12:19am || chaeryuna ☆

[5]

'I'm s-sorry I had to do that, let's go.' Yuna struggled to speak. It was then that the elder realised that the younger's ankle was bent at an alarming angle as she watched her pick herself up off the ground. They had both just dropped 4 floors from the ground, but Yuna had worked it out perfectly so that the Chaeryeong would land right on top of her, cushioning her fall. She did it knowing that she, herself, would get severely injured, or even killed. But she still did it... to save her love.

Suddenly, the younger began running, it wasn't very fast as her ankle was evidently broken. Even thought every step was agony, she kept running, pulling the elder with her.

'Lee Chaeryeong!' A rough voice roared from behind them. Yuna looked back to make out the silhouette of a man. A man that she recognised oh too well. A man that banished her from ever seeing his daughter again. A man that threatened to murder her if she was ever caught with her again. His growl echoed across the entirety of the huge empty field. BANG. Then, they realised. He had his gun. He was going to kill Yuna, just as he promised.

Choking on her own breathe, Yuna kept running with Chaeryeong by her side, running as fast as her damaged legs could carry her. Every step was pure, excruciating agony, but her body drew her to keep going and ignore the pain. For Chaeryeong. For her girlfriend.

'Yuna what the fuck are we going to do?!' The elder cried, the terror obvious in her frantic voice.

'Keep... r-running.' Yuna barely managed to utter. The woods were closer now. There was a secret place at the riverbank deep in the trees that she was sure Chaeryeong's father would never find her. She knew that if her girlfriend made it there, she would be safe. Yuna sighed with shear relief as she remembered her mobile phone was in her back pocket. She could use it to call the police once the elder got to the secret place.

The two kept running and running, until Chaeryeong's father was out of sight. They were almost inside the woods now. They were so close... but all of a sudden, Yuna stopped. She fell into the ground, gasping in pain. The elder's voice cracked as she yelped, 'Yuna! What are you doing? We need to run!'

'Ch-chaeryeong...' Yuna barely managed to pronounce. She laid there on the freezing cold ground as agony took over her entire body. She reached towards her back pocket and pulled out her phone, before holding it out to Chaeryeong. She stared gently at the elder, waiting for her to take it. Confused, she took it. 'Listen. I n-need you to go to our secret place, okay?'

Chaeryeong shook her head, dumbfounded. She slowly began to realise what the younger was saying. Utter disbelief struck her. Or was it reluctance to believe? She didn't know. 'Yuna... don't do this. We c-can go together. We can make it, okay? Look! I can carry you on my shoulders. J-just lift yourself up and I can–' Chaeryeong rambled uncontrollably. She stumbled over her words, practically begging for a miracle to happen. Begging for Yuna's leg to somehow heal itself so she could run with her. Begging for her father to disappear into thin air so they could finally be together.

But it wasn't as simple as that.

This was real life.

'–Chaer.' The younger cut her off. Her eyes sparkled with absolute love. Even though she was scared, even though she was in pain, even thought she knew she was going to die... she was happy. She was finally happy. Because Chaeryeong would be saved. 'Please do this... for me.'