"Are you ok?" He asked as he caressed my cheek. "I-I'm f-fine," I stuttered. "Did the famous Soyeon stutter because of me," he asked, smirking.
Then, he leaned down a little and whispered in my ear," It's cute". I felt my cheeks heat up a little. I immediately scolded myself mentally. He walked me back to the table, grazing my back during the way there. I winced at the sudden touch of my back. Youngmin noticed and asked," Is your back ok?" I nodded slowly and proceeded to walk. When we got back, Samuel said," Takes you long enough to throw something away".
After the incident, I was less talkative and everyone noticed it. "Soyeon, are you ok?" Youngmin asked. I nodded slightly and went back to picking at my food. "Is it because of your back?" Eunbi asked. "What wrong with her back?" Daehwi asked. I shook my head and said," Nothing". Sumin groaned and said," Why don't you just tell them?" The boys started getting curious. "Tell us what?" Woojin suddenly said. I shook my head again but Samuel kept asking. "Gods, can you just leave me alone!" I yelled. I got up from our table and stormed off. I felt everyone's eyes on me as I did.
I went to the only real place that I felt safe.
*Youngmin's POV*
"Gods, can you just leave me alone!" Soyeon yelled. As she stormed off, everyone was watching her. Everyone started murmuring as she left the cafeteria. "We're really sorry," Daehwi said. Eunbi shook her head and said," You might want to say that to Soyeon". "What won't she tell us though?" Daehwi asked again. Sumin sighed and mumbled," I swear she's going to try to commit suicide soon". "She already tried," I blurted out. Sumin looked up at me, her eyes widened with shock. "Did you say that to what I said?" She said. I nodded slowly. "This is not my story to tell but I'm hoping you guys could help Soyeon," Sumin stated.
Eunbi and Sumin took turns explaining.
"Ever since she was little, she was abused by her parents. Growing up, Soyeon never opened up to anyone, expect Sumin and I. She never wanted to make any other friends," Eunbi started.
"Soyeon always confessed how she felt to us and what went on. It's not just at home too. Soyeon was always criticized if she wasn't perfect. Always beaten if she was good enough. All her life, she didn't feel safe. Soyeon tried to stay happy until one day, her dad started smoking. She was only 14 at that time. When her dad smoked, he got more ruthless with her. Her mom didn't even care for her. Her parents are why her back hurts so much today," Sumin finished.
I clenched my fists so hard that it almost hurt. "Where do you think she stormed off to?" Woojin asked. "The library," both of them said almost immediately. I shot up my seat right away and ran towards the library. I opened the doors to the library and saw Soyeon sitting at a table reading a book. She didn't notice me come in. I walked up to the table she was sitting at and she finally looked up. "What do you want Youngmin?" Soyeon asked.
"For you to feel safe".
