Soulmate System - Minsung

Chapter 20 - Breaking chains

Lee Minho

"I'm so fucking pathetic aren't I?" Jisung suddenly interrupts the silence, taking a small sip from the water bottle I gave him and staring emotionlessly out into the parking lot.

My head whips his direction, a pang hitting my heart with his words. "Sungie... don't say that. You're incredibly strong." I try to soothe him with my words, gently patting his back.

"You only think that because you're my bestfriend and I'm a mess. But even then, I was an asshole to you too." Jisung starts to sniff again, rambling as he lets his eyes fall back down to his lap.

Worried the younger would start to cry again, I wrap an arm around his waist and pull him closer. "Maybe I do think that because I'm your bestfriend, but everyone else thinks so too. And I'll tell you right now, your happiness is all that matters, I don't care if you hate me or love me."

With my explanation, jisung slowly looks up at me, his now messy brown hair shifts in the breeze, his eyes puffy from crying and his nose a bright red. "Really?"

"Mhm." I send him a small smile.

The silence between us returns as jisung looks back to stare at the parking lot. I would give the younger all the time he needed to process everything, it was certainly a lot.

I would need that time as well.

What was important right now is to be ready for him.

Despite the awkwardness that still loomed between us, I was determined to make sure jisung would be okay in the end. 2 years was no joke and I knew how much he loved that cheater. I wouldn't blame him for feeling broken.

This was a massive heartbreak for me as well.

I saw it all happen.

I saw the color leave his face, the way he crumbled to the ground, the way he cried into my arms for god knows how long.

I would always be here to silently comfort him, whenever he needed it.

However, apart from the heartbreak, an insane amount of rage had boiled inside of me. It was almost uncontrollable, I was stuck between the options of destroying Baekho or comforting jisung.

A part of me knew that Baekho was a bad person since the beginning, and that jisung was who really needed my time instead. But it was still hard to fight the urge to beat him to a pulp.

I mean, how could one be that cruel?

Jisung was an amazing person. He was never less than the perfect boyfriend. He cared and loved that man so much.

What gave him the right to let that all go? To cheat nonetheless.

I was going to kill that Baekho one day.

I wanted to show him how stupid he was to ever mistreat an angel like jisung. How fucking idiotic he is to play with his feelings and to make him cry over and over again.

I warned him I'd come back if he'd ever hurt jisung. To think Baekho was once friends with all of us, trying to appear as the perfect boyfriend, when it was all just a game to him. But now he was going to get it, just like I fucking promised.

I just wanted to rip that stupid smirk off his face and-

Okay deep breaths Minho.

I take in the late evening air. Jisung and I currently sat on a platform under a streetlight, simply staring into the distance.

Jisung had stopped crying after all while, resorting to emotionlessly staring. Making me feel a level of concern, but that was a part of acceptance and I knew it.