Just Before The Dawn [DaeJae]

Thirty One

"Youngjae?" Daehyun asked, when they were back in the boy's room after their dinner. They sat on the bed next to each other, watching a movie. 

"Yeah?" 

"Why did you drink so much? Was there any specific reason?" 

Youngjae bit his lip, thinking what he should say. In fact, there were many reasons for this. First of all, there was of course the incident that had happened on Monday. Then, the next day, he had went to the bridge in the need of a new message from the anonymous writer, but there had not been anything, sparking the thought in him that even this person, whoever it was, had forgotten or did not care about him. The rest had just been depression and loneliness. 

"It was just... because of what Jumin did on Monday." he eventually said. Daehyun had probably heard about it anyways, since usually the whole school knew within a few days when his classmate had done something to him again, but he was wrong. 

"What did he do? Ms Park just told me that something happened, but no details..." 

Youngjae looked at the older in disbelief. "Oh...? Um, well, basically he and his friends followed me after school to beat me up..." 

"God... Why can't he just leave you alone and get a life..." Daehyun sighed, looking at the boy in concern. "Have you been at the doctor?" 

"No. It's alright, it's just a few bruises..." 

Daehyun nodded. "I noticed them earlier in the shower, I was about to ask where they came from. They look pretty bad though." 

Youngjae felt his face heat up when Daehyun mentioned the shower. He had forgotten about this since he had slept earlier, but now it hit him and he felt super embarrassed. Daehyun had seen him almost fully naked, with only his boxers on... At this thought, Youngjae just wanted to vanish into thin air. He hated his body and he was so ashamed that Daehyun had seen him like this, he had no idea what to say or do right now. 

Only when he heard Daehyun say: "Jae? Are you alright?" he snapped out of these thoughts and quickly tried to shake them off. 

"Yeah, just... I just thought about something. Sorry." 

The blonde chuckled. "It's okay. You also look a bit tired, do you want me to leave so you can sleep?" 

"Hmm... Yeah i think I should get some sleep." 

"Alright. Hey, will you come to school on Monday?" 

Youngjae nodded. "Yeah, I think so." 

Daehyun smiled at him. "Good. Then see you on Monday, JaeJae." He hugged the boy tightly and ruffled his hair. "And stay away from alcohol for the weekend."