Both Woojin and Jihoon had to face different types of obstacles in their lives which also had different impacts on them.
One day Jihoon transfers to the same school Woojin attends and they shortly after becomes best friends.
Together they go throug...
It has been a while since Woojin decided to befriend me and I couldn't be any happier since I never really had a real friend before. The problem is,he's still a bit cold from time to time and I barely know anything about him except his name and age of course. So,being the genius I am,I figured that the two of us should spend this weekend getting to know each other a bit better.
I grabbed my phone and dialedWoojin's number. He picked up after a few signals. "Hello?" "Woojin!" "You need anything Jihoon?" "Do you have any plans for this weekend?" Please say no,I thought to myself. "Erm,no not really,why?" "Great! Can we hang out during the whole weekend?" "Thewhole weekend?!" "Yep,I barely know you,ya know. It's like we've been friends for I don't know,a week or something but I still barely know you and..." "Alright,I'll come over to your house then." Woojin cut off my endless rambling. "NO! I-I mean can't we like uh go out to the woods instead? Please~" "O..Kay,see you in the forest near my neighborhood then..?"
I suddenly heard the front door slam shut and immediately knew my dad had arrived. Panic started to rise and I quickly answered Woojin before rushing to my backpack. We'll be staying in the forest for two days so I'll need some stuff I guess. Before,my dad used to only verbally insult and hurt me but recently he had become a drunkard and physically hurts me from time to time.
With all my stuff packed,I climbed out through my window and rushed towards the said forest.
(Woojin's p.o.v)
I arrived in the forest with my backpack filled with food and other stuff for our stay and patiently waited for Jihoon to arrive. Soon enough I heard a bunch of footsteps coming closer and saw Jihoon running towards me in full speed. Why in the world is he running so fast?
Jihoon almost bumped into a tree trunk due to his incredible speed and panted while resting his hand on his legs,trying to regain his breath. "Why in such a hurry?" I asked between my small laughs. "My.dad.came.home" "Then why were you running,it's not like he would've hurt you or anything,right?" I didn't exactly receive an answer in return but a statue as a friend instead. "Hello? Jihoon,are you there?" He looked like he just saw a ghost,weird. "H-h-how d-did y-y-you kn-ow?" He stuttered. This made me utterly confused,what did I know? "Jihoon,you're not making any sense. What are you talking about?"
Jihoon sat down on a rock and began to fidget with his fingers. "My dad hurts me." His answer came out more like a whisper but still audible for me to hear. I stood glued to my place trying to process his words and gasped when I finally understood. "In what way does he hurt you Jihoon?" I tried being as gentle as I could. He seemed so lost and terrified,I was scared of hurting himeven more.
"Both physically and verbally. My family used to be like any other family and I was an only child which meant getting quite a lot of attention from both my parents,especially dad. We did a lot of stuff together but then one night there occurred a lot of yelling and shouts downstairs. I didn't know what went wrong but I saw my mom angrily packing her stuff in bags and leaving the house while I quietly watched from upstairs. My dad slammed the bedroom door shut and I cried myself to sleep that night. He blamed everything on me and claimed that mom would've stayed if it wasn't for me. For the next few days he kept scolding and yelling at me,sometimes just to make me feel small compared to him. It caused me to lose most of my confidence and I became self conscious. Girls in school thought I looked adorable due to my quite chubby cheeks and my natural cuteness. Some boys called me pathetic and bullied me causing me to be all my myself in school. I felt lonely and useless by that time,they pushed me around and threw food at me in the cafeteria causing everyone to laugh at me. I felt too weak to even stand up for myself so I just ran away and cried myself in the bathroom everyday. I wanted tostart all over again and so I transferred to your school and saw you. You looked cool so I wanted to approach you,my days in school has gotten better since you're my friend but I don't like going home. My dad recently began drinking after work and comes home drunk,sometimes he slaps be before going to his own room where he eventually passes out."
I was speechless,I didn't know what to do. He had been suffering all this time without anyone beside him,I would've helped sooner if I knew. He had opened up tome and it felt like he trusted me a lot so I decided to trust him and open up too. "I'm really sorry about that Jihoon." "Don't be,it's not your fault after all." He gave me a weak smile and wiped away a few tears that had appeared. "Just know that you're always welcome to come to me whenever you feel like it. Um,since you told me about your past then I should probably do the same right?" I let out an awkward laugh and stood there waiting for his reply. "Yeah sure,go ahead Woojin."
"So as you noticed,Ican be quite rude at times since I've grown to have a hard time trusting others because of my family background. My family is quite wealthy which resulted in people wanting to become my friends at school. When I was younger I just thought it would be a good idea to befriend a lot of them and so I did. They always wanted expensive stuff and always told me they forgot to bring money whenever we went out and so I always payed for everyone. I was stupid enough to not notice anything and continued until one day when I walked down the streets and heard some people talking about someone. I recognized them as my so called friends and that was when I got to know that they only befriended me in order to use me for popularity and money. I ran home crying and all I wanted was my parents comfort but unfortunately they weren't home and so I got mad and locked myself up in my room and cried by myself. After that day my attitude changed and I became cold to mostly everyone including my parents. Students and even teachers got terrified by my sudden change and I could finally be free and go to school without anyone disturbing me. To be honest,I don't know why I'm still rude towards my parents. I still haven't contacted them ever since I decided to move into my own apartment. After hearing your story I feel selfish and guilty for what I'm causing my own family."
We just stared at each other for a moment,no one uttered a word. This somehow felt comfortable yet a bit creepy. "Never knew you used to be more like a softie." Jihoon teased me. "Yah,we were having a serious talk and now you ruined it!!" I said in utter disbelief. Jihoon just smiled at me while still sitting on the same rock.
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