Finding comfort ~ Yang Jungwon ff

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Trigger warning: sort of self-harm

Yeong-joo wakes up and looks for Jungwon. She goes downstairs after brushing her teeth and fixing her hair. But just when she's about to leave she quickly looks in the mirror and she gasps. "Omg! My eyes are so swollen...". She splashes her face with water and then goes downstairs. "Jungwon?" she says. "Oh yeah Yeong-joo, I'm in the kitchen. I made breakfast you can come." he says calling her down. Yeong-joo walks into the kitchen and sits at the kitchen island. She just looks at the food in awe. "Oooh Jungwon you're a good cook aren't you? By the way aren't your parents home?" she asks grabbing a rasberry and putting it in her mouth. He sits opposite of her and puts the toast down in the middle of the table. "My father is always working and my mom has a hobby club on sunday. So we're home alone..." he says taking a bite of the toast. "Ah I see." she says and then also eating. "Btw you live in a big and pretty house...I didn't know you are rich?" she says laughing. "Were really not haha, just a bit" he says also laughing. "Let's go somewhere today..." Jungwon says. "Okay..." Yeong-joo says. They go upstairs and Jungwon gives Yeong-joo some of his clothes but they're pretty baggy on her. " It's okay I like it." she says This is what she was wearing:

They are putting on their shoes when Yeong-joo gets a call. She looks at the caller ID and it's Olivia. "Omg! Jungwon I need to take this call sorry" Yeong-joo says before answering the call after jungwon nodded. 

in English:

"OMG OLIVIA HI HOW ARE YOU? It's been so long gurl-"

"UH yeah??? I've been trying to call you for a whole week babe? But you didn't call back or you didn't pick up..."

"Omg I'm so sorry I've had hectic weeks lately. Did you receive my present?" Jungwon just stands there listening and time to time taking glances of Yeong-joo.

"YESSSSS OMG I LOVE IT THANK YOU SO MUCHHH MUAAHHH!!"

"AAH NO PROB GURL BUT I GTG I'll call you later I promise okayyy? Bye!" I say

"Sorry Jungwon" I say hanging up. "Where do you wanna go?" I ask. "Maybe just a park or something?" he asks. "Or we can go watch a movie?". "OHH yes let's go watch a movie!". They go to a movie theatre and choose a movie. After the movie Jungwon drops me of at home and I call Olivia to catch up.

The next day I'm sitting at my desk listening to music when Sunoo comes inside. He sighs very deeply and lays his head on my desk sitting on the chair in front of me. I take out my earphones and ask him what's wrong. "Yeong-joo" he says while lifting his head up. "Why did you leave yesterday? It was a disaster." he says. "Oh you remind me that my brother called me numerous times yesterday, plus I didn't see him at home? What happened" I say starting to get worried. "We got in trouble with some bullies. And I suggested we run and we did but they followed us and they beat up your brother bad. I was the one who called you through your brothers phone  thinking you would pick up. But I was wrong, we went to the hospital and then we dropped him of at home he fell asleep quickly then me and Do-yun left...Where were you girl?" he says. In the mean time Jungwon had entered and was gaming with some guys as always. At this point I'm freaking out. I grab my stuff and am about to run out when the teacher enters. "Miss Choi where are we going?" he asks me, putting his books down. "Sit down!" he yells. I sit down but run my hands through my hair in frustration. The lesson was soooo long. And I was worried sick the whole time. When the lesson ended I quickly asked Sunoo if he maybe knew the bully from school or anything. He says " He is in our school yeah but Yoobin took the hit for us even when we we're trying to stop him. I feel so bad...". "Su- Sunoo I- I have to go urgently" I say while running out the door pushing two guys away. 

Jungwon POV:

The whole lesson I was distracted by the sighing of Yeong-joo what was wrong? I was planning to ask her in the break between the two lessons but as I was going to her she was already at Sunoo's table and looking him in the eye intensely while asking him some stuff he answered seriously. Someone tapped my shoulder and by the time I shook them off and looked back I saw Yeong-joo push some guys while running outside. One of the guys was baekhyun, he is rich and has good schoolresults but he's pretty bad news and the other one was Min-jun he's a big playboy. 

Yeong-joo POV:

I run home and enter I kick off my shoes and run to Yoobin's room. I throw open the door and look at his bed I see a bump under his blanket indicating he's under it. I approache him a lot slower  now and call out his name softly. "Yoobin-ah..." I see him flinch. "I'm sorry." Is all I say when I stop next to the side of his bed. I feel really bad now that I didn't notice anything. I get a notification and look at it. It's from Sunoo. I look at what he sent me, it's a video and I start watching it. It's from Yoobin being beaten up. I feel tears starting to form and stop watching but I try to stay strong as it must be harder on him rn than on me. I hear muffled sniffles. I slowly pull the blanket away from Yoobin's head and I see him crying hard with red and swollen eyes and his hands over his mouth and nose to not make any sound. I embrace him. "I'm so sorry Yoobin-ah, I'm really sorry. It's all my fault I should've picked up and I shouldn't have left you alone. But I promise I'll fix it. I promise it's gonna be okay." I feel him trembling and I feel myself trembling a bit as wel I'm crying too. "Sorry Yoobin, okay? Can you forgive me?" I say crying he embraces me back even tighter. We stay like that until we calm down. "So Yoobin tell me in detail what happened. I know it's hard but just try." I say still holding him. He tells me the story and I go get two spoons from the freezer. "Here put these on your eyes silly, you look like a clown" I say in a soft tone. We head to school togheter but only after I bandage him up again and I get him a library pass for him to just study all day."Just stay here and study here okay? come to me if something's wrong alr?" I say then I leave it's lunch break rn and I go to the music room.I take Sunoo with me. "Sunoo can you stay with me...? I think I'm gonna cry otherwise."I say. "Is it because of what happened? Don't worry Yeong-joo it'll be okay." he says. I check my phone and see another video Sunoo sent after I watched the other one. "I'm going to the bathroom really quick okay?" he says leaving. "Okay..." I say. I doubt but eventually press on the video. I watch it and put my hand in front of my mouth as I gasp. I cry again. But all of a sudden I can't breath. I start hyperventilating and search for my bag but I left it downstairs. I start freaking out and drop to the floor. I am scrathing my inner thigh roughly until it is bleeding. I hold my hands and I try to shakily grab my phone to call Olivia. After many failed attempts I manage to video call her. She doesn't pick up at first but then does after the second ring. "YO BESTIE, WHAT'S GOI- OMG Yeong-joo are you okay? Is it hyperventilation?" -( I'll put english in bold from now on in convo's) I give her a nod. "OMG uhhh breath! no Olivia...COUNTING! Yeong-joo, Inhale 1,2,3 Exhale 1,2,3 inhale 1,2,3 exhale 1,2,3 inhale 1,2,3 exhale 1,2,3... good job..." she says after I am breathing more stable. "Now tell me what happened, you haven't had this in a while. Is it about U-jin? or did you think abut your parents? What happened?!" she says obviously worried sick. "I don't know what to do Olivia" she says starting to cry. "It's Yoo- Yoobin...He-" I say. I hear they're calling Olivia but for once I don't care. "What about him, did something happen with him?" I hear someone say something on the background. "Is that Yeong-joo? OMG say hi to her from me!" it's her mother I see it from the blond hairs. "Mom now's rlly not the moment." she says. " I'll call you back Olivia I really don't know what to do." I say noticing. "Okay bby call me!" she answers. I hang up and look up. As i look up I lock eyes with someone. "For how long have you been standing there?" Yeong-joo says.