Wild Ones

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"They hate me. Do you know what it's like waking up every morning knowing you're not good enough? They'll never be happy till I'm dead!"

"You're a disgrace to this family!" His father grabbed him by the throat, "listen now Jooheon and listen very well. YOU WILL do the Justice Circle if not the only thing YOU'LL be entering is hell when I'm done with you!" He screamed as he threw Jooheon to the ground.

"What you focus on becomes reality. Everybody carries anger inside. But also happiness. Those who focus on anger will always be angry. Those who focus on happiness will always be happy."

"You need to learn how to control yourself, Joo. This anger you hold only causes more issues within yourself. Let it go. Let yourself be FREE."

"Animals can teach us more about ourselves than any teacher"

Minhyuk places his hand on the bear. "Animals in every sense are like humans. They have their families to hunt for, feed for, and care for. They feel fear, anger, sadness, happiness, and all of the emotions. A bear reminds me of you y'know? Scared, angry, but hoping for someone to understand it and care for it."

"Why live if you can't help others and make the world a better place?"

"Banging your head won't make things any better for you, Jooheon. Do you expect to actually make it out after everything you did? Well you're dead wrong. Control yourself. All you've done is cause pain to people and even if people caused you pain, it isn't an excuse to do it back. It puts you on the same level as them.

"People change two ways——— with slow persistent pressure, or with a single and sudden traumatic experience."

"I-I know what you go through. I forgive you for what you did but I'll never be able to forget. You almost killed me but left me with permanent damage instead. What you did completely changed me as a person. I am still the shy boy that I was but now I'm also the boy who isn't afraid of anything. I understood why you did it and why you were mad. You didn't want to piss your dad off but let me tell you this, Jooheon" Changkyun placed his hand on Jooheon's shoulder, "what you did doesn't make you any better than your dad and it doesn't make you a better person. Please learn to control yourself and respect others as well as yourself. We'll be here for you."

"Anger is a memory never forgotten. You only tame it."

This is Wild Ones. A story inspired by two amazing books written by two phenomenal authors. This story tells the story about a young man Jooheon who's anger erupted into violence. In honor to avoid going to prison, he agrees to an alternative sentencing based on the Native American Justice Circle and is sent to an Alaskan island where he meets Minhyuk, the boy who went missing on the island for 8 years. This story will not just tell the story of Jooheon and Minhyuk, but the story of many other boys who are also sent to the island to make peace with themselves. They meet one another, share their stories, create bonds and friendships, fight, make up, and go through this progress as one.

Are you willing to follow these 7 lost boys?

A/N: ok- so yes. A new fic. Now this has no romance whatsoever. Everything is platonic. This story was inspired by Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen and Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer which is actually a true story. I definitely recommend reading these two wonderful books. I extremely enjoyed reading them. The bolded lines are quotes from the actual book. Italics is what's gonna be in the story. I really hope you guys enjoy it tho. I'll be putting my other fic on hold till this one's half-way finished