IV

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"Do you want to come with me? "

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Eyes wide in shock, Mind blank, Jun just stared at the gaint stranger who apparently just walked on to him asking him to go with him, and not even informing where exactly to go?.

While Jun was still in his thoughts staring right in those eyes as if trying to find something, Yeon was on the verge of kicking himself for being impulsive without thinking twice.

"how in the fucking hell do you think that would even be possible idiot"

Yeon slapped himself mentally for his stupidity the thousandth time in that night. Honestly speaking Yeon himself was shocked as to why would he invite a stranger to his house.

"god knows who he is, I didn't even know much about him.. what if he is a criminal or something... OMG, what the fuck should I do"

Yeon gasped to himself at the sudden thought of Jun being a criminal, Yeon tries to speak out and maybe make the guy forget about the deal?

"i-"

"OK, I'll go with you." Jun beats him in that.

"Huh... Wha-"

"I said, I will go with you. As you know I don't have anywhere else to go and you don't look like you would take advantage of me. So I'll just go with you and find a job to move out as soon as possible. That would be better right"  

Jun says in one single breath. It's quite hard for Jun to actually get into a stranger's house but honestly, Yeon seemed decent to him. He thought to give it a try and if ever that guy tried anything Jun knew how to throw some punches too. Yeon on the other hand felt like suddenly the oxygen level decreased around him, he didn't understand what to do now and what to even say, as he was the person who basically offered the deal and was now thinking to turn it back.

He just kept staring at the little guy who is, even so, willing to go with a stranger after showing such attitude for just telling his... Wait what advantage. As the words sink into Yeon's mind he was so shocked. what did this guy even saw in him to think that he'll take advantage of him? Jun was just standing there and waiting for the Yeon guy to answer but all he got was silence, and a dumb gaint blinking his eyes on him.

~Horn~

Yeon came back to his senses, thanks to the loud horn made by the arriving bus. He looks at the boy and nodded his head towards the bus

"umm..... Yeah ok then..... Hop on"

Yeon starts getting on the bus with Jun following silently behind him, head hunged low to avoid any interaction with anyone on the bus. Both the boy's acquired a sit in the last row of the bus and settled down. Yeon made sure to slip through and get a seat near the window seat, well he enjoyed this the most in a bus. Shaking his head slightly at Yeon's childish behaviour Jun sat down beside him, keeping his distance from Yeon's seat as much as the seat allowed. Even though he accepted the offer to follow Yeon, Jun wasn't a person to trust anyone this soon. He still has his share of doubts about the gaint but decided to go with the flow at the moment.

Leaning his head on the corner of the window, Yeon was enjoying watching the lights passing on the street. It was going to take a bit of a long ride to reach from Seoul to Busan. Yeon owned an apartment in the Busan district, He used to go on lots of various part-time jobs to earn enough for getting an apartment for himself. Eventually, after a lot of hardships came blessing, Yeon bought the apartment he wished for with his own hard-earned money. Later on, He felt the need to settle on one job, as there wasn't any more reason to do a part-time job. He was graduated, he could easily earn well with his degree. In the end, Yeon settled with a marketing company acquiring a good position too. lost in his thoughts, wondering what comes next? What to do after taking Jun home with him? he really didn't think it through at all. Breaking him out from his trance Yeon heard soft snores coming from beside him.

Yeon tilted his head oh so slowly towards the boy sitting next to him and having a peaceful sleep, well not really peaceful as Jun's eyebrows were furrowed together. As if having a nightmare. Yeon continued to look at the boy sleeping and noticed those scars again, Jun's neck was covered with scars too.

"What is all this? why is this boy's face bruised and his neck is covered in scars as if someone tried to strangle him?."

With every passing second, he observed the boy. Eventually, he noticed Jun's sleeves had slipped up a bit in his sleep clearing showing marks on his wrists too. Yeon gasped, He wasn't that much of a dumb to not understand what type of scars were they. Yeon felt his heart clench as he looked more closely and found that one of those scars laid there was a fresh one. He stared at Jun in worry,

"What is going on Jun? Why are you like this?" 

Unintentionally Yeon found himself getting close to Jun, he tried to ease those brows which were really bothering him at the moment. As soon as Yeon's fingers touched that soft skin, Jun jerked up from his sleep. Eyes wide staring at Yeon, but there was a layer of fear seen on Jun's face.

Yeon came to his senses and moved back more close to the window this time, he was worried Jun might think of him as some Pervert.

"oh, I'm so sorry to startle you. I didn't mean to. I just-i just wanted to ease those brows..."

Yeon hurriedly mumbled in a low tone, guilty of course. He didn't have any right to touch the guy. Jun continued to stare at Yeon with those fear-filled eyes.

"it's-it's ok, but please don't touch me next time. "

Jun said in an equally low tone and finally broke the silence which was eating up Yeon. Pulling down his sleeves, Jun hide those scars again which were open not knowing when. Yeon wasn't sure what's exactly the matter with Jun and most importantly he didn't know why was it bothering him so much. Yeon concluded, he just wanted to help the guy for the sake of humanity. He understood that Jun cannot be associated with anything illegal, that boy was too fragile for this world to even try anything like that.

Yeon let out a small sigh, mumbling a small apology once again. There were lots of thoughts going through his mind, but in the end, Yeon decided to just let faith decide their path.

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