Midnight Rain (SeulRene)

Chapter 14

The production department was focusing on other groups that needed their action. Joohyun came back home to her condo after taking care of some matters in the company. She messaged her bear that she arrived safely at home, it's already their nature to inform each other about their whereabouts to make sure of their safety. She was wondering why Seulgi was not reading her message even though it was sent two hours ago because it was not her usual behavior. Seulgi always replies to her immediately despite her busy schedule or she will inform Joohyun earlier if ever she will not be able to reply instantly to her messages.

Seulgi's last message was about buying something in the convenience store near her penthouse but after that, she never messaged again. Joohyun tried to call her bear but she was still not answering any of the calls, making her nervous and anxious at the same time. Her feet led her in front of Seulgi's penthouse, however, when she opened the door, no one greeted her from the inside. She is also called Seungwan but she doesn't even know where Seulgi went. Her best friend became worried and decided to call her relatives and friends if they saw the bear. They are worried because it is still risky for Seulgi to walk alone, it also adds that she is not answering the calls and messages.

Joohyun was facing back and forth in the living room of the penthouse while repeatedly calling her bear. She doesn't want to think negatively but she can't help overthinking. Her thoughts were interrupted when someone opened the front door, there she was, Seulgi standing with visible red marks on her wrists.

"Seulgi!!!" Joohyun disregarded her phone and ran in the direction of the person she was worried about. She caged her in a warm embrace that Seulgi instantly returned.

They pulled back from the embrace and Joohyun worriedly looked at Seulgi, "What happened? Where did you go? I'm getting worried here for hours. I called and messaged you multiple times but you were not answering. I'm going insane just by thinking that something might have happened to you." She confessed, tears threatening to fall from her doe eyes.

"Hyun, I'm really sorry. I'm already here. Please, don't cry." Seulgi apologized as she wiped her bunny's tears and tried to calm her. They settled on the couch and she decided to tell everything that happened to her a while ago.

"What?! She did that to you?! Where is that woman huh?! I will literally pull her hair until she gets bald!"

Seulgi chuckled at her bunny who looked angry, "Don't worry, Hyun. It's an advantage that I still remember her physical appearance. It will help the company to take legal action on this matter."

Joohyun nodded and glanced at Seulgi's wrists, noticing the reddening skin, "I will surely kill that woman if I ever saw her." She walked to the bathroom to treat her wrists to prevent them from getting bruised. Seulgi, on the other hand, just laughed from her raging bunny despite experiencing an incident earlier.

Seungwan arrived a few minutes after Seulgi went home and her wrists got treated by Joohyun. The bear also tells her best friend about everything that happened. This made Seungwan's blood boil, promising that she would help Seulgi tell the company about this to the immediate legal action that they needed to take. She also apologized for not accompanying her outside but Seulgi insisted that it was her fault that she went out alone and not informing others about her whereabouts.

Three days after that incident occurred, the company released a statement about their artist who experienced physical abuse by a sasaeng fan. The woman admitted that she was a sasaeng fan who kept following the artist for years after she was captured by the authorities with the help of the victim's description and confirmation.

"That woman turns out to be a sasaeng fan. What do they receive in return for that misbehavior?" Seungwan heavily sighed, sitting in the chair in front of her best friend while reading the public statement from the company.