Chapter 71：We're Dating

Byul sat there frozen and looked at Jin Ha who was staring right at her, she didn't know what to say, she wanted to refute him but how, this was the first time she couldn't answer back, why?

She's been through so much and it made her strong as a person but the moment she opened up to her three friends her walls slowly crumbled, her face felt a bit cold and she wanted to warm it up but she couldn't move.

Jin Ha reached over to touch her face, he wiped the tear running down her right cheek first then the left cheek. He fixed himself and sat upright and looked at her, he could see she was fighting with herself but at that moment he himself did not know how to comfort her.

After a while of silence he said, "That day when we visited you the house smelled like sex, both Ji Eun and I could smell it and your stepfather was acting hostile towards me even though it wasn't physical or verbal, after we left we spoke about it and we guessed that you were being raped. I asked my brother to help us find out if it was true or not, he agreed and then I stayed out of school to help him with the investigation."

"When he went to your house I was also there, I sneaked into your room and placed a camera in one of your dolls that was on the glass shelf in your bedroom, Jin Hee Noona, Seung Joon Hyung, Seung Joong Hyung and myself watched the videos the camera recorded. We also found your biological father, he explained to us what happened in the past."

"But Byul there are still somethings missing and I can't figure it out, I need you to tell me why you are keeping quiet."

Byul's eyes were red, she wanted to stop Jin Ha from speaking but she couldn't, his voice kept sounding and her body kept trembling while her heartbeat accelerated. How did he know all of this and why did he know of it? Her father? Where was he? Seung Joon and Jin Hee? Seung Joong? Jin Ha? They watched it all? For how long? She thought back it when Seung Joon visited their house and realised that so much time has gone by and she was violated so many times during two and a half months.

She wanted to scream but her voice was gone, her head moved slightly down and to look at her hands, she raised them to her face and covered it, it wasn't dark because she could see light through her fingers and Jin Ha's silhouette.

She felt something grab her from behind and slowly turned her head to look, it was Jin Ha, [When did he get behind me?], she asked herself, she looked at him and he pulled her slightly, his one arm went around her back and the other under her legs and she was pulled out of the car in his arms.

She heard the car being locked and she looked at the side of his face, he walked with her in his arms to the elevator and up they went to his floor, they stopped along the way to pick up other people and were looked at strangely but they didn't owe anyone an explanation.

They got to his floor and he walked to his door then opened it and shut the door behind them, he took her to the bedroom and placed her on the bed. She sat there looking at the floor in her own world and didn't notice that Jin Ha he went to the bathroom to run the bathtub and fill it with water.

He came back and helped her out of her clothes and took her to the bathroom and placed her in the tub, she looked at him trying to say something but he told not to worry he wasn't going anywhere, he just needed to get her something to change into and get some towels.

She nodded then looked at her feet inside the water and continued to cry, Jin Ha soon returned and saw that she wasn't answering him when he called, he opened the cold water tap and filled a jug up then after closing the tap he threw her wet with the water and she caught a fright, she stood up in the bath and pointed her finger at him and said, "I'm going to fuckin kill you."

He chuckled and she realised she could speak again.

"Hurry up and wash, I'll make us something to eat then we can sleep."

"Mn", she hummed and sat back down, she stretched her legs in front of her and splashed her face with water, after wiping the water away she shook her head.

She started washing herself after relaxing for a bit in the water and jumped out, washed the bath, dried herself off and put on the clothes that Jin Ha gave her, she noticed that it fitted her well but didn't really care, she then went to the sink and looked at herself in the mirror and tried smiling but her face didn't move.

She went to the kitchen and saw Jin Ha was still busy cooking, she went and stood beside him looking down inside the pan and frowned, "What are you making?"

"I'm frying chicken."

"How is it supposed to look?"

She looked at him then looked at the chicken he was frying then back at him again and asked, "What are you making?"

"I'm in the mood for chicken lasagne, so I'm making that."

She looked back down at the chicken then at Jin Ha and asked, "Did you make it before?"

"Mn", he hummed with a slight smile on his face.

"Okay." She didn't bother asking anymore and went to the fridge, she opened it and found all sorts of things inside it from cakes to juices to tarts and savoury treats.

"Jin Ha, why are you cooking when there's so many things in the fridge to eat."

"Jae Hyun made all of those things for me, they are mine and I'm not feeding it to you so you must eat what I cook."

"Speaking about Jae Hyun, didn't you say you want to fuck him."

"I said I want to have sex with him not fuck him."

"It's the same thing."

"No, it's not."

"Yeah yeah, so why is he spoiling you with all this and why do you want to skrew him?"

Jin Ha turned around to glare at her but he stopped because she was stuffing her mouth with all his treats, "What did I just say? Yet you still eat it."

"Don't be selfish, all of this stuff is fresh, when did he come over and give it to you? He was carrying on like a lovesick puppy who's partner just died saying he is worried about you."

"Uh… that Jae Hyun is another one," he said with a smile on his face.

"So what's the deal?"

"He asked me to be his boyfriend and I said okay."

"Huh? How can you? Don't you know he's gay? When did it happen? Do you still like vagina? Can we still have sex? Wait why did you agree?"

"Uh…"

"Jin Ha?"

"It happened not long after I stopped going to school, I was living with Jin Hee but I needed something so I came home and he was inside my apartment cleaning when he saw me he rushed towards me and hugged me."

"Yes???"

"He started crying and saying that he was worried and he asked me all sorts of questions about my health, after I assured him I was okay he confessed and told me everything, he said he was originally scheming and wanted to make me his but then I disappeared all of a sudden and he was so worried and decided when I do come back he'd confess."

"That little bitch, what else?"

"I didn't exactly agree at first because I'm not gay but then he asked me to give him a chance and so I did…"

"And now you two are dating?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

He switched off the stove and walked with a plate of fried chicken to the countertop on the other side where Byul was sitting and started assembling the lasagne in a ceramic dish.

"Well, you know Jae Hyun and I met long ago right?"

"Yeah, he told us the story."

"Jae Hyun stole my first kiss."

"That little bitch."

"Mn, at first I thought I could ignore him but over the years I watched him grow up, I beat up the kids that fucked with him and I dreamt of him most of the times when I had good dreams, so I wanted to experience it for myself, well I'm hoping I we don't break up."

"Why not?"

"Well because relationships are tiresome and I don't have enough patience for it, that's why I'm trying my best to keep myself from forcefully sleeping with him."

"Jin Ha you know how guys have sex right?"

"Yeah, that I know."

"So you're willing to do it that way?"

"Listen for me, sex is sex, whether it's with a man or a woman, I will be very happy afterwards, and Jae Hyun is someone I see myself sleeping with."

"And other men?"

"Fuck no, do you really see me doing that shit?"