Call Me Monster

Chapter 27

Jongin

Everything seemed too good to be true and it probably was. I didn't deserve this, but somehow Kyungsoo was the one who got punished.

The next day he got a call from his mother that he needed to come to the hospital. His dad had been drunk while he was driving and had crashed into a tree. Kyungsoo had been outraged for the whole morning. I tried to calm him down, but all he did was cry and all I could do was hold him.

My only thought was that I hated his father. The man was always drunk and I suspected him from beating Kyungsoo too. The bruises he always had stopped after he started sleeping here. He hurt Kyungsoo so much I could only hate the man. But then again, I am not much better.

I drove him towards the hospital and stood by his side. It was stupid, but I was hurt too. My heart hurt at the sight of my boyfriend crying at his father's hospital bed. This boy deserved so much more. But here he was; his father in a coma and a boyfriend who originally planned to hurt him.

I placed my hand on his shoulder and pinched it. "Baby, I could promise you it'll be okay, but I don't know. I wish I could tell you." He looked up at me with teary eyes. I took his chin between my fingers and smiled softly at him. "I can tell you that I'll be by your side though. Day or night, I don't care."

Kyungsoo took my hand in his and brought it to his mouth. While he started crying again he pressed his lips onto the skin. "Jo... Jong..."

"Shh," I shushed him. "It's okay." I pulled his head against my chest and kissed his temple. We stayed like that until his mother told me to take him home.

Kyungsoo didn't protest as I leaded him towards my car. It concerned me even more that he acted like a doll. He just did what you asked him to do without any hesitation.

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I was worried about Kyungsoo. He normally would insist on going to school, but now he just laid there in my bed. He looked so small and fragile. I had asked him if he wanted to go home, to his mom, but he just shook his head and answered, "she already has enough weight on her shoulder."

I sighed and laid down next to him, looking up at the ceiling just as he did. "Shall I ask Baekhyun to come over?"

He shook his head.

"Talk to me baby, let me hear your voice." I turned to face him. "Please."

"I have nothing to say," he responded softly.

I reached for his hand and rubbed the skin. "I hate to see you like this. I'm desperate, because I don't know what to do."

"There's nothing to do. This is my life."

"I wish I could take your sorrow," I rolled to lay on my side and pulled him close. "I would do that if I could."

"I appreciate that."

I placed my hand on his stomach and watched how it rose and fell again. Up and down.
I was tired, but I didn't want to sleep until Kyungsoo was asleep. "Rest a bit, Soo," I suggested.

He closed his eyes and I saw there were tears glistening in the corners while he sighed. I wiped them away and caressed his cheeks. "I'll watch over you." I pecked his lips gently and helped him out of his shirt and trousers. I pulled the sheets up over his body and started humming a song for him.

He was obviously tired of the day and soon drifted of to dreamland.

I made a vow to myself to keep giving this boy all of my love. No matter what happened or what the other guys would think. Maybe it was selfish, but I couldn't let him go. I loved him and he needed me right now.

The world of yesterday seemed so far away.