𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ 𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 - 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐮

⇛ 𝐂𝐇. 𝟕𝟏

a couple of days had passed and the eight had gone over their plan. they were cautious talking about it because they had worries about people listening in on their conversations.

they had decided they'd get to the capitol on their own by stealing an aircraft, still unsure who was going to pilot it, but they'd figure that out later. as for the ankle monitors, renjun and chenle knew how to take them off without triggering anything or turning it off. so when the time was right, they were going to remove the monitors and leave them in their rooms so no one would suspect anything while they made an escape.

there were just a few things that had to be done before they could go. hana seemed like she could burst any minute and it had jihyun anxious every day. she didn't want to leave hana to have her baby alone. but if it got too close to the day that the districts march into the capitol, then she would have to leave and trust that her siblings take care of hana, as much as it hurt to have to do that.

"ji, you're zoning out." jeno said, softly elbowing her.

"sorry. i'm just—"

"overthinking? worrying? making more plans?" he cut her off.

"yeah..."

"don't worry. it'll all work out well." he said, squeezing her hand.

"yeah, thanks." she whispered, watching his eyes smile. she'd always love that about him. from the other side of the canteen, there was a loud crash as trays fell to the floor in a clatter.

"i'm so sorry!" a girl exclaimed, getting up from the floor and hurrying towards jihyun and jeno's table.

"iseul?"

"jihyun!" the younger yelled, grabbing her arm. "ha... hana... ha..."

"breathe first then speak."

"okay..." she muttered, placing her hand on her chest then glanced at jeno. "oh, hey."

"hi, iseul."

"you ready to talk now?" jihyun asked.

"yeah! the doctors said doyoung is waking up!"

"what?!" she stood up.

"he's coming out of his coma."

iseul didn't have to say more as jihyun took off running to the hospital. she had been worrying about the baby arriving soon but it hadn't crossed her mind that doyoung would suddenly wake up. she wasn't expecting this for another month. she burst into doyoung's room where hana and miyoung already were. iseul followed shortly.

"what's happening?" she asked the doctor.

"i assessed his level of consciousness to check for improvement and found high levels. there is a chance he could wake up soon."

"oh my god." hana gasped and it wasn't just because of what the doctor said. everyone could hear the sound of water dripping on the floor and it was coming from hana. her water had broke.

"holy shit." jihyun said, hurrying to her. "quick, let's get her to another room."

"the labour room. follow me." the doctor said, walking ahead and jihyun and miyoung helped hana follow him, leaving a water trail.

luckily, it wasn't a long walk to the room but hana was embarrassed that her water had broken at that moment and she had left water all over the hallways and that it was still gushing out of her.

"she already went into early labour. this is active labour." the doctor explained.

that made sense to hana. she felt intense pressure which must have been mild contractions and pressure in her back.