Choi Minho woke up suddenly, not sure what had woken him. He glanced around his room and then saw his best friend, Kim Jonghyun, sitting in the chair in a corner of Minho's room eating cereal very loudly.

"Morning," Jonghyun said brightly. "You're going to be late."

Minho glanced at the clock and saw that he was right. Throwing off the covers he got up and stumbled into the bathroom, quickly showering and getting dressed. He walked back into his room feeling more awake.

"You should have woken me, it's creepy not knowing how long you were sitting here watching me sleep." Minho told Jonghyun as he often did.

Jonghyun just laughed. They walked downstairs to the kitchen together. Minho picked up the bowl of cereal already poured for him. He glanced at the notice board.

'Left early. Will miss dinner. -Dad'

Minho sighed; he hadn't eaten dinner with his dad in over a month. He wished his dad didn't have to work so much. He put down the already finished bowl of cereal.

"Hurry up Jonghyun! You eat so slowly." Minho said, irritated.

Jonghyun raised an eyebrow and put his unfinished cereal on the bench.

"I'm full anyway." He said calmly and led Minho out the door. They walked down the street walking towards school both dreading it for different reasons. Minho got teased, not bullied or anything, but enough to make him want to not go to school. His friends were forever on his case about his dad. Jonghyun on the other hand, was dyslexic and hated school because he always got pretty low marks and felt stupid. Even when he tried his hardest he never managed to get a good grade. Nobody teased him about it but that made him feel worse, he was not even teased because he was that pitiful.

They walked into school and went to their first class; Math. They had always had all of their classes together since elementary, that was how they met, somehow in every single class, whether there was a seating plan or not, they had ended up next to each other.

When they finally got to lunch Jonghyun was extremely frustrated. He always was, he hated feeling so stupid and embarrassed all the time. Minho sat next to him.

"You're not stupid Jonghyun, far from it." Minho told him.

Minho had always been the only one who even mentioned his dyslexia. That's was Jonghyun liked about Minho. He was up front and didn't hold back even if he might offend someone. He was just Minho.

Then, Kim Heechul came over. He was one of their 'friends'.

"So, Minho, are you mental yet? With your dad's institution doing so well, it must be affecting you." Heechul teased. The group of boys who followed him laughed. Minho shrugged it off and ignored them knowing that this was just the beginning of what they had to say. He really hated that whole stupid institution. He was always teased by everybody except Jonghyun about it. Maybe that's why they were such good friends. Minho needed someone to not talk about his dad's institution and Jonghyun needed someone to talk about his dyslexia and they balanced each other out.

Minho and Jonghyun walked down the hall towards their next class. It had been an alright lunch compared to the others. The teasing hadn't affected him too much today. Then suddenly Minho was shoved into the lockers.

"Oops, sorry mental Minho, please don't hurt me!" mocked Lee Hyukjae. The kids all though the corridor laughed. Jonghyun shoved Hyukjae away.

"Piss off Hyukjae!" Jonghyun said angrily and pulled Minho away. Minho fumed. He hated Hyukjae. He hated his dad. And most of all he hated the damn institution. Look at what it did to him, every day. He couldn't wait until the day he turned 18 and left denying the existence of his father and anything to do with a certain building full of crazy people.

Minho stormed in his front door. Hyukjae and Heechul and a few others had followed him all the way home taunting him and teasing him. He threw his bag in the corner and let tears of anger and frustration stream down his face. Why couldn't they just leave him alone? He wiped his tears and shook his head trying to calm himself down. Come on Minho, you're stronger than them. Just don't let it get to you. He thought. He managed to calm himself down and made his way over to the freezer pulling out a frozen meal and tossing it in the microwave. When it was ready he pulled it out and ate it in silence before flopping onto the sofa and watching TV.

He gave up waiting for his father around 12.30am and went to sleep. He woke up and glanced in the corner to see Jonghyun loudly eating cereal. And the morning went typically. The same note from his father. Everything was pretty routine. However at lunch when everybody was teasing him, he couldn't seem to shake it off, even though Jonghyun was telling them to shut up and just kept taunting and he kept getting angrier unable to control it anymore. He stood up.

"SHUT UP!" He yelled at the top of his lungs.

"Anger problems much? We're just kidding. I think you really do need to visit your father." Hyukjae said mockingly. Minho couldn't control his anger anymore. He barely realized what he was doing until he felt his fist collide with Hyukjae's face. Everybody was silent. Hyukjae pounced on him pulling his hair and kicking him. Jonghyun grabbed Hyukjae and pulled him off tossing him aside and easily punching Heechul away who had come to help Hyukjae. Just before a full on fight broke out the on duty teacher stepped between them.

"Choi Minho, Kim Jonghyun, Kim Heechul and Lee Hyukjae, headmaster's office now!" He yelled.

They walked into the headmaster's office and respectfully bowed.

