for him | lmh

09

"thank you for today," i said to minhyuk with guilt. "you really didn't have to do this for me."

"ay, don't feel bad, okay? it'll make me feel bad."

i sighed. "okay, okay."

"thanks for helping me carry them," i said to minhyuk as we were walking to his room with the shopping bags in hand. "you know, i never expected this from you..."

"how come?"

"i mean...you're a lot more different than what people say," i said calmly. "they all said bad things about you, but to me, you seem like just another regular human being."

he put the bags down and looked at me.

"i'm sorry if i offended you," i said quickly.

he shook his head. "no, it made me feel good that you said that. anyone else would run out of this place and away from me if this situation ever happened to them...but you chose to stay."

guilt overtook me because the real reason i stayed was because of my mission.

"y-you know...what i said you in the car..."

"we have time."

"it actually began with a really stupid reason," he laughed awkwardly. "i actually grew up being bullied...you see, i had bullies from primary school all the way into high school. they...ruined my life. they made up false things about me, i never got a break from them. i was an outcast. no one ever talked to me..."

"what did they say about you, minhyuk?"

he laughed but i could hear the pain he was hiding.

"typical things..."

"like what..? hey, i'm sorry if you don't want to talk about this. we don't have to if you don't want to."

"y-yeah..." i said recalling what had happened.

"they said i will never have power. they said i will always be under their control. doing stupid and dangerous things for them, acting as if the rumors they made were true..."

"what'd they say, minhyuk?"

"that i was a killer. they said i murdered my family...because i grew up without any family. they all abandoned me," his voice cracked.

immediately, i pulled him into a hug. "cry it all out, minhyuk..." i stroked his hair.

"so i wanted to prove them wrong..." he said so quietly, it was below a whisper.

i continued to comfort him, and i and felt his smile against my shoulder.

"thanks for making me feel better, kitten."