Taehyung, 29 December, Year 10

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I entered the living room after taking off my shoes and dropping my bag, and my dad was inside. I didn't think of how long it had been. I just ran into his embrace. I can't recall clearly what happened afterward. Did I first smell the alcohol, hear him curse at me, or get slapped by him? I don't know what was happening. He reeked of alcohol, his breathing was rough, and he had a foul breath. His eyes were bloodshot, and his beard was unkempt. Then he used his big hand to hit me, asked me what I was looking at, and hit me again. Then he lifted me high up in the air. Although his bloodshot eyes were scary, I couldn't cry because I was too scared.

That was not my dad. No, he was, but he didn't feel like it. I kicked my leg in mid-air. In the next moment, my head hit the wall and I fell to the floor.

It felt like my head was going to explode.

My sight became blurry and gradually darkened, and all I could hear in my mind was my dad's heavy breathing.

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