Chapter 11

                                    

                                          
Junmin POV
I ran back to my room with my cup of water, trying so hard not to spill it all over.
Minjae was still asleep when I came back, I kept him awake most of the night, so I felt bad that I had to wake him up for breakfast soon.
I stood by the balcony and just relaxed there for a while after brushing my teeth and washing my face. 
It was 6:30 when I finally woke Minjae up, he complained, grumbled and even threatened me for cutting his "beauty sleep".
I waited for him as he groggily walked to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face, he looked more alive after. We walked down the stairs together, headed to the dining room.
If looks could kill, he looked pissed as fuck, honestly I was scared so of the guy that i barely ask him anything.
Jinsik, the cook, the head cleaner if that's what it's called, his job in the house are neverending.
I cautiously asked him to set a spot for Minjae, I felt chills run down my neck with the stare he gave me before going to set the table.
One would think I was the worker asking his master for a slice of bread.
We sat together, Father sat at the head of the table, with Seeun and Dosik beside him, while I just sat on any available seat, I'm happy I have Minjae with me. 
Speaking of Minjae, there he was glaring at Father and Father looked amused, Minjae looked like a little child trying to protest, i laughed a little but I appreciated his constant effort to protect me by trying to intimidate Father.
Breakfast went by smoothly after the staring battle which Minjae lost, and I practically dragged him out of the dining room.
We went back to my room to hang out before he had to leave, we talked about a lot of things.
He went on and on about the tall Thai dude he met at the mall then at work, the delusional guy said it's fate that they met twice already. And if you didn't know, he works at a bar close to where I first met Sumin.
He kept telling me about how his heart fluttered when the "Thai dude" saved him from a drunk customer, a typical Wattpad story right?.
"I'm serious, the way he looked at me, I'm sure he likes me. I'm pretty hot" he looked at me as if he was expecting something.
"no?" I rolled my eyes at his confidence, he might just get heartbroken again, the handsome ones are always the evil ones and Min said he is the most handsome man he's ever seen.
I worry about him.
I just want him to be okay...
"Bohyun will be mad, what if he hits you again" I asked, worried about him. If his boyfriend finds out he'll be in big trouble.
"I'll be fine, he won't find out"
"Just move in with me, I'll try to convince Father to let you stay" I tried to convince him.
"Bohyun will kill me if I move out" he said as a tear slipped out.
"I'm sorry" I hugged him tightly and let him cry on my shoulders.
"It's not your fault, nothing is your fault, don't cry"
He hugged me tighter as he released his frustrations out.
"Let me set an alarm so we can sleep for a while".
He let me go while I quickly did it and came back to cuddle him, we watched movies and ended up falling asleep.
Minjae POV
I heard the alarm Min set ring, I stretched over him to the nightstand on his side of the bed, took his phone and turned it off.
Min was still sleeping, so I just left him and got ready to leave, I took a shower and borrowed his clothes, I know he'll be okay with it.
Grabbing my stuff, I left his room and waddled down the stairs to the front door. 
Leaving his house and walking down the lonely streets, I thought about a lot of things.
I hated feeling like this but it's not like I can control my emotions.
Me dating Bohyun was nice at first, he was too good to be true for me, I've never been genuinely 
happy.
My real parents were assholes, real assholes, I was getting beaten everyday, cursed at, degraded and used throughout my childhood, definitely wasn't a nice memory.
I went to my first foster home when I was 12, my dad had killed my mom while I was hospitalized for a while, because of his drunken rage.
I wasn't treated well at the foster home too, it's like I always get the bad ones, I hated life and rebelled a lot until they were tired of me after 2 years, looking back now I realize that it wasn't that bad there.
From there I moved from home to home, I didn't always fit in. They all abused me, physically, mentally and emotionally.
I couldn't take it anymore, so I woke up one morning, grabbed the little stuff I had and ran away.
I was 16 at the time.
I ran for a very long time, I was alone, no food, no water, I didn't plan ahead. I planned to end it all that night and walked to a bridge. I met Junmim then and I soon figured out he was there for the same reason I was there for.
We needed help and were both broken, he offered me a chocolate bar and we talked for a while, just sitting there with our legs hanging over the bridge.
We hit it off and left after a while, he helped me out a lot, I slept in his room for almost 2 years before his Father found out. I just turned 18.
I still feel guilty for putting my bestfriend in the hospital for my carelessness.
I had no choice but to move in with my boyfriend at that time, I'd been dating Bohyun for about 3 months and he was so happy that I was moving in with him. I got a job at a Chinese restaurant as a kitchen staff, I clean not cook. 
I was happy.
But happiness doesn't last long when I'm involved.
My manager at the restaurant dropped me off at home after work and my seatbelt got stuck. He got close while he was trying to help me, Bohyun saw us and got the wrong idea.
He went berserk.
That was when the abuse started.
He hit me badly that day, I couldn't go to work the next day and the day after that and the week after that, so I was let go, fired from my job.
I was jobless and living with a monster.
I be been living with that monster for 2 years straight, I don't have a boyfriend, but a criminal that has his hands around my neck. I've been in bondage, I was told to shut my mouth and obey.
He basically owns me now (according to him).
I'm a single guy that needs help, that monster is not my boyfriend. But I'm not Cinderella, I don't have a prince charming or a knight in shining armor to rescue me. I'm just here.
I didn't notice a lot of time passed until I got to work. I wasn't safe here either, but it was better than the hellhole I had to go home to.
I hope it'll all get better.
But that's just wishful thinking.


1298 words
Finally Minjae's backstory.
I used Bohyun as a bad guy because I'm jealous he's dating my crush, I thought Jisoo will be mine 😭😭😭.