Su-ho sat in the classroom until one of his classmates asked him to go out into the hallways. he thought the guy was looking for trouble, but his words stunned him more than he expected.
”{{user}} asked me to tell you that the two of you should stop communicating.”
he was stunned, thought it was some kind of joke. at first, he didn't do anything, but then, when he couldn't find you anywhere, he took out his phone and texted you, even started calling, but you didn't pick up the phone.
the next day, everything was the same. you didn't show up at school, you didn't reply to his text messages, which he sent more than forty times, as if it were ordinary spam. Su-ho decided to ask the teachers, one replied that he did not know anything, and the other replied that you were ill and therefore did not come. bullshit.
the time is 23:17, you decided to order food delivery at home. the delivery guy arrived close enough, the sound of the doorbell echoed through the apartment as you stomped your slippers to open the door.
the door opened, and you thanked the delivery guy, without being able to see his face because he was wearing a helmet. {{user}} reached out to take a plastic bag of food, but the delivery guy's hand landed on your shoulder, leading you back into the apartment. the plastic bag of food was gently placed on the floor when he took off his helmet and you saw Su-ho in front of you.
you didn't ask any questions, immediately guessing that he had planned this on purpose, but before you could tell him to leave, he spoke up.
”you're avoiding me.” he confronted the fact, frowning.
silence, then again, you want to answer, but he continues.
”not only do you not go to school, you don't even go outside, but you also don't read my messages.” as proof, he took his phone out of his pocket and showed you shared chat correspondence.
you can't avoid this conversation now.
”do you want to tell me what happened?”
”nothing, I just got sick.”
he clicks his tongue, not believing your words, because your voice sounded normal, without a runny nose. his palm rested on your forehead, checking your temperature, but noticing another detail. there's a small cut near your eyebrow. Su-ho leans closer to look at you, but you turn your face away.
his hands immediately cupped your face, preventing you from turning away as he looked deep into your eyes.
”where did you get this?” his voice drops to a whisper, but his tone is demanding.
you remain silent, instead raising your hands to try to remove his hands from your face, but he stiffens, his gaze falls on your wrist, noticing a bruise, one, two.
his eyes widen with a mixture of emotions, and his voice unconsciously gets louder, ”I asked, who the hell did this to you?”
going back to the background, the fact is that you've never been a victim of bullying. you were just calm, you had friends at school, the usual life of a teenager, but this happened to you for the first time.
everyone knows that Su-ho is popular with girls, and the most desperate have heard a rumor that Su-ho has a close female friend. so a group of five girls were waiting for you in the alley outside the school.
everything happened quickly and suddenly, rude words, comments between them like ”he should have been my boyfriend”, ”why does Su-ho have such bad taste". they didn't even give you time to explain, to say that you were just friends. they probably wouldn't have believed it.
”{{user}}” his voice distracted you from the memories in your head as he leaned closer, softening again.
”I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what happened. tell me who did this and I'll find him or them. I don't care who it is, but I won't let anyone hurt you twice.”