Battle of Pride (5/?)
Title: Battle of Pride
Pairing: KyuMin, YeMin, EunHae
Genre: Angst, Romance
Warning: Genderswitch
Summary: Sungmin finally met her rapist.
Sungmin hid behind Donghae, making the other two curious with her weird actions. Her best friend chuckled, “Sorry, Bummie, she’s an introvert.” Kibum smiled sadly while giving a nod to tell her that he understands. But then, something struck him. He narrowed his eyes to take a closer look at the teary-eyed girl hiding behind her friend, “Wait. You are familiar.”
As he said that, Sungmin gulped, but still avoided meeting with his gaze. Donghae interrupted, “Of course. She also studied in Mokpo, Bum… just different schools.” Kibum shook his head, frowning, “No, it’s not that. I know she won’t be a classmate because you are studying in an all girls’ school and it’s pretty obvious that the both of you were classmates. But… she really is familiar… I…” When he finally remembered it, he took a step back with his eyes widened.
“What is wrong with the both of you?” Donghae said while looking at the both of them. “Did you have a relationship before?” Sungmin shook her head vigorously, but fixed back her gaze at her feet when she met with Kibum’s eyes. The girl in between sighed exasperatedly, now pissed with the two, “Do you know each other? Sungmin, do you know him?”
With her head bowed, Sungmin pouted at Donghae and mumbled, “You always mentioned his name before… You said that you liked-“ Donghae covered Sungmin’s mouth and smiled sheepishly, “I get it now! You don’t need to explain further, my dear best friend.”
Sungmin thought that somehow, luck was on her side because her phone rang and her fear was washed away when she read the caller ID, making her smile genuinely. “Hey.”
“Hey, babe, where are you? Time for class.”
Sungmin pouted, “I’m with Hae… Don’t worry, we’ll now go. Sorry.”
“You’re saying sorry again? It’s not your fault so stop apologizing. I’ll wait for you outside the room.”
“Okay. Thank you.”
“I love you.”
“I love you too.”
Donghae rolled her eyes when she saw the blush on her cute friend’s face as she hung the phone, “So, what did Mr. Boyfriend tell you?” Sungmin held Donghae’s wrist and tugged it, “He said he’ll be waiting for me outside the room!” Donghae shook her head, “Oh no you won’t, Lee Sungmin, you’ll be sitting beside me.” When her best friend pouted and did that irresistible puppy eyes, the taller girl sighed in surrender, “Okay! Okay! You’ll be sitting beside him, but I’ll also sit beside you! I’m really happy that you have those thick bloody frames to cover those eyes of yours.”
Sungmin beamed and skipped happily as she dragged Donghae away, forgetting that they left Kibum without bidding goodbye.
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Sungmin made her way to the library alone. She doesn’t want to go home yet; Donghae has dance practice and will have a date with Siwon after that, while Kyuhyun said that he’ll be hanging out with his friends. The guy insisted that he will drop her to her dorm, but she refused, saying that she’ll just study at the library. She really plans on waiting for Yesung - who has a library duty that’s why she decided to go there, though she’s not on the mood to study.
She stopped when she realized that Kibum was now in front of her, shock also written on his face. They want to speak, but nothing comes out from their mouths. There was a pregnant pause… no one dared to make the first step…
But Kibum decided to do the honors.
He cleared his throat, “Lee Sungmin-sshi, right? I’ve heard a lot about you from Hae before.” The girl stared at her feet again, “I see.” She’s not yet ready to talk to him; she hasn’t still recovered. It was five years ago but the pain it brought her was still carved perfectly inside her mind and heart. “I-I-I ha-have to g-go. Ki-kibum-sshi, see you.”
She fastened her pace to avoid Kibum but the guy followed her. “Wait! Sungmin-sshi!!! I want to explain!” She stopped then faced him, she is now crying. “What? There’s nothing for you to explain, Kibum-sshi.” He doesn’t want to see a girl crying, especially her. “There is… There are a lot of things I wanted to explain. You… you are that girl, right?”
She didn’t reply. She tightened her hug on her book and bit her lips. Kibum spoke, “I’m really sorry… we’re drunk that night… We really don’t know what we’re doing until the hyungs came. It was really childish and foolish of us… I… I was the only one who tried looking for you after that… but Heechul-hyung won’t tell me who you are… And now, I finally found you.”
Tears are flowing incessantly from her eyes. She knows that Kibum is saying sorry to her, that they are drunk, they don’t know what they’re doing, but she still can’t find in her heart a place for forgiveness for this guy. Kibum continued, “I’m not expecting for you to forgive me. I know that what we did caused trouble for you, considering what Hae said about you being an introvert. Just… just please give me a chance to make it up to you.”
“And how are you going to do that?”
“I’ll help you find the others. I know one is studying here.”
“I don’t want to meet them.”
“Why?”
“I just don’t want… I might kill them.”
Kibum gulped with that. But, he knows that she can’t because she didn’t do that when they faced each other. “Then, I’ll be your escort, guardian, bodyguard, slave, servant or whatever you want me to be. I just want to receive your forgiveness.” Sungmin looked at him. She’s a bit tempted to the offer but she thinks that Kyuhyun might get jealous. “Are you… Are you the one who really raped me? The one who… kissed… undressed…”
“No. It’s not me.”
