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"No," I stated, voice loud and clear causing him to close his eyes with a gulp that echoed through both of us at the same time. "I will never be embarrassed of you."
"Yeah right," he chuckled, a sarcastic and sardonic one that caused me to pull away from him and scoff back. "Sophie, you don't have to say it for the sake of saying it."
"Excuse me?", I gasped, his words pricking my skin because what the fuck?
"Yeah, I mean-"
"Fuck what you mean Mr. Kim, I've been beside you in everything and always will be! What made you think I was embarrassed of you? It's about that bitch Teressa, isn't it?", I spat, angrily yanking the jacket from his hold and putting it on without another thought given.
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"Mr. Kim, I-I really didn't mean it like that," Josh whispered, awkwardly shifting his weight from one foot to the other while waiting for us to pull away from each other. "I'm sorry."Nathan only nodded before trying to walk away but I held his arm back with a glare. "Jo, let's go, we have a lot to talk about," I said gesturing to the living room and he nodded, a little concerned but moved nonetheless, leaving me alone with Mr. Kim."Sophie, why?", I shrugged in response to his question and he followed me to the kitchen trying to minimize his interaction with the other boys. Jimin wasn't in the kitchen anymore and I figured it was because he knew I wasn't in the living room either.To Mr. Kim, it was obvious that they thought of him as a freak but that was only in his mind, nothing else. I understood his agony, his conflict but he had to face it someday."Why don't you set the table with Josh, Mr. Kim?", I asked stirring the huge pot of
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"Oh my- I'm sorry Sophie, I didn't mean to," Sam gasped, turning his head to look at Mr. Kim who had both his brows raised in surprise, and his jaw pushed forward. I gulped thickly before facing him with an apologetic gaze. Mr. Kim let go of his fork and pushed his plate forward before he got up from the table."That was fucked up Sophie," he whispered, hard eyes trained on me as he reached behind him to grab his jacket. I knew best not to let him get angry especially when his emotions were all over the place but I needed him to understand, needed him to hear me out before he took decisions or made his mind about anything. "I'm leaving.""Listen, Nathan," Sam began, pushing himself up from his seat to stand in front of him. "I'm really sorry man, it's not what it looks like. There's nothing going on-"
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"Yeah but then today, during the day I heard how Jo explained everything, s-saw his room," Mr. Min let out a soft huff before falling back onto the couch. "I saw how terrified Nathan was, then and now too. H-He's afraid of being judged by us-""Of being thought of as a freak," Josh said, his arms tightening around me and I was suddenly reminded of the conversation that Mr. Kim had heard and how terrified he was after."H-How could I not know? The signs were right there in front of me! Am I-I that dumb?", I whispered, my voice shaking as hot tears rolled down my cheeks. I knew he'd be a lot better in his behaviour if he opted for therapy but I never brought it up thinking that maybe we could just let it go, maybe he'd be over in a few years, that maybe he was just naturally an angry person but nobody was 'naturally' an angry person.There has to be a reason why his mental health is where it is but no matter how hard I tried to think of it, nothing seemed to be of
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"W-Where did I go wrong? Where did I fail you? W-Why couldn't you tell me everything, Mr. Kim? What did I do that you had to hide all your struggles from me?", I shook harder and he turned me around. I let my arms wrap around his waist while my tears were wetting his shirt."Nothing, you did nothing wrong. I just couldn't bring myself to say it. I was scared Sophie, scared that you'd be weirded it out, that'd you'd stop coming to see me," he stated but I pushed at his chest."I love you, Mr. Kim! I fucking love you! I will never run away from you, please just stop thinking about things that would never happen!", I yelled slapping his chest out of frustration."I know, I'm sorry. I'm so fucking sorry. Please tell me what I can do to make you feel better," he pleaded in a soft voice and
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There was a loud thud on the door of my bedroom and both of us snapped our necks towards it in alarm. "Guys, please make it quick. You can do this romantic shit when nobody's around," Josh growled in anger from the other side of the door. I snickered while Mr. Kim dropped me onto the bed and tossed me his sweater that I was wearing before bed. "I'm going to need that jersey back," I complained, stretching my body up on my toes before continuing. "It was really comfortable." "Why? Why must I share my clothes with you?", he demanded, now completely dressed and sitting onto the bed with his feet crossed comfortably. "Because I'm willing to share mine, it's just that you won't fit into them," I cheekily grinned before kicking the bathroom door open. Mr. Kim scoffed lightly and leaned against the doorframe, just to watch me brush my teeth. "Get out," I mumbled, mouth cold and fresh because of the toothpaste. "Rude," he mumbled, squi
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"Here you go Mrs. Kim," I smiled, politely sliding the teacup towards before taking a seat beside Nathan on the couch opposite hers. "Mrs. Kim, I want you to know that all of this was not deliberate. Nat just wasn't ready to share until now. I hope you understand."She sighed, placing the cup back onto the table in exasperation. "I consider both of you as my children. No matter how bad it'll be, I'll be right here sweetheart. If he isn't ready even now, I won't pry. Nathan, you're a grown man now, I won't mind you keeping secrets as long as you're okay with it," I smiled to myself, finding Mrs. Kim excessively endearing once again."I think I'm ready Ma," he began, leaning his forearms onto his knees. "I-I've just been keeping it to myself for quite some time now. I don't really know where to start," Nathan huffed out."Wherever you think is fine," she encouraged, wearing a gentle smile on her lips."Shall I leave the two of you al
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Nathan had me cornered against the wall of the dark corridor next to the living room in which all of our friends and his mother were present, waiting to start dinner together with us. "What is it?", I whispered, carefully peeking over to make sure no one was looking."You've been busy all evening, let me kiss you before we go for dinner," he whined, tipping my chin up with his index finger. I sighed softly in ecstasy, closing my eyes so I could map out the feeling of kissing him. Nathan smiled against my lips, pecking them over and over till I started to giggle from the feeling and pushed him away. "Let's go now."We both arrived at the dining table and the first person I noticed there was Trevor. He was laughing along with the other boys, already munching on an omelet roll from the dishes. When we both arrived there, Trevor smiled up at me, his teeth showing and eyes crinkling up as he did. I smiled back, coupling it with a gentle wave of my hand that he r
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Mr. Kim's head laid in my lap, body covered in a shy blue onesie I found in his closet before in the morning and his hands held the broken pieces of the crayons he had thrown around the room in anger after slipping. I closed the book I flipped midway through to clear my mind and turned on the alarm in my phone before slipping out of bed. What actually happened was that I tried to ask him about his father's whereabouts and why he refused to see him. Nathan being Nathan had thrown a fit at that, saying that he wasn't somebody who needed to see or even remember. "But he's your father! At least tell me if you guys have had a fight!", I had yelled, making crazy jazz hands in the air out of sheer agitation. He had only scoffed, turning into a completely different person, and started blabbering gibberish about something that I couldn't quite make out. "Nathan!", He had stopped in his tracks and had turned to give me a hard glare, one t
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