Defence

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"I don't understand," Donghae said.

"Have you never heard of the story?" asked Taecyeon.

"What story?"

"Yoona had a friend, who at 12 years old, went missing."

Donghae sat up in his seat, "Of course. Her father told me about it."

"You didn't take it seriously, did you?" Taecyeon tried. "You never witnessed how hard Yoona worked in order to find her. You never saw any of it, did you?"

Donghae stared at him.

"She went all over South Korea using every means possible. Crying her eyes out, you didn't know any of it, did you?"

Donghae remained silent. She'd never dropped a tear in front of him. He could only recall all the times in which Yoona had been hours late for a date they had scheduled.

"Don't you understand?" Taecyeon asked. "Yoona's heart is slowly breaking. Because of you...and Victoria."

Donghae's eyebrows twitched. "Victoria? What does she have to do with this?"

"Didn't I just say it?" Taecyeon said. His voice was solid and low as if he were saying something dangerous.

Donghae thought long and hard back to Taecyeon's words then felt his eyes widen. He looked at Taecyeon who stared at him calmly.

"Do you understand? Why you can't do it?" Taecyeon asked.

Donghae shot up from his chair like a bullet and out the door. Taecyeon immediately followed him down the stairs.

"Where are you going?!" Taecyeon shouted.

When they got outside no one was there. Donghae rushed toward the gym and found the door unlocked. Once he opened the door Yoona's wailing was visible to the ears. Looking around inside they found no other soul.

"Yoona," Donghae called walking in.

He'd never seen her cry before. The way she was wailing was so depressing. Donghae got down beside her and pulled her up.

"Sorry," was all he said before hugging her.

Taecyeon felt his heart beat slow down and he turned around closing the gym door after him. To see them hugging...wasn't a sight he wanted to see. Yoona's cheery smile erupted in his mind before he walked away from the gym. Tilting his head up toward the hidden sun he recalled Victoria was missing.

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Victoria stared at the road with tears in the corner of her eyes. All she just wanted to do was run now. Staying would make the worst end of everything. Traffic rushed pass and the people around her seem oblivious to all her emotions. After five minutes a large green bus finally stopped before her and everyone boarded it. It stayed for 15 more seconds waiting for her to go on but when she showed no notion to go on, it drove off into the street.

Yoona should have stopped looking for her. During all that time Victoria had worked so hard to give up her hopes of returning to find Yoona and her parents. When she finally did, who knew that she'd be thrown back into the world she had left behind. What was more burdensome now was that not only was she a fugitive, but everyone was looking for her. Either to bring her back to their arms or to kill her.

"Live or die." the voice appeared in her mind again.

Something loud rung in the air and it took her almost a minute to discover that it was her phone. Taecyeon was calling. Victoria had thought of leaving her phone behind and just walking off but Taecyeon wouldn't just leave it at that. That person, she'd learned, was stingy about money. Victoria stared it before taking out the battery and throwing it back into her pocket.