Stephanie Hwang

Tonight he came to my house worried that I was gone, taken away from him.

It made me upset seeing him like this, to be put into a situation where you're starting to hallucinate things. Getting worried about something that didn't even happen.

But when he pulled away from me 15 minutes ago to go into the bathroom, I didn't hear anything else after that.

I pulled the covers off me, treading carefully to my bathroom.

I pressed my curious ears against the door, heading nothing but the runs of a shower.

I turned the knob slowly and peered inside, my eyes softening at the sight of his back turned against me. Pressed up against that glass shower door, fully clothed as he was on the floor letting the water run down himself.

I opened the shower door and turned the water off.

"Tae, you're not okay." I said softly, kneeling beside him. I brushed his wet hair back, looking at those red eyes.

He shook his head, gritting his teeth. "I thought I really lost you tonight. I woke up and you weren't there but I was so sure that you held me in your fucking arms." He chuckled bitterly but lightly touched my hand with his fingers.

"I love you, you know?" He mumbled.

Of course I know Tae, I always know.

"Do you?" He tells me everyday that he loves me, but never directly asked me if I did love him back.

But today was the day.

He knew what my answer was, but I guess he wants to hear it from me.

Like any other day I didn't respond to his question.

It wasn't helping that he was staring at me with glossy eyes, following my movements here and there.

There's no doubt in my mind that he's special to me.

I just want to be sure about myself with him, it's like I want confirmation.

"Fany?" He asked. He sounded so small, so vulnerable.

He ran his fingers through his hair and sighed. "Can we take a mini break?"

"Oh?" I replied, a little surprised.

"It's because feel like I need to be around you 24/7."

Or maybe you don't want to be around me anymore because it won't hurt as much when we both part ways and never see each other again.

"I keep asking if you can return those feelings for me but it's getting to the point where I expect something to change the next day."

"Do you want us to stop?" I ask timidly, feeling myself break a bit.

"I guess. For now? Just a little space between us?"

I've never thought of the day he'd say that.

I nodded and got up. He sighed, still leaning against the shower frame.

Then began our three week hiatus.

We talked here and there, went out once a week. Its not like before though, where we were in each others faces 24/7.

It was kind of alright for me actually. I didn't mind, but I couldn't deny that I did miss him.

I guess it was a good change, but it was weird.

"Sooyoungie." I whined, rolling all over her bed, taking all her stuffed animals with me.

"Miyoungie, you're annoying."

"I brought chips."

"Gimmie." I handed her the can and she plopped herself right beside me, opening it as she inhaled them.

"How's you and Taeng? Did you guys fight again because you're spending was too much time with me."

I played with his interesting cushion, forming sentences in my head. "Um. We're on a break."

"You're what now?" She asked with a mouthful of chips.

"We're on a break." I repeated.

"What the hell. Whatever happened to Taeny." She grumbled.

"You did not just make a ship name for us."

"Oh, but I did."

"Your ship is floating. For now." I assured her.

"I want it to sail woman."

"Maybe. But I couldn't tell him I love him back and he didn't really take it lightly. So he asked for us to be apart for awhile."

"Ouch."

I glanced at her as she looked at me with soft eyes. I leaned on her shoulder wanting her to protect me too.

"If I tell you something you have to promise you can't tell anyone."

"I don't talk to anyone." She said seriously which was a lie. She talks to literally anything, and anyone. As long as it moves or is edible she'll talk to it.

"You talk to your food all the time."

"Shh, Fany. You know too much."

"I walk in your kitchen and all I see is you telling your blueberry pie how beautiful it is."

"Shut up and tell me Miyoungie."

I sighed and ran my finger through my hair. "Um. He wants to marry me."

I heard the can of chips clink on the floor and roll away. I glanced at her just to see a frozen face and the widest mouth opened.

"Oh my god. What did you say?!"

"I-I didn't really say anything. He said in 3 months he's going to try and make me love him or something, and by the end of 3 months it's either I marry him or we never see each other again."

"What the fuck? Is this guy serious? That is so messed up on every level Fany. Dump him." She said, grabbing my arm and looking at me.

"I-I don't know. I wasn't ready though that's what I do know for sure." I timidly said, lowering my head.

"Then why stay with him? What's so special about him that makes you not leave him?" She said, throwing her hands up before getting up to get a drink of water.

I didn't know how to answer her. She was right about a lot of things, and this time it was the same.

"He makes me happy."

She scoffed. "Really? But do you love him?"

I shrugged.

