Warning: Super duper long chapter ahead.

This chapter is like the longest chapter I ever wrote. There's 35,236 words and I'm not planning on splitting this chapter up.

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It was already midnight and Taemin was still awake, feeling hungry. He forgot to go in the grocery since he was doing playing on his laptop.

 

Taemin was living alone in his wide apartment. He wants to live independently and free. His parents were always out of the country. They were settling with their business together even though that means of leaving their own son alone. They wanted him to go with them but that would be so hard for him.

 

His stomach roared for the umpteenth time and he stood up, annoyed, "Okay! Okay! I'm gonna feed you just shut up!" He grumbled. He took his wallet along with his phone and exited the door.

 

He was on his way to the near convenience store when he saw someone limping. He got curious as it was going to his direction. Then the person suddenly fell on the ground making his eyes wide.

 

Taemin quickly ran over to the person. It was a girl and heck she was just wearing shorts and a thin-looking jacket. His eyes widened again, seeing the girl's situation, there's a lot of blood on her shirt and legs. Her ankle is also severely swollen.

 

As a concerned people, he squatted down to look closely on the face having a shock of his life.

 

"Oh my God! Jaehee!" He shrieked. Her sight is horrible. Her cheeks are swollen, there's a cut on her chin, her lips are busted, and her shoulders are bleeding!

 

He was panicking and he didn't know what to do, "What the hell happened Jaehee?" He shrieked again. She opened her half-lidded eyes, "Oh Taemin." She mumbled with a frail tone.

 

"I'm going to get you in the hospital." He said in a rushed voice and fished out his phone. "No Taemin. Please don't. I beg you." She begged.

 

"But you looked like you’re going to die!" He argued but was stopped again by her, "No silly. Can you help me? But don't bring me to the hospital."

 

Taemin contemplated. He sighed and muttered, "Fine"

 

He noticed her shoulders are bleeding and he immediately teared the jacket open, seeing a big stab wound. His jaws dropped and quickly searched for a handkerchief in his pocket but there's nothing so he quickly teared a piece of his white shirt. He pressed it on her wound to stop the bleeding, earning a scream of pain from Jaehee. "Sorry sorry!!" He apologized. He carried her up in a bridal style and hurried back to his apartment.

 

Good thing he left his door ajar so he kicked it widely open. He settled her on his bed. The bleeding of her shoulder won't stop. He quickly took a clean towel and pressed it hard on her wound. Jaehee screamed again in pain, tears flowing down her cheeks. "I'm sorry! Just please endure it hm? We need to stop the bleeding." He said in a soft tone. He used his other hand and wiped her tears and sweat away.

 

Looking at her super pale face, arms, and legs. He thought that she probably lost a lot of blood and It's dangerous.

 

He stopped for a while and immediately draped his thick blanket on her body when he saw her shivering. After a few minutes, the bleeding fortunately stopped but it looks like it needs stitching. He put a temporary bandage on it. 

 

"Do you want water?" He asked. Jaehee nodded slightly. Taemin quickly went over to the kitchen and got a glass of water.

 

He made her sat up and helped her hold the glass while she was drinking. He put the glass on the side table.

 

"Man, you look horrible." Taemin frowned as he started curing her cuts on her face. "I know right." She chuckled a little. "But you're still beautiful." Taemin whispered but she heard it. She ignored it and acted like she didn't hear anything.

 

He placed an ice pack on her cheek to heal her swollen cheeks a little. He also soaked her swollen ankle in cold water to help the severe swelling heal a little. "Seriously Jae, what the hell happened to you?"

 

"Bumped in a gang." She answere like it was no big deal. "Then they did that to you?!" He scowled. "Yeah, sort of."

 

"You're such a troublemaker." He mumbled and twisted her foot a little causing her to wince. "You sprained your foot and your ankle is swollen. Why?"

 

"The ugly dude stepped on it with his goddamn combat shoes." She grumbled.

 

He saw how Jaehee was trying to stay awake. He told her to sleep and after like minutes, she’s already fast asleep.

 

Taemin got out of the room. He fished out his phone and dialed Minho's number. It rang multiple of time until Minho finally answered,

 

"I've got no time to talk to you. Jaehee is missi-" Minho said in a rushed tone, but was off by Taemin, "She's here hyung. I found her lying on the streets near my apartment."

 

"What?!" Minho shrieked on the line. "Come over quickly and bring a doctor with you, she's in a worse state, she got stabbed on the shoulders and she lost a lot of blood, she told me that she bumped in a gang. Ppali!"

