TWISTED TIES | JoongDunk

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A/N : This is from Chapter 1, if you're confused.

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Flashback to when Dunk was hit by the ball..

It was never meant for Dunk, it was towards Phuwin.. If only Dunk wasn't there and Joong swears, he didn't mean to kick so hard.

Joong admits, he doesn't notice Dunk. He has no idea who he was until the day at the field. He knows Dunk and Phuwin as Pond's friends and he sees them from time to time watching their game but he didn't really mind them.

Not until the day he knew about Phuwin.

He was distracted from his thoughts when Dunk speaks in his sleep.

The nurse is taking his blood pressure when he murmured something like.

"Joong Archen, i really really like you."

Him and the nurse look at each other, surprised. She then smirks.

"Guess someone's got an admirer." She teased him to which he responded with a smile.

The nurse finished checking up on him and left.

He noticed something almost slipping from Dunk's pocket. It looked so familiar. It eventually slipped from his pocket so he picked it up from the floor. Turns out, it was one of the letters he's receiving almost everyday.

"So it's you." He bit his lip, feeling bad since he threw everything away. He always thought it's from the high school girls cause it looked so childish and he didn't want anyone to think he's taking advantage of these minors.

He just took the letter and shove it in his pocket.

Now, he should leave and go back to his original plan.

He sees Phuwin outside, holding Dunk's bag. Just like what he thought. He's thankful Pond was not with him and his plan work even at last minute. That was a stupid plan but he's desperate.

He just needed a way to approach Phuwin. Why can't he do it like a normal person would? He has no idea. Again, he's desperate.

"What are you staring at?" Phuwin looks at him with his infamous default glare.

"Can we talk?" Joong sounds serious making Phuwin a little curious.

"About what?"

"Something important. Can we go somewhere else?"

"No, tell me that here." He points the floor and crossed his arms with a sassy glare. "I still need to check on Dunk."

"He's fine, the nurse said he'll just be needing rest."

"Okay fine. Say whatever you want to say before I change my mind."

Joong hesitates. Phuwin can tell he's reluctant and very uncomfortable.

"I-- wait." He says before he takes out his phone. He shows it to Phuwin. It was a photo of a man and a woman.

At first glance, he immediately recognized his mother but it took him a couple of seconds before he recognized the person next to her and when he did, his expression darkens.

He grabbed Joong's collar into a fist.

"Why the do you have that photo?"

Joong takes Phuwin's hand off him and scrolls through his phone another time without saying anything. This time he shows a family photo.