Who Is It? | Treasure | SukHoon

39|The Lovers' Fate

Note: warning there's slight mention of r*pe, i'll put a warning sign ⚠️ so you can skip it

"Seunghun..." Junkyu couldn't form any other words as they all listened to what he had just shared to them. So, he instead kept his mouth shut and placed a hand over his quivering lips, his eyes turning glassy with crystal tears.

"Wait! Wait! Wait! I can't–this...this is–he..." Yedam stomped his foot to the floor. He then turned pale and looked queasy.

"What he did...what Mr. Yang did..." Haruto's fingers slowly curled into his palms. His fists trembled as rage bubbled inside him.

Jaehyuk was breathing heavily in his seat. His head was down and he couldn't digest what he just heard. Yoshi stayed beside him in his own seat unable to respond neither move. His shaky eyes were wide in shock and disbelief.

"You...you mean to tell us that...that our teacher...is—" Doyoung couldn't finish. He placed a hand over his mouth and let out a shaky breath as he looked like he was ready to puke or faint.

The rest remained silent. They were all lost in their own thoughts, drowning in their emotions. They all couldn't describe how to feel over the information relayed to them.

Their teacher, a man they respected, a man they listened to, a man they laughed with, a man they see almost every day, a man they worried for when he met an accident—was actually a man who had done something horrendous in his past.

"It wasn't only me." Seunghun continued as he rubbed his left shoulder. "There were others..."

"Others?" Mashiho repeated and a look of absolute terror was upon his face.

Before the story could continue, they were interrupted by a sudden loud gasp followed by a desperate breath of air.

Hyunsuk was most startled by the movement and sound. He'd been standing closest to the bed that he heard it the loudest. He turned to look and saw that Jihoon's eyes were wide open and mouth agape as if he was in shock. He was awake now.

"Jihoon." Hyunsuk muttered his name, quickly scrambling to get closer. He wanted to see how he would respond.

The others also heard him. Their attention were now dragged back towards the bed and its unmoving occupant.

"Hyunsuk, be careful." Doyoung reminded.

Jihoon let out another breath, one that was shaky and heavy. He blinked his glassy eyes before he looked at Hyunsuk. He stared at Hyunsuk with eyes lacking familiarity in them. He was looking at him like he was a stranger. He avoided eye contact with him and looked all over the room. Jihoon saw the others were at the sides, scattered all over the room and all their eyes were on him. They were carefully watching his every move, scared of what would he do. Jihoon didn't like having their eyes on him so he tried to move. He moved his wrists and his legs, but he couldn't. He couldn't move. He panicked. He looked at his feet to see he was tied with rope. He twisted his head to look and saw his hands were also tied with rope. Hyunsuk and Junkyu made sure to put some cloth around his wrists so the restraints wouldn't hurt much when he would pull on them.

Just as they predicted, Jihoon immediately pulled on the ropes that tied him down. He whined as he moved. The bed moved and creaked with each struggle for his freedom. They watched him squirm with their ears only hearing his wordless cries. Jihoon just kept on pulling on them and grunted this time as they tightened on his raw skin. Even with the cloth wrapped around him before the rough texture of the rope, his skin now started to turn red and bruise. He was only adding more injuries or wounds to his body.

Hyunsuk had his brows almost knit together. His chest felt tight and heavy seeing him in this state. He looked to the ceiling wanting to scream and cry when will the nightmare end. He blinked back his tears, gritting his teeth and tried to show a calm demeanor. He can't have himself breakdown now.