𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝟏 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔
𝔻ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕄
"Do you think dreams can come true?"
"I can't believe you're real"
"Don't cross the line"
"Only death do us a part"
"I told you I'm not going to leave you"
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Her lower belly ache has woken her up in the middle of the night. Yujin sprang up from her bed and exited her room, casting a glance at Bi, who was peacefully sleeping on the other side. Yujin was exiting the restroom when she caught a glimpse someone.
"Jaemin?" she said quietly, gazing around. When she returned to her room, she noticed a silhoutte entering. "Bi, are you awake?" she said as she approached her front door, her eyes widened as she witnessed someone strangling Bi on the bed, urged her to yell.
Jaemin and Jeno rose from their sleep and exchanged glances before rushing out of his room. Jaemin dashed into Yujin's room, with Bi gasping for air on the bed. The girl coughed and said, "Jaemin, Yujin." Jaemin raced downstairs to catch Yujin up.
"Stop!!" Yujin shouted as she tried to capture the girl. Yujin yanked her back with her hand stretched, gripping the girl's hoodie. The girl with the black mask gasped as the two of them tumbled in the front yard. Yujin attempted to grip the girl's ankle but was instead kicked.
Yujin wailed in pain as she tried to stand up and run after the girl. "Yujin!!" Jaemin yelled her name, seizing her arm. "Jaemin, the girl," she grumbled as she pushed his hand away from her arm. "Are you dumb?" Jaemin's voice roared, causing her to flinched.
Yujin looks at the boy with fierce, dark, and deep eyes. "Are you fucking dumb?!" Jaemin uttered it again, this time louder, as he glanced on the girl. Yujin's eyes trembled as she stared into his dark orbs. "Jaemin enough," his father said, caught Yujin's attention.
Yujin took a step back, her hand grasping her abdomen as she moved away from the furious boy. She moved slowly back towards the house as Jia took the girl inside and brought her upstairs. Yujin was stunned as she walked towards her room, which she shared with Bi.
Bi drew the girl into her arms with her hand extended. Yujin crouched her face into Bi's shoulder, eventually breaking down in tears. "I'm sorry, Bi. I couldn't catch her " uttered the girl as she sobbed. "Are you crazy? You could get hurt "Bi patted the girl on the back.
"I'm sorry, I was just trying to help," she sobbed. "Hey, it's okay," Bi murmured as she stroked the girl's back, hoping to comfort her. "Girls, come inside my clinic right now," Jaemin's father said to the girls. They approached the clinic.
Bi's uncle urged her to lie down on the bed, while Yujin sat at the edge of the bed holding her belly. "Does it hurt?" Dr Na asked of the girl. Yujin shook her head, "Just a little," she said, her gaze falling on Bi's reddish neck, which had been strangled.
Their attention was drawn to the knock on the door. From the outside, the door opened, showing Jaemin, who had a faint smile on his face. "Jaemin, could you please help me check on Yujin's?" his father said. Jaemin's smile faded when Yujin shifted her gaze away from him.
Jaemin drew her palm away from her stomach as he slid into the chair in front of the girl. Yujin merely let him do it since she didn't want to fight. He sighed as he softly lifted her top to reveal her belly, which had a blue-purplish bruise, as he peered into the eyes that ignored him.
"I think she needs to lie down," he said, glancing at his father. "Bring her to your study then," the old man replied, agreeing. Jaemin rose from his seat, wrapped his arms around the girl, and gently picked her up in a bride way, causing her eyes to widen with surprise.
"I can walk," the girl said, but the boy ignored her. Entering the room and carefully placing the girl on the couch, Jaemin moved closer to the cabinet containing the essentials for treating her injury. He took his time scanning it before returning to the girl with the white box.
"I'm going to tap it, if it's hurt, just let me know," the boy finally said, letting the girl to nod. She winced, nibbling her bottom lip, at his tap. Jaemin took a drop of oil from the package and delicately rubbed it on her belly. Yujin closes her eyes and bites her lower lips.
Yujin felt Jaemin pull her shirt back over her abdomen, urging with her to open her eyes. Looking over the boy who was making his way to the cabinet to put the kit back inside and return to her. "Do you want to go to your room?" the boy questioned.
Yujin nodded and moved her eyes away from him. Yujin shut her eyes as she felt her body in the air, knowing that Jaemin's gaze never left her. He put her down on the bed, and the unfamiliarity caused her eyelids to reopen, seeing that she's in his room, not hers.
Her eyes were fixed on the boy who slipped down next to her as she lay flat on the bed. Yujin's mind drifted as she tried to sit up, but she was stopped when Jaemin pulled her arm back down. "Jaemin- I," she began, but the set of eyes on her begged her to stay.
Jaemin breathes in Yujin's scent as he nudges himself into her shoulder. "I'm sorry," he said as he slipped his arm around her waist, being cautious to not touch her bruises. Yujin's heart sank at the tone of his words, knowing how bad he must have felt. "It's okay," she said.
His black eyes met hers as she finally turns to face the boy. "I'm sorry, too," she said as she brushed aside the hair from his eyes. "You scared me, Jaemin," she said, staring into his eyes. "It's just that you know way too much," she said.
"My flaws, weaknesses, and indifferences," she continued. "I'm afraid you'll leave me one day because of that," she whispered, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I want to be strong, I want to stand up to those who fail you, but I can't," she added.
"I feel hopeless around you, Jaemin".
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