what nobody knows; jinhwi ff

chapter thirty nine

i have this really good taekai fanfic idea and now im conflicted

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"I went to your house today." Dongmyeong plopped beside Daehwi who was sitting down on the bed. Today he was feeling kind of sick so he went absent for today's class. Though, being sick was probably just an excuse. In reality Daehwi wanted to get away from the judgmental stares and the bullying. Justin couldn't protect him all the time. His friends couldn't just protect him all the time. And Daehwi doesn't want to be a burden.. he doesn't wanna be that damsel in distress kind of guy. Even though at this moment he really is, he feels more like saving himself rather than being saved.

.. and you're probably wondering why his definition of "saving himself" is staying home and sleeping all day. Well, Daehwi just feels like with the combination of Youngmin's laptop and food, he's saved from the pain he's experienced for a while.

"And I was like: damn. I have never seen that much reporters ever since I watched While You Were Sleeping." Dongmyeong shook his head, taking a bottle of vegetable juice from the cellophane he was holding and handed it to Daehwi. "Drink. You look like you're dehydrated. 'Coz you're so pale."

"No thanks." Daehwi pushed his vegetable juice away, flinching when Seonho suddenly screamed at him. "You drink that right now Lee Daehwi or so help me!" Seonho shrieked. "Put that thing back where it came from or so help me~" Guanlin sang with a stupid grin on his face. In the end Daehwi drank it out of fear of what Seonho would do to him.

"Anyway, the mailman came to my house to deliver a package that's meant for you." Dongmyeong put up a box on the bed. "He said he couldn't put it in your mail box as there were way too many reporters, so he gave it to me knowing I'm your great friend." he smiled proudly.

Daehwi raised his eyebrows as he took a box cutter which was in his pocket, cutting open the box and starting to look inside it. "So what's in this thing then?" he asked. He pulled something out of it and gasped. "It's a mic!" he said, astonished. "This is awesome, I've been wanting one for days now!" he said happily, forgetting about everything else for a while. "Do you guys have any idea who sent this?" Daehwi turned to his friends, who were all looking horrified all of a sudden.

"What's wrong? Is the fact that I wanted a mic really that shocking?"

"Why the hell is there a random box cutter in your pocket?" Dongmyeong asked, snatching it away. "Check his wrists!"

"What the hell are you talking about-"

Daehwi was cut off as both Guanlin and Seonho urgently rolled his sleeves up, looking at his wrists. "Yah!" Daehwi got annoyed. "Just because I have a box cutter in my pocket, you guys assume such things?!"

Both Guanlin and Seonho let go of him, bowing in apology. "Sorry. I was just worried about you- I mean, we were." Guanlin frowned. "You were just really gloomy these days.. we thought that maybe this was too much for you to handle."

"Even so, though you didn't do it now, you never should!" Seonho said. "We're here for you, Daehwi. Don't think about stuff like.. self harm.."

Daehwi sighed and took the box cutter away from Dongmyeong, placing it in a cabinet. "It's just a random box cutter Youngmin hyung gave me for self defense if anyone tried to attack me, don't worry," he reassured them.

"Wow, Youngmin hyung is really a dream guy. No wonder Somi likes him so much.."

"Keep your mouth shut," Dongmyeong said through gritted teeth, annoyed at the sudden mention of Somi's name. Today Somi was supposed to come with them to Youngmin's house (because they were gonna watch Baejin's press conference together, which Daehwi forgot to mention) but bailed on them as Wooshin asked her out on a date. Even though Dongmyeong already warned her, she still doesn't listen. Though Daehwi kind of understands her anyway. It's her first date with a guy after all. "If you're so annoyed why don't you just tell Somi how you feel already..," Daehwi muttered.