Savage || Lee Haechan

Chapter 36 | "calm down"

At the sound of Sungchan shouting her name, she began to turn but she was instantly knocked to the ground, feeling a sharp pain in her side as her body thumped onto the mat.

She groaned as she sat up, seeing Jaemin lying next to her with an apologetic but relieved expression. Just as she was about to yell at him, a knife thumped to the ground next to them, followed by a knife cover thrown by Jeno to offset the course of the weapon.

There was silence in the room as they all watched the scene play out. Haechan throwing the knife. Minji unaware. Jeno deflecting it. Jaemin tackling her to safety.

Sungchan, Taeyong, Jaehyun, and Shotaro all quickly hopped over the ring around the mat, running over and crowding around her.

"Minji, are you okay?" Sungchan asked, helping her fully sit up.

"Yeah I'm alright, thanks Jaemin." She replied, "and Jeno too."

"No problem." The boy next to her said with a nod. "Sorry about tackling you, it was the first thing I could think of."

"Don't worry about it, you might've just saved my life." She laughed, taking Jaehyun's hand as he pulled her to her feet.

"Let's go and get your cuts taken care of. We can deal with the memory stuff later." Shotaro said, gently putting an arm around her and pulling her out of the room with him.

She nodded at the Japanese boy, allowing him to guide her out as Jaehyun and Taeyong followed closely behind, the gang filing out slowly after.

On the other side of the mat, Haechan was completely frozen, the weight of what almost just happened putting him into total shock. His hands were trembling as panic filled his eyes.

"Haechan, you alright?" Sungchan asked as he walked over with Jeno and Jaemin. "Haechan?"

"I almost killed her." He whispered out.

"What?"

"I almost killed her!" He yelled, dropping to his knees as tears formed in his eyes. "What's wrong with me?"

Jeno, Jaemin, and Sungchan shared a shocked look with one another as they watched Haechan break down in front of them.

"Hey, woah Haechan. You need to calm down, everything is alright." Jeno said quickly, bending down next to the boy. "She's fine, okay? It's fine."

"I could've killed her!" He yelled, his voice filled with hysteria. "She- I- I lost control and I could've... I almost..."

Sungchan just let out a sigh, rolling his eyes and yanking Haechan to his feet.

"Haechan! Calm the fuck down!" He yelled at the older boy, shaking his shoulders. "Yeah you fucking lost control, but now you need to get it back. Enough of this bullshit, it's only hurting you and Minji, so shut the fuck up, stop crying, and get ahold of yourself!"

Sungchan released the boy, seeing him snap out of his daze. He wiped his tears and stopped shaking, taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down.

"What do I do? I yelled out that I loved her in front of everyone on that day we found her, but she didn't even care, she doesn't even remember me." He sighed sadly.