Step Brothers || A SKZ FF

XIV

It's Friday today and you were excited because you were hanging out with your best friends after school, which didn't last long. "I can't keep up with you and your duality girl, weren't you the one who just kicked him and now why are you crying?" Taehyung shook his head as you looked up at him, "But you saw how he grabbed my hand," "Yes we did and we also saw how you kicked him to the ground and how Jungkook beat the shit out of him, so now stop crying and drink this up," Jimin said pushing a chocolate shake to you.

"You are not skipping your medicines, are you?" Jungkook asked once you were full and happy with the food. You gulped hard and lied, "N-no I'm not skipping them." "You sure?" "Of course I am. I wouldn't dare to do that," You sounded confident convincing them.

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Jisung showed up at the cafe an hour later as he insisted on picking you up. "Bye baby/ kiddo/ cutie,"

"Bye boys" you bid them before walking out with Jisung. "You seem close to those three," He stroked a conversation. "Of course I am, they are the only ones I had close to family. They still are, we four are super close," You smiled as he nodded intertwining his hands with yours. "I'm sorry if it is rude also you don't have to answer if it's too personal-" "You can ask me anything Sunbae," You assured and he took a deep breath before continuing, "Are you not close with your mom?" Your face fell at the question making him panic a little, "I'm sor-" "No," You mumbled cutting him off, "I'm not close with her. Well, how do I put this? Umm, I grew up by myself mostly... My dad died when I was two and we moved to the US. She was always busy with her business, and never paid any attention to me." "That must have been lonely... and sad," "Yes it was. But I had those three, I met them when I was 5, and we have been glued together since then, I mean they even followed me here..."

"So were you alone back in the States?" "Mostly though... Mom moved back around 5 years ago, I asked her to take me with her, but she didn't. I didn't think I would ever get to see Korea," You joked your way through the conversation, and sensing you fidgeting Jisung let it go.

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"We are back," Almost after Jisung's announcement, Jongin dashed up to you tackling you into a hug as you both fell with a loud thud. "Ouch," You groaned as you hit your right shoulder and top of that the weight of Jongin on you. You winced in pain as it grew. "You alright?" He got up and asked helping you up. You nodded supporting your shoulder but your teary eyes gave you away as guilt washed over Jongin. Jisung went and came back in a moment with an ice pack and held it on your shoulder.

"Did something happen? I heard a thud?" Chan and Minho rushed inside the living room. Chan only had a towel around his waist and his hair dripping wet showing he was in the shower. Minho is dripping with sweat, probably exercising. But you were so much in pain that you had no choice except to not pay attention to those hot hunks. Minho's eyes darted to you and the ice pack as he rushed closer. "What happened to your shoulder? Did you fall?" worry etched over his face. "I hugged her but we both fell and I fell on top of her," Jongin mumbled with guilt, "It is not your fault Sunbae, ahh-" You grunted as a wave of pain hit you when you tried to move your hand.

"Does it still hurt? Let's get you to a hospital," Chan said examining your face, "No, I will be fine. The ice will help, I'm fine." You negotiated for another minute until they gave in. You persuaded Chan to go get dressed and Minho to take a shower.

"It is not your fault Sunbae," You reached over to his hand and lightly squeezed them. He looked up with almost teary eyes making you coo at him. "Aww Innie," He almost had his eyes rolling down on the floor at the nickname, a wide smile finding its way up to his lips.

"This is not fair," Jisung huffed out as the eldest two walked in simultaneously. "How could you call him Innie? I picked you up and brought you home safely. That idiot hurt you the moment you stepped inside, yet you called him a nickname first. No fair," The quokka pouted making you giggle at his cuteness. Slowly leaning closer you pecked his lips which almost had him faint, "Does that make up Jisungie?" He nodded wordlessly with his mouth hung open making the rest chuckle.

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"Does it hurt a lot?" Chan asked finding you shift on the couch uncomfortably. "No, it's better. I'm just stuffy and sweaty in my uniform." You replied with a sigh, "Then why don't I help you get changed? You are hurt because of me," "I told you already it's not your fault and I'm perfectly capable of changing into my night dress. So I'll be back after a hot shower." You walked up the stairs without waiting for their reply.

After the nice hot shower, the pain is reduced, yet your movements are restricted. You were having a hard time shrugging your hoodie on when you heard a knock on the door. "Princess you good? Do you need help with something?" Minho called out and you mentally cursed but accepted his offer nevertheless. He walked inside and carefully helped you to put on the hoodie on top of the bath towel you had wrapped on your chest. "Thank you so much Sunbae," You grinned widely and his worried expression changed into a pout spread. "You are still calling me Sunbae? No fair," "What would you like me to call you then?" "I don't know," He shrugged

"Are you alright?" Changbin barged inside with a scream startling you both. "Does it still hurt? Should we call a doctor?" He walked closer and slowly took your hands in his, "No need for that, I'm good. Thank you though," He placed a kiss on your forehead with a smile. "You want to get some rest?" Minho asked and you shook your head before following the two downstairs. The absent three joined later and you had to continue the same answer for the nth time. "Don't ask me anymore I'm tired already,"

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"You have something on your mind?" Chan's question brought Minho back from spacing out as you guys looked at him. Minho turned to you and you frowned at his expression. "Everything good Sunbae?" He nodded hesitantly looking away. "You want to ask me something?" You scrunched your nose at his behavior. "I'm sorry if I'm crossing the line, but what was that scar on your shoulder?" You widened your eyes as his question caught you off guard. "Ah, umm" you struggled to find a lie. "It's really big and did you perhaps have undergone surgery?" He asked further and you bit down your lips. "Yes, I kind of broke my shoulder before so yeah, had to undergo surgery," You smiled nervously.

"Broke your shoulder? How?" Seungmin asked in confusion, "Were you in an accident or something?" You closed your eyes to calm yourself down as your lips formed a thin line. Sensing your distress Felix scooted closer wrapping a hand around you carefully. "It's fine if you don't want to talk about it," He whispered placing a kiss on top of your head.

You whimpered at his words as tears threatened to fall. "I, umm, Mom, she used to hit me... She used to hurt me, torture me. I have been abused since childhood. She let out her frustration and anger on me. And o-nce," you choked on your tears and Chan quickly took you onto his lap securing you in his arms. You took a few seconds before continuing, "Once she was very angry... It was my 13th birthday and I had won a basketball championship that day. I rushed home to show her my trophy. But she, she threw my trophy and yelled at me a lot. She said she regretted having me and wished I were dead... And she hit me with a chair, I-I" Your body trembled as you recollected those painful memories that you wanted to forget, "I begged her to sto-p. But she ignored my pleas as she continued beating me with a rod... I was in so much pain, I cried out loud and begged her to stop, but she didn't,  she kept hitting me until I lost consciousness... I woke up in a hospital bed, found out that my mom went back to Korea, my shoulder bones had broken and I wouldn't be able to play basketball again..." You let out a shaky breath snuggling closer to Chan's chest. The boys had tears in their eyes. Felix and Jisung were already crying. You sobbed in his chest while he kept caressing your hair. "Shh, it's fine... You're safe with us, nobody is going to hurt you... You have got us, we will be with you,"