𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐲'𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 ; johnten

╰► 11: emotional

quick disclaimer, this chapter contains mentions of physical assault and harassment. if this bothers you in any way, please don't hesitate to exit the book and wait for the next chapter. thank you for understanding.

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ten feels his head pounding. his entire body hurts. his face hurts to move. why did this happen? how did this happen?

he remembers when yoomin had ordered him to head out to the nearby convenience store to pick up some snacks for the kids, which was odd because, one,  she had a car and could spare ten minutes to to grab it it herself, or two, she could ask someone else since ten was busy helping the kids with their english homework.

nevertheless, ten just accepts the order and heads out to the store, giving the kids a nice little peck on the foreheads before he leaves.

the house is a bit far, but ten likes the nice walk to the store. it's peaceful and very pleasant. the villa they live in is very quiet and not incredibly populated. it's an amazing place to live in, ten thinks.

when he gets to the store, he picks up the snacks that yoomin had told him to get. it didn't cost much, thankfully because ten only had a few thousand won in his wallet and yoomin didn't bother to give him money. not that he minds. anything for the kids.

when he leaves, his gut instincts are suddenly telling him that something isn't right. nothing seems out of the ordinary, so ten decides to head off back home.

he quietly hums to a song he heard over the radio, hands in his pockets. he looks down at his feet. taeyong recently given ten a pair of baby blue crocs with cute designs on it just a few days ago, and they're pretty comfortable. ten doesn't understand the hate towards crocs.

while he's in his little world, minding his own business— a sequence of events start to happen.

someone grabs him by the back of his jacket and slams him onto a nearby dumpster. before ten can even scream, a hand covers his mouth and his body just suddenly begins to hurt.

ten's back collided with the strong metal, and his back is hitting from hitting the edge of the thing. he weakly tries to get up until someone pulls him by the hair and slams him onto a hard, concrete surface.

he feels weak. he can't bring himself to fight back all of a sudden. his body is slowly giving out. he's just being tossed around like a doll. he tastes blood on his tongue, and he spits out more of it when someone knees him in the gut.

he can't see anything. his ears are painfully ringing. ten sobs, tears falling onto his cheeks as someone continues to punch his face. he swears he hears a bone break. he doesn't fight back. he can't.

ten cries. this is it. he's going to die like this.

someone stomps on his knees, and he cries out— throat hurting and his mouth tasting like metal. everywhere hurts, but his heart hurts the most when he thinks of yangyang and donghyuck's smiling faces.

he sobs more when he hears their giggling over the ringing in his ears. he sees winter's smile even when one of the thugs repeatedly slam his head into the wall. when one of the thugs make him kneel and suddenly kicks him on the side of the head, ten falls limp. but all he can imagine and think about is johnny.

just him. johnny suh. smiling, laughing, making dumb jokes. ten thinks about sorn and lisa. his sisters. tern, his mom and dad. he thinks about those people. those who are important to him.