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——- YOON
Over the week, I've seemed to get closer to Yoorim than I imagined. At first I thought we wouldn't get along because of how much I struggle with talking to people, but that wasn't the case. I actually like being around her, she's a good friend.
I helped Yoorim put some things on the new desk she got, I pulled out a picture frame and stared at all her friends. Especially one, "jake..." I mumbled.
that bastard, I wonder what he did this time. "sim jake, you know him? Yoorim." My voice grew serious.
"did he hurt you?"
"yoon...do you know Jake?" yoorim's eyes grew wide.
"fuck it Yoorim, he's my younger cousin." I scoffed a bit, setting the picture down on the table.
"huh?! Your cousin... the sur name... no wonder." she covered her mouth in shock.
"did he hurt you?"
"why do you keep asking me that? Do you know something?" Yoorim tilted her head.
"I know he's an asshat yeah, we have similar personalities but Jaeyun had a harder time controlling it. His anger, his feelings, his personality."
"he used to get bullied back in Australia for being the only foreign kid in his school, they all made fun of him. Mocking his name and everything, it got so bad that he transferred back here during middle school. And he didn't go back to Australia, even during the times we needed to go there. He stayed in Korea, alone at home."
that's why....that's why he didn't want me to say his name. It was his past trauma as a kid.
"From all that bullying, he grew distant. A bit bitchy too, I've cut my ties with him the moment we got into a fight. I still care for him, he's my cousin but I feel like someone needs to put him in his place. But it's not particularly him, it's his confusion." she clicked her tongue.
"yoorim...really...what was Jaeyun to you?"
a tear slipped out of my eyes, and the moment it did. Yoon already caught on, "I love him Yoon, that's what it was. It was toxic, confusing love."
"But we weren't in a relationship, we told each other we liked each other the day I left but he hurt me. I couldn't do anything or say anything."
"the video, that was leaked of you. It was jake wasn't it?" Yoon asked, her jaw clenching a bit from how her cousin still hasn't learned to control his emotions.
"how do you know about the video?"
"You keep forgetting you're kinda known for being a party girl, it spread like a wildfire. That a video was leaked and that you were expelled, I just didn't want to point it out to you. You seemed to have it hard already, I didn't want to be in your business."
"since it was leaked from your school, I knew Jake ran the website. I knew it was him from the start."
she was a smart woman. A very smart one. Knowing all of that when she comes from a different school, very far from mine.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry you got hurt because of him. I promise that video won't be there forever, everyone will soon forget it, and I'll make sure it's gone."
how about it's time I teach you to behave, Jaeyun?
