Broken Smile

Chapter 2

  "Ha! Look who it is! Miss 'I only hang out with a bunch of idiots'!" Chris yells and points at me.
  "Ya! How many of them have you hooked up with?" Norun yells as the rest of the class just dies of laughter.
  "Leave me alone, and it's not your place to call them idiots, and for the record, I haven't freakin slept with any of them!" I snap as I made my way past Chris and Norun.
  "Oh! She thinks she so big and bad, Chris! We should teach her a lesson, shouldn't we?" Norun says in a mocking tone as he grabs my hair and yanks me back.
  "Quit! Let me g-" I protest, but let out a yelp as he painfully yanks me up by my hair. I kick and thrash, trying to break free of his grip, but am once again, forbidden from doing so when what feels like fire on my stomach.
  Chris had took a tube of acid from the chemical experiment for class today and splashed it all over me. I scream almost at the top of my lungs, but these classrooms are soundproof. I use all of my force to kick Chris's legs out from under him and, despite how much my head and stomach are hurting right now, quickly flip my body around and knee Norun right where it hurts.
  They both crumble to the ground, and I break free from Norun's grip. Tears blur my vision as the acid burns through my skin as I run out of the room towards the bathroom for the water from the sink.
  I am stopped dead in my tracks as I face plant into someone's sturdy chest. Fearing it may be another bully I quickly get away and go to run past him, but he grabs my wrist.
  "(Y/N)!! It's me! It's Hoseok! What happened?!" His eyes widen with fear and he gasps as he sees the holes burnt through my hoodie and shirt and my skin soaked with acid,"COME ON WE GOTTA GET YOU TO THE HOSPITAL!"
  Without hesitation, he picks me up bridal style and runs at full speed to the exit.
"W-watch our for Chris and N-Norun," I say in between sobs.
H-Hoseok? I'm sorry.. I didn't mean for you to see me like this.... I'm sorry..
  Black spots blur my already teary vision and the last thing I see is Hoseok's panicked face at he runs through the school parking lot as the world goes dark around me.
Hoseoks's P.O.V.
  A sinking feeling take over me as soon as I get to class. Something's not right. I slip out the door unnoticed at the last few students poured into the room.
  I hurriedly walk in the direction of (Y/N)'s class when a figure appears running down the hallway towards me.
It's (Y/N)!
  Before I can process what's happening, she faceplabts directly into my chest, knocking the breath out of me. She quickly pulls away and tries to run past me, but I grab her wrist.
  "(Y/N)!! It's me! It's Hoseok! What happened?!" I yell but feel my body go into a panic mode when I see her burnt hoodie and shirt and the acid covered skin beneath it,"COME ON WE GOTTA GET YOU TO THE HOSPITAL!"
  I quickly swoop her up bridal style and run as fast as I can to the exit, my adrenaline kicking in. I can't lose her, I only just got her a few months ago. No, this can't be how it ends... I haven't even got to tell her yet..
"W-watch or for Chris and N-Norun," she sobs out.
I'm gonna kill those fu-
Busting through the door, I glance down at her and almost fall apart.
Tears stained her face and burns covered her stomach as she lay limply in my arms.
"No no no please don't go (Y/N) please," I whisper as I run. The hospital was only a couple blocks down the road and it would take longer to load her in the car so I just keep running, pushing my body to limits I never knew I had.
I can't lose her I can't lose her I can't lose her constantly runs through my head, and after what felt like hours, I finally reach the hospital, praying that I wasn't too late.
As soon as I sprint through the sliding door, the secretary lady looks horrified and immediately calls a doctor over the speaker.
"Doctor Kang, report to the lobby immediately with a stretcher and preps for chemical burns," she says over the speaker.
About ten seconds later, a doctor and several nurses rush in the room with a stretcher.
I gently lay her on the stretcher, not wanting to let her go, but I do so anyway because I can't help her anymore.
"Get her water immediately!" Doctor Kang says, and two nurses rush ahead as he quickly pushes her into the hallway. The rest of the nurses follow except for one, who walks up to me. She has light brown hair and baby blue eyes that match the rim of her glasses and the bandana she has tied over her head like a bonnet.
"What's your name?" She says.
"J-Jung Hoseok. Is s-she going to be alright?" I say. It's all I can muster out at the moment, my adrenaline wearing off and it all catching up to me. I slip my jacket off
"Are you in her family?" The nurse asks.
"She d-doesn't have any family l-left. Me and a few friends a-are the closest thing she has to f-family," I wheeze out. I lean against the wall for support and try to catch my breath.
She pauses for a moment, wondering if she should tell me. I guess seeing my worried but serious expression, she could tell I was being honest.
"She is obviously going to be admitted here for the next few days for second degree chemical burns. Now how did this happen?" She questions.
Those freakin bullies happened. If it's the last thing I do, I will torture them they way they torture her.
"The freakin bullies at school happened. They could've killed her!" I say, clenching my fists as anger took over my body. I quickly close my mouth when I realizing that my teeth were showing. Well, that's what happens when I get angry
The nurse glancing up at my hat and mouths at me to fix it. My hands shoot up and pull my hat back over the edge of my ear that was now sticking up out of fury. It must've almost fallen off while I was running. Luckily, there are only a few people in here.
"I'd like you to come with me down to the police station to give them the names of the ones that cause this," she says.
No. I can't leave her. I won't leave her.
"I can't leave her," I say through my teeth, anger still boiling inside of me.
"If you don't wish to leave her, I'll call an officer to come and speak with you. Is that ok?" She asks, obviously concerned.
I give a small nod and she turns to leave. Only then do I notice a bit of gray fur showing on her head. She reaches back and fixes her bandana to where they are no longer visible.
I stagger over to a chair in the corner of the room and slump down in it, my head in my hands. A tear escapes my eye, and another, and another.... I stay in that position for a few minutes, just letting the tears flow.
Do I care if these people in here see me cry? No. Am I scared for (Y/N)' a health? Heck yes. She is my world. She's one of the few things that have brought me happiness. She's the reason I wear this mask with a smile on it. I can't lose her.
I stifle my sobs for a moment and pull my phone out of my jacket pocket. I dial the only person I know to call that will answer their phone and put it to my ear.
"Hoseok, what did I tell you about calling me in the middle of class?! You just got me detention!" Jin whisper yells.
"H-hyung," I say, but can't help my voice from cracking.
"What's wrong are you ok?" He says, a worried tone taking over the irritated one.
"I-it's (Y/N). She's hurt. I took her to the hospital. I'm gonna rip Chris and Norun apart..." I say, not even bothering to hide the fact that I'm this mad over this..
"I'm on my way," he says before hanging up.
As I put the phone down, the realization hits me that my tears have ran down my arms and rinsed away the concealer. I quickly grab my jacket and pull it back on, despite me being hot from running.
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Ayeee this is sorta a long chapter, but I couldn't find any other place that was decent to end it.
What do you think about this chapter?
If your confused as to why Hoseok put his jacket back on.
He has scars lining both of his wrists, and he has concealer on to hide them.
I know I know I'm probably terrible for writing this but it gets better I promise
~River Chan