Sin | NyuJoon ✅

Chapter 13

Hyunjoon walked into school feeling nothing at all. "Joon. Joon!" Hyunjoon looked to his side and saw Kevin with a face full of concern. "You look awful. Why did you suddenly go quiet? I tried contacting you." "Oh, I'll tell you later. After school. Roof." Kevin nodded then walked with Hyunjoon to his class before taking off for his own.

Hyunjoon was glad to see Chanhee in class, but found it unnerving that he didn't come talk to him like usual. The class ended and he never knew fast Chanhee could leave the room. He threw everything into his bag then ran after him. "Chanhee!" He noticed Chanhee had picked up his pace as he made his way towards the entrance of the school. Hyunjoon had caught up and grabbed Chanhee's arm only for Chanhee to move his hand off his arm.

"Don't touch me." "I'm sorry..." "You're disgusting. Stay away." Hyunjoon felt tears prick his eyes as he took Chanhee's words to heart. "Wh-What's with the sudden change...?" "Didn't I tell you long ago? I'm cutting you out!" Chanhee turned around and left, leaving Hyunjoon feeling defeated and heartbroken. "Chanhee..." He quietly wiped the tears from his eyes as Juyeon chuckled from afar.

Hyunjoon felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up to see Juyeon. "You don't look well. Do you want to get something to eat and talk about it?" "No." "Come on, it won't be that bad." "I'd rather receive a gash on my leg." Juyeon sighed as he moved his hand off his shoulder. "I'll always be here for you, just know that. You'll come around." Juyeon walked away and Jacob then approached. "You both really love pushing my buttons, don't you?"

Jacob placed a hand on his arm but Hyunjoon slapped it away. "Just speak." "Kevin Mo-" "Actually, don't speak. Just walk away." Jacob didn't budge, so Hyunjoon gave him a shove. "That was unnecessary." "So is your existence. Now go away before I do something worse than a shove." Jacob reluctantly obeyed while occasionally looking back at him.

Hyunjoon opened the door to the roof and saw Kevin already there. "So, what's wrong?" "Sigh, my dad...he hurt me. As you can see, I'm wearing longer sleeves to hide the marks. And now...Chanhee doesn't want me around. Everything is falling apart and I don't know how much more I can take." Kevin pulled him into an embrace then heard Hyunjoon sobbing. "I hate Hani. She's making my life a living hell. I hate Changmin. Even if I couldn't date Chanhee, I appreciated the friendship we had. I hate Jacob and Juyeon. For what they did to you. For Jacob constantly bothering me about you. For Juyeon constantly trying to get back into my life. I hate everything."

"Hyunjoon, don't keep anything to yourself. I'm still here. And maybe Sangyeon. I may live a bit far from you, but I'll keep my door open for you." "Kevin, you've always been sweet to me. Sometimes it makes me wonder if you're low key interested in me." Kevin sputtered then started laughing loudly. "Maybe, maybe not." Hyunjoon stared at Kevin who was looking up at the sky.

Hyunjoon walked back to his locker and saw a piece of paper stuck on it. 'NO ONE WANTS TO BE FRIENDS WITH A GAY BOY.' Hyunjoon ripped the paper off his locker then tried to calm down. He didn't understand why someone was attacking him like this despite him not being the only gay in school. Hell, he wasn't even the only one into the same gender. He felt a tap on his shoulder and was surprised to see who it was.

"Hey, Joon." Hyunjoon could only stare at Changmin in astonishment and disgust. "'Hey, Joon.'? Are you shitting me right now? I know what you did, Changmin. Was what you did so bad that you didn't think twice about me, your best friend since forever?" "I'm s-" Hyunjoon banged his fist against the locker and Changmin immediately went quiet. "Saying sorry isn't going to fix anything. If it could, then the world would already be a better place. I really wanted to believe that you wouldn't be that kind of friend, but I was wrong. Our friendship is over." Hyunjoon walked away only to be pulled back by Changmin.

"You don't understand. What I did...it was for you." Hyunjoon broke free of Changmin's hold and walked away. As he walked out of the gate, he noticed Sangyeon and Chanhee down the block. He went over to them then felt Chanhee glaring daggers at him. "Joon. Nice to see you." "Hey, Sangyeon, Chan." Chanhee rolled his eyes then looked away from Hyunjoon. "Don't call me that. We're not friends." Sangyeon looked at Chanhee then at Hyunjoon. "Joon, come with me. If he's going to be like that, then he can be like that by himself." With having said that, Sangyeon dragged Hyunjoon away.