Act of Benevolence

14

Jaehyun took Hobak's hand, "I'm sorry you had to see that, back there."

Hobak eyes were closed, and her face was sad, as simple as that. She looked so fragile.

Jaehyun placed his hand softly on her cheek, but she flinched.

Quickly he moved his hand away from her face,
and Hobak looked at his bruised face.

Jaehyun only smiled with blood dripping from his lip.

"Aw Jaehyun, why did you guys hurt each other like that?!" Hobak scolds, and he only laughs in response.

"This concerns you?" He points at his face. "I should get hurt more often." He jokes.

"No, you shouldn't, it's not good."

Jaehyun observes her, "Why is it that I feel that you're hurting more in the inside, than how I feel physically?"

Hobak digested his words, "You can feel that?"

With that, they walked in silence.

"This is my place, come inside." Hobak invited him, and he only disapproves with a shake of his head.

"C'mon Yoonoh, you're gonna get infected!" She whines.

Hobak managed to get Jaehyun to come inside to the kitchen.

"Your house is very nice, I notice you live right next to Taeyong-hyung." Jaehyun says.

"You're right, I live next to that guy. Now, endure this, it's going to sting." She opens the alcohol.

Jaehyun sits obediently, and only smiled at her nurture.

When she was getting closer with the wipe, he felt the water drip on him and whimpered in agony.

"Ow, it hurts— ow please stop." He pleads and squirms around the seat.

"Yoonoh, it's on you already! Come on!" She uses her free hand to hold him.

"I'll hold it!" He takes it and tries to take it off.

Hobak fell on top of him trying to keep her hands both on his shoulders.

Jaehyun only stared at her feeling a sting not only on his lips, but his heart.

Clearing his throat, he got up, "Thank chu." He lets an awkward sigh out when he mispronounced "you".

"Chu welcome." Hobak nicely says.

Jaehyun says a "goodnight" while closing the door, but she held the door first.

"About the carnival thingy tomorrow, I'll still see you there, right?" She surprises Jaehyun with the subject.

"O-Of course." He smiles widely, "Ow—" he holds his lip.

"Don't put a bandaid on it, it'll heal faster without one." She tells him.

"Hobak! Why are you home late!" Her dad yells.

"Uh oh." Jaehyun teases and she laughs,

"Goodnight Yoonoh."

"Night, Hobak."

-

After a big explanation to her dad, Hobak walked into her room and gasped loudly.

Taeyong was sitting against her window.

She closed the door quietly, and crossed her arms.

"Get out."

Taeyong remained quiet and studied her features with the soft light.

"Fine. If you're here to just bother me, you're doing a GREAT job." She sits on her bed.

"Hobak," Taeyong says with a soft voice.

Hobak didn't dare to look at him, if Jaehyun was bruised enough, Taeyong probably doesn't have a face anymore.

"are you okay?" He watches her body shake a little.

Taeyong moved from the window to her side,
"Hobak," she finally saw his face, red and purple.

Hobak covered her face and began to tear.

"Hobak, if you're crying about me, don't, I'm okay." He reassured her.

"It's j-just- you-" he takes her into his embrace and lets her cry.

"It's okay, cry." He tells her.

Taeyong knows he's bad with words, always was.

"You're so annoying." She pounds his body softly.

"I know," he pats her back, and takes a look at her face, and combs her hair with his fingers.

"but you're not annoying." He tells her.

"What is that? A compliment?" She straightens up and moved from his body.

"Ah! Oh no! My shirt is soaked!" He complains.

With that, Hobak punched his back.

"Oi! I'm so sore! How could you Hobak!" He dramatically says.

She laughs at his childish act, and he smiles at the accomplishment.

"I'm gonna go back to my room now," he gets up and reaches for the ladder.

"Knock yourself out." Hobak says walking towards her restroom.

"That doesn't sound safe, so I'm going to stay here." he bunks.

Hobak came back out from the restroom, and Taeyong focused on her neck.

"So you always wear turtlenecks? Even in the summer?" He asks.

"Never noticed?" She crisscrosses on her bed.

He gets up from his back and sits up with her.

"Could you show me again?" He nervously asks.

"My neck? Ha, no." Hobak answers quickly.

"Okay." He says a little more towards himself, and gets in a trance.

Hobak pulled her neck sleeve down slowly, "here, have a look."

Taeyong turned his attention to her neck, and saw how it starts at the top of her right jaw, and probably leads lower than her collarbones.

"I'm sorry Hobak. I'm so sorry." He frowns every time he opens his mouth.

"I wouldn't even talk to me." He says and gets up from the bed.

"I'm so sorry. How did I manage to hurt someone like this?" His voice shakes.

"I'm s-sorry." His voice cracks and he begins to tear.

"Oh god, I'm a monster." venom spills with his words.

Hobak widens her eyes at the scene, "Taeyong, don't overreact, I'm fine now, okay?"

"I did that to you." He disappointedly says.

"I hurt you."

"And sorry won't fix it." he gets out.