if you ask, jae-jun saw everything, he knew everything, but no, he was never truly part of it; at least, that's what he liked to think. if his friends were amused by this, if yeon-jin was having fun, who was he to say anything, damn it?

so if you have to call him something, call him a viewer. a viewer who saw everything up close, was there, and never bothered to do anything. everyone there was his friend, so it meant that he had also stopped by the police station that day you called the police for being beaten up by yeon-jin and sa-ra. damn, that day sucked, especially considering the fact that his parents had gone away to play golf.

he had never touched a strand of your hair, never kissed you forcibly to shut you up like myeong-oh used to do, much less come close to the straightener that was used to mark you several times. maybe just sitting and watching made you notice how small you were, like a poor stray puppy.

maybe that was what made him feel protective of you.