"Oh Fany." She sighed, side hugging me as I relaxed.

"If I were you, I'd dump him, only because he's forcing you into something you're not ready for. You do realize, marriage means literally forever right? Unless you divorce him like right after which is a waste of time."

"I know, I know."

"Just be careful okay? I don't want to see you in the state you were in before."

"Yes boss."

I smiled and hugged Sooyoung while she patted my head like a puppy. She told me I owed her another meal and I complied.

No arguments because it's hard to find someone to listen to your rants.

Taengo: wanna watch Beauty and The Beast?

Piggy: really?! tae, oh my god.

Taengo: lol. jk. let's watch Fast and The Furious. :)

Piggy: you're fucking lame... _

I held the bag of treats in my hand tenderly, happily almost skipping my way to my car.

I couldn't wait to see him, it's been so long. I wanted to surprise him.

My hand pulled at the car door and I couldn't get it to open. I kicked it lightly out of frustration that this ghetto thing can't even open.

"Ugh." I groaned, rummaging through my purse for the key.

If the shuffling of shoes echoing in the parking lot wasn't a dead giveaway, then I don't know what was.

Suddenly I felt myself get snapped to spin around before being pressed up against a body.

I struggled against it as a cloth over my mouth muffled my screams, my kicks and hits started to get weaker and weaker.

There were 4 of them, dresses in regular clothing yet had masks on. They pushed my hands back and my legs together, keeping me still to tie me.

Almost like instantly I passed out, seeing a blurry figure in the distant as I dropped the bag of candy on the floor, my heels dragging against the floor before I slumped in the persons arms.

I felt so light, so numb and so drowsy.

But when the side of my body felt like it got thrown on some board I drowsily was stunned.

I heard the click of something and when the sound of tires screeching echoed, I was locked. In a trunk. With my hands tied behind my back and my mouth gagged.

I tried to turn my head but with so little space I struggled to even move. I used my legs to kick the top of the car trunk, hoping I could at least break the hinge or the lock but I remember I'm no superhero.

I kept screaming for help, power kicking the trunk expecting a miracle to happen.

It got to the point where I had exhausted myself. I laid there sobbing quietly thinking about how I'll die like this.

I woke up to constant shouting. My eyes had trouble adjusting the blurry images.

Tae. Taeyeon? I asked myself, seeing a group of people crowd him.

He was tied to the chair, yelling at the man sneering in his face.

I looked down to my lap and noticed I was in the same position. I wiggled my hands only to be smacked on the leg by some fat man who had Cheeto dust on the corner of his mouth, and some on his beard.

My ears registered voices and I started to tear up. I heard Taeyeon first.

"Eunhyuk we had a Fucking deal."

"You broke our deal, this is your punishment."

"This is why your fucking fathered beat your scrawny ass till your jaw Fucking broke. Look at you, you sound like a broken door hinge no one wants to fix. Adopted mother fucker." Tae spat out, rocking in his chair.

"You're really testing the waters Kim." Eunhyuk said with a sing song voice.

"Let me out of this chair and I'll beat the living shit of you, maybe break your nose so you'll breathe loudly like a broken vent." Tae growled.

Eunhyuk looked offended, opting to smack Tae's head with a metal rod.

"You said you'd leave her alone if I did what you said!" Tae hollered, trying to get up from his chair. He made a racket, kicking things, scraping the chair along the concrete. He pulled at his rope bound hands, grunting.

"I told you to scare Minho and his goons to give up the North Point marketplace. Do you see me running that area right now?! No? I am not Taeyeon! I am not fucking running that area!" He slapped him in the face, but Tae just took it like an iron door, showing nothing but grit and anger.

"You told me you didn't want that fucking place! I did what you told me to do, nothing more nothing less!"

Eunhyuk turns towards me and point at me, putting a leg between Tae's leg. "I told you. She'll die if the jobs not done. Was the job done? Nope, so she dies." He says with a disgusting chuckle. He starts jogging in his spot and I'm pretty sure the guys a psycho.

Tae had a killer like stare in his eyes, I looked away a bit intimidated by that. "If she dies you will never get to be chairman! I am the only ne with connections throughout the city! I am the one who does your fucking dirty work for you! Without me no one would take you seriously you fucking rat!" The big tall guy who I assumed was Eunhyuk had some crazy eyes. They had an intense staring match for a quick second before he put on some brass knuckles and punched Tae's jaw.

It sounded like he even broke it and I screamed. Tae's head lolled to the side and he spat out blood, some of it was dripping at the corner of his mouth.

