ugly duckling

being the best at... doing nothing

"those girls... they're hot.." one of the boys whispers to the other loudly, grinning in interest, nudging his friend in interest

his buddy, snickering behind his palm. raises a brow "Which ones? the tall legged beauties or those 4 eyed bugs over there?"

his buddy smacks his shoulder, both distracted while their 'leader' stares down Zack in front of you.

if you could hear them, there was no way the others couldn't. you were used to it however, even if it was a blow to your slowly healing ego, you'd never forget your roots and sat comfortably listening to their loud whisperings

'as If I care, I might be a bug but these guys look like algae' you think to yourself, taking in the three appearances of the boys in front of you, they were all so irritating even down to their looks

"doesn't matter" the thugs boss grunts loudly so everyone's attention shifted to him "this loser doesn't deserve any of them- minion or not"

he grins, watching Zack actively ignore his taunts "Too bad, if Woojin were here I bet he'd wanna have some fun..."

"fun?" a new voice cuts in from the entrance of the alley "With who? I've got haeri right here, she's all the fun I need"

the new character's appearance grabs your attention, playful grin, tousled locks, and right under his strong arm was a gorgeous blond girl who looked like she would rather be anywhere else than here in this dark and sorta of damp lane.

you catch his eye, shocked he was able to pray his gaze from Yui and Mira, it almost scared you enough to hide behind the significantly shorter Namsoo "So, whatcha up too" he snickers, tilting his head in interest.

'creepy...' you think to yourself, physically inching behind Namsoo now

"Zack!" Namsoo suddenly cries, pointing at the boy, Woojin if you remember correctly, with teary eyes "That's him! That's the guy who beat me up!"

Zack stops his fraternizing, no longer focused on miras wellbeing as he turns to face the boy who apparently robbed him.

It's sad though, despite Zack's usual quick instincts his rusting agility dies in the face of practiced skill.

you hear the sound of him getting k.O'ed before the thief's group rumbles in laughter, amused as you and Mira gasp in distress, the sight of Zack, your only protector knocked out on the floor filling you with dread.

"Zack!!" you four all cry, Mira and Yui in worry for the now K.O'ed boy, his body strewn across the floor unflatteringly. Namsoo was being glared down by the blonde now so his cries were in the form of a whimper, scared of what was to come after seemingly telling on his assaulter

And you? your freaking out obviously, more than that however your eyes are locked on the boy who just knocked out one of the strongest guys you know, and his eyes, they were trained on your's

'a fight... i-I'm gonna have to fight!' you cry to yourself, trembling in fear, was he seriously jumping from kicking the shit out of Namsoo straight to beating your brains across the cement? god, was revenge worth this trouble when you were about to die?

you were scared, if it wasn't obvious enough, scared about getting hit and feeling the pain yet for some reason you still moved, albeit shakily, to stand in front of Namsoo, your feet dragging you past him and where Yui and Mira were wailing for zack to get up

everyone's scared right now! you think to yourself gnawing at your lip to bite back the inevitable cries that'll escape you when you get hit 'But right now, my fear is nothing to Zack's!'