Chapter 23~Kim Hyuna (1/1)

You woke up still laying on Guk’s chest. His breathing was even. Was he sleeping? You had no idea what time it was. Another guy had brought in a tray for dinner awhile ago but you weren’t sure how long you slept for.You sigh and take in BYG’s scent. It’s a mix of cologne and sweat. Not bad. His hand strokes the back of your head. His fingers twirl the ends of your hair.Surely it couldn’t have been that long.“Are you asleep?” you whisper.“No.” he answers back, and he holds you tighter.You sigh. This can’t last forever. You feel your heart increasing already. Each minute you spend with him like this is a minute closer to when you two will have to be taken apart again. Why is it that you always find the one that’s perfect for you when you’re not even looking for him? Why is it the one that you may have never guessed?You dig your face deeper into the side of his neck, trying to hide from the real world.“It’s going to be okay.” He whispers and you feel the breath on the back of your head.He kisses the top of your head and keeps his face close.You look up at him. His eyes are gentle. Caring. Loving.You scoot up and press your lips to his. Just once. Soft. When you pull back, you keep your forehead against his and look into his eyes. Now they’re different. Nervous. Scared.“Hyuna…” he breathes out and you feel it on your face. Warm.“Yes?” you answer back quietly.“I think… I think I love you…” he says cautiously.You close your eyes and he pulls you close. His hands hold your face firmly. He kisses along your jaw and around your face. You feel… sad. As if this will never last. As if this is goodbye.“I love you too, Yong Guk.” You say.Then his lips are on yours again. You can feel that he is thinking the same thoughts as you. You only have so long.As if echoing your thoughts, the door bursts open with a loud clang. BYG’s head snaps towards that direction and you look over him with wide eyes. GDragon stomps into the room quickly and furiously. He grabs your ankle before you can move or say anything and he drags you away.“Ah!” you scream in shock as he takes you to the door.You twist and kick at him. Behind you, you can hear Guk getting to his feet and protesting.“Stop it!” he shouts with authority.

GDragon drops your leg and you twist to your stomach as he marches up to BYG. Guk seems slow. Tired. Hurt. He can’t do much to protect himself as GD’s fist collides with his stomach. He heaves over clutching his abdomen and GDragon throws an upper cut, knocking Guk back into a straight position. BYG stumbles backwards as GDragon’s fists fly.“Hey!” you scream as you push yourself to your feet.Guk falls to the floor and GDragon is on top of him the next second. GD’s left hand keeps Guk’s shoulder into the floor as his right hand delivers punch after punch into his face.You scream as tears crowd your vision. You rush to Guk’s aid and jump onto GDragon’s back. You grab his shoulders and pull him away from BYG. Guk lies on the floor, spitting and coughing blood as he tries to catch his breath.“Stop this! Stop it!” you yell as GDragon turns around and shoves you off his back.You rush him again and this time he turns to receive you. Your hands pound at his chest but he catches them simply enough. You stare terrifyingly into his eyes and his hand smacks you across your face in a powerful blow.“Ah!” you gasp as your face is turned from the momentum.GDragon shakes you until you look back up at him and he smacks you again, spinning your head back to the side.A force slams into GDragon from the back and sends you to the floor as well. You look over to see Guk on top of GDragon, punching his face again and again. The two twist and roll as they shout obscenities to each other and fight for dominance.You jump to your feet and begin to race towards them when strong arms wrap around you from behind. They pin your arms to your side. You kick and scream and shout as you try to wrestle out of them. You have to help Guk!It’s TOP. He grunts as he struggles to hold onto you. Meanwhile, GDragon and BYG continue to roll around the floor.“No! Stop them!” you shout. “I won’t run! Just stop THEM!”TOP pulls you out the door and into the hall. SeungRi and TaeYang run into the cell. Now it’ll be three against one. You worry that they’ll beat Guk to death in there.Your tears run off your face and onto TOPs arms.Everything seems busy. There’s shouting. Loud noises coming from upstairs. You’re screaming and crying as TOP drags you down the hall. Everything is chaos.TOP flings the door to the stairs open and starts to carry you up the steps. You won’t go easily. You won’t give up this time. You claw and kick and scream. You wriggle your body and thrash in his arms.

