𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙊𝙉 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙈𝙔 𝙎𝘾𝘼𝙍𝙎 / 𝙃.𝙃𝙔𝙐𝙉𝙅𝙄𝙉 𝙓 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙀𝙍

chapter 15; " pick up "

September 30, 8:01 AM

Y/n had a flashback of the shitty things she went through her heart dropped as her hands started shaking. 'Fuck, why now?' She cussed, trying to calm herself down before Hyunjin noticed it. 'These shitty memories always flow back in such bad moments' Y/n thought to herself, forcing her hands to stay still.

Hyunjin's eyes landed on her hands which were now gripping the end of her shorts.
"Is something making you uncomfortable?" He asked, eyes on the road. "None of your buisness" she replied sternly. This act wasn't uncommon so Hyunjin didn't get offended by it or anything but he still wanted to play along with the rude act, but before he could say anything his phone rang, since it was connected to the car he just accepted the call from tablet of the car.

"Hyunjin, are you going to the mall today?" A male voice asked, the contact name was "Na B". Y/n assumed he was too lazy to write the rest of the name.

"Yeah, after dropping a friend off" Hyunjin answered him, "cool, can you pick me up on the way? The manager is calling me early" The man asked, Hyunjin rolled his eyes even though he couldn't see it. "When did you start gluing on to me? I never said we were friends, catch a cab for all I care" Hyunjin spoke with a stern tone.
"Come on, you know I'm closer to your father, we should be able to talk to eachother like friends!" He whined through the call.
"Don't even try to call me your friend, stay visible so I can pick you up closer to the mal-" before he could continue he was cut off. "Thanksss!!" His tone changed quickly and he hung up.

"Are you too lazy to type out their full names?" Y/n asked Hyunjin. "If you're so interested why don't you call him and ask for his name" Hyunjin answered, earning a glare from Y/n. "Listen, his house is around here so I don't wanna go back to his house after dropping you off, can I just pick him up right now?" Hyunjin asked, even though it's his car he was still asking for a permission. "Do whatever you want, it's not like I own this car is it?" Y/n rolled her eyes and looked at the car's air conditioner. "Can you lower the ac? It's cold" Y/n asked, Hyunjin's hands went up and lowered it before he stopped infront the apartments. Hyunjin locked Y/n's side of the door so that the man he was picking up wouldn't try to open the passenger seat door. Y/n noticed the act and couldn't help but to force herself to keep her smile in.

"Yoooo" The man got in, comfortably sitting at the back of the car seat as if it isn't his first time being in a luxurious car like this.

"Shut your mouth, keep quiet or ill throw you off" Hyunjin coldly replied. "Yeah, goodmorning to you to- woah you have a girlfriend???" He cut himself off trying to get a closer look at Y/n's face.

"Byeongho, keep your hands to yourself" Hyunjin spoke, his tone was a scary one which made Byeongho take his hands back to himself. The sudden name announcement made Y/n shudder.

'Byeongho? His contact name was Na- wait a fucking minute' Y/n realized the situation. 'Shit shit shit' Y/n's eyes traveled around the car, trying her best not to look at him.

"Y/n, we turn here right?" Hyunjin asked her, her face became empty as Byeongho furrowed his eyebrows at the familiar name. "Mhm, can you speed up a little? I have to help my dad out" Y/n asked Hyunjin, trying her best to hide her face.

"By any chance, did you go to Saebom high-school?" Byeongho asked, you couldn't tell what he was plotting but after the traumatic past of Y/n, she did not want to lay her eyes on him ever again. Hyunjin got irritated by the questions Byeongho was giving Y/n. "You're being too nosy, are you sure you don't want a few broken bones?"

"Come on, you denied the fact that she wasn't your girlfriend so I'm just trying to ask her something, her name is familiar so let me at least talk to her" Byeongho whined at Hyunjin. "I don't want to talk to you, why are you so fucking desperate?"
Y/n finally spoke up, confusing the boy.
Y/n wasn't shaking or anything she was furious. "You're Nam Y/n right? Wowww you've grown up a lot!!" He smiled at her when Y/n looked at him with fury in her eyes. "Compared to you, I have a better life than you do" Y/n side eyed him, she wanted to get out of the car and drag him along with her, she wanted to throw him into a corner and beat the shit out of him.

