Mr. Nerd's Secret | jongsang

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❝bye!❞ yeosang bid farewell to his bestfriend, wooyoung and san before getting into the car, ❝hi seonghwa hyung❞ he greeted his driver who just nodded and sending him a warm smile. Nothing else. That's just how it's been since the past month.

The whole ride was filled with silence, its weird. The two of them are close, really close until Seonghwa even thought to adopt the blonde but of course was prohibited. Their age gap wasn't even that far. He once get slapped and Yeosang being grounded for a whole week just because they seemed too close by his mother. He still remembered Yeosang's face covered with tears streaming down his pale cheeks and the pained screams out of his mouth, it pained him. Which is why he set a barrier between them. Yeosang have no idea about it. The younger male still ask for him every night for their nightly routine together but he declined with a very heavy heart, making up different excuses to deceive the younger without making it look suspicious.

Yeosang's mother, Mrs Kang Minjun was anything but nice. Wicked, you could say. She was harsh to her only son ever since he was born to the world. Nobody knows why. Seonghwa tried to ask any of the maids that had been working there for a long time but he only got a shrug then a warning to watch out whatever his mouth was going to let out in the future. He started working for the Kang family when he hit the age of 14 to bear the treatment cost and hospital bills of his mother who was fighting against lung cancer that time. She passed away not long after he got the work, unfortunately. Then, the money he gained was used to pay his father's debt which was a crazy amount. He need to work multiple of part time jobs and only quarter of them could be paid off. Not to mention the price that the debtor raised constantly every month without showing any mercy to the poor boy.

How did he know Kang family?

Well, let's just say it was a pretty normal day for Seonghwa. Bawling his eyes out outside his mother's hospital room, sobbing. Just now, the doctor had informed him about his mother's condition that was now getting critical. Her oxygen level dropped drastically for the past 3 days and that she's slowly losing the battle. He's also losing hope but he tried to be strong, for himself at least.

In the middle of his breakdown, through the blurry visions he could see a pair of feet standing in front of him. Doesn't bother to wipe off his tears, he looked up and was met with a figure staring at him with the round eyes, the white sweater hugging his body providing heat in the middle of the cold December. The boy then sat beside him after hesitated for a second.

❝I-I'm not the best adviser but.. you'll get through this❞ He shyly turn his head towards the crying male, feeling a bit bad for him though he never knew what happened for him to be in such a mess. The male seems to be just around his age, maybe older or younger but age won't matter for a comfort. He pulls out something out from his trouser's pockets, revealing two strawberry candies on his tiny palms. He shyly hands them over to the presumably older man, ❝here, have some strawberry candy.. I heard it'll lift someone's mood up❞ He shakily said, mentally slapping himself at the poor attempt to crack a joke.

But Seonghwa cracked up a small smile and even lightly chuckled at the boy adorable act, opening the candy wrapper and throw it inside his mouth. The feeling of it melting in his mouth relaxed him a bit and it does ease his mood. It's even his favourite flavour.

He faced the boy for the first time, realising the birthmark by his temple and honestly, that's the most mesmerising thing he had ever seen in the hospital. He smiled gratefully at the boy, ❝thank you.❞

After that little meeting they had, he continued to live on his own. It's difficult but he still could keep the roof on top of his head and full stomach so not really a problem he guess. He went to middle school where he met with the boy again. But that time, it was him who comfort the younger. One day, the poor boy came up to him crying with a dark bruise on his little arm. He calmed Yeosang down and eventually learned about his mother was getting abusive with the boy. That's when his instinct kicked in and he decided to work for his family in order to keep an eye on Yeosang. Maybe he could prevent the mother from using any type of violence against Yeosang. But it didn't work.

The house later come in view, Yeosang sighed as he slings back his bag onto his shoulders carelessly and getting out of the car. Before shutting it, ❝hyung, i don't know why you're being like this but i-it hurts me.❞ he held back his tears as he spoke, his voice wavering and slammed the door shut not waiting for response, storming off to the house.

The older slammed his palms onto the steering wheel harshly, creating a red mark before letting out a few tears he's been holding back since he saw the pained expression of Yeosang. ❝I'm sorry, yeosang❞ and began to drove off in frustration.

Not so far from the house,

❝mys, update❞ a voice transferred through the man's earpiece whose watching the car from the Kang's house left in full speed with his binocular while chewing gum. Currently, he was in his mercedes car with tinted window parked in front of someone's house. He watched carefully as the blonde boy went inside and the car Kang's driver was driving drove passed him.

❝no blood, no limping, too far to know if there's any bruise but I guess there's none and he's completely unharmed. angel is safe and sound.❞

❝good. back to the headquarter.❞

❝yes, sir.❞

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choi jongho

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kang yeosang

Hi and 'Mr. Nerd's Secret' door is finally opened!!

A few warnings :
- nothing is based on any true event and the story is purely fictional.
- mature content included (I won't put warning on the chapters that has it).

- lowercase intended, typos and false grammar will be everywhere (feel free to correct it).
- uncertain length of chapters.
- additional characters (the names that doesn't belong to any of the ateez members are just names, up to your head to imagine their faces).
- this story will contain violence and other mature stuffs.

Have fun on your ride! - sangiesbestie♡♡

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