TRIGGER WARNING* mentions of r*pe
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It had been a week since Wonwoo and Mingyu had returned from their Jeju trip and it had been 5 days since classes resumed.
Mingyu was, to put it lightly, distraught. He and Wonwoo hadn't had a proper conversation since their kiss almost two months ago now. No matter how much effort Mingyu put in to make it seem like he didn't care, he did. He really did.
He was worried about Wonwoo and he wanted their friendship back. If he had known that a kiss would wreck their relationship, he would've never asked Wonwoo for it.
"I think you just need to talk to him Gyu." Minghao advised Mingyu and Seokmin nodded in agreement. "You don't get it Hao, I've been trying to do that. It's not fucking working." Mingyu replied.
"Okay, calm down. You said you guys kissed and then all of a sudden he just stopped?" Seokmin asked. "Yeah." Mingyu answered.
"And you don't know why? He just stopped?" Minghao clarified and Mingyu nodded. "Yeah, after I put my hand under his shirt."
Minghao and Seokmin looked at each other before turning back to Mingyu. "Gyu, I don't know for sure but... I think he's insecure about his body."
Mingyu couldn't believe what Minghao was saying but suddenly it all made sense. His oversized clothes that covered up his whole body, his face mask he wore everywhere and Mingyu's hands.
Wonwoo was... insecure. But Mingyu had another sneaking suspicion. One he desperately hoped wasn't true.
"Where are you going?" Minghao asked as Mingyu got up. "To find out something, I'll be back." Mingyu replied, leaving the dorm.
He arrived at Jihoon's dorm about 20 minutes later and knocked on the door. He couldn't stand in one place because of how curious he was. He really really hoped that what he thought wasn't true.
The door opened a few seconds later and standing in front of Mingyu were Jihoon and Hoshi. "Oh, hey Mingyu!" Hoshi waved and Mingyu waved back.
"Can I come in?" He asked and Jihoon nodded, stepping back. Mingyu walked in, closing the door behind him. "Sorry, I'll make this quick."
"Has Wonwoo hyung ever been... physically abused before?" Mingyu let the words out and felt the heaviness in his chest vanish. He'd had this suspicion for a while now but he couldn't just ask Wonwoo, especially when his actions had possibly triggered him.
He watched as both Jihoon and Hoshi's faces soured. "Why are you asking?" Jihoon questioned Mingyu, a defensive tone present in his voice.
"I just, I'm worried about him, honestly, I just need to know."
"Well, he had a friend during his first year here and they were really close... but then the friend fell for Wonwoo." Hoshi started off and Mingyu held his hands together, preparing himself.
"During a party we all went to... the friend, umm, spiked Wonwoo's drink and Wonwoo passed out and he... ended up, um... raping Wonwoo, so, um, that's why Wonwoo's so guarded up and he became really insecure about everything in general, so he started to just... hide himself." Hoshi finished his explanation, tear droplets hanging by his bottom eyelids.
Mingyu took a deep breath. Was that why Wonwoo always double checked his drinks? Because of what that fool did?
The atmosphere was now heavy with sadness. But Mingyu wasn't sad, he was pissed off. Mad that anyone would even think of doing that to any human being, that anyone would do that to Wonwoo.
"This 'friend' what's their name?" Mingyu asked. "Umm, Park Minkwang I believe." Hoshi replied after getting confirmation from Jihoon.
"And did you guys report him or do anything to him?" Mingyu asked and the two boys went silent. Mingyu looked at them, fighting himself from yelling at them. They hadn't done anything to protect their best friend?!
"He told us not to do anything... he didn't want it blown out of proportion." Jihoon explained and all Mingyu could do was scoff. "He didn't want it blown out of proportion so you just let that bastard go scot-free?!" His voice got louder, the anger in him refusing to settle.
"You let your best friend suffer in silence for years because he asked you to not do anything?! Do you guys even have eyes? Do you know that Wonwoo hyung is still hurting till now?! Do you know that he's still affected by that night every fucking day?! Do you even care?!" Mingyu yelled, the two boys in front of him remained silent because they knew he was right.
"Since he told you not to do anything, did you guys bother to check up on him? Or ask him anything?! Try to help in any way?"
Mingyu took another breath, calming himself down, "I know I'm not one to judge because I haven't observed your friendship for long enough but what I do know is that the two of you treat him like an option, not like a best friend and a brother." His eyes darted to Hoshi who turned his face away.
"You don't do anything for him! You don't celebrate his birthday because he asked you not to when he was literally hurting! You lied to him about your couples trip being a volunteer trip because you knew he wouldn't be able to pay for the ticket!" Mingyu struck a nerve as he noticed the two look up at him in shock.
"Oh! Do you think Wonwoo doesn't know that you lied to him? Even Jun whose fucking boyfriend lives all the way across campus still hangs out with Wonwoo more than the both of you ever do! I know that you're in love and I get it, sometimes you need your alone time and that's completely fine but if you two being in love means that you end up forgetting and ostracizing your literal best friend, then maybe you don't even deserve to be in love."
He looked at the two boys who now had tears in their eyes and just sighed. He was disappointed that this was how little Wonwoo meant to them when they meant the whole world to him.
Mingyu turned around and opened the door to leave but standing just behind the threshold was Wonwoo, who had his eyes filled with tears and his mouth slightly open.
Fuck! He'd messed everything up again.
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Started - 17/09/2024
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