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/third point of view/
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sojin's depression was getting better. it was. suddenly, something clicked in her head, and she got worse really fast. it took everyone by surprise, especially kino. he had gotten her to open up about a lot of things she liked and disliked. she disliked her mother spending money, apparently, due to the fact that money was always a problem.
"she keeps buying purse after purse and then comes crying to me when the bills show up," he recollected sojin complaining to him the day before. "it's so irritating when she yells about my medical bills too."
her mother came to visit the day following sojin's complaint. he saw her walk in briskly, her eyes soft as she looked at her daughter. kino had to leave; he wasn't supposed to interfere in family matters. he stood outside the door and stared at his shoelaces as the clock ticked on. he could hear soft hushes and whispers, as well as sojin's rising voice. she sounded irritated despite the fact that kino couldn't comprehend what she was saying. then, he heard someone scream in the room. he flinched and almost opened the door to the room, but he didn't because all suddenly became silent.
within seconds, kino found himself almost running into sojin's mother. her face was red, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes. he bowed as he apologized. she brushed her hair to the side and walked around him. not a word was exchanged between the two of them. kino hesitantly opened the door to sojin's room and peeped inside. the room felt hot and awkward, but kino knew he had a job to do. he entered the room and walked to sojin's bedside.
he didn't have to ask if she was okay; kino knew she was not okay. she was hugging her knees to her chest, a pillow in between her knees and her chest. her face was pushed into the top of the pillow, and her shoulders trembled as her head bobbed up and down. he could hear her desperately trying to steady her breathing, but each small breath came out as a hiccup.
"sojin," he whispered.
she shook her head. he could faintly hear her saying don't and to not approach her. kino didn't know what to do at that point; he was supposed to comfort sojin, but he also didn't want to bother her or make her uncomfortable. maybe this little thing with her mother would pass over and she would no longer be upset over what happened. kino hoped it would simply pass over, but he somehow knew that it would never be the case.
kino later found out that sojin's parents were divorced— one of the nurses explained it to him after the doctors had issues with some new paperwork that kino had to sign. sojin's mother had custody over sojin, but she went bankrupt due to her financial instability as well as her habit of buying useless purses. sojin's mother wouldn't have custody on her daughter until she had the funds to support her and her daughter again, which meant sojin was left in the hands of her father.
if there was one thing kino actually knew about sojin and her family, it was that sojin was petrified of her father.
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kinotherapy || k.h.g
Fanfiction"we're going to put you on a new therapy. consider yourself a trial patient." kinotherapy: (n.) the treatment of disease by the use of a boy with the name of kino, especially the treatment of depression by dancing and other kino things.
