Jaehyun
Instantly upon seeing his tears, I felt the sudden urge to wipe them away. I bit the feelings down knowing that though I was fighting with Heather, I still needed to be loyal to her. Touching Taeyong once again would just bring up emotions I knew were wrong. Even if I didn't know what those emotions were...yet.
I stood up abruptly, not expecting to see him since I had abandoned him for someone I had only known for one year, while I knew him for most of my life.
"Jaehyun?" Taeyong squeaked, "What are you doing here?" He looked at me, so disappointed it made my heart ache so bad I could double over in pain. His eyebrows furrowed and he looked me straight in the eye, making me weak. His fist clenched at his sides and his tears ran faster from anger. I couldn't make out if he was going to fall to the ground sobbing or if he was going to punch me in the face.
Seeing him look so broken made my eyes brim with tears. I knew this was all my fault. I wanted to run up to him and hug with all my might but my feet were rooted to the ground. "Um.." I paused, remembering this same moment from when we first met, on the same hill, with the same tears and anger. But this time it was all different. "Did something happen with your family again?"
"How dare you! How dare you finally show up again and say that. Like you were there with me the entire time. Like you didn't abandon me for Heather."
"Heather…"
Taeyong's eyes harden. "Even now all you can think about is her." He spat.
It really was all different. The first time I was able to comfort him, but now I held back because of the sharp and angry aura that surrounded us. When we were kids nothing could bring our relationship down, no problems, no feelings, and definitely no Heather. I felt an urge to get closer to him but I knew he would push me away, maybe it's fair since I pushed him away first.
FLASHBACK
I ran up the hill wiping away my angry tears. I had been bullied once again just because I'm scrawny and an easy target. I could still hear the words in my head, could still picture the scene. They had pushed me on the floor. "What freak? Not gonna get mad at us? I thought everyone said you had anger issues. Or are you just too tiny." His group laughed at me. Another boy nudged my head with his foot, his crony held me down with one leg pressing down on my chest to stop me from thrashing.
"Beside what he is going to do, a punch would feel like a poke." Another member of his gang snarled.
"Why don't you let me up and find out." I said trying to remove the pressure from my chest.
Let's just say this may or may not have ended with an attack and a visit to the principal's office. Which led me to where I was now. Angry and storming to my safe spot, bruises forming on my body. I ached as I reached the top of the hill. I thought I was the only one who knew about the secret trail, turns out I wasn't because there was already another boy there. I was about to yell at him to get out of my spot, but then I noticed he was crying.
"Hello?" I said in a small voice. He looked up at me and quickly wiped his tears from his face and he tried to scamper away. I stopped and asked, "Don't worry I'm going through something too, do you want to talk about it..hyung?" I don't know why I felt so compelled to listen to him and comfort him, but I wanted to be his knight in shining armor.
"I'm 13." Taeyong shyly replied.
"Ok then you're my hyung! I'm 12." I said with a cheeky smile. He smiled back at me and I felt my heart flutter. "Aww this hyung is so cute," I thought to myself. "Do you want to talk about why you're crying?"
"Yes I do."