The Beauty and the Beast

IX

You jumped back to bring as much space between that someone and you. You wanted to scream but as you noticed that it was BamBam, you felt relief washing over you, without really knowing why, after all, he was a vampire too. Maybe you were just glad that it was neither Jaebum nor his crazy friend but you also didn't know what BamBam had in mind.

"We have to be quick to get you out of here" He simply announced as quiet as possible and it was as if he could read your mind. Well who knows, maybe he even was able to do so? You were glad that he was on your side, so you nodded shyly and you left the room.

He motioned you to be quiet and follow him before he started dashing through the hallway with light steps.

It felt so much longer, compared to what you had seen earlier, and a lot scarier. You came across a slightly ajar door, from which's inside you could hear voices. You weren't able to make out what they were talking about but a shiver made its way down your spine as you recognized Jaebums voice. Your injuries made themselves prominent again and your only thought was to not stop running and make it out of here.

After what felt like the longest minute ever, you arrived at the front door, where BamBam was already waiting for you, holding it open to get you out. You didn't even stop there but just continued to run and surprisingly, he followed you. You shot him a confused glance but he just held a finger to his lips.

The farther you got away from their apartment, the more safe and relieved you felt. They hadn't noticed it yet and it would hopefully take them some more time to do so, you hoped.

While dashing down the stairs, you found yourself wondering why he was helping you. After all they were his friends. You decided to not think about it and to just be grateful. but as you finally reached the bottom and the front door, loud noises could be heard from above. Shocked, BamBam and you looked at each other, eyes wide opened. Without another word or gesture, he quickly pushed you outside the door, then he ran upstairs again. You couldn't even thank him but that wasn't your biggest problem now.

Normally, you would be freezing right now since it was night and also a really cold one but the adrenaline pumping through your veins kept you warm. You quickly had to make a decision. Run or Hide? Because you would probably be a lot slower than they were, you decided to hide somewhere. But heck, you didn't even know where you were so how should you find a prober place to hide? Running towards the road you recognized the street name and to your luck, you knew someone who lived close by. Without looking back you ran and hoped that this person was at home.

"Oh hey! I didn't know you wanted to-" Shoving your friend, who you apparently woke up, aside, you let yourself in. You couldn't waste any more time now. "I'm sorry but please lock the door, and turn off the lights! I'll explain later. Please hurry!" You begged while already looking for a place to hide, hoping that they hadn't already caught up with you. Your friend obeyed without further asking and came crawling to your side under the table in the kitchen after doing what you asked her to do. "So, wanna explain what's going on now?" She whispered but you shook your head. You didn't want to risk making any noise now, so would have to wait. She must thought you were crazy, storming into her home, hiding from something or someone but you couldn't care.

"Shit BamBam, what did you do?!" Jaebum yelled at the younger one. BamBam quickly shook his head. "I saw her running out of the apartment so I tried to follow her but she was already gone! I did nothing wrong!" He tried to defend himself, hoping he would buy it. Jaebum only scoffed. "Well we have to find her, right?" Jackson suggested and Junior nodded. "We're in big trouble if anyone finds her like this. I would bet my legs that she would reveal us after what you did to her" Junior shot Jaebum a smirk before heading towards the door. "I can't promise to bring her back alive if I find her first" He announced mischievously and with that, he was gone. It didn't take Jaebum long to realize what he meant so he immediately followed him, just as the others.

"But she can't be far" Mark concluded. "I can still smell her" They've searched the streets around their apartment for quite some time now, without finding any sign of her. "She could be everywhere by now, it's useless" Jackson whined and sat down on the cold asphalt. "But we can't just give up!" Jaebum protested but found no approval from his friends. "You can search her, I don't care anymore" Yugyeom said and left them, as well as Mark, Jackson, BamBam and Youngjae so only Junior and Jaebum were left.

"We could make it a competition, you know" Junior suggested with a smirk, he loved teasing his friend. Jaebum knew that Junior was superior to him so there was no way he would agree to something like that. "Not even if my life depended on it" He shot him a glance as cold as ice.

"I'll find her, don't worry, go get some rest" Junior tried to calm him down but Jaebum could look through his kind words. "Yeah right, you'll rip her apart, if you find her. No way I'm gonna leave you alone"

You have been sitting there for so long, both your legs fell asleep as well as your friend. You kinda felt bad for disturbing her but your life depended on it and you were sure she would forgive you.

The whole time you stayed focused and alert, hoping it would be dawn soon because you were more than just exhausted. But you couldn't fall asleep. The stinging pain in your neck always reminded you of what they were capable of, of what he was capable of. The threads from Jaebum's friend kept repeating in your mind and you started to regret every one of your actions, starting with going to that park.