[×Nights×] ATEEZ

× Chapter 4 ×

"He's sleeping?"

Yunho, San, and Wooyoung couldn't be more confused.

A little earlier...

"Can you hand me my blankie?" Jaemin asked San groggily.

"I--um, sure." San tied up Jaemin's arms around his chest and put the blanket over the male.

present time...

"Its kinda cute now that I see him like that." Wooyoung said, ignoring the screeches of Mingi and the nonchalant bluntness of Chai.

While Yunho, San, and Wooyoung were watching Jaemin sleep, Mingi had been screeching at Chai.

"wHy diD yOu pEt mE?" Chai smiled slightly while Mingi continued to have voice cracks. He had to admit, the animatronic was cute when he was flustered.

"Because I wanted to and you're cute." Mingi stopped screeching and looked at Chai in surprise. Chai realized what he said and covered his mouth.

Mingi got up and left the room suddenly, causing Chai to drop his hands.

"Wait where are you going?" Chai asked hurriedly, getting up to follow him.

"Away from you" This caused Chai to shrink back. He felt like he was stabbed in the chest, and it wasn't a nice feeling. The other 3 animatronics in the room were struggling to hold an angry Jaemin who had heard everything.

"I'LL BEAT HIS ASS WHAT THE FUCK?!" Jaemin screamed, getting closer to freeing himself from the animatronics. "LET ME GO YOU METAL PIECES OF SHIT!"

Chai only say down on the empty bed, feeling lost. He'd only known the animatronic for less than a week, so why did he feel broken when Mingi left?

"You should get some sleep" Wooyoung said, finally standing back from Jaemin who was tied to the bed with San cuddling him from the back.

"Baby's gonna get me" Chai spoke suddenly, his voice quite small. Wooyoung gave him a confused look, secretly signalling Yunho to go get Mingi.

Flashback 3 years ago

"Come on down, underground, the show's about to start" A voice filled the empty air, setting 16 year old Chai on edge.

"I'm a mystery, let's make history" Chai didn't recognize the voice and had the sudden urge to follow it.

"I'll find you in the dark"

The male whirled around but saw no one that owned this creepy voice.

"Everyone's waiting...I can hear your beating heart~"

Chai didn't know where the voice was coming from and tried desperately to find it.

"Listen to, the children cry" As if on cue, children screams pierced the air, making the poor male flinch, clutching his head.

"We're ripping them apart~"

Chai screamed, his voice high and pitched.

Present

"Chai?! Chai!" Mingi was standing over the twitching male. He jumped back when Chai opened his eyes, their normal brown now an emerald green.

He laughed crazily, the voice not even sounding like his anymore.

"I'm an evil bitch, you'll wanna slit your wrists~" The voice came out more feminine. It wasn't like Chai's voice at all. It was like he was someone else.

"Who are you?!" Jaemin yelled, glaring at whatever was possessing Chai.

"I'm Hongjoong's wicked sis, another deadly sin~" The thing replied, giving a smile similar to Chai's but more psychotic.

"Who am I? No information is up at this time...that's right...two pigtails? Like a bat out of hell, in a nutshell? I'm born to kill"

Mingi stared at whatever was Chai. He didn't have a good feeling about this.

"You're naughty kids, as you bleed out, I'll watch you twitch..Your throat is slit? I'm sassy, yes I must admit, I'm still a filthy little bitch, call me a robot? That's bewitched"

The thing started getting up, the sound of metal and the music from an ice cream truck filled the silenced air.

"Come on down, underground, the show's about to end..." A male voice appeared out of thin air, still not sounding like Chai.

"I'm a mystery, let's make history...yeah..." The thing smiled at them, mouthing 'Friends?'.

"We are not your friends" Mingi said, clearly pissing the thing off. It jumped at the animatronic with it's stomach (Chai's stomach) opened. Instead of guts and whatever else was supposed to be in there though, there was metal and spring locks. Mechanisms that haven't been used in years.

The ice cream truck song started again, but it was mostly static. The thing got closer to the animatronic...

And consumed him whole.