Life Is Full of Unexpected Events
Chapter 2
Event # 1: I'm Tired
Two lives have connected together. Without either boy knowing they have become intertwined in a fate that neither would guess. One’s a nerd and the others an international star. But when worlds collide, unexpected events are bound to happen.
“Jae, I swear your brother is such a geek” “Shhh, he may hear you, and he’s like super sensitive”, it’s a shame when your own sister is the one talking about you behind your back. But I couldn’t blame her, you have to keep up an image (well actually I COULD, but she’s my BABY sister and I choose not too). Anyways today started the same as any other day, waking up and being the same ugly, tall, lanky Cho Kyuhyun as before. But in my gut I had a great feeling, like something different would happen today. That little bit of hope, however, was crushed when I realized my ID was missing.
That resulted in an awkward conversation with my father which involved me saying I must have lost it last night (which he was still pissed about, so asking for money wasn’t exactly easy). Of course my parents didn’t believe me when I say I was busy getting my stomach crushed in, so I settled for helping a teacher after school. They said they didn’t mind I was helping but next time they wanted me to CALL them. What I wanted to ask was “Oh call you? With what cell phone?!” but then that wouldn’t have turned out well.
So this morning he questioned why I couldn’t ask the teacher to give me my ID. I couldn’t exactly say I may have lost it somewhere between getting my ass kicked and saving someone’s life (while putting my own life at risk). In fact I’m quite certain I lost it in one of those incidents yesterday because I remember seeing it before the beating, but have no recollection of seeing it after risking my life. So my day began in hell, I’m quite certain it’ll end that way.
“Cho Kyuhyun?” my back stiffened at the calling of my full name by someone who was most definitely not a teacher. Glancing over my shoulders I couldn’t help but stiffen more at the stranger that stood behind me. “You’re Kyuhyun right?” he questioned looking at me with excitement. I was thinking maybe I was supposed to give him a tour if the school (aka: a new student) or perhaps he had heard about my nerdiness and was here to bully me too (after all excitement didn’t mean he didn’t hate me).
“Err, yes that would be me” I answered turning around in my desk slightly to get a better look at him. He had to be an actor, or a model. One that was famous for his baby like looks because even I was amazed by his beauty. Gi was sexy, but this guy, he was girlish and cute. “Ah! You’re the one that saved my life last night!!” he grinned and HUGGED me. It was uncomfortable. Who the hell wanted to be hugged by a stranger (even if he was adorable)?
But his words of course made perfect sense. “Oh, the idiot who needs to look both ways” I muttered making the boy gasp. “Oh, that’s just mean!” he chuckled pulling away. I could hear the whispers of my classmates around me. ‘Who’s that?’ ‘It’s Sungmin-hyung!’ ‘Why is he talking to that nerd?’ ‘I bet he stole something!!’ ‘He’s (Kyu) so friggin terrible’. Kyu was just amazed by the fact that this short boy was his Hyung.
“What exactly did you want, hyung” he question pushing his glasses up on his nose. Sungmin smiled and pulled something from one of his pockets. “To return your ID of course! Oh and don’t call me Hyung, you saved my life I should be respecting you” he huffed at the end and held out my badge. I was amazed even further, not only was he my hyung, but he was also quite nice as well.
‘It’s a trap; it always is’ I couldn’t help but think and silently took what was mine. “Thank you hyung” I muttered and stood abruptly. “Shouldn’t you be getting back to class? School is about to start up again” my tone held an obvious sign of refusal; a sign that showed that I didn’t want to be bothered, but Sungmin didn’t seem to process it. “Ugh, I said not to call me that! It’s just Sungmin or Min” the older boy scolded clanking his teeth in irritation.
I looked down at the boy almost amused by his antics, but not enough to fully show it on my face. “Sungmin-hyung, I’m quite sure your friends are looking for you. You should be getting back to them” I said hoping the male would leave me be. Moving to step around him, I was shocked to find that the shorter boy moved to block my path. “No, you saved my life, and I WILL pay you back no matter what” Min puffed out his chest as if to emphasize his determination.
