Heal

Chapter Six

"Where were you?" A voice asked as the living room lights flicked on. Her heart froze.
She had expected something like this to happen and what ever he had coming for her, she would take it with open arms.

"I was at the study session." Han-eun answered carefully. She was simply making matters for herself even worse because she knew her father knew she was lying.

"Want to try again?"

"I was out with a friend."
She suddenly felt a stinging pain settled on her right cheek. Tears stung her eyes.
"What friends?" He demanded.
"What for?" He added as he slapped Han-eun right across the face once more.
The girl stumbled backwards and hit back against the wall.

Han-eun managed to open her eyes and her mother, Han Sol, enters the room and sees her daughter in distress but keeps her head down and tends to her husband.
Han-eun's father shoves his wife away and attacks Han-eun once more.
He pulls her hair and knocks her against the wall. Causing Han-eun to let out a distraught cry.

"Answer me!" He practically yelled at her.
Han-eun whimpered as her head throbbed agonisingly.

"Because, she didn't have transport to go home."

"How is that your problem?" He asked again, his hand fisting her hair and yanking her head back earning a cry from the younger.
Han-eun kept quiet and took his beatings.

Regardless of the unpleasant aftermath of disobeying her father, Han-eun was content. She was in intense pain but everytime Willow flashed in her mind, all that seemed to dissolve away. 

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Han-eun collapsed on her bed with her whole body aching and tears streaming down her face as her body tingled in pain.
She slowly closed her eyes and passed out. Trapping herself in a endless cycle of nightmares.

"𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢." 𝐻𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝐻𝑎𝑛-𝑒𝑢𝑛. 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟.
𝐻𝑎𝑛-𝑒𝑢𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑤 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑.
𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟. 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚. 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚.
𝐹𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑝 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒.

"𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦, 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚."

"𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡." 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑡. 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑎𝑛-𝑒𝑢𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑛-𝑒𝑢𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦. 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐻𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦. 𝐻𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑛.

"𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓𝑓." 𝐻𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑.
𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑘 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟.
𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠.

"𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑜." 𝐻𝑎𝑛-𝑒𝑢𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑑.
𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟.
𝐻𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡. 𝐻𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠.
𝐻𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙. 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝.

Han-eun shuddered and whimpered in her sleep. She felt like she was reliving her dream. She felt his hands roam her body and his hot breath against her neck.

With sweat beaded on her forehead, Han-eun woke up breathing heavily. She looked over at the night watch on her lamp next to her it was 1:56 a.m. She wouldn't be able to get any sleep after this.
She reached over to grab her sleeping pills which, most of the time, did not help.
Her medication made her antsy everytime she took them. All jittery and taking a shower often calmed her down.

She shoved a few of them in her mouth without any water. With a sigh, she crawled out of her bed and went to her bathroom. Han-eun was glad she had an ensuite bedroom because if she did not, Ahn Sunho, her father, would so much more harm to her than a few punches in the gut.

She turned on the shower tap and once the water got warm enough, she slipped in and let the hot water hit her back.
She fisted she hair and she let out a sigh of relief.
At some point in her life Han-eun justified her father's actions. He was fixing her. She was an abomination. She chose to tell her father that she likes women and not men.
She shouldn't have told if she knew he would harass her that way he did for the past five years.

As for today...
She had never enjoyed being with someone. She felt like she was herself. Even though she and Willow barely knew each other. Han-eun couldn't accentuate it enough to express how good she felt around Willow. The way Willow looked at her and blushed made her body heat up and her heart skip beats.
Willow's voice sounded sweet even though she barely spoke. Han-eun understood that. Willow wasn't very trusting of people and especially Han-eun who is "friends" with the people that make fun of her.

"Why would I ask her to be my friend." Han-eun groaned punching the glass window of her shower.
Willow had gracefully declined but she did say she was going to think about it.
What will happen on Monday? Will Willow approach Han-eun and tell her she'd like for them to be friends?

"No she won't." Han-eun answered out loud.
"I'm so stupid to think Willow will want to have a friend like me." She mumbled under her breath as she stepped out of the shower carefully so she couldn't slip.

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Hi guys! Uhm I didn't edit this chapter, forgive me for any grammatical errors.