#𝙀𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣(𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨) [ 𝗃𝖺𝖾𝗒𝗈𝗇𝗀/𝗃𝗈𝗁𝗇𝗃𝖺𝖾/𝗒𝗎𝗍𝖺𝖾 ]

Chapter 9

tw: mentions of abuse

"I bet you'll make it to the same college as him," Jaehyun said.

"Oh Jaehyun! I'm not that smart!"

"Oh Doyoung! Little do you actually see yourself. You get A's in every subject and at least a 90% and you call that bad?! Look at me getting a single A, some B's and C's."

"But Jaehyun, this is year 12! The exams are harder and it really matters because we need to do well to get to a good college! There's so much pressure. I don't know how Jihoon managed to ace all his tests and get one of the highest marks in every subject in the whole country."

"Doyoung, I believe in you. If you're not better than Jihoon, you're at least going to enter Seoul Performing Arts high school just like him."

"Jae! Stop being so inconsiderate! That school is 2 hours away! I won't be able to attend unless I want to stay at the dorms there or a nearby apartment. Although my family has quite a bit of money, I don't want to leave my parents!"

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Time flew so fast and Jaehyun thought this was probably one of the best years of his life.

Although the exam period was always hard for Jaehyun and he was constantly stressed, that didn't stop him from having a good year.

Doyoung and his mum really kept him going and when his father would abuse him, doing art would always help him.

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One day Jaehyun went home and decided to do another painting to relieve some stress after his second load of exams

He couldn't believe it was almost the end of the year.

His first load of exam results weren't that great so he was really hoping he would get more than C's and a couple B's.

Jaehyun listened to a playlist on spotify wile painting.

This painting took extra-long.

Jaehyun had ended up leaving it to finish the next day since he was too tired and there was no way he was going to finish.

Seeing as the next day was Saturday, Jaehyun worked hard on his painting and soon finished.

The painting was of 3 people sitting under a cherry blossom tree.

2 of them were in a pinkish-red colour while the other person on the right was painted in a light grey and was holding hands with the one in the middle.

They were surrounded by many clovers and a black cat that was placed on the right and middle boy's lap who were both stroking the cute creature who had a colourful ball of wool all tangled up.

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It was finally the day of Jaehyun and Doyoung's graduation and Jihoon had also come to visit the 2.

It was very emotional for everyone because Jaehyun knew he couldn't make it to Seoul Performing Arts Highschool which Jihoon was going to and Doyoung was also waiting to be accepted.

There were only a few days left until applications had to be submitted and Jaehyun hadn't even thought of anything.

Oh boy was he panicking.

Although he did a little better than last year, it still wasn't enough to get into a good university that would specialise in arts.

Doyoung and Jaehyun hugged each other as they knew they would probably get too busy to see each other as much as usual.

Jaehyun would surely miss Doyoung, vice versa.

"Jaehyun, this is the second time I've seen you cry in all our years of friendship, usually I'm the one crying. You're going to make me cry now," Doyoung pouted.

"I can't stop, the tears keep falling. What if we drift away? What happens if I'm alone in university?"

"Jaehyun... everyone will drift away eventually but promise to stay with me as long as you can. Plus don't get too down, there's still a chance we both make it to SOPA or maybe I might not even get in. I mean it's 2 hours away and I don't know whether to feel happy if I'm admitted or worried. And I'm sure you'll make many new friends!"

"It's not the same..."

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During the school holidays, Jaehyun's father tortured him harshly for the first week but Jaehyun was really grateful that his father wouldn't be in the house for anymore of the break since he was going on a business trip.

Now he could paint, hang out with his mum and possibly Doyoung.

The first painting he did of the school holidays was a butterfly split into 2 sections.

The left side was very gloomy while the right was very bright and colourful.

Jaehyun was quite proud of this painting because of all the small details.

Jaehyun went to his ginormous cupboard filled with shelves and canvases of different sizes, placing the painting once dried on one of the shelves.

Jaehyun saw another painting nearby, grabbed it and brought it down to take a look.

It was his first ever painting.

He first discovered art when he was 5 and started immediately, having natural talents.

Jaehyun looked at the painting, trying to find the deep meaning of it.

It was of 1 angel who was fighting against 2 devils.

The scenery was stormy and there was a seat in the background.

It wasn't very detailed, it looked more like stick figures that had wings and halos and of course it wasn't the best painting since at the time Jaehyun was only 5 but it was very good for a 5 year old.

Jaehyun thought for a moment before deciding to recreate the painting with his own meaning.

This time he created 2 detailed angels versing 1 demon.

The scenery had a darkish-grey background to show that the demon had a lot of power but Jaehyun added some colourful paint so it looked as if the angels still had a chance.

Beautiful, Jaehyun thought.

Once this painting was dry, Jaehyun also placed it in the cupboard, noticing another painting that looked similar he studied it.

It was the painting he created just a few months before, the one of the three boys under a cherry blossom tree.

Jaehyun just laughed, "similar but different."

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