They pulled him off the chair and Tae landed with a thud. I wiggled in my seat, tears streaming down my cheeks as I screamed into the cloth that was wrapped around my face. I shook my head as they had iron bars, to baseball bats in their hands ready to beat Tae.

I pleaded into that cloth but it was no use.

I'm muffled, I'm silent and I'm useless.

Please don't hurt him, don't kill him.

"It's your fucking turn now bitch." Eunhyuk said as he snapped his head towards me, he quickly untied the ropes on my hand and pulled me off the chair.

I stumbled onto the ground and with his leg he pressed me against the dirt floor.

"Don't fucking touch her!" Tae said. He got up and pushed everyone away. I cowered in fear as I looked up at that freaky man.

Tae's body hovered above my vision and covered that man. "Fany, Fany-ah. Fany please." He said, holding my face tenderly.

I heard the sound of a loud thump echo through his body and I wiggles my head away from his neck, looking up to see a crowd of people around Tae hitting him on the back with every weapon possible.

From the corner of my eye I saw that man Eunhyuk smile likes he's proud of himself for doing this.

I realized why Tae wanted to be out of this so bad, it was degrading, disgusting and hard on the heart.

I felt Tae's body weight on mine, he shielded me away from those blunt hits. I felt so small against him as his own large body covered mine.

I wasn't exposed to the pain, but he was.

"Please! Don't hit him! Stop!" I wailed, grabbing a fistful of Tae's shirt.

He took every hit for me, flinching at them as he held me closer, hands covering my head protecting me like a prized possession.

He grunted and breathed out but I just laid there underneath him in tears.

My hands that were trapped by my side crept to slowly against the plane of his front and onto his back.

It trailed up quickly to the back of his neck, up to his soft bed of hair as I ran my hands across it. I held onto his head, cupping it gently to shield it from all the bad in the world.

To hold it and protect it from getting hit by iron bars, wooden planks, blows from iron fists.

My shaky hands wanted to help him in any way I can even though its such a minuscule thing compared to him acting like a human shield for me.

But it was short lived as he darted his own hands up and pried mine away from his head. I shook my head, sobbing silently not wanting him to do that because I wanted to protect him too.

He pushed my hands away from him and tucked them to the side. His hands returned to cupping my own head.

"Taetae, let me help you." I said through my sobs.

"You're coming out of this alive, and perfectly fine. I refuse to let you even have a mere scratch on you." He said sternly, but paused every few moments from the impacts.

I felt his thumb caress my cheek every now and then. Despite me crying, despite me pleading for them to stop, despite the amount of beatings he's getting.

He's so selfless.

I turned my head and kissed his cheek, slowly sliding my hand to turn his head towards me.

We met gazes and I tuned everything out. Those men that were ruthlessly beating Tae were blurred, I heard nothing but my own heart throbbing.

My eyes bore into his as I saw nothing but a genuine smile.

How could he be smiling through this? How can he be so strong for me, showing me that it was okay because that's how I felt when I looked at him.

"I-I'm sorry I got you into this." He whispers into my ear, laying a quick kiss there too.

I cut our gazes short and leaned into his neck, crying and how he does this all for me. At the same time I was praying for the beating to stop, for it to end so we can just go home.

But it seemed endless. When he grunted I could hear it through his chest, my face was pressed up against it, holding onto him, feeling his skin meet mine. He propped himself up with his arms and it looked like it could give away any moment and his entire body weight would collapse on me; but it never did.

I prayed and prayed. I was willing to give up anything to make it stop.

The one I adore was getting ruthlessly beaten and I had no power to stop it.

But after some time it stopped. I don't know when but they did. My hand immediately went up to caress his head, pushing back his hair to reveal his handsome tired face.

"Taetae." I called, noticing how he was fighting the urge to collapse.

They grabbed us both and shoved us around towards a little enclosed room. Tae groaned as he had trouble getting up. I held up and tried to prop him up because I don't want cause anymore trouble. They threw us into a shed, locking it shut with chains.

I heard their footsteps crunch against the leaves and rocks.

"Taetae." I softly said, crawling over the slumped over man who had trouble getting his head up.

"Taetae? Are you okay?" I said in a hushed whisper. My hands trembled, touching his hot skin.

He huffed, sliding himself up to lean against the rusty metal wall.

I crawled my way into his lap, wrapping my arms around his neck.

My fingertips cautiously grazed his jaw. His mouth was so bloody, like it came out of a horror movie.

"Your jaw." I pushed out those words.

