FORGIVE ( h. ryo ) ✓

fourteen

How long has it been since Ryo was put in this cell? How many days have passed since? Three days? Two days? Or has a day not passed yet?

Ryo had finished the stash of food that Soren and Suzuki had brought him. He was a hungry child. The fear must have made him this hungry.

"Ugh, I hate this." He mumbles as he places his head down on his knees. Hugging his legs close to his chest to keep himself warm from the cold cell.

"Hey let us in. Please it's an emergency!"
"I can't let you in. You aren't authorised people."

Ryo could hear a commotion from the front. Their loud voices echoing throughout the hallways. He knew who those voices belonged too. Riku and Jaehee.

"Well we're Cupids. We are authorised people." Jaehee tells the security that was guarding the prison cell.
"No! You aren't important people like the higher ups. I can't just let random Cupids in as they please." The security yammers as Riku lets out an annoyed groan.

"I didn't want to do this to you buddy. But we really need to get in and free our friend." Riku says before he moves to the side and told Jaehee to stand in front of the security guard.
"What are you kids doing?" The security questions.

"Jaehee attack him!" Riku shouted as Jaehee attacks the man and knocks him in the stomach using his elbows. Taking the security guard down.

"You do not want to mess with the strongest member of the wishes." Riku says whilst sticking his tongue out before he pushes the door that leads into the prison cell open.

"Ryo! Where are you?!" Jaehee calls out once the two of them were inside.
"Geez, these people inside here are scary." Riku whispers as he clutches onto Jaehee's arms. The two guys walking through the hallways as they tried to find Ryo.

"I'M OVER HERE! NEAR THE END OF THE HALLWAY!" They hear Ryo shout out loud as the two guys quickly ran towards the direction of the voice.

"Ryo!" The two of them exclaims in relief when they finally see him.
"Riku, Jaehee hyung. What are you two doing here?" The boy asks.

"To bust you out of jail, duh?" Riku answers whilst grinning widely.
"Aren't you guys going to get in trouble?" He whispers. Scared for what might happen to his friends for sneaking in here.

"Yeah, probably." Riku then answers.
"But Suzuki and Soren made a plan. Whilst we're here, the rest as well as your family members are up there, barging into the headquarters meeting." Jaehee tells him as Ryo's eyes shot wide open.

"That isn't any better!?! What is my family doing here!??" He exclaims.
"They're here to convince the higher ups that you're innocent and explain why you broke the secret. If these scary people had some empathy, they'd let you out." Riku explains.

"I don't think they're that nice. I've met the number one commander. Although, I didn't see him because I was too afraid to look him in the eye. But he's scary!" Ryo stated.
"Well you don't need to worry. We have Soren the daredevil, your brother who isn't afraid to argue with literally anyone. Then we have Yushi, who would not tolerate anyone's bullshit, and you have Sakuya who'd scream at them. That kids pretty good at gaslighting and making a scene. They're going to be ok. Plus, even if the higher ups did hurt them... which I hope they did not, they have Mr. Anderson, and Suzuki and Sion hyung who could heal them." Riku reassured him. But Ryo wasn't convinced. He was now even more scared.

*click!

"What was that noise?!" Riku shouted as he hides behind Jaehee.
"The guys said that the higher ups agreed to let Ryo go because he's innocent. Mr. Warren just unlocked the cell." Jaehee says as he shows them his phone. Him looking at Riku tiredly. "Did you not check your notifs?"

"Who has time to check their phones when we're on a secret mission!!?" The Japanese boy retorted.

"Anyways." Jaehee then says before he pushes the cell door open. Ryo just staring at them in disbelief.
"Come on out. You're a free man now." Jaehee tells him.

Ryo continues to just stand there inside the prison cell as he was taking all of this in. Him not moving an inch as his friends look at him in worry.

"I can't believe it!" Ryo exclaims as he ran out of the cell and pulls his two friends into a longing hug. Riku and Jaehee staring at each other with a soft look on their faces as they returned his hug.

"I seriously thought that I was going to stay here for much longer. I was freezing!" The boy complains.
"Well it's been three days, and you need to take a warm shower after this. Because you stink, not going to lie." Riku tells him as it made Ryo laugh.

The boy smiling at them before he replies, "I know I stink. At least they let me leave the cell just to use the toilet."

"We should probably meet up with the rest of your family. They're worried sick." Jaehee says as Ryo nodded his head before all three of them fled the place.