VI

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"Hello, I'm Hwa Yeon's girlfriend. Nice to meet you too."

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Jun smiled at Hwa as she went towards Yeon and linked her arm with him.

Jun had a weird feeling growing in him, but he shook it off and went towards the two.

" Jun, I know you are still in need of sleep so let me clean up the guest room a bit and till then you can sleep in my room, yeah?"

Yeon said slowly removing his arm from Hwa's grasp and went to pick up the luggage.

"Ah, no need Yeon-sshi. I can sleep in the guest room just well, so please just show me the way"

Jun plastered a smile towards Yeon and caught hold of his luggage. Yeon was just about to show Jun to the guest room but Hwa beat him to it and insisted on letting her do the work.

"so Jun-sshi , I hope you'll like this room. It's not been used much and needs a bit of cleaning as Yeonnie said. I'm sorry I couldn't prepare the room. if only I knew about you joining us beforehand."

Hwa smiled sheepishly as she kept on talking while showing Jun to his room. Jun didn't want to come off rude in the first meeting, so he tried to engage himself in the conversation which was most likely a one-sided one. As they entered the guest room, Jun roamed his eyes around the room and smiled a bit. It was the first time he would have his separate room even though it was temporary, he liked it. Yeah, the room needed a bit of cleaning but that was alright for Jun, he was used to sleeping in places worst than this. He didn't pay attention to what Hwa was saying and kept his bag beside the bed.

"umm... Hwa, it's ok, thank you so much for your help. But please if you don't mind I really wanna rest now"

Jun said as soon as he thought Hwa was going to start some other topic. He was tired, his body was aching and his head was giving him a hard time too. Having headaches was a normal thing for Jun, He had to go through it every day. So right now all he needed was a good sleep.

"oh yeah, haha I'm sorry I should have known that earlier. You must be tired from the journey. Rest, for now, we can talk later"

she laughed a bit and Jun nodded with a small smile. Peace is what Jun wanted after all the drama he had to go through. He walked towards the bed after shutting the door and lying down on the soft bed.

"Ah, it's much more soft and comfortable"

he mumbled while adjusting himself on the bed and dozing off.

As Hwa decided to take Jun to his room, Yeon went to his room to take a good shower. He had a good sleep on the way to home, so he wasn't that sleepy and thought to make some breakfast. After freshening up and changing into a simple black tee and sweatpants, Yeon walked out of his room to make some breakfast. On his way towards the kitchen. Yeon noticed Hwa sleeping on the couch, he understood she might have woken up early to wait for him. Not wanting to wake her up, Yeon went towards her room and came back with a blanket. Covering Hwa comfortably in the blanket Yeon walked back towards the kitchen.

Even though Yeon and Hwa were dating for 2 months, They both never shared a room. In a relationship with Hwa, Yeon couldn't bring himself up to grow feelings for her. He still remembers that day when Hwa suddenly came on Yeon and proposed to date. Yeon couldn't decline as he liked her, That is what he thought back then. In reality, it was cause Hwa had helped him a lot as a friend and that's what he respected of her, he liked her as a friend. He did try to fall for her, but he never could. They never shared a kiss... It was always Hwa who initiated to hug or kiss on the cheeks. Yeon never did that, nor could he tell Hwa that he couldn't bring himself to initiate anything at all. That's the reason even after moving in together, they had separate rooms. Hwa was a good and understanding girl, she never asked Yeon to do anything he wouldn't want to. Yeon felt guilty for leading on Hwa but he didn't know how to stop or do anything about their relationship.

Yeon sighed and turned off the gas, he didn't want to think about his relationship problems so early in the morning. He served himself some stir-fried rice with a cup of coffee and made his way to the living room. Yeon was about to sit and have his breakfast but a sudden thought crossed his mind.

"I don't think Jun might have eaten anything,"

he thought and walked towards the guest room with the plate he served for himself. Knocking twice at the door, Yeon opened the door as he received no answer, only to find Jun sleeping with the same clothes on.

"He must be very tired,"

Yeon said to himself as he moved to place the plate full of food on the side table thinking that Jun would eat it when he wakes up. Yeon turned around to leave the room when he noticed something he almost forgot about. Rushing out of the room, Yeon came back with a first aid kit in his hands. Kneeling in front of Jun, Yeon gently applied the ointments on the latter's face and neck. Yeon also wrapped a bandage on Jun's wrist. As he thought the works done, Yeon's hand moved to Jun's hoodie to lift it a bit upwards only to find purplish marks on the sleeping boy's stomach. A gasp escaped from Yeon as he observed the marks. Without thinking much he applied the ointments on those marks with such a face as if he was the one hurt in that room. As he was about to roll the hoodie back in its position a voice startled him.

"no no, please... "

Yeon moved back thinking Jun was referring to him but only to find that Jun was sleep talking. His eyes closed, sweat dribbling down his forehead. The boy was shaking badly. Yeon was shocked, Jun was sleeping just fine till now. What happened to make him like this all of a sudden. Yeon Knew, Jun was going through a bad dream right now. He took a deep breath and walked slowly towards Jun. Without thinking much, Yeon placed his hand on Jun's hair and started stroking the boy's hair in a form of giving comfort.

"hush... It's ok Jun. It's just a dream"

Yeon tried to calm the smaller down by saying comforting words near Jun's ear. To his surprise, Jun calmed down and his shaking was getting less. Yeon gently wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued to calm Jun down. After a while of soft whispers comforting Jun through his ear and a hand stroking his hair as his grandma would. Jun finally calmed down.

Yeon heaved a sigh of relief and took his hand back from Jun's hair. Picking up the first aid kit Yeon made his way out of the room. Softly shutting the door behind, Yeon went to serve himself his long-forgotten breakfast.

Inside the room, a lone tear slid down Jun's eye.

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