Then, the door opened and Kyuhyun came out, fixing his tie. Sungmin narrowed her eyes though the guy was just in front of her, “Kyu? I thought you are with your friends? And what are you doing inside the janitor’s closet?” Kyuhyun froze as he saw his girlfriend, staring wide-eyed at him. Then, Seohyun came out from the same place where Kyuhyun got out, earning a glare from Sungmin. “WHAT IS THIS, KYUHYUN?!” But to her surprise, the guy had no reaction. He just stood there… then smirked.
She stepped back as soon as she saw that evil grin the guy had… She found it familiar…
Seohyun wrapped her arms on Kyuhyun’s arm, “I’m sorry, Sungmin, but it looks like Kyuhyun here got tired of playing with you.” Sungmin stuttered, shocked with Seohyun’s statement and Kyuhyun’s reaction, “P-play-playing?” Kyuhyun sighed, “Don’t feel too bad, Min. I had a fun time with you. You are nice, you made me feel important, it was also fun keeping secrets… You also had the longest time that I dated. Normally, I would date girls in less than a week, but we lasted for a month… but… I can’t love you as much as you love me.”
Seohyun chuckled maniacally, “Yeah, he just can’t love a weird, nerdy girl like you. Besides, your relationship was just out of a bet.” A tear finally fell from her eye as she heard that. The other girl continued, “What makes you think that he will actually like you on first sight? Honestly, you’re the ugliest girlfriend he ever had! I can’t believe he will sink down to your level because of a few thousand won!”
She wanted to kneel and beg for Kyuhyun to go back. She doesn’t care that she was just out of a bet. She wants him, she needs him, she loves him. She is willing to lower her pride just for him. She almost sacrificed her friendship with Donghae because of him.
But when she was going to break down, Kibum interrupted by placing his hand on top of Sungmin’s shoulder with a smirk plastered on his face, “So, you are the reason why Sungmin doesn’t want to accept my offer?” This time, Kyuhyun’s face turned from strong to shocked, “Kibum?” The guy waved his free hand, “Long time no see, Kyuhyun-ah. I’m so glad that you still remembered me.”
Then, he turned the crying Sungmin’s body to face him, burying her face on his shoulder. He smirked as he noticed Kyuhyun got unconsciously enraged with that simple act of him with his girlfriend, no, EX-girlfriend, because he saw the guy’s fist curled tight. “You just hurt the same innocent girl for the second time, Kyuhyun. I can’t believe you didn’t recognize her.”
He didn’t give any chance for Kyuhyun to react because he already led Sungmin on the opposite way, leaving the other two clueless.
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“WHAAATTT?! THAT BASTARD AND THAT BITCH DID THAT?!” Donghae shrieked as Kibum narrated everything that happened.
Sungmin told Kibum that she wanted to see Donghae so they went to the practice hall and asked her to go out. Since Sungmin can’t speak because of too much crying, it was Kibum who told Donghae. The guy forced Donghae to sit down because she can’t calm down and she was ready to attack Kyuhyun and Seohyun wherever they are.
“Wait, what are you doing with Sungmin?” Donghae asked out of the blue when she got curious why the two were together. Kibum and Sungmin looked at each other, thinking if they will tell Donghae, but the latter decided to tell her when Kibum isn’t there… she might kill him. She’s not that harsh, Kibum helped her… it is the only way to repay him.
“We met accidentally while I was on my way to the library. He was just unfortunate to witness that scene.” Donghae seemed to believe because she just nodded. She then took out her phone and pressed some keys. Sungmin wiped her tears, “What are you doing, Hae?”
The girl frowned as she placed the phone on her ear, “Calling your brother.” Sungmin freaked out, “What?! No! Don’t, Hae! Please don’t!” However, it was too late because the guy on the other line picked up.
“Hae? What’s up?”
“Hyukkie-ah, can you come here? There’s something I want to---“ She was unable to finish what she was saying because Sungmin shouted over it, “It’s nothing, oppa! I miss you!”
“What?” Confusion was clear in Eunhyuk’s voice.
Donghae rolled her eyes and grabbed the phone from her, “Come here at the university!” She finds it hard to speak because Sungmin kept on snatching the phone away from her until she got pissed and shouted, “GET YOUR ASS HERE, LEE EUNHYUK BECAUSE YOUR SISTER IS CRYING!” Sungmin shouted no many times but Eunhyuk believed Donghae and got worried, “What?! Okay! I’ll go now! You better stay there and don’t let Sungmin go!”
Sungmin frowned and pouted, with tears flowing like a faucet from her eyes, “Why did you do that, Hae?!” Donghae held her friend’s shoulders and smiled, “It’s because I know you’ll get mad. Did shouting made you feel better?” Sungmin then touched her chest and she kind of feel a bit lighter than earlier because of the shouting she did. She just stared at Donghae before hugging her tight, crying out all the pain buried inside her.
Donghae brushed the crying girl’s hair and said dearly, “I’m sorry, Min. But I think you really need your oppa right now… He deserves to know this…” Sungmin sniffed, “I know… I really need my oppa… I need Hyukkie-oppa…”
When Sungmin calmed down, Kibum cleared his throat and tapped Donghae’s shoulder, “I need to confess something, Hae.” The girl narrowed her eyes, then nodded to tell him that he can continue. Kibum took a deep breath before starting, “I… I was one… I was one of the boys who… who… well, almost raped Sungmin.”
