Target Locked // [Enhypen Mafia AU]

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—Chapter 29—

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Jiseon ran back down the hallway and up the stairs to the main foyer, almost tripping over her own feet as she did so.

When she arrived back at the dining room, the members of Ateez had already departed. The remaining Enhypen members were finishing up, set on heading to bed as it was very late at this point.

She skidded into the room, bumping into Jay who, baffled by her sudden reappearance, grabbed her shoulders to steady her and himself.

"Jiseon? What are you doing back here?" He asked her, letting go of her and stepping back. "We thought you went to sleep already."

"Ni-ki's awake!" She exclaimed, leaving the others in a perplexed state, their sleepy minds lagging behind.

"Oh!" Sunoo blurted out, her words finally processing. He dropped whatever he was holding and raced out of the room, down to his clinic.

The others quickly caught on and followed after the medic, Jake slowing down as he passed Jiseon, getting a hold of her arm and dragging her with them.

He dragged her all the way back down to where Ni-ki was waiting for them, him being alerted of their approaching presence by the stomping of seven pairs of feet down the stairs and hallway.

He greeted them with a wide smile as they burst into the room, eyes wide and hopeful.

When they saw him there, awake and seated upright, they collapsed on each other in relief.

They crowded around him, voicing out their reliefs and scolding him for giving them such a scare.

Jiseon watched from afar as the young boy bashfully apologized to his elders, scratching the back of his neck awkwardly.

All of their exhaustion seemed to have melted away at the prospect of their youngest regaining consciousness after so long.

Sunoo was flittering around the room, performing a quick checkup on Ni-ki to make sure everything was alright. He swatted the others over to one side of the bed to give himself room to work.

Sunghoon had already picked a fight with him, nagging about him causing them so much stress over the past week and a half.

Jay tried to mediate the argument, only to be completely pushed aside by Sunghoon, much to the former's dismay.