foreign - lee chan

27.

After fifteen minutes of Julienne being outside, Chan became uneasy. He was supposed to take Julienne home in about five minutes, and he was honestly terrified of being late and seeing her father waiting outside for them (even though her father claims that he would never be angry with Chan).

"Myung," Chan stands, "let's go, they've been outside loud enough."

Myung rolled her eyes, but didn't go against Chan's words since she was annoyed with Wonwoo and Julienne being together.

The two of them walked to the front door, Chan leading a way for Myung to walk through the crowd. Chan pushes open the door, his eyes widening at the sight of Wonwoo sitting against the wall of the house. His body shook as he sobbed, and Myung rushed over to him, holding him by the shoulder.

"What happened?" Myung asked frantically, "Are you okay? Where's Julienne?"

"I messed up and she left," Wonwoo croaked, "I don't know where she went, but it wasn't in the direction of her house."

Chan's eyebrow raised as he looked at Wonwoo menacingly, "What did you do?"

"Please, I'd rather n-"

"What the hell did you do?" Chan asked more aggressively.

Wonwoo hung her head down in shame. "I t-touched her, okay?"

Chan grabbed him by the collar, pushing Wonwoo's head against the wall. "Who the hell said you could lay a finger on h-"

"I didn't hit her!" Wonwoo screeched, "I just touched her breast, and she didn't want it! Let go of me, Chan!"

"You think that makes a difference?" Chan asked, his knuckles now turning a shade of white, "She made it clear she didn't want it and you obviously didn't fucking l-"

"Chan, stop," Myung interrupted, "and go find Julienne." Myung's face was drenched in tears and her sentence was broken because of her sobs.

Chan stared at Wonwoo before shoving him against the wall again and leaving, running down the street.

He grabbed his phone out of his pocket, dialing her number as he ran. His heart was beating hard, not only because of his running, but the thought that Julienne was out there and had no idea how to defend herself. She could be hurt or kidnapped, and God forbid, killed. These thoughts fueled Chan to push himself to the limit to find h-

"Chan."

Chan came to a halt at Julienne's calm voice through the phone. His breathing was staggered and weak, as he tried to respond to her.

"Julienne, where are you? Are you okay? Tell me where you are," Chan said in one breath.

"Chan, I-I'm fine," Julienne said, even though Chan could hear her pants and soft sniffs. He knew that his poor girl was still tearing up at what had happened earlier with Wonwoo. He made it a personal task to report Wonwoo later.

"Where are you? I'm coming, don't worry, Julienne," Chan assured her as he kept walking on.

"Chan, I'm in this supermarket, across from your friend's restaurant," Julienne answered, "please don't come I'm f-"

"I'll be there in five minutes, don't move," Chan ordered, "and don't hang up."

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Chan walked into the entrance of the supermarket, looking at Julienne who is standing next to the cashier woman at the front. He sighs, running up to her and pulling her into a tight hug, sighing into her curly hair.

"God, Julienne," Chan groaned, a tear almost slipping from his eye, "don't ever do that again please. Don't run."

Julienne closed her eyes and held Chan as tight as I could, trying to push out the memories of her and Wonwoo out of her head. She wanted to focus on this moment, with Chan here with her finally.

Chan let her go, grabbing a chocolate bar on the table and handing it to the woman at the cashier, pulling out his wallet. He handed her four dollars (which was actually double of the actual price), and gave the chocolate bar to Julienne. He then took her hand and began to walk.

"Come on," Chan spoke, "I need to get you home safely."

Julienne felt a sudden burden on her shoulders seeing the bags underneath Chan's eyes and could see his red eyes when he looked at her.

"Were you crying?" Julienne asked, her eyes watering a bit again.

"I was a little scared, that's all," Chan gave her a small smile, "I'm fine."

But Julienne knew he wasn't. She gave him stress and she scared him and he cared so much about her. She couldn't even imagine how distraught Myung might be at this moment.

"Shit," she mumbled to herself, wiping her eyes again, "why do I keep doing this? Why do I upset people? Why do I cause so many problems?"

Chan walked in front of her, and could easily hear Julienne speaking to herself and trying to hide her soft sobs. He would have comforted her and calmed her fears, but Chan himself was close to tears hearing Julienne think so negatively.

You have no idea how much I love you, and you have no idea what I'd do for you, Chan thought.