The Lovers on the Mountains [TXT, TAEGYU AU]✔️

Part 3/5

420 words
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When the earthquake settled, people cried in fear, others cried in pain, but Beomgyu pulled away from Taehyun's embrace with wide eyes, grabbed his wrist, and pulled him up before running someplace. Stumbling and tripping over people as he tried to keep up with his friend, Taehyun was confused yet nonetheless, letting his panicking friend make him run across the station. Then it clicked.

Mrs. Choi wasn't with him.

This epiphany led Taehyun to connect the dots and once everything made sense, he picked up his pace, following Beomgyu to wherever he was taking him. Soon, Beomgyu saw the bus he was about to board, no doubt of his mother being inside. Making a quick, irrational decision, he lets go of Taehyun, running to the bus before banging on one of the side-view windows.

"Mom! Mom!", he cries. It was quick when he felt an officer, possibly the one from earlier, grab his small waist to pick him up, throwing Beomgyu's small body over his shoulder. The officer wasn't calm and cold as earlier; he was panicking as much as Beomgyu and everyone else in the station was.

Now, with Beomgyu over the officer's shoulder, not only was he scared of losing his mom, but now he believed the officer might punish him for his actions. He began to squirm and punch the man's back with all his might. "Let me go! Let me-", he breathes. "My- My mom! My mom!"

"Kid, I told you. There wasn't enough room." Amidst his talking, Beomgyu saw her emerge amongst the crowded people on the bus. She stood by the window with red eyes and a shocked face, that quickly transformed into a hopeful but desperate one. She folded her hands in fists and banged on the windows, her face turning red and clutching her teeth.

"Mom!" Beomgyu yelled, still fighting to free himself from the officer's grasp. Tears began to pile in his eyes the more he stared at his mother, his mind tricking him into thinking he could hear her muffled screams that he wondered how loud she was crying his name. His heart sank hearing the bus's engine turn on.

The officer carried him away as the bus departed. Beomgyu's scream increased in pitch the farther he was taken from the departing bus. Taehyun watched the scene unfold before his eyes, not being able to do anything since he too was being held back.
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A/N: Short chapter, I know, but hopefully the next one makes up for it.