You Never Walk Alone

Chapter 42: Dam

A/N: please do check out the Author's notes at the end.

The Baek boys still stayed in their trance throughout school, they absolutely refused to speak or move a muscle, the teachers were all confused by this behavior, but thankfully, all of them stayed patient and were not insensitive to the boys.

The Byun's and Hosu were very concerned about the boys' mental state, it was like the seven were drowning, they were drowning in plain sight, everyone knew that they needed to be saved from the unforgiving ocean, but none of the kids knew how to swim, no one could save them, even if they wanted to, because they didn't know how to swim, and the person who knew how, was too far out of reach, lifeguards are too expensive anyway, which adult would spend so much on a few drowning boys?

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"C'mon, Jinnie hyung, Yoongi, school's over, we have to go back home." Hosu prompted, gently taking a hold of both of the boys' hands and leading them out of the high school building.

"N-no! D-don't...w-want t-to g-go n-near...a-adults..." Jin protested.

"Aw, Don't worry, Jinnie hyung, Ae-cha noona and Da-hee won't hurt you guys..." Hosu reassured.

"S-still..." Yoongi spoke.

"Alright, wait for a bit then..." Hosu nodded, quickly looking around to spot the Byun's and the other Baeks.

"Ki-ho!!" Hosu called out, waving his hands around to get the other boys' attention.

Luckily, Ki-ha saw them and immediately brought along the others to them.

"What's up, hyung?" Ki-ha spoke.

"Uh...Jin hyung and Yoongi don't really want to go back home and near adults right now...What should we do?" Hosu asked.

"The others don't want to either, maybe we can wander around for a while?" Ki-ho suggested.

"Yeah, but where should we go?" Kyung-se asked.

"How about that dam nearby? It's a very calming place, they'll like it there." Kyu-won recommended.

"You're right, Kyu! Let's go there!" Hosu nodded in agreement, and then he turned to his best friend and Jin. "Hey, Jin hyung, Yoongi, are you okay with going there?" He asked.

All seven of the Baeks nodded in reply.

"Okay then, to the dam we go!" Ki-ha declared.

The Byun's and Hosu led the Baeks out of the school campus and then they began walking towards their destination.

"Hello, Ae-cha noona? No, no, nothing's wrong, I just called to let you know that we'll be returning home a bit late, we're going to the nearby dam for some time." Ki-ho spoke into his phone, after a few seconds he hung up.

"Can we inform my mother too, real quick? We'll pass by my house anyway." Hosu said.

"Sure, hyung." Kyung-se nodded.

They continued to walk in silence for a little while, after which they reached Hosu's house.

"I'll be right back, you all can wait or go ahead and start walking, I'll catch up." Hosu spoke, the other boys' nodded and then decided to wait for him.

"H-hy-hyung! H-hy-hyung...w-we h-have t-to l-leave...h-hyung q-quick!" Jungkook stuttered out, a few seconds later, pulling on Jin's sleeve.

"What's wrong, Kook?" Ki-ha asked.