"Not broken." He replied.

He touched my face, causing me to look up to him. He pulled me back a bit while scanning me from top to bottom.

"Baby," He groggily says, hand rubbing my cheek. "They touched you, god they laid a hand on you." He breathed it while pressing his forehead with mine.

I had already begun sobbing, shaking my head.

"They didn't touch me Tae."

"But they marked you baby, your cheek." He said with a hushed whisper. I felt his lips on my lips, kissing me so lightly before it trailed up and touched upper cheek.

He kissed it a few times, mumbling something.

"I'm going to kill him." He growled, rubbing his knuckles on the gravel.

I popped open the buttons of his shirt and pulled it away, hating how he was so marked up.

Black and purple areas were scattered all over his front, red slash marks were seeping blood.

If his front was so bad, i couldn't imagine his back.

"This is so scary, I hate this." I muttered.

I leaned on his shoulder and closed my eyes. I felt his cold hand creep into mine, intertwining then close making me feel all sorts of things.

"Thank you, for doing that." I said achingly. He nodded and gripped my hand tighter.

My eyes didn't stop glancing to his battered front, the body I was so used to seeing so sculpted bare and free of marks was so bad.

I didn't want to look at his back. It made me feel so guilty on the inside.

I heard the jingles of the chain rattle hours later and I sat up, patting Tae in the shoulder.

They threw us a boxed dinner and I eagerly grabbed it. Opening the styrofoam lid to see rice and side dishes.

They closed the door and that's when I realized we only got one.

"Taetae, eat." I said, picking up the plastic spoon. He avoided it and shook his head.

"You eat, you need it." He said, gesturing with his shaky hand.

"No I don't, please don't argue with me for this?"

"I'm not hungry." He said sternly.

I frowned and placed the boxed dinner on the ground beside him and left the spoon there. I stood up and sat away from him, leaning against the wall. What made me yelp was how the 'wall' shifted behind me. I turned around and saw how the metal sheet was detached from the wall.

I pulled at it and there was a good sized hole, enough to see through it and maybe crawl in it.

But Tae couldn't crawl through it, he was too big. I was just the right size.

I was nervous, really because if I did something wrong the entire gang would trek in and wreck havoc.

I don't want to hurt my Tae anymore.

"Tae? How will we escape?" I asked putting the metal sheet back to cover the hole.

"I don't know." He replied with his eyes still closed.

"Will we die here?"

"You won't."

"Then how do we get out?"

"I don't. You will." He says while holding onto his stomach. He winced as he gently brushed his arm across it.

I want to leave with you, I want to live with you. Taeyeon-ah.

"Why not together?"

"I can only guarantee you getting out of here. As for me, I don't know if I'll make it." He says softly.

I was about to say more but he looked at me tenderly and I paused for a moment.

I shouldn't ask more questions shouldn't I?

He patted his pants and then his jacket. He angrily cursed and I wondered what he was looking for.

"Phone." He said.

I sat beside him, my mind on the open hole in our prison and half of my mind on Tae's dinner.

"Fany-ah, come eat." I shook my head and glanced back at him.

He looked at me with apologetic eyes and glanced at the food.

"You're mad at me aren't you?" I nodded timidly, feeling like a mess when I was under his gaze.

I suddenly straddled his hips and he was startled but nonetheless put his hands around my waist.

"Taetae." I cooed, kissing him on his cheek. He breathed out and sighed.

"Dinner." I said, smiling as I held it in my hand and gestured the spoon to his lips.

"I said I wasn't hungry."

"Stop being a hardass and eat Tae. You didn't get mangled up for nothing. I'm even offering to feed you." I said about to show the spoon in his mouth.

He opened his mouth to protest again and I did just that.

He glared at me with the plastic spoon in his mouth clearly unimpressed.

I pulled it out and continued feeding the big bear, silently aching at his state.

He soon fell asleep after eating when I patted his head to sleep, snoring lightly.

I fixed the makeshift bed I created for him and draped his jacket over him, not forgetting to check up on his bruises and wounds.

I double checked if he was asleep and he was. I crawled to the hole and pushed away the metal sheet.

I saw a table flush against the side of our shed and I peered my head through the hole.

I glanced around the area and saw group of 'guards' most of them were sitting around eating a cup of ramen. They kept yawning and somehow all of the managed to synchronize they itches because they all scratched the back of their head at the same time.

My eyes caught the screen that was illuminated blue and the words rung in my head; phone.

My heart beat fast as I kept staring at it like it was my key to being alive.

