Two Worlds [NAMJIN]

12 [Rewritten]

*Triggering content
This chapter contains bullying and mention of domestic abuse. The section is between two asterisks (*).
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Namjoon was having a chat with one of the professors about his working hours and flexibility on assignments when he heard a whisper on the line of Hoseok and Taehyung. He became worried about Hoseok but he could not just run away from the professor. He completed the talk and ran to the cafeteria to see Hoseok shaking hands with Taehyung. Taehyung and Jungkook were smiling. He became mad and walked towards the trio. He yanked Hoseok's hand from the handshake and glared at Taehyung, "Stay away from him." He dragged Hoseok out of the cafeteria towards the ground. Taehyung and Jungkook shrugged the behaviour and went back to eating.

Hoseok freed his hands from Namjoon, "What the fuck Namjoon? Why would you do that?"

Namjoon turned around, "Why were you with him when you know what his brother is doing to me?"

Hoseok rolled his eyes, "It's his brother, for fucks sake Namjoon. I was making new friends. I've only got you as a friend in this entire university."

Namjoon's eyes got wider, "So I'm not enough?"

Hoseok sighed, "That's not what I'm saying Namjoon!"

Namjoon glared at Hoseok, "This is the reason why you were a loner in freshman year." As soon as words left his mouth, he regretted it. Namjoon knew that the topic was very sensitive for Hoseok, "Seok-ah I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that. Please I'm sorry."

Hoseok looked at him with a hurt expression plastered on his face. He turned around, "You're right. No one would like to be with me. So leave me alone." With this Hoseok ran away. Namjoon cried his name several times but he didn't stop.

When he reached the corner that connected the library to the main building, suddenly, he was pushed back in a corner. "Leave me Namjoon I'm not talking with you."

But there was no answer. Then he flinched at the sneer, "Don't call me by that bastard's name." 

Hoseok shivered at the voice. He knew it very well. He had been hiding from this voice all freshman year. If he had a choice between this person and death, he would happily choose death. "Le-leave me alone." Hoseok wanted to sound stern but he stuttered and turned to face the man. The bully from the freshman year was staring at him and smirked. "Lee Jungwon, leave me alone." He said again and this time he received a sharp blow across his jaw. He fell on the floor with a sharp pain in his jaw as well as knee due to fall. He looked at Jungwon and stared directly in the eyes. He received a strong kick on his abdomen, and he curled up in a ball due to intense pain, throwing blood from his mouth.

"Don't look me in the eye, slave. Have you forgotten how to treat your master? I won't like to train you again." His voice had a smirk in it. Hoseok shivered. He was expecting to be beaten up badly today.

*

When he was in his freshman year, he was alone. But one day someone called him behind the building, he thought he was finally making friends but the group started bullying him. Treating him like a slave, they would use him to run errands and beat him up when they were frustrated, make him do things that will land him in serious trouble.

Until Namjoon interfered and rescued Hoseok. They had been best friends since then. Namjoon found out that Hoseok was himself from a rich family, but as he was weak, he was always abused by his father. Beaten if he messed up something, starved till he begged for the food and other inhuman things. Namjoon helped Hoseok to run away from his house and he bought the penthouse where they lived now. He also bought a share in his company for Hoseok so he was not dependent on anyone. Hoseok opened a dance studio. His body regained health and he was now a lot more healthy and bulky compared to his past self.

But the mental health had taken its time to heal. He often went into a depression, though it improved, the impact and fear of the bully returned when his bully came and started beating him. He could not bring himself to stop the beating or speak against it. 

* (For those who skipped: Hoseok was bullied and had a troubled household even when he belonged to a rich family, Namjoon saved him from bullies and his father.)

"I heard you fighting with Namjoon, you man whore. He is not going to come and save your worthless ass. Just submit to me already and I'll be less cruel." With this, he delivered another kick in Hoseok's stomach pushing him further. Hoseok hit the wall behind him making him feel intense pain in his back.

Hoseok grunted and was about to lose hope when he heard someone, "Leave him alone Jungwon before you regret it." Hoseok was relieved but the voice was not Namjoon's. It was someone else's he squinted his eyes to see who came to rescue him and saw two figures standing tall in front of him. He sat a little wincing at the pain in the abdomen. He held the abdomen by both his hands and tried to figure out who the two people were.