Chapter 1: The Day Before

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A truck was parked in front of the house next to mine. My neighbors are moving to a bigger house. They live with a lot of people in that house. Recently, a baby was born so they had to move. They want to get everything done before school start again. I was pretty close with them. Most with Taehyung. He's a year older than me. I know they aren't moving that far. Just a few streets further. They like this neighborhood anyway. They sold the house already. I'm not sure but I think someone of their family will be the new owner.

I saw Mr. Kim walk outside with some boxes. Yeah... tomorrow they won't live there anymore. Taehyung came outside too. He went towards his father and said something.  Suddenly my phone starts ringing. I picked it up. "Hello, This is Jeon Jungkook."

"Hello, Jungkook! It's me!" a female voice said. I rolled my eyes when I recognize her voice. "How did you get my number?" I simply asked. "Ah, someone gave it to me." She clearly didn't want to say who. "Can we meet up?" Uhg! I really don't want to deal with her. "I-" Someone knocked on the door. "I can't, Lisa. I have to go. Bye!" I cut the call and opened the door."Hi bro!" I was greeted by Taehyung. "Hi! How are you?"

"I'm good. We will be ready at 8 PM and I wanted to see you before we leave," Taehyung said. "That's nice. Can I help with something?" I asked. "No, not at all. We just have to eat and wake up our little Taeho." Yeah, It's currently 7:30 PM. "Oh... Btw, Who's gonna be the new owner?" I asked him. " Y/n. She's my niece. She's sweet but kinda shy. She would never say hi without someone who already knows that person," Taehyung answered. "I guess I will say 'Hello' when she's here then," I said laughing. "That's a good idea. I'm pretty close to her. She tells me everything so I will get to know if you do something to her," he said jokingly. "Don't worry, I won't do something stupid. Why is she actually that shy?"

"Actually she's not that shy. She's just really careful. Her ex did some horrible shit to her. That's why she rejected every guy since then." My eyes widened a bit. "Oh damn. It must be hard for her." Taehyung nodded. "It is. I'm basically the only guy, about her age, she talks to." "Taehyung!" Taehyung's father interrupted our conversation. That's when I realized that we're still outside. "Are you coming? We're almost done!" he yelled. "Yeah, I'll be there in a minute!" Tae yelled back. "So, please be kind to her", was his actual point. "Of course," I replied. "Anyway, I'm gonna miss you, dude." We hugged each other. "Yeah, Me too," I said. 

"Boys, It's not like you wouldn't be able to see each other anymore." Mrs. Kim suddenly appeared. "Oh Hello, Mrs. Kim." I bowed politely. "Hello, Jungkook. I wanted to tell you something," she said. "Sure." She looked at Tae. "Taehyung, could you please go help your father with Taeho?" Taehyung nodded. "Bye bro. Good luck and have fun!" I spoke before he could walk away. "Thanks, see you later," he said and walked away. I looked at Mrs. Kim again. "So, you wanted to talk to me?"

"Yeah, I guess Taehyung told you already about Y/n?" I nodded. "Did he tell you why she's really shy?" I looked at the ground. "Yeah, It's caused by her ex," I answered. Mrs. Kim looked at the ground too. "Not really..." I frowned in confusion. "Uhm, Let's go inside to talk." We went towards the living room and sat on the couch. "Actually she's just really careful. It's caused by her parents..."

(A/N): Some information about you is going to come. ;)

"I don't know every detail but I will tell you what I know." It looks like it was difficult for her too. "We didn't see Y/n that much. At family parties she only came downstairs when her parents asked her. And she never showed more skin than her face, neck, hands, and sometimes feet. It was like she hid something but at that moment I didn't think about that." She looks at the ground again. "It started at a family party at her house. Again she wasn't downstairs. After a while I went towards the bathroom. I didn't knock since everyone was downstairs and the door wasn't locked so I guessed Y/n was in her room. But when I opened the door I saw her sitting on the floor without her pants and shirt. She was crying. Her body was full of scars. Some of them were old but there were also some that could be from the day before. I thought it would be uneasy for her so I wanted to close the door again. But she grabbed my wrist and said: 'Please don't leave.'"

She took a break to breath. "Are you okay?" I asked because it looked like it was really hard for her to tell. She nodded and continued.

"I asked her how she got those scars. She told me her parents did that. I was shocked because when she was downstairs, her parents treated her like normal parents. She on the other hand was clearly scared or sad. I thought it was because she didn't like being with that much people. She told me why they did that and how. After her story I helped her with the scars and wounds. After that day I visited her more often. At least once a week. She said she was going to tell Taehyung about it but not the whole truth. She didn't want him to be scared or mad at her parents. That's why she told him it was caused by her ex. She actually never had a boyfriend."

I was a little bit shocked. "Are you sure it was okay to tell me this? I mean I never saw her and I already know more than her cousin." She sighs. "I told you this because you will see her more than I do and I hope you will help her too. It will be difficult to get her trust but can you please help her out?" I will help her for sure. "Of course I want to help her," I said. She smiled and looked at the time. "That's really nice. I guess I should go now. You should take some rest. You look tired." I was indeed tired but I'm not gonna admit that because she had to move boxes all day long while I did nothing. "I will but first I'm going to eat," I said and smiled. She smiled too and hugged me. "I'll see you later," she said and left.

After eating I went towards my room. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. Even more since the lights in the house next to mine are turned off. This street was pretty lonely. Only mine and Taehyung's previous house are on the end of the street. After a while I took off my clothes to sleep. I closed my eyes when I was under my covers. The whole night I saw a girl full of scars crying on the bathroom floor, a man hurting her, a woman scolding and slapping her. She smiled when she was outside but if you looked into her eyes you could see that she was scared. It was a horrible nightmare.

(A/N): I hope you like this story. I don't know if you like the idea of reading a book in JK's POV but I guess you won't read this if you didn't. I know it isn't that easy to imagine but I hope you'll like the story. Of course there will be a POV of Y/n too. It's just not that much.

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