The Deal

Chapter One

"That's it for today, class. Be sure to finish that essay by next Friday, it will be a huge deciding factor on whether or not you will graduate with your psychology degree this year. Turn it in on time! Dismissed!" 

Ever so slowly, Jeongguk packed away his things, dreading returning home to the apartment he was forced to share with his brother. After leaving home, his mom and step father, unbeknownst to them, sent Jeongguk's personal tormentor with. 

Kyunhae was two years older, but had been sadistically tormenting Jeongguk since they all moved into the same house together after the marriage of Jeongguk's mother, and Kyunhae's father. 

Kyunhae's father, Jungmin, was a nice man. But he was oblivious to the horrible things his son had done to his wife's child. It included whippings, beatings, neglectfulness, torture, rape, degrading and insulting words on a daily basis. 

But Jeongguk was terrified that his mother and step-father wouldn't believe him if he said anything, so he suffered silently. The only people who knew what Kyunhae did to Jeongguk every day was Jin and Jimin, his best friends. 

Jin sighed a bit as he helped Jeongguk put away his things, moving ever so slowly in order to bring some sort of comfort to the younger male. 

"Gguks, why don't you come stay at my place from now on? Kyunhae is old enough to take care of himself, I doubt your parents would care if you went to live with a friend." 

Jeongguk immediately shook his head, remembering to pick up his pace so that he wouldn't meet Kyunhae late and earn a worse punishment from his step brother. 

"N-no, hyung, h-he'll hurt me here if I move out. I-I don't want him to hurt me here, this place is my safe house. I-... I can deal with it. I-I'll survive. It's okay. I'm okay." 

Jin could tell by the troubled expression on Jeongguk's face that the latter was most certainly not okay, but decided not to push the younger, knowing that would only result in a fight. Jeongguk didn't need guilt added on to what was going to happen to him when he got to the apartment he lived in. 

With a brief smile at the entrance of the building, Jeongguk gave Jin a quick hug, and shuffled towards Kyunhae, who was waiting in the parking lot next to his cheap, red, beat-up junkie car. 

Jeongguk got in the car without greeting Kyunhae, and then the two set off, with Jeongguk biting down on the inside of his cheek to keep in his tears, and to stop himself from shaking in fear. He didn't want to give his elder step brother the satisfaction of making him so afraid. It only made things worse.

"You know that I don't like your so called friend, right Jeonggukie?"

Jeongguk nodded his head a bit, too scared to use his voice in fear of showing just how terrified he was. That ended with a brutal slap to his thigh, causing him to whimper in pain. 

"Words, baby." 

Kyunhae's tone was dark and heavy, telling Jeongguk just how angry he was. 

"Y-yes, I-I kn-ow," Jeongguk stuttered out, tears welling up in his eyes, threatening to fall. 

"You're going to be punished when we get home. You disobeyed me." 

That was all it took for Jeongguk's tears to fall. He silently cried on the way to the apartment, knowing that he was going to be treated brutally once again by the person he was supposed to call his brother.

Twenty minutes later, Jeongguk found himself forced into a degrading position on Kyunhae's bed, with the elder slamming into him painfully, fingers digging into the younger's scalp to a point that Jeongguk was crying out in pain, almost screaming. He just wanted Kyunhae to finish, to be done, so that Jeongguk could shower and scrub away his touch, then run out the moment he was left alone to get away. 

It took another painful, torturous, horrible ten minutes before Kyunhae finally finished, cumming all over Jeongguk's ass before throwing the boy off the bed, making his naked body collide with the hardwood floor, Jeongguk releasing a cry of pain at the impact. 

"Get out, you disgusting slut. I'm done with you for tonight." 

Jeongguk gladly limped out of the room, heavy sobs escaping his lips as he raced to his room, and into the shower, sitting on the floor of the shower as he cried his eyes out, balling hysterically while he waited for the horrible pain in his scalp, back, and ass to go away. 

Jeongguk didn't want to suffer anymore. He couldn't do it. After his hour long shower, he dried himself off, and tugged on a white t shirt and jeans matched with a black hoodie before leaving. He didn't bother to grab anything but his phone, and then he slipped on his shoes, and snuck out, still sobbing softly, although no tears would drip down his face. 

He never thought that he would finally break, to the point where he moved to the top of the concrete wall on the Mapo bridge, wanting so badly to take the next step, and fall to his death. It was quite late, so no cars were passing, giving him the ample opportunity to end it all. 

He pulled out his phone, and stared at the home screen; a picture of him, Jin, and Jimin together, smiling brightly with beers in their hands. Behind them was a poster of G-Dragon, Jeongguk's favorite artist from his bedroom. 

Kyunhae had gone back to Busan to visit his parents, so Jeongguk had invited his friends over, and they had partied hard together. They got drunk off beer and soju, ate tons of different foods, and played video games and watched movies all night. 

Jeongguk smiled sadly at the memory, remembering how angry Jin had gotten about the fact that a small part of his face had been cut off from the photo. Jeongguk shoved the phone into his back jean pocket, and looked down at the dark, black mass of water below him. 

One step, Jeongguk. One step, and all your suffering will end. 

Tears finally managed to fall down his pale cheeks, and he let out soft sobs as he stared down at the murky water, ready to take that step. He did it; he took the step.