The Transferee's Mute ⇥ Luwoo

Chapter 24

JUNGWOO'S POV

December 25, Christmas day

I waited for the short hand of the clock to hit 5, where we should be at Taeil's house for the party. I haven't been this excited for Christmas in years after being mute.

It was now 1 PM, four more hours to go. I did everything in my room to get the boredom out and there was nothing left to do so I texted our group chat.

/OPEN: NeoCity/

Leader changed the group name to NeoCity.

Chicago
So when will you add those four?

JiJi
Yeah hyung

Jwoo
Ok fine
I'll add them here

Jwoo added Sushi, Mama Kun, Wonwon, and Eleven to the group chat.

Sushi
HI GUYS

Marketing
Its about time jungwoo hyung

Eleven
Why you took so long to add us here

Bunny
I thought you wont do that

Jwoo
Lucas kept on spamming and I can't take it
I think my phone will explode any second because of his messages

Jaems
Did you just exposed him

Sushi
ABORT MISSION

Oldest
Anyways
Don't bring anything
Unless you have presents for us

YesJam
We just had our christmas party two weeks ago
And where's taeyong hyung?

Oldest
He's here with me to help me baking
And also Jaehyun
No, it's not what you think

Junnie
I already started thinking about 'it'

Chenluh
Hyung wtf

/CLOSE: NeoCity/

I closed the app before Taeyong sees that and scold me since I always hang out with the Dreamers.

Wait, why is he blaming me?

It felt like a day waiting at my phone to ring and get ready. I picked the simplest clothes that I have. A blue sweater, black jeans, and a pair of sneakers. It's chilly outside but not snowing.

Since I was saving money, I walked to his house downtown. It wasn't that far so I got there in no time.

After knocking 3 times, the door opened, revealing Jisung with a fluffy blanket wrapped around his shoulders.

He left the door opened and walked back to the living room while yelling, "Jungwoo hyung is here!" That startled the others.

I entered inside and they greeted me with 'Merry Christmas'. I gave Taeil the gift I bought for his mom, who was still in her trip.

Time passed by, they all arrived and our own party started. We pushed all the furnitures in the corner and built a large fort made of blankets and pillows for us to fit in.

Taeil clapped his hands. "So, the party will end at 12 AM. If you want to stay, just tell me." He announced and lied down beside Johnny and played the movie 'Home Alone'.

We were in the middle of the movie when there was a knock on the door. Taeil paused the film and excused himself to see who was it.

I turned my attention to Taeyong to sign him something but we heard Taeil gasped out loud. We looked over and I swear I almost slap Kun on the face.

All this time thinking that they were gone, standing in his doorway were my parents.

My heart was beating rapidly as I approached Taeil and stood behind him. My emotions were mixed with pure annoyance and disgust the moment I saw them.

How the hell did they knew I was here?

"Hi son." They beamed at me like nothing happened years ago, pretending not to know what they did when I was young.

The event was fresh in my mind up until now and I was still getting nightmares about it.

Taeil forced a smile. "What brings you here Mr. and Mrs. Kim?" He asked, fake concerned. He didn't bother to move out of the way since he purely hated them more than me.

My dad shivered because of the cold. "Can we enter inside? We won't be here for long."

It took Taeil a minute to decide and let them in. He was protecting me by letting me stay at his back.

The whole group didn't moved even the slightest. Kun, Ten, and Sicheng were totally unawared of the situation.

My parents just shrugged them off while trying to touch me but Taeil swatted my mom's hand away. "Lay a hand on him and you'll be sorry for the rest of your life."

I knew she wasn't afraid of him so she didn't listened and stepped forward. "Jungwoo, I'm really sorry for what we did to you these past few years that made you this way." She apologized.

My dad looked at me with regret, or should I say with no regrets. "We weren't thinking about what we have done to you."

Their apology weren't that sincere. They didn't really mean it. I looked at them with a straight face. I didn't move, they don't even understand sign language.

"Jungwoo, please come back." They repeated the sentence. That made me mad even more so I shut my eyes tightly and clentched my fists that my knuckles turned white.

Lucas yelled from his place. "Shut up you two! It's clear that he doesn't want to come and make him miserable again." He walked to my side and protectively wrapped his arm on my waist.

They ignored him and continued. I can tell my mom was getting irritated because of the sudden change in her voice and said, "A boyfriend of yours? I should've continued it so I don't have to worry about you." She sniggered.

It was my dad's turn. He also got tired of me not listening and got irked. "When you were still living with us, we were glad you stayed mute."

That really made me snap. Bubbles of anger boiled out of my chest. I stared at them, completely expressionless. The only emotion stayed with me was absolute hatred.

Then I did something that made everyone in this very room dropped their jaws and it was totally abrupt. Even I didn't saw that coming. After staying mute for how long and trying the best I could.

I spoke.