the bet

part eleven: weak

Jungwon and I sit there for awhile in silence.

It's not a bad silence though, I feel calm.

After awhile I get up.

"I'm getting tired, I think I'm going to go to bed now." I say.

"Sounds good, goodnight." He says while getting up himself.

"Goodnight." I say while smiling and closing the door.

I walk to my room which isn't very far away.

I go on my phone for a little while, I can feel my eyes getting heavier and heavier so I turn my phone off and leave it to charge.

I find myself falling asleep pretty easily.

I wake up to the sound of my ringtone.

'Is it already morning, I could've sworn I just fell asleep.' I think to myself confused.

I realize quickly it's not morning when I look over at my clock to see that it's 12:27 AM.

I look back to my phone and see that Niki is calling me.

I panic not knowing what to do, he never calls me this late, is something wrong or is this just a joke.

I eventually answer and try to sound as awake as I can.

"Hello?" I say. At the same time as being tired I'm also confused.

I can hear heavy breathing on the other side, it's not out of breath because I just took a run breathing it's more the breathing you have when your scared.

I feel like this is just a prank call to mess with me, maybe it's one of his friends from school.

I'm about to hang up when I hear him speak.

"Can you pick me up." I can hear his voice trembling and immediately panic.

"Where are you? Are you hurt?" I ask.

"No.. I mean I'm at the bar closest to the 7-Eleven." He says.

"Okay, stay right there okay? I'll be right there don't move." I quickly say while hanging up before he can say anything else.

I'm not tired anymore I'm worried.

I think Jungwon is asleep but I'm not sure he usually goes to sleep late.

I run out of my room and almost trip down the stairs.

I look around for my keys. I cant find them.

I grow into frustration but then I find them.

I grab them and rush out the door.

I wondered why Niki was at the bar, he's underaged he's not supposed to be there.

I drive there as quickly as possible almost skipping a red light but I slow down. As I'm waiting impatiently at the red light I grab my phone and search 'Bars near 7-Eleven'

Only one comes up so I get directions there.

Once I get there I can see Niki standing there, shaking.

I quick park and run towards him.

"Niki!"

I can see him slowly look up and that's when I notice all the bruises on him.

I run over to him.

"Who did this to you?" I ask in concern.

He just looks at me and doesn't say anything.