【Original】A World Behind Fences

---Chapter 5

I looked at him, and he looked at me. I was glad to see him. Praying all day that he was okay. My heart felt like it sewed a little bit of itself back together. The other three gave us the most confused looks I've gotten all week.

"Wait, you guys know each other?" Ryeo questioned and looked between us.

"Yeah." I replied, looking at my friend. He looked in shock. Either from seeing me, or from whatever happened to his family. Maybe both. Quickly jumping down from the bunk I ran over and hugged him. He began to cry as I rubbed his back. I knew that what happened to my family must've happened to his. I remembered that he only had his mother. He was fully alone now. I still most likely have my father. He has no one. I am all he has now.

"How do you guys know each other?" Kris asked quietly.

"This is my brother, Rex." I answered immediately, not thinking. They all nodded. Rex looked up at me and smiled a little. He's always been like a brother to me, and we were both the closest we had to family right now. Removing himself from our hug he walked over to the last bed that was below Ryeo. Curling up into a ball he faced the wall. I figured he must've been incredibly tired. I was too. Then all of a sudden, the lights went off.

"All boy must go to sleep now. You have work for tomorrow." A speaker loudly blared from on the wall somewhere. It was very dark. I couldn't see a thing.

"Um... Guys... I'm standing in the middle of the room and I can't see..." I whispered.

"Find your way in the darkness yourself." A grumpy voice replied. Well. I guess I'll have to do that. I don't even know my way around the dorm at all, I only saw it for half an hour. Walking in some direction slowly and quietly, I walked into something. Putting out my arms to feel for the ladder, there was nothing there. Where was I? Moving my arms downwards I could feel something. It was squishy, suddenly I realised what it was.

"Get your smelly hands off my face!" The same grumpy voice growled. Whoever it was, I couldn't tell, but I knew they didn't want me near them. So, backing up I walked into something else. Feeling around, I finally found something that felt like a ladder. Climbing up it carefully, I knew it had to be a ladder to one of the bunks. Reaching out my arms yet again to feel if it was the right bed, I could feel a bump in the blanket. It wasn't my bed. This was going to be a long night.

"Ahh!! Let go of my foot!!" I heard Ryeo shriek. I quickly let go, and doing so let go of the ladder. I unfortunately fell backwards and off the bunk. CRASH! Landing onto the hard floor, a sharp pain burst through my back. "Argh!" I coughed in pain.

"What was that?" I heard Kris say.

"What the hell just happened?!" The 'grump' shouted.

Slowly sitting up in pain, I began to rub where it hurt. It was extremely sore, and I wasn't sure if I could stand up. Everyone seemed to be asking me questions.

"I-I just f-fell off the ladder." I replied to their constant questions. They stopped talking all of a sudden.

"Are you okay?" I heard Rex ask. I could hear the concern in his voice.

"I'm fine, hyung. Don't worry about me." I groaned quietly standing myself up against the ladder. Falling back over with another loud thud, I decided I might just have to crawl across the room.

"For heaven's sake, stop it with the loud noises, Siha!!" 'Grump' complained.

"Do you need help?" He then asked in a calmer voice.

"No. I'm fine." I answered, crawling across the room. Hopefully I didn't make another mistake. Reaching out my arm yet again to find something, I could feel another ladder finally. It was my bed. I knew it. It had to be my bed this time. Slowly and painfully, I dragged myself up the ladder. Almost slipping and falling a couple of times, I finally reached the top. That took a long time. Trying to grasp onto the mattress, I realised it was too firm. Damn it. I fumbled trying to gain a good grip to pull myself up, but failed. Accidently letting go, I fell yet again. Another crash. Landing this time onto my side. The pain ran through my body. "That's it!" Youngjae snarled. I could hear footsteps. Then I could see a light. He had a phone. This whole time he had his goddamn cellphone. Holding out his hand he helped me up, and moved me toward his bed. "You sleep here. I can't have you falling every five minutes. It'll be easier for you to move too, if this happens again." He helped me onto the bed, turned off his phone and disappeared. It was that moment that I couldn't decide whether I liked Youngjae or not. He was a grump, but he was quite friendly. I painfully put my head onto the pillow. This pillow was actually softer than the other one. "Thank you, Youngjae." I thanked aloud.