Dream (Norenmin)

12

I forgot to add this before, sorry for those who already read this.
Violence and mentions of sexual assault ahead.

After an early morning run Jeno was exhilarated, he was ready to go to the gym and box the day away. He realizes it's Saturday and that's usually his and Jaemin's day to hang out and catch up but more and more he's been dying to work out. Jaehyun is very good at listening to his problems and since he has been boxing his appetite has returned.
He meets Jaehyun at the gym as usual ready for a morning workout this time.
"Hey, how are things in the love department?" Jaehyun asks, hoping that he finally confessed to Jaemin. Jeno shakes his head sadly.
"Nothing new. I really need to hit something though." He says with a smirk, hiding his pain. He holds back with Jaehyun as well so he doesn't bore him by only talking about his love life but Jaehyun knows that he's keeping it in. This is why he feels that boxing is important for him, so he can at least relieve some physical stress.
"How's Tae?" Jeno asks watching Jaehyun look around cautiously.
"He's good, I uh bought him a ring. I want to make it official and marry him." Jeno hugs him happily.
"Oh my god that's great! Do you have a plan?"
"Nothing solid yet, I'm trying to narrow it down a bit. Maybe you and your boyfriends could help me plan something?  My friends have already started and some of them are pretty crazy. Johnny said I should rent an airplane to write it in the sky, I don't think he knows how not rich I am." They both laughed and finished changing before heading into the gym.
The workout was hard and long today, when Jaehyun had to go to the bar in the afternoon Jeno stayed behind even with Jaehyun practically pulling him out. He was exhausted but he was enjoying himself so he kept going at least until his muscles screamed at him to stop. He walked slowly to the locker room and undressed to shower, he heard the door open and quiet conversation going on with other gym members but he was too tired to focus on anything they had to say.
While he closed his eyes and let the water wash the soap and exhaustion from him he was at peace, until he was against the wall. It happened so quick he didn't even realize he had been pushed 3 feet into the shower wall.
"What the fuck?" He asks as he tries to get the stinging soap out of his eyes.
"I just thought I would clean house tonight." A menacing voice rings out as his head starts to hurt from the impact.
"I heard you talking you disgusting fag. Oh poor you, you are in love with two boys." He felt the slimy spit hit his face and he cringed only to be kicked in the ribs. He did his best at that point to protect himself by curling up but the kicks got harder.
"I saw you with those boys you know, too bad they weren't here tonight we could have had a little fun with them right before we killed you all." Jeno can't help his protective instinct as he tries to lunge at him even though he still can't get up or see well. He didn't realize that there were even more than one, until he felt the hands on both his arms picking him up and holding him in place. Every muscle in his body is still burning with fatigue as he's too weak to fight them off.
"What do you say boys, we could have a little fun with this one?" Jeno starts to kick and thrash around until he's punched hard in the face and he falls to the ground. He knows he's fucked at this point, he can't fight them off and all he can think about is he's glad it's him and not Jaemin or Renjun. As his mind tries to take him to a happy place, thinking of his two loves he can feel hands starting to touch him and he vomits on the floor. It's looking grim until the door swings open.
"Police. Put your hands up." He sobs into his hands as he sees them rushed away, ever thankful for whoever called the police. When the EMT's first come in he's hesitant to let them check him over but finally gives in. When they try to talk him into going to the hospital he won't so they check him out, and other than bruising and some cuts that they cleaned up he seems to be ok. Ideally they would want an x ray but he doesn't want it.
When they finally leave him alone he turns the hot water on watching the blood run down the drain, washing away the spit and filth left behind by those sick guys but he also manages to wet his bandages and they had to be pulled off too.
He sobs some more, happy to be alone to do so but also looking over his shoulder constantly.
When he's done he dries himself and gets dressed not minding the bits of blood now staining his clothes as he goes to the only place he dares show his face right now.

By now Jaehyun has heard a few people talking about an incident at the gym but he's pretty sure Jeno would be at home by now so he tries not to worry. Taeyong has been trying to get as much information as possible to ease his mind since Jeno's phone is off.
"Babe, why don't you just go and check, the rush is over for now and Doyoung will be here soon so he can help." Jaehyun smiles in relief and kisses his cheek.
"Thanks honey." He says putting on his jacket. As soon as he opens the door he's greeted with the sight of Jeno shivering and slumped over on a park bench outside the door.
"Oh fuck. TAE!" Taeyong comes running and in no time he's by Jaehyun's side.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck." He says scared out of his mind.
"Jeno, bud are you ok?" Jaehyun asks a little loudly to wake the seemingly sleeping person. He receives a nod.
"Taeyong and I are going to help you in ok?" He nods again so they help him to his feet and take him into the bar. Once seated in the booth they can see the extent of his injuries.
"C-can you go get some blankets please?" Jaehyun says with tears in his eyes and Taeyong can already feel his sense of duty kicking in and he will start to blame himself so he softly kisses his cheek and hugs him.
"It's not your fault at all, so I don't ever want to hear you say that." He quickly runs up the stairs while Jaehyun runs over to heat up water for tea.
After warming him up a bit he sits up more and asks for a beer.
"I don't know if that's a good idea." Jeno frowns.
"I got my ass beat, I think I deserve a beer." Jaehyun
Of course can't argue with that logic. He gets him a beer while Taeyong is busy with a few customers that have come in.
"What the fuck happened?" Jaehyun asks as he returns to the table.
Jeno sighs, he doesn't want to talk about it but he knows everyone is going to want some kind of explanation.
"I worked out too hard, my muscles are still weak because of it and when I was showering they blindsided me, called me a fag and kicked my ass. Luckily someone called the cops so they didn't kill me. I'm pretty sure they are being charged with a hate crime. That's all I know." Jaehyun clears his throat trying to fight the tears. He's been going to that gym for years and never had any trouble then he drags Jeno there and he's attacked.
"I'm sorry, I wish I would have been there." Jeno shakes his head.
"Yeah, they probably wouldn't have come at me with you there too but I shouldn't have to use the buddy system because of my sexuality. It's not right, we deserve to be treated with dignity and respect so I'm going to hold my head high and do things on my own and be who I am even if it kills me." Jaehyun nods as Taeyong walks up and offers a first aid kit.
"We should cover those so they don't get infected." He says gently.
"I'm fine, I want another beer though." Taeyong shakes his head and goes to get him one knowing he's stubborn. When Taeyong returns he sits by Jae who is silently thinking.
"Have you called them? You know the loves of your life? Have you told them that one of the people that means the world to them could have been killed?" Jeno scoffs which makes Taeyong angry.
"I don't care if one or both of them have romantic feelings for you, I know they both care a lot about you and want and need to know when things like this happen." Jae grabs Taeyong's arm as he can hear he's getting worked up.
"He will call them after a bit, let's go make some food. He has to be starving." Jeno nods and smiles a relieved smile. He's too ashamed to tell them what really happened and he doesn't want to see the looks on their faces when he tells them. He puts his head back and stares up at the ceiling.
He gets his food and winds up drinking a lot. Jaehyun was excused to drink with him tonight and Taeyong wonders if that was such a good idea...