Strike to the heart

Chapter 4

*Thoughts are in italics

I’m a little scared but at the same time I want to know… We are really close anyways…

“Ahem.” Minseok clears his throat. “Um, how do I put this….”  Okay, I’ll tell him this but not the other thing yet, it’s kind of  weird and he will think I’m some creepy weirdo.., Minseok thought. “Um, you know, I’ll just show you it, I don’t want to say it,” Minseok said. Suddenly, the light turned off and then back on. Weird.

“What was that?” Minseok said as he looked around his room. “I don’t know”, Luhan replied. Minseok’s eyes landed on his door that was cracked and saw a figure in the door. “BAEKHYUN, GET AWAY FROM MY ROOM, YOU ARE GETTING ON MY NERVES!!!!!!”, Minseok yelled. Luhan couldn’t help but laugh at that outburst and held Minseok back from tearing his brother apart.

“It’s okay, calm down, he is like this, you should know him by now,” Luhan said to Minseok as he rubbed his back. Luhan shot his head in Baekhyun’s direction and said, “Please get out or I will make you” as he gave Baekhyun a ‘you better run’ stare. As he was told, he left the room.

A light flickered in the room. Well, at least I didn’t have to show it yet, Luhan thought. Luhan laughed to himself a little bit. But I feel something is up with Baekhyun.. “Ok, well we dealt with that….. I want to finish what I was going to do,” Minseok said. As Minseok said that, it got a little colder than it originally was. 

“Please don’t freak out,” Minseok said. “Ok, I promise, I can handle anything,” Luhan said while giving the thumbs up for Minseok to show him. “Okay then, here I go…..” Minseok said slowly as he rolled up his arm sleeves. Luhan was shocked but didn’t show it. Luhan was flipping out in his head but didn’t want to yell at Minseok, but to only ask why.

“Why did you cut yourself, Minseok?” Luhan asked rubbing it while not trying to hurt the area. Luhan wanted to go crazy seeing that his friend had done that. “I have a lot more and fresh ones too” Minseok said as he showed his other cuts. Right then, Luhan wanted to cry so bad, he questioned himself if he could of prevented it. “Why?...” Luhan could only squeak out as he was at a loss of words.

“Because of my past, the horrible things I went through, my family, the bullies, and no one cares for me, I’m all alone…” Minseok screamed as tears fell from his eyes. Luhan felt tears in his eyes too, “Woah, Woah, calm down, it’s alright,” Luhan said as he grabbed Minseok to sit back down. Luhan noticed it got even colder and Luhan started seeing frost and ice appear in the room. What the heck?

Somehow a blizzard appeared in the room because Minseok was a mess, and it got very scary for Luhan. Ice shards flew around the room.Luhan noticed Minseok's hair turned a frost white. “MINSEOK!!! IT’S OKAY, CALM DOWN,” Luhan screamed scared for him but mostly the safety of Minseok. “You are creating a ice storm,” Luhan said. “It’s okay, I’m not mad, I just want you to be okay, and no matter what you are an amazing person, and I really care for you,” Luhan yelled as he tried to grab Minseok’s flailing arms. Luhan got a hold of Minseok and pulled him in for a hug.

Minseok still didn’t calm down. “Nobody cares, I’m not worth it” Minseok yelled. As Minseok yelled that, a sharp piece of ice flew and hit Luhan in the arm, leaving a gash in his arm. OWWWWWWW. “Ugh……”, Luhan cried in pain. “But you are worth it to me and others”, Luhan said with a hurt tone. Minseok's hair turned back to it's normal brown/orange color. Minseok looked up and saw something red and felt like water. Something dawned on him. Blood. He looked at the blood and realized it wasn’t his own blood but Luhan’s.

Minseok was terrified. Luhan looked down at his arm and realized how bad it looked. “Minseok, don’t worry, it’s not bad, and seriously I will never leave you and I will hurt those who hurt you..” Luhan said. “And besides, I’ve had about the same kind of cut before,” Luhan said with a smile of pain. “What?....What do you mean?” Minseok questioned. “They are still healing but I had cut them in the past,” Luhan said.

