Coming Back To You | JENSOO [18+]

Chapter Four: Before I Left

A/N: Last update!

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The two seven-year-old girls walked the familiar path home. It wasn't unusual that they were left at school and had to get home on their own. In the first part of the walk, they would walk with Donghyuk. He was three years older and lived a block away from them. They had known the young boy their whole lives. Their parents used to be best friends. The kids were unsure why but they knew their parents never spent time together now.

Finally making it home, they crept inside. The house lights were off and the blinds were closed. After searching the house, they realized they were home alone. With a sigh of relief, Jisoo pulled out a book she had gotten from the school library. She loved to read, it was a perfect escape from the troubles she faced at home.

Jisoo had grown up being called Jisu. At the time, when people looked at her she appeared to be the perfect little boy. She despised the name but learned to keep quiet. Only Chaeyoung, Donghyuk, and Donghyuk's parents called her Jisoo. It was Donghyuk's mom, Dara, who picked the name during a tea party. When Jisoo was three, she begged her parents to wear the dresses that were bought for Chaeyoung. She didn't understand why she wasn't allowed to wear them. She would argue that she was a girl too but quickly learned to keep her mouth shut. The beatings weren't worth fighting over being just like her sister. Jisoo loved the times she spent with the Kims household. They let her be herself but never informed her parents what was happening.

Things went back to normal once she stopped fighting back. The house was peaceful until it wasn't. When the twins were five Chaeyoung got sick. Doctors decided to test Jisoo's blood to see if she was a match to help but they found something different about her hormones. Jisoo didn't fully understand what the doctors were telling her, she didn't understand why her parents were upset that the doctor called her special. She just knew that suddenly things were different and not in a good way.

Her parents always thought they had a son and a daughter. It was their idea of the perfect family. They weren't happy to find out it wasn't as perfect as they once believed. The changes came quickly. The beatings started again if she did something they considered to be too feminine or because they were upset. Jisoo took the brunt of everything scared to speak up. Jisoo didn't understand what was different about her but she did understand that her life was becoming miserable and her parents never touched Chaeyoung.

Hearing her bedroom door slam against the wall, Jisoo jumped from her bed. Her dad was suddenly in front of her red-faced and panting.

"Why were you using the girl's bathroom at school today?" His tone made Jisoo flinch as she tried to come up with an explanation. She knew the answer would only anger him further, she went in as a dare from that Murphy kid that was always bothering her. She didn't think any of the teachers saw her since she didn't get in trouble.

Feeling herself being raised from the ground, she looked into the eyes of a man she didn't recognize anymore. "Seungri called me when I was driving home to tell me his son saw you go in there. DO YOU KNOW HOW EMBARRASSING IT WAS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION?" Jisoo shuddered at his tone and struggled to breathe as his fist tightened on her throat. She didn't know what to do as she dangled in the air.

"ANSWER ME WHEN I'M SPEAKING TO YOU!" His demanding tone rang through her ears but she couldn't speak, she could barely breathe. She fell to the floor gasping for air as he let go of her. When she finally looked up, she saw her mom standing in the doorway. She didn't notice the fist coming down on her, didn't hear the shriek as Chaeyoung ran out of the house, didn't feel as the blows continued. Jisoo saw and heard nothing and for a brief moment, she wondered if this is what death felt like.