You Never Walk Alone

Chapter 8

Hye-da gasped as soon as her brain registered the scene in front of her, the two boys that she swore to protect were currently getting beat with their foster father's belt.

Chung-doh stared at the orphanage owners in shock, the bloodied up belt still in his hands, he had forgotten that the two were coming for their monthly check, and he had absolutely lost control today and had forgotten all about not hurting Yoongi and Taehyung in ways which would leave physical scars. Yeong-ho was boiling with anger, he marched up to Chung-doh and punched him in the face, Hye-da acted fast and immediately called the police, after which she gently picked the children up one by one and took them to another room to bandage them, but while bandaging them, she couldn't help but feel guilty and feel like she had betrayed the trust of the two.

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When Yoongi opened his eyes, he was in an eerily familiar room, he sat up and looked around, letting out a sigh of relief after spotting his dongsaeng peacefully sleeping next to him.

"Yoongi-ah! You're awake!" A voice exclaimed from beside him, the eight-year-old immediately looked at that direction to see Hye-da, the latter rushed up to him and engulfed him in a hug, "I'm sorry for sending you two away with that man." She said.

"It's okay, noona, just please don't ever send us away ever again." Yoongi flashed her a gummy smile. Suddenly, something collided with Yoongi and Hye-da.

"I missed you, noona." A small voice squeaked from behind Yoongi.

"I missed you too, Taetae." Hye-da cooed, booping the six-year-olds nose.

"Having a group hug without me, I see." Yeong-ho chuckled from the door frame, both the boys jumped down from the bed and rushed to the orphanage headmaster.

"Thank you for saving us, hyung-nim." Yoongi smiled.

"Yeah, you are like the Anpanman!" Taehyung squealed, hugging Yeong-ho.

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"Jinnie! What happened to your arm?!" Kwang-hyok, Jin's best friend, screeched, pointing at the nine-year-old's arm which was in a cast and sling.

"It's nothing, Kwangie," Jin laughed a little, "I just tripped and fell down the stairs, you know, clumsy me."

"You expect me to believe that?" Kwang-hyok raised an eyebrow.

"Huh?"

"You have been saying the same thing for the past four years! You always use this excuse for every injury you get, even the clumsiest people don't fall down the stairs that much! Tell me the real reason." Kwang-hyok said, but then he got closer to Jin and whispered, "Was it your dad again?"

Jin just stared at the ground in reply.

"So it was! Gosh, Jinnie, that's it! I'm telling the teachers, they have to do something about this, this is not good!" Kwang-hyok exclaimed.

"No! Kwangie, please, don't tell anyone, the last time that happened, we all got beat up so much, Kookie even ended up in the hospital for a few days! Please don't tell the teachers." Jin pleaded.

"See, Kookie ended up in the hospital because of that dad of yours, it's not normal and good, do you see any of our classmates going through the same thing?" Kwang-hyok asked.

"N-no..." Jin replied, his gaze wandering off.

"Then? Please, you have to tell the teachers, they'll do something." Kwang-hyok said.