counting change | yoonminseok

072

As soon as the door closed Sungwoon immediately went to Jimin grabbing onto him and making sure he was okay. The younger wanted to laugh at his antics but when thinking through why he would be so scared for his safety he felt more concerned instead.

"I'm fine Sungwoon." Jimin said as he shivered remembering how cold it was down here. He didn't want to think about how surviving this cold alone would be, it seemed terrifying. "Are you okay?"

The older nodded in response as they both sat down beside each other. Jimin knew a sign of being malnourished was that you were constantly feeling cold and he couldn't help but wonder how freezing Sungwoon felt.

He still couldn't get what Bon Hwa said out of his head earlier about him not needing anymore pesky replacements. He really wanted that to mean that he'd let Sungwoon go and he'd be able to finally live his life again but Jimin knew that believing that would be false hope for him. Was he going to be left here to die? That's what it looked like right now, when was the last time he ate? Jimin couldn't even tell when the last time he ate was.

Damn, he was really missing celery sticks right now.

"Are you sure you're okay? He didn't hurt you?"

"No he didn't do anything at all." Jimin muttered as he looked at his skin. There was slight scratches on him from how aggressive Bon Hwa was when he kidnapped him but nothing too bad, his wrist even looked fine as well. "Other than the whole kidnapping thing he's just acting like we're in a somewhat normal caregiver little relationship."

"Would you be offended if I asked about that?" Sungwoon said as he tilted his head looking at the younger. "I've never really like known what little space actually was before."

"I don't mind." Jimin said as he glanced around the room filled with toys. Usually he'd be hesitant about even letting people know he was a little but with the situation he was in did it really matter? He was stuck here for possibly the rest of his life and it was his fault that Sungwoon was as well. "I'm fine with questions."

"Does it really feel like you're in a different mindset?"

"Yeah, my mind gets all fuzzy and I can alter between different ages of a child. It depends how stressed I am though for how young I get. Bon Hwa was the first person who I got in a relationship with and the fact that he accepted me acting as a little was amazing. I really thought he was going to be the person I married, you know? My friends had just gotten together after years of having a crush on each other and I wanted a special someone too and I thought I found that."

"How long did you end up dating him for?"

"Around three years I think? I started dating him in sophomore year and dumped him at the near graduation. My friends had found him slamming me into a bathtub and made me break up with him and he promised to leave me alone as long as I didn't report him to the cops." Jimin sighed as he looked down at the ground feeling as if he was gong to cry again. "I should of reported him to the cops but I was too upset thinking that I had lost the only person who accepted me being a little. My parents didn't want anything to do with me when they found out and I just assumed Bon Hwa was always correct with his rules."

"Getting out of abusive relationships is tough and you don't need to blame yourself back then for doing what you did. You were still just a kid and you had to put up with all the things he did back then, you don't give yourself credit for how strong you are."

"I just really wanted someone to accept who I am," Jimin said sighing, "and he was the only one who seemed to. My friends didn't have time to take care of when I was in little space and he did and gosh I was so stupid!"

"You weren't stupid, you were just scared of change." Sungwoon grabbed onto the pink haired boys hand and frowned noticing how skinny it already was. Sure Bon Hwa was a fan of starving his captives but Jimin hadn't even been here that long and he already looked underweight. "I promise I'll be here for you as long as I'm alive."

Jimin could sense the realization that Sungwoon had about his own fate and he couldn't help but feel terrible about it. He didn't want anything bad to happen to the older but he could tell that Sungwoon seemed to almost be happy about what was going to happen to him.

He had been stuck here so long death seemed like a better option.

Jimin couldn't help but cry into the older knowing that his time with him may be short. He had been here for such a short time but Sungwoon seemed to be the only thing that was keeping him going right now and he didn't want him to leave. But at the same time he felt selfish wanting the other to stay and have to be put through the cruel rules Sungwoon had.

There just wasn't an option that looked like it had a positive outcome.

The high school I go to has grades 7th-12th in it and there's a total of 143 students overall. So it's definitely a small school and I'm sure there's perks of going to small schools but I'm not really a fan of it since for some reason a lot of students seem not to like me. What type of school do you guys go to?