Yunho's POV
I tripped landing on the floor while attempting to get closer to the hallway door to hide. The shoe I landed on didn't help the sore on my stomach. Hopefully, that won't be painful when I wake up tomorrow morning.
I looked up to both Mingi and Moonbyul glancing over at my figure on the ground. The most embarrassing part was when I tried to stand back up, I fell back down due to the pain in my lower abdomen. I mentally cursed myself for listening in on their conversation because then this would have never happened.
"Yunho," Moonbyul called out to me when a small grunt came from my mouth. "Why are you on the floor?" She helped me up and I just shook my head not wanting to explain.
I bit down on my lip to stop from screaming right here and now. Mingi was slowly walking over now with a tired and cold look of confusion.
"What's wrong?" Moonbyul asked with a concerned face to me.
"Nothing, why would something be wrong?" I said quickly making sure not to hold my stomach. Moonbyul glared at me like she knew something was wrong but couldn't quite put a finger on it.
"What is with you two?" She suddenly mumbled while taking the opportunity to look me up and down. "What happened to your hand?" She yanked my arm forward to look at my hand. In the process of yanking me forward, I wasn't completely ready making my hand go toward my lower abdomen for support. I didn't mean to but I kinda yelled out in pain. Earlier, when I slammed my hand on the locker talking to Mingi I probably bruised my hand or when I passed out while talking to Hongjoong and fell on the ground. Moonbyul locked eyes with Mingi and I knew that he was in big trouble now.
"I don't wanna jump to any conclusions but please tell me you didn't fight my brother." Moonbyul's voice tried to stay calm but she couldn't hide her disappointment.
"I," Mingi stepped closer to me and Moonbyul making her take a step back while holding my arm, she was genuinely frightened. "I would never-" I decided to cut in because he wasn't making it better for himself
"Mingi didn't hurt me I promise it was probably just an accident. I didn't even realize it was there, you don't have to worry." I tried to explain to her but I guess it just didn't add up with Mingi and the cuts and bruises on his face.
"Then why are there bruises on your face?" she complained not wanted Mingi to move any closer to me even though she knew he was incapable of hurting anyone. This just didn't make logical sense either, if mingi hurt me there would be cruises on his hand, not mine and there would be bruises on my face. Moonbyul was stepping back because she was thinking of something that happened a while ago.
Moonbyul and I didn't grow up in the best home ever and for half of our lives we didn't even grow up together. Our father happened to be quite abusive and my mother was too afraid to leave him. Growing up I was terrified of my so-called father and scared of the way he treated my mom and Moonbyul. It was only after working he came home and decided to take his hard day at work out on all of us. I still remember his words "I can't believe I still look after this no-good family." and every time I stood up for my mother or big sister his hits got harder. I don't know exactly where my father is now and I don't care because the only thing I want to protect is my sister.
Mingi didn't move any closer to Moonbyul because he could see how frightened she was in her eyes. A single teardrop fell from her teary eyes as she fell back into my arms. Moonbyul suffered the most out of me and my mom because he didn't like having a daughter in the family.
I pulled Moonbyul into a hug and she tightened her grip around me trying to hold back her tears. I patted her back to try and comfort her but that didn't stop the tears from falling, I'm guessing it brought back memories.
I locked eyes with Mingi who was in shock and probably very confused about what going on but could also tell he was worried for her. I could tell he truly cared for Moonbyul and didn't wanna see her hurt. Mingi was holding back from Moonbyul for some reason, I just can't figure it out.
When Moonbyul calmed down she decided to leave and go back to her dorm room. She left in a hurry and I didn't stop her knowing it was due to embarrassment.
I walked into my shared bedroom with Mingi and found the younger laying on his bed and staring at the ceiling. When he noticed my presence he immediately sat up in a curious manner.
"I know this might be personal but can I ask what's going on with you and Moonbyul?" Mingi asked with concern when I sat on my bed.
"What?" I say because of the sudden question.
"I know he wasn't supposed to but Hongjoong told me about why you went to the nurse," he spoke with apologetic eyes scooting to the edge of the bed to let his feet hang off. Although I could be mad I'm not for some reason I wanted Mingi to know. I trusted Mingi to know and I definitely hadn't known him that long but it like I'd know him forever.
"My father isn't the best person in the world even though he looked like it. I mean when you're a hard worker and everyone in town loves you, you just expect that person to be good to everyone but my father was nice to everyone but his family. My mom was beaten a lot when my dad came home even when she was sick because he didn't care he wanted a good breakfast or dinner on the table and his kids asleep so he wouldn't have to deal with them. I was seven years old when I got my first black eye and I had to tell my sister not to get in the middle of my dad beating me up cause I could take the torture but she couldn't and my mom was struggling through the pain." Even though I spoke clearly and didn't get emotional, on the inside I could feel my heart hurting.
"Yunho, I'm sorry I didn't know because Moonbyul told me your parents were a very happy couple and she sometimes admired them." Mingi scratched the back of his head disappointed in himself for not knowing truly anything about our family.
"Don't be sorry it's not your fault, you can't control where we come from. And if Moonbyul was talking about a couple she admired it's probably our aunt and uncle. They are practically still raising us." I lied down and soon enough Mingi did too. We fell into a long silence like the time we first meet but this time it was almost comforting.
Breaking the silence Mingi sat up again "Umm... Since we're talking about our parents, I guess I don't have the best ones either, it's like they only want me to be the heir to their company instead of asking what I want." To me, Mingi didn't seem like a person who was very open about his feelings but told me anyway.
"My mom ran my sister away from here and now I don't know if she is safe at all and she won't respond to my messages." Mingi continued thinking of his little sister that I saw in the picture earlier and how he feels she might not talk with him again. "I guess we both have messed up life's except mine is because I'm stubborn."
Not really thinking the words just slipped out of my mouth. "I don't think you're stubborn, I think you know what you want to do with your life." We both looked to each other before letting out a laugh.
"Yunho,"
"Mhm," I replied laying on my side to get a better position on my pillow.
"I'm not usually nice to people I barely know so don't get use to it."
"Yeah, whatever," I replied, too tired to make a joke out of it.
[End of Chapter]
I'm super sorry about how late this update is and how short it is but school has gotten a lot harder for no apparent reason and it really just isn't fair but neither is me not updating so I will try to update multiple time throughout the week to make up for that. Anyways, thank you for your love and support, I'm so grateful and happy to have people actually reading this book.
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