She's on her knees, Jinki behind her and Baekhyun (again), barely being held back in Minho's arms. People in the crowd are swiveling their heads between him and her, and she understands.
To them, Baekhyun was dead.
And not long ago he was dead to her too.
She wants to touch him.
She's terrified this is all a dream, and she'll soon wake up and face another day without Baekhyun.
Don't be scared, Y/N.
Easy for you to say.
She closes her eyes, because sitting with her hands behind her back on the cold ground with all of her friends watching her at someone else's mercy just kind of bothers her.
People are yelling at Jinki but he stays quiet behind her, and She notices almost the ring of people she's settled in, and she has an ominous feeling about this.
People's chatter dies down a tad when Jinki clears his throat, and all eyes are on her.
"We originally," Jinki starts, "were going to make a trade. Byun for Y/N."
He refers over to where Baekhyun is yelling, muffled by Minho's hand and a gag, but still audible.
"But I had a better idea."
He shoves Y/N over, and she doesn't move.
"But now, she's going to fight for her right to leave."
Baekhyun starts thrashing, and multiple people move up to stop him, but he kicks her in the stomach, stopping everyone in their tracks.
"Ah ah, the closer you get, you'll just be giving her the disadvantage. We can easily do this somewhere else, but I'm nice enough to let you watch."
Baekhyun is silent in her head, which she thinks is good, because she doesn't know what she'd say to him.
She wants to clutch her stomach in pain, but she just settles for writhing on the floor in pain instead.
"Y/N-ah, do you think you can get up for me?"
She gets to her knees shakily, just for Jinki to push her back down again."
"Aren't you going to untie her?!" Someone who sounds distinctly like Jongin yells, and Jinki turns to him.
"Did I ask you to give me your opinion? Taemi-"
"Hey, t-this is our fight Jongin, butt out. Jinki, if you're going to fight me, do it."
Jinki turns to her from where he swiveled to look at Taemin, and grins.
"Wow our Y/N has really grown a pair! Well, because I'm so impressed, I'll only take it out on her. Jongin, you and your friends really mustn't butt in again, I let you watch, but i can do this somewhere else."
She feels the rope keeping her hands behind her back loosen, and Jonghyun whisper her good luck in her ear.
She's handed a knife of sorts, and figures at this point, she has to kill him to stay alive.
Were these the kind of knives they used on Jongdae?
She shakes her head as Kibum calls for the 'match' of sorts to commence, and Jinki wastes no time.
He lunges for her, grasping her shoulders and throwing her to the ground, smashing her back against the floor.
His fist starts repeatedly hammering her stomach and she can feel the ache in her ribs and can feel her head smack against the floor.
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Torn // exo x reader
FanfictionY/N Y/L/N just wants to be left alone. She's not good at social interactions, and if she's being honest the thought of people scare her. She can barely talk without stuttering and her past is so dark she doesn't think even the brightest of flashligh...
