Chapter: 22

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TW: mentions of child abuse, panic attacks, mentions of violence

Minho stayed up later to continue cleaning around the house.

Ring ring

He took his phone out to see Jisungs contact. He took a deep breath and answered it.

"Hello?" He said

"Hey c-can you let me in?" Jisung asked voice cracking

He looked through the front window to see jisung standing there. He opened the door with a confused look.

"Are you ok?" Minho asked bluntly

"Yeah I'm sorry I- I'm so sorry" Jisung said wiping his face

"Don't do that too much you will get a rash" Minho said pointing to his hands

"Can I stay here for a while?" He asked Minho looked at him confused

"Like live here?" He asked, Jisung shook his head

"No no not like that just I don't wanna go home right now" he shrugged

"Oh ok that's fine" Minho said then got back to sweeping the floor while jisung sat on the couch with his hood up.

"Hey wanna help me get the food out for dinner?" Minho asked leaning on the broom awkwardly

"Yeah sure" he smiled

Few minutes later

Minho was cutting carrots for the soup he was making for him and his brothers. Jisung was helping him cut vegetables, sneaking glances at Minho to make sure he was doing it right.

While he was glancing, he saw a scar on Minho's arm. Before even thinking Jisung caressed the scar startling Minho.

"What happened there?" He asked still touching it

Minho just froze. Jisung was confused with Minho's reaction.

"You ok?" He asked Minho looked at him with tears in his eyes. He started shaking frantically with the knife still in his hands.

"Hey it's ok, here put that down" Jisung said in a calming voice taking his hand leading him to the couch.

Minho started sobbing. He was the type of person to keep everything inside. He hates talking about his feelings. But after everything his feelings were too much for him to contain.

"Fuck I'm so fùcking tired life is so fucking unfair" he sobbed out

All jisung could do was sit and listen.

"We grew up with horrible parents that would hit us and try to starve us for no fucking reason" he continues, his crying getting more aggressive

Jisung started getting worried. He thought the boy would pass out. Jisung got up and got him some water.

"Hey it's ok I'm sorry you can let it all out, here please drink some water" he said calmly handing him the drink.

"They barely hit me, and Chan had it worse but when I tried to help him they'd hit me too. I would always sneak food in his room so he wouldn't go hungry" Minho sobbed

"I fucking hate them so fucking much! I was so happy when they left us. Then we needed to get jobs and I hated making friends. I hardly trust anyone anymore because people are fucking awful!" Minho said, laying his back on the couch.

Jisung felt horrible. He's never seen anyone in this state and he didn't know what to do.

"I'm sorry if I was mean to you, you didn't deserve that I'm just so fucking tired" Minho said his eyes watering

Jisung was also starting to get emotional

"Can I hug you?" He asked, Minho nodded weakly

They ended up cuddling for a few minutes. Minho got up and whipped his face.

"I'm sorry you saw me like that please don't tell anyone" Minho said quietly

"I won't, think you can still cook? I can order something instead!" He smiled, Minho smiled lightly

"Please do, thank you" he said "Why did you need to stay here?" He asked

"Oh, about like 10 guys were trying to follow me and I got scared" he said looking down

"I'll walk you home" Minho smiled going into a different room

"Oh you don't have to-" Jisung got cut off see Minho walk back in with a bat with nails in it

He smiled sweetly "Read to go?" He asked

Jisung laughed

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