Roses | woosan

Twenty-One

Seonghwa and San ended up at the police station, along with Younghoon and Hyunjae. All of them had bruises and clearly couldn't hide that they had gotten into a fight.

"What caused the fight?" The police officer asks them since they've all been sitting in silence for a few minutes now.

"This guy over there," San points at Younghoon. "was bothering my friend."

"Who started the fight?"

"He started it." Younghoon points at Seonghwa.

"That's a lie! You started it when you hit Yeosang, you piece of shit!" Seonghwa yells at him and stands up, but San sits him back down.

"Calm down." He whispers. "Look, officer... that guy was bullying my friend and I just found out about it today. We know violence isn't that answer, but he started it when he hurt my friend. My friend is also hurt." San points at Yeosang who's in the other side of the room, talking to another police officer, and has a bruise on his lip.

"And you... why did you fight?" The officer asks Seonghwa. "Are you friends with the bullied victim?"

"Does someone have to be my friend for me to step in and help them? Regardless of whether they're my friend or not, people should step in and help others who are being bullied. I seriously don't understand the point of your question."

"Officer, these are his boyfriends. That boy over there is two-timing and they're clearly mad." Younghoon whispers but San and Seonghwa still hear him.

Still... they try to stay calm. Younghoon clearly wants them to beat him up in front of the police officer, but that won't happen.

"And now he's spreading false rumors, officer. Do you see why we did that?" San asks him. "If someone was getting bullied, especially if it was a friend of yours, wouldn't you do the same?"

"I don't want to encourage violence as an answer... but who knows?" The officer shrugs. "Still, I think you should've tried talking to someone about it. If it also happens in school, you could've talked to the principal or someone."

"You're right." San looks down.

"That didn't work." Seonghwa crosses his arms over his chest. San looks up at him with a confused expression. "This isn't the first time they've bullied Yeosang. They started bullying him a few months ago and I told the principal about it, so they stopped bullying him for a while... But I guess they're back."

"Officer, that's not true. He's lying." Younghoon shakes his head.

"What? This wasn't the first time?" San asks in disbelief.

"Can you call the bullied victim over, please?" The officer asks San.

"Yeosang, come over here!" San yells so Yeosang can hear him.

Yeosang stands up and walks over to them, looking down. "Please move so he can sit." The officer tells Younghoon and he rolls his eyes but stands up. "Please sit." The officer tells Yeosang.

Yeosang sits down on the chair and looks down at his hands, not being able to make eye contact with anyone right now. He's really embarrassed.

"So I heard this wasn't the first time you've been bullied by them." He tells him. "Had they bullied you before?"

Yeosang stays quiet for a few seconds, but then finally answers. "Yes."

"Alright... you three can leave." The officer tells them. "I'll have to have a more serious conversation with these two bullies." He stands up. "But if it happens again next time, don't use violence. Here's my number. I'll help you out." He hands Yeosang, Seonghwa, and San his business card.

"Okay, thank you." They stand up and walk out of the police station.

"What happened?" Wooyoung asks them as soon as they walk out. "Is everything okay now?"

"I guess." San shrugs. "The officer said he'd have a serious talk with them. He also gave us his business card in case this ever happens again."

"Oh." He just nods. "But we'll talk about this later. We have to clean up your bruises. Do you guys want to come over to my house?" He asks San, Seonghwa, and Yeosang.

"I can't. I have to go." Seonghwa starts walking away, not making eye contact with any of them.

"I have to go too. Thanks for defending me, San! I'll buy you some ice cream next time!" Yeosang tells him before rushing over to Seonghwa to follow him.

"Come on, we have to go clean your bruises." Wooyoung tells San. "Should we go to my house?"

"Will your parents be there, though? I don't want their first impression of me to be bad. I have bruises..."

"Don't worry, it's just my mom. And she's not judgmental at all. Actually, if you tell her you beat up some bullies, she'll probably love you even more."

"Really?" San gives him a small smile.

"I mean it." Wooyoung nods. "But if I'm being honest, I never thought you were the type to ever get into a fight."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean... you looked so adorable and all. I didn't think you were the type to get into fights."

"Adorable?" San asks as he feels his cheeks heating up.

"Y-yeah, like you couldn't even hurt a fly. You know what I mean." Wooyoung says, realizing what he said and San just nods.

"Yeosang has been a friend of mine for so many years now. Even though I'm not the type to get into fights, I will make an exception if someone is bothering someone I care about." San tells him. "And I feel really bad that I didn't know one of my best friends was being bullied for a few months now."

"Don't worry, San. I'm sure those bullies will get what they deserve and will stop bullying him."

"I hope so." San sighs. "But I do have to say... I kind of judged your cousin Seonghwa too fast. He's not too bad, I guess. But then again... why is he defending someone who's getting bullied even though he's a bully himself?"

"You'll find out soon, San. He's not a bad person... what happened just really affected him and I can't blame him for treating me this way."

"Well, I hope he stops treating you that way. Other than that, he does seem like a good person. I can't believe he's been the one that's been there for Yeosang all these months of him getting bullied. All while I had no idea it was happening."

"Don't tell me you're going to start blaming yourself now." Wooyoung frowns. "Now you know it was happening and you stood up for him. Yeosang thanked you and he's no mad at you at all."

"I know... I just feel like a bad friend, I guess."

"Don't say that. You're a good friend, San." Wooyoung smiles at him. "Now come on... let's go clean up your bruises."

I hope you liked this chapter <3
Looks like this story is going to be longer than I thought