𝓕𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓞𝓾𝓻 𝓣𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓮 2: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑡 (ateez)

𝓐𝓷𝓼𝔀𝓮𝓻

Everyone on this ship is here to find a treasure special to them. Some know exactly what they want, others, are still trying to figure it out. For Iridessa it's freedom, for hongjoong, he sought love, and for Seonghwa, he wanted a strong friendship. Today, the crew finds out what Yunho's treasure is. Yunho is actually the 3rd member to join the ATEEZ pirate crew long ago. He's told Iridessa about his past once or twice.

Yunho gently rubbed a soothing cream on her hands to heal her rope burns, "I used to be a really smart kid in school. I always raised my hand to answer any questions the teachers gave my class. But, it seemed, no matter how smart I was...I could never be smart enough for everyone else around me."

"So, how did you end up with Hongjoong and Seonghwa?" Iridessa looked up and asked him.

*Flashback*

[Yunho's POV]

"B's again, Yunho?"

"Wow, and you're still not the top student in the school."

"How'd you get that question wrong?! It was so easy!! You must be so stupid!"

My fellow classmates around my desk laughed at me as my test paper sat on my desk. I sat in my chair quietly, not knowing what to say to defend myself. Sure, it's a B but I still passed, right? But apparently, not in this school, that's not enough to be the best.

My parents busted their butts to send me to a boarding school. I've written them letters telling them of my progress in grades, and although I seem like a smart student, my grades show that I will never be enough. No matter how hard I study, no matter how many nights I stay up writing essays and breaking the tip of my quill pens, that's never enough.

On parent's day, everyone's families stopped by the boarding school. My parents were happy to see me, but I, on the other hand, was rather stressed.

"Good Job Yunho!"

"Yeah son, you're doing great!"

I angrily crumple my report card and toss it to the floor of my dorm.

"WHY AREN'T YOU BOTH MAD AT ME?! MY GRADES ARE NEVER ENOUGH YET YOU CHEER ON MY LOW ACHIEVEMENTS!! DO YOU BOTH WANT ME TO FAIL?! BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME HERE IF I CAN'T BE ON THE TOP STUDENT LIST!!"

My mother comes up to me and gently puts her hand on my shoulder, "Yunho, look at me. We have every right to cheer on your low achievements because you worked hard on them! We cheer you on the same even if you get high achievements. You won't fail, you're too smart for that."

Tears run down my cheeks and I look away from my mother, "No, you don't understand...I will never know enough...I-I need to know more...they will never accept me here...I need to be the top..."

My father joins my side and rubs my back, "Son, you must be going through a lot right now here, but you can do whatever you put your mind to. I know you can, we know you can. Please don't underestimate the talents that already lie inside you."

Regardless of their words, I didn't understand it, or perhaps in the back of my mind, the nagging of my teachers and students rang in my ears as loud as bells. That same night after all the parents left, I wrote and sent a letter to my parents.

𝒟ℯ𝒶𝓇 𝓂ℴ𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇,

ℐ 𝒽ℴ𝓅ℯ 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁ℯ𝓉𝓉ℯ𝓇 𝓇ℯ𝒶𝒸𝒽ℯ𝓈 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝓉𝓌ℴ 𝓌ℯ𝓁𝓁. 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝒻ℴ𝓇 𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓂ℯ 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈ℯ𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓂ℯ 𝒽ℯ𝓇ℯ ℴ𝓊𝓉 ℴ𝒻 ℊℴℴ𝒹 𝒾𝓃𝓉ℯ𝓃𝓉𝒾ℴ𝓃𝓈. ℐ 𝓀𝓃ℴ𝓌 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝒷ℴ𝓉𝒽 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉'𝓈 𝒷ℯ𝓈𝓉 𝒻ℴ𝓇 𝓂ℯ, ℐ 𝒹ℴ 𝒶𝓈 𝓌ℯ𝓁𝓁. ℐ 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉ℴ 𝓂𝒶𝓀ℯ 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝒷ℴ𝓉𝒽 𝓅𝓇ℴ𝓊𝒹 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 ℐ 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓅𝓇ℴ𝓋ℯ 𝓉ℴ ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓇𝓎ℴ𝓃ℯ 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝒶𝓀ℯ ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓇𝓎ℴ𝓃ℯ ℯ𝓁𝓈ℯ 𝓅𝓇ℴ𝓊𝒹 ℴ𝒻 𝓂ℯ 𝒶𝓈 𝓌ℯ𝓁𝓁. ℐ'𝓂 𝓁ℯ𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓈𝒸𝒽ℴℴ𝓁 𝓉ℴ𝓃𝒾ℊ𝒽𝓉. ℐ 𝒽ℯ𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝒻𝓇ℴ𝓂 𝓂𝓎 𝒸𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓉ℯ𝓈 𝒶𝒷ℴ𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝒷ℴℴ𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒸ℴ𝓃𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓀ℯ𝓎 𝓉ℴ 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓀𝓃ℴ𝓌𝓁ℯ𝒹ℊℯ. ℐ'𝓂 ℴ𝒻𝒻 𝓉ℴ 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒷ℴℴ𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒶𝓀ℯ 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝓀𝓃ℴ𝓌𝓁ℯ𝒹ℊℯ. ℐ 𝒽ℴ𝓅ℯ 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 ℴ𝓃𝒸ℯ ℐ 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉, ℐ 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒹ℴ 𝒷ℯ𝓉𝓉ℯ𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 ℐ'𝓂 𝒹ℴ𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓃ℴ𝓌 𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝒸𝒽ℴℴ𝓁. ℐ 𝒽ℴ𝓅ℯ 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝒷ℴ𝓉𝒽 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷ℯ 𝓌ℯ𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌ℴ𝓃'𝓉 𝓌ℴ𝓇𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝒷ℴ𝓊𝓉 𝓂ℯ. 𝒫𝓁ℯ𝒶𝓈ℯ 𝒹ℴ𝓃'𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓂ℯ ℯ𝒾𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇. ℐ 𝓁ℴ𝓋ℯ 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝒷ℴ𝓉𝒽 𝓈ℴ 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽. 𝒫𝓁ℯ𝒶𝓈ℯ 𝒸ℴ𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝓊ℯ 𝓉ℴ 𝓉𝒶𝓀ℯ ℊℴℴ𝒹 𝒸𝒶𝓇ℯ ℴ𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝓎ℴ𝓊𝓃ℊℯ𝓇 𝒷𝓇ℴ𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇 𝒢𝓊𝓃𝒽ℴ 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉ℯ𝓁𝓁 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 ℐ 𝓁ℴ𝓋ℯ 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝓈ℴ 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓉ℴℴ. ℐ'𝓁𝓁 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉ℯ 𝓉ℴ 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝒷ℴ𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓃ℯ𝓍𝓉 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒸ℯ 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 ℐ 𝒽𝒶𝓋ℯ.