I need to get it I told myself, for me. For us, me and Tae.

I heard the loud clang of a door and I quickly darted back into the shed, fumbling with the metal sheet to cover the hole.

"Are they still in there?"

"Yeah boss, Taeyeon's out cold. The girls scared as fuck."

"Get the van ready, we'll drop them in the harbor at 12. Call Big Smile Lee, tell him I need the favor he owes me." I heard the clicking of the jaw and I knew that man was Eunhyuk.

They're going to kill us, they were going to kill us no matter what.

I crawled back to Tae and shook him awake. He opened his eyes and held my hand.

I pointed out to the door and he sat up, we both listened in.

"Throw Taeyeon in the warehouse, we still need him. Jonghyun managed to get Uncle Lee Soo's niece on his side. We're fucked if the voting doesn't swing our way."

"What about the girl?"

"We'll use her as a bribe to get Minho to turn against Jonghyun. She's a pretty girl, I'm sure he'll have a bit of fun with her."

I'm going to be freaking offered as an escort to some stupid gang leader.

I turned my head to Tae and his jaw clenched, his fingernails dug at the gravel and I've never seen him so pissed before.

Just like that I heard the door slam shut again. I pulled myself off Tae and went to the hole, moving the sheet once again and glancing behind me to see if Tae was watching.

"What are you doing? Get back here Fany."

I peeped my head outside and checked if the coast was clear. There was only one guard watching us but he was watching some football game on the poorly lit television, drinking a can of beer.

He could see me from the corner of his eye if I wasn't careful so I grabbed a broken metal wrench in the shed and held it in my palm.

With all my night I went through the hole, ignoring the protests of Tae as I chucked the wrench as far as I could in the far corner.

It made this loud rattling sound which started the guard. He cautiously placed his can of beer on the ground and stood up, looking left and right before moving to the source of the sound.

"Fany-ah, what the fuck are you doing." Tae said sternly and I heard him try to get up and pull me back inside the shed.

When the guard turned his back and the steps of Tae getting closer to me I crawled out of the hole as fast as I could and lunged for the table, grabbing the phone and stumbling back.

Tae had the look of kill on his face. Thank god that hole wasn't big enough for him to fit or I was sure he'd stomp out of there and angrily drag me back there.

I kept walking into things, clumsily grabbing onto anything I could to stabilize myself. I made a racket, and I was so sure I'd be caught.

I checked the door of the shed, wondering if I could open the door from the outside but it was chained shut with a lock pad. I judged and squeezed myself back through the hole as Tae wrapped his arms around me tightly. His breath was harsh and he held me so hard.

"Fuck!" I heard the guard shout and I was startled in Tae's hold.

He quickly brought us back to the corner and laid down. I wrapped myself around Tae and told myself to pretend to sleep.

To breathe normally, to act normally, to behave like I didn't do anything out of the ordinary at all.

The rickety door opened and I felt the heavy footsteps come closer to us.

The guard scoffed and the door soon then closed once again. I let out the breath I held and glanced up to Tae.

We sat up but he still held me close, rubbing my arms up and down.

"Taetae, I-I needed to get the phone."

"Why would you do that? I promised you that you'd walk out of here alive. You pulling that stunt right now dwindles down that chance Fany-ah." He grumbled near my ear, kissing the side of my head.

He wasn't angry at me at least, just worried.

I pulled away from him and showed him the phone. His face lit up and he glanced up to me.

"I wanted to get us both out of here Taetae. I still want to go to Disneyland with you. But I can't if you're not there with me." I softly said, handing him the mobile device as he palmed it in his hand.

"You'd risk your life like that for me Fany?" I nodded. I wasn't really risking my life but whatever.

He abruptly held me close again, breathing near my neck while kissing me there.

I smiled to myself. In the three weeks we've been apart I've missed this about him.

He dialed a string of numbers and I sat in between his legs listening.

"Can you track the signal to here? I feel like I'm in the middle of nowhere. This signal is ass."

"I need to move her somewhere safe before I kill him. Yes, I will kill him."

"I don't give a shit tell me the reasons not to later. You need to get us out now."

He hung up and gave back the phone to me.

"Throw this as far away as you can." I held it in my hand again and crawled out of the hole. I checked if the coast was clear before chucking it over the fence.

"You look like a fucking mole. I love it, you're fucking cute babygirl."

"Tae, we're stuck in a stupid smelly shed and about to die in an hour or so and you're still trying to compliment me?"

"Take my compliment piggy, I've missed you."

