The currently 8 year old, Jongin, was on his way back home. It was July, a thursda to be exact, he just came back from school, as usual he had to walk home alone. He was excited, excited to tell both his parents about everything he learned and did in school that day. Yes, back in the day when he was actually motivated to learn new things and study, back in the day when everything was still simply and he didn’t have to worry about anything except what kind of colors he wanted to use for his drawing, or what “12x12” was again.
He skipped home, opening the door as soon as he arrived. He kicked off his shoes, threw down his backpack and made his way over to the livingroom. He excitedly entered it, ready to tell his story about all that happened that day, only to notice that the livingroom was empty, no parents only some empty bottles on the table which meant they were somewhere inside the house. A disappointed frown appeared on his face as he looked around. He figured they might’ve been someone else in the house. So he went on an adventure to find them.
It didn’t take him long as he could hear loud voices coming from his parents bedroom, they didn’t seem happy. Rather angry actually. The door was closed and knowing the way his mother would get angry each time he opened their bedroom door he decided to safely stay outside and listen to their voices. They fought, he realized that immediately. Curses could be heard, along with frustrated yelling. It wasn’t anything new to him, but this time it seemed really serious.
A sudden loud bang could be heard and he took some steps back, surprised by what was going on. He might’ve been young but he wasn’t an idiot, he of course knew what was going on in there as he heard pained noises coming from his mother’s mouth. He could hear things fall from shelves and not long after that he heard crying. More noises came and the crying got replaced by begging, begging to stop. He realized she was being hit, by the one he called his own father. He knew it was his father, he recognized his voice. He must’ve been drinking a lot again.
Tears filled the kid’s eyes as he took another step back, he didn’t want to know about this and it scared him. When the noises stopped he was even more scared than before, he turned around and ran away, towards his own room where he locked himself up. It wasn’t the first time this happened, he would hear this more often, the crying and begging and the next day his mother would always miraculously have bruises all over her body, telling him it was okay and she “fell” but he didn’t believe it. He knew what as going on but he couldn’t do anything about it, he wasn’t stupid he may have been young but he knew everything.