#and ofc i love Yoo Mia i just love the Yoo siblings so ofc i had to slide her in this too

[icejello]

Wrote a little something? I guess? I'll probably write a more proper one if i ever have the time but uh yeah

There was silence, some whispering, and stares. So many eyes looking and staring at him, eyes that he can't ignore even if he closed his eyes. He wanted to glare at them, shoo them away but they were already staring at him as if he was a monster, he didn't need to add more to the whispers going around him.

Yoo Joonghyuk was used to the stares. People have stared at him throughout his whole life for as long as he can remember. Whether it was due to his looks or his reputation, people never failed to stare. He'd like to think that he didn't care, he certainly gave off that impression, an impression of a beautiful cold-hearted monster. He wasn't always seen as a monster but after turning out to be the strongest, people hesitated to get near him.

At first it was alright, people still tried to talk to him but then they found out about his stigma. That damned stigma that he's honestly not sure to consider a blessing or a curse. That same stigma made him one of the strongest people there is but the very same stigma is what makes him unapproachable.

Whatever his body received, will be returned back to the giver. If anyone were to hit him, they would feel the pain back. In fights this was helpful but then they discovered, he can't control it. People can't treat him and his injuries without getting the same pain reflected back to them. He can't even get a shot without hurting the other person too. A light slap from a friend would hit them back harder. Nobody wanted to care for a monster, not if they would get hurt too.

Yoo Joonghyuk has accepted that. It's whatever, he didn't need people getting hurt because of him anyway. It doesn't matter if other people avoided him- it did hurt when his own little sister started avoiding him. She is too young, too soft, too fragile, she is a child and she does not understand. She couldn't understand why when she was trying to play around with her older brother and accidentally kicked him a bit too hard, why she suddenly got hit with a pang of pain so strong she buckled over and started crying. She didn't understand why her brother looked so worried and guilty and saying "sorry" and "it was his fault" over and over again. She could not understand and it was simply not her fault for being a child.

Yoo Joonghyuk blinked that memory away. It has been a few weeks since she last played with him. He's been busy with studies and missions anyways, maybe it was for the better. Yoo Joonghyuk started to head for his class when he heard some noises behind the building he was passing by. Despite telling himself that it was none of his business, he still found himself walking towards the source of the noise. He didn't know what he expected to find but it wasn't the sight of someone being bullied and about to be hit.

He slowly walked over to them, making sure that his footsteps were loud enough to alert them of his presence because he didn't feel like talking. The bullies didn't seem happy with this interruption and they seemed to be getting even more upset as he ignores their questions and stayed silent instead. He stood in front of the person who was on the ground and the leader of the group tried to hit him. Yoo Joonghyuk didn't bother to move away, that kick did hurt but it was enough to see the guy immediately throw up blood from the impact being reflected on him. It didn't take long for the bullies to realize who he is and in a blink of an eye, they were gone. Nobody wanted to deal with a monster after all.

Yoo Joonghyuk was about to walk away before he remembered the guy behind him. He turned to look at him and was surprised to see the guy already looking up at him. The guy immediately looked away and stood up when Yoo Joonghyuk turned to look at him. He didn't look like he was any older than him and judging by his outfit, he must be one of the students too. A student from another class? Yoo Joonghyuk can't recall ever seeing this guy, is it because he's plain? There truly was nothing remarkable about this guy who was dusting himself off in front of him. He reads the name tag, Kim Dokja, but then Dokja looks up and they finally locked eyes and one thought crossed Yoo Joonghyuk's mind at that moment, "his eyes looks like the night sky."

"Hey, let me check the place where he kicked. Considering what effect it took on him, it must've hurt and left a bruise," Yoo Joonghyuk was surprised to hear this guy ask about it. What was he doing? It's not like he can do anything about it, nobody can. Yoo Joonghyuk thought that it would be easier to just walk away and so he turned around to do just that. But then Kim Dokja called out to him again, "hey, you annoying bastard, I get it you're strong but I don't like feeling indebted so come over here." Yoo Joonghyuk stopped in his tracks, who is this guy that he dared to be rude to him? He turned around to glare at Kim Dokja. "What? Just because you're the strongest person ever doesn't mean that you'll get all the respect you want, alright? Besides, you were the one disrespectful first for ignoring me, I'm older than you." Wait, this guy is older than him?

Kim Dokja didn't waste any time to pull Yoo Joonghyuk down to sit and he didn't wait for an okay before pulling up Yoo Joonghyuk's shirt to check where he was kicked. Yoo Joonghyuk felt like he could just slap this person for their audacity alone if he wasn't so surprised. "Oh, I guess the rumors really are true that you're one tough guy. Barely any bruise from that kick, guess I was worried for nothing." Kim Dokja just stood back up and picked up his bag. Yoo Joonghyuk stood up too and watched Kim Dokja about to walk away before he suddenly stopped and turned back around. It caught him off guard when the older student suddenly slapped him at his back and reminded him not to be so rude next time before turning around and walking away again. But perhaps the biggest surprise that he felt at that moment was when he realized something important that didn't immediately hit him, Kim Dokja never received any reflected pain from the slap he gave Yoo Joonghyuk.

Just read a character duo trope which is someone who is sick and dying but a danger to everyone else x the only person who can treat him and somehow immune to him and that is so so delicious i started thinking of joongdok.

Like imagine this, yjh is one of the strongest and most dangerous ppl there is but everyone tends to stay away from him. It's not just bcs of all the scars that makes him look scary but it's the fact that he has a stigma where whatever happens to him will be reflected to the person who causes it. However, the downside is that it's automatic and he can't control it so even ppl trying to treat him by giving him injections or something would get hurt back so ppl try to stay away from him.

Cue kdj who ppl also seem to stay away from most of the time. There doesn't seem to be a specific reason, probably just because he's not someone you pay much attention to. Maybe one day he finds a hurt yjh and for some reason, he was able to treat yjh without anything reflecting back to him. He's somehow immune to it and so comes this co-dependant relationship between them.