Echoes Of Unspoken Connections

31. Is it over?

Byeol took Nayeon to her room as she had many questions to which she wanted answers. They settled on the bed, with their legs criss-crossed. "So, why did you suddenly decide to go The USA and stop contacting me? And you just suddenly appeared yesterday after a whole three weeks. Care to explain Yeonie?" Byeol questioned her.

Nayeon sighed, "Appa found out about me doing this work. He called me back to America. I went there and he told me not to go back to Korea. We had an argument, a very bad one. I decided to run away but appa caught me. He locked me in a room for two days. Then, somehow, he suddenly accepted to the work I am doing. He told me to do whatever I want and he doesn't have any objection. I stayed there for more one week and returned to Seoul. All these days, appa took away my phone, so I wasn't able to call you" she said.

"How did he find out?" Byeol asked in shock. "I don't know. He won't tell me that" Nayeon uttered. Byeol nodded her head in understanding.

"And, you guys lied to me, right? I know Namjoon sir won't leave you that easily with just some laps of the ground. What did he do?" Byeol asked them in worry. Nayeon looked hesitated to answer her question.

"He made the three of us, except Yeonjun to run for around 2 hours, non-stop and told that we are suspended for 3 weeks" she informed. "What about Junnie, then?" Byeol asked again. "He- Sir made him run on the ground for more than 3 hours, barefoot" Nayeon said in a low voice and Byeol gasped.

"What the heck!? Barefoot? That ground is filled with small rocks and pebbles. He would be bleeding by the end." Byeol said loudly, being worried for Yeonjun. "Yeah, his feet was bleeding by the end. Not only that, he was also told by sir to run without a shirt. It was so cold in the morning, he was literally freezing" Nayeon said, in the same low voice.

"What the actual heck!!? He didn't have to be so harsh" Byeol shouted in anger. "I don't know. He also told Yeonjun to meet him after that. I don't know what happened in his cabin, Jun didn't tell." Nayeon stated. Byeol took a shaky breath and hid her face in her palms.

Nayeon came closer and pulled her friend into a hug. "It will be fine. Don't blame yourself for that" she said and patted her back. "Yeonjun is hurt... because of me. He didn't have to do that for me" she muttered and Nayeon felt her top getting wet.

"Yah yah. Are you crying?" she asked and pulled Byeol from her embrace. Byeol shook her head but Nayeon could see the tears in her eyes. "Aish, pabo. Don't cry, or else I will call Junnie and tell that his girl is crying" Nayeon said with a teasing expression.

"I ain't his girl" Byeol mumbled and wiped her wet eyes. "He treasures you so much, you know." Nayeon stated. "Because I am his best friend." Byeol replied. "Yeah yeah, I know" Nayeon uttered.

"How did Jin oppa know about you?" Nayeon asked her. Byeol looked at her and told everything that happened in the previous night, her coming back home hurt, Namjoon confronting her and her getting treated by Jin and Aeri.

Nayeon got shocked hearing that Byeol got her stitches done without any anesthesia. "You are so damn brave. I really admire you" she uttered. Byeol chuckled sadly, "It's nothing compared to what I actually endured" she said and Nayeon's face fell. "Hey, you are fine now. Don't think about the past, I know it's easy to say, but..." Nayeon trailed off. "It's fine. It doesn't matter now" Byeol said with a sad smile.

The both of them spent the rest of the time chatting with each other about each and everything that happened with them in the past three weeks.

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Three days passed by. Byeol was slowly healing from the knife stab. She laid down on the bed and was thinking something deeply. "Shall I tell him now or later?" she was mumbling to herself multiple times and rolling on the bed.