It, however, just made him look adorable, like a little dog that barked at anything bigger then it, but couldn’t ever win the fight. “I don’t need you to repay me, nor do I want you around to repay me. You’re actually getting quite annoying so if you wouldn’t mind please move” I hissed lowly, finally getting fed up with the males playing.
My classmates were now becoming nosey and leaned forward in their desks in hopes of hearing the conversation. Even my sister was curious about my connection to this rising star. Me? I was just trying to get out of the situation before it went sour or something. “Yes, I do” he hissed back suddenly losing his playful demeanor. Now that shut me up quick, Sungmin was like a totally different person suddenly.
“Now just be grateful and let me do this, this could help me” he gritted out through clenched teeth and the situation was officially sour. He just wanted to help me in some shape or form to raise his stardom I bet. To think the sweet person a minute ago could’ve been just a mask to hide his true motive. I was bewildered by this discovery, but my shock wore off and was replaced with slight anger.
“Maybe I should’ve let that car run you over, would’ve saved me a lot of breath. I don’t want you pity. Yes, I said PITY, because that’s exactly what it is. You’re grateful, supposedly, but really you just want to help out a nerd and make me feel better, or to make you more popular. Well I have news for you, I may be a nerd but I’m not a charity case. So do me a favor and leave my life the same way you walked in; with a smile. Because whether you feel you achieved something or not doesn’t matter to me!” my explosion caused the class to go completely silent. And Sungmin, well he just looked utterly surprised.
‘Shit’ was my first thought but that was followed by a series of other curse words. I had really screwed up now, I’m sure my parents wouldn’t care about my arguing. But the glares my classmates were sending me held no good vibes at all. My shoulders slumped forward under the pressure of their stares/glares.
“So you do have a back bone after all” a playful voice joked making my head snap up. Sungmin had an amused look on his face, like the cat that had finally caught the canary. “My names Lee Sungmin, but you WILL call me Min and I think you’ll make an excellent friend for me” the boy beamed his pearly whites at me and I couldn’t help but be knocked off my feet. Not literally of course, but not only was his smile dazzling but his eyes, which I hadn’t looked into until now, glinted with deep intelligence.
“I’ll see you after school Kyu~!” he was already standing at the door by the time he said this, and I couldn’t help but cover the blush that splashed across my face from the nickname. Without meaning to, or even realizing it, I waved back to the male. It wasn’t until he was long gone and my hand was still in the air that I realized what had just happened.
Had I just made friends with a star, with someone in the IT crowd! I slumped back into my chair, making it scrap against the floor slightly at the force. ‘Oh my god, my parents are going to kill me!’ was my only thought. While most would be confused, anyone that knew my life and my parents would know that they chose my friends, they didn’t want me hanging out with anyone from a different crowd. Only kids projected to be doctor, meaning entertainers, and models were definitely off the list.
Sungmin was clearly a star of some kind. Not one I was familiar with but I could tell by his attitude and his hair. That damn star hair that made everyone else hair look terrible. How glossy and smooth it was. How even when it was messed up on little pat would set it straight, that indestructible hair, gave Sungmin away. But now I’d have to suffer the consequence from my parents. ‘I should’ve just stayed home today.’
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“Kyu~?” quickly I ducked out of my back classroom door just as Sungmin came through the front. By pure luck I made it just in time for him not to notice. “Kyu? Where’s Kyu?” I heard him question one of the kids in my class before I took off down the hall. I was determined not to be grouped with such an……idiot (for lack of better word). Turning the corner, I bounded down two stairs at a time and made it to the front of the school, meeting no obstacles. Walking out the doors I’m quite happy with my achievement and smile. That is until I heard HIS voice again “HAA?! KYU, DON’T LEAVE WITHOUT ME!!” I flinched, no really, my body did a whole little twitch thing. Turning, I saw the male on the second floor yelling out my classroom window.
