Taken || SKZ

[Chapter 32]

Kara stood back calmly, looking at the weapon on the floor.

"WHY DOES HE HAVE A GUN!!" Ji Woo screamed.

I went over to calm her down.
"I'm sure it's just a toy or something. Just calm down." I said, rubbing her back.
It sure as hell doesn't look like a toy.
I sent a glance to Kara.
She caught my eye, before looking away quickly.

She didn't know that I knew about this whole BTS and Stray Kids thing.
Maybe she wasn't that involved with Bang Chan and the others.

Although, looking to Jimin whom lay passed out on the floor, I doubted it highly.
She managed to knock him out so quickly.

I imagined the best place to dig deeper into the girls relationship with the boys was to ask how they met.

Who knows how they did, saying the girls are from Australia.
Maybe through Felix or Bang Chan.
It might be as simple as that.

That's probably what they'll tell me if I ask.
It's still worth asking, though.

Bang Chan leant down, picking the gun up, looking over it before pushing it back in Jimin's belt.

"It's just a prop. A toy." Bang Chan commented.

"Ah, Jimin is always quite the actor." Namjoon added.
Him and Bang Chan shared a glance, even if it was only brief.
But I saw it.

Kara went over to Felix, talking to him quietly.
I saw Gabs and Han standing in the stairway.

Kara seemed like more of a liar.
Gabs was probably better to talk with.
She was more talkative, anyway.

I waved towards her to come down.

"I'll see what this is about." She whispered to Han, rubbing the back of his hand before walking down the stairs towards Y/N.

"Something wrong?" Gabs asked.

"Can I talk to you? Let's go into the kitchen, less people are there, so it'll be less noisy." I asked, walking off.
"Okay..?" She said, visibly confused as she followed me.

"How did you and S- all the boys meet? Like Bang Chan, Han, Seungmin, y'know?" I asked.

"Ah them? Well they've been friends with each other for years! Then one year they all went on holiday to Australia together.. Kara was quite a flirt back then, and she kind of started talking to Han and Jeongin when she saw them at a cafe- she's always had quite strong Korean, because of her parents. Mine wasn't as strong, so it was kind of awkward. The boys sat with us, and we chatted. Then Bang Chan came to collect them but he stopped and chatted for a bit. We exchanged numbers, and then we became their tour guides- even though Bang Chan and Felix knew their way around Sydney. It was all a way for them to get closer with us. Cute huh? We've been friends since. It was a few years ago." Gabs chuckled.

"That's sweet.." I smiled.
You're lying.

"It is isn't it!" Gabs smiled.

Liar.
Liar.

Tell me the truth!!

"You and Kara have been childhood friends, correct?" I pressed.

"Yup! Since primary school- so quite awhile." Gabs nodded.

"Where are your parents? Like I never hear you talk about them." I pushed.

Gabs froze.

Bingo. Look we're making progress Y/N!!

"Ah.. well, my dad left when I was quite young. He was an asshole. He went off and drank and fucked other women.. my Mum fell ill, and before I could even count the days she was gone.. so I grew up with my grandparents for quite awhile, until me and Kara were of age, we bought a small apartment and stayed there." She explains quickly.

"What happened to her parents?" I pushed again.

"You can ask her- it's a rather sensitive topic at times.. Kara's a very emotional person. If I were you I wouldn't dig with her too much." Gabs said, tapping her foot impatiently.

"It's just a question though."

"Sometimes just a question can get you hurt. Not many people like others prying into their past." Gabs half scoffed.

"I suppose you're right.." I said.
That's when my phone vibrated.
A reminder for me to take my medicine.
I excused myself, running upstairs to my room.

My bag of MPD pills was empty.
They were all used.
All the packets were empty.
I felt panic fill me.

This wasn't good. I would have to buy more tomorrow.
But I would need a prescription first.

Getting into my doctor might take about a week.

I should be fine without them for a week, right?

Minji won't play up on me, surely...

If she does, it's always possible she'll get answers for me.

Yeah, I probably will.

Noise erupted from downstairs, as music began to shake through the house.

I came down to find Ji Woo dancing with the boys.

Well, those on the 'BTS' side of things.
Everyone else was sitting around awkwardly.

Hyunjin and Changbin were dancing however.

This was probably due to the fact they were both very much drunk, and wouldn't remember a thing tomorrow morning.

"Felix, you're not keeping things from me, are you?" Kara asked, dragging him to the couch so they could sit together and talk.
She had done enough standing that evening with Jimin on her heels.

"Of course I'm not. Nothing major. Just boy secrets, and my coding secrets for my video games." He winked with a chuckle.

"Is that how you win every round of Mario Kart? Are you cheating!" She yelled jokingly.

"I would never.." he mumbled, looking away.

Kara slapped him lightly.

"Asshole. Teach me your cheats so I can beat Hyunjin."

"Oh my god.. you lost to Hyunjin? You're a lost cause, I'm sorry.. you must be horrible at the game if that's the case.. he's so bad.." Felix grimaced.

"Oh I'm not that bad! Seungmin!" She yelled.

"Yes, Kara." He said tiredly.

"Do I suck at Mario Kart?" She asked.

He thought for a second.

"Yes, you do. How the hell do you manage to drive reversed the whole time without noticing??" He exclaimed.

"It's called being a professional." Kara said, flipping her hair.

"Ah your roots are starting to grow back out. You might have to re-dye your hair again, or bleach it back to blonde." Jeongin commented, leaning his head on Kara's.

"I think I'll just leave it til it becomes unbearable." She said.

Gabs came skipping over.

"Karaaaaa, Y/N keeps pushing me about our parents, how we met the boys etcetera.. do you think she knows?" Gabs asked.

"Knows what?" I said.

The members of Stray Kids held their breath.

"Oh shit.." Felix mumbled.