MIN LEELA// Stray Kids 9th Member

* Reassurance *

   (Hi Rosalies! New chapter after awhile! I was too lazy to write and was procrastinating a lot so my apologies. This was requested by Soso_queen_777 Thank you for the request and I hope you'll enjoy it! This upload will be a little bittersweet. I hope you guys will enjoy this)!

   Stray Kids' comeback was very soon, yet Leela found herself feeling anxious. She wanted to continue in Stray Kids, and has since earned major support, but she still found herself fearing that she wouldn't gain acceptance during this comeback.

   She also began to fear that some of the boys were actually faking their apologies towards her. She tended to overthink constantly, and those were major thoughts she had after the allegations. She felt that Chan, Hyunjin, and Felix had forced the others to apologize. Even though that wasn't the case, she couldn't help but think it.

   Her mind sent her to dark places. Places that she didn't enjoy thinking about. She constantly worried that the boys would do something. Anything to bring her down. She hated feeling this way, and wished she could stop those thoughts. She even began to wonder if her attempt should've been successful. Maybe then things would be better for her and the boys.

   As she sat there in utter despair, she heard the door to the dance practice room open. "Hey kiddo!" Jisung greeted as he walked inside. Minho followed behind him. Ever since Leela attempted, Minho couldn't walk inside the room without thinking horrible thoughts. Jeongin was only able to walk in after everything was proven false and after he for sure knew that everything was clean. He practically had to beg the staff to assure him that Leela's blood was gone for him to enter. Even if the blood was cleaned, Minho still found it hard to practice in the very room where Leela almost ended her life because of him and the other four. He still saw the bloody room in his dreams.

   Leela looked up and noticed the pained expression on Minho's face when gazing around, and for a second, Leela thought that she was lying to herself about the thoughts she held about the five boys. But of course, her mind got the best of her and she continued to overthink once again.

   The two boys noticed how quiet she was, and automatically knew that she was upset. They sat on either side of her. "What's wrong?" Minho asked in concern. Leela remained quiet and looked down, tears falling from her eyes. Jisung reached over and placed his arm over her shoulders, but she flinched at his touch. This alarmed the both of them, and they realized that it was due to the trauma they gave her.

   At that moment, the others walked in. They took notice of the three members sitting in front of the mirror. Chan and Jisung made eye contact, and the former instantly knew what was up. He rushed over and sat in front of Leela, pulling her into a hug. He felt her relax in his embrace. The others sat around, ready to ease Leela's sadness. Other than the two aforementioned members, Changbin, Seungmin, and Jeongin felt like hell watching Leela cry in their leader's arms. It was their fault that she was upset. It was their fault for traumatizing her. It was their fault for almost killing her.

   After a few moments, Leela broke away from Chan, who wiped her tears away with his thumbs. "Tell us little angel, what's wrong?" Chan softly asked. "I keep thinking about horrible scenarios. They make me feel like Minho, Changbin, Jisung, Seungmin, and Jeongin are gonna do something. Like terminating my contract behind my back or something. Sometimes it makes me feel that you, Hyunjin, and Felix forced them to apologize and they actually didn't mean it." Leela explained through tears.

   Hearing those words from their maknae broke everyone's heart. They did not know she felt that way. "You could've told us, little one. You don't have to hide it from us." Seungmin muttered, trying to hide his quivering voice. Leela turned to look at them, and noticed their glossy eyes and wet cheeks. But mostly Minho, who was looking down and trying to hide his sobs. Leela's heart sank and she crawled over to him, sitting in his lap and hugging him tight. He hugged back tighter, as if she would disappear if he let go.

   He began to whisper sweet nothings in her ears, reassuring her that he loved her so much and would never do that to her. He apologized for everything he did, though he knew words could not take back the harmful things he said to her. After he pulled away from her, he smiled at her while wiping her hair out of her eyes. That's when Leela knew that they still cared about her extremely deeply.

   "Leela, nothing can take back what we've done. But just know that no matter what, we are here to help you through your pain." Changbin spoke. Leela smiled at him and hugged him. Things were going to be ok again. They knew it would.

   (That was it! Sorry it took so long. I hope y'all enjoyed it! This was requested by Soso_queen_777 Thank you for the request and I hope you enjoyed it! See y'all soon)!