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CHAPTER NINE
• ᴋɴᴏᴡ •

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You run down the gloomy street crying as it rains cats and dogs. You weren't sure where to go, but you knew you needed to be away from Richard.

You'd usually go to your grandmother's grave and talk to her, but graveyards at night are frightening. Instead, your feet take you to the last place that gave you comfort and to the last person that treated you like a human being.

Yoongi's puzzled to see you at his house this late since it's past seven and the sun had already set. Shortly, he comprehends why you've come when he sees the state you're in. He hurries you inside, grabbing any aid supplies he has to tend to you.

"Are you alright?" Foolish question, he knows, but asks anyway.

"No."

"What happened?" Yoongi inquires and you narrate the whole experience while sobbing and struggling to get the words out.

Yoongi's incensed but puts his anger aside to comfort you. He continues to care for the wounds on your arms and you lay your head on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry for barging in like this," You apologize. "I should've stayed home."

"Don't apologize, Y/N. No one deserves to be treated this way. Taking care of you is the least I can do."

At his kind words, you pull away from his shoulder and look up at him. Yoongi's cat-like eyes soften as he sees your ravaged expression. With the tension roaming in the air, both of you start to slowly lean in.

I can't do this to her. Not now. She's vulnerable.

Truth be told, Yoongi didn't want to tempt you to cheat, but he really did want to kiss you. He knows it's wrong, so to stop the internal conflict, he turns away and changes the topic.

"Uh," Yoongi rubs the back of his neck. "Have you told your parents what he does?"

You swallow the knot in your throat and pull away, shaking your head 'no'.

"Why not? They deserve to know. He's hurting you, Y/N!"

"It's not that simple, Yoongi. It just isn't! I wish I could, but..."

"But what?"

"He's a good guy," You tell him. "W-When he's sober he's a good man. He's gentle, caring, well-mannered. He treats my parents well–"

"But does he treat you well? Being drunk or sober doesn't matter. The fact that he's hurting you is the only thing that does," You stay quiet and Yoongi sighs. "Y/N, you may think it's inappropriate for me to say this, but you should... you should leave–"

"Mr. Min," You stop him and he's startled to hear you speak to him so formally as if he were suddenly a stranger to you. "I have said this to you once before—do not pretend that you know me. We're merely acquaintances. I appreciate your concern for my well-being, but please do not try to involve yourself in my personal affairs. I'm aware that I am the one that came to you, but I'll take my leave seeing as the only thing you know to do is intervene in issues that do not concern you."

You're sad as you say this. Maybe it's because you secretly know you want to leave Richard, but what you don't know is how to acknowledge that part of you just yet. But again, you came to Yoongi for comfort, not advice.

"I should go." You stand, but he grabs your arm.

"Stay," Yoongi says unexpectedly and your eyes widen. "Only until tomorrow morning," He quickly adds." So you'll be well-rested."

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The following morning you return home and go to the kitchen to prepare breakfast before Richard wakes up. When he does, you quietly tend to his injury. Neither of you mention last night's incident.

As you're about to walk away, Richard immediately stands and embraces you from behind.

"I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry. I didn't mean to h-hurt you," You hear his voice break. "I just... I want you to be safe and–" He pauses. "No. I'll be better. From now on I promise I'll be better, Y/N."

Richard's trembling as he holds you. You notice. His voice is meek. You realize. His demeanor is that of a child apologizing for a mistake. You know it. You know.

You know how this works. This has happened too many times before. He comes home drunk, curses you out, attacks you, then you wake up the next morning to a shower of apologies and gifts to "make up for it".

You know you should turn around and slap him, yell at him, curse him out, do anything! You know you should stand up for yourself. You know you should stop putting up with this.

You turn around, an unreadable expression on your face.

"You know I love you, right, Y/N?"

You stare at him blankly, but then a fake gentle smile trudges up to your lips because you're right, you shouldn't deal with this anymore... yet you still do.

Your hand comes up to cup his cheek, "I know."

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ALSO, little fyi cause I know some ppl would have brought it up later on if I didn't, but yk how this story is basically Yoongi telling his grandchild his love story ? AIGHT SO, whenever things get heated/whenever the smut happens, Yoongi is obviously leaving that part out. What I mean by 'leaving that part out' is that Yoongi is not telling Insu those dirty parts, but I'll still be writing it 👍🏼