《Hunting for Happiness》~ATEEZ

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"How is Seonghwa, Wooyoung?" Mingi asked the other pirate. Sans head shot up to look at the violet haired boy named Wooyoung, wanting to know how his friend is feeling.

"He was awake for a short moment and he told me that it hurts but he was feeling okay. He just was worried where his friend San was and where they are now. I told him that they could stay here with us and everything but I think Hongjoong should talk to him again when he is awake. His wound will heal in no time, it's not that bad after all." Wooyoung spoke in the round.

San let out a pained whimper when he stood up, wanting to go to his friend. Holding onto his waist, while walking he tripped over something and fell on the floor, letting out a cry of pain again.

"Oww..ARGH!" The green haired boy screamed while tears were rolling down his cheeks and he still held onto his waist while laying in the floor.

The pirates just watched him but started to panic when San screamed and cried out. They could literally feel the pain of his cries. Hongjoong stood up, rushing towards San to help him getting up.

"San, are you okay? Are you injured? Where does it hurt?" The Captain asked while panicking about the crying of the boy in front of him. Wooyoung also stood up and noticed that San was clenching his fists on his shirt near the waist.

Sitting down besides San, Wooyoung tried to calm the boy down so he could look at his injury but San was pushing him off everytime he tried to. San started to shiver very strongly while crying out his friends name.

"S-seonghwaaa! Seonghwa!" He yelled, hoping that his friend would rescue him from the unknown people he was with. Even though they wasn't hurting him, San was still afraid of being used by them. His experience he made in the city wasn't helping at all.

Only when San was about to scream again, they heard a door pulled open which only could means that Seonghwa was awake. Seonghwa walked out of the room he was in, he saw that San was laying on the floor with two boys above him.

"Hey San you okay? Oh God I'm sorry I left you alone. I'm here okay?" Seonghwa told him while running towards his friend, pushing off the two boys who were leaning above the poor little boy. Closing him in his arms, San was a sobbing mess, crying onto his chest.

Seonghwa was rubbing his back slightly, hoping it would calm San down a little. Also looking confused at the six boys in front of them, like he asked them what happened while he was gone.

Mingi saw his look and tried to explain everything what happened to Seonghwa, while he nodded, understanding the situation. His friend has calmed down successfully and was now sleeping into Seonghwas arms, what really was looking cute.

"Please dont be mad at him.. he had gone through so much shitty things, I believe he was just being afraid of you while I was not there for him. It's all my fault. I'm so sorry for causing problems, I understand if you want us to go." Seonghwas said while looking on the sleeping boy in his arms with worry in his eyes.

The crew was taken aback. Why should they want the two boys to leave? They didn't even do anything.

"We dont want you two to leave, Seonghwa. We want you to feel safe and welcoming. You can stay as long as you two want to even if it's for the rest of your life. We are sorry that we scared San, we didn't know how to help him. We told him eat and to drink but he just wouldn't. Please stay with us, you are both safe here with us." Hongjoong made the offer. All the other pirates were nodding their heads, confirming their Captains saying.

While tears were gathering in Seonghwas eyes, he started to sob quietly not wanting to wake his friend up yet and whispered some 'thank yous'. Seonghwa really wanted to stay here with the six boys because he really felt save with them somehow. Maybe because two of them rescued from being killed and abused.