Donghae widened her eyes and was ready to attack Kibum but Sungmin held her arm, making the former furious, “What, Min?! He was one of those fuckers who raped you!!!” Sungmin cried again, “Well, it wasn’t him who actually raped me. He was just one of the boys who brought me there.” Donghae turned back at Kibum, hissing, “I don’t fucking care! Why did you do that?! And who was that bastard who did that to Minnie?!”
Kibum looked down, “We’re drunk… And about the guy… He is…”
Then, a panting Eunhyuk came rushing to Sungmin. He hugged her, wiped her tears and cupped her cheeks, “Why are you crying, Minnie? Tell me what happened.” She felt comfort and safety with her brother’s embrace. Her oppa can really make her smile. “Oppa… I’m sorry…”
He got more worried, “Why are you saying sorry?”
She was about to answer but darkness covered her surrounding, remembering nothing after that.
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Eunhyuk was pacing back and forth. He then fixed his glare at Kibum, who had his head bowed, “What are you doing here again, Kibum? Shindong-hyung thought that you went abroad and stopped looking for Sungmin!” Kibum raised his head, “No! I didn’t stop! I just happened to bump by Sungmin-sshi when it happened!”
Eunhyuk narrowed his small eyes (as narrow as possible), “By the way, Donghae, what really happened to Sungmin? I never saw her cry like that since...” He glared at Kibum, “…that incident.” Donghae rolled her eyes, “I’m not supposed to tell you that. Sungmin should be the one to tell you… wait for her to wake up.”
“Pish.”
“Just be thankful that I called you and told you that your most precious sister is crying!”
Eunhyuk retorted with sarcasm in his tone, “Okay! Fine! Thank you! Happy?”
Kibum just stared at them, kind of entertained at how childish the two bicker at each other when he can see that they obviously like each other.
The EunHae pair - as what Sungmin named them - forgot their argument when the girl who was once sleeping, screamed, “NO!!!! GO AWAY FROM ME!!!!” The three rushed to the screaming girl’s room and saw her hugging herself. Eunhyuk shook his sister because she was having a nightmare, definitely about it again.
Sungmin unconsciously struggles from the one holding her, “NO! PLEASE LET ME GO!!!” Her brother shouted at her face, “MINNIE! IT’S HYUKKIE-OPPA!!!” She opened her eyes slowly then hugged her brother tight as she recognized him, “Oppa!!! He’s doing it again!!!” Eunhyuk hushed his sister, “He’s gone now, Min. Don’t worry… Oppa’s here…”
Sungmin nodded like a puppy and snuggled to her brother, only to move away with a cute pout, “Oppa, you didn’t take a bath again?” Donghae laughed hard while Kibum covered his mouth to prevent him from laughing. Eunhyuk frowned, “How can I take a bath when Donghae told me that you were crying?! I panicked so how can even think of doing that before attending to you?!”
The younger girl smiled apologetically at her brother then hugged him again, “It’s okay! You’re still the Hyukkie-oppa I know.” Eunhyuk held Sungmin’s shoulders and pushed her away for a bit, “YAH! Is that a compliment?” Donghae held her laughter for a while to reply with hiccups in between, “Yes, it is.” Sungmin grinned, “Maybe it’s one of the qualities Hae liked about you.”
The duo involved obviously blushed though Donghae shouted, “WHAT THE?! Min! Why the hell would I like a smelly monkey like him?!” Eunhyuk retorted, “Who said that I will let a weird fish like you to like me?” Donghae crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow, “It’s my likes and dislikes we’re talking about here, not yours!” The guy stood up and faced the pissed teen, “Yah! I’m older than you so you better respect me!” She answered back, “You don’t look respectable!”
They stopped when Sungmin sighed and said, “I really envy the two of you… Even though the two of you aren’t dating and keep your feelings, you have a good relationship and you don’t hurt each other… unlike me…”
Donghae’s expression softened whereas Eunhyuk sat beside Sungmin again, caressing her cheeks. Kibum pities her and he is to be blamed. If it weren’t for them, Sungmin probably won’t be experiencing these kinds of things.
Though Eunhyuk didn’t ask her about what she was talking about, Sungmin voluntarily told him everything, including that one night. He managed to have his eyes opened wide all the time his sister was telling him the truth. He was controlling himself because he doesn’t want to scare her but when she told him that something happened between her ex-boyfriend, he felt his blood rush up to his face in anger as he stood up, ready to give one guy a lesson… good thing, Donghae and Kibum prevented him to do so.
“What is his name, Sungmin?! TELL ME!”
Sungmin turned her gaze at her knees, “Cho Kyuhyun.” Eunhyuk narrowed his eyes, stopped struggling then looked at the ceiling, “Cho Kyuhyun? Why does that name sound familiar?”
Then, Donghae received a message and widened her eyes as she saw that, “Oh fuck, I forgot!!!” Sungmin raised her head up again, then grinned, thinking that this would be added to her ‘making EunHae real’ tactics, “Go on, Hae. You don’t want Siwon to wait for you that long, right?” Donghae put her phone on her pocket, “But, I just can’t leave you.” The girl faked a sweet smile, “I’m alright. Besides, Hyukkie-oppa and Kibum-sshi are here.”
