Broken Memories [I Did it for You - Book 2]

10

"This is getting even freakier!" Zen wailed as the group exited Scarlett's room, leaving only Doctor Yun and the nurses with her.

"This keeps getting more confusing by the day" Jaehee pondered loudly. "My apologies for bringing this up again to you, Yoosung, and to you as well, Emjay, but I'm rather confused. Why would the saviour from Mint Eye want to give you this 'elixir' when Saeran tried to kill you? The dosage of the elixir is nowhere near as catastrophic as what Saeran had forced into you just before you were rescued"

Yoosung tried to hide the shiver that cascaded through his limbs as the memory rang through his head, making it feel as though someone was pressing their fingertips hard into his temples. However, he tried to control the panic raging within him, distracting himself with the thousands of questions dancing erratically before him.

"I - I really don't know. Saeran said a lot of things to me during the time I was kidnapped, but they were all so confusing and a lot of the things he said didn't even make sense most of the time. Although, I do remember hearing Saeran saying at one point that the saviour had left him. I never knew what he meant by that and just thought it was another one of his mindless rambles" Yoosung explained, feeling his chest slowly tighten as he focused on the memories he wished he could erase from his mind forever.

"That is interesting. That would almost make it look as though Saeran kidnapped you on his own accord" Jaehee replied thoughtfully.

"But that doesn't make any sense either" Emjay piped in. "Why would Saeran kidnap Yoosung for all those months just to torture him, try to kidnap me, and then try to kill me as well as him?"

"Yeah, Emjay's right. All those months with him, although it felt like he-"

Yoosung's voice was cut off as it felt as though a heavy weight landed on his chest, pressing down so hard that even his ribcage began to tremble. He clenched his hands into fists to try and take control of it as he counted the seconds in his head, but the pain and the breathlessness made it difficult for him to keep track of what number he was on. It wasn't until Emjay noticed and took hold of his shaking hand and counted with him that Yoosung finally felt himself begin to relax. Although he knew the panic he felt was still there, hiding around the corner in the hallway like a creepy stalker as it waited, Yoosung could at least think a little clearer again.

"All those months with him," Yoosung repeated, determined to finish the sentence. "although it felt like he was mostly just enjoying the torture he was putting me through, mentally and physically to make up for ruining his plan by stopping the bomb in Rika's apartment going off, there were things he'd mutter that made me wonder if there was a lot more to his reasons for taking me"

"Exactly," Emjay said as she wrapped her left arm around Yoosung's back and began to rub it gently over his striped t-shirt. "and let's not forget that there had to be a reason why Saeran led me into the RFA in the first place and threatened to blow me up with a bomb"

"There's definitely a lot more to this than what meets the eye" Jaehee's eyelid twitched slightly before her throat felt desperately dry. All this stress was getting to her and she suddenly remembered that it'd been days since she had a cup of coffee.

"But how are we going to find out everything?" Zen asked as he began to pace the hall around them, scratching his fingernails underneath the strands of his white hair.

"We always have Seven. Hopefully, he's found something valuable at Scarlett's flat that could lead him to more clues" Emjay tried to smile.

"Yeah, but he's already done so much for us. For me" Yoosung spoke with a worried tone in his voice. "I mean, he is helping us against his twin brother. That can't be easy"