Just Before The Dawn [DaeJae]

Seventeen

In the middle of his torture, a loud knock on the door of the hotel room could be heard and they finally turned off the water.

"Must be Mr Kim" Jumin said, "You know he won't help you, right? He hates you, just like everyone else."

Youngjae closed his eyes, when the tears came. Jumin was right. Mr Kim had never helped him. He heard how Sangjun left the bathroom and went to open the door.

"Hey boys, I came to check if your room is alright, Mr Kim has to solve a problem downstairs." Ms Park said and entered the room. Jumin didn't seem to hear her, he still held Youngjae down so he couldn't escape, one hand on his mouth, the other on his side.

Sangjun did not know what to do, how to tell Jumin that he had to get out of there, especially when the teacher went towards the bathroom.

"Um,maybe you should check the bedroom first" he said quickly, but the woman just raised an eyebrow.

"Why? Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I'll do the bathroom first because some rooms have problems with the tap. By the way, where are the other two?"

Sangjun didn't get to answer,  she had already opened the bathroom door.

"What is going on here!? Kang Jumin, let him go right now! What do you think you're doing?" She quickly made her way to the shower, helping Youngjae to get up. "Here, dry yourself up a bit." she told the drenched boy, handing him a towel, then turning around to the other two. "You two, get out of here. I will have a talk with your teacher about this, this will have consequences for both of you."

When they had left, she knelt down next to Youngjae, who had sat down on the floor since his legs were too shaky to stand. "Don't worry, I'll make sure you get a different room, I promise. I won't leave you with them any longer. I feel like this wasn't the first time they did something to you, am I right?"

Youngjae nodded slightly and she sighed. "I will try to solve that, I'm sure there's something I can do. For now, we need to get you a place to sleep. I saw you talking to Junhong in the bus, he and Daehyun have a free bed in their room. Would it be okay for you to share a room with them?"

Again, he nodded.

"Perfect. You should change into dry clothes, which is your bag?"

"The dark blue one."

Ms Park got up and went to being him his bag. "Come to the hallway when you are done, I'll wait for you and have a talk with your classmates in the meantime."

When Youngjae left the room a few minutes later, he saw Jumin and Sangjun standing at the wall next to the door, listening to Ms Park scolding them. They didn't look too interested and when Jumin noticed the crying boy, he laughed. "Pussy."

"Mr Kang, it's enough!" Ms Park shouted, "Get back inside now, but don't think I'm done with you yet!"

She sighed and turned to Youngjae. "Let's go."

They walked a few meters, stopping at room 155. Soon after knocking, the door was opened by Daehyun.

"Oh, hey Youngjae. Ms Park, how can I help you?"

"Daehyun, would you mind taking Youngjae in your room? There was a problem with his classmates."

"Oh, of course he can stay here. We don't mind~"

"Thank you very much. Then I'll go now and tell Mr Kim about that. Please don't forget to come downstairs for dinner at six."

"Alright, see you later."

The teacher left and Youngjae went inside, putting his bag down next to the empty single bed. The other two seemed to have taken the double bed.

"What did they do?" Daehyun asked, looking at the drenched clothes Youngjae was carrying.

"Nothing."

The older shook his head. "Youngjae, if you don't want to talk about it please say it. I understand that." He approached the boy and hugged him. Just for a few seconds, to not make him uncomfortable, but he felt like the younger felt a bit more relaxed afterwards. "Whatever happened, you're safe now. We won't hurt you."

"Thank you" the latter said quietly, "Where is Junhong?"

"In the bathroom, changing. He said his clothes became uncomfortable during he ride." He grinned, just when the younger came out of the bathroom.

"What? It's true, they got super annoying. Hi Youngjae, you're with us now?"

"Yes..."

Junhong smiled. "Cool! You'll have lots of fun with us. If we get too annoying, please tell us."

Youngjae nodded. "So, um... Can I take the single bed or..."

"Yeah, we'll share the big one" Daehyun said, "Junnie needs someone next to him at night or he'll get scared." He laughed when Junhong threw a shirt at him.

"Shut up. Who says it's not you who's scared?"

"I'm older."

"So what?"

"You're a baby."

"You'r ea grandpa."

"Wow, that was rude."

Youngjae smiled lightly to himself when they continued their fun-fight, and went to the bathroom to hang up his clothes for drying. He had to admit he liked being with them. They were always having fun and their good mood made him feel a bit better, at least for a little while.