Chapter 13: Surprise Visitor

You want me to do what?!” Junhyung stared at the teacher in disbelief.

“You heard me. I want you to make sure that Hyunseung-shii makes it home without injuring himself more.”

“Why the hell does it matter to me if he gets injured more?! I’m not his mother!” Junhyung yelled out.

“If you refuse, Junhyung-shii, then you will not get credit for last week. I need to see that you are actually putting an effort into this partnership.”

“You can’t do that! It isn’t fair!”

“I can and I am. Either you take Hyunseung-shii home, or you fail this assignment. It’s up to you.”

“But...”

“But nothing. This discussion is over. Good night, Junhyung-shii.” The teacher said as he kicked Junhyung out of his office. Said boy grumbled as he made his way to his locker.

“Why the hell do I need to walk that home?” He slammed his locker shut with extra force as he walked over to the area where Hyunseung’s locker was. As he got closer he looked at the boy that was struggling to get his books into his backpack. He was holding his backpack against the lockers with his knee and using his right hand to try and open the bag and put the books in.

“Gah!” Hyunseung yelled when his bag fell to the floor and all the contents scattered across the floor. Out of frustration, Hyunseung kicked the lockers before slowly kneeling on the floor to pick up his supplies.

 For the slightest of moments, Junhyung felt a bit of remorse for the pain that he had caused the older boy. Seeing him struggle so much left a sour feeling in the back of his throat. Clearing his throat and hardening his glare, Junhyung walked over the kneeling boy and grabbed the bag out of his hands. Hyunseung’s eyes widened when he realized that the younger boy was actually helping him rather than causing him harm. The older boy froze as he watched the other boy pick up the last of the books and pencils.

Junhyung zipped the backpack shut. He stood up while glaring at the injured boy. “Get your up, . I’m walking you home.” Hyunseung remained on the floor as he tried to process what was just said. With an exasperated groan, Junhyung forcefully pulled the boy to his feet, ignoring the whimper that escaped when he did. “I said get up. Let’s go.” The younger boy didn’t wait for a response as he looped the backpack over his shoulder and began walking out of the school.

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Hyunseung didn’t know what to think about the situation he was in right now. The boy that had caused him so much pain for the last few years was walking in front of him, carrying his backpack no less. Confusion filled his mind as he tried to make sense of what was happening and what could be the reasoning behind the sudden kindness that the young boy had shown.

‘It has to be a trick. There’s no way that he’d willingly spend time with me outside of school unless he’s beating the out of me. There’s gotta be something behind this. I can’t trust him.’ Hyunseung hardened his reserve as he continued following the boy, not trusting him motives.

Hyunseung was so lost in his thoughts that he hadn’t realized that the other boy had stopped walking. That is, not until he walked straight into his back. All of his strength that he had built to not show any sign of weakness drained away as the older boy turned to glare at him.

“Yah! Watch what you’re doing.” Junhyung glared. Hyunseung shrunk back slightly as the younger boy muttered under his breath. “Which way?”

Hyunseung blinked as he realized the situation. The road had ended and Junhyung needed directions. Hyunseung cursed under his breath slightly as he pointed to the left. With no more words, the younger boy began walking once again, leaving Hyunseung no option but to follow. With a sigh, the injured boy continued following his bully.

After another five minutes, Hyunseung yelled out slightly in pain as he fell to the ground. Tears stung his eyes as he held his ankle in pain. Junhyung had continued walking not hearing the boy that had fallen to the ground. The injured boy tried to force himself to his feet again but he was unable to do so with his other injuries. Working up the courage, the injured boy looked up at the boy who had gotten some distance away by this point.

“Ah...Junhyung-sshi....” said boy didn’t hear the call. Hyunseung cleared his throat and repeated louder, “Junhyung-sshi” This time the boy turned to look with a glare. When he realized that the injured boy had fallen, Junhyung walked back with an angry look on his face.

“What the happened now?” he ground out.

“Ah...I think I twisted my ankle...” Hyunseung said quietly as he looked at the ground. “I can’t stand up...”

“Aish!” Running his hand through his hair, Junhyung angrily looked around. With another exasperated sigh, Junhyung glared at the injured boy before turning around and kneeling in front of him. “Get on.” Hyunseung stared at his back for a long time without moving. He didn’t know what he should do. There was no way that he was going to be able to walk but he didn’t trust the boy in front of him. “YAH! I said get on!” Fearing what the younger boy would do to him, Hyunseung slowly reached forward and wrapped his arms around his shoulders.

