Acceleration [Book 1]

24: Horrible Past Pt. 2

⊱⋅ ─ 24: HORRIBLE PAST PT. 2

Carrying his luggage, filled with his clothes, down the staircase, his sister met him at the bottom of the stairs, sadness painted in her eyes.

It's been only a few hours after the incident with Yukhei and Ten, almost the whole population of the town closest to the area where it happened were scarred with trauma.

"What were you thinking, Yeji?" Hyunjin asked as he squinted his eyes at her, "If you behaved like I told you to, then Jeongin and Seungmin wouldn't be in danger, more or less near to the point where their lives were on the line."

Sighing as she gnawed on her lower lip in utmost guilt, she softly said, "I'm sorry, I was being irresponsible."

Her voice wasn't loud, but not too soft either, it was audible enough for Hyunjin to hear, he could even hear he voice crack at the end of the sentence, yet the male was still crossed and disappointed with his sister, "I just thought I would have a chance with Seungmin."

Rolling his eyes exasperatedly as he groaned in annoyance, he answered, "I told you already, he's got eyes for Jeongin and I knew that, I knew that since the last three out of four years we've been living under the same roof," he clicked his tongue as massaged his temples, calming himself and doing his best not to snap at Yeji, "besides, there are so much more for you other than a boyfriend, you have an amazing job, the people of this town loves you! You have amazing friends that could deal with your notorious acts and be there for you when you need a shoulder or two to lean on, love will follow, just be smart and don't rush things."

"I know that," Yeji blushed in embarrassment as Hyunjin listed down the things that the lady achieved, "you don't need to point that out."

"Says the hoe that's been putting up a blind spot for a certain girl named Ryujin." Hyunjin mumbled, but it was obviously loud enough for Yeji to hear, causing her jaw to drop, as Hyunjin noticed his sister's reaction, he then quickly added, "You better set things up properly or you're toast."

Yeji frowned more in embarrassment, even more that she gave off a totally unsettling first impression to most of Hyunjin's friends, "I'm really sorry, Hyunjin," she said once more, a bit louder this time, hope blooming inside her chest, Hyunjin just dragged his luggage to the door and looked over his shoulder to meet eyes with Yeji.

"It's not me you have to apologize to," he told her, a stoic expression plastered on his features, "I know how you are already, but if it's anyone you need to apologize to, it's my friends, my family," he paused for a few seconds before adding, "especially to Seungmin, Jeongin and Chan, things really got messy."

"I'll apologize to them now, then!" Yeji quickly finalized, running into her room and getting into decent and not flashy clothes, excluding her platform boots, which she loves to death.

As soon as Hyunjin got out of Yeji's house, which was where he and Changbin stayed for the previous night, Changbin was already there, ready to help out Hyunjin with his things.

Everyone were carrying their stuff to the bus, it was two days too early to leave, but since things started to stir up, Jaehyun concluded that it's better to move out and track down the others that escaped rather than stay idle.

The first person Yeji saw in the throng was Jeongin, she took shaken, yet sure steps towards the younger male, who was kind of busy fixing his luggage bag into the bus, Yeji didn't hesitate and tapped on Jeongin's shoulder for at least twice, just to get his attention, and it worked.