Taken || SKZ

[Chapter 29]

Hugs. Cheers. The lot.

Kara was at the centre, being wrapped in hugs and small pats at every step she took.
Everyone was relaxing at NCT's home, as they had the most room for the massive group.

"Guys guys, I'm okay." She reassured.
Every knock made her wince, as blood rushed to her skin.
The cuts were still raw, and the bullet wound still aches with every jolt.
She slowly slinked away, to where Sungchan sat, nursing other members.

"Hey." Sungchan waved quickly, before turning back to Hyunjin, his shirt up, blood flowing.
Hyunjin grimaced, looking away.
He smiled when he saw Kara.

She went and sat next to him.
"You're a dumbass, you know that? Why'd you try fight BTS after getting shot in the gut?" She joked, punching him lightly.

"They were going to hurt you. It was instinct." He explained with a sigh.
"You could've yelled at me."
"What if you didn't hear in time? I didn't want to lose you, when we were so close to getting you back." Hyunjin explained.

"Oi, stop talking. You're moving too much." Sungchan grumbled.
Kara took the needle from Sungchan's hand.
"You've done a lot, but let me finish Hyunjin up. Help Minho, or people from your group. Like Jisung." Kara suggested.

"You sure you can do it?" Sungchan questioned, raising an eyebrow.
"These boys get hurt all the time. Me and Gabs are used to this." She explained.
Sungchan just shrugged, standing up and wandering off to another injured member.
Kara moved around, so that she sat where Sungchan was.

"So you expect me to trust you?" Hyunjin scoffed.
"Have I ever given you an ugly scar before? No. So shush." Kara said.
Hyunjin just rolled his eyes. "Yeah yeah.."
Kara got to work, grabbing tweezers, to remove the bullet from his stomach.
Hyunjin whined every few seconds, but otherwise stayed quiet, as he looked up at her face.

Kara rubbed alcohol on the wound, before getting the needle, fixing Sungchan's stitching, pulling it tight, and into a small bow.
She then placed a bandage against Hyunjins stomach.
"Stop staring, you're all done." Kara said.
Hyunjin sat up.
"Thanks.. aren't they partying out there? Why aren't you joining everyone? It's all because we got you y'know." Hyunjin asked.
"I don't like being crowded. Or the centre of attention, really." Kara explained.
"Sungchan's stitching job was terrible, I worry for the others." She suddenly whined.
"Oh- on your way out, can you find Bang Chan sand ask him to come here? I need to ask him something."
Hyunjin just stared, very confused.

"It's private business." She added.
"Alright.." Hyunjin said, cautiously standing up, and exiting out into the hall.
He found Bang Chan easily, tapping him on the shoulder.
Bang Chan turned.
"Sungchan was quick!" He smiled.
"Kara actually did it- she wants to talk with you." Hyunjin said.
"She saw the file, didn't she?" Bang Chan asked, looking down.
Hyunjin just nodded.

"Then this is going to go either of two ways.. wish me luck." He laughed awkwardly, heading to the nursing room.
Kara sat there, fiddling with a needle, before looking up.
"Come, sit at my doctoring table." She chuckled.

"Well, she's not yelling.."

Bang Chan sat in the table.
"I'm confused.. did you want me here to play doctor?" He asked.
Kara shook her head.
"No, I wanted to ask you something- but as I'm in here, might as well play the doctor part."
Bang Chan lay down, just glancing at her.
As Kara looked over his body, her face dropped.
"When I was at BTS's manor, Jimin kept saying things to me like 'they're keeping secrets' and such, like usual, but I found something else out. There was this pin board, for the Y/N case.. and there was an image of me and Gabs.. then I looked through this file.. and there was a lot of mentions of things happening in Sydney. With Y/N. You didn't tell me she's been to Australia? I would've been able to talk more comfortably. But I also need to know, why is our photo there? It doesn't make sense. I couldn't finish reading it, so.." Kara explained.

"I thought you knew she went to Australia?" Bang Chan questioned.
Kara blinked. "Oh yeah, I did, sorry.."
Bang Chan could tell she knew something else.
"What did the file tell you, cmon, you know you can ask me about it." He asked.
"It told me that her parents had a branch in the Sydney mafia..."

Bang Chan froze.
"Is that all?"
She nodded.
"Well, that's why a lot of groups are going after her. If you're asking me if it has to do with your parents, I really do not know.. and about the photo, I don't think it has any relevance. Please don't worry about it too much." Bang Chan said, sitting up.
"I just want to find who's responsible, y'know? I've been looking for so long... I just thought- I just thought I had found something.." Kara said, her voice faltering.
Bang Chan could see her shell cracking, as he stood up, wrapping her in a tight hug.

"Hey, we'll find them, okay? Once this case is over, we'll go back to Sydney, we'll get as much help as we can, and track 'em down." He reassured.
"Alright.." Kara said, keeping her head in Bang Chans chest.
"Let's go back to the others." He suggested, smiling.
"Can we go home soon.. I'm tired." Kara whined.
Bang Chan gave her hair a small ruffle.
"Of course. Just a bit longer here. A lot of Taeyongs members got hurt, so I need to properly thank him." He chuckled.
Bang Chan left Kara alone again, by her wishes.
She grabbed the stitching equipment, lifting up the hem of the dress, looking at the dried blood, the deep cuts.

"Fucking hell, Jimin. You almost fucked up my tattoo."
So she got to stitching herself back up.

2 weeks later
"Y/N get up! It's a school morning!" Ji Woo yelled.
"You sound like my Mum!!" I called back, rolling back over in bed.
"Kara and Gabs are back today though!!" She called.
I sat up straight away.
I needed to ask them a few things.
I was told they were ill, and that Taehyun and Beomgyu were just playing around.
It was a 'paintball gun'.

I didn't believe it.
But what could I do? I had no proof.
Getting changed quickly, I fixed my hair, running downstairs, bag in hand.
Grabbing a few snacks from the pantry, I caught up with Ji Woo, who was already in the car.

By that point, I was breathing heavily of exhaustion.

"Oh, Y/N, I know you're not very close with my family, but my older brother Do Yun, and the other one, Haneul, wants to come visit. They want to meet my new 'friends.' They saw all our posts and stuff." Ji Woo said.
"Oh.. so like, Jeongin and friends?" I asked.
"The whole lot.. so I'm going to have to throw a party.."

"I don't think they all get along.." I commented.

"Oh it'll be fine!! What harm could come from one party?"