"I look at you, and I just love you, and it terrifies me. It terrifies me what I would do for you."
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"I really want to kiss you right now."
"Then kiss me until I forget how terrified I am of everything wrong with my life."
I was in rage as I saw Joohyun's father drag her inside by pulling her hair. I couldn't stand to watch her being abused as he whipped her with his leather belt. Everything was happening so fast that I didn't have time to think about anything that I grabbed the closest thing to me and smashed it on his head. He instantly fell down, leaving a pool of blood escape from his head. Irene instantly turned around, looking at me first, checking if I was okay. After, she slowly turned towards her so called father on the floor.
I dropped the handle of the bottle that was still in my hand. I ran up to her father's body, immediatly checking his pulse.
Nothing was being picked up.
"Shit..." I whispered.
Irene ran up to me, hugging me.
"Are you okay?" She asked me with tears rolling down her pink cheeks.
"Yeah, are you okay?" I asked her knowing she just got abused.
"Of course, if you're with me, nothing can happen to me."
I don't know why but tears escaped my eyes after hearing her say that. I pulled her into a hug.
"Ow, that hurts!" She said, as I realised I was gripping her back a little too tightly.
"Sorry"
"It's okay" She said and smiled looking into my eyes. Looking at her when she's happy makes me the happiest person in the world. It breaks me that I have to tell her the truth about her father.
"Joohyun-ah"
"Hmm?" She said with her head nuzzled in the crook of my neck, letting me feel her hot breath and soft lips against my skin.
"You know what happened to your father right?" I asked her.
"Yes, he's dead right?" She responded leaving me shocked in why she wasn't sobbing her heart out.
"You're not upset?" I asked as I'm on the next level of confusion.
"Why would I be? I always tried to be the best daughter in the world as that was my late-mother's last wish. But whenever he drank, he started to abuse me. I would never fight back as I would always see mom on her death bed whenever he would abuse me. I'm kind of sad to say that I'm happy I finally found freedom from him Tae."
She pulled away from my neck, noticing the tears falling from her beautiful eyes. I wiped them away and pulled her face closer to mine. We were kissed each other like there was no tomorrow as I knew I couldn't stay with her any longer...
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I am now considered a murderer. If I stay with her I could cause her more problems.
After I broke the kiss. I hugged her and said...
"I'm sorry... Just remeber that I'll always love you no matter where I am okay?"
"Tae, why are you talking like that? It's scary. It's almost like you're going to leave me."
"That's because I am Irene" I whispered in her ear.
I stepped away from her looking her in the eyes.
"What? WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE LEAVING ME?!" She yelled in my face, grabbing my coat collar.
"I can't stay with you, I'll just cause more problems for you. I'm doing this for you Irene." I explained.
"SCREW WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST FOR ME!!" She yelled. She took a deep breath.
"We can work this out Tae. Please don't leave." Her nose was turning red, she's sniffling and furiously holding me, hating the idea that I'm going to abandon her.
"We can't... I just killed your father, what if I do that violent act to you one day?"
"You can't Taehyung... You're willing to kill yourself before you ever get the idea to kill or hurt me Tae. Both you an I know that."
She was right, but I didn't want her to see me being dragged away from the police.
"Fine, you're right... But what about the police. Are they going to let me go?"
"We'll just say it was self defense. He was abusing me anyways!" She said, gripping onto my body now. I wanted to embrace her saying I'll stay but I couldn't.
"Joohyun-ah," I said while pulling her off of me.
"I can't saty with you because I will only feel guilty loving the girl, of who's father I've murdered." I explained.
I started walking away when Joohyun suddenly grabbed my arm.
"Don't leave." She said almost whispering in-between her sobs.
"I love you Joohyun, remember that." I said before leaving her house.
"Taehyung, I need you, you're my drug remember?" I heard her scream from her doorway.
I turned around with tears running down my cheeks.
