This Kid Again!

Chapter 9

Taemin's POV:

I set my phone down and looked at the park from where I was sitting.  One particular spot i was staring at was the sandbox.  It was where Minho and I met years ago. I was just this little scrawny kid who everyone would pick on.  But that was before me and Minho met.

I don't know how to explain it.  One moment I'm this lifeless kid sitting in the corner, then out of no where, this flaming ball of light came hitting me on this face.  (Ughh idk okay?  I'm sick and can't think straight.)  It pulled every nerve in my body.  For once in my life.....  I felt.... MAD....

>> FlashBack<<

I was sitting in the corner of the sandbox by myself. Knees pulled toward my chest. Hair hiding my tear stained eyes.  I wanted to cry.  I wanted to yell for help.  But I couldn't.  I cried till I couldn't even get a speck out of my eyes.  I yelled till I couldn't even get a squeak out of my throat.  I lost strength even to do those little tiny things.  It was just so tiring.  I must've looked like a freak, all alone in a dirty torn up, oversized shirt I was wearing.

I just wanted to drift off into a sleep and never wake up for eternity....

I just wanted to get away from this horrible, dreadful world....

Maybe...

Just maybe....

It would be better if I just dissapear from the face of the earth....

"Yah!!! Are you alright buddy?"  I opened my eyes, annoyed with the stranger who broke me from my trance.

"Hey!  I asked if you were alright."  I just played it off and pretended I was sleeping.

"I KNOW you're not sleeping.  Don't even try to trick me,  I,  Minho, can see through aaannnnyyyy thing!."  He stressed out the word any to show his point.  Aishhh!  Won't he just shove a dick up his mouth?

"Yah! Are you not listening!"  I raised my head to look up at the guy that was annoying the crap out of me.  My eyes stared a burning hole into his, but he seemed unaffected.

"Ahh~  There are your beautiful eyes!"  I closed my eyes.  THIS GUY WAS UNBELIEVABLE!

"So.... Are you okay?"  I felt him sitting down beside me.

"..."  I set my chin down on my knees and stared on the sand.

"Yah."  His voice slowly turning into a worried tone.  He settled his hands on my shoulders.  I winced a little at his touch.  I suddenly felt this overwhelming rush of anger pass over me.  Why was this guy even worrying about me?  A total stranger.  He didn't even know me.  Why was he even here.  Everyone, whom I've known all my life, has never even thought twice about me or how I felt.  Who is this guy?

I pulled away from him harshly and stood up to leave.  He was taken aback with my actions but quickly recovered.

"Yah!"  He pulled my arm and i struggled to get away from his grip, but that only made him grip me harder, which made me wince a little more.

"Why don't you just leave me alone!" I hissed in a low tone.  I struggled and managed to get away from him, but he grabbed my shirt and revealed my battered and bruised back.  I froze in shock.  He saw....

The scars I desperately tried to hide....

He saw....

"Let me go..."

"..."

"I said LET ME GO!"  I sent a hard blow to his stomach and made him wince, but he didn't move a inch from his spot.  I sent more flying toward his stomach but he stood his ground.  My fingers gripped around the collar of his shirt.

Out of all the things he could've done...  He hugged me.

No one has ever hugged me like that before.  His hugs...  It was warm... protective... caring.  I like it.

I buried my face into the crook of his neck as tears welled up in my eyes.  I didn't care anymore.  I let a tear slip out from my eye, then many followed.  My arms wrapped around his neck as I bawled my eyes out.

Anger...

Sadness...

Loneliness...

All the overwelming weight got lifted off my shoulders that day....

>>End of Flashback<<

I smiled to myself.

>>Ring Ring<<

>>One New Message<<

From: >>Frog Boy<<

To: >>Banana Freak<<

I'm at the front now.

He's here!  Yay!  I turn around to find my chingu.

"Where are you?  Where are you?" I sung in my cheery voice.

I spotted him with another guy. No. A kid.  He had yellow ramen like hair.  I giggled when I saw him jumping up and down happily chatting with Minho.  It kind of reminded me of Zelo.  He looked and acted the same way as him to...

Wait.....

I turned around and slumped down onto the bench.

It couldn't be....

"Yay!!! We're here!!!"

"Yah! Calm down Jieun-ah!  The food's not going anywhere." 

"Yes it is.  People are going to eat it all!"

My eyes widden even more.

No....

I looked up to see across the street, Song Ji Eun...

I ruffled my hair, fustrated.  "Aishhh!  Why now?  Could this day get any worse?"