Echoes Of Unspoken Connections

9. Astraphobia

During the four days, Byeol was going to the university with Taehyung either on his bike or the car. Every single day, she tried to get her bike keys back but it was unsuccessful.

On the fifth day, all of them were eating breakfast. "Kook, here. Take it and don't you dare roam at nights" he warned and gave his keys back. Jungkook nodded and took the keys with a smile.

Seeing that, Byeol looked at Yoongi with puppy eyes in an attempt to melt him. Yoongi melted, for sure, but he wasn't ready to give the keys to her. "Pleaseee. I won't repeat it. Pretty please. Aren't I your only sister? How can you do this to me?" she said cutely.

Yoongi didn't pay attention to her and continued eating. Byeol pouted angrily and stomped out of the dining room as she was already done with her breakfast.

As she was leaving with her bag, Yoongi called her "Byeol" he said making her turn around. He tossed the keys towards her "Catch" he yelled and Byeol caught it perfectly with a grin on her face "Thank you so much oppa" she yelled and ran out of the house as she missed her bike so much. Yoongi shook his head with a soft smile adorning his face.

Same day, around 8:30 pm:
Byeol was returning home from her classes as she was done for the day. On the way, it started to rain. It wasn't raining heavily, but the weather seemed bad. So, Byeol started driving faster to go home as the weather made her uneasy.

She reached her home and made her way to the room. Few minutes later, the rainfall became more intense. Thunders and lightening filled the sky. The weather and the sounds of the thunders made Byeol uneasy, she started feeling scared. So she crawled under the covers to block out the sounds from outside.

But the weather only worsened. The rain turned into a storm and the thunders increased. This made Byeol more scared. "Appa" she mumbled and hugged her duvet tightly.

She didn't like the sounds of the thunders, it scared her. To worsen her condition, a huge thunder fell nearby with a loud sound. Hearing it, Byeol flinched hardly. She started panicking and started to have difficulty in breathing.

She got out of the covers to go to a safer place, the closet. She got down the bed and crawled to the closet to hide herself. She went in and closed the door. She hugged her legs tightly and hid her face in the knees "Pl-please m-ake th-them st-stop" she cried out with a very low voice. Tears rolled down her face due to the panic and fear.

Meanwhile, Namjoon entered the house with water dripping down his hair and clothes, he was fully wet. He made his to his room but stopped when he took a glance at Byeol's room. The door was open but the light wasn't turned on, it was fully dark. 'She might be sleeping' he thought and went to his room.

After taking a shower, he got out of the room to check on Byeol as she wasn't the type to sleep early and on top of that, he started to feel worried for her, for some unknown reason. He knocked on the door and went inside. As she wasn't on the bed, he knocked on the bathroom's door "Byeol, are you inside?" he said but there was no reply from the other side. "Where did she go?" he muttered to himself in confusion.

Suddenly, there was a strong thunder. It was so loud that even Namjoon flinched a little. In the next moment, there was a scream in the room followed by small sobs. Namjoon widened his eyes "Byeol! Is that you?" he called out for her and walked towards the closet as the scream was heard from that side.

He opened the closets door and found Byeol sitting in the corner with her face hid in her knees. "Byeol! Get up, why are you here?" he spoke softly and tried to make her stand. She shook her head and moved back in fear.

Namjoon understood that she was scared of something, so he tried to calm her down first. "Hey, you are fine. There is nothing to be scared, it's just you and me. Let's get you out of here, can I hold you?" he asked softly to not make her more scared. Byeol looked up slowly. Namjoon's heart broke at the tear-stricken face of her's.