Stray Gods (SLOW UPDATES BUT NOT ABANDONED)

Chapter 10

Tears were streaming down your face as you looked at Hyunjin's calm face.

'All of us,' Hyunjin added calmly, putting an extra emphasis on the word "all". He looked around the room, stopping at Chan and letting his gaze rest there meaningfully for a moment.

Your heart felt like it had just been ripped out of your body.

You wobbled on your feet and suddenly the overwhelming feeling of emotions triggered your flight response. You turned around and ran to the front door, but before you could reach it, you heard a whooshing sound and bumped into something solid and hard. Losing your balance, you almost fell, but the person you had run into grabbed you and pulled you against them. It was Chan. You could feel it by the way he was holding you, by the scent of his skin. You struggled trying to get loose from his grip.

'Let go!' you said between cries, 'Let me go,' desperately, you pounded your fists on his chest. You didn't want him to hold you. You didn't want him to pity you. You didn't want to sit down and talk. You couldn't face any of them.

Chan grabbed you tightly, pulling you from your feet and carrying you back to the living room. You felt exhausted. You couldn't struggle anymore. You just cried into his chest, hiding your face from the world.

'How could you do that to her?' Chan growled at Hyunjin. You could feel his chest vibrating as he spoke.

'It is time you guys knew,' Hyunjin said, urgently and seriously. 'I know I may come across as a jerk but you guys had to know. You've all been worried sick about her all week. We've had how many emergency meetings by now? Honestly, I've lost count. I was hoping you goons would figure it out for yourself after a while but y'all seem to be fucking blind. Meanwhile, I had to pretend like everything was fine while I saw my friends' mental health deteriorating, my girl imploding AND getting readings that were so extreme that I was having trouble keeping my powers under control,' Hyunjin said exasperated.

'She's got it that bad huh?' Seungmin asked, his voice soft. His poor choice of words made you cry even harder.

'Seungmin!' Chan hissed. He put his hand over your head, as if shielding it, stroking your hair softly.

'Yes, she does,' Hyunjin said tiredly. You wished you would die.

'But she's not the only one,' Hyunjin added. 'My god, you guys are simply reeking with love for her. And here I was, thinking I had caught it bad,' Hyunjin said, almost with a laugh.

His words entered your ears but you didn't understand them. They didn't seem to make sense.

'I know we've all been trying to keep it a secret, god knows why, because you guys know I can sense it on you, but whatever! Let's just get it out there now that we're all madly in love with her too and let that be the end of it. No more secrets, no more suppressed feelings. I'm sick of it! I just wanna be able to sleep again at night for fucks sake,' Hyunjin said exasperated.

You looked around just in time to see Hyunjin throw his hands up in the air in frustration as he looked at the others defiantly.

'W-What?' you asked Hyunjin. Hyunjin rounded on you but when he saw your face his stance instantly softened.

He took a few steps towards you and looked at you almost apologetically.

'I love you,' he said simply. 'They all do,' he said, making a gesture with his arms around the room.

You looked up at Chan's face, who was still petting your hair softly. He gave a slight nod.

You looked at the guys around the room. Felix and Minho were blushing. Changbin was scratching the back of his head sheepishly. Jeongin and Seungmin were biting their lips. Han was smiling at you insecurely.