Silver Plate (Seongsang/Woosang)

don't leave me

WARNING: This chapter includes mentions of drugs and self-harm. (This a sharp downward slope but this is mild.)

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I'm blown out of my mind again
If you need some company, call your friends
You told me I'm sick in the head, and yeah
The sickness began with the meds
I might jump off the ledge or get drown in alcohol again

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Months moves past like a ripple and Seonghwa left Incheon to study in Seoul. He was accepted in Korea University School of Media and Communication. The same university his brother went except he was in the College of Political Science. His parents had mixed feelings about him pursuing things involves media but it is one step to his goal.

He kept in touch with his friends but it's harder without them around. He got some people to talk to but they're not even close to the ones he left behind.

On his first winter at the university. They surprise him by appearing near his apartment's bookstore. They were casually drinking warm drinks while lounging by the store benches.

He didn't recognize them at first cause they're wearing scarfs but then a familiar laugh turn the eerie sound of winter dusk into something home.

He turn his head and found himself speechless to see his friends running to him before he got engulf by some bone crushing hug.

“You look like an old man.” Wooyoung exclaimed as he took a good look of him.

Nothing much has change in them, they are still the same people he learned to laugh with. When he turn to Yeosang, who was just smiling in the background, hugging his newly purchased books, hasn't changed much. He is still the same as he left. Except he became more talkative around them and a little bit tactless. Which is welcome any day.

He invited them to stay at his apartment, a gift from his  parents when he got accepted to his brother's school. They slept on the floor and ate a week worth of his meals in one night with marvel movies on marathon.

He was the last one to sleep at around five o'clock after he cleaned all the mess and settled to lay beside Yeosang. He decided not to stare at him a lot throughout  their stay but he missed him too much.

He never showed to anyone but Yeosang was the person he cared the most cause he can be difficult to handle and it'll put him in danger. Even anyone he's seen with.

It's been three years since his parents received a threat. He can recall the words that could still bring chills to him every time he thought of the words and contents of the letter. They did everything to trace them back but it never leads to anyone.

He was reminded to always be careful cause Seoul is a dangerous place but even in the darkest alley, he knows he's safe. It may feel uncomfortable but he is thankful for the people who's tasked to watch for him.

He can always spot them at a distance, being too indifferent but he knows they're just doing their job. His parents might be disappointed at his choices in life but they wouldn't let their kid face a consequence cause they choose negligence.

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It was early spring when he passed the final exam with the most satisfying results. He wasn't trying to be the best student but he was forced in to cramming and he really couldn't say no.