BTS SMERALDO THE NOTES 1 (Edited & Translated)

Seokjn: 10 October Year 9

Good Kid
Part 2

AFTER THEY RAN

The sky was getting darker and darker.
No one seemed to be chasing us.

We pushed our way through the trees and bushes to the walking trail.
An empty lot with exercise equipment appeared before us.

I leaned against the chin-up bar and my friend perched on the bench.

"I'm afraid you'll get in trouble because of me."

My friend seemed uneasy when I told him I would be fine.
All I could think of in the classroom was to get my friend out of there.
I had to get him far away from those men.
But as we stated running away, I realized we had nowhere to go.

"Let's go to my place."

It must've been around 9 p.m. as quite some time had passed since the sun went down. I was starving. He must have been too.

"Aren't your parents home? Won't you get in trouble for taking me there?"

"We can sneak in. If we get in trouble, then we get in trouble."

My house was not far from the foot of the hill. Soon, my house came into sight in the distance.

"Go in right behind when the gate opens and hide behind a tree. I'll open a window for you later."

WHEN SEOKJIN GETS HOME, HIS FRIEND HIDING OUTSIDE

Mom was sitting on the couch in the living room.

"Where have you been? Your teacher called."

Instead of answering her question, I told her I was sorry.
It was usually the quickest way to end a conversation.

"Dad will be home any minute," she said.
She went into her room.

My room was opposite their room with the living room in the middle.

I quickly went to my room and opened a window.

A FEW MINUTES AFTER SEOKJIN'S FRIEND MADE IT INTO HIS ROOM

we heard the front gate open while playing a computer game after a snack of bread and milk. My friend looked at me with frightened eyes.

"It's OK. Dad never comes in my room."

The door of my room burst open before I finished speaking. We both sprang up from our seats with fright.

"Are you Mr Choi's son?"
Dad continued without waiting for an answer.
"Come on out. Someone is here to take you."

There was a ,an standing by the door. I thought he was Mr Choi at first, but quickly realized he wasn't. He was one of those men who had marched into the classroom earlier.

I looked up at dad. He looked exhausted, with knitted brows and a subtly quivering eyelid. It was better not to bother him when he was in that mood.

While I was trying to read his face, the man came into my room and grabbed my friend's shoulder.

I got in front of my friend.
"No, dad, don't let this man take him away. He is one of the bad people."

He just kept looking down at me and didn't budge.

"Please help him, dad. He's my friend."

The man tried to pull my friend outside. I held onto my friend's arm, and dad grasped my shoulder. He grasped it and pulled it hard. I had to let go of my friend's arm.

He was being dragged out the door.

I squirmed and writhed to break free, but dad strengthened his grip.

"It hurts!" I screamed, but dad didn't let go.

He just grasped my shoulder even tighter. Tears ran down my face.

I looked up at dad. He was like a massive grey wall. His face was expressionless, with even the exhausted look now gone.

He slowly opened his mouth with his eyes fixed on me.

"Seokjin, be a good kid."

He still had that blank look.
But I knew what to do, what to do to stop the pain.

"Seokjin!"

I turned my head at my friend's cry.
He escaped the man's grip and was running towards my door.
He was in tears.

Dad, with his one hand still gripping my shoulder, slammed the door shut with his other hand.

I apologized to him.

"I'm sorry, dad. I won't make trouble again."

The next day, the seat next to mine was empty.
My teacher said he transferred to another school.

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