Minseok was shocked as he looked at Luhan’s side and there was a scar on both sides. “Why?.........” Minseok asked. “I was bullied a lot, no one cared, I was hated by everybody, I got kicked there and it would bruise and open up and bled, some want me to die, and plus my weight issue,” Luhan said. “But don’t worry, I stopped awhile ago, k-pop helped me too,” Luhan said. “But please don’t anymore, I lost someone close because of it, you have me and k-pop now, and seriously don’t, you can cut it bad and bled to death, so stop!” Luhan said. “I’ll try, I’ll do it for you and I will think of you, and I didn’t know that could happen,” Minseok said upset. Luhan smiled knowing he was loved and he was saving someone.

“Well then, let’s take care of that cut,” Minseok said starting to get up. “Don’t, I’ll get it,” Luhan said as he blocked Minseok from walking away. “But…..” Minseok said. “I’ll get the medicine….. I’m good with healing and Yixing taught me, even Sehun..” Luhan said as he lifted his arm up in a rising gesture. Minseok saw something floating and realized it was the medicine and supplies. Luhan started healing his cuts and wrapping it up. “But how?....” Minseok questioned. “Well, Baekhyun has the power to control light, and you obviously control frost and other ice elements……I have what you call Telekinesis,” Luhan said. “I can move things with  my mind,” Luhan said.

Luhan had a doe-like expression and doe-like eyes as he looked puzzled. “Hmmm, I wonder if any of the others have a power…. So far us three have Frost, Telekinesis, and Light, so I wonder if anyone else has other powers..” Luhan said questionably. “Maybe,” Minseok said as he shrugged. “We will have to see,” Luhan said. Definitely. The day had ended and it was finally Friday. 

It was a normal routine for Luhan at school, get bullied, hang with some friends, eat, and zone out but sometimes ended up texting Minseok. A lot more than usual with a best friend. The group of Luhan, Minseok, Sehun, Jongin, and Jongdae would go ice skating. Luhan wasn’t the best at skating so he managed to cling onto Minseok for help. Sometimes Sehun would skate around like skating with the wind and sometimes Jongin would appear out of nowhere. Sehun and Jongin hanged with each other a lot and were barely separated. Even something seemed weird with Jongdae, how he ended up with so many snacks from the vending machine. It was like he was rigging it or something, somehow powering the certain areas. He didn’t even have much money. He’s doing something fishy, Luhan thought.

Jongdae didn’t really skate, he said he couldn’t, so he just sat down and watched. Luhan stayed with Minseok and sometimes followed to sit down with Minseok and Jongdae. Weeks would pass and Luhan ended up realizing something. Luhan would feel lonely or upset, and even missed Minseok if they didn’t talk. Are we more than bros, and do I like Minseok? He makes me smile, and means a lot to me, but it seems weird because he has a boyfriend, and would never choose me over him, but I’ll ask him, Luhan thought.

Luhan saw Minseok one day, and decided to ask Minseok. “Do you like a certain someone other than Jongdae?” Luhan asked Minseok. “Why?..” Minseok asked. “I don’t know. I figured there might be someone else” Luhan said. “Um……” Minseok said. “Errrr…. Do you like……um…..”, Ughhh should I say it, okay ill say it, “……me?.......If you didn’t have Jongdae…would you date me?” Luhan asked very nervous. Luhan was scared that it would ruin the friendship they had but wanted to know badly because it was killing him with those feelings. Ugh, why did I ask that? I’m screwed, Luhan thought. But Luhan was shocked to hear Minseok’s answer. 

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Happy late Luhan's birthday, but here you guys go.... and please pray for the victims and familys in the ferry accident............and im posting this on the anniversary of my cousins death... i miss you craig.. its been 10 years without you... he was a second father to me..........my heart hurts still from it but im okay.......anyways leave a comment and subscribe....