Donghae hesitated but Kibum seemed to get what Sungmin is planning so he joined as well, “She’s right, Hae. Siwon might leave, you know.” The girl then nodded and went away after giving her best friend an encouraging hug, not forgetting to glare at the jealous confused Eunhyuk.
Eunhyuk turned to his sister, his voice obviously getting high, “She has a date?” Sungmin shrugged as she stood up to go out of her room, still tipsy, but Kibum was fortunately there to catch her.
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It was already 6 o’clock in the evening so Sungmin forced Kibum to go home. Not that she still doesn’t want to be with him, actually, she kind of feel comfortable around him. He gives out the same secure aura as Yesung’s. Of course, Eunhyuk was left with her.
While Eunhyuk was on the bathroom after being convinced by Sungmin to go take a bath, someone knocked on the door and when she opened it, Yesung cupped her cheeks. “Are you alright, Minnie? Donghae told me everything.” She raised an eyebrow, “She did?” Yesung nodded before welcoming himself inside the dorm.
His eyes roamed around the living room then got back to Sungmin, “Don’t worry, I already taught that bastard a lesson.” Sungmin widened her foxy eyes, “What did you do to him?” Yesung smirked as he remembered what he did after Donghae called him.
He searched for Kyuhyun and saw him flirting with Seohyun at the football court. He was so enraged that he didn’t mind that he was just gonna face a popular guy’s face and that he might get suspended or lose his scholarship. He hates the fact that this guy hurt his Sungmin. He rushed to him and punched Kyuhyun hard, leaving him sitting on the ground.
He pointed his finger at him and shouted, “How dare you do that to Sungmin?! Don’t you know that she had suffered more before and now you just added to her sufferings?! If you lay one finger on her again, I swear, I will make your face the ugliest face in the world!” He then glared at Seohyun, who was startled, “And for you, bitch. You’re way uglier than Sungmin! Both outside and inside! You’ll regret this.”
He then walked away, with a smirk on his lips, satisfied with what he had done.
Sungmin palmed her forehead, “You shouldn’t have done that, Sungie.” Yesung raised his tone, “But he hurt you! You know that I promised you that I won’t let anyone hurt you again!” Sungmin just sighed and hugged him to calm him down, “I know. Thank you.”
Yesung smiled because of that sweet gesture of Sungmin. He then moved away because his heart might come out any minute now if the hug went longer, “Where’s Hyuk?” Sungmin pointed at the bathroom door. The guy’s lips formed an ‘ah’, “Oh, he didn’t take a bath again?” The girl shrugged, “As usual.”
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After they broke up, she became the talk of the town. Wherever she go, there are judgmental eyes who were staring at her. She would just ignore it and bow her head, while silently thanking Donghae who would glare at those people.
She was also thankful on having Yesung by her side all the time, add Kibum to that. Kibum had been accompanying her that he even changed his schedules that would be the same as hers. Meaning, he would be there whenever Sungmin was classmates with Kyuhyun. Eunhyuk drops her to school and on her home every day.
She would even see Kyuhyun making out with random girls at different public places. Most of the time, he would smirk every time he will see her hurt expression.
Maybe, these stressed her but she survived that one hell of a month. Lately, she was vomiting though she ate the right amount of foods and she feels dizzy every morning. She thought that she was just tired with college life and shrugged it at first. But when she consulted it to Ryeowook, she even hesitated on doing the younger’s advice because she asked her to take the pregnancy test, knowing that something happened between her and Kyuhyun once.
And here she is, staring wide-eyed at the sight of two thick red lines that appeared on that white rectangle thing she was holding. She checked the box where the instructions were written and read that two lines mean positive.
She grabbed that thing again and looked at it as if wishing that what she sees right now isn’t true. She is actually pregnant with Kyuhyun’s child! This was the worst thing that happened to her. She doesn’t hate the child, she is just sad with the fact that this angel would grow up without a father. He or she doesn’t deserve a father like Kyuhyun.
Still holding it, she went out of the bathroom, staring at the floor as she walks. She was out of the reality that she didn’t even notice that she bumped by Heechul.
Heechul grabbed her shoulders and lightly slapped her cheek, “Minnie baby, what’s wrong with you? Why are you so pale? Do you still feel sick? Hyuk told me about it. Including that ex-boyfriend of yours which that dumb monkey brother of yours forgot his fucking name.” She blinked her eyes several times as she heard that diva’s voice again. She shivers when she hears the word ‘fuck’ from Heechul’s mouth.
When she didn’t answer, Heechul’s eyes fell on her hand and noticed that she was holding something. He quickly snatched it away from her, only to get the surprise of his life, “YOU’RE PREGNANT?!” Sungmin took a step back. Heechul was obviously mad and ready to explode. Everyone would turn their asses back when Kim Heechul was enraged.
He raised the pregnancy test box, “HE IS THE FATHER?!” Sungmin nodded nervously, tears pooling on her eyes. The guy shouted, “WHAT IS HIS NAME?!” The girl answered sharply, but with her voice shaking, “Cho Kyuhyun.”
The crease on Heechul’s forehead straightened as he heard that name he despises. With a cold, creepy tone, he asked, “Cho Kyuhyun? As in that brat Cho Kyuhyun?” She replied, “I guess so.”
Heechul sighed and placed a hand on his precious dongsaeng’s shoulder, “Minnie, I think you should know this now.”
Sungmin just stared at him, clueless with what he will say. He then continued, “Min, that Cho Kyuhyun was the one who raped you five years ago.”
