Love In The Invasion

Chapter 16

Chorong thought again of the things she needed to bring, blood of pain, sweat of hard work, and tears of joy. Where the hell was she going to get tears of joy? What should she be so happy about to be brought to tears?

She walked into the kitchen of the large dining hall that used to have a lot of people inside, and looked around. No one was in sight so she grabbed a plastic bag and a knife. She folded up her leggings and held the knife to her leg, slowly, she held the bag under her leg then sliced her skin.

Quickly, she let the blood fall into the plastic and once she bag was 1/ 4 full, she grabbed a bandage and wrapped her leg then tied the plastic. Slowly, she stood up while holding onto the counter. What she needed next was sweat of hard work but her head was feeling a bit dizzy after the sudden blood loss.

Chorong looked the the clock, it was still 10:00 am, she had time to rest a bit, she walked weakly back to her room without anyone spotting her, especially Suga. She finally reached her room and slowly rested herself in her bed, she couldn't sleep for some reason, so she just waited there in her room until 12:00 pm.

She couldn't wait any longer but the dizziness disappeared so she went to get busy to get the sweat of hard work.

Chorong tied her hair up and began jogging around to start sweating, she then caught sight of Suga walking hand-in-hand with Woozi next to him. "Oh! Hey Chorong" he greeted her. Chorong jogged towards them, Woozi let go of Suga's hand and yelled "noona!" while running towards her.

Woozi ran to her so she lifted him into her arms and said "did you miss noona?" Woozi pouted and nodded like a typical kid would. "Candy ahjusshi was too lazy to play with me so we just walked around, I like candy ahjusshi but sometimes, he's a bit boring" he whispered the last words to Chorong but Suga said "hey, I heard that" Woozi giggled and said "do you want to run around with noona?" Woozi nodded his head. Chorong put him down and said "let's have a race, whoever reaches that wall first gets a prize".

Woozi nodded then Chorong and he bent down to begin fast then she said "ready, set, go!" Chorong didn't run that quickly, she needed to keep Woozi's pride safe since he was just a kid.

"Noona! Noona! I won!" he got to the wall ahead of her while Chorong was only halfway there. Chorong clapped for him then he ran back to her and said "noona! Noona! Can I make your punishment?" she just smiled and said "sure, you're the winner". Woozi jumped in excitement and said "Noona" he walked closer to Chorong then glanced at Suga. "Noona, Candy ahjusshi said he likes you, give this to him. Don't open it hehe" Woozi giggled with his adorable voice.

Chorong smiled "Okay, I'll go give it to him" it was a small letter but apparently, only Suga will be able to read it. Chorong stood up and held the letter in her hand she walked towards Suga but jogged to add up the sweat on her nape. "Suga" he faced her "what?" Chorong glanced at Woozi as he gave her two thumbs up "I have to give this to you" Suga took it "really? What is it?" he opened it and read it out loud "Dear Shuga, I no u like mi. So I will sei I lab u forever love, Noona" he chuckled and said "Woozi wrote this didn't he?" Chorong nodded.

"So you knew?" Suga asked, and sweat was dripping down his neck. Suga sighed "I kinda worked hard to keep it away from both you and Woozi but, uhmm...." wait worked hard? So this can be sweat of hard work? Chorong thought. She took out her small hand towel and wiped Suga's neck.

"It's alright, I like you too. But priorities are priorities, I have to save my family" Chorong finished wiping his neck and placed it in a plastic hidden in her pocket. "Well, I'll see you later, I have things to figure out" she left Suga speechless and blushing.

Chorong got the blood of pain and the sweat of hard work, all she needed now was tears of joy which could be impossible! Who would cry in an invasion because they're so happy? No one! "What do I do now?" she was panicking, wondering about how an alien could punish a human being.

Chorong paced back and forth in her room, thinking of ways to get tears of joy. But a thought occurred to her Maybe they were being literal I just need to make Joy cry? Do I know anybody named Joy?

Chorong walked out of her room and looked for someone who knew everybody there was to know. Dahyun, the girl she saved from being abducted.

"Dahyun!! Dahyun-ah!" Chorong yelled her name while running around the place. Dahyun came out of a building then Chorong ran after her. "Dahyun-ah!" she looked to Chorong's direction "Why unnie?" Chorong panted first then rested her hands on her knees and held her index finger up telling her to wait.

"Dahyun, do you know anybody named Joy?" Chorong stood up straight "I know where she is but I think she'd be busy being to paranoid" Dahyun said. Chorong only had this chance "can you take me to her?" Dahyun nodded "follow me unnie".

Dahyun ran through so many doors, went down so many stairs, while Chorong just tailed behind Dahyun. "Unnie" said Dahyun "What is it?" "Why are you looking for joy?" Chorong couldn't tell Suga that so how can she tell Dahyun. "I have some matters to discuss with her" Chorong answered, then Dahyun stopped at a very small door. "Unnie, she was traumatized by the Invasion so try to be understanding, Doojoon said he found her shivering in fear. She says words we don't understand. She'll start crying for no reason, so be patient with her unnie, we didn't put her here, she put herself here" Dahyun explained Joy's condition.

"I understand, but did she say any names of some sort?" Chorong asked but Dahyun shrugged, "for days, we've been trying to calm her down, tell her things will be alright. But she'll shake her head and just, go see her now" Dahyun opened the small door revealing a girl curled up in a ball in the corner.

Chorong went inside "excuse me? Joy?" the girl looked up at Chorong "you! I'm so glad you're here!" Joy spoke as if she had seen her old best friend. "What do you mean?" Chorong was confused, did she know her? "My visions, they were all you!" Joy spoke happily as if everything Dahyun said was a lie.

"What visions, can you please explain?" Chorong needed the tears but this girl doesn't look like she spoke with many people ever since the invasion.

"The aliens, they hit my head with some sort of device. I thought I was going crazy and tried to ignore these visions I kept seeing but you were in them. Now, I can have hope because in my visions, you saved us all along with a male figure I couldn't figure out who. Please, tell me you have a plan" Joy pleaded "don't worry, I came to you because I do have a plan. A plan to save everyone, a plan to free everyone" Chorong reassured. "What's your plan?" Joy asked and Chorong told her everything, well, only the things that she needed to get for the aliens.

"That won't be a problem" said Joy tears started flowing down her cheeks "I'm so glad I can have hope again, I can stop feeling like I'm going crazy, I can feel sane again" she continued then Chorong grabbed a handkerchief and wiped Joy's tears. "Don't worry, but for the meantime, you have to get out of here" Chorong said and Joy nodded as they walked out of the small room.

"I forgot to ask for your name" said Joy "It's Chorong, Park Chorong" Joy nodded. But as they walked Joy couldn't help herself but keep her distance with everyone. As if they carried a disease she did not want to get.

"You can open up to people here, because like you, we were affected so much by the invasion. You see that kid?" Chorong pointed at Woozi for Joy to see, "He lost his mom to the aliens, so I told him she just went to the store to buy him a present and that he should be patient for her. I broke my heart to see a kid like him crying, especially if he has a smile under the frown".

Joy nodded "My family died before the invasion, so I can't do anything, I have no one left to save" Chorong then said "what about friends?" Joy sighed "they left me alone because they said I wasn't that happy of a friend, and my presence was depressing to them".

"Chorong!" Suga shouted as he ran towards them. Both Joy and Chorong turned to him but when Joy's eyes landed on Suga, she fell to the ground. "Joy!" Chorong put Joy's head on her lap, "Chorong, Chorong" Joy tried to speak while she was still conscious "what is it?" asked Chorong "don't trust him, he's- he's- he's-" then she went unconscious without finishing her sentence.