YEARS APART

You should be sorry

"How is he ? Anything serious ?" Said a woman who was nearly 39 year old. She looked worried when she asked the doctor about Hyunjin's condition.

"Don't worry Mrs Hwang, he's fine now. Just try to keep him away from the stress" the doctor said while grabbing his things. "Now if you excuse me i'll get going" he said to the lady in front of him.

"Thanks for assisting my son, Mr joon". She said and sent a maid to escort the doctor. She turned facing her son, who was laying in his bed, his face showing how tired he was.

"Hyunjin, my son, don't go hard on yourself. I know what you're going through, but you should let go of the past and try to live for yourself now. Please dear, don't think much".

She said while caressing his hair, he was looking at her, silently, not responding.
"Let him rest, Frida. He needs to arrange his thoughts" his dad said as he walked closer and held his mother's shoulders. She nodded, placed a kiss on Hyunjin's forehead then left.

Hyunjin kept looking around his room and sighed. He slowly closed his eyes, hoping he could escape this miserable reality, and live in illusions, even if it was only for a certain period.

Next Day

Athiee walked her way to school, with a huge excitement filling her guts. She greeted everyone she saw in her way.
She arrived at her school, smiling widely. She looked for seungmin, but apparently he wasn't there yet.

"Taking your full time, i see. That's why I've never noticed him before. What a lazy head" she said when she couldn't find him anywhere. Athiee decided to go to her class, delaying her meeting with Seungmin for later.

As soon as she entered the class, a couple of hands held her arms tightly, dragging her out. Athiee was surprised with the sudden action and didn't have enough time to react.

"Hey !! What are you doing ?! Let go of me ! Yaaah !" She screamed at them but they kept pulling her.

"What's wrong with you !!!? Let me go ! Let me go !" She yelled again and felt helpless. Athiee tried to fight back and break free from their grips, but they were stronger.

They dragged her to the lockers. All students were watching, and no one stepped in to help Athiee. They loved seeing someone getting bullied, it was some sort of amusement for them.
Athiee looked at them with her eyes, she was seeking help, yet no one cared.

"Now look what we have here". She heard a feminine voice, and knew right away who was it.

"Lia ! What are you up to ? Let me go now !" Athiee said angrily. All what she got as an answer was a laugh. Lia was laughing at her.

"Aha and why would we do that ? The fun is just about to start, we can't let you go now" she said while smirking. Athiee swallowed her saliva, she didn't feel good about this. Something wrong is about to happen. She closed her eyes hoping that someone would come and save her, she desperately wished for someone to protect her now.

She, weakly whispered "Seungmin... where are you ?".

"What do you mean he's not here ?" Seungmin said after hearing that Hyunjin isn't home. Yesterday, he received a call from Chan telling him all what had happened to Hyunjin. He decided to come and pay Hyunjin a visit, even though he knew that he possibly wouldn't want to see him. Therefore, he went in the early morning to see Hyunjin , but when he was waiting for him to show up, the maid returned and told him that the other wasn't home.

"Are you sure about that ?" He asked the maid wanting her to check again.

"Yes Sir, we woke up this morning and mister Hyunjin was no where to be found. I'm sorry" she bowed with respect and left.