Our Girl Book 1 {Stray Kids Fanfiction}

Chapter 127: The Reason

Lily sat at the kitchen table, waiting for Leeknow and Chan. Tears continued to drop from her eyes. Changbin sat next to her, with his arm wrapped around her back, drawing random patterns with his fingertips.

Suddenly, the door flew open, causing Lily to jump. Her eyes widened as she slowly stood to her feet. Seeing Chan's tear stained face and Leeknow's busted lip, she hesitantly asked, "What happened?"

Changbin stared, puzzled at the two who were making their way to Lily.

Without saying anything, Chan wrapped her in a tight embrace as Leeknow responded, "Just some stress relief, sweet girl. I'm good."

Lily buried her face into Chan's chest as she began to sob. "I'm so sorry, Channie. I shouldn't have kept it quiet. I just didn't want yall to be distracted during the mission. I'm so sor-"

Chan pulled away from her and cupped her cheeks in his hands. "Babygirl. You did nothing wrong. Ok? I'm not mad at you. I never was."

Leeknow kissed the back of her head. "Come on. We need to go to medbay. We'll talk there."

*

Chan sat, silently staring at the floor as Seungmin treated Leeknow's lip.

The others had gathered in the room. "Get out of my medbay and sleep. If I have to treat any of you tomorrow because you're too damn tired to focus on the mission, I swear to God, I'll make your life a living hell." Seungmin threatened, sending them away.

For a while, the silence was deafening until Chan finally spoke. "I want Lia dead. I don't give a shit what anyone has to say about it. I'm slitting her throat. I want her to feel exactly what Woojin felt."

Lily looked up at him and quietly replied, "Channie, we need to call Yeji. She doesn't know yet."

Chan lazily nodded his head. "I'll call her tomorrow after the mission."

Seungmin let out an exasperated sigh. "I'd be surprised if she doesn't wanna do it herself. Woojin was her best friend." He said as he tied the stitches in Leeknow's lip.

Lily slowly reached for Chan's hand. "All Uncle J told me was that she got the janitor into the Bureau to feed information. Did he say what her connection was to Astro?"

"Apparently, she was secretly dating the leader. Fuck!" Chan hissed as he dragged his hand down his face. "She altered documents to get him the janitor position at the Bureau to keep track of anything having to do with Astro. She's the reason our mission plan was leaked to them. She's the reason they knew the deal was a setup. She may not have held the knife to his throat, but she's the goddamn reason Woojin is dead. She's the reason my head was almost blown off. And as if that weren't betrayal enough, she's the reason Lily still has a fucking target on her back." Chan's tears began to fall again.

Lily sat silently, struggling to control her emotions. She had never seen Chan like this. She was shocked that he punched Leeknow the way he did. She replayed the conversation that she had with Seungmin months prior in her mind. She remembered him saying that he said they knew not to talk about Woojin's death and wondered if this behavior was the reason.

"Chan, why don't you go get some sleep? That pill has to have kicked in by now." Seungmin replied, interrupting her thoughts.

Leeknow hopped off the table and walked over to Chan. "Let's go." He demanded, linking his hand around Chan's elbow. Chan jerked his arm back and glared at him.

"Look at me like that all you want. You're going to bed. Now get your ass up before I make your lip match mine." Leeknow snapped, grabbing Chan's arm again.

Chan pulled away, yet stood to his feet. He turned back to Lily and asked, "Would it be ok if we go to my room? Please."

Lily immediately replied, "Of course, baby. I'll do whatever you need me to do."

Lily gave Leeknow and Seungmin both a goodnight kiss before leaving with Chan.

***

Chan's head rested on Lily's chest. She played with his hair as he caressed her stomach. "I'm sorry, baby girl."

"And what reason would you have to be sorry?" She asked, moving her her free hand to his.

"Making you think I was upset with you." He softly replied. "And for punching Leeknow."

She shook her head. "Baby, you didn't. I assumed. That was my own fault. I can't imagine how hard this is on you. And as far you punching Leeknow- I'm not the biggest fan of my fiancés fighting, but he clearly wasn't angry about it, so I'm assuming you've used him as a punching bag before."

He chuckled and nodded. "Once or twice."

She shook her head and rolled her eyes before hesitantly asking, "Listen- would you be willing to let me take your part in the mission? There's no immediate danger, right?"

He let out a deep sigh. "I'll be fine, babygirl. I don't want you on the field."

She sighed, "Ok. But will you please go to sleep? I will force you to sit out if I don't feel like you can handle it."

He let out a short, breathy laugh and replied, "Yes, ma'am."

She giggled and hugged him close to her. "I love you, baby."

He rolled onto his back and pulled her against him in the same position he had been. He gave her a lingering kiss on her forehead. "Goodnight, babygirl. I love you, too."

***

Breakfast was quiet and tense. No one knew what to say or how to act. Memories of how Woojin's death and how it affected Chan played through their minds. The silence was deafening until Chan finally spoke up, "Han, let JK know that we're stopping by after the mission. Hyunjin, let Yeji know that Lia is responsible for her best friend's death and that she won't be alive after tonight."

A/N: If you need a reminder- Chapter 42: The 9th