Blaze

Comforts

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The door finally opened after what felt like the hundredth time spent ringing the freaking doorbell. The face of Victoria's friend popped up and Donghae felt like slapping the wall. He knew they'd come back to Victoria's apartment.

"Where's Victoria?" Donghae asked.

She opened the doorway and said, "In the bedroom. Don't take too long, she needs a lot of rest."

Donghae wanted to tell it to her that he was aware and he knew and he wouldn't take too long, but feeling irritated kept to himself. Trudging forward he found Victoria's bedroom immediately and walked in quietly to find her with her eyes closed.

She had slept so much in the hospital he'd be amazed if she still had the strength to sleep any more.

"Feigning sleep?" He greeted.

When Victoria turned to look at him he saw that she was irritated and annoyed. It should have been of surprise to her that he'd come after her, even coming to look for her at her apartment. But none of that surprise was relevant in her eyes.

"What do you want?"

"Isn't it supposed to hurt you sleeping like that?"

"Wow," Victoria exclaimed softly, "you came to see if I'm comfortable?"

Donghae stared down at her not amused.

"Who's your friend?"

"Why? You want to go to her house too?"

"Victoria," he growled.

With a weak laugh she looked up at him, "Why are you even here? Came to see if someone's broken my door down?"

Lightly gritting his teeth becoming angry with her antics he let out, "Fine. Stay that way."

Donghae lightly stomped out of Victoria's room and stopped in his footsteps to discover her friend cooking something by the stove.

"Are you going to be staying with Victoria? Or are you just going to be here during the day?" Donghae asked.

Yoona turned around to look at him, "Well if you're curious, I'm not Victoria's live-in maid, but I will be staying with her in the meantime."

"I'll be coming by daily," Donghae told, "let me know if anything goes wrong."

She smiled at him and nodded her head. Donghae slightly glanced back at Victoria's bedroom before starting toward the door.

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Tao almost slid past the stairs before catching sight of it. Quickly dashing upstairs he paused when he heard a unique thudding sound before creeping further down the hall. When at his destination he saw the pastor in the family picture downstairs sitting on Chorong with hands around her throat. With no further delay in action he threw the man off once he entered the room, picked him up, and threw him against the dresser by the wall.

That was when he caught sight of the little girl crying hysterically behind the bed. Their eyes met before Tao rushed at the man again. Forcing him up to his feet while Chorong slowly gained consciousness Tao slammed him agains the wall repeatedly, listening to each thud resonate through the room.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw Chorong sit up fighting to catch her breath. He thought again of those stitches on the side of Namjoo's head that night he sat beside her in the hospital and anger rushed through him. A shout bellowed through his lips when he rammed the pastor into the wall, his fingers clutching his shirt so hard that veins popped into his skin.