Love on ice || sunghoon ff

icy backstory

We were both in the car in silence, he was driving we were on our way back home after a skating session when he spoke, his voice snapped me out of my day dream.
"Sorry, can I ask, when you said a while back 'you don't have parents' if you don't mind my asking, what happened to them..? "

"It's... Complicated... And pretty long... "
"We have time..." he replied casually and quickly added "As long as you're comfortable sharing this matter to me... Obviously. "
"Yeah, i don't really mind, I'm comfortable it's just a painful subject kind of... "
"Sorry I asked then. "
"No, no it's alright, I'll tell you. "
Then, I began my long complicated story.

(Authors note: both their stories are very  dark. You have been warned. Please keep reading though I work hard on these chapters 😅)

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"My parents were explorers sent to explore creatures in the Amazon forest... They left when I was 4 and a half and haven't come back, people started to believe they were dead when I turned 7. I still believe there is some hope though... My parents don't have siblings therefore I have no aunts, uncles or any other relatives so since my parents and Jennie's parents were friends since I was born I had to live there, which I was extremely excited about don't get me wrong, living with my best friend I've known since I was born, I would've still been a lot happier if my parents were still here. I didn't understand much back then but I knew I missed them a lot! Her parents are incredibly kind and took me in with open arms, I moved out at 16 and got a job as a waitress to live in my parents house Until now, without my parents of course. "
He looked at me in daze.
"That's one dark backstory... Thanks for telling me... I know it's hard. "

''What about you? If you don't mind telling, and if it doesn't hurt or... You know... Just don't tell me if you don't want to"
He chuckled and nodded
"I'll tell you.''

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"I was born in an incredibly abusive household--"
"Woaahh hold on that's already terrible!"
"--And had to mature very quickly. My parents are world wide wanted criminals which means we moved about every week or month depending on if we were lucky-"
"WHAT? CRIMINALS? BUT HOW YOU'RE SO KIND!"
"My parents hit me, burned me, cut him and all that sort of stuff.
" HUH?! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!"
"Yes very abusive I did warn you... But I moved out at 13 when I had enough of the abuse and moved in with a friend in secrecy-"
"That's crazy! where did you live if it was secret and his parents didn't know? "

He sighed and replied:
"In his attic. "
"That must've been so uncomfortable,did you still go to school? "
"Yes, I did, his parents left for work much earlier than when school started. "
"Oh wow that's still uncomfortable though right? "
"while my friend brought me food and shelter, I was very grateful but also realized he was slowly taking advantage of my desperation for a place to live--"
"Oh-"
"Are you telling the story or am I?!"
"Sorry go on. "
"So he became manipulative, when I did something my friend didn't like, he threatened to tell his parents that I was a 'homeless criminal and broke in to live there' which was partly true, I was homeless but I'm not a criminal and I didn't break in, he also threatened to call the police, which caused me to flee from that living style at 15."
"Your life was so much darker... "
"Yeah.. "
"Anyway, go on. "
"I was old enough to work at my gramps farm until I was 16."
"Wouldn't he tell your parents? "
"No he was disappointed in them and disowned them early on. "
"Wasn't he abusive as well? "
"No, only verbally but as he got older he got kinder so it was ok."
"Ah ok- but... For how long did you live there? "
"I stayed there until I turned 16, then I got a part time job as a part time skate instructor.
I also did some performances which made me some extra money. Now I live in a decent apartment. And that's it. "
I looked at him with mixed emotions, daze, respect, pitty and many others.
"That's so much darker than mine! I'm here for you now though ok? You're not alone now. And I think it's super cool you matured at such a young age. You're really brave. "
He chuckled.
"Thank you. "