Finding comfort ~ Yang Jungwon ff

{07}

School was over and I was sitting with Jungwon on a bench in a park near my house. He bought banana milk, strawberry milk and a bag of chips. He put the straw in the strawberry milk and gave it to me. "Thank you..." I say. "So do you wanna talk about it?" He asks. I think about it. "I do...but I don't know if I can." I say unsure frowning. "It's okay take your time putting everything in its place. I'm here if you want to say something." Jungwon says smiling and now turning straight. "Mhm...Thank you..." I say. We just sit there silently for a few minutes and the sky starts turning gray with heavy clouds. "I think it will rain soon..." Jungwon says, "So let's get you home." he adds. "Okay" I answer. We walk to my house, and we stop in front of the door to the building. "Here you are." he says smiling lightly. "oh we're here already...thank you for walking me home..." I say. "Sorry for being a bit absent minded." I add. "It's okay. I didn't expect you to be too present...welp I'm a bit hungry so i'm going home now, here is my number. Call or text me if you need me okay?" He says handing over a paper with his number on. "Okay" I answer taking the paper from his hands. He turns around about to walk away but is stopped by a voice. "Would you like to stay for dinner?" someone says from behind me. We turn around and we see U-Jin walking down the stairs with bags of trash in his hands. "Oh, anyeonghaseyo hyung..." Jungwon says while bowing deep. "Anyeong Jungwon-ah" U-jin says smiling. "Ah, hi, not working tonight?" Yeong-joo asks in english. "Nah, and I have the day off tomorrow as well, but im going out with some friends." he answers in english. "Woah, you speak fluent english?! That's so cool. And I would love to stay over for dinner." Jungwon rants. "Sure, then come on in." U-jin says after throwing the trash away. "I'll just send my mother a text." Jungwon says while taking his phone. 

They arrive in their appartment and Yeong-joo goes straight to her room, checking her eyes and splashing her face with water. Then she changes in some comfortable clothes. She goes to the living room and sits on the couch tapping it as a sign for Jungwon to come sit. Jungwon sits down next to her and says some things about school. Yeong-joo laughs with him. Half an hour later U-jin tells them to come sit at the table and calls Yoobin: "YAH, Yoobin come here food's ready!!". Yoobin comes out of his room all groggy impliying he just woke up from a nap. He stretches himself out and washes his hands half asleep and sits at the table, finally openig his eyes. He looks straight into Jungwons eyes. He just stares at him with wide eyes. "Yah, Yoobin, say hello?" Yeong-joo says. "Y-you! What are you doing here? You made my sister cry!" He yells standing back up. U-jin slaps his head lightly. "ah Yoobin mumbles" exagerating. "Yoobin, talk politely. He did not." U-jin says. "Hello..."Jungwon says. "Hmph" Yoobin exhales. They eat and then Yoobin goes to his room. U-jin goes to sleep because he had a long workday. While Yeong-joo goes to her own room and takes Jungwon with her. 

"So..." Yeong-joo says. "Hmm?" Jungwon answers. "Come sit on the bed." Yeong-joo says. Jungwon sits on the bed and just looks at Yeong-joo. "You know, I transferred here not too long ago from America. Well that is because my parents died not too long before we left. We came here because we wanted to flee the painful places filled with all our memories, but also because we wanted to explore our roots. We were born here but moved to America when we were about five or six years old. "Oh, so that's why you speak both languages fluently..." he says. "Yeah." I answer. "My parents got killed and it still hurts a lot." I say tears welling up. "I get that...and that's completely fine, it will keep hurting, I can tell you that. Do you want to tell me how they died?" He asks while rubbing my back. "Yes but maybe another time? I think it's a little much today..." I say looking at my hands which are now shaking lightly. Jungwon takes my hands and holds them. I lay my head on his shoulder and we watch a movie. 

U-jins pov:

I come home at 2:30AM and check up on Yeong-joo and see Jungwon sitting up in her bed against her backboard with his head on her head sleeping on each other. His phone is ringing. I walk over and look who's calling. It's his mom, so I take his phone and pick up. "Hello, I am Choi U-jin, Yeong-joom's, Jungwons friend, older brother, your son stayed over to eat dinner at our house but he seems to have fallen asleep. Should I wake him up or...?" I whisper. "Oh no it's okay, I just got worried because he didn't answer my texts and it's late...thank you for letting me know, and I hope it's not a burden that he stays over for the night." his mom says. "No no it's really okay!" I assure her. "Okay goodnight then."  she answers. I hang up and put his phone down on the nightstand. I drape a blanket over them and I leave and go to sleep again.