"he was there" | a jungwon fanfiction

Chapter 1 | Avalon

content warning: abuse. mention of beer and smoking.

As I dry myself with a towel I hear chat notifications from my phone, I bet you a thousand bucks it's my best friend trying to wake me up so I can't be late for class. 

'Hey dummy,  it's quarter to 7 I'm already here, you're not going to be late right? See you and please don't wear something stupid, thanks.'

I laugh as I read the text my best friend sent. We have been best friends since kindergarten, and I can't thank him enough for being there through the ups and downs, although he's missing one downside of my life. 

As I watched a glimpse of my alarm clock, I know that my 15-minute walk will not be enough for me to not be late. Tiptoeing myself I reached the outside of my room without any noise.  From my point of view, I can see bottles of beer scattered all around the floor, and some of them are shattered. 

"Av!" I was startled by the sound of my dad's shout.

"I'm h-here" 

"Go and buy 3 bottles of beer." He said while giving me money.

"I'm sorry but I'm late I need to go to school." As I hand over the money back, I can feel strong hands that grip my hands like I'm trying to escape. But I was wrong, at this moment I should be escaping him but what did my dumb self do? Staying still.

"I'm sorry" He laughed. "Who are you to decline?" 

"You're hurting me." At this time, I'm finally trying to get out of the strong hand. 

Thump

I groan as a hard surface hit my back. All I can think of is how I will miss school again, and how I can face my best friend knowing he doesn't know about this yet. I try to stand but my back met the floor again. He pushed me again.

As I try to stand up and open my eyes, I see my mother looking at me with no worry at all, but that was no surprise at all, all my life I have been dealing with bruises, blood, etc. she was just there not even bothering to help. It hurts more to see her just looking at me and not helping me. 

"I need my beer! So go back to your room and change into house clothes so if I ran out of beer there is someone here to buy me some." 

I cringed at the way he sounded. I want to fight back, always had been. I don't know what's stopping me. 

To my surprise I can stand up, the floor is hard enough to break my back. 

I change into my house clothes and messaged Jungwon.

'Hey, I'm skipping class today, make sure to take notes for me. bye!!' 

'What? Again? Why?'

'I'm feeling lazy hahaha'

'If you say so let's just meet up later in all good gardens.'

'WHAT NO!'

'What do you mean no?'

'I meant it when I say I'm feeling lazy' 

'Fine, see you when I see you'

I feel bad I wanted to see him but my bruises say no. I put on my favorite hoodie to buy my dad's drink.

Here we go again.