Taken || SKZ

[Chapter 45]

Hyunjin and Gabs escorted me home, but honestly, I was terrified.
Kara's calls went unanswered, and so did Felix's.

I rang Lee Know up, since apparently Bang Chan had gone silent, according to whatever the girls were yelling about.

"Ah, Y/N. How may I help you?" He said.
"Has Kara been found?" I asked.

Lee Know hissed through his teeth.
"Y/N, I'm kind of angry with her at the moment, so I couldn't really care less. But your answer is no. Felix hasn't found her. She's probably just throwing a temper tantrum." He said calmly.

"Can you tell me when she's found?" I asked.
"Sure, I'll tell you. Don't worry about her too much. She's no one for you to worry about, we'll find her."

With that he hung up on me, leaving me in the silence of my empty home.

Kara sat on the edge of the bridge, feet dangling over the crystal-like water below.
The bridge was abandoned, and it was one of her favourite places.
The trees curved over and around it, encasing the lake in its own wonderland, like it had been plucked right out of a fairy tale.

She looked up to the sky, tears trickling down her cheeks.

"What the hell is wrong with me... why am I so upset?" She scoffed, wiping at her face.

"Kara! Kara- Ah there you are!" Felix called out, before he froze, seeing where she was situated.

"Kara, get off the ledge." He said sternly.
She just turned to him.
"Why do you care. Everything that's happened to Stray Kids is my fault, isn't it?" She smiled sadly.

Felix looked down, as he glanced to the dry river.
One of which was at least ten feet below Kara's feet.

"Just get off the ledge, there's no water there anymore." Felix said, holding his hand out.
She glanced again. "Oh there isn't."

Felix stepped closer slowly, mind working quickly.
What the hell was Gabs saying to her to break her like this?

Felix got right next to her, wrapping his arms around the back of her neck.

"Come on Kara, let's go home." He whispered.
"They don't want me to go back.." She whispered, tears stinging her eyes.

"We do, we do." He said gently, twisting her off the ledge.
"Gabs said you all hate me." She sobbed, putting her head into his shoulder.

Felix rubbed her back.
"She was just upset. She didn't mean it. Let's not repeat this bridge stuff again, yeah?"

"Lee Know hates me, Felix. He always has. I don't get why you guys made me join you!" Kara cried out, hovering at the edge.
Felix tried to step closer, but as he did, she placed another leg over.

"Just ignore him. I don't hate you, Gabs doesn't hate you, nor does anyone else. Come on." Felix whispered, his eyes stinging.

Kara was standing on the edge now, tears sparkling in her eyes.

"I'm sorry.." She whispered, as she flung herself off.

Felix had never ran so fast, as he gripped at her wrist.
He held with all his might, holding her from falling into the limited shallow water.

"You can't leave me, Kara. I need you." He whispered, pulling her over.

She just stayed in his arms the whole way home.

"I can't.." She cried, pulling away.
"I can't come back with you. Not yet.. oh, Namjoon wanted me to give this to you guys." She sniffed, giving Felix a note.
He raised an eyebrow.
"It's an invitation for a meeting. Both leaders and a few team members. Give it to Bang Chan. It's to discuss a possible truce or something. I honestly call bull shit." She chuckled awkwardly.

Felix walked with her, as they wandered through the forest.

"Well I'll tell him. What have you learnt about Ji Woo and Taehyung?"

"They have date night every Sunday. She always rambles about it in class. That's all I've learnt." Kara said, as she finally came to the edge of the forest, and was met with the road.
Felix turned to her. "You sure you don't want me to drive you home?"

She nodded. "I'm sure. You know where their base is, but still. They might think you want to attack them."

Felix sighed. "That's true. Take care, Kara."

"You too, Lix."

Then they parted ways, as Felix called Lee Know to come pick him up, and Kara walked off down the road, taking the long, painful route to BTS's mansion.

"I swear I never see you anymore!" I whined, as Ji Woo started to head out the door.
"Get yourself a boyfriend! Then we'll be even!" She chuckled, as she was sliding on her coat.
"But every weekend? You disappear on me for a whole night, and the whole of Sunday." I pouted.

"Invite, I don't know, Gabs over. Or Kara, or one of the many girls from school. Or even boys like Hyunjin or Jungkook." She said the last part with a small smirk, which ended with me throwing a pillow at her.

"I'll just stay here, alone." I said dramatically, sliding down the couch.

She rolled her eyes. "You're so dramatic. Take care."

As she left, I rolled around the couch, before I ended up falling face first onto the floor.

Then I remembered. I have Gabs' address.
Why don't I just go hang out with them?

I set up the tracking app on my phone, as I set in directions to their place.

I just wanted to be cautious.
If they were like 'BTS', then they had a mission to complete, too.

If it had anything to do with me, I was not going to let them complete it easily.

As I knocked at the door, there were no lights inside the house.
I waited impatiently, until a light flickered overhead, and the door opened.

Lee Know was there. "Oh, Y/N." He said.
"Did you need something-" he started.

"I wanted to hang out with someone. Ji Woo ditched me, so I thought 'why not' and come here." I shrugged.

"Yo who's at the door- Y/N?" Han peered over his friends shoulder.

"Yes, what a shocker." I said, starting to shiver as the cold of the night took bites at me.

"Yeah, sure, you can come in." Lee Know said, stepping aside.

Han ran out into the living room.
"Y/N is here!!"