Straykids OS (Book)

Black hole pt. 2

Ship: Hyunin
Triggers/Warnings: metion of character death (hes not, just wait and read), bullying

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That same day, he sat in his boss's office and hoped she would agree, which she finally did with a little smile.

the day of the show

Hyunjin nervously walked through his dressing room, not knowing how the seven would react if he suddenly stood in front of them again. He has a speech prepared that he will say after all the modeling, but only when he's in some more comfortable clothes. Ten minutes before the show started, his boss came to him and told him that his best friends were there. Hyunjin had to hold back his tears so as not to start crying right away because he still has this cruel feeling of guilt inside him that sometimes takes away his breath.

And so the show began. The models walked up and down for a whole two hours, showing dresses, skirts, pants, T-shirts, shirts and much more, until Ms. Nalin, Hyunjin's boss, also the designer and inventor of these outfits, went on stage to tell the people that, before the party started, one of their models had something to say and he would come back to the stage shortly. She told the audience that they also had seven special guests, not in the sense of sponsors, but seven normal guys who were there for a specific reason, but she wasn't allowed to name it.

And so Hyunjin walked back onto the stage, already changed and wearing more subtle make-up.

"Hello, good evening everyone. My name is Sam... and it's probably very confusing for all of you that one of the models would even come up with the idea and stand here and have the mood to talk when there is a party waiting. That's not really my intention to let you all wait unnecessary, but as Ms. Nalin said, we have seven special guests here today, they are not special or important to you, but to me, these seven are Mr. Bang, Mr. Lee, Mr. Seo, Mr. Han, Mr. Lee, Mr. Kim and finally Mr. Yang. Something bad happened to these seven young gentlemen a few years ago.

I'm sure you all remember this tragic accident that was all over the news and the dead man named Hwang Hyunjin.. Uhm... this accident... well... how do I say that... I am... Hwang Hyunjin and as you can all see, I'm not dead, but alive down to the last bone in my body... before you judge me, hate me or anything like that, please let me explain. I didn't have it easy before... it all started in elementary school, the kids there teased me and bullied me because of my full and plump lips.

They made me gradually start to hate them. The older I got, the prettier I became - or so others tell me - but that didn't stop the bullying. The children and teenager at all the schools where I went attacked me and made sure that I started to hate myself, to hate that I am the way I am!

At the age of nineteen I moved to another school where, in my first course, I was approached by two boys who are here today. It was Mr. Lee Minho and Mr. Lee Felix... the two of them gave me the feeling again that the way I am isn't wrong. On the same day, I met the rest of my best friends, namely Mr. Bang Chan, Mr. Seo Changbin, Mr. Han Jisung, Mr. Kim Seungmin and at the very end, Mr. Yang Jeongin.. These seven boys accepted me as I was, they didn't judge me for my looks, for my behavior, for simply nothing, they gave me the feeling that everything that happened had to happen so that I could find them and become friends with them.

However, I didn't have my peace there either, months later the bullying started at this school, the students were jealous of me and my looks as well as the fact that Minho and Felix became friends with me and not with them and so I got to know the whole group and saw them as my best friends. I... I changed within a few months, I became quiet while there was this one thought that kept getting louder and louder. This thought that said 'Hyunjin.. just end it...'

I tried to fight this thought for a long time, until that day with the accident.. I actually had an accident, but my car wasn't so damaged that it caught fire.. but I made sure that it caught fire.. m-made sure that it looked like I didn't get out in time and died.. I-I just needed this, this peace with myself... I stood... that day a few meters away from the scene of the accident and then I saw how my friends were devastated..

I-I wanted to run to them and show them that I was fine.. but I couldn't... I had to make it look like I took my own life... I-I... I-I'm not asking you to forgive me... because I can't do that myself... but I want to make sure that you know truth... the truth that I still exist and I'm fine..." he sobbed, and with these words he ran from the stage to his dressing room, where he cried his soul out, what he had forbidden himself to do before the others knew the truth.

Of course, Hyunjin no longer noticed how the seven and the audience reacted, but Ms. Nalin did. She herself was moved to tears because she now knew the whole whole story and so was the audience... and his best friends, they were crying just as hard as he was in his dressing room, so she decided to go up to the seven and then leading them to Hyunjin. "Hey... follow me... I'll take you to Hyunjin..." without saying anything, the seven followed Ms. Nalin to Hyunjin.

She knocked, but at first there was no answer. All they could hear was the boy's heartbreaking sobs. "Sammy.. there are a few guests here who want to come and see you.. can you please open the door?" She asked and seconds later you heard rustling from the inside and Hyunjin's broken voice. "O-one m-moment.. p-please..." was all he said and seconds later the door opened and Hyunjin stood in front of them with red and swollen eyes.

When he saw the seven, tears immediately formed in them again. "Come on.. let them in.. you have a lot to talk about.. you need that.. you know that as well as I do.. so let's go.." She said and so Hyunjin steps aside and let the others in his dressing room and Ms. Nalin closed the door.

tbc.

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I hope you like it, and I'm sorry if it made some of you cry!!! It wasn't my intention!

Bye bye.

Tayla♡