Hyunseung squeezed his eyes shut as he was lifted off the ground with no problem. His grip subconsciously tightened so he was grasping the younger boy for dear lift. “Yah! Are you trying to kill me?!” Junhyung screamed, scaring the boy into loosening his grip. Slowly Junhyung continued walking. “How far away is your house?”

“Ah, it’s about thirty minutes yet...” Hyunseung whispered, his breath tickling the younger boy’s ear.

“Aish...why do you live so far away?!” With another sigh the boy continued walking while grumbling under his breath.

Hyunseung never thought that he would ever be in this type of situation. The boy that had beaten him up countless times was now carrying him to his house. If he wasn’t in so much pain he would have thought that it was all a dream, a very weird dream. He just could not figure out why the bully was being so nice to him all of a sudden. Building up all his courage, Hyunseung cleared his throat, catching the other boy’s attention.

“Ah, why...why are you helping me...?”

Junhyung scoffed before he answered. “Because that ing teacher is making me. He said that if I don’t help you get home and make sure that nothing else happens to you then I am going to fail our assignment. So I didn’t really have a choice.” Junhyung’s voice hardened. “If it weren’t for you I wouldn’t have to deal with this .”

Using what little courage he had left, Hyunseung asked the question that he had always wanted to know the answer to. “Why do you hate me so much?” he barely whispered but the other boy heard him and stopped walking.

“Why? Why would I ever like someone like you? A ing that doesn’t know their place.” Junhyung angrily spat before he continued walking, cutting off any further discussion. Hyunseung bit his tongue. He didn’t want to make the other boy even angrier in fear of how he would respond. So the two boys continued in silence.

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Junhyung paused in his step when he felt the boy on his back drop his head onto his shoulders. Looking out of the corner of his eyes he saw that the boy had somehow fallen asleep. His hair fell to the side to show more of his face. His glasses were sliding down his nose. Junhyung caught himself staring at the other boy. Shaking his head, he continued walking. Hyunseung had gave the last of the directions so there was no reason to wake him; plus, this way he didn’t have to listen to him talk. That was when he felt a warm breath on the side of his neck.

The feeling sent chills down his spine and make his neck hairs stand on end. His neck had always been really sensitive. Cursing the injured boy some more, he forced himself to ignore the sensation that was being done to his neck. Walking a bit faster to get the injured boy to his house so he could finally get away from him.

About ten minutes later, Junhyung walked up to an apartment complex that looked like it was going to fall apart at any moment. ‘This can’t be right. How can anyone live in this dump?’ Turning his head to look at the sleeping boy he shook slightly, trying to wake him up.

“Yah, wake up!” slowly Hyunseung’s eyelashes began to flutter. He opened his eyes and Junhyung saw that they were still hazy as he opened his mouth to yawn as his cheeks turned a rosy color that only comes from taking a nap. Junhyung felt his cheek warm up slightly as he looked at the boy who was totally relaxed. Facing forward again Junhyung spoke. “Is this your apartment?”

Slowly, Hyunseung became more aware of where he was as he looked around. ‘I fell asleep?! Why the hell did I do that...?’ “Ah...yeah it is...”

“Ke, this place looks like . Which apartment?”

“3B” Hyunseung said lightly, not fully awake. Junhyung groaned again as he made his way towards the stairs, slowly make his way up the broken staircase.

“If this building falls apart while I’m here, I’m going to kill you.” Junhyung ground out stepping over a missing step. Making it to the third floor, the boys made their way to the left, heading towards the injured boy’s apartment. As the doorway came into view, Junhyung stopped.

“What the are you doing here?!” Junhyung yelled as he saw someone standing outside the door to Hyunseung’s apartment. Hyunseung lifted his eyes and looked ahead to see who his bully was talking to.

“Doojoon-sshi? What are you doing here?”

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Thank you so much for being so patient with me. I have been taking summer classes and I have had no motivation to write but I suddenly found some inspiration and couldn't let it pass. I hope you all enjoy this chapter! Make sure to leave me a comment, I update a lot faster when you do! =D

Thanks, 

Ashley