Tiny captain

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"Mama?" called out the little.

"Yes baby?"

"Wan' ice cweam" Hongjoong pouted as he pointed at an ice cream shop a bit far, but still visible.

"But the others are gonna arrive soon. Plus, we have all these bags" tried to reason Seonghwa looking at the many grocery bags surrounding them. Hongjoong pouted again, saddening instantly.

"You know what? I'll go get you an ice cream while you stay here and check on the bags. Alright?" offered hesitantly the oldest. Receiving a nod, Seonghwa started to walk in direction of the ice cream shop the younger was pointing at. As he payed for the ice cream, he could see a person approaching the bench Hongjoong was sitting on, however he wasn't close enough to recognize them. Maybe it's one of the members, thought the oldest. Just then, a man that Seonghwa immediately recognised as Jongho because of the outfit (that the older had complimented before they left) ran towards the same bench and punched hard the unknown person, making them stumble before running away. Hurriedly grabbing the ice cream cup Seonghwa ran towards the boys.

Hongjoong was crying desperately in Jongho's hold, while the youngest was trying to reassure him.

"He's back" whispered Jongho, loud enough only for Seonghwa to hear. The oldest widened his eyes while Jongho continued whispering sweet nothings in the little's ear.

"Come on baby, papa shooed him away" insisted Jongho, worriedly watching the leader get more and more worked up.

Jongho looked helplessly at Seonghwa.

"Baby, I still have your ice cream. Want some?" sniffling Hongjoong nodded and pointed at Jongho, wanting him to feed him. Jongho quickly grabbed the cup the oldest was offering him and scooped up a bit of the treat.

"Say 'ahh' flower" Seonghwa suspected Hongjoong was feeling smaller than usual, seeing how he was not talking. The little, no matter how upset or sad he was, always verbalized his emotions and thoughts and him not doing so made the caregiver feel uneasy. Feeding the leader, Jongho hoped the others would arrive quickly. Seeing a grown man sitting on another grown man's laps was definitely not a welcomed thing in Korea. Luckily his prayers got answered as he saw three people running towards them. As they got closer, Jongho recognized Yeosang, Yunho and Mingi.

"Yeosang hyung, call Wooyoung hyung and Yunho hyung, call San hyung. We need to go away. Right now" the others were taken aback by the maknae's harsh and urgent tone but complied, and in no time the last two boys were running to reach the rest of the group. Without letting them catch their breath, Jongho picked up the little and rushed out of the mall, leaving behind everyone else.

Seonghwa explained everything to the others, making everyone immediately fasten their pace to get away as soon as possible.

"Searching for a man on his 30s, black leather jacket, really tanned skin, dark blue jeans, and white t-shirt. Wears black glasses and a pair of Nike Air Force. We need to find him right now" urged Jongho as soon as he hopped on the van, to their manager, who had driven them there and was waiting inside for the boys to finish their shopping to bring them back home.

Immediately the manager sat up and nodded at the panicked and urgent tone, not asking any questions. As soon as he spotted the rest of the group running back to the van, he called someone and in a matter of minutes the building was locked down.

"Explain the situation to the others" ordered the manager before dialling the police's number. Quickly the man repeated the description of the person Jongho was searching, and after a few minutes five police cars were parked in front of the mall. Together all the policemen got in the building and searched for the man, finding him on the fourth floor after barely ten minutes of searching. Their work was easier since just before the building got locked up, on the loudspeaker was transmitted the message to not move, sit down on the floor or the nearest bench and stay still.

Dragging him out the policemen wondered why they was following a random group of boys' order.

"I'm afraid we will need an explanation" said one of the policemen, a woman in her thirties.

"Jongho, cover his ears" sighed Seonghwa, glancing at Hongjoong. The maknae complied, knowing what was about to happen.

"Our leader, Hongjoong, got sexually assaulted by him when he was a kid" said Seonghwa.

The woman nodded, feeling slightly uneasy.

"Oh dear, that must be horrible. But we can't do anything without actual proof. This is a serious allegation, please understand..." trailed off the woman.

"We're ready for court, we just want Hongjoong to be okay" Seonghwa nodded, and so did the others. They just wanted the leader to be happy.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Woah, uhm... I have a feeling I rushed this and got some things wrong haha

Like, do authorities just lock a building down if you ask them, do you have to be a worldwide famous idol, or it never happens no matter who requests it? Honestly I didn't know lol

Also can you guys see if the first chapter of the littlespace writing contest book is published? On some of my devices it says it is, while on others it says it's not :/ pls tell me if u can see it

Anyways remember to eat your favorite food, drink a tasty drink and get some quality sleep! Love you all guys

See you in the next one!

~Nabi