Where I Found Home ||| Ateez (Yunwoo)

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While Wooyoung waits for food, he starts to think about his friends. He should really tell them what happened, shouldn't he?

He gets up to go grab his phone while Yunho isn't looking and sends his friends a text in the group chat.

Wooyoung: Hey guys. Do you maybe want to come over and talk?

San: Are you going to yell at us again?

Wooyoung deserves that. He knows he does...

Wooyoung: No. I'm ready to tell you both everything.

Yeosang: Thank you. We've been really worried Youngie.

Wooyoung: I know, I'm sorry.

San: When do you want us over?

Wooyoung: I'll talk to Yunho. Maybe tonight if that works for you?

Yeosang: Yes, that's fine.

San: I can do that too.

Yunho walks into the living room with their food and sees Wooyoung on his phone. "Is everything okay, Baby?"

Wooyoung looks up and nods. "I invited Yeosang and San over. I'm ready to talk to them... I think."

"I think that's a good idea. But you are going to eat first!" Yunho instructs.

Wooyoung laughs and lets his friends know they can come over then grabs a plate to eat.

Yunho stays close by him, watching him constantly for any shifts or changes.

But Wooyoung seems pretty calm and content, especially after eating.

When San and Yeosang get there, they look a little nervous as they step inside.

"Hey." Wooyoung says with a small smile.

"Hey, yourself." Yeosang frowns a little.

Wooyoung motions for them to follow him to the living room, where he sits in the corner and pulls his knees to his chest.

"I'm going to let you guys talk," Yunho says as he stands to head upstairs.

Wooyoung sighs and looks at his friends. "Do you guys remember my ex? The one I had a toxic relationship with before I met you guys?"

San and Yeosang nod.

"His name is Huta. Or was Huta. He goes by Minhyuk now. He was... not very nice to me."

Yeosang shifts in place. "What happened?"

"He used to... rape... me and beat me. I ended things with him when I found out my grandfather paid him to do all of that stuff..."

Yeosang and San stand up and run to sit next to Wooyoung and hold him.

"Oh Youngie," San says with tears in his eyes. "I am so sorry. You didn't deserve that."

"That's who punished me at the club. I recognized him and now he is taunting me."

San and Yeosang gasp. "He's here?? That's..." Yeosang trails off. "Why didn't you tell us?"

"Because I've never told anyone about what he did to me..." Wooyoung looks down at his shaking hands. "It was... is... too painful for me to talk about. It was easier for me to keep it to myself because then I could forget about it or pretend it didn't happen."