When Scars Becomes Art | Jaywon

01.

Jungwon's POV

(Video Call)

"Oh, so you do remember how to answer a phone. You made me use up my whole mobile data, you know?" Sunoo said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

He sighed. "Anyways, I'm super excited to see you. I'll literally take you around whole Manila as soon as you arrive," he chuckled.

"Let's go then, only if it's your treat," I said jokingly—

"What happened to your face?! Why do you suddenly look like a Dalmatian?" he exclaimed, noticing my bruises.

I sighed. Incoherent as always.

"The thing is, some jerk congratulated me and then called my sister a btch, whre, gold digger, prosti, the entire lot," I said, just answering his question.

"What do you mean?" he asked, confused.

"He said congratulations and that I should thank my sister's daddy/boyfriend because he's the reason I got to study there. And he really thought he needed to add more, saying 'It must have been worth it for your sister to leave you guys, huh?' Then there, who wouldn't hit him?" I explained.

"That motherfcker. He should be thankful I wasn't there, or I'd have dealt with him myself," he said. "But wait, where's the whre, b*tch, etc. part there?" he added.

Choppy, again.

"Of course, Sun, it's all the same thing," I said, rolling my eyes. My blood boiled just recalling it.

"Alright then, let's just talk later. The plane's here," I said. We bid farewell and ended the call.

(On the Plane)

I looked out the window.

While zoning out, everything suddenly hit me.

The dizziness from the alcohol and lack of sleep, the stingy pain from the fresh wounds on my face, the doubt that he might be right about my sister, the worry if Lola's just doing alright.

I scrunched up my face to push the thoughts away. I just grabbed my earphones and listened to some music.

~~~

I didn't realize I had fallen asleep until the stewardess informed us that the plane was about to land.

I looked out the window.

The sun was about to set already. The trip took quite a while, probably around 4-5 hours or so.

...

"Won!!!!!" Sunoo shouted as he ran to me and hugged me really tight while Heeseung hyung behind him smiled at me.

"How have you been? How's grandma? Are you okay? Are you hungry? Do you still remember Heeseung hyung? And me? You've grown so much," he asked question after question.

I was shocked when he suddenly grabbed my face with his two hands.

"Ouch!!" I winced in pain.

"Oh sorry, I forgot," he chuckled. "But wait, don't you look like you've lost weight. Never mind, at least your cheeks are still fluffy," he said with a smile.

"Look who's talking," I said, jokingly rolling my eyes.

"I think you should just continue your chat later. People are staring," Heeseung hyung said. We just laughed and left afterwards.

~~

We chatted about a bunch of things. I really missed having this with them.

Sunoo hasn't changed at all. He's still the same Sunoo I met in middle school. Still playful and his mental age is also stuck in middle school, lol.