To See You Again [UWMA AU]

Chapter 9

Careful reading ahead, mention of physical and verbal abuse. This is in no way something I condemn and that is normal. Please protect yourself and your acquaintance from such events.

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« You are such a whore. No one will ever want to touch you ! »

Hearing such hateful words, Hyeon Jae was startled and looked around where it could come from. He was coming back from a full day at University and was lost in his thoughts about the project his physical engineering Teacher had given them. It was a group project and as he had yet to know his classmate, he wasn't sure whom he should ask to group with. The heinous outburst had drawn his attention and he wanted to see if he could help the woman that seemed to be assaulted.

There was a small alley on the right side of the pavement where Hyeon Jae was walking. Getting closer prudently, he saw that four high-schoolers were circling another one that was cornered against one of the alley's walls. 'What are they doing ? At least it's not a woman.' was he thinking when suddenly he saw one of the bullies kick their victim in the leg. The victim fell on his knee which allowed his assaillants to hit him all the more.

Annoyed by what he was seeing, Hyeon Jae walked toward the group.

« Hey Kids ! » Hyeon Jae's calm voice resounded in the alley and made the four bullies look up at him.

« This is not your business man, get out of here. » smirked the closest one to him. He was shorter than Hyeon Jae but that didn't impress him nor reduce his aggressiveness.

Still going forward, Hyeon Jae smiled brightly to the four guys who were rendered speechless by this unexpected action. He chuckled and went through them, on the other side of the victim and then looked back at them in the eyes. They were so disturbed by his attitude that they only reacted and made a move to grab him when he was already behind the kneeling boy.

« I was wondering if I could join the fun ? » Hyeon Jae then pushed the boy's head as if he really wanted to hurt him.

« What do you say ? Wanna know how to do it properly ? » The four assaillants started to grin and relaxed, finding out that instead of trying to block them the older man wanted to take part in tormenting the trash bellow.

Hyeon Jae bent his face and looked at the boy on the floor. Recognising who was the victim, he was puzzled but recovered quickly and winked at him. Standing back up, his smile was crooked. Seeing that the four others were getting closer to start over their bullying, he grabbed his own bag, threw it across on the furthest high-schooler and punched the closest.

« Ji Su, run ! »

Ji Su, who had regained hope, got up limping and pushed through the surprised opponent in front of him. Hyeon Jae backed up his flee by kicking the last guy in the stomach and before any of them understood what happened, got his bag back and ran after Ji Su.

Catching hold of Ji Su's hand, Hyeon Jae ran faster. They could hear swears and roar behind them followed by shouts threatening to kill them once they were caught.

He could see fear in Ji Su's eyes. Hyeon Jae tightened his hold on his hand and kept running until they turned at the corner on a larger road. He then pushed Ji Su in the first shop, hiding behind shelves as they heard the four high-schoolers passing by.

« Are you alright Ji Su ? What happened ? Who are they ? » ushered Hyeon Jae. He was really worried, more so after realising who was the victim. His heart was hurting for him and he checked Ji Su's body for any injuries.