Heartless Sweetheart

Bento.

"Who are you? I live here!" I say abruptly as I don't know who this male figure is.

"Heeseung. Lee Heeseung. I'm Jihyeok's friend. You must be his little sister!" Heeseung says while smiling. 

I didn't know Jihyeok even had friends! You learn something new everyday!

"Hyejin! Why are you so lat- who is that dude?" Jihyeok says as he notices Ni-ki standing behind me. I stand in shock remembering Ni-ki was still here. 

"Uhhh No one! Ni-ki please go home now. I beg you..." I say the last part quietly and pushing Ni-ki to the direction of his house. 

Jihyeok ignores him and walks inside with Heeseung. phew. I almost lost my life. 

I walk to the kitchen to drink water when I notice my leg has a small wound from my father and try to cover it before Jihyeok notices. 

"Sooo.. your name was Hyejin right? Your in high school right?" Heeseung says while sitting on the sofa playing a game. 

"ah ah ah. Heeseung no. She is my sister don't even think about it!" Jihyeok says as he walks towards me. I laugh trying to hide the pain of the wound. 

I motion my hand for Jihyeok to come so I can whisper what happened. 

"uhm, I met dad. H-He wasn't the happiest if I should say..." I say awkwardly causing Jihyeok to seriously scream

"DAD? HYEJIN I TOLD YOU NOT TO WALK AT NIGHT ALONE? WHAT HAPPENED? ARE YOU OKAY??" he catches the attention of Heeseung who then walks up to me and scans my body. 

"uh Jihyeok does H-Heeseung know about dad?" I say in a low whisper. 

"yea yea he's my best friend of course he does." He says while trying to find a plaster for my wound. 

"Hyejin, I want you to call me or Jihyeok whenever you feel unsafe. Okay?" Heeseung says while also trying to find a plaster. I nod awkwardly trying to avoid his eyes. 

Jihyeok applies the plaster on my leg and sits down next to me. ugh he's gonna be asking a lot of questions isn't he?

"How did you get hurt? What did he do? How did he even find you?"

"Woah woah woah, calm down. Well I was walking home and he came up to me and just started weirdly chatting to me like we were close. then h-he threw me to the ground and just left.." I say avoiding Jihyeok's look in his eye. 

"I saw some ointment on your wound already. Did you do that?" Jihyeok says, now calmer then before. 

"uh.. no." I say shortly realizing Ni-ki put ointment on my wound. Now I kinda feel bad for being rude. 

"It was the guy from earlier... He goes to my school and lives nearby so he took me to his house when I kinda fainted I guess..." 

"EXCUSE ME? TO HIS HOUSE? WHERE DOES HE LI-" Jihyeok gets cut off by Heeseung holding his mouth shut.

"sorry Hyejin. Jihyeok please shut up. Look at your sister! Your stressing her out. Hyejin go to your room! Good nightttt" Heeseung says. I nod and walk upstairs. Thank god my mom is already asleep. Should I tell her about dad? no... I shouldn't. Her business just started. yea. I'll wait. 

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I wake up in a pool of fear from my dreadful nightmare. The nightmares stopped after I started going to therapy but now they are back and more painful then ever. 

All the tears I've been holding back for hours all come out. They don't seem to stop even if I try. Why couldn't I have been born in a happy family? I feel overwhelmed with all my confusing feelings.