Freak Accident | SooGyu

16

TW: violence, mental health, s*lf harm

My mom took pride in her beautiful children, Taehyung and I always caught attention everywhere we went. Why wouldn't we? we were born to stand out, thats what my mom told me, but I was different and everyone knew it.

I learned how to use my looks to my advantage. As a child I used my charm to get away with mischief. Things came easy to me because how pretty I am, but that's the thing. Just because it came easy doesn't mean it was intended to be free. People always wanted something from me, whether it be my money or well... me. Although, I didn't really understand the curse of my beauty until I met him.

I was eleven years old when he first came into my life. Introduced as my fathers new business partner.

I don't remember his face, I guess that's a good thing though, because I'd rather forget he existed.

I was sitting on the living room floor in my parents home watching tv when he entered with my parents. My dad presented him like he was someone important.

"He's going to bring big things to the company Beomgyu, this man here is going to make things better than ever!"  my dad boasted as if he stuck gold. The man though, the way he stared at me disturbed me. He looked at me as if I was the most precious gem in the world.

He came over a lot, mostly though he was with my parents in their office, but there were unfortunate meetings between us. Each time we would talk he gave me the same look. I decoupled nightmares of it so I began hiding anytime he came over.

One day, I was hiding in the garden deep between the white rose bushes.

"Are you hiding from me?" His face looked proud, as if he was a hunter wbk successfully caught his pray. His shadow covering my small frame as I hugged my knees to my chest

"A rose hiding amongst thorns.." he pulled a rose off its stem and began pulling the petals apart "...how fitting"

I didn't know what to do, I tried telling my parents but he hadn't really done anything besides creep me out so they didn't care much.

"He's a good business partner don't be rude to him!"

Well, when I entered high school I easily made friends, I no longer saw the man because I was out so much. I forgot about him and how he looked at me. Until, he started stalking me.

When I saw him standing across the street from my school I thought it must have been a coincidence. I mean, it had to be right? so I went on with my day as usual, but then it became obvious he was stalking me. During high school sports games I often found him in the crowed staring at me rather than the game. Anytime I went out with my friends or my brother he was there, across the street or hiding in the background. It scared me more when I didn't see him because I didn't know where or how close he was.

He started sending me things like clothes, jewelry, or expensive gifts, covering them up with lies saying he's "thanking my dad for all that he has done for him" some how he even got my number and would blow up my phone constantly. He even went as far as leaving white roses and an actual love letter in my school locker.

'My rose, I am your thorns, though not as beautiful and pure but I will cut and tear for you, my one true love'

I showed this to my parents and they finally saw the creep in him. My father got a restraining order against him, although their work partnership continued, the man was never allowed to come back to our house or be around me, and that was enough, at least I thought it was, but obsession doesn't care about laws and morals. He didn't care about anything except having me as a possession.