haewon
i limped my way to my room, and laid down on my bed. i ate the sandwich that i made earlier, but i wasn't really full. then, i remembered. i bought some snacks for myself yesterday. oh, but the coffee isn't gonna be cold anymore... eh, i'll just refrigerate it later.
i got the chips out of the bag, and started eating it while playing with my phone, trying to distract myself from reality. just then my mom came in my room.
"haewon..." she said, on the verge of crying.
"why do you look like you're about to cry?" i asked.
"because my baby got sexually harrassed by two, disgusting, filthy, dirty, retarded, perverts!" she said, hugging me.
"no, mom. i'm okay."
"no, you're not. it's my fault that that happened to you. i asked you to buy eggs at night, i didn't think straight."
"don't blame yourself, mom. if you should blame anyone, it should be me. i was the one who wasn't careful."
my mom held back her tears as she pulled away from the hug. "i'm so sorry, haewon. what can i do to repay you?" she asked.
"nothing at all, mom! you've already repaid me through caring for me."
she sighed. "are you sure?"
"very sure."
"okay."
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i was fine the entire day on, except for the fact that my foot hurts so much, mostly because i didn't want to think about that incident. the rest of the people in this house knew about it, but i didn't really mind much.
jisoo went to the police station so that they can ask him about the questions about the incident.
that night, the television was on and i was washing the dishes when the news came up.
"police say that a 17 year old girl was harassed last night, in jeju-do island. it is said that she was walking down the road when two men asked her directions, but it led in an abandoned building where they harassed her. fortunately, a friend of the girl saved her right on time."
"as we go further in the story, the two men were charged with both murder and sexual harassment." the reporter said. it made my jaw drop... murder? "the two men confessed that they do "things" to 17-21 year old women to seek sexual pleasure. after that, they confessed that they kill the women after doing inappropriate things to them."
"please, stay safe, fellow women." she said. "be careful with your body, especially at night."
it made me think, if jisoo didn't save me... then i would be dead by now. it gave me the chills just thinking about it. i turned back to washing the dishes, until seungkwan tapped my shoulder.
"noona, did you hear the news?" he asked. i nodded. "i know what will make you feel better!"
he cleared his throat and spoke in a voice that sounded like an old lady's. "haewon! how could you be so beautiful?" he said, mimicking what sounds like his mom and my aunt.
"is that supposed to be auntie boo, your mother?" i said, laughing. he nodded, making me laugh even more. "you really know how to cheer me up."
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it was the next day, we (hyungwon, jisoo, seungkwan, his sisters, and i) were planning to go to the nearby mall and go christmas shopping. christmas was in a week, and we barely bought anything for eachother. that also meant sojung was going here after christmas, with her older brother, soojin!
hyungwon drove the six of us to the nearby mall, and we split up to buy our stuff. we were gonna buy our presents individually, so that it could be a surprise. we were gonna meet up in a snack place, where we would also eat snacks after the shopping.
i got clothes, makeup, books, stuffed animals, mugs, headphones, ugly christmas sweaters, and other random things for my family and friends (including wonwoo, taeyong, and sojung).
i had a feeling that this was going to be the most memorable christmas in my life... so far.
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