『Sanctuary』[COMPLETE]

Chapter 3

A/N- The beginning of this chapter takes place around the time that Jinyoungs gang leaves. Let's say it's, 9:00pm.

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Bambam Pov

I'm heading home and I'm walking by the bridge when I see Chanyeol, Baekhyun, and Xuimin. They see the red spot on my face and the bandage on my hand.

Chanyeol walks up to me. "Who did this to you?" It's silent for a few seconds. I gave a fake smile. He spoke again. "Come and join us so those guys don't mess with you anymore." "I'm sorry bro. I don't think I can join you guys. My mom sent me here to study. I want to focus on my studies. Because if she knew, she would would be so... disappointed. Anyways,thank you, bros." "Is that so? Take good care of yourself. Don't let others bully you so easily." We went our separate ways then.

The next day, I was sitting on a bench at one of the balconys at the school, eating a burger. I started to think about what me and Chanyeol talked about yesterday. And I, at that time, only thought that if the glasses were broken, I could just change for a new pair. If there were people who bully me, I could just avoid them. Just these, there shouldn't be a problem.

Baekhyun and Xiumin walk up to me. Xiumin is the first to speak. "Hey. You still can still change your mind and come to join us." Then Baekhyun spoke. "To be in this school, you need to be tough. You can't show any weakness. Even Chanyeol, when he first got here, he was bullied, too."

~Flashback~

Chanyeol was running down the stairs at the bridge, leading down to the school. As he runs, he keeps looking behind himself. When he gets to the bottom of the stairs, there are three people in masks chasing him down the stairs. He runs down a trail only to see two more people in mask waiting for him. He stands there, cornered, slowly backing up. Behind him is a ditch.

He gets punched, kicked, and pushed to the ground. The masked students then throw money at him, and dump out his backpacks contents. They laughed at him. ("But he wasn't afraid. He stood up, ready to fight." Baekhyun says as he continues to tell the story.) The next day, Chanyeol got rid of his glasses, changed his hair, changed his clothes. He taught himself how to fight. Practicing and exercising for hours at a time. ("Until the two of us came here. We had Chanyeol helping us.")

Xiumin was on the ground, about to get a few more kicks and ounshes aimed at him, when Chanyeol came from behind him. He stood with Chanyeol and the guys backed off a bit. He learned to fight, too.

Baekhyun was backing up slowly as he glared at the gang. The gang was gonna come closer, when Chanyeol and Xiumin came up from behind him. The three of them stood together. The gang backed off. Baekhyun also learned to fight.

~Flashback end~

"And after that," Xiumin continues, "no one dared to mess with us." I just looked at them. I was impressed by their way of survival. I wanted to be able to do the same.. but I was afraid.