disclosure | park woojin

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"Don't make any sudden moves." Woojin breathes, hand splayed on Hana's lower back to keep her still. She nods slowly, seeing Daehwi reach a hand out to her. She carefully untucks her arm from under Woojin's, and links her pinky finger with Daehwi's.

"Be careful when around the edges, we can't pop out of nowhere. There's too many people around." Youngmin quietly warns, stepping in closer to the center. Only then does Hana note that the size of this dome was much bigger than the first one she had seen, giving them a large amount of space. The people that walked toward the dome disappeared as they hit the perimeter of the glamour, and appear again seconds later once they've walked through it.

"What are you getting from it?" Woojin asks Youngmin.

Youngmin furrows his brows in concentration, seemingly having a hard time reading the demon. "Definitely here for Hana. The moment she's gone, it's going for the crystal."

"It's trying to expose us." Daehwi mutters, angrily grinding his teeth.

"Stay with Daehwi." Woojin instructs, nudging her toward the other with the hand on her back. Then, he pushes her to Daehwi's side as he runs forward. Hana spins around to see what happens, and for the first time, Hana catches sight of the demon. It's huge, at least twice the size of the first demon she saw. This demon's top half resembles a minotaur, thick arms and broad chest, moving up and down noticeably with every breath it heaves. Its face is distorted, eyes spread wide from the center, mouth open and exhaling black smoke. But its thin and long bottom half is out of proportion; it doesn't match the rest of its physique. There's a tail about four feet long that whips around behind it, eager to begin a battle. Hana can feel her legs tremble in fear of what it may do to them.

Woojin is the first to attack, thrusting a hand forward to throw the demon backwards. It roars as it tumbles to the ground and scrambles back onto its feet. In retaliation, the demon swings its tail around, hoping to catch on to one of the boys' feet, but they jump over it easily, and Hana's jaw drops because Donghyun is laughing.

"What is this? Some sort of death-entailing game of helicopter jump rope to him?" She asks in disbelief. Daehwi snickers, suddenly teleporting them to the other side of the dome, furthest away from the demon. Hana stumbles, unprepared for the split second travel through the void. "Woah, give me a heads-up next time."

The demon hisses, whipping around to look directly at her at the sound of her voice, a sinister smile growing on its face as it advances toward her.

"Daehwi!" Woojin yells.

Once again, Hana travels through space, grunting as she loses her balance and lands on her bottom. She's then elevated into the air, supported by absolutely nothing, just as the sound of the demon's tail whacking against the cement comes from just a couple feet below her. She screams as the tail comes round, aiming for her once again. Hana feels her stomach lurch as she's thrusted ten feet up into the air, and slowly descends back down until she's settling into Woojin's arms. He tilts her up, allowing her to stand and tells her to run to Donghyun, who is about thirty yards ahead of them.

It's a short distance, but Hana is completely terrified (and dizzy from being levitated in the air) as she books it toward Donghyun, yelping when she hears the slam of the tail behind her. She pushes herself to run faster, glancing behind her and immediately regrets it when she finds that the demon is following her.

When she looks ahead of her again, she nearly trips over her own feet. Donghyun catches her and immediately pulls her behind him. Hana shuts her eyes, waiting for the impact of the demon but it never comes.

Opening one eye, she sees Donghyun looking at her over his shoulder and laughing. "You didn't think Woojin would actually let it get to you now, did you?"

Hana pants, glaring at Donghyun and stands straight. "I have my right to be scared shitless right now. Leave me alone."

"If you say so." Donghyun sings before he takes off running. Hana starts after him, shouting incoherent words because she didn't want to be left alone when there was a demon right there in front of her. She doesn't even get to take a full step because Youngmin grabs her arm and begins to run in the opposite direction. "You didn't think Donghyun would actually leave you alone now, did you?" He mimics Donghyun.

Hana nearly pulls her hair out. "You guys are literally fighting a demon right now but you have time to tease me?!" She yells incredulously. As Youngmin laughs, they continue to run until Donghyun and Woojin are able to pull its attention from Hana to them.

Daehwi teleports beside Youngmin. "We have to be careful. I don't think Hana can travel through the realm any time again soon. Her body won't be able to handle it."

Youngmin bites his lower lip, contemplating on what to do. "We'll save it as our last resort. And if it goes for her, take her back to the hotel. I'll throw up my crystal if the jackass goes for Woojin's. For now, leave her in Woojin's hands, he'll keep her out of reach of the demon." He nods in Woojin's general direction. "I'll go distract it."

As Youngmin dashes in front of the demon to carry out his plan, Daehwi nudges Hana along behind it, signaling Woojin over. "If anything happens, I'll be right over and I'll teleport you back to the hotel, so be prepared for it at any given moment, okay? And don't worry, Woojin would never let it hurt you." He winks. Hana blushes, nodding once.

"Keep her safe." Daehwi says as Woojin jogs over, then poofs away in a spiral of smoke.

Woojin gives her a quick once over before his eyes trail back to the demon. "How are you holding up?"

"Excellent because, you know, I'm not the one fighting a demon." She replies, voice heavy with sarcasm. She follows his line of sight, spotting Daehwi teleport in front of the demon, only to disappear behind it, place a hand on it, and vanish again, this time with the demon. They beam to the opposite end of the dome, the demon now on its back, lanky legs kicking at Daehwi.

"I've got it!" Youngmin shouts in glee as the demon pauses in its actions, its hands coming down to throw punches on itself.

"Woojin, get me up there!" Donghyun yells and takes off, running straight toward the demon while Woojin throws him upwards with his powers. Donghyun hooks a leg around the demon's neck and presses his palms to the demon's temples, white hot light bursting from his palms. The demon goes wild, shaking its head to get Donghyun off. Hana's slightly put off by the black goo that begins to ooze from its eyes and mouth, the body slowly collapsing to the ground as it decays into smoke that swirls up toward the crystal.

"That..." She mutters, "is disgusting."

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lmao so i never clarified but daehwi can teleport, and youngmin can read minds + control minds