"Woaahh you finally got the guts to talk back?" He laughed at her, Hyunjin felt weird by the weird discussion going on between them. 'Talk back? Was she not allowed to?' He wondered.

"I'll shove that confidence up your ass if you try anything funny with me again" Y/n was now facing the front, she was trying her best to keep her anger to herself but it obviously wasn't working.

"Y/n, you know I'm still in touch with the group? I can't believe you can act like this towards us, after all the times we've spent together. We worked really hard on each mark you know" Byeongho mockingly pouted, referring to the cuts on Y/n's arms. Hyunjin didn't get whatever he was talking about, he thought it was childish of Byeongho to be picking a fight with a girl.

"Sure, call them. I've been wanting to meet them for a while" Y/n spoke with confidence, hiding all of her pain away. She just wanted to leave and never come back. She wanted to beat the shit out of Byeongho until she'd break a bone or two.

Hyunjin then remembered Byeongho's background. He was in the court five times for bullying and almost murdering a 15 year old girl, sexually assaulted a married woman, but was freed because of his father's money.

The dots started to connect as Hyunjin realized who the 15 year old girl was. When hyunjin went to a private school, he would always stumble upon an injured girl. She'd always have an attitude towards him but it never stopped him from worrying about her.

"Awh I miss those days, remember that one time we locked you up in a car?" That was the final straw. Hyunjin gave a quick brake and stopped the car, causing Byeongho's face to hit the back of the seat Y/n was sitting on.

Hyunjin remembered that one time she rescued a girl from a burning car, the realization hit him and he figured that Byeongho was the whole reason for every single situation he saw the girl in.

"Get the fuck off" Hyunjin paused, his right hand on the steering wheel. His tone gave Byeongho the shivers.

"Wha-" before he could finish, Hyunjin hopped off the car and opened the car door on Byeongho's left. He grabbed him by the collar before dragging him out and throwing him harshly on to the ground.

He kept an empty emotion before walking back to his car, getting in and shutting the door. His hand reached out for a water bottle, he twisted the cap open before handing it to Y/n, who was now avoiding eye contact. "I shouldn't have picked him up, right?" Hyunjin tried to soothe things down.

Y/n didn't answer him, she kept silent as they got closer to her house. Hyunjin finally stopped the car and Y/n swung the door open, forgetting to thank Hyunjin and walking off.

"It's alright, I'll see her at school in a few hours" Hyunjin spoke to himself, hands on the steering wheel as he stepped on the pedal and drove off after seeing Y/n enter her house.

"This fucker" he scoffed at the thought of Byeongho. "I'll put his ass to jail if I have to" he kept talking to him, driving off and exiting the neighborhood.

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"I'm home" Y/n came inside, she couldn't even show a happy expression because of how furious she was, she walked in and placed her purse on the table along with her phone.

"I'll make breakfast and head out" Y/n walked to the kitchen taking the eggs and milk out of the refrigerator.

"You should get going, I can make break-" Y/n's dad tried to help out just to be cut off.

"Dad. You burn everything when you try to cook, please don't touch anything." Y/n cut him off harshly. She wasn't in her best mood but she was trying her best to keep it calm. Her dad was left speechless, he stood there in silence, his ear ringing as he tried to process the stern voice of Y/n.

"You okay sweetheart?" He asked with a worried tone, his eyes dropping and feeling sad that his daughter was in a bad mood.

Y/n realized how harsh she just was. She turned her back and looked back at her father before sighing deeply.

"I'm sorry- I'm just not in a good mood since the morning. The alcohol must've caused it." Y/n smiled at her father, feeling bad that she acted like that towards him.

"If you're feeling that bad, you should just stay home sweetie" He assured her.

"It's fine dad, it's not like I'm having a bad headache. It's just a weird mood, I can just shake it off." Y/n smiled at him and started mixing the ingredients together in a bowl.