"Then why haven't you taken me back yet?"
I asked my biological parents.
"Me and your mom is going through a lot about this divorce."
My biological dad said to me.
"You didn't answer the question....why haven't you taken me back yet if you missed me being around the house?"
I asked my biological parents.
"Hyung!-"
Anton said to me but I cut him off.
"They told me what you two said to the staff at the orphanage."
I said to my biological parents.
"What did we say?"
My biological mom asked me.
"That I was a mistake."
I said to my biological parents.
➤ My biological parents looked at my adoptive parents. They didn't say anything.
"I'm going to skateboard."
I said to everyone.
➤ I went back to my room and grabbed my skateboard and was about to head out the door but my biological dad stopped me.
"Where do you think you're going?"
My biological dad asked me.
➤ I looked at him for a few seconds and walked past him not saying anything.
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[ TIME SKIPS ]
[ WONBIN'S POV ]
➤ I had to get far away from that house. I was riding my skateboard and I saw a poster on one of poles. It said "boxers needed." I never boxed in my life but I wanted to give it a try. I went to the location where it says I have to be.
[ TIME SKIPS ]
➤ I went inside and someone greeted me.
"Hello young man, what brings you here?"
He asked me.
"I want to box."
I said to the guy.
"Have you ever boxed before?"
The guy asked me.
"No, I never boxed before."
I said to the guy.
"Well, we are here to train you....my name is Woojun, I'm your trainer."
He said to me.
"I'm Wonbin."
I said to the guy.
"Nice to meet you Wonbin, let's get started."
Woojun said to me.
➤ I nodded.
[ TIME SKIPS ]
[ MIN'S POV ]
[ SCHOOL ]
"Where's Wonbin?"
I asked Junni.
"I'm not sure, I haven't seen him in 2 1/2 days."
Junni said to me.
"Is he usually like this?"
I asked Junni.
"Yes, it's something I got used to but it makes me worried every time."
Junni said to me.
"Hello students! Get out your books, let's begin the lesson."
Teacher Lee said to everyone.
[ TIME SKIPS ]
[ WONBIN'S POV ]
➤ I got the hang of boxing at this point. Woojun was teaching me everything in one day about boxing.
"You're doing good kid."
Woojun said to me.
"I think I'm getting a hang of it."
I said to Woojun.
"Great!, let's take a little break."
Woojun said to me.
➤ I nodded.
"When can I fight?"
I asked Woojun.
"It's your first day here, you need to be here for a while to fight."
Woojun said to me.
"But I think I'm ready now."
I said to Woojun.
➤ Woojun stared at me for a few seconds.
"If you say so."
Woojun said to me.
"Hey, give me someone in the ring."
Woojun said to one of the workers.
➤ They nodded at Woojun.
"Let's get you geared up."
Woojun said to me.
➤ I nodded.
[ TIME SKIPS ]
➤ I had on blue shorts with blue boxing gloves on. Woojun sided with me while one of the other workers sided with my opponent.
➤ We heard the bell ring and I started to think about everything Woojun taught me. My opponent made the first punch. I fell to the ground and my mouth and nose were bleeding. I could hear Woojun telling me to get up. I was fidgeting but I was able to stand.
"Are you scared? Why don't you hit me?!"
My opponent said while laughing in my face.
➤ And that did it. I made my move and punched him, he fell to the ground and he was moving around but he couldn't stand. I had so much on my mind that I took out all my anger on that punch. He kept moving around trying to stand but the referee was already counting to 8.
"9!.....10!"
The referee yelled out.
➤ The referee came to me and raised up my arm signaling that I won against my opponent. I smiled because this was my very first boxing match and I won.
"Wow! No one I taught wanted to fight right away and won."
Woojun said to me while wiping the blood off my face.
[ TIME SKIPS ]
[ MIN'S POV ]
[ AFTER CHEER PRACTICE ]
➤ It's been 8 hours since we practiced and everyone was leaving.
