Take me home [Take you home] {Bang Yongguk & OC ]

Chapter 10 ღ Take you home

-I can’t… Gukkie I can’t…

Naeri was trembling, hiding her face between her knees and sitting on the cold floor, in the corner of the room. Yongguk was patting her shoulder and approaching her ear to whisper.

-Hey, jagiya.

Naeri blushed because of how Yongguk had called her, but she still didn’t look him in the eye.

-Look at me, jagiya.

-W-Why do you call me “jagiya”? –she stuttered and looked at him while hiding her cheeks behind her hands.

-You see, it means “self” in Korean. That’s why I call you like that. You’re already part of me, in here –he said pointing at his own heart and then pointing at hers- And something there inside knows that the right thing is to declare against your father. Well, it’s not really “declaring against him”. It’s saying the truth.

-Don’t be so dumb! –Slaps his shoulder and grins- I already know my language, you know? I meant that I didn’t know I was… important to someone. Especially to you.

-Of course you are. For me, for your mother, for your poor sister, for the policemen that are working on this chaos and for my five childish brothers-from-another-mother.  And now get up and talk to those big tall black men from the FBI. They look creepy, but they’re really kind, trust me.  

-Should I trust you…? –she said looking at Yongguk with an innocent gaze.

-Yes, you should trust “oppa” –he grinned and looked at her with a concerned one.

-Who told you that I’d want you to be my “oppa”? –Naeri blushed just a bit more and lifted the right corner of her mouth, trying not to smile.

-Your body has done it for you.

Yongguk grinned and stood up. Then he stretched out his arm and motioned her to hold his hand and stand up too.

-Yongguk oppa…

-Come on, let’s do it. I’ll be right beside you, holding your hand and wiping your tears off.

-Thank you so much Bang Yongguk…

Naeri held his hand and stood up. Then she followed him and reached the policemen and bowed ninety degrees. Fifteen minutes of talk and tears and she had already done it.

-You see, it wasn’t as difficult as you expected it to be.

-Thank you. I couldn’t have done it without you.

Naeri approached Yongguk. This time it was her the one that took the first step and hugged him. She hid her face on his chest, her new shelter. The only place where she felt save. The place where insecure didn’t exist for her. The place where she felt warm, the one she felt like she belonged.

-Do we interrupt something?

Himchan approached the leader of his group and bowed a bit.

-I’m sorry for not believing in you. I must have listened to you. And you… Oh Naeri. I’m glad you’re okay. I am refgretful. If it wasn’t for Bang, you wouldn’t be here. You wouldn’t be….

-Alive. –She completed the sentence.

-Yeah… I’m sorry.

-It’s okay. Hey, you all were really brave out there. –She said pointing at Himchan and the other four, that were –hiding?- behind him.