pretty flower | 강새벽

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"If you wanted to feel me up, you could've asked." I scoff as the guards keep their grip on my upper arms. They didn't say anything, instead, they continued pushing me through the long bright hallways. 

It wasn't even normal pushing. My feet weren't touching the ground, but anytime I attempted to engage in a conversation, they pushed my torso forward in sync. 

I roll my eyes at their childishness "And this is yet another reason I dislike men. They always have something to say when no one wants their opinions, but when someone tries talking to them, they don't have a single thing to say. And they say women are confusing." 

They continue walking in silence, glancing at each other from time to time. I groan in annoyance as they continue pulling me along. "Can I walk at least?" 

The one on my left shakes his head no, and I glare at him. We keep moving through the hallways, them pushing me aimlessly. 

"If I wasn't gay for Sae, I might find this attractive," I smirk, causing the guard on my right to turn his head towards me. If he didn't have a mask on, he would probably be looking at me like I was crazy, but I was okay with that. 

"Do you ever shut up?" the one on my left growls.

I shake my head "No. Not until you tell me where we're going and why the hell you won't let me walk on my own." 

No one answered me, so I continued to blab unnecessarily. "Did you know that the 100 thousandth digit of pi is 1? Ooh or that the hardest math question on the planet was solved by a twelve-year-old?"

"Shut up! Before I chop your tongue off." the guard on my left threatened. I stick my tongue out towards him, causing him to grab it. 

"Do you have a tongue kink?" I tease, muffling my words due to his hand gripping tightly around my tongue. My words must have angered him, because he squeezed it tighter in his hand, causing me to whimper out slightly in pain. 

"I told you to shut up." He snapped, getting into my face. I blink a couple of times, unfazed. 

"And I told you that I wouldn't shut up until you told me where the fuck you are taking me." I snap back. He lets go of my tongue, wiping his hand on my side before pushing me back towards the other guard. I roll my eyes, swinging my feet aimlessly as they continued to carry me.

I watch the surroundings carefully as they carried me through the halls. "So are you going to tell me?" I ask again, like a child who is bored during a road trip. 

"No." the guard on the left states.

"But I should be owed at least an explanation as to where we're going. We're all equals, remember." I smirk and I hear him mutter something. 

"We're going back to the bedroom as you asked." the guard on my right says, kinder than most of the guard here. I turn towards him and flash him a brief smile before glaring at the guard on my left again. 

"Was that so hard?" I tilt my head with a fake smile and the guard sighs in annoyance. "But honestly, put me the fuck down. I'm not a child." 

"You look like one." he scoffs.

"Do I? I'm sure I look like those women you jerk off to when you're alone." I glare at him.

He stays silent and I laugh "You don't deny it!" 

The guard pushes me again, this time, letting go of me as he jolted me forward. I fell forwards, hitting the door in front of us with a loud thud. "Fuck-" I cry out as my face gets indulged by the cold metal. My head pounds as I pull myself away from it, and I grab my face feeling a wet substance. 

I remove my hands, looking at them to find my hands covered in blood. "Fuck you-" I cry, only causing the guard to grab me by the arm, open the door and throw me inside. 

"As you requested, your majesty." He bows sarcastically before slamming the door closed again. My head feels like it's going to explode at the sudden sound. I grasp my head again, trying to stop the blood, but failing epically. The amount of blood caused my eyes to fall heavy, everything going black once again. 

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( 𝗞𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗔𝗘-𝗕𝗬𝗘𝗢𝗞 )

We all look towards the door as a loud crashing sound rings through the room, all silencing as we waited. The door opens, a figure being thrown inside the room by the arm. 

"As you requested, your majesty." the guard bows before slamming the door closed again. The figure on the floor looks up at the door before grabbing their head. I noticed how their body was covered in blood and how they wore an outfit just as we did. 

'457' was barely noticeable on the back of the jacket, causing my heart to stop. "Sun-Hi-" I mutter, standing from my bed. 

She holds onto her head, trying to stop the bleeding coming from her forehead. As I get closer, I notice how that's not the only spot she's bleeding from. I run towards her as she starts to fall backwards, getting there in time to catch her. 

"Sun-Hi, it's going to be okay. I'm here." I cry, burying my face into her chest, listening to her shallow breaths and her faint heartbeat. "I'm not letting you go again, ever."  

"Someone get some help!" I heard Gi-Hun yell as he ran towards us. I glare up at him as he sits opposite me. "I want to help." 

Gi-Hun looks down at Sun-Hi, moving her hair away from her face. "Woah-" 

I look at her forehead as well, noticing the large gash in her forehead, which was bleeding. Sang-Woo ran over, placing some cloth on her forehead.

"Where'd you get that?" I ask him sternly. He grabs his shirt with the other hand, which was already torn. 

"Are there any more wounds? Or is this it?" he asks, wrapping her head with the white shirt. I look down at her body, noticing the other blood spot. I pull her shirt up slightly, enough for me to see if there were more injuries, but not enough to expose her completely. Her stomach had a hole-shaped wound, but it looked like it had been dealt with already. I continued looking, noticing all the bruises and cuts on her. The sight hurt me, seeing such a precious person with so many injuries. 

"It doesn't look like it." I clear my throat, pulling her shirt back down. "Is she going to be okay?"

Sang-Woo doesn't answer, instead of staring at her forehead with steady hands. Blood was seeping through the cloth, but he didn't move. Gi-Hun looks at him, confused, before looking at the cloth on her forehead. 

"Hey, asshole! Are you going to deal with that or not?" I yell at him, snapping him out of whatever gaze he was in. He grabs another piece of cloth, pushing it on top of the other piece. 

Sun-Hi groans as he does that, her face scrunching up in pain. "Stop it-" she mutters, causing Sang-Woo to stop.

"Sun-Hi?" I ask, leaning closer to her. 

"Go away, just let me die," she says, her eyes still closed "stop trying to convince me that Sae is here." 

I stare at her, unsure of what to say. 

"Sun-Hi, she really is here," Gi-Hun reassures Sun-Hi, but she doesn't listen.

"That's what you said last time," she slurs her words slightly. "so give up and just kill me already."

"That's not something I want to hear from my pretty flower." I brush her cheek with my fingertips "We have plans with each other, remember?" 

I watch as a tear falls from her eye, running down the side of her face. I wipe the tear, causing her to hesitantly lean into my touch. She squeezes her eyes, closing them further, and relaxing as I begin to play with her hair. 

She opens her eyes slightly, looking up at me. "Sae?" she mutters, tears brimming her eyes. I nod with a small smile and she grabs onto my shirt, her head still in my lap. "It's really you?" she asks and I nod again, running my fingers down her jawline.

I watch as her eyes flutter open and close a couple of times before she leans her head into my stomach, closing them fully. 

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