"That's your fault for asking us to go on a break." I teased.

His eyes went to a menacing glare in a split second. "You and I both needed that break. I was suffocating you."

"It wasn't that bad."

"I don't care, I still was suffocating you and you needed to be away from me." He said, shifting uncomfortably.

"Look where we are now, if you were with me back at home I wouldn't have gotten freaking kidnapped." I jabbed back.

"You still would've gotten kidnapped anyway!"

"And whose fault is that!" I yelled, showing him by the shoulder. He opened his mouth but snapped it. closed and stayed quiet. Not saying a peep.

"You weren't giving me a break. You were running away from the fact that I couldn't tell you if I loved you." I said with a softer tone, afraid I'll injure the guy further with my words.

"It's not hard to tell that you're trying to lessen the times we'll see each other so it'll be easier for you to let me go."

"Tae, I wasn't ready for you. For marriage, and love. It's not something that can happen instantly, it takes time Tae."

"Are you just afraid that you'll be lonely, Tae?" He stayed quiet.

He gritted his teeth and grinded it. His hand once again formed into a ball and I couldn't help but wonder did I really have this affect on him?

To make him angry with everything I say? To make him pity me to the point he feels obligated to protect me?

He looked away and his eyes softened and I felt so bad immediately.

At that moment I knew that whatever we had just said to each other wasn't right. It wasn't right in the sense that it made us both feel some burden towards each other, like pity.

We stayed quiet. Not knowing what to say, not knowing when to say. But it broke as I heard the distant sounds of shouts, gun shots, tires screeching and the faint sounds of crashing.

Doors slammed open, people arguing shouting and screaming at each other was all I heard.

My eyes were still set on him despite all of that.

Suddenly at the intrusion of my peaceful thinking, the shed door swung open. A tall man with hair just above his shoulder came in with smiles.

I've never seen him before but he wasn't some of the bad guys I knew for sure.

"Your neighbourhood is here, otherwise known as Heechul. I brought along an idiot too." The guy said smugly.

Some other man pushed the 'Hyung' away and put his hands on his hips. We was quite comical, really. "The life of the party has just arrived kiddies, Kris Wu is back in town baby." He said with such confidence that I felt like he was another Tae.

Tae grunted and they both helped him up.

"You must be the famous Fany. The great tamer of Kim Taeyeon. Hello." Kris said before bowing and kissing my hand.

"Hi." I replied, still a little confused.

"Don't mind that idiot, he's a little crazy when he eats a packet of Pocky." Heechul grumbled, giving me a handshake.

"Heechul, or you can call me your cool Oppa." He said pointing to himself.

"This guys too old to be an Oppa. More like a damn grandpa if you ask me." Kris said with a click of his tongue as he effortlessly kicked one of Eunhyuks goons on the ground out of pure fun.

Heechul punched Kris in the gut and he doubled over, holding onto the side of the table for assistance.

"Sorry to keep you waiting for so long. Let's get you out of here, shall we? Ms. Kim Taeyeon Tamer." I chuckled a bit, relived that the tension in the air was loosening up slightly.

But my mind still couldn't wonder away from Tae.

I felt like I kind of hurt him with the words I said, yet I stand by what I said to him 100%.

"Take her somewhere safe. I have some business to do." Tae grumbled as he walked away.

My heart ached as I watched the guy disappear without sparing a glance at me.

His back was slouched, he had a limp in his walk and worst of all he left in silence.

"I can't persuade my way out of going home with you can I?"

"Nope." They both said in unison.

"Can you please make sure he gets back to me? Alive?" I said, looking at them both desperately.

They looked at each their and I started panicking. It was like they secretly told each other it wasn't going to be possible.

"Please? Please, please. That's all I ask for? I promise I won't try to run away or cause trouble."

The sighed and nodded. "Okay."

"Please take care of my Tae, his back is badly injured." I whispered.

They began ushering me out of that secluded area. I walked over men that were on the ground groaning as they were pretty messed up.

I saw Eunhyuk as he sat in the corner tied to a pole. He eyed me and scoffed, spitting out a mouthful of blood and saliva.

I stepped out the door and glanced up to the poor excuse of a roof, watching that familiar figure with his hands in his pocket nod at me.

"Taeyeon-ah." I said, knowing that he can't hear me. He stepped away from the edge and disappeared again.

Say something, I'm giving up on you Tae.

That awful feeling in my gut started to churn. It was like predicting something bad was going to happen between the two of us and I felt so insecure.

I couldn't figure out what it was, but it isn't good.