"i only wanted to help him."
in which minho is an addict and jisung becomes addicted to him instead.
started: 221002
ended: -
highest rank : #10 in maniac
#30 in minsung
#20 in cigarettes
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tw: violence
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"he what?"
minho nodded.
"i'm gonna fucking break his face."
"hyunjin stop", minho said. "i can't blame him, he doesn't know everything. at the end of the day it was my dad who beat me up, not changbin. it wasn't his fault."
he'd just explained everything that had happened. he figured he had to, the tons of bandages all over his face wouldn't explain themselves.
"it wasn't his fault? minho come on", his friend said but minho only stayed silent.
"i don't care if he knows about your dad or not, that doesn't matter. he had no right telling him. what the fuck did he think would happen? he's a fucking piece of shit", hyunjin spat and minho frowned. he didn't want to speak badly of changbin but he couldn't find it in himself to defend him anymore.
hyunjin was right. it was in no way changbin's place to tell his father.
"we're staying away from him", hyunjin said as he took a drag from his cigarette.
"shouldn't i ask him why he did it in the first place?"
"why should you? there's no reasonable explanation. nothing he says can make up for the damage he's caused."
minho agreed. over the weekend, he'd tried to understand why changbin would do that, but he just couldn't. he couldn't wrap his head around it and make sense of it because quite frankly, nothing about the whole situation made sense.
his friend now seemed like a stranger to him.
"have you ever thought about reporting your dad?" hyunjin suddenly asked.
he looked at minho, who was unable to meet his eyes.
"i do, every day. but i can't hyunjin", he whispered as he started picking at his fingernails. "i know i should. but part of me still hopes that one day he'll treat me nicely. how a father should treat his son. i know it's stupid but.. i can't report him", minho said, his voice starting to crack. "he's still my dad. he's the only family i have. if he's gone, i won't have anyone."
hyunjin felt his heart break at the sight. he didn't want to step in and do something minho wouldn't want him to but on the other hand he couldn't stand seeing minho get hurt for much longer.
"it's only one more year, actually less than a year anyways", minho mumbled as he wiped his eyes with his sleeve. "i'm graduating. once i'm done i can leave." he looked up at hyunjin with a forced smile but the other saw right through it.
hyunjin clenched his teeth in frustration.
"when you leave him, i'll be your family", he said as he felt his eyes sting.
