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Childhood Glee (Kyungsoo)

A childhood love that started innocently at the age of 6, filled with dirt-ridden fingernails, shiny round rocks, dirty creeks, sticky playgrounds, and hot summers that bloomed into an ever-lasting friendship. And your friendship with Kyungsoo was... indescribable, it was undeniably perfect, almost like a synchronized routine between the two of you. The way you leaned on each other while laughing over Kyungsoo's bad joke, the way the two of you glanced at each other and just knew when the other was feeling bad, or the way he filled your days with light with just a flash of his cute little smile.

The synchronized dance hadn't started off smoothly, the two of you had stumbled quite often while growing up. Kyungsoo had an abusive father who was a notorious alcoholic while you had the self-confidence of a rat due to an emotionally abusive mother who only expected the best out of you, so it was no surprise when the two of you got together and immediately became best of friends. You'd run out to play together the minute the sun would come up, and sadly part ways as the sun went down before starting yet another day together the next day. Everyday was filled with new-found adventures, whether that was imagining there was only the two of you in the whole entire world, or scourging the ground for the prettiest rocks, or leaping into creeks with unbound fear and joy. There was never a boring day for the two of you, it was always filled with laughter especially when Kyungsoo was by your side, it made the day pass easier when your parents gave you a hard time.

The days were fine for the both of you, it wasn't until the sun disappeared for the night and the both of you had to part ways, every evening as the sun waved goodbye from the horizon the two of you tightly clasped your hands together and whispered, you'll be okay, into each others ears before facing the big bad monsters that weren't just under your bed.

Every afternoon you were greeted with screams of how disappointing you were as a daughter. You would come home from a day of running around in the hot sun sweaty, covered in dust and dirt with disheveled hair and this managed to piss off your mom everyday. She never was okay with the fact that her daughter was being a child she hated the fact that you were best friends with Kyungsoo, she thought he would take advantage of you. Every night was a battle between the two of you, she'd scream at you for not being able to sit still and do nothing but then hate the fact you sat there quietly as she yelled at you. Her veins would bulge out of her neck, face flushing red like the sun setting outside, while you calmly stood in the hallway as the harsh words went in through one ear and out the other but still attacking every bit of your soul. Every night was the same, filled with: you're worth nothing, you're absolutely disgusting, no one is going to love a girl like you. I should have gotten rid of you when I had the chance. You had become numb to the words she spat at you, because after a while, you started to believe them. Kyungsoo was faced with his father, the big bad wolf that threatened to eat him alive as alcohol fueled his father's rage. The both of you had mastered the art of silence and quiet acceptance as your parents spat, kicked, and beat the two of you into submission. Neither of you had it easy, but from the outside it looked like two childhood best friends with no cares in the world. As the two of you went through the struggles of middle school, high school, break-ups and graduation the friendship never withered. The dance between the two of you became more intricate and complicated as you moved through the motions of life. The parents never let up and the only escape available for the two of you was college. 

"God Y/N, I am counting down the days till we can move away from this hell hole..." he sighed as he leaned back on the rocks near the creek the two of you escaped to when the parents were becoming a pain.