"he'll be glad you came" yunho said as he came through the kitchen door. y/n poured the water as the kettle boiled.

"do you want coffee too?" she asked.

"no, I'm good thanks" yunho replied, "will you stay a while? I have to go soon"

"yeah I'm gonna stay a few hours" she replied as she saw her phone light up on the counter.

sannie☕
I'll be waiting for you when you get home, take as much time as you need xx

she wished she was still laid contented on san's chest rather than having to deal with all this shit.

"you get off" she offered to yunho, "I'll watch him".

he agreed and went to say goodbye to his best friend.

carrying the two full cups of coffee, y/n pushed open the lounge door and saw that mingi was still sat with his knees pulled up to his chest.

"I made you coffee" she tried.

he said nothing but another tear slipped from his eye and down his face.

"please say something"

at this he shifted his gaze to look at her and let a few words fall out of his mouth: "I'm sorry"

"nothing else will happen now. I told him I didn't want anything else to happen. it's over now"

"you should have pressed charges" he spoke.

"I don't want to. we're not together, you won't hurt me again" she realised how harsh this sounded as she finished her sentence.

he looked at her helplessly. "yunho told you about the photos, didn't he?" he whispered.

"yes, mingi. why did you do that?"

"I was so proud to call you mine, I got complacent and wanted to show you off... it was wrong of me. I really have hurt you so much"

"you have" she agreed. "but I still care about you and don't want anything to happen to you"

"I'll make it up to you" he promised, though truthfully he had no idea how.

"you won't, mingi. I'm not coming back"

"I know... I know I've lost you in that way. but if I can still be in your life in some way, I'll do everything I can" he assured her.

"mingi, you know I'll always be there if you need me. but I don't know if we can be friends. at least not yet"

"I have to see you, y/n. my life would be nothing if you weren't in it"

she sighed and went to pass him his coffee.

"you have me for a few hours" y/n informed him, "after that we'll see"

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7pm

when y/n arrived home, san was fast asleep on the sofa, tv playing in the background. she didn't want to wake him but she also really needed him right now.

"sannie?" she whispered, not wanting to make him jump.

he opened his eyes and immediately shot up, "I'm sorry baby, I didn't mean to fall asleep" he apologized, "how is mingi?"

"not good" she answered honestly.

"what do you want to do?" san hoped so badly that she wouldn't say she wanted to go home.

"I just want you"

"you have m-"

"-I need to try and forget about mingi"

"okay" san listened.

on the way home y/n had been thinking a lot. as the hours had gone by with mingi she realised that she would never feel the same about him, even if she wanted to. she couldn't see past the way he was those few nights. there were flashes of anger in him that she didn't recognise and if she stayed she would only be worried about what the future might hold. but most of all - she was not going to be a victim. she was not going to let him or any other male think it was okay to hurt her like that. she had to move on.

"I want to start again... with you"

san felt his heart flutter at those words.

"I want to too"

"ask me"

"will you be mine?"

y/n let out a small smile as san chuckled.

"yes sannie"

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2 weeks later

two weeks passed by almost in a flash. today had been y/n's first day back at the cafe and with san and joong's support she felt happy to be back. she hadn't heard from mingi since the police incident and, although she hoped he was okay, with san she was able to at least half forget about him.

as the three closed up the cafe and were cleaning up the final tables, san walked over to y/n and hugged her from behind, kissing her cheek as he whispered, "I'm proud of you"

she turned around and kissed him back on the lips, happy from the praise from her boyfriend.

"can you two get a room?" hongjoong called from behind the counter, causing both y/n and san to giggle childishly. as joong disappeared into the back san looked y/n in the eye.

"baby, if you feel comfortable enough at my home, well... will you move in properly with me?" he asked shyly.

y/n broke into a smile, "yes, of course I will" she replied, and san pulled her into a tight hug.

hongjoong reappeared behind the counter. "I'm happy to see you doing so well" he smiled.

"thank you, joong. and thank you for everything you did" she said. she turned back to san, her face suddenly serious.

"I need to go get the rest of my stuff, don't I?"

"do you feel like you can?" san enquired.

"I don't know..." she began, "I'm just starting to move on a little, I don't wanna go back and be triggered by everything"

san sighed at her words, truthfully he didn't want that either. "I'll go" he said.

"is that a good idea?" y/n replied.

"I don't know - but you're happy right now, there's no way I'm compromising that" he said passionately.

she smiled weakily, "if you're sure"

he nodded. "it's my day off tomorrow, I'll go then" he decided.

"sannie?"

"yes?"

"thank you"

he softened and pulled her back into his embrace, whispering "I got you"