Who We Are BOOK 1 ✔

Easier

"The hardest part of all
Is that we're only built to fall"

- 5SOS

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"Ow!"

"Sit still and maybe it won't hurt as much"

"But you're pushing too hard-"

"Yeah because I'm angry at you!" You yelled. Jungkook looked away, sulking to himself that you weren't being gentle.

"...it takes two people to fight- ow!" He held his head in pain after feeling your hand slap his head.

"But it takes one to throw the first punch! Oooooh don't get me started, Jeon" you breathed in and out as a relaxing method to help you control your anger. It was only the first month of him joining the hero industry and already he had been in so much trouble. Jungkook didn't know what to say, scared to make you more angry than you were now.

"Breathe in... breathe out... okay, come over here and let me clean your cuts" you gestured for him to get closer which only made him move away, scared that you were going to hurt him again.

Biting your cheek, you dropped the cotton on the table and stood up from the chair to head out from the medical room. Realising that you were leaving him, the hero stood up and reached his arm out to stop you form leaving.

"I'm sorry!" Feeling his hand on your arm, you turned around while making sure to send daggers with your eyes.

"Who are you saying that to? Because I'm pretty sure that Seonghwa should be hearing that instead" looking away in guilt, he let out a sigh before looking back at you.

"...will you... will you listen as to why I hate him so much?" Seeing that he was serious, you turned your body fully towards him.

"...yeah" gesturing for him to sit on the hospital bed as you sat beside him and waited for him to talk in his own time.

"...I've never told anyone this before" you placed you hand on his back and started to rub gently in hopes of calming him down.

"... when I was 5, my dad died in a villain attack on his way back from work. At that time, I didn't understand the concept of death so my mum just explained that he was going to be really busy from then on.

But obviously, I didn't believe it and the change in my mum's behaviour didn't help her convince me. So I thought that she was hiding my own father from me... I didn't trust her ever since.

We distanced ourselves and she felt so lonely. She found a guy and they married when I was 9. Turned out the guy also had a son and his wife had left him for another man. I hated the thought that my mum was replacing my dad with some stranger, not to mention a new son to replace me too.

The son had handled the news of his dad re-marrying really well since he thought that he would get a loving mother that he desperately wanted. I guess I was just a bonus to him, a little brother who he could also play with...

As days became months and months became years, Seonghwa became the favoured child who listened, got good grades, behaved well in school, had an awesome power... and I became the troublesome child that was always compared to his older step brother. 'Why don't be more nice like your brother? Why don't you cause less trouble for your father? Why don't you be more like your brother?'...

That's when my powers were formed. That's why I copy powers, because I was being told to be someone not me... all because of Seonghwa" he finished with his hands clenched. Throughout the story, you made sure to listen to every word and as you did, you understood how he became the person that he is today. You reached over to his hands and gently grabbed them, trying to calm him down.

"... I think, people get their powers for a reason. I think we get them to over come the trouble that caused us to get the power in the first place.

I got my powers when I thought I was having a panic attack until this person embraced me and sang to me to make me feel better. Ever since then, I used my powers to make others feel better when they feel unsafe just like what happened to me when I was little" Jungkook looked at your hands in his and felt warmth within him grow, feeling like a weight had been lifted off of him after telling you his troubles.

"...there are mean people in this world, Y/N. Unfortunately, some of them have become heroes... and Seonghwa is one of them"

"I don't think that's true, I really think he's trying to be your friend-"

"A friend doesn't ruin my life and give me this god forsaken power!" He yelled at you, making you wince slightly at the volume. The younger noticed your reaction and immediately tried to calm down.

"I-I'm sorry... it's just that you don't know him like I do" standing up, he decided to leave the room as he didn't want to cause any more harm. As Jungkook closed the door behind him, he looked through the window on the door and took one more glance at you before walking off.

Around the corner, Namjoon stood silently with his hands in his pockets, thinking over at what he had just heard between the two of you.

"... she remembers?"

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E/N: Meme Of the day :-