"Junni, did you want a ride home with me, Minji, and Isa?"
I asked Junni.
"If you girls don't mind."
Junni said to me.
"Of course not, let's go."
Minji said to Junni and all of us.
[ TIME SKIPS ]
➤ Junni was completely silent during the whole car ride.
"Junni? Is something on your mind?"
I asked Junni.
"I'm just worried about Wonbin."
Junni said to me.
"I know he doesn't come to school but he usually comes to school at the middle of the day, he hasn't done that in 2 1/2 days."
Junni said to me.
"Should we go find him?"
I asked Junni.
"No, we don't have to, I don't want to waste your girls time trying to find him."
Junni said to me.
➤ Junni looked out the window and she quickly stopped slouching on her seat and I looked at her.
"What's wrong?"
I asked Junni.
"That's Wonbin right there."
Junni said to me while looking out the window.
"Minji, can you stop the car for a second?"
I asked Minji.
➤ Minji nodded and stopped the car. Junni got out the car and ran towards Wonbin.
[ JUNNI'S POV ]
➤ I ran across the street to see Wonbin talking to this guy.
"Wonbin? Explain to me why I haven't seen you in 2 1/2 days?"
I asked Wonbin.
"Who's this?"
The guy asked Wonbin.
"Woojun....thanks for today, I will see you tomorrow."
Wonbin said to the guy.
➤ The guy nodded and went back inside the shop.
"What happened to your—, boxxing? You are doing boxing now?"
I asked Wonbin while looking at the name of the shop.
"What are you doing here?"
Wonbin asked me.
"I was worried about you."
I said to Wonbin.
"Well stop worrying about me."
Wonbin said to me.
"How did you know I'd be here?"
Wonbin asked me.
"I just saw you standing here so I came to confront you."
I said to Wonbin.
"Well I'm drained out Junni, I don't have time for you to confront me right now."
Wonbin said to me.
"What's wrong with you?"
I asked Wonbin.
"Nothing."
Wonbin said to me.
➤ I stared into Wonbin's eyes before someone interrupted us.
"Junni! Is everything okay?!"
Min yelled at me from the car.
"Everything's fine!"
I yelled back at Min.
"So you bought company?"
Wonbin asked me.
"Why do you like her anyways?"
Wonbin asked me.
"Who? Min? She's my friend."
I said to Junni.
"So you want to be friends with someone whose boyfriend touched you?"
Wonbin asked me.
"Wonbin, Min is different from Eunseok-"
I said to Wonbin but he cut me off.
"But she's not to be trusted."
Wonbin said to me.
"How can you say that? You don't even know Min like I do."
I said to Wonbin.
"I don't have to know her."
Wonbin said to me.
➤ Wonbin walked past me and was walking down the street.
"Junni, what's wrong? Is everything alright?"
Min asked while walking up to me.
"I'm sorry Min, let's just go."
I said to Min.
➤ Min nodded and we went back to Minji's car and drove off.
[ TIME SKIPS ]
➤ Minji dropped me home off at my house and I said bye to them.
[ MIN'S POV ]
[ 15 MINUTES LATER ]
➤ As Minji was driving away from my house, I saw Wonbin going down the street.
"I will see you girls later, thanks Minji."
I said to Minji.
"You're welcome girl."
Minji said to me.
➤ I smiled and closed the car door behind me. I waited until Minji drove off to chase Wonbin down the street.
[ TIME SKIPS ]
➤ I was able to catch up to Wonbin, he walked so fast that I was running most of the time.
"Wonbin!"
I yelled.
➤ Wonbin turned around and looked at me.
"What do you want?"
Wonbin asked me.
"What happened to your face?"
I asked Min.
"Why do you care?"
Wonbin asked me.
"I'm taking you home with me to clean up your bruises-"
I said to Wonbin.
"You aren't taking me anywhere! Just leave me alone."
Wonbin said to me.
