Blaze

The First to Confess

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Everyone seemingly met up at the hospital since Donghae had to go in for a checkup on his injuries as well as Kris and Namjoo.

It turned out a friend of two missing high school girls reported to the police that they'd gone missing at her uncle's party. After six months of evidence, one of those two high school girls were found hidden at the host club in the upstairs room used as a "the room" for deeds. The club and the party all linked back to the uncle, who was arrested, but the girls Lay and Victoria were searching for had already disappeared before they found the host club. No one knew where they had been kept either.

"Are you sure you're fine?" Victoria questioned.

"No major injuries," Donghae assured as they walked down the hallway with his bruised face.

"What happened back there?" Victoria asked. "Who were you fighting with?"

"Lets talk about that another time, ok?" Donghae said. "Where's Namjoo and Kris? Are they ok?"

"They're still getting treated," Victoria replied. "Your bruise looks bad. Are you sure you didn't fracture your bone?"

"I said I'm fine," Donghae repeated.

"Donghae!" Suho called when they turned around the corner.

"What happened?" Donghae asked.

"Ah...well..." Suho hesitated.

"They got attacked," Chorong answered. "Namjoo's still in shock and her ankle's in bad condition. Kris' wound is getting treated."

Suho awkwardly laughed, "I guess this calls for a break."

"Yea," Donghae agreed.

"Really?" Suho's eyes widened. "You know I didn't actually mean that."

"Maybe we do need a few days' break," Donghae felt his eyes turn solemn.

Suho and Victoria turned to look at him curious before they turned.

"I got the bills taken care of," Lay walked toward them with some papers in hand and handed them over to Donghae. "They're still not out yet?"

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"Don't put any more strain on your ankle," the doctor advised.

"Is that all? Nothing else?" Tao asked as if there should have been something else said.

"An ice pack might help ease the pain," the doctor added before smiling and walked out of the room.

"Do you hurt anywhere else?" Tao turned to look at her.

"I'm fine." She replied without looking at him.

He pressed his lips together when he saw the slight bruise forming on her face. Suddenly he wanted to hug her again and erase that awful memory from both their minds. Tao knew she was probably a lot more scared than she was showing. He remembered the night she asked him to stay with her and thought about how she was even able to live alone.

"That bastard." Tao muttered. Turning his back to her he said, "Here, I'll carry you out."

"I can walk."

"I'm offering you my back, so take it as it is," Tao insisted then turned around to look at her.

He repressed a sigh when he saw the downcast expression on her face and couldn't help, but reach a hand forward to place at the back of her head.

"Stop it." Namjoo mumbled.

"It's ok," Tao assured, "I'm just being the nice guy for a moment." And he slightly dug his fingers into her hair, "They can't hurt you again."