Fighter - I.C.K

Chapter 3 (3rd person p.o.v.)

"We can't keep a girl here, Changkyun!" Minhyuk cried out, trying to get his point across to the younger, stubborn male who 'carelessly' brought home a random girl off the streets that he knew nothing about.

This is what Sooyoung woke up to. She slowly opens her eyes and groans at the stinging pain in her hands, knees, and the back/top of her head. She hisses and rubs her head slightly. And then she realizes it. It. She had no idea where she was. Her eyes go wide as she shoots straight up into a sitting position and whips her head around trying to see if she recognized where she was.

All the while Changkyun and Minhyuk were arguing outside the door. "First of all, you didn't even tell me how you came across each other or why your knuckles are all bruised!" Minhyuk continued to nag at the younger male with his voice laced with an undertone of panic and concern as he crossed his arms.

Sooyoung freezes at the aggressive sounding voices coming from outside the door. She listens for a moment, trying to figure about if they were talking about her.

"Shut up, hyung! She's asleep, last time I checked." The deeper voice says in a hushed and uncertain tone. That voice..! That's the voice she heard when she ran up to the car. Despite still not knowing the face behind the voice, it gave her a certain calm feeling, like a peaceful sedative was the only way she could describe it. Now knowing that the deep-voiced man brought her here, she relaxed as she thought that where ever he brought her, it was probably somewhere he thought was safe.

"Alright fine, sorry. I think we- or you, I don't really care at this point- should check on her to see if she has woken up or anything like that." The voice that was arguing with Changkyun finally gave in, letting out a sigh as he finishes talking.

Sooyoung feels her heart beat quicken quite a bit when she hears the door handle rattle. She's curled herself into a sitting ball type position and stares at the door as it opens to reveal two concerned faces.

"Hey, you're awake... How are you feeling..?" The man with the calming deep voice asked in a hushed tone.

Sooyoung finally gets a look at his face and is completely awestruck . She takes in his profile, silently taking a picture with her eyes every time she blinks. The round shape of his face, the soft hint of concern in his chocolate colored eyes, the way his lips and his cheeks looked soft to the touch.

She shakes her head slightly, finally realizing that he spoke to her as she became flustered. She brought her hands up to cover her cheeks as she responds with a quiet voice, "I-I'm fine... Just my hands, knees, and head are a little sore.." She takes the chance to use the light coming from the doorway and moves the blanket off her legs to look at her knees. Her eyes go wide as she realizes that shes only wearing an over sized shirt and basketball shorts that were way to big on her. Her blush grows a little darker as she moves the ends on the giant shorts up to the middle of her thighs to look at her knees that were now covered in some sort of ointment and a ripped cloth used as bandage wrapped around and tied around her leg. She feels this warm feeling in the pit of her stomach that she can only recognize as 'safety'.

"Yeah, I bet.. You looked pretty beat up when you came running to my car... Your knees and hands were bleeding- B-But don't worry about that now! We got some medics here in the building to take care of the cuts as best they could. I could get you something for your head, if you'd like..?" He says in a soft tone that only made the warmth in her stomach grow warmer. She nods her head shyly as she keeps her eyes on her hands that were now playing with the ends of the shorts that now rested on her thighs. "Yes please..."

The deep-voiced man nods and smiles slightly, finding her shy behavior to be cute. "Alright, I'll be back with something soon. Oh, and by the way..." He looks at Sooyoung as she looks up at him with curious eyes. "I'm Changkyun." He says with a friendly and warm smile. The other guy who had been scolding Changkyun earlier had left a while ago without her noticing.

She offers him a shy smile. "I'm Sooyoung..." She says in a quiet voice. Changkyun smiles wider at this and the corner of his eyes crinkle cutely. "Pretty name.. Now, I'll be back." He says as he slowly starts closing the door but is stopped as a quiet voice says "Wait..!" He opens the door and looks at Sooyoung, raising an eyebrow which silently signals her to continue.

She swings her legs over the edge of the bed and walks up to Changkyun, still keeping her eyes on her hands as she slowly approaches him. She is quite surprised with herself and this sudden burst of courage as she quickly flings her arms around Changkyuns neck and clings to him. Changkyun makes a small noise of surprise but slowly wraps his arms around Sooyoungs torso.

"Thank you..." She says muffled against his chest. Changkyun is now the one to feel the warmth in his stomach slowly grow. He hugs her a bit tighter and rubs her back soothingly before responding with a quiet "You're welcome."