 

"I'm going there in a minute." He said and ended the call.

 

 

After like 5 minutes, Minho along with Jaehee's personal doctor, Jinah, Tao and Zelo came barging inside the apartment. "Where is she?" Minho asked and Taemin pointed to his room, "She's sleeping."

 

He nodded and lead Jinah to the room, when they opened the door, the 4 gasped. "Oh my Gosh." Tao gasped.

 

"What happened to my noona?" Zelo cried and went over to her side. "This is the first time she got into this." Jinah said and started taking out all her equipments out of the bag.

 

She checked on her and sighed, "Good thing, I brought a blood pack." She mumbled and set all of her equipments.

 

Jina looked at Jaehee's pale and sweating face, she touched her forehead and scowled, ", she's having a high fever."

 

"All of you get out of this room." She ordered and put on her gloves and face mask. "Except you." She pointed at Minho. "You'll assist me."

 

 

It took a lot of minutes for Jinah to finish. She left the room with a big sigh. She removed her face mask.

 

"Is she okay now?" Zelo immediately asked in worry. "Yes, she's fine now. Good thing the stab on her shoulder wasn't that big and deep to need a stitch."

 

"Her swollen cheeks and ankle had gone down. But her foot is sprained and it will take days to heal as well as the wound. I've applied ointment on her cuts. Here." She handed Zelo the ointment which is really effective and in just days, the bruises would fade.

 

She went back to the room and gathered her equipments together with the help of Minho and Tao.

 

"Hey Minho, can you please give me a ride to the hospital? I actually have a patient waiting." Jinah asked and Minho nodded right away.

 

 

 

 

It's a Monday morning and Baekhyun was still lying on his bed. There's only like 20 minutes before classes’ starts but he's still not moving.

 

He had woken up an hour ago and was just staring at the window. He was feeling uneasy and his chest was just heavy like the weight of his whole body. He wanted to run to her house and apologize for the whole day and hug her and kiss her and- no. He can't do that.

 

But he actually thought that everything is just unfair. Why does he have to suffer like this? Why did she have to break up with him when the thing is a kissed him, he didn't kiss back and there's no feeling on the kiss, It's just a mere kiss. Jaehee had kissed someone too from the past where Taejoon kissed Jaehee which angers him to the highest level but he easily forgave her. So why is it unfair?

 

"Baek, you need to go to school!"  Jihyun yelled from the door. Baekhyun was still lying on his bed making his noona fume in annoyance. She barged inside the room to see that it was really messy. Papers, books and some shirts were scattered around his floor.

 

Jihyun hastily pulled out the blanket away from his topless body. "Look, you can absent for all you want, I won't care. But Baekkie, this is your opportunity to talk to her. This is your opportunity to explain your side hm?" She explained softly. She stepped on the bed and reached for his hands and pulled him up. "Man you look like a living zombie." She teased as she pulled him out of the bed and pushed him to the bathroom.

 

Baekhyun solemnly stood over the shower head and let the water drench him. He's not in the mood to worry about being late. He has her mother as the principal so it won't be a big deal being late.

 

 

 

He's also not in the mood to drive so his noona volunteered on driving him to school. They used Jihyun's Aston Martin.

 

The car entered the school and eventually stopped when it reached the front of the star building's entrance. Jihyun ruffled his hair and Baekhyun got out of the car, not caring to fix his hair.

 

There are few students around, some are in the lounge and some are just walking around. He reached the classroom and opened the door without knocking. His classmates stared at him and he glared at them before going to his seat, not even greeting their adviser, Mrs.Jung

 

"Byun Baekhyun. You're late for 30 minutes." Mrs.Jung frowned, leaning to her desk. "I know, you don't need to remind me." He shot and took out his English book as it was the first subject.

 

Taemin, Chanyeol, Suho, D.O, Lay and Chen who's also in the same class stared at him in worry.

 

Mrs.Jung scoffed in dismay, "Mind changing your disrespectful behavior? Disrespectful students are a big no to me. Like you."

 

Baekhyun rolled his eyes and stared at the empty seat beside him. There's no Jaehee. His face scrunched up in dismay. Why is she absent again? She's not grounded anymore right?

 

"Byun Baekhyun! I'm talking to you!" Mrs.Jung yelled as she banged a book on the table which almost made D.O jump from his seat in the sudden loud sound. His eyes are wide again in shock.

