Horizon (traitor) //ateez ff

one

"We told you he is a problem! But you always kept your stubborn state!"

Jooyoung shouts while cracking her voice at the end of the sentence. She scolds the young man once again before fixing the tangled hair of Sannie at his favorite dog plushie while both shifting feet at a fast but careful pace.

Yeosang scans their surroundings with small grunts as he feels another tiring moment between thieves and another, but right now, he is not the one being chased, they are the hunters for the robbers, rather. Not until...

"I think the citizens recognize our faces!"

 Yeosang scoots over to the side of Wooyoung with a frown as he brought up the side of his hand near his lips and whispered-shouted at the other with frustration, to not attract much more attention to the audience. 

The citizens were having skeptical eyes and raising hands to cover whatever they are whispering to another being, must be talking about the drama the crew is making right now.

"Everyone! Yeosang concluded that he had noticed that citizens are wary of us! " 

Hearing such a loud call from Wooyoung, Yeosang automatically pushes his chin backward and stares back again at their surroundings with no thoughts, only shock.

And when he finally processed what his friend had just done, he couldn't help but throw a fit of colorful words and a slam at the back. "The lurking Navies will probably hold us captive by what you did!-"

"It's the nephew of Captain RaMon!"

"Capture them!"

With an undying or still 'oh' shaped mouth, it is now Wooyoung's turn to lurk his eyes around with no thought, but here, he felt only confusion.

And after many years of bonding together, The boy with the birthmark faced his palm, but still left a gap in between his fingers to not lead him stumbling with all the running they're still doing. He could tell what Wooyoung is thinking right now.

He is probably asking himself if he shouldn't have given the other crewmembers the information...

--

Am I not supposed to tell them we are gonna be chased because of these suspicious people?

Slowly, the cunning fox stared with a bitter smile and guilty eyes, giving a clear message to Yeosang that 'I messed up, the problem just blew bigger, hehe, am I getting spanked?'

Oh my god, he really is thinking about it.

"Let us part ways and split into groups," Hongjoong ordered as quietly as he can but audible for the crewmates to hear and started picking members to go through different pathways and alleys to turn to.

"Wooyoung, Yeosang, follow the apple and the rat."

"Changbin, Mingi, and Yunho, you could turn that way through the dresses."

"And Seonghwa, slow down your pace and ride my back, Jooyoung come with us. The location is approaching already."

Jooyoung nods right away before caressing Sannie's back, muttering out 'watch your step, but be quick, okay? ' 'okayyy'. Again, they are in a very dangerous situation. This will surely give Jooyoung another panic attack and a series of tremblings and black-out in the middle.

But this might be a little different because as have said before, a baby in mind, but not in the body, is in danger and might have the chance to get terminated because of getting linked with fugitives. And because of her dream to be a doctor, she finally thought that she should bring safety for no more injury or danger to happen.

Other than feeling bad for Sannie's past, there she is, treating him like a younger sibling, who is too innocent for the world, and too pure to be abused. Almost like that favorite young child of the parent-

"I will be fine, Joo-ie."

Sannie reassured the girl, which was indeed successful in giving her relief. With hearts still pounding up until her throat, she then scolded Hongjoong again.

"Next time Hongjoong, if you are planning to add more members, notify us first so that no misunderstandings will be brought up."

"She's right. Let us not be too impulsive, we also need to speak out our stands. " Seonghwa followed the remarks of the girl while having hot cheeks and pink-tinted skin, feeling embarrassed by the situation he kept giving to the members.

Hongjoong didn't reply any apology, agreement, or even disagree with the thoughts the two mutual members just spoke out. But rather...

"But isn't this exciting?"

Hongjoong blurts out with a very beautiful smile, a passionate one. He could feel such excitement even though everything looked messed up with the round two of chasing the apple and the rat, and another contestant, the infamous Puss in boots of Gimpo -- Lee Minho.

Jooyoung together with Sannie was confused with the situation.

Adding to the confusion they were hearing was a small scoff that turned into a giggle.

"I agree with Hongjoong this time." Seonghwa continues the conversation with a slight smirk at the end of his smile, glowing eyes by the almost sunset, there Seonghwa's aura glows. So does Hongjoong, and when the other understood what they meant, Sannie smiles also.

The turning orange-tinted sky beams its bright light by the end of the alleyway, like the end of a tunnel wherein light is there to give hope, that something will be alright from now on after approaching the exit of this dark, deep tunnel, like ending the stay inside that dark tunnel, but a clean slate will start once you embrace the light welcoming you to your new journey.

All at once, like a planned sequence, every member appeared from different spots, but all were led in one place, 

The line of ships.

When Jooyoung spent a quick sight of the crew, they all had smiles, they are all giddied by the moment. They have the same glow, like just one team, one group, one glow,

They are one.

"Isn't this supposed to be what pirates do?" Hongjoong spoke again.

"You either chase for something or be chased by someone?"