always by your side. yang jungwon - jake shim

- chapter 7 -

It was Monday,
Jungwon finally woke up as soon as he saw a maid cleaning his bedroom. He got ready for school and skipped breakfast.

When he entered the school gates, the girls were staring and fangirling over him. Most of them heard about Jungwon's father situation.

"It's him"

"No wonder he's so handsome"

"Did you know he's the son of the most popular social media influencer?"

"I want to date him so badly"

All of those whispers haunt him. Jungwon didn't want to let the whispers "rumours" spread to Yulli. He knew that she will keep bullying him and bothering him.

Jungwon finally arrived at his locker and started to get ready for the first class. When he turned he saw Sunoo right behind his back.

"Boo!"

"Yahh! Sunoo hyung! You scared me" Jungwon stated and rolled his eyes

"Well sorry, anyway how are you?" Sunoo asked

"Uh... I-i'm fine. Y-yeah fine" he stuttered and faked smiled.

Sunoo knew he wasn't okay but he didn't bother that much. After class, they finally met their squad in the hallway.

They kept talking and joking around meanwhile Jungwon remained quiet.

"Hey Jungwon, are you okay? You seem pretty quiet than usual" Sunghoon said

"Oh.. I'm okay don't worry about it" Jungwon answered as he let out a fake laugh. Since Jake wasn't around him, he felt left out.

He silently left to the bathroom without no one noticing him. Jungwon looked at the mirror and kept having flashbacks about his father.

If I see you hanging out with Jake you will be in big trouble you faggot.

Jungwon took a deep breath and looked at the mirror again. He saw his eyes were getting a bit darker around it because of lack of sleep. Jungwon was about to leave the bathroom but he heard a voice behind him.

"Wonnie!!" Jake shouted while running towards him

"J-Jakey?"

"I miss you, where have you been..? I and Heeseung were searching for you everywhere 2 days ago" Jake said, holding Jungwon's hand.

"I am sorry..." Jungwon said making older one confused

"Hey, Wonnie did something happened?" The older one questioned which made Jungwon kinda nervous

"Um well nothing really serious happened it's just my father-" Jake didn't let Jungwon finish as he was interrupted by Jake kissing him on his lips.

Jungwon didn't care about his surroundings and he succeeded to kiss him back which made Jake's eyes wide opened. That feeling came over again in his stomach. His heart was racing fast and he couldn't think properly as they were kissing in the middle of the hallway.

After a moment, they pulled away and looked at each other. Little small pink blush appeared on Jungwon's face. Jake cupped younger's face and placed a soft kiss on his forehead signalling to start walking to the class.

(A/N: I forgot to mention that in previous chapters Heeseung and Sunoo were the only ones who knew that they were an in a relationship. Jake and Jungwon aren't ready to tell others that they're official)

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The last class finished and all of the students were preparing to go home. Most of them were happy because they had 1 week of holiday. Jungwon wasn't happy about it, he knew that his father would trap him inside his house forever and not letting him go anywhere.

Jungwon and his squad had a small chat in front of the school gates.

"So... What are you guys gonna do during the holidays?" Niki asked excitedly

"Hmm, probably I'm gonna have ice skating competitions but MAYBE." Sunghoon stated

(A/N: Just in case if y'all are confused hockey is Sunghoon's school extra activity meanwhile ice skating is his another activity but outside of school if you know what I meant)

"Well, I don't know. I don't have anything special to do since its a holiday so..." Jay said

"What about if we have a sleepover or a hangout? What do you guys think?" Niki asked

"Hmm, we'll see. We can discuss it later because I'm running late" Jungwon lied as he wanted to go home early

"Late for what?" Sunoo asked confusedly and grabbed Jungwon's arm. The only thing he didn't know is that Jungwon had an abusive father.

Jungwon didn't answer and he slowly removed Sunoo's hand from his. He only let know Heeseung his biggest secret. Since Sunoo is a type of person would say something important out loud without realising it.

Jungwon quickly walked away and waved from the distance as he was heading home.

"What happened to him..." Sunoo wondered

"Hm, I don't know maybe he's not in a mood or something" Jay said

Others kept talking meanwhile Heeseung and Jake knew what Jungwon meant. They were getting negative vibes just like last time.

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Jungwon finally arrived home. Like always he headed to his room trying not to make any eye contact with his father.

"Jungwon." Mr Yang called which made Jungwon stopped walking to his room.

"Yes?" He asked

"What is this?" Mr Yang pulled out Jungwon's phone. He opened the chat of Jake and his son.

"I- Um..." He wasn't able to answer his father's question because he was surprised that his father found his phone.

"Tell me right now you brat. I don't have a whole day standing over here waiting for your answer" Mr Yang said in a stern and deep tone

Jungwon remained quiet and looked down.

"So you are dating that Jake guy. I'm so disappointed in you son. Do you know what you should do? Break up with him." Mr Yang said without feeling sorry for his son

"What? I-i can't do that" Jungwon said tried to hold his tears back

"Stop saying nonsense Yang Jungwon!!" Mr Yang took out his belt and slapped him. Jungwon cried in pain while dropped down on his knees. His father kept hitting him until it has bruises on his back.

One of the maids heard a scream coming from the hallway. She was hurt seeing Mr Yang beating up his son. She held Mr Yang's hand signalling to stop.

"Go to your room Yang Jungwon" the maid kindly said, as she was trying to help.

Jungwon immediately took his phone and went to his room. He locked his door and slid down on the floor crying.

*TING TING*

Jungwon quickly looked at his phone and he got a notification from Jake.

Hey, y'all! Sorry for not updating that much bc I'm really busy recently. Anyways two chapters will be updated today so stay tuned. Anyways sorry for making someone confused or anything it's just this chapter is kinda a mess..? Jajsjskd idk- Anyways enjoy! And tysm y'all for 400+ reads!! 😭😭😭 Cya later<3