Sincerely, Yours [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 11

Heechul's POV

Jeongsu removed his shirt and sat in front of me without looking at me, I look at him in shock, his whole body is so thin and fragile, he has some nasty scars on his body, which makes me feel disgusted by his father. 

There is one new bruise forming on his ribs, I touch it slightly, not wanting to hurt him, he shudders at my touch and the first thought that comes into my mind is that he is cold.

I take the AC controller and turn it off, I then take clean clothes and wrap ice in it and apply it slowly on the bruise. He flinches and looks up at me for the first time. Our eyes meet and I stop, because he looks genuinely scared.

I turn my gaze away from him and onto his wounds which needs attention. After icing it for a while, I use another cloth to dry him and then apply the medicine. The whole time, Jeongsu sits still, as if he is a statue. He doesn't say anything or even moves, he keeps staring at his lap.

This makes me concerned, but then I hear him say in a small broken voice, "thank you." and then he gets up and walks back into his room without looking at me. I stare at his back and when he is out of sight, I let out a sigh. 

I am worried about him but I don't know how should I help or does he even need me to help. What if he thinks I am just meddling in his business? I sigh once again and rub my palm across my face before  getting up to clean everything. 

When I am done, I go to my room and start reading a novel. I am almost finished reading a chapter when I get a call from my girlfriend Taeyeon. She is asking me to go to her place for the night since no one is at her home.

I agree and tell her that we'll meet soon. These days I haven't been able to spend time with her because I was spending time with Jeongsu. I am excited to meet her so I quickly get changed into black jeans and a gray hoodie. 

After I am done I walk out of my room and look at Jeongsu's door, I take a deep breath and knock lightly on the door. I hear a small voice saying, "come in" and I go inside. 

"Hey um...I just wanted to tell you I am going out and won't be back until tomorrow afternoon." I say and I see him blink once, twice and then he nods.

I wait for him to say something, I don't know why but I feel guilty, I know we are married just so we can protect him but 'marriage' is a strong word. It does thing to people.

Jeongsu opens his mouth and says, "whe-" He stops and shakes his head before saying, "Okay. "

I gulp, I feel like I should tell him where I am going, what I am going to do but I don't, I just walk out of the door after waving him bye.

As soon as I am out of the house, I let out a breath, It feels weird, He didn't look good, as if he was sick, he looked pale and -- I shake my head, He is an adult he can take care of himself. 

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When I reach Taeyeon's house, she envelops into a hug which I return, and then we are kissing, I put my hand around her waist and pull her closer to me, a soft moan comes out of her mouth and I guide her well around her house which I am familiar with to her bedroom.

A while later, we are on her bed, Taeyeon is sleeping and I lay beside her looking at her, the only light in the bedroom was the lamp beside her bed glowing warm yellow, I smile and tuck a strand of hair beside her ear. I turn so that I am laying flat on the bed, I close my eyes and Jeongsu's image when I told him bye comes into my mind. 

I am worried, because of how sick he looked, I take my phone from the bedside stand and I go into chats. My thumb hovers above Jeongsu's name, I want to text him, ask him if he is okay or not. 

After Thinking for a while, I decide to text him.

Jeongsu

Hey. Are you ok--

Hey, Did you--

I can't find the right words to text him, so I drop the idea of texting him, I place my phone away and decide to sleep, convincing myself that he is an adult and he can take of himself. I close my eyes and fall asleep.

This was the thing I will come to regret in future. 
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Rei's Note: 

Short chapter, I know. I finally got the time to write so here you go. I wrote this in mid lecture so if there are mistakes forgive me.