I’m not a violent person (not unless you say playing Starcraft is violent), but this guy really made me want to choke him. I was not the only person to look, Sungmin now had half the school staring at him before they began to snicker and giggle. Biting my lip it took everything in me, not to yell back at him how much of a dumbass he was. That wouldn’t solve my problem though, so I did the next best thing; I began running away. Yeah, not the most brave action, but you must remember I’ve lived my entire life in fear, in submission. In this situation all I could think of was to do the very thing that was easiest.
By the time I got home, I was not only out of breath, but also sweating. I definitely wasn’t the athletic type. Standing at the front door with my hands on my knees breath leaving my mouth in pants, I silently hoped my sister would not tell where we lived. I knew however that was a hopeless dream; she always had a big mouth so I wouldn’t be amazed if she spilled.
Glancing up at the sky I could tell that it was going to rain soon. ‘Better get inside’ I opened the door and quickly headed for the kitchen needing some water. I had just gotten my glass of water when something hits me ‘Were there another pair of shoes at the door?’ Sipping my water I made my way back to the front door, which confirmed my thoughts. ‘Whose are these?’
“Kyuhyun” my heart stopped, literally. ‘It can’t be, there’s no way’ biting the inside of my mouth I turned and looked behind me and into the Living Room. The glass in my hands slipped and crashed to the floor. “Kyuhyun, you useless boy, look what you’ve done!” my mother yelled as the glass hit the floor and shattered. “Calm down mother, I’m sure he’s just surprised to see me. Isn’t that right Kyuhyun” my BROTHER smirked at me looking like the king of the world.
“After all it’s been four years since I last so you, my how you’ve grown” my brother says and stands. My flight instinct kicked in when I saw him heading my way. My brother and I were on good terms in front of our PARENTS, but behind their backs my brother was a straight douche, that and an abuser. He’s the one that made me as fearful as I am today. “Myung-Ki” was about all I got out before I was pulled into a tight embrace.
“I’ve come bearing news brother, you might want to stick around to hear it” he whispered into my ear. And I knew right away, it was going to be bad, just the way he said it in that smug evil voice.
“Come brother, mother and father have something to tell you” I was in a daze as I was pulled over to the sofa and forced to sit next to a two faced male that I was supposed to call my brother. “Yes, well Kyuhyun your mother and I have made a decision about you future. I think perhaps we have been too hard on you to become a doctor” my jaw dropped. Were they actually apologizing to me after all these years? This was good news, why the hell did my brother think I’d be upset about this, unless he thought I wanted to be like him, which couldn’t be farther from the truth.
“We’ve realized you’re quite incompetent and incapable of living up to your brother’s level” okay now it was taking a turn for the worst. What the hell did they mean?! I’ve been above Myung-Ki’s so called level since the 3rd grade! If they took the time to take their head out there ass they might realize that!! “That is way we decided to have an arranged marriage so you can marry into money and even help the family connect with another” HA! For a second I thought he said he was marrying me off. Which I knew couldn’t be the case because my father hates arranged marriages.
Yeah, my family has old money, from ever last person in my family either being a doctor or judge (or lawyer, or a high end business holder). But my brother was the heir to all the gold, the only person with an arranged marriage should be him. My father had even had to fight his parents (my grandparents) just to get out of one, which was his reason for having a distaste toward them. My disbelief must have shown across my face, or through my silence. “Kyuhyun, my son we are not joking. We have found the perfect wife for you. With the help of your brother, whom gave us the idea, we’ve chosen Lee Hana”
Kill me, please just take me out of my misery and kill me now. LEE HANA, of all people why HER? She friggin makes my life living hell. For example, her brother is Gi and she’s one of the reasons he started beating the shit out of me to begin with. “Ah, but sister is going out with Hana’s brother soo….” I trailed off and my brother patted my back as if for comfort. But all I felt was malice toward the male; I wanted to maul his face right off. “No worries, they both have different mothers, Hana doesn’t live with her father and is estranged from him, it’s her mother however whom has the old money” I hate my brother, and I’m not just saying that for the hell of it.