“Stop being difficult!” TOP scolds you as he lets a fist fly into your side.You wince with the stabbing pain but continue to fight back.You’re about to bite his arm when he leans too hard into the door at the top of the steps and you and him topple into the room with the fireplace. He’s managed to keep hold of you like a football in his arms. You face the ceiling as his arms stay tightly around you from behind.You blink for a moment before twisting to the side and trying to crawl out of his grasp. You manage to get out of his arms and scoot as fast as possibly on just your hands and knees. TOP twists around and grabs your ankle. You stop and look back as you throw your heel into his nose. *crack!* Must have broken that nose of his again.“Argh!” he gasps and moves back quickly as his hand flies to his nose, red blood drips between his fingers.His eyes are filled with rage. You hurry to get away again but he jumps up and lands on your back, sandwiching you to the floor. Your air escapes your lungs as the pressure of his weight bears down on top of you.His bloody hand takes a hold of your wrist as you try to reach out to claw your way out.“They’re in!” you hear a voice from the upper hallway. “They’re coming!”You and TOP pause for a split second and stare down the hall. You hear a lot of clamoring and yelling. Feet pounding down the hall. Masculine shouting and cursing. Banging.You don’t know what it is but it doesn’t sound good. And whatever it is, TOP doesn’t like it either. He gets up immediately and takes you again. This time he tucks you under one arm like a real football and tries to run the other way, to the hall on the other side of the basement door.You scream as you see dark figures rush into the room behind you. There are three men dressed in black hoodies, sweat pants, and masks covering their mouths and noses. They stop and their eyes widen as they see you. Then two more enter. Three run for the basement as two chase after you and TOP.TOPs going fast for having to carry such a load. An enemy of an enemy makes them your friend. You grab onto TOPs leg to cut him off from his running. You’re not strong enough to stop him completely but you do slow him down. He curses as the other two catch up. One of them launches themselves through the air and lands on TOPs back. The other grabs your hands and pulls you out of TOPs grip as he and the other crash to the floor.TOP and the masked figure roll around on the ground. You turn to the other. He’s already staring at you. His eyes are wide but gentle. Trustworthy.“Come with me!” you think he says. It’s hard to tell with a mask covering his mouth.You nod and he gets up. He takes your hand and sprints down the hall again. You stumble as you try to keep pace with him. Behind you, you can hear TOP and the other masked guy wrestling around.Soon he drags you back into the room with the fireplace. He tries to run right through but you yank your hand free at the basement door.“No, wait!” you gasp as you wrench the door open.“They’re already getting him!” the figure says as he turns back and takes your hand. His eyes are in yours. “Trust me! Let’s go.”You nod. For some reason this boy is easy to believe.You and him run down the hall, passing elevators and offices. Soon he crashes out a door into the open night air. It’s late. Maybe past midnight. Nothing looks familiar since you were brought in a truck with no windows. The air is crisp and bites at your nose. He drags you down to a white van parked out front of the building.You hesitate as he opens the back doors. He turns to you and you stare back at him.“Please get in.” he asks.You shake your head.“Please!” he’s more urgent now. “They need me in there! Stay here with Zelo.”“Zelo?” your eyes widen.“Hey!” Zelo’s head pops out from around the front seat. “Hyuna!” he smiles.“Please get in.” the masked figure asks again.He takes your hand and helps you into the van and then shuts the door behind you.“Zelo what are you doing back here?” you ask as you crawl up and sit behind his seat.“We’re here for you!” he says excitedly.“Me?”“Well, and BYG too.” He shrugs.“Who was that?” you ask, pointing your thumb over your shoulder to indicate the masked guy.“That was DaeHyun! He came and found us earlier. He said you and Guk were in real big trouble and that we needed to come here quick! YoungJae’s smart and came up with a plan on how to get you guys out! He’s in there now. HimChan’s leading them. Hm…I hope it all works out…” he looks off into space, as if thinking about something.“Shouldn’t we go in and help them out?” you ask.“Nah, they never let me do anything fun! They’ll be here soon! Don’t worry!”He smiles and sits back in his seat, putting his arms comfortably behind his head.You wait for awhile in quiet, twirling your fingers around. Your stomach feels upset with nerves. You feel shaky.Then you hear commotion outside. The sound of yelling and a lot of feet. Then the back door opens quickly. A masked figure enters and you scoot closer behind Zelo to give them more room. They turn around as two other masked guys hand them something. Something big. Bang Yong Guk. He’s quiet. Silent. His eyes are closed. His face covered in blood. But he’s breathing. You can see that as his chest rises and falls. They hand him in and drag him to the center of the van. The two figures enter as another gets into the driver’s seat. The doors slam shut and the van pulls away from the curb.The four in the back hold onto Guk’s arms and legs to keep him from sliding around as the van speeds down the road.“How’d it go, HimChan?” Zelo asks as he bounces around the front seat.“Could have gone better.” The driver mumbles as he pulls off his face mask. “YoungJae’s plans never work perfectly.”“That’s because you always mess them up!” a figure in the back retorts as he pulls off his mask as well. “You plan the next mission and we’ll see how well THAT works out.”Soon all of the boys take of their hoods and masks. All except DaeHyun. You can tell it’s him by his eyes. He looks towards you. You must look terrible…crouched in the corner of a bouncing van with wide eyes.“Why… why don’t you take off your mask?” you stumble quietly as you point to his face before the van hits a bump and you’re all shot to the roof and back.“HimChan, your driving sucks!” Another guy complains as he rubs his rear.“JongUp, you don’t even have your license!” HimChan yells back.You turn back to DaeHyun. His soft eyes are still on you.“I think it makes me look more…distinguished… don’t you think?” he says softly through his mask.“You look better with it on if that’s what you mean.” YoungJae says with a serious expression.Zelo giggles from the front seat and turns around.

