MINSUNG - Broken mind

CHAP. 10 - Piece of broken glass

JISUNG POV

Minho's time was up. Four days had gone by very fastly. Jisung had decided that today they were going to work on the science project. "After next class, I'm gonna walk up to him and just tell him that we'll be working on the project tonight." he claimed for Felix and Seungmin. Both of them were nodding their head like crazy. Seeing Jisung this fired up about something was rare and no one should disturb him when he was like this. "I really thought he was responsible but his actions tell me something else. But am I really able to go there and talk to him?" Jisung started questioning himself. That was the moment when Felix had to step up and say: "You can definitely do that. Taking care of your school project is more like a duty than a right." 

After their chemistry class, Jisung got ready and waited for everyone to leave the class. For the past two weeks, Minho had always stayed in the class during free periods. Daehwi was the last one to leave the class and when the door closed Jisung sighed deeply. "What's up?" Minho asked with a small voice because he had obviously realized Jisung wanted to say something to him. "I'd just like you to know that we'll be working on the science project tonight at your place. I'll be there at seven and don't even try to avoid this. We must start working on it." Jisung stated and didn't even wait for an answer. He left the class busily and went to talk to Felix and Changbin who were having an intense conversation. "Oh my god, I think my legs are going to give in." he burst out. "Did you do it?" Felix asked. "Oh hell yeah I did, I said we'll be studying tonight at seven." Jisung answered while smiling. He would've ever believed he could do something like that. 

MINHO POV

He had been left completely shocked. Seeing Jisung so strict was a new thing for Minho. Not knowing what to answer was also a new one for Minho. Studying tonight hadn't been in his plans but he should give in and do that. He wasn't in a mood for anyone to come over but Jisung had been right. They definitely should start working on the project since it wasn't a small one. 

The whole school day Minho tried to gather up some motivation for school. The attitude would also be a problem because acting positive would take up all his energy tonight. After school, he took the first bus home and quickly tried to eat something. Cleaning his apartment took about half an hour and it was already half-past six. Only half an hour before Jisung would be there. He gathered all of his school supplies to the sofa and tried to understand his notes. Fortunately, he had done his part of the research first thing after their first meeting. Now he just had to read them and try to remember everything. 

Knock on the door. Jisung had come 15 minutes early. Minho went and opened the door for him. Jisung had brought some cookies and coffee with him. It seemed like a peace offering and Minho was fine with that. Coffee was the only thing that was keeping his eyes open lately. "So should we just get right at it and start planning the essay properly." Jisung suggested while lifting all of his notes on the table. Minho just nodded and listened while Jisung was telling everything his father had told him. 

"Okay and if the first 10 pages are generally about biodegradable materials and how they're used etc. Should we do like 4 pages about clothing and then 4 pages about plastic? Then we could use the 2 remaining pages for a summary." Minho proposed. "That sounds great. I think we could use a little break now. How has your week been?" Jisung said since he wasn't able to concentrate anymore. "No, no. I think we should just keep going so that we can stop at some point." Minho tried to say without sounding too rude. Rude was however exactly the way Jisung took it. Jisung was in utter need of a break so he went to the toilet and gave Minho some room that way. 

Minho was left alone in the living room. Sitting in the corner of his sofa looking at his cats playing in the corner he felt some kind of peace. This was his safe place, there was no one to hurt him and even Jisung seemed really cool about Minho. Right when he had released a deep sigh and felt good about the whole situation he felt his phone buzzing. That had been the worst feeling for the past two weeks. Inappropriate texts had been coming all the time. From several different numbers and from several different persons. Minho however knew all of them. This text was especially brutal since it said: "Bitch, no one cares about you at all. You should just go and kill yourself. No one would miss you. I know I would probably dance on your grave because I'd be so happy about it." Tears started falling on Minho's cheeks and he was sobbing without restraint. Right then Jisung walked back to the room and saw Minho crying. Jisung fastly walked and sat right next to him. He hugged him tightly and caressed his head. Minho tried to retreat but Jisung didn't let that happen. He continued hugging him without saying anything.