Pairing: KyuMin, YeMin, EunHae
Genre: Angst, Romance
Warning: Genderswitch
Summary: Sungmin finally met her rapist.
Sungmin hid behind Donghae, making the other two curious with her weird actions. Her best friend chuckled, “Sorry, Bummie, she’s an introvert.” Kibum smiled sadly while giving a nod to tell her that he understands. But then, something struck him. He narrowed his eyes to take a closer look at the teary-eyed girl hiding behind her friend, “Wait. You are familiar.”
As he said that, Sungmin gulped, but still avoided meeting with his gaze. Donghae interrupted, “Of course. She also studied in Mokpo, Bum… just different schools.” Kibum shook his head, frowning, “No, it’s not that. I know she won’t be a classmate because you are studying in an all girls’ school and it’s pretty obvious that the both of you were classmates. But… she really is familiar… I…” When he finally remembered it, he took a step back with his eyes widened.
“What is wrong with the both of you?” Donghae said while looking at the both of them. “Did you have a relationship before?” Sungmin shook her head vigorously, but fixed back her gaze at her feet when she met with Kibum’s eyes. The girl in between sighed exasperatedly, now pissed with the two, “Do you know each other? Sungmin, do you know him?”
With her head bowed, Sungmin pouted at Donghae and mumbled, “You always mentioned his name before… You said that you liked-“ Donghae covered Sungmin’s mouth and smiled sheepishly, “I get it now! You don’t need to explain further, my dear best friend.”
Sungmin thought that somehow, luck was on her side because her phone rang and her fear was washed away when she read the caller ID, making her smile genuinely. “Hey.”
“Hey, babe, where are you? Time for class.”
Sungmin pouted, “I’m with Hae… Don’t worry, we’ll now go. Sorry.”
“You’re saying sorry again? It’s not your fault so stop apologizing. I’ll wait for you outside the room.”
“Okay. Thank you.”
“I love you.”
“I love you too.”
Donghae rolled her eyes when she saw the blush on her cute friend’s face as she hung the phone, “So, what did Mr. Boyfriend tell you?” Sungmin held Donghae’s wrist and tugged it, “He said he’ll be waiting for me outside the room!” Donghae shook her head, “Oh no you won’t, Lee Sungmin, you’ll be sitting beside me.” When her best friend pouted and did that irresistible puppy eyes, the taller girl sighed in surrender, “Okay! Okay! You’ll be sitting beside him, but I’ll also sit beside you! I’m really happy that you have those thick bloody frames to cover those eyes of yours.”
Sungmin beamed and skipped happily as she dragged Donghae away, forgetting that they left Kibum without bidding goodbye.
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Sungmin made her way to the library alone. She doesn’t want to go home yet; Donghae has dance practice and will have a date with Siwon after that, while Kyuhyun said that he’ll be hanging out with his friends. The guy insisted that he will drop her to her dorm, but she refused, saying that she’ll just study at the library. She really plans on waiting for Yesung - who has a library duty that’s why she decided to go there, though she’s not on the mood to study.
She stopped when she realized that Kibum was now in front of her, shock also written on his face. They want to speak, but nothing comes out from their mouths. There was a pregnant pause… no one dared to make the first step…
But Kibum decided to do the honors.
He cleared his throat, “Lee Sungmin-sshi, right? I’ve heard a lot about you from Hae before.” The girl stared at her feet again, “I see.” She’s not yet ready to talk to him; she hasn’t still recovered. It was five years ago but the pain it brought her was still carved perfectly inside her mind and heart. “I-I-I ha-have to g-go. Ki-kibum-sshi, see you.”
She fastened her pace to avoid Kibum but the guy followed her. “Wait! Sungmin-sshi!!! I want to explain!” She stopped then faced him, she is now crying. “What? There’s nothing for you to explain, Kibum-sshi.” He doesn’t want to see a girl crying, especially her. “There is… There are a lot of things I wanted to explain. You… you are that girl, right?”
She didn’t reply. She tightened her hug on her book and bit her lips. Kibum spoke, “I’m really sorry… we’re drunk that night… We really don’t know what we’re doing until the hyungs came. It was really childish and foolish of us… I… I was the only one who tried looking for you after that… but Heechul-hyung won’t tell me who you are… And now, I finally found you.”
Tears are flowing incessantly from her eyes. She knows that Kibum is saying sorry to her, that they are drunk, they don’t know what they’re doing, but she still can’t find in her heart a place for forgiveness for this guy. Kibum continued, “I’m not expecting for you to forgive me. I know that what we did caused trouble for you, considering what Hae said about you being an introvert. Just… just please give me a chance to make it up to you.”
“And how are you going to do that?”
“I’ll help you find the others. I know one is studying here.”
“I don’t want to meet them.”
“Why?”
“I just don’t want… I might kill them.”
Kibum gulped with that. But, he knows that she can’t because she didn’t do that when they faced each other. “Then, I’ll be your escort, guardian, bodyguard, slave, servant or whatever you want me to be. I just want to receive your forgiveness.” Sungmin looked at him. She’s a bit tempted to the offer but she thinks that Kyuhyun might get jealous. “Are you… Are you the one who really raped me? The one who… kissed… undressed…”
“No. It’s not me.”