“He thinks it makes him look cool!” he smiles.“I do look cool.” DaeHyun blinks at Zelo.You can’t help but to smile at the clowns.Guk lets out a moan and you quickly turn back to him. You crawl towards his head and cradle it in your lap to stop it from being tossed around the van. The others seem to have given up on keeping his body still during the trip. They talk amongst themselves as you put your fingers through BYG’s messy hair. Dried blood is scattered throughout his usually soft hair.You observe his face. An eye seems as if it would be swollen shut. Blood splatters are all around his face. Cuts and bruises cover his neck. You lightly touch his cheek, where a nice sized black and blue bruise seems to be getting bigger. You can’t help but to feel guilty.Then Guk’s eyes start to move around behind his closed lids. He turns his head in your lap and another moan comes out. His eyes flicker open and you quickly brush his hair again. How can you make him more comfortable? His eyes are wide as they search around the van.“Hey, he’s coming around!” JongUp smiles.“Good!” HimChan says angrily from the front seat. “Because I have a few choice words I could say to the man right now!”“Yah, have some respect!” Zelo pouts.“Guk?” you ask quietly as you move your hands to his face.His eyes look up into yours and he brings his hand to cover one of yours.“Hyuna.” He breathes.His eyes close as he turns his face in your hands. You feel his lips lightly touch your palm and then he keeps his cheek on it as if he’s about to fall asleep. You frown down at him and gently brush the back of your fingers along his cheek.You were right. BYG passes out again in your lap. Not long afterwards, the van comes to a stop and the boys begin to pile out. You look around in confusion but don’t move. You keep your hands on Guk’s shoulders.“Come on.” YoungJae says as he turns around to look at you from outside the back of the van. “Yah, HimChan, come with this.” He calls over his shoulder.You hear a groan and mumble before HimChan comes to YoungJae. Each grabs one of BYG’s feet and pulls him out, not particularly gently which causes you aggravation.“Yah, be careful!” you say in hushed tone as you scoot to follow.“Eh, he doesn’t feel anything at this point.” YoungJae says as he stands back to look at him.HimChan and YoungJae each take an arm as JongUp and DaeHyun each take a leg. Together, the team carries Guk out of the van and into the street.You get out and follow them across the street. The world seems quiet and open. Such a different from the cramped, cold, and loud rooms you were held in for… you don’t even know how long. You’re still in the city, but perhaps on the other side.Zelo gets the door to an apartment complex and the boys carry Guk inside. You follow them to the elevator. You all cram inside and they drop Guk on the floor as they ride up. You raise your eyebrows at them. BYG looks like a crash dummy just lying on the ground like that. It makes you feel angry at them even though they just saved both of your lives. You decide to keep your mouth shut.They stop at the third floor and carry Guk out again. They take him down to the fifth room and go inside. The apartment isn’t great but it’s not terrible. There’s a small kitchen area, a meeting area, and then two halls. One left and one right. They lay Guk in the middle of the meeting area and then disperse. Some go down the right hall while others go for the kitchen.You go to Guk. You bend down and put his arms more comfortably across his chest and turn his head to the side. You stand up to find DaeHyun by your side, his mask still on.He’s looking down at your handiwork with Guk and then looks up to catch your gaze at him.

