Stay with me | Minsung

Running Away

"are you feeling sick Ji? Did you throw up?" Minho asked, he was clearly concerned.

"um, yeah I think.. I might be sick"
Jisungs voice quivered a bit.
'He can't find out, i hope he believes me' jisung thought.

"Do you need any help?" Minho wasn't sure what to ask him since this was a weird situation, but he assumed that jisung probably needs some help if he's sick, besides he still owed him for that time jisung took care of him.

"n-no It's okay now, you can go back to class... Oh and please tell the teacher I'll be a bit late"

"okay, just call me if you need anything"
And with that minho returned back to class, for some reason he had this uneasy feeling, but he didn't think about it much.
Felix asked him where jisung was and so did the teacher but he didn't want to go into detail so he just said that jisung isn't feeling well.

Meanwhile jisung finally left the bathroom stall, he was lucky nobody came in there. He looked in the mirror, he saw how tired he was, tired of doing this all the time, tired of feeling not good enough, not skinny enough. He noticed he accidentally left his sleeves rolled up, he quickly pulled them down because nobody was allowed see the hundreds of scars scattered across his arms.

He went back to class, of course he couldn't forget to put on his fun personality and a smile so his friends wouldn't suspect anything.

...

Minho couldn't stop thinking about what happened earlier today with jisung.

"Lee Minho! Is anyone there?!" His mother shouted from across the dinner table. "you've been zoning out all day, what are you thinking about?"
From his mother's perspective, minho was finally moving on and getting better these last few weeks, she wanted to know what got him back into the quiet and closed state.

"Sorry- I just...i don't know, i have this weird feeling" Minho said, but he didn't quite know how to explain it.

"tell me more about it, i might be able to help, and if not then at least you'll feel better after telling someone." His mother placed her utensils back on the table to listen to her son.

"I'm not going to say who, but what do you think about someone.. Who kinda- avoids eating? Like earlier i also saw them throw up, they said they were sick but it doesn't really sit right with me."
Minho had an idea about what was going on, but he didn't want to believe it.

"oh sweetie, that person might have an eating disorder. So many of my girl friends experienced it when they were teenagers, trying to fit the standards, you know?" his mom explained.

"but that certain someone doesn't have to be a girl to have an eating disorder, right?" he wondered, he's seen a few girls trying out extreme diets to loose weight, but never any boys.

"yes, all genders can have eating disorders, it's best to get help as soon as possible!" Although his mother wanted to ask more about who it was, she knew it wasn't her business to get into, if minho doesn't want to say more, he doesn't have to, she believes that her son will do the right thing.

The dinner continued in silence, minho even more zoned out than before. Although his mother wasn't as concerned this time since she at least knew what was on his mind.

...

Minho was mentally preparing to confront jisung about his eating disorder from the moment he woke up. He still wasn't quite sure about what he'll say but it needs to happen as soon as possible.

The day at school was over surprisingly fast and Minho was getting more nervous every minute. He closely observed the youngers actions during the day, he usually just played with his food, talked a lot and made jokes while the others were eating. Jisung ate a singe low calorie Granola bar and didn't disappear to the bathroom for 5 minutes so at least that was something, but nowhere near enough for the day.

They were in the bus on their way home, Jisung placed his head on Minho's shoulder and closed his eyes. They both had a single earphone, listening to songs from jisungs playlist. After a few minutes, Minho felt that jisung had fallen asleep.
He looked at his peaceful face, they had to stay at school late today so it was already dark outside, he could only see his soft features in the lights flashing from cars outside.
'How can you do this to yourself Ji?' Minho thought, he couldn't help but feel sad for the younger.

Unfortunately this moment didn't last forever and they had arrived at their stop.

Minho caressed jisungs head to wake him up. "Ji we're at our stop."

Jisung just silently woke up and got off the bus with Minho.

"bye Min!" Jisung turned around and began walking to his house.

"wait, actually can i go with you? I wanted to talk to you about something on the way." Minho said to stop jisung.

"okay, what is it?" jisung asked as minho quickly caught up to him. They were moving down a dark road with a few houses and street lights along the sides.

"look, i really care about you and I've noticed something unusual about your behaviour ever since we've been friends." Minho started.

Jisung froze, he was worried about what was minho about to say next.

"Jisung, now i want you to be honest, I've told you about my struggles before, you can tell me about yours... Do you have any problems with eating?"

"w-what do you mean?" Jisungs biggest fear became true, someone found out.

"Jisung don't play dumb, I've noticed you don't eat properly." Minho got a little bit annoyed because of the question.

"i don't know what you're talking about, i normally eat lunch with you guys every day"  Was there still any point in trying to hide it? Jisung still thought he could play it off somehow.

"no you don't, you talk, play with your food and if you have to eat something you'll throw it up in the bathroom." Minho was getting pissed off, did jisung think he was stupid?

At this point they both stopped walking.

"I don't do that, you've seen me eat a Granola bar today and i haven't even been in the bathroom since then." Jisung insisted.

"oh yeah, sorry i forgot that you ate a fucking granola bar as your only meal today. Jisung you clearly have an eating disorder and you need help!" Minho had finally lost it, he didn't want to yell at him but it hurt so much to see that jisung was still trying to lie.

"No i don't!" jisung didn't know what else to say in his defence, it was different with his other friends because they never spent so much time with him, but with minho it was different. They were together all day, and it was gradually getting harder to hide.

Jisung realised that if he stayed there even a little longer he would break down, so he quickly started running away.

A/n:
Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great day! Here's a new chapter, i know its sad but i still hope you enjoyed reading!
Just a bit more information - jisung is currently 16 and minho is 17 so im sometimes referring to jisung as "the younger one", some of jisungs friends don't go to the same year except minho and felix (jeongin is a year lower and chan is a year higher) . I hope this cleared things up a bit if anyone was confused.
Thank you for reading, commenting or voting, i really appreciate it!