The Cliff's Edge • Doyoung x Jungwoo

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AN:/ Italics are significant words or inner thoughts
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Jungwoo's POV

I choked back a sob as I held my knees to my chest. My breathing was uneven and I was shaking uncontrollably. What the fuck am I gonna do?! Report cards were sent home early this morning and at first I thought I had nothing to worry about, until I checked my grades online. Five A's and one B. To anyone else, that one B might not even seem bad at all, but to me it was. The first and last time I brought home a B was in ninth grade. I was proud of it actually, because it was in a class I struggled a lot in, but when my dad saw it, he called me things like useless, retarded, failure, etc.

Then he broke my left arm. Ever since then, I've done whatever I could to get straight A's. My current B was in my AP Calculus class. Math has always been my worst subject. Even though I'm afraid of getting anything lower than an A, I've always liked to challenge myself in school, unfortunately this has come to bite me in the ass. I couldn't remember how long I was in the bathroom stall for, but I knew school had already ended. I was suppose to meet Doyoung but I couldn't find the energy to move, so I texted him where I was at.

He arrived in a couple of minutes and knocked on the stall door. I stood up to unlock it and let him in. He pulled me into a tight hug. We were there for a little while before pulling apart. We walked hand in hand in silence out of the school and to Doyoung's car. During the drive Doyoung spoke, "What's wrong baby?" "I have a B in one my classes and they sent report cards home, I know my dad will freak out..." Doyoung rubbed the back of my head, "Then why am I taking you home? We can go someplace else."

I shook my head, "My dad told me to come straight home today if I'm late he will assume I was with you regardless of what I say and my punishment will be way worse." Tears started to fall from eyes once again. Doyoung sighed and drove me home. When we arrived, he held my hand, "If anything happens run out or call my name. I won't leave." I nodded my head and took one final breath before getting out of the car. My plan was to be as quiet as possible and sneak upstairs.

However that didn't happen, when I got inside my father was waiting for me with my report in hand. Out of fear I froze, I didn't know what to say or do. My dad stared at me before getting up and speaking, "Your report card came in..." He said it in a calm and innocent voice as if his face wasn't showing how much he wanted to kill me. I didn't respond to him. "All your grades were fine except for...AP Calculus. You mind telling me why that is?" Again I didn't say anything causing me to get a slap to the face.

"I'm talking to you! Answer the fucking question." "U-Uhm, I struggle in the class sometimes-" Another hit. "Then why the fuck would you take it? You are so fucking retarded. You're probably a fag too. If I knew you were going to turn out like this, I would've had your mom fucking abort you-" "Enough! I'm fucking tired of your shit! Honestly, I hope you fucking die. I know you're going to rot in hell for being such a shitty human being!" Fuck, what the hell came over me!? My dad stared at me with an unreadable look on his face.

I combed my hands throughout my hair and turned to leave the house. However my dad stopped me. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me towards the living room area. "Let go of me!" He didn't say anything. He then pushed me into the couch and got on top of me. My mind was running a million miles a second I had no idea what was going on or what he would do. I started to hit him in an attempt to break free from under him, but he pushed his knees on to my arms. He grabbed my neck with his hands and started to squeeze.

I started to kick and knock things over in an attempt to signal to Doyoung. I felt the air completely leave my body and a burn in the back of my throat, but no matter what I did, I couldn't fight him. I started to close my eyes until I heard a sound and felt the pressure on my body and neck leave. I took many deep breaths and sat up slowly. I looked to the ground to see my dad, dead. Blood spilled out of his head completely soaking the floor around him. I looked behind the me to see Doyoung standing there, gun in his hand and a regretful look on his face.

"I-I'm sorry Jungwoo, I didn't know what else to do. H-He was gonna kill you..." I went towards Doyoung and hugged him. "No, don't apologize. Thank you for saving me...What are we going to do?" "I really fucked up Jungwoo, this is it, there's nothing we can do." I grabbed him by the shoulders and started crying, "No! No. No. No. It can't be like this. It can't end like this." "There's nothing we can do..." Doyoung said in a broken voice. Tears were now streaming down his face. "We should call the cop-"

"No! Let's write a note and go to the cliff, I'm sure a neighbor heard the shot. The police were mostly likely already called. If this is gonna be the last day we're together than I want to go to the cliff one more time..." Doyoung looked at me and rested his hand on my cheek. "Okay..." He then proceeded to write the note and set it on the coffee table. Doyoung went to my dad and mumbled an apology to him.

The car ride to the cliff was dead silent and filled with tension. Not tension between us but, tension about our overall situation. Part of me didn't want to believe any of this was actually happening. I soon started to think of the future, we wouldn't be able to move in together, or get married, or get a puppy. This is what hurt the most. My future was him. Even if Doyoung said he was trying to save me, authorities wouldn't listen to him. They'll look at his past arrests, accusations, and his fucked up parents and conclude that he's a bad guy.

I don't even think all the money in the world could help him at this point. This was it for us. When we arrived at our usual spot, we sat on the hood of the car in silence. Doyoung started to rub the back of my head, "When they arrest me and interrogate you, tell them the truth. Tell them that he's been abusing you and I killed him to save you." "They wouldn't believe me! Especially when you have a sketchy past. I rather not say anything." Doyoung got annoyed and stood up to walk towards the warning sign.

"You will not be in trouble for something I did! You don't belong in jail. You belong in a prestigious college surrounded by good people...unlike me." I then walked over to him and grabbed his arms, "You are a good person Doyoung! That's one of the things I love about you." He pulled me into a tearful kiss. This kiss was one we never shared before, it was filled with love and desperation yet anxiety and sadness. We both knew that this kiss was going to be one of our last ones.

We heard multiple sirens in the distance but, it was so low that you wouldn't hear it unless it was silent. Him and I stood there holding each other, I could feel Doyoung shake as the sirens grew louder. Once the police were around the corner Doyoung spoke, "I can't do this...I can't live like this! If the rest of my life is going to be me rotting away in jail and not being able to hold you then...I don't want to live." "I can't live without you either Doyoung." I said quietly. Doyoung let go of me and started walking towards the edge of the cliff.

He stopped when his feet were right at the edge. "Doyoung what are you doing?!" "I can't live without you, and you can't live without me...so let's just go. The cliff's edge is right here, so let's just end it, together. I was frozen for a moment until I heard the sirens get really close. I got up and ran towards Doyoung. I pulled him in to one last kiss and held his hand. "There's nothing left here but pain..." I said. "I love you Jungwoo, maybe next time things with turn out better." "I love you Doyoung...more than anything." Then, like it was nothing, we jumped. We jumped without any regret. We jumped with our eyes closed and hands intertwined. We jumped from the cliff's edge...and left this world forever.

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AN:/ This book is finally finished! I hope those of you that made it this far enjoyed it. This ending was planned from the very beginning. I wanted to write a story with a sadder ending compared to my other. I'm truly proud on how this came out. If you want to know more about the characters and symbols, please read the analysis chapter. Thank you.