“Oh.” He mumbles and steps away a bit. “Down that hall is our room and the bathroom.” He says pointing to the right hall that some of the boys went to. “And down that way is another bedroom where you can stay… and a closet. But we only have one bathroom.”He looks back at you with kind and somehow curious eyes.“I have to stay here?” you whisper.He nods. “Yes. YoungJae says it’s safest for you to stay with us since GDragon and BigBang will be watching your home for you to return.”“What about my family?”“We’ve already arranged your sister to stay with your school friend.”“School friend?”“Yes, uh… DL.”“DL?”He stares back at you blankly. He blinks.“Do you mean… CL?” you ask with a slight smile.

“Okay.” He shrugs and walks down the right hall toward their bedroom and the bathroom.You laugh quietly to yourself and follow. He goes down the hall and into the room on the left. Laughter and loud talking comes from that room as soon as he opens the door. Their room. You stop outside the door on the right and knock lightly.The door whips open faster than expected. HimChan looks at you with wide eyes. He has nothing but a towel on around his lower half. Your eyes open but you keep them on his eyes. You tell yourself not to look around.“Gah.” HimChan gasps as he steps back. “It’s a girl!” he mumbles.“I uh… I need a cloth…” you say absently.He turns and tosses out a hand towel.

“Well, could you actually wet it?” you ask as you hand it back.He raises his eye brows but takes it and runs it under the faucet. Then he hands it back to you.“Thanks.” You mumble as you turn.The door shuts quickly.An arm wraps around your shoulder and you turn to see Zelo walking with you.“HimChan’s not used to having girls around.” He smirks.He separates from you as you go towards the meeting room and he goes for the kitchen.You crouch beside Guk and wipe at his face with the cloth. You gently rub away the blood and dirt. He moans and twists his head.You sigh as you move to his hands and carefully wipe around his cuts. You open his fingers and carefully move the cloth through them when they suddenly close around your hand. Not hard, but they squeeze with some pressure. You turn around to see him looking at you. His eyes are soft and tired. He doesn’t even move his head; he just stares down at you.You crawl up to his face. You sit behind him and put his head in your lap again. He sighs and closes his eyes again.“You’re okay.” He says softly.“I’m happier that you’re okay.” You reply as you put the cloth on his forehead.His hand reaches up and he rests it on top of yours. Then he brings it down to his lips and he kisses your palm. He then brings it to his face and holds it against his cheek.“I love you.” He says quietly.You nod and smile.“I love you too.” You answer.