A Dream Come True

Chapter 56: Hyunjins Torture

The house is dead silent as everyone packs up their belongings to go stay with JYP and the staff. Hyunjin sits in his room alone on the bed, eyes red and puffy, cheeks wet from tears falling down his face. He sniffles as he looks around the room. There's not a lot to pack up since they haven't been there for very long.

Hyunjin gets up off the bed to finish the last little bit of packing as his backpack falls off of the bed. He sighs and throws his head back. "Why can't things just cooperate with me right now." He thinks to himself. He turns around and sees that the backpack has spilt out some items after it fell. He gets down on the ground to repack the bag, when he freezes. His eyes start to fill with tears.

He hears a knock on the door, but doesn't respond. He couldn't care less about who was trying to bother him. He heard a knock again but he still stays there crying silently. Hyunjin hears the door open. "Are you almost ready to go? I think everyone is waiting on you." Izzy says to him with a quiet and caring voice. Izzy sees Hyunjin slouched on the floor, his shoulders shaking from crying, she can tell that he's trying to not make a sound. Izzy enters the room and closes the door behind her. She approaches Hyunjin slowly and puts her hand on his shoulder, lowering herself down to his level. She gives him a hug and rubs his back. "I know it hurts right now Hyunjin. But we'll find her. I promise." She whispers in his ear, and releases from the hug, as tears start to fill her eyes as well.

"Now, let's finish getting you packed up." She finds her composure and helps Hyunjin pack the back pack. She sees a white box poking out of the backpack and pulls it out. "What is this?" She looks at Hyunjin with her eyebrows raised. Hyunjin looks up at her, his eyes more puffy and red than before. He wipes his tears and grabs the box from her. "It's a gift, for Clarissa. I take it with me everywhere I go just in case I find the right moment to give it to her. Now.." he pauses, trying to find the strength to talk.

He throws his head back, attempting to stop the tears, then looks back at the box. Hyunjin removed the lid and reveals a silver necklace with the date '6-19-23'. It was accented with rose gold hearts on the outside of the date. Izzy gasps. "It's the day that she moved to Korea. The day when our story truly started." Hyunjin explains. "It's beautiful! She's going to love that." Izzy exclaims, as she looks at Hyunjin with a smile.

Hyunjin sighs. "I just hope that, I can end up giving it to her." He puts the box back in the backpack and continues to pack the other items when he feels Izzy's hands on his. Hyunjin looks at Izzy. Her eyes sparkling from the tears. "We're going to find her Hyunjin. She'll be with us again. She's strong. She won't go down without a fight. I know her too damn well. She won't let this end without saying goodbye." Izzy says to him while her voice breaks. They hug each other for a few seconds, comforting each other. Hyunjin sniffles, "You're right Izzy."

They release from the hug, and continue to finish packing up the room. Hyunjin looks at Izzy with a warm smile. "Thank you." He says in a tender tone as he half hugs her. Izzy hugs him with a smile and chuckles, "You're welcome. It's what friends are for." They carry all of the bags out to the front porch, where everyone was waiting. "Sorry everyone. Izzy was helping me pack up the room. My brain isn't as clear as it usually is." Hyunjin explains. "It'll be okay. We're going to find her." Felix says to him with a pat on the back. "She'll be okay. She's a strong woman." Chan pipes in. Everyone's voices start overlapping one others as they each say positive comments.

"Maybe you guys should be more concerned about Clarissa other than Hyunjin feelings!" Jeongins speaks a little loud, so everyone could hear him. The group falls silent. "We're just trying to be a good friend Jeongin." Jeongin rolls his eyes in response to Hans comment. "It seems that none of you care about Clarissa." Jeongin mutters under his breath. "Maknae you need to calm down. We all care very much about Clarissa and are doing what we can to help her, and what that is right now; is waiting for our ride to get here. If you have a better idea, please speak up." Chan says to him with irritation in his voice. Jeongin shakes his head no and decides to stay quiet. From the sound of Chans voice, he knew it was best to keep to himself.

The van pulls up and everyone helps with packing up the car and they all climb in. The car ride was tense and quiet. Not even the radio was playing. Hyunjin feels his phone vibrate in his pocket. He awkwardly shifts his body to reach for his phone. It was another picture message from the unknown number. His heart starts racing as fear fills his body. He takes a deep breath and opens the picture message.

Unknown:
Now she will always know who she belongs to, and it will always be me.

Hyunjin sees the brand on her thigh. It was the size of a sunflower. The words 'Dakotas Girl' in the middle of a circle. Her thigh red and blistered, her flesh looked crispy. Hyunjin starts to breathe heavily as his body starts to shake. His heart filling with rage. "Hey, are you okay?" Leeknow asks Hyunjin as he rests his hand on his shoulder. Hyunjin suddenly explodes, "HE BRANDED HER!"