I was being married off, sold like a slave in some market. I met my mother’s eyes “I don’t want this” I whispered but all I saw was coldness behind those depths. “I’ve done everything you’ve asked, I’ve never stepped out of line. I’ve gotten good grades, passed ever test. Why am I being punished?” I turned to my father in hopes of an answer, but once again coldness meets me. “Kyuhyun, we’ve done everything we could to make sure you live a comfortable life” my mother said, but I could hear the words she didn’t say ‘But you’re not good enough’ glancing to my father with pleading eyes I watched as he shakes his head. “Kyuhyun, you can only ever be you. I know you’ve tried hard, and done well. But try not to think of this as a punishment” ‘You’re not you brother, and you’ll never be’ I could hear it, all the words they both weren’t saying to me. “Don’t worry little brother, you may not like it but it’ll work out” ‘I win, I always win’ and that smug smirk, that smirk that I’ve wanted for so many years to wipe from his fucking face.
Then I have a thought, something that makes me grin, makes me feel like I could die now and still live forever. “No” I said looking at my parents, they seemed confused. “Kyuhyun what are you-” but for the first time in my life I did something I was taught not too. I cut my father off “I won’t marry her, she’s a bitch” my mother gasps and my father seems stunned. “KYUHYUN, that kind of langu-” but I didn’t let my mother finish as I turned to my brother, “And you can rot in hell for all I care” I stood towering over my brother and just for the hell of it I knocked over the glass coffee table shattering it to pieces.
“KYUHYUN” both my parents yelled but I was beyond helping at this point. “I refuse to marry that whore; I’m going gay, and you know what I’m done playing the good little son. I think my sister had the right idea. Fuck you guys and your little rules” I hissed and turned to my brother punching him clean in the eye. “But most of all fuck this whole family, for making my life hell. I’m tired of being hurt, of being sad, I’m dying inside, and all you do is add salt to the wound! I’m finished” I yell and head to the door.
“KYUHYUN, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?” my father yells as I walk away. My mother kneels over my brother, who was groaning in pain and agony. “TO COMMIT SUICIDE, BEFORE I GO TO JAIL FOR HOMICIDE” I yell back at the male. He has no idea how much I want to hurt him, to make him feel the pain I’ve felt for years. “KYUHYUN NO!” but I’m already out the door running in the rain. I don’t know where I’m going or how I’ll get back, but I’m running and I just know I can’t stop. No, that’s not right, I won’t stop I refuse to do so. The rain it cold, and it’s smacking my face and I think I’m crying but I’m not sure.
I don’t want to be crying, it looks bad and caused wrinkles. HA! Who the hell am I kidding; it doesn’t matter anymore, because after this I’ll be dead, yeah that’s right I was telling the truth about suicide. I’m sure in hell wrinkles don’t matter, in fact I’m quite sure I’ll have other things to worry about when I get there. The rain stings, it has to be hail, because I don’t remember rain ever hurting quiet this much. My breaths as coming out in gasps, in short uneven pants, my lungs hurt as much as my legs do.
Then everything’s still, I’m not running, it dark and quiet. The rain is the only thing making noise and it seems so very deafening. I realize I’m at the place where I met HIM, where I met Lee Sungmin, the only person that’s ever been genuinely nice to me, even if he may have been using me for popularity. Nothing matters anymore though, nothing ever mattered in the first place. I look at the street, just at the black tar and the white lines that signify a crosswalk.
“Kyu?” the voice isn’t far, it makes me look up to see the very male I had been thinking about. He’s holding an umbrella with rubber ducky’s on it and I can’t help but laugh because it just fits him so perfectly. “Kyu, are you okay” he calls out to me confusion lining his face. I move I step off the curb and I’m walking towards him. “Kyu! That’s dangerous, remember?!” Sungmin yells but I’m not listening, because I’m tired of hearing others tell me things.
Then I hear it the sound of a horn, I think it’s a truck but I’m not certain. So I turn to look but it’s upon me so fast. Everything happens to quick, nothing makes sense. But I can hear Sungmins voice as he yells out my name, my full name. There’s light and then pain, nerve-racking excruciating pain that makes me scream and sob. Suddenly everything’s black, everything’s void in darkness. I knew the moment my day started in hell it would end there, but I didn’t mean it literally.