𝟔 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐒{J.H.SXREADER}

Chapter 12

It had been a beautiful day today too but only for others, for you it was a horrible one again.

The birds were chirping, the sun was setting into the horizon, the sky had turned orange.  There was no one around you at this hour, which was  why you had come to the park in the first place. There was one more reason, you would be able to use the swings for however long you liked, no other kid would interrupt your time. You stood up from the leather seat of the swing while holding the ropes of both sides in your hand tightly and pushed yourself back along with the swing and as soon as you were at the correct distance you immediately sat on it and let go of the pressure you were applying to hold yourself back. You started to enjoy yourself alone for some more time, humming to yourself to avoid the feeling of loneliness.

After the sun had completely set you decided that it's best if you head back home, who knew what they would do if they were in a bad mood again. You gently touched the right corner of your lips, the bruise must have turned purple, you thought, it wasn't bothering you much but the bruise near your left eye was being a problem, it would sting terribly everytime you blinked your eyes, bringing tears, which you tried to hold back with all your might. After all they were the only reason why you had these bruises covering your face today. You were being a bad girl, weak and pathetic, that's what she said when you cried infront of her after you fell down, tripping by the dinning table and busted your knee.

"You got in trouble again?" Called a voice from a distance, you whipped your head in it's direction and found him making his way towards you. As soon as he reached you, he examined your face and sighed, then took a seat on the opposite side of yours.

"I don't understand why you let them do this to you. Haven't I told you many times that if you want I can help you escape from there." He said his voice desperate at this point.

"I'm fine, they are my parents they have a right to punish me if I did something wrong." You replied looking at your shoes to avoid eye contact with him, he would catch your lie if you looked at him.

"You are not fine (Y/n). And this is not a way to punish a child." He said in a firm voice, clearly not taking the hint to just drop the subject.

"You don't understand, Joon." You were desperate at this point for an escape, but you can't risk the safety of your best friend, who knew what your parents would do if they found out he was the one who helped you.

"Then make me, make me understand. You come here decorated in bruises every evening and sit here all alone avoiding interaction with kids our age." He said trying to get his point across you.

"That's not true I do interract with others."

"By the others, you mean only me." He said with a smirk.

You've never seen Namjoon make this kind of expression before. But one thing that bothered you more was that you never told him how you got those bruises every day, you had always missed school to avoid his questions and when you did saw him you had lied that you got in an accident and you certainly haven't told him you come to the park every evening. You furrowed your brows in confusion and looked up to his side, only to find that there was no one sitting on the swing opposite to yours. Were you hallucinating now? You searched the area standing up from your seat to find him but all you saw were the empty rides in the park. There was no one else in sight.

You started to head back home as it was getting pretty late. However as soon as you lifted your leg to walk forward, you were pulled backwards it was as if there was some invisible force stopping you from leaving. Now you were scared you turned around to check who it was that pulled you, there was no one, but your own shadow. You tried walking forward again but it was as if your feet were not listening to you, they took you back to the swing and you sat down, in the same position from before meeting him.The sky which had turned a dark shade had now turned back to orange and the chirping of the birds which had stopped while you were talking to Namjoon, returned. You were confused, why was everything repeating again?

"You got in trouble again?" The same voice from before called, you turned your head to his direction, thinking that you could ask Namjoon what was happening. Surely he would know, he was a genius and top student of the class. However, when you found him making his way in your direction, you realised that it was not your best friend. This was a completely different person, he was leaner than Namjoon and a little shorter than him. His facial features were sharp, especially his jawline, that jawline, that face, you could recognise in a heart beat but the only problem was what was he doing in your memory. Your eyes were about to pop out from their socket.

"Cat got your tongue?" He said snapping his fingers in front of your face, immediately you snapped out of your daze and looked at him again with confusion clearly showing on your face.

"You know I still don't understand why you let them do this to you. Haven't I told you many times that if you agree both of us can escape this place together." He said repeating his words from before. But what got your attention was what he said in the last.

"Together?" You asked tilting your head a little and giving him a confused look.

"Yes you and me. Both of us are suffering we can be of help to each other and escape from this life." He said giving you a reassuring smile. His smile, it was the one you've seen before but you can't remember when. However, it did spread a warm feeling in your heart, that smile gave a softer and warm look to his handsome face and it managed to bring butterflies in your stomach.

You didn't know what to answer, so you decided to stick with the previous one.

"I'm fine, they are my parents they have a right to punish me if I did something wrong." You replied looking at your shoes to avoid eye contact with him again.

And with that the whole conversation repeated again, the only difference was that instead of your best friend, it was him.

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Author's note:

This chapter is short because it's meant to be a filler for upcoming events.

I'm sorry for taking so long to update, but I promise you all that I'm not planning to abandon this story.
To all the lovely readers who are reading please don't be a silent reader and if you don't mind please interact the comments section is always open for you guys.

That's it
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