candy | markhyuck

twenty-eight

[ third pov ]

haechan was scared to the point where he couldn't breathe and he struggled with keeping his body from shaking. he just witnessed jaemin getting stabbed by two men. he held in the urge to scream as he squeezed his mouth tightly together.

the younger hissed in pain as he fell to the floor. the knife was next to him, inked with his blood. he dropped to the floor as the red liquid flowed down his leg.

"taeil, don't you think you were a bit too harsh? he's just a boy." one of them spoke up as he kneeled down to compress jaemin's wound. the red haired man shrugged as he started to walk out the door.

"you're too soft doyoung. let's hurry up, ten's waiting outside." he shook his head as the other quickly left with him but not until he made sure the bleeding stopped.

once haechan were sure they had left, he came out from his hiding spot and ran to jaemin's side. a piece of fabric was loosely tied around his leg and it was drenched in blood. "c-can you get up?" he whispered as he used a hand to support the jaemin's head.

he shook his head in pain as he grasped onto haechan's arm. "you need to get out of here, now!" using all the remaining strength he had left, he pushed haechan towards the door.

"g-go find mark and leave." haechan gulped before leaving jaemin alone. he began running towards the opposite direction the two guys. he didn't know where he was going and he wasn't sure where mark was either.

right after taeyong ordered them to scatter, mark told him to go with jaemin and hide while the others did their job. it seemed like everyone else knew what to do except him.

haechan ran quietly around the halls, carefully checking each room for a certain boy. honestly, it was a bad idea to run around when there's people coming after you and he finally realized that.

"did you hear that?"

"hear what?"

in a swift move, haechan dodged behind the large book shelf in the room he was checking. he held his breath as he pressed his body against the back of the shelf.

as the footsteps grew closer, haechan's heart began beating faster. he waited until the steps stopped in front of him. his eyes were squeezed tightly together as a drop of fear hit him.

they found him.

he turned his head to the side and embraced himself for a hit, but nothing happened. he slowly opened his eyes and sighed in relief. he has never been so happy to see this person in his entire life.

"haechan? why are you here-"

without thinking, haechan threw himself onto mark, embracing him in a tight hug. "i was so scared." he nuzzled closer into the warmth of the older's neck, wrapping his arms tighter around his head.

mark was flustered by the sudden action but he found his arms slowly wrap around haechan's waist. he could feel his body shaking from fear.

"it's okay, i'm here now."