𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗁•𝗇𝖼𝗍 𝟤𝟦𝗍𝗁 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋

𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑠(3)

Joy made it to her dorm shortly after the phone call. Letting herself in with a spare key. She ignored all the boys who questioned her presence and went straight to Hwayoung's room where she found the girl crying.

She gathered Hwayoung in her arms and held her until she calmed down. The pair sat in silence for a while until Joy spoke up.

"How do you do it?" Joy asked

"How do I do what?" Hwayoung questioned.

"Pretend you're okay,"

"I'm not pretending."

"Yes you are, every single day. And it breaks my heart." Joy sighed. She brushed Hwayoung's messy hair back behind her ears. "They boys should know. You shouldn't go through this alone Yoonie, this is dangerous. Sungho is dangerous."

Hwayoung simply laughed. She knew that. "I would tell them Joy but they don't want anything to do with me right now for some unknown reason,"

"I don't care if you have to scream it at the top of your lungs. You need support in the place you're supposed to feel safe, I can't be here 24/7 and I want to-no scratch that need to know that you're being treated right and taken care of."

"Joy listen-"

"No Hwayoung, you listen to me. Instead of sitting there and taking the mistreatment, do something about it. You need to speak up for yourself."

"It's hard, I don't know how," Hwayoung wavered. Tears had begun building up in her eyes. She knew Joy was right but Hwayoung couldn't bring herself to do what Joy is telling her to do.

"We'll figure it out. I won't force or pressure you to say something but please, it's for your own good."

Hwayoung nodded and snuggled closer to Joy. They sat there for hours until Joy had to go. After she left, Hwayoung decided to do her nightly routine and head to bed. Doing that only took her 15 minutes.

On her way back to her room she ran into Yuta who held her steady when they knocked into each other.

"Are you alright?" he asked. Now Yuta wasn't one of the ones who wedge openly expressing their resentment to Hwayoung but she had received many glares from him here and there. She couldn't help but scoff.

"Oh now you care?"

Letting her go he brushed past her, shaking his head.

"The moment I do you act like that. Forget I ever said anything." He said before turning into his room and slamming the door.

Hwayoung stood there biting her tongue. Maybe I should've just gave him a simple answer. She thought. She made her way back into her room and collapsed on her bed. She had almost succumbed to the sleep that was pulling her in until she got a message on her phone.

Groaning she checked to see who it was. From an unknown number the message read:

Maybe you should listen to Joy. They deserve to know that the staying in the dorm 24/7 is for your protection but quite frankly it's not really protecting you when i can see exactly what you're doing.

Hwayoung sobbed. She quickly ran to her window to see if she could see anything but she didn't so she opted with shutting the curtains instead. That's when another message popped up.

Shutting the curtains won't do anything either Hwayoung. I can still see you.

She looked all around her room, not finding anything that would be suspicious. Tears fell out her eyes as she typed a response back.

Please leave me alone. I didn't do anything.

Not receiving a response back, she set her phone down and curled into the farthest corner of her bed. She definitely couldn't fall asleep now. She stared at her alarm clock that sat on her desk. Watching the time go by. As the clock struck midnight a loud sound of glass could be heard throughout her room.

Screaming, Hwayoung witnessed a rock with a rose attached too it fly through her window. Hwayoung don't move an inch. She sat there sobbing. Not noticing people rush into her room.

"What happened!" Taeyong exclaimed, taking in the scene. He saw broken glass and rock with a rose attached to it on the ground and then he saw Hwayoung on the verge of a panic attack huddled in the corner of her bed. Yes he was mad at her for the better treatment from the company but that wasn't important right now.

He as well as the others stood there in shock until he finally snapped out of it. He told Taeil and Johnny to clean up the glass as he went towards Hwayoung who tried to push herself further into the corner. Her uncontrollable sobs getting louder Taeyong didn't know what to do.

He tried reaching for Hwayoung only for her to shake her head and try to push back.

"Don't touch me!" Hwayoung screamed flinching away from Taeyong's desperate touch. Hwayoung's body shook in uncontrollable fear as her breath started to get faster.

"I'm not going to hurt you Yoonie," Taeyong said, finally reaching Hwayoung, taking her hand. "Listen to me. You're safe. You're okay. I'm here."

Hwayoung shook her head. "He's gonna hurt me! He was here! He saw me!" She shouted. Taeyong looked confused. He turned back to the members who were still in the room only to see them just as confused as he was.

"Who Yoonie?"

"He's back, he escaped. He's coming for me!"

"Hwayoung, who is it?" Mark spoke up from the back.

"Sungho-he he escaped." Hwayoung whispered then proceeded to burst into tears. "I tried telling you guys..I did but you wouldn't talk to me," She sobbed.

Taeyong let out a audible gasp. The reason she's been staying in the dorms was for her safety, not for the reason everyone thought.

"Hwayoung.." Taeyong whispered.

"I wanna be alone," she replied. Taking her hand from Taeyongs grasp.

"Yoonie please."

"Please leave me alone, like you've been doing for the past couple days." She muttered.

Hearing all the members walk out, he got up from his spot and left. Following the rest of the members into the living room. He felt the guilt consume them all. Their Hwayoung is in danger and she tried to tell them. But they all ignored her. They forgot about her. Every time they interacted with her, they did it with malicious intent.

Hwayoung wasn't okay. She wasn't doing well. She was being stalked all over again. She was being mentally taunted. She was suffering right under their noses and they didn't think to care.

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𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗍...𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾'𝗋𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽

𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌. 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖽𝖺 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽!!! 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖾𝗇𝗃𝗈𝗒.