endure me | minsung

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Minho motioned his head towards the kitchen, telling jisung to follow behind him.

the boy followed behind minho, hands dragging along the wall since he was still tired and overwhelmed from crying earlier.

minho led jisung to his chair and went into the smaller room next door to grab some clothes he could lend to his new housemate.

minho pulled open a draw, a creaky one. it seemed to have not been opened in a while.

he yanked the drawer hard, harder then he should, and flew into the walls behind him.

he cracked his neck and reached into the draw, pulling out a couple shirts and 2 pairs of trousers before quickly stuffing them back in and slamming the drawer shut. he recognised the clothes, they belonged to his younger brother, Felix. he didn't want anyone else touching them. especially not jisung.

his hand went to a pile of his old clothes and opened the door back into the kitchen, met with the sight of jisung pulling himself up on the wooden chair.

when minho went into the other room, as jisung went to pull out the chair to the kitchen table, he had slipped on the tiled floor, his slippers without grips didn't really help.

"ahh. sorry" jisung said pulling himself up, wiping his face.

minhos whole body froze.

jisung pushed up his circular glasses and wiped his hand across his smooth face. his face had a slight cut across his left cheek, he must've scratched it on the table when he fell.

minhos mind raced, Felix.. he'd had a cut like that not too long ago.

minhos mind snapped out of it, racing over to the younger dropping the clothes he'd brought out.

"are you okay? here let me- mom! mom he-hes bleeding. mom!?"

minhos mother came running in panicked.

"minho you scared me! its just a little cut?"

minho gulped once again.

1 year and 2 months ago

"Mark! hes in here"

a larger, yet strong boy, yelled as he ran through the corridor.

"the little shit." mark said, pushing against as wooden classroom door.

Felix panicked, he began to shake and his breathing was getting faster and heavier by the second. he pulled himself to the back of the classroom by the tables. closing his eyes, he had nowhere to go.

"why the fuck are you running? your skinny little legs barely get you across the school in time for class. no wonder your grades are so bad" the larger boy shouted at him.

Felix dug around in his pants pockets, looking for his inhaler desperately.

mark ran towards him as the little boy pulled out his blue inhaler.

mark smacked it straight out of his hand.

"fetch. go on. you seem to be able to get on your knees for so many other boys. why not me huh?" mark laughed, leaning down to him.

Felix squinted. he bent down and fell to his knees, grabbing his inhaler. he'd never done anything like what mark said. never in his life, but he didn't have a choice.

"get it faggot." the other boy said, as kids from school pooled in through the door, running to see the drama that everyone was talking about.

"look at him!" "what the hell" "ewww! that's so gay" the kids shouted over towards Felix.

Felix grabbed his inhaler and attempted to run off, but mark had other ideas.

he grabbed Felix by the shoulder and slammed him against the wall. almost knocking him straight out, Felix sat on the floor with a slice ono his face, and blood on the back of his head where it had met the wall.

"shit we need to get out of here" the other boy said, ushering everyone out the door before grabbing make himself.

Felix sat there. the sun from the window shining over his eyes in the now empty classroom. he sat there, crying.

a few moments later, the classroom door swung open again, making Felix jump.

"lix? lix. shit." minho said sliding the tables out of his way to get to his little brother who sat weak on the floor.

he knew Felix was getting bullied, but he didn't know it was that bad.

minho placed his bag on the floor and caressed Felix' face, wiping the blood before pulling him close to him.

"m-minnie?" Felix whined

"its okay its okay. moms on her way."

Felix rested his head into minhos shoulder.

"thank you Minnie."

minho looked up at the ceiling trying his hardest to stop tears from falling from his water filled eyes.

"shhh lixie its okay don't thank me" minho whispered

"w-what if they come get m-" Felix said, being interrupted by minho grabbing his bruised chin.

"they won't touch you again. if they do you tell me. okay?" he said looking straight into Felix's tear-filled bloodshot eyes.

Felix nodded.

present day

jisung sat with minho with the slice on his face, he looked around sheepishly.

"I know. sorry. I just- I think he needs a bandaid or something."

minhos mom nods, reaching into the drawer behind her.

jisungs hand rests slowly upon minhos, trying to pull himself up.

minho removes his hand from under jisung, pulling him up by the arms.

jisung sits down as minhos mother comes back over to him, placing the bandaid along his cut.

minhos hand finds its way to the back of jisungs head, resting it in his hair without noticing.

jisung turned to minho and let out a little smile.

"thanks Minnie" he said, letting out a slight smile.

Minhos heart shattered.