Then, the door opened and Kyuhyun came out, fixing his tie. Sungmin narrowed her eyes though the guy was just in front of her, “Kyu? I thought you are with your friends? And what are you doing inside the janitor’s closet?” Kyuhyun froze as he saw his girlfriend, staring wide-eyed at him. Then, Seohyun came out from the same place where Kyuhyun got out, earning a glare from Sungmin. “WHAT IS THIS, KYUHYUN?!” But to her surprise, the guy had no reaction. He just stood there… then smirked.
She stepped back as soon as she saw that evil grin the guy had… She found it familiar…
Seohyun wrapped her arms on Kyuhyun’s arm, “I’m sorry, Sungmin, but it looks like Kyuhyun here got tired of playing with you.” Sungmin stuttered, shocked with Seohyun’s statement and Kyuhyun’s reaction, “P-play-playing?” Kyuhyun sighed, “Don’t feel too bad, Min. I had a fun time with you. You are nice, you made me feel important, it was also fun keeping secrets… You also had the longest time that I dated. Normally, I would date girls in less than a week, but we lasted for a month… but… I can’t love you as much as you love me.”
Seohyun chuckled maniacally, “Yeah, he just can’t love a weird, nerdy girl like you. Besides, your relationship was just out of a bet.” A tear finally fell from her eye as she heard that. The other girl continued, “What makes you think that he will actually like you on first sight? Honestly, you’re the ugliest girlfriend he ever had! I can’t believe he will sink down to your level because of a few thousand won!”
She wanted to kneel and beg for Kyuhyun to go back. She doesn’t care that she was just out of a bet. She wants him, she needs him, she loves him. She is willing to lower her pride just for him. She almost sacrificed her friendship with Donghae because of him.
But when she was going to break down, Kibum interrupted by placing his hand on top of Sungmin’s shoulder with a smirk plastered on his face, “So, you are the reason why Sungmin doesn’t want to accept my offer?” This time, Kyuhyun’s face turned from strong to shocked, “Kibum?” The guy waved his free hand, “Long time no see, Kyuhyun-ah. I’m so glad that you still remembered me.”
Then, he turned the crying Sungmin’s body to face him, burying her face on his shoulder. He smirked as he noticed Kyuhyun got unconsciously enraged with that simple act of him with his girlfriend, no, EX-girlfriend, because he saw the guy’s fist curled tight. “You just hurt the same innocent girl for the second time, Kyuhyun. I can’t believe you didn’t recognize her.”
He didn’t give any chance for Kyuhyun to react because he already led Sungmin on the opposite way, leaving the other two clueless.
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“WHAAATTT?! THAT BASTARD AND THAT BITCH DID THAT?!” Donghae shrieked as Kibum narrated everything that happened.
Sungmin told Kibum that she wanted to see Donghae so they went to the practice hall and asked her to go out. Since Sungmin can’t speak because of too much crying, it was Kibum who told Donghae. The guy forced Donghae to sit down because she can’t calm down and she was ready to attack Kyuhyun and Seohyun wherever they are.
“Wait, what are you doing with Sungmin?” Donghae asked out of the blue when she got curious why the two were together. Kibum and Sungmin looked at each other, thinking if they will tell Donghae, but the latter decided to tell her when Kibum isn’t there… she might kill him. She’s not that harsh, Kibum helped her… it is the only way to repay him.
“We met accidentally while I was on my way to the library. He was just unfortunate to witness that scene.” Donghae seemed to believe because she just nodded. She then took out her phone and pressed some keys. Sungmin wiped her tears, “What are you doing, Hae?”
The girl frowned as she placed the phone on her ear, “Calling your brother.” Sungmin freaked out, “What?! No! Don’t, Hae! Please don’t!” However, it was too late because the guy on the other line picked up.
“Hae? What’s up?”
“Hyukkie-ah, can you come here? There’s something I want to---“ She was unable to finish what she was saying because Sungmin shouted over it, “It’s nothing, oppa! I miss you!”
“What?” Confusion was clear in Eunhyuk’s voice.
Donghae rolled her eyes and grabbed the phone from her, “Come here at the university!” She finds it hard to speak because Sungmin kept on snatching the phone away from her until she got pissed and shouted, “GET YOUR ASS HERE, LEE EUNHYUK BECAUSE YOUR SISTER IS CRYING!” Sungmin shouted no many times but Eunhyuk believed Donghae and got worried, “What?! Okay! I’ll go now! You better stay there and don’t let Sungmin go!”
Sungmin frowned and pouted, with tears flowing like a faucet from her eyes, “Why did you do that, Hae?!” Donghae held her friend’s shoulders and smiled, “It’s because I know you’ll get mad. Did shouting made you feel better?” Sungmin then touched her chest and she kind of feel a bit lighter than earlier because of the shouting she did. She just stared at Donghae before hugging her tight, crying out all the pain buried inside her.
Donghae brushed the crying girl’s hair and said dearly, “I’m sorry, Min. But I think you really need your oppa right now… He deserves to know this…” Sungmin sniffed, “I know… I really need my oppa… I need Hyukkie-oppa…”
When Sungmin calmed down, Kibum cleared his throat and tapped Donghae’s shoulder, “I need to confess something, Hae.” The girl narrowed her eyes, then nodded to tell him that he can continue. Kibum took a deep breath before starting, “I… I was one… I was one of the boys who… who… well, almost raped Sungmin.”