 

Baekhyun rolled his eyes again, "Well, I'm not talking to you." He said with a dead low tone. Mrs.Jung raised her brows in anger, "DETENTION.FOR.THE.WHOLE.WEEK." She gritted on her teeth. Baekhyun laughed mockingly and rolled his eyes. He threw his English textbook inside his bag and stood up, making the chair screech in friction. He slung his bag around his right shoulder and walked in the front, "Go tell that to my mother." He shot and opened the door harshly and walked out.

 

 

 

Baekhyun sat on a bench. The bench he and Jaehee usually use every time they'll sneak out after eating their lunch.

 

There are snow everywhere and its hella' -8 degrees outside. The cold wind doesn't even bother him since all he feel is pain and his body is already numb.

 

His eyes are full of pain, sorrow and longing as he stared in the air. Why is everything like this? Why does it turn out like this? Was all he was shouting in his mind.

 

It's like 2 more weeks to go before Christmas and he everything for that has already been planned by him. He's going to ask her to be with him for the whole winter vacation and they are going to spend it in his family's holiday villa, just the two of them.

 

Everything is just ruined.

 

 

 

 

Jaehee was on her bed, sitting while Jinah is changing the bandage on her wound. "Aaah! That stings!" She scowled and scooted away because Jinah had put a stinging medicine on it. "It's your fault so endure it." Jinah shot and slightly knocked her on the forehead.

 

She just returned and hell her parents are seriously worried after seeing her condition. Her mom can't look into het eyes as the guilt was eating her inside and out. While her father sent someone to track those bastards who hurt her.

 

 

Jaehee pouted as she rubbed her forehead, "That hurts." She mumbled cutely. "Oh come on! It's not like I knocked you with a brick."

 

Jaehee pouted again, "Stop pouting, you're not cute." Jinah frowned on her pouting face. Jaehee frowned in frustration, "Aish!"

 

"Good thing your ankle had healed down." She said and twisted it a bit making Jaehee wince a little. "Do you really need to twist it?!" Jaehee frowned. "Of course."Jinah mumbled as an answer.

 

"So speak up. What happened yesterday?" She asked softly after she finished tending her wounds. "Nothing happened." Jaehee mumbled and looked away. "You can tell me everything all right? I won't judge you."

 

"Aish fine."

 

 

"I ran away last night." Jaehee started. "Yeah I know."

 

"You already know what happened! I don't need to tell you again." She scowled. "I don't know the details."

 

Jaehee made a face and continued, "I ran away because I fought with my mom."

 

"Again?!" Jinah gasped. "Yeah, the same reason again. Minji."

 

"That really." Jinah scowled. "So yeah, I hit Minji in front of them and yeah she got frustrated and slapped me and told me that I'm a horrible person and she never wanted a daughter like me and she also told me that I'm a liar because I kept making up lies about Minji." She said as tears started to build up in her eyes. Jinah's eyes soften as she hugged her. Jaehee was already sobbing and Jinah was just there hugging her.

 

"D-don't you know? T-that h-hearing my m-mom saying that s-she n-never wants a daughter like me is the worst t-thing she c-could ever say to me?" She sobbed and Jinah can't do anything but to caress her back. "She probably didn't mean it. Maybe she was just really angry that's why she said that hm?"

 

Jaehee nodded in understanding. "By the way, what did Minji do this time?" Jinah asked, pulling away from the hug. "She kissed Baekhyun." She hesitantly answered.

 

"That girl seriously." Jinah muttered under her breath.

 

"And I broke up with Baekhyun." Jaehee added and Jinah's eyes widened, "Seriously!?" She shrieked in dismay.

 

Jaehee nodded slowly, biting her lips to prevent herself from sobbing again. "Because Minji and him kissed? That's why you broke up with him?" Jinah asked with disappointment in her voice.

 

Jaehee nodded again. "Did they make out? Or did Baekhyun initiate the kiss?" She asked again. "No and no."

 

"Right. Did he kiss back?" Jinah asked again and Jaehee shook her head. "SERIOUSLY?! So it’s just a mere kiss! Nothing more, nothing else!" Jinah screeched in dismay.

 

"Oh man tone the voice down." Jaehee frowned as she covered her ears.

 

"It's just a mere kiss, Jaehee. Baekhyun probably didn't want that to happen. We all know that Minji is a flying with horns and tail and she literally can do everything."

 

"BUT THEIR LIPS STILL TOUCHED!" Jaehee argued. "Oh really Jaehee. It's just a MERE KISS. There's no feelings on it. Learn how to be fair. Learn how to forgive."

 

Jaehee sighed heavily and laid het back on the mattress. "Has he said sorry? Has he begged for your forg