You Never Walk Alone

Chapter 41

The next morning, it was time for the seven Baeks to return to school.

"I was just wondering...is it okay for them to go to school so soon? I mean they just got freed from that terror house two days ago, will they be able to handle school?" Ki-ho asked.

"Yes, at least that's what I think, because at school, their mind will be diverted and they won't think about the tortures they went through during school as they will be too busy in studying, talking to friends and their activity modules to focus on their traumatic memories." Ae-cha replied.

"Okay then, we'll go wake them up and help them get ready for school." Ki-ha spoke.

"But, we do need you guys to do a favor for us, could you all please just inform the boys' teachers about their condition, and please do keep checking up on them in between lessons." Da-hee requested.

"What about Tae, Yoongi hyung and Jin hyung? They aren't in any of our classes." Kyung-se pointed out.

"We'll ask Hosu to look out for Yoongi and Jin, could you please just go and visit Tae's class whenever you get time?" Ae-cha responded.

"Of course." Kyung-se nodded.

"Thank you boys." Da-hee said, the Byun's smiled in reply before turning around and running to go and wake up their friends.

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"School's going to be fun today, there's a celebration at school today, so we won't be studying much, isn't that great?" Ki-ho spoke, trying to stir up a conversation in the car as they drove to the school.

The boys nodded.

Realizing that they still want to stay silent, Ki-ho quietened down, and no one spoke anything until they reached their school.

"Oh look! There's Hosu hyung!" Ki-ha exclaimed, taking Yoongi and Jin's arms and leading them to the sixteen-year-old.

"Hosu hyung!" Ki-ha called out, the said boy immediately turned around.

"Ki-ha! What's up?" Hosu asked.

"Hyung," Ki-ha spoke, quickly typing some things onto his phone and then showing it to Hosu, the sixteen-year-old furrowed his eyebrows when he saw the device but then began reading the message. Jin and Yoongi were still in a trance.

Hosu gasped when he reached the end of it, "Oh my god! Jinnie hyung, Yoongi, are you two okay?" He asked, eyes filled with concern.

"Y-yeah d-dumb-a-ass, w-what... w-would b-be... w-wrong?" Yoongi replied, blinking as he was snapped out of his trance.

"Oh thank heavens! Come on, let's get to our classes." Hosu spoke, letting out a sigh of relief after hearing Yoongi speak because Ki-ha had told him -typed to him- that Yoongi and the others had not uttered a single word the day before, and he was scared that his best friend would refuse to speak with him too.

"Jin hyung, you come along too, we'll go together." Hosu said, pulling Jin along with him as he walked to the high-school building along with Yoongi.

"I-I c-can... w-walk b-by... m-myself." Jin spoke, trying to get away from Hosu, who was practically carrying him at this point.

"I know, hyung, I'm just supporting you." Hosu responded.

"S-support Y-Yoongi i-instead, h-he's p-pro-bably h-hurting m-more." Jin said.

"Yeah, hyung, I know, I'm holding onto him too." Hosu replied.

"G-good, d-don't l-let m-my l-little Y-Yoonie...g-get h-hurt m-more... o-okay? H-he's... g-gone t-through e-enough... p-protect h-him... f-for m-me, g-got... i-it?" Jin requested with a soft smile on his face.