Donghae widened her eyes and was ready to attack Kibum but Sungmin held her arm, making the former furious, “What, Min?! He was one of those fuckers who raped you!!!” Sungmin cried again, “Well, it wasn’t him who actually raped me. He was just one of the boys who brought me there.” Donghae turned back at Kibum, hissing, “I don’t fucking care! Why did you do that?! And who was that bastard who did that to Minnie?!”
Kibum looked down, “We’re drunk… And about the guy… He is…”
Then, a panting Eunhyuk came rushing to Sungmin. He hugged her, wiped her tears and cupped her cheeks, “Why are you crying, Minnie? Tell me what happened.” She felt comfort and safety with her brother’s embrace. Her oppa can really make her smile. “Oppa… I’m sorry…”
He got more worried, “Why are you saying sorry?”
She was about to answer but darkness covered her surrounding, remembering nothing after that.
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Eunhyuk was pacing back and forth. He then fixed his glare at Kibum, who had his head bowed, “What are you doing here again, Kibum? Shindong-hyung thought that you went abroad and stopped looking for Sungmin!” Kibum raised his head, “No! I didn’t stop! I just happened to bump by Sungmin-sshi when it happened!”
Eunhyuk narrowed his small eyes (as narrow as possible), “By the way, Donghae, what really happened to Sungmin? I never saw her cry like that since...” He glared at Kibum, “…that incident.” Donghae rolled her eyes, “I’m not supposed to tell you that. Sungmin should be the one to tell you… wait for her to wake up.”
“Pish.”
“Just be thankful that I called you and told you that your most precious sister is crying!”
Eunhyuk retorted with sarcasm in his tone, “Okay! Fine! Thank you! Happy?”
Kibum just stared at them, kind of entertained at how childish the two bicker at each other when he can see that they obviously like each other.
The EunHae pair - as what Sungmin named them - forgot their argument when the girl who was once sleeping, screamed, “NO!!!! GO AWAY FROM ME!!!!” The three rushed to the screaming girl’s room and saw her hugging herself. Eunhyuk shook his sister because she was having a nightmare, definitely about it again.
Sungmin unconsciously struggles from the one holding her, “NO! PLEASE LET ME GO!!!” Her brother shouted at her face, “MINNIE! IT’S HYUKKIE-OPPA!!!” She opened her eyes slowly then hugged her brother tight as she recognized him, “Oppa!!! He’s doing it again!!!” Eunhyuk hushed his sister, “He’s gone now, Min. Don’t worry… Oppa’s here…”
Sungmin nodded like a puppy and snuggled to her brother, only to move away with a cute pout, “Oppa, you didn’t take a bath again?” Donghae laughed hard while Kibum covered his mouth to prevent him from laughing. Eunhyuk frowned, “How can I take a bath when Donghae told me that you were crying?! I panicked so how can even think of doing that before attending to you?!”
The younger girl smiled apologetically at her brother then hugged him again, “It’s okay! You’re still the Hyukkie-oppa I know.” Eunhyuk held Sungmin’s shoulders and pushed her away for a bit, “YAH! Is that a compliment?” Donghae held her laughter for a while to reply with hiccups in between, “Yes, it is.” Sungmin grinned, “Maybe it’s one of the qualities Hae liked about you.”
The duo involved obviously blushed though Donghae shouted, “WHAT THE?! Min! Why the hell would I like a smelly monkey like him?!” Eunhyuk retorted, “Who said that I will let a weird fish like you to like me?” Donghae crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow, “It’s my likes and dislikes we’re talking about here, not yours!” The guy stood up and faced the pissed teen, “Yah! I’m older than you so you better respect me!” She answered back, “You don’t look respectable!”
They stopped when Sungmin sighed and said, “I really envy the two of you… Even though the two of you aren’t dating and keep your feelings, you have a good relationship and you don’t hurt each other… unlike me…”
Donghae’s expression softened whereas Eunhyuk sat beside Sungmin again, caressing her cheeks. Kibum pities her and he is to be blamed. If it weren’t for them, Sungmin probably won’t be experiencing these kinds of things.
Though Eunhyuk didn’t ask her about what she was talking about, Sungmin voluntarily told him everything, including that one night. He managed to have his eyes opened wide all the time his sister was telling him the truth. He was controlling himself because he doesn’t want to scare her but when she told him that something happened between her ex-boyfriend, he felt his blood rush up to his face in anger as he stood up, ready to give one guy a lesson… good thing, Donghae and Kibum prevented him to do so.
“What is his name, Sungmin?! TELL ME!”
Sungmin turned her gaze at her knees, “Cho Kyuhyun.” Eunhyuk narrowed his eyes, stopped struggling then looked at the ceiling, “Cho Kyuhyun? Why does that name sound familiar?”
Then, Donghae received a message and widened her eyes as she saw that, “Oh fuck, I forgot!!!” Sungmin raised her head up again, then grinned, thinking that this would be added to her ‘making EunHae real’ tactics, “Go on, Hae. You don’t want Siwon to wait for you that long, right?” Donghae put her phone on her pocket, “But, I just can’t leave you.” The girl faked a sweet smile, “I’m alright. Besides, Hyukkie-oppa and Kibum-sshi are here.”
Donghae hesitated but Kibum seemed to get what Sungmin is planning so he joined as well, “She’s right, Hae. Siwon might leave, you know.” The girl then nodded and went away after giving her best friend an encouraging hug, not forgetting to glare at the jealous confused Eunhyuk.
