you very much for the audience, but we’re fine, yes… Thank you. — he said while all the people began to walk away, entering the place.
The boy looked to his side when he felt a tug on his clothes, stopping his friend when she was about to fall face-first to the ground. —Nonna! — The younger was scared, seeing how the blood began to run from the girl’s head to the ground.
— Jiwoong, go put on a shirt, we have to take her to the hospital.
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