Not Alone

Chapta 4

Choice: Take Jaebum's hand and lead him to the bathroom and clean him up or jokingly wipe off the soda with napkins near you and continue eating?
Choice made: Take Jaebum's hand and lead him to the bathroom and clean him up

(Y/N) POV

Tentatively I reached forward and wrapped my hand around his larger one standing up and bringing him up with me. I walked silently down the hall to the bathroom and had him sit on the closed toilet.

As he sat there face shining with soda and hair sticking to his forehead I giggled at how cute he looked before wetting a washcloth and gently rubbing it over his face. I pushed his fringe up running the cloth over it and then ran my fingers through his hair to detangle it.

After a little bit I squatted down and looked all over his face watching as it grew red and I smiled.

"All clean." I said proudly as he chuckled.

"Thanks..." He whispered and I smiled before realizing how awkward it was to be stuck in the bathroom with him.

"I'll um, I'll clean it up you go to bed." I said before darting out of the bathroom.

As I put the leftovers away I heard a bang and rolled my eyes closing the fridge door.

"Jaebum I told you to go to bed-" I stopped as I saw no one was there.

"Jaebum?" I called out and still got no reply.

Walking into the living room I saw the soda cans on the ground empty but still leaking small drops onto the carpet. Cursing I picked them up and threw them away, had Jaebum really came into the room and spilled the soda and just left it there?

After getting stain remover and spending a good 30 minutes scrubbing I got the stains out and sighed leaning against the couch. I looked up at the clock and saw it was 12:01 and sighed again. Quickly a shadow walked across the hall and into the kitchen.

"Jaebum what are you doing?" You asked getting up and following him in there before realizing no one was in the kitchen.

I had just seen someone come in here though... Quickly I began to look under the table and in all the cabinets and even the fridge. As I was checking the last cabinet I heard a noise behind me.

I turned and saw the garbage disposal for the sink was on. Walking over I looked in it and didn't see anything as I turned it off. I glanced down the drain but still saw nothing when suddenly the disposal turned on again and a thick black gel shot out of it covering my face and chest.

I screamed in shock and backed away shaking slightly. Quickly I heard footsteps behind me and a hand on my back.

"(Y/N) are you okay?" Jaebum asked and I turned to look at him.

He looked just as confused and concerned as I felt and I honestly didn't know how to explain what just happened to him.

"Ah yeah.... I guess something got caught in the drain..." I said and he looked at me with wide eyes.

"I'll clean it up, sorry for being so loud i'll keep it down." I said wiping the goop off around my eyes.

He didn't say anything as he took my hand and led me back to the bathroom this time with me sitting on the toilet. He began cleaning my face off gently and bit his lip in thought, it looked like he wanted to say something but couldn't figure out how to.

He probably thought I was insane, I know he would if I told him the disposal turned on by itself twice and shot black tar stuff at me.

"So soda hates me and the sink hates you?" He asked giving me a small smile.

I laughed at his attempt to lighten the mood and sighed.

"I guess so." I said and we cleaned the tar out of the kitchen together not finishing till 1am.

He went to bed while I went and showered. As I was showering I watched the water drain, I couldn't get it to be clear it kept coming out black. I continued scrubbing but couldn't figure out where the tar was and I felt my skin around my neck began to burn from how hard I had been scrubbing it.

The water was getting darker and darker before it began to turn red and I widened my eyes turning off the shower quickly and staring down. More black and red began to flow down into the drain so I exited the shower to see where it was coming from.

My neck was blistering red with claw marks from trying to get the black off but there was no blood or black anywhere on me. I was red for the heat of the shower and my aggressive scrubbing but I wasn't bleeding anywhere...

"I'm losing my mind." I whispered leaning over the counter and sighing into the sink.