𝐧𝐲𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚 ✓ | ˢᵉᵘˡʳᵉⁿᵉ

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"Please stop crying, unnie's here, we're all here." Shuhua kept comforting Yujin in her embrace but the little girl couldn't seem to stop her tears. Her body had been shaking since they boarded the van and no one knew why. They arrived at a mysterious place but not the dusty and full of spider webs kind of abandoned hut, more like a normal vacant small house.

The boys were nowhere to be found inside as Baekhyun lead them inside. They hold hands and hurdled together making sure no kid was left behind, doing exactly what Sunmi always said to them. He was starting to get annoyed by the nonstop crying sound. Without notice, Baekhyun swooped Yujin from Shuhua.

"Stop. Crying."

The girl began to tremble violently in his hands. Her mind was swerving and the memories from the past showed up again inside her tiny head. Everything felt so real, like she was experiencing it the second time. Blood oozing endlessly out of her father's body, the wicked and victorious face of the killer or Jongdae. It flashed again to another scene where the men kidnapped her and treated her as a toy, yes, Baekhyun was one of them.

Yujin's pupils rapidly shook and sweats soaked her whole body. Her windpipe was cut off short judging by the hyperventilating state she was in. Ryujin couldn't stand it anymore and inched forward. She got the chance and took it, a hard blow to his gut, or a defense mechanism for women from what she learned after dealing with boys back in school. He put Yujin down, kneeling weakly on his two knees.

Yiren rushed to her side and hugged her tightly. Her palms rubbing Yujin's back while whispering some calming words on her ears. Shuhua took over Ryujin's place and swung a kick to his stomach. There was no more innocent Shuhua, she clenched his collar when he was still on the ground.

"We'll stay in this room as you told us, but don't ever come to us like that again!"

Releasing her now red fist, Baekhyun slumped his back on the floor trying to control his breathing. Never in his life he imagined getting threatened by some children. From his view, he watched the door closed. There was this weird feeling that struck him the moment he laid on the hard ground. Ouch, it was the crushing sound of his pride.

Meanwhile, the kids sat inside the room, some occupied the bed and the others just let themselves fell flat on the floor. "Seulgi unnie will come for us, right?" Semi whose cuddling together with Yeojin squeezed her voice out. The older ones didn't really have the answer to that, they wanted to protect them from bad thoughts but at the same time, they were scared. They were all just newborn hatchlings who needed to be protected and guided in this cruel world.

Shuhua just forced a smile and assured them, they were going to proceed living a happy life with the boys and Seulgi. After a while, a beeping noise sort of surprised them. "Unnie." Yujin called lifting her hand, showing the smartwatch stuck on her wrist. How could they forget?

Seulgi gifted Seongmin and Yujin a watch on their birthday last year which has multiple functions, to tell time, call someone, and a GPS tracker just in case they got lost somewhere outside the school. No one predicted it would actually come in handy at this kind of time. Yujin accepted the call after a single swipe.

"Are you all okay?"

The familiar voice brought relieved smiles to the girls. It was Jeno on the line and luckily the boys were all safe and sound on another building under Chanyeol's surveillance. "We've tried calling Seulgi noona but she didn't answer," continued Hyunjin. It was a little bummer for them but they kept the talk going just to keep both sides companied.

As long as they have each other, everything would be just fine.