The Man on The Bench

(part 4)

(Y/n POV)

"Stop please!" you beg your mom. She's hitting your brother for no reason. Your mother is drunk, so you tried to calm her down. You locked yourself and your brother into the bathroom. You held your sobs. Your little brother is hugging you. You wish for your mom to stop drinking. she always forgets what she did and believes that someone beat up your brother. "Taehyun? What happened? Who did this to your face?" she would ask him. He would look down on the floor and say the same thing. " I tripped and fell." You hold back your tears. She opens the door and grabs you with the knife she's holding. " Die bitch. Die!" She stabs you.

"NOO!" you scream, and gasp for air. It was just a nightmare. Every night, you been having the same dream. You sigh and roll out of bed. You go to the kitchen and drink a glass of water. Someone knocks on your door. You check the time on your phone and it says 4:00 a.m. Who the hell is awake at this hour? you think to yourself. You check peephole but see nothing. Well obviously, it's dark. I can't see in the darkness.

"Who's there?" you asked.

"Open the door Y/n. Let's have some fun." the person says. It's your ex boyfriend who cheated on you.

"Hell no bitch. Get the hell out before I call the cops on you," you say angrily.

"How long has it been since my dick was with you?" he says groggily. He's drunk but you won't let him in or he will try fuck you. You lock all of the doors and windows and turn off the lights. He bangs on your door and says "Let me in Y/n!" You hold back your tears like you have done before and decide to wait a few more minutes before call the police. He eventually gets tired and leaves. You fall asleep on the couch, drowning yourself in your tears.

You wake up to the smell of pancakes. "Are you awake?" the person in the kitchen asks.

"Yes," you say. Your roommate was very nice to cook breakfast for you today. You get up, realizing that you don't have a roommate.

The man chuckles and says, "Found a drunk man on your door while passing by to check up on my sister. Took him down to the police station and opened your door with a hairpin. I wanted to make that you were okay." He pauses to look for more ingredients. "Then I saw you on the couch with dry tears stains on your cheeks. I looked for some wipes to wipe your tears away. I couldn't find them so I grab some tissues and wet them with water. I got a blanket and was on my phone until I got hungry. I started looking around for ingredients but you didn't have much. So I restocked your cabinets with snacks and started making pancakes. Don't worry. I never laid a finger on you." You smiles and nod. "I think you should go get dressed and eat quickly because I think you are late for work." You grab your phone and check the time. Damn it! You're 30 minutes late! You get dressed and grab the breakfast.

"Thank you! My password for the door is 20137. Lock the door on your way out," you quickly tell him.

You're about to close the door when he says, "Do you just trust your apartment to anyone who breaks in and takes care of you? I'm concerned of your mental health. Normal people call the police."

You turn around and say, "You seem trustworthy. As long as you don't lose my trust in you. Since you can't tell me your name, I'm going to call you Heesung."

He nods and says, "Sure! Have a good day at work! What's your name?"

"Y/n! Bye!" you yell and rushed down the stairs. You arrived at your job quickly put on in uniform. You quickly put your hair into a bun and rush out to get orders and serve.

Eul-bi whispers to you, "Why were you so late?" as you serve a cup of coffee.

"I woke up at 4 a.m. with my ex at my door and slept in. I didn't let him come in and cried to sleep." She nods and asks a couple for their order.

When the order is done, she hugs you and says, "You stay strong honey." You smile and take the order of a man. "But how did you get up? You never wake up unless you smell food. What happened?" Bong Seon asked suspiciously. You start to think of lies you can make up so you won't tell them the truth. You attend every single person you saw so you could avoid the conversation. They could tell something was up. Soobin was looking you and his eyebrows narrowed every time you brought an order. It was easy to make the pastries take time. Yeonjun was staring at you puzzled. You and him worked the longest at the café. You never work fast even if you were going to get paid more. When your friend's tried to talk to you, you would make an excuse to not talk about it. Even Beomgyu but it didn't work. When the café closed and you were ready to leave, everyone except Lisa cornered you against a wall.

"If you guys weren't my friends and coworkers, I would've thought that you want to rob me," you joke. They all are staring at you.

"What happened Y/n?" Yeonjun asked.

"I don't know how you will receive the news so I'm deciding whether I should tell you or not."

Bong Seon asked, "Is it good or bad?" You hesitate.

"Well it's not a bad thing. What if I said that a man had broke into my apartment and took care of me? But I haven't seen his face. And I named him Heesung because he can't tell me his name or give me him phone number? Not to mention that he knows my password for my apartment and I told him my name. How would you react?"