➤ I grabbed Wonbin's hand and we ran back to my house.
"What are you doing?!"
Wonbin yelled while stopping us from running.
➤ Wonbin yanked his hand away from mine.
"Stop trying to help me! I don't need your help!"
Wonbin yelled at me.
"But you can't just walk around with your face all bruised up-"
I said to Wonbin but he cut me off.
"I don't care how I look! Get away from me!"
Wonbin yelled at me.
➤ Before I could say something to Wonbin, he turned the other way and continued to walk down the street. I was going to stop him but I knew he would yell at me even more.
[ TIME SKIPS ]
➤ I came back home and I was greeted by my little sister.
"Hey Unnie, you're home late."
Minhui said to me.
"I'm sorry Minhui-ah, I had to cheer today."
I said to Minhui.
"Where's mom and dad?"
I asked Minhui.
"They just left 20 minutes ago to go on a business trip."
Minhui said to me.
"They left you here alone by yourself?"
I asked Minhui.
"They thought you'd be here before they left the house."
Minhui said to me.
➤ I sighed.
"Minhui-ah, let's get you to bed, it's getting late."
I said to Minhui.
"I want to stay up with you, I know mom and dad lets me go to bed early, but they aren't in the house right now."
Minhui said to me.
"Minhui-ah, just because mom and dad aren't here in the house doesn't mean you can stay up late, you have school tomorrow, let's get you to bed."
I said to Minhui.
➤ Minhui sighed and nodded.
[ THE NEXT DAY ]
[ MIN'S POV ]
➤ I walked Minhui to her school and I had to hurry to school myself.
"Hey Min, I'm sorry about yesterday."
Junni said walking up to me.
"O-oh, it's okay."
I said to Junni.
"Me and Wonbin had a little argument yesterday."
Junni said to me.
"Really?"
I asked Junni.
"Yes, I'm not even sure if he's going to come to school today."
Junni said to me.
"Oh! There he is."
I said to Junni.
➤ Junni turned around to see Wonbin coming inside the entrance.
"I don't want to talk to him right now, I'm going to go to class, I will see you there."
Junni said to me.
➤ I nodded and Junni went down the hallway. Wonbin immediately spotted Junni but he didn't follow her, instead he came up to me.
"Why do you keep talking to Junni?"
Wonbin asked me.
"Because I'm her friend."
I said to Wonbin.
➤ Wonbin shook his head in disbelief.
"Wonbin, can I tell you something?"
I asked Wonbin.
"Make it quick."
Wonbin said to me.
"Why do you treat Junni like you treat your peers? She's your friend, you should be more nicer to her."
I said to Wonbin.
"The word nice isn't in my vocabulary."
Wonbin said to me.
"Wonbin, I'm being for real....be nice to Junni, she really cares for you."
I said to Wonbin.
"The way me and Junni get along is none of your business."
Wonbin asked me.
"I know, but every time you two argue, you seem completely fine with it while Junni is stressed out."
I said to Junni.
"Our friendship doesn't have anything to do with you."
Wonbin said to me.
➤ Wonbin got close to me while staring me in my eyes. Out of nowhere, the bell rang.
"Tell Junni I'm not coming to class."
Wonbin said to me.
➤ Wonbin backed up and went back outside.
[ TIME SKIPS ]
[ CLASS ]
"Wonbin's not coming to class."
I said to Junni.
"Like I'd care."
Junni said to me.
➤ I sat down next to Junni.
"I talked to Wonbin at the lockers....I tried to tell him to treat you more nicer but he didn't budge."
I said to Junni.
"That's not going to work on Wonbin, he's not nice to anyone....not even the people who care about him."
Junni said to me.
"Why's he like that?"
I asked Junni.
"Wonbin's life is very private."
Junni said to me.
"I understand."
I said to Junni.
"Good morning class, let's begin the lesson."
Teacher Lee said to everyone coming into the room.
-to be continued-