"Sit, all of you, your parents have been called and we will not discuss your actions until they get here." The headmaster said strictly. Minho felt his stomach drop. That meant they called his dad at work. He was in big trouble. The only reason his dad was hardly ever home was because he trusted Minho to make good decisions. He felt even worse when Jonghyun's mom and dad walked in glaring at them both angrily. Then Heechul's mother and father came in followed by Hyukjae's parents. They all sat there waiting for Minho's dad for 15 minutes before he finally walked in.

"Sorry I'm so late I came straight from work." Minho's father said and bowed respectfully to first the headmaster and then the other parents. The headmaster accepted it with a nod.

"I told you all on the phone that the reason you are here is your sons have been involved in a fight. From the duty teacher and some other students that were witnesses I have discovered that Choi Minho threw the first blow. Do you deny that Minho?" The headmaster turned to him.

"No." Minho replied quietly.

"Kim Jonghyun, Kim Heechul and Lee Hyukjae, you all get two weeks of after school detention and are dismissed from school for the rest of the day for your involvement in this fight. Please leave immediately." The headmaster said firmly. The three boys bowed and followed their parents out. Jonghyun caught his eye and mouthed 'Good luck' before being escorted out by his parents.

The headmaster turned to Minho and his father.

"The punishment for starting a fight is typically being dismissed from school for a month." He stated.

"Please, forgive him, don't dismiss him!" Minho's father pleaded and went down in his knees. Seeing his father on his knees begging for forgiveness because of him made tears come to Minho's eyes. He tried unsuccessfully to stop them falling.

"I can see that he is remorseful and up until this point he has been an honourable student. Also summer break is in a week anyway," The headmaster said thinking to himself. "Choi Minho, you will receive a month of after school detention and are dismissed for school for one week. Please leave immediately" The headmaster said firmly. Minho's father bowed his head to the ground and respectfully thanked him. Minho likewise bowed and followed his father out.

"Dad, I -" he choked out.

"Later." His father cut him off coldly in a quiet voice, so quiet it was scary. He follows his father to their car and climbs in. They drove home in silence. When they got home Minho cautiously got out of the car and walked inside. He placed his bag on the ground. His father walked in and pointed to the sofa. Minho obediently sat on the sofa and waited as his father placed a chair opposite him and put his head in his hands.

"This is my fault." His father said.

"No dad, I –" Minho protested.

"No I'm not around enough, I work too much," His father said weakly. Minho didn't reply knowing that part at least was true. "Why did you hit him Minho?"

"He teased me."

"About what?" His father questioned.

"You," Minho said quietly. Rushing on when his father didn't reply. "Dad, they call me 'mental Minho' and tease me every second of the day about your job and I've put up with it so long. I just couldn't take it anymore. I know you work hard dad but I hate your job!"

His father stayed quiet for a few moments before looking Minho in the eye.

"Do you remember why I started the institution Minho?" He asked.

Tears began to fall from Minho eyes. He nodded carefully.

"When your mom got… sick. That place she went was so awful, so horrible. Do you remember how scary it was just visiting her? It must have been so scary to live there; I think that if she had been in a happier place, maybe, maybe she would have gotten better. I swore when she died that I would not stop until no other person had to go through what she went through, what we went through. I'm sorry I'm not around enough Minho. I'll…" His father faltered putting his head down to hide the tears. "I'll do better."

Minho couldn't take it anymore. He went into his father's arms crying into his shoulder until he'd let out all of his pain. His father pulled away once they were both calm.

"That doesn't mean you're not going to get punished. I'm going to go make a work call but when I'm done we will talk about your punishment." His father said.

Minho nodded and waited. He was surprised when twenty minutes later Jonghyun was led in by his father. Jonghyun sat next to him and shrugged in response to Minho's questioning look. His father sat down opposite them.

"I've spoken to Jonghyun's parents and we have decided you will be punished together. Maybe this is a little extreme but it means I'll be able to see you more Minho and Jonghyun your parents said how you're always complaining about needing money. So, we are insisting you both take summer jobs at the institution." His father said.

Minho and Jonghyun were both completely shocked.

"No way!" Minho protested.

"This is not up for discussion. It will happen." His father said firmly.

"No, dad, please. I know I screwed up but not this, I'll just get teased more." Minho pleaded.

"I think you need this right now Minho. I think you need to see there are worse things in life than being teased, although I have called the school about that and they have promised to try and stop it. Minho, please just try it." His father said.

Minho yelled in frustration and turned and ran to his room he left the door open knowing Jonghyun would follow. After Jonghyun had walked in Minho slammed the door with all his strength.

"This is so not fair" Minho said angrily

"I know." Jonghyun replied still in shock.

They both sat there thinking over there punishment. Minho, furious and Jonghyun just shocked.

After Jonghyun had gone home Minho's father walked in.

"I know this won't help your current mood but I can't trust you to be here alone all day. So, you will have to come to work with me tomorrow." He said and as Minho began to reply angrily he continued "I'm sorry Minho but this isn't up for discussion you are coming to work with me tomorrow whether you like it or not."

There's Chapter One!~

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