Eunhyuk turned to his sister, his voice obviously getting high, “She has a date?” Sungmin shrugged as she stood up to go out of her room, still tipsy, but Kibum was fortunately there to catch her.
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It was already 6 o’clock in the evening so Sungmin forced Kibum to go home. Not that she still doesn’t want to be with him, actually, she kind of feel comfortable around him. He gives out the same secure aura as Yesung’s. Of course, Eunhyuk was left with her.
While Eunhyuk was on the bathroom after being convinced by Sungmin to go take a bath, someone knocked on the door and when she opened it, Yesung cupped her cheeks. “Are you alright, Minnie? Donghae told me everything.” She raised an eyebrow, “She did?” Yesung nodded before welcoming himself inside the dorm.
His eyes roamed around the living room then got back to Sungmin, “Don’t worry, I already taught that bastard a lesson.” Sungmin widened her foxy eyes, “What did you do to him?” Yesung smirked as he remembered what he did after Donghae called him.
He searched for Kyuhyun and saw him flirting with Seohyun at the football court. He was so enraged that he didn’t mind that he was just gonna face a popular guy’s face and that he might get suspended or lose his scholarship. He hates the fact that this guy hurt his Sungmin. He rushed to him and punched Kyuhyun hard, leaving him sitting on the ground.
He pointed his finger at him and shouted, “How dare you do that to Sungmin?! Don’t you know that she had suffered more before and now you just added to her sufferings?! If you lay one finger on her again, I swear, I will make your face the ugliest face in the world!” He then glared at Seohyun, who was startled, “And for you, bitch. You’re way uglier than Sungmin! Both outside and inside! You’ll regret this.”
He then walked away, with a smirk on his lips, satisfied with what he had done.
Sungmin palmed her forehead, “You shouldn’t have done that, Sungie.” Yesung raised his tone, “But he hurt you! You know that I promised you that I won’t let anyone hurt you again!” Sungmin just sighed and hugged him to calm him down, “I know. Thank you.”
Yesung smiled because of that sweet gesture of Sungmin. He then moved away because his heart might come out any minute now if the hug went longer, “Where’s Hyuk?” Sungmin pointed at the bathroom door. The guy’s lips formed an ‘ah’, “Oh, he didn’t take a bath again?” The girl shrugged, “As usual.”
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After they broke up, she became the talk of the town. Wherever she go, there are judgmental eyes who were staring at her. She would just ignore it and bow her head, while silently thanking Donghae who would glare at those people.
She was also thankful on having Yesung by her side all the time, add Kibum to that. Kibum had been accompanying her that he even changed his schedules that would be the same as hers. Meaning, he would be there whenever Sungmin was classmates with Kyuhyun. Eunhyuk drops her to school and on her home every day.
She would even see Kyuhyun making out with random girls at different public places. Most of the time, he would smirk every time he will see her hurt expression.
Maybe, these stressed her but she survived that one hell of a month. Lately, she was vomiting though she ate the right amount of foods and she feels dizzy every morning. She thought that she was just tired with college life and shrugged it at first. But when she consulted it to Ryeowook, she even hesitated on doing the younger’s advice because she asked her to take the pregnancy test, knowing that something happened between her and Kyuhyun once.
And here she is, staring wide-eyed at the sight of two thick red lines that appeared on that white rectangle thing she was holding. She checked the box where the instructions were written and read that two lines mean positive.
She grabbed that thing again and looked at it as if wishing that what she sees right now isn’t true. She is actually pregnant with Kyuhyun’s child! This was the worst thing that happened to her. She doesn’t hate the child, she is just sad with the fact that this angel would grow up without a father. He or she doesn’t deserve a father like Kyuhyun.
Still holding it, she went out of the bathroom, staring at the floor as she walks. She was out of the reality that she didn’t even notice that she bumped by Heechul.
Heechul grabbed her shoulders and lightly slapped her cheek, “Minnie baby, what’s wrong with you? Why are you so pale? Do you still feel sick? Hyuk told me about it. Including that ex-boyfriend of yours which that dumb monkey brother of yours forgot his fucking name.” She blinked her eyes several times as she heard that diva’s voice again. She shivers when she hears the word ‘fuck’ from Heechul’s mouth.
When she didn’t answer, Heechul’s eyes fell on her hand and noticed that she was holding something. He quickly snatched it away from her, only to get the surprise of his life, “YOU’RE PREGNANT?!” Sungmin took a step back. Heechul was obviously mad and ready to explode. Everyone would turn their asses back when Kim Heechul was enraged.
He raised the pregnancy test box, “HE IS THE FATHER?!” Sungmin nodded nervously, tears pooling on her eyes. The guy shouted, “WHAT IS HIS NAME?!” The girl answered sharply, but with her voice shaking, “Cho Kyuhyun.”
The crease on Heechul’s forehead straightened as he heard that name he despises. With a cold, creepy tone, he asked, “Cho Kyuhyun? As in that brat Cho Kyuhyun?” She replied, “I guess so.”
Heechul sighed and placed a hand on his precious dongsaeng’s shoulder, “Minnie, I think you should know this now.”
Sungmin just stared at him, clueless with what he will say. He then continued, “Min, that Cho Kyuhyun was the one who raped you five years ago.”