a small chuckle as heโs suddenly embraced, arms snaking around her tiny frame instinctively.
holding her close.
โYouโre still as excitable as I left you.โ
@DEEPFANGS sleepy look my ass.
heโs very awake.
pfft.
rubbing his eyes to try and regain more focus.
a sigh.
โYou donโt want to know what I think of myself.โ
@DEEPFANGS aaaish.
heโs lifting his hands to massage his temples.
there may be a hint of a tiny smile.
โcheeky fucker.
are you saying Iโm old?โ
@SULJIBJUIN โ take the pain away.โ
he reaches out to gently rub his palm up and down the others back.
โLet me run you a bath or somethingโฆ
You can relax and clean up your smudged make-up.โ
@SULJIBJUIN his mind was on other things. rationalising strategy over anything else. Perhaps if he didnโt track down his dad then heโd have memorised his number, but he didnโt think heโd need to. he didnโt know heโd have to ditch his phone.
โno, I hurt you. and I wish I could โ
@SULJIBJUIN selfish? no, not quite.
but Seyoon should surely realise this abandonment wasnโt done on purpose.
if he knew his number off by heart he would have called. god, he would have called so many damn times.
โif it makes you feel any better, I canโt forgive myself.
for hurting you.โ
@SULJIBJUIN despite not being looked at, Minjae still looks at Seyoon. with a myriad of feelings.
with regret, with guilt, with pain, with longing.
but if this is goodbye, he doesnโt want to do it from across the room.
so heโs closing the distance and sitting next to him on the couch.
@SULJIBJUIN healing isnโt linear.
and he might not ever heal from the mental scars. heโs damaged goods.
Finally managing to stop pacing, leaning his back against the wall opposite Seyoon.
arms folded across his chest.
โmaybe you deserve better than what I can offer you.โ
@SULJIBJUIN do you know why his dad wasnโt successful? Because thereโs only one victor in a death match.
โI had to ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ my own father before he got the chance to ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ( me ).
Even my time in the military wasnโt as fucking traumatic.โ
heโs turning away and pacing the room.
@SULJIBJUIN it is all that matters.
it would break him completely if Seyoon refused to ever see him again.
a scoff at the latter, yeah that hurt.
โIt almost sounds like you wanted him to be.โ
@SULJIBJUIN heโs got it. itโs all good.
heโs got good self control.
ex military and all that. heโs disciplined his urges.
is it weird? maybe he wants answers.
โI tracked him across the globe.
I had to ditch my phone, and I didnโt memorise your number. โ