Enigma || an EXO fanfic ||

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"Hyung, can you hand me that?" I reach out to Lay, beckoning for the blanket laying right beside him.

"Want me to tuck you in too?" he chuckles as he tosses me the furry piece of fabric.

"Do you really want to?" I retort, sticking my tongue out and Lay scoffs, shaking his head.

Our group had just finished the concert in Hong Kong and is on our way back to the hotel. Everyone else is squeezed to the left side of the bus, waving goodbye to our fans whom are lined up, screaming and crying, at the edge of the block. If it weren't for the metal barriers and the hardworking security team, the huge mass of shrieking girls would be charging their way to our bus.

"What's for dinner, Suho?" Chanyeol asks, finally sitting down in his seat.

"Ramyun," he smiles, leaving Chanyeol with an extremely disappointed expression etched on his face.

"Great," he mutters, crossing his arms.

We gradually leave the area and get on the highway. Half of the boys are sleeping while the other half are playing on their mobiles.

"Baekhyun," Kai calls for me. "Look at this." He hands me his mobile with a video on the screen.

I look at it for a few seconds, then turn to face him. "Hyung... why are you watching cats fall?"

"BECAUSE IT'S FUNNY!" Kai laughs, snatching his phone back.

"You're insane," I scoff and rest my head against the window, pulling the blanket up to my nose. "Just sleep."

"If I sleep now, I won't be able to sleep later," he states, resuming back to his cat video.

We have finally exited the freeway onto an empty local street. The sun is already setting and a light orange hue dims the sky, making me sleepy. So I close my eyes.

"HEY MANAGER LOOK OUT!" Chanyeol screams, waking the boys up. Unfortunately, manager-nim did not react quickly enough to whatever Chanyeol saw and suddenly, the bus screeches and bumps into something with great force, causing everyone to lurch forward before hitting their heads on the seat in front of them.

"Shit!" manager-nim curses.

"What happened? Is everyone okay?" Suho gets up, checking if anyone on the bus is hurt.

"Suho, I really don't think you need to be worrying about us right now," Chanyeol exclaims, rushing out of the bus.

I follow him with my eyes, seeing that he stops right in front of our bus but I can't see what he sees so I climb out of the vehicle and gasp when I see what, or rather who, Chanyeol is trying to help. It is a girl.

She has her hand held up unsuccessfully trying to guard herself, terrified of us, and crawls backwards as we approach her.

"Hey hey hey. It's okay. Are you hurt?" Chanyeol whispers, with his palms facing her to show that he means no harm.

Her terrified expression slowly unravels and she cocks her head to the side, furrowing her eyebrows. "Chanyeol, this is Hong Kong, remember? Maybe she doesn't understand Korean," I grab his shoulder.

He nods his head and motions Lay to come closer. The boys have already tumbled out but stay hidden behind the bus as to not scare the poor girl. "Help her," he says quietly to Lay. He quickly understands and makes his way to the girl.

"Hey, what's your name?" he asks, looking over her to see if she's bleeding anywhere.

She cocks her head to the side once more. "Maybe she also doesn't understand Chinese?" Lay shrugs.

"Well she doesn't really look it but... maybe English?" I suggest, glancing at her. She looks at me curiously.

"Er fine." Lay bends down so he's at her eye level. "Hey, what's your name?" he repeats, this time in English.

She doesn't say anything again. "Well, what language does she speak?" Kai arches his eyebrow, giving her a concerned look.

"I don't think that matters right now," manager-nim sighs. "Let's get her to a hospital."

"She doesn't seem to be bleeding though," Lay objects.

"We can't just leave her here," Kai says.

We all glance at her again. Surprisingly, the other boys are silent. Lay holds out his hand and she takes it slowly and hesitatingly, standing up. She brushes off the gravel from her jeans and scans all of us. All eleven males.

"Bay," she says clearly. "My name is Bay."