缘分 y͏u͏a͏n͏f͏e͏n͏ -; j͏u͏n͏g͏r͏i͏

c a i m 該隱

"so, have you decided to like report?" seulgi asks the female rather cautiously, knowing how touchy that subject for the female, watching the youngest carefully with worry. yerim simply shrugs her shoulders as she pulls away from seungwan, shooting them a small smile, "i don't know, i just don't want my younger sisters to lose a family, but then again, i don't want them to be the next victim."

jeongguk glances away, giving yerim and her friends some privacy when he spots his friends walking up towards him, with a confused expression. jimin then mumbles lowly, as he stands closer to the male, "what happened? she was the talk of the school this morning."

"well tell them to shut the heck up because it isn't their business then," jeongguk hisses sharply, shooting glares at certain students he catches staring and whispering about yerim. jimin flinches slightly by the male's anger, while taehyung simply nudges the male.

"chill, jeon. i'm not going to ask, but take good care of her okay, and please do not tell me that it is what i think it is," the male mumbles, as his smile drops to see his friend returning a look, shaking his head.

"nobody deserves that," he mutters, glancing over at yerim with a pained expression as memories of his own flicker back in his own mind. taehyung then readjusts his bag on his shoulder, "i-is she going to report or anything?"

"she's conflicted."

"because of her siblings."

jeongguk nods his head, as taehyung clenches his fist tightly, "better to protect them than to give them false hope." the male then sighs out softly, before petting the male's back, "just be there for her, alright?" and with that, the older male walks off before the other two can comment anything.

"guess he's still has not forgiven his parents," jimin mumbles, before shooting jeongguk a smile as he runs after his friend, leaving the male there, deep in his thoughts when a pair of small hand slips into his palm, causing him to jolt out from his thoughts.

"what are you thinking about?" yerim asks him softly, as the male immediately tightens his grasp around the girl, before shooting her a smile. "nothing much, just something that taehyung mentioned."

yerim raises an eyebrow before forming an 'o' shape with her mouth after understanding, "h-he went through something similar?"

"kind of, but it was his father, who is an alcoholic. and i was thinking about it, m-maybe you should," he says, before rushing out to explain, "yerim, you got to understand protecting your sisters is a form making sure they grow up with a good childhood. you have to report."

a few seconds of silence between the two, jeongguk is afraid he might have stepped onto something deemed touchy for the female as the other simply stares at him blankly. oh god, she hates me right now, and she's probably going to end everything―, he curses at himself mentally when yerim replies, "i agree. i've been thinking for quite a while, and i rather have my sisters being brought up in a foster home where kindness and love is natural instead of a fake and violent family."

"look, i know that you don't like hear― wait, what?" jeongguk's rambling gets cuts off after hearing the other, raising an eyebrow by her statement.

yerim gives him a small smile, "i know, and don't worry, i won't break any sort of relationship between us because you're the only one who accepts me wholly, and because i love you."

"you do?"

"yes," she laughs softly, a genuine and sincere laugh which she never managed to do so for the past few months. even though the pain from her wounds does spoil the fun when she laughs, yerim can't help but to feel a huge weight lifted off her shoulders.

jeongguk breaks into a gummy smile, before pulling the female into his embrace yet noticing the way she flinches due to the skin contact, which she still isn't comfortable with. "i'm sorry―," the male begins to apologize, about to pull away from the female to give her some space yet she wraps her arms around his torso, shaking her head.

"it isn't your fault. i eventually have to get used to it anyway," she mumbles, slowly relaxing in his embrace, enjoying the way his arms surround her entire body, giving her the protection that she always craves and longs for, but never receives until today. relaxing in his embrace a few seconds later, yerim buries her face in his chest before mumbling, "thank you, for everything, jeongguk, especially for loving me even though i'm broken."

//. firstly, wishing everybody a happy chinese new year! for those, who are celebrating like me, have a great day and enjoy the cny goodies (like me on yhe road to gaining weight, hahaha) and as for those, who have a holiday break, enjoy it!!
and next, another update which took quite awhile and i'm sorry as i didn't get much time to write these few weeks due to college, but other than that, hope you guys enjoy this — slightly angst, yet fluff.