the princesses match, a dahmo story

part seven: the princess cries

WARNING CHILD ABUSE FLASHBACK

"dad, p-please stop." i cry. my father walking towards me closer and closer with a bat in his hands.

"you know kid, i never liked you. but when your mother and brother left leaving me with you, god i am ashamed. why did i get left with you? the most worthless one out of all of us. you've done nothing but hurt me!" he swings down the bat which i barely dodge.

"daddy! stop." i sob more. my heart hurt, he's all i have and this is what i am too him? a mistake? maybe i'm like that with everybody. just a worthless mistake, waiting to be thrown away.

"you're a mistake kim dahyun. a disgrace to this earth." he swings the bat and it lands on my leg. i hiss through my teeth. my heart hurt more than my leg. "i wish we never had you." he cracks it down again, landing on my arm. i just give in. maybe he'll kill me, would that be so bad?

momo's pov
"princess, you need to go to bed." jihyo comes into the doorway. i've been sitting here by both of their beds for the past two hours. thinking and thinking, i didn't want to leave. "i'm fine jihyo. thank you for checking on me." i smile and turn back to dahyun.

she was pale, but more pale than usual. she was breathing softly and her side was all wrapped up. she was in a worse condition than chaeyoung because she lost a lot more blood. but she was going to live.

chaeyoung had waken up not too long after surgery, but while she was asleep mina came in. she sat there for a while, and cried a lot. "i got sana to finally calm down, with the help of tzuyu." jihyo pulls up another chair beside me.

everybody was really upset coming back, but sana was the worst out of all of them. she screamed and cried next to dahyun's bed. tzuyu just sat beside her and did her best to help. "good. where is everybody?" dahyun whimpers in her sleep. i hope it wasn't a bad dream. "downstairs eating. we're all trying to help each other." jihyo rests her hand on my shoulder.

"you can't stay in here forever princess. doctor taehyung and hobi have been taking good care of them. you can take a rest." she tries to convince me. "but-" dahyun mumbles again in her sleep. a look of pain washed onto her face. "dad, dad." she whispers.

her arms cross over her face, almost like she was avoiding something. "dad stop, please." she mumbles louder. "hey dahyun, i'm right here." i scoot closer and grab her hand. "dad please don't hurt me. please." she thrashes her head a little. "she's having a nightmare. you need to wake her up." jihyo pushes my shoulder.

"dahyun, wake up." i squeeze her hand but too no avail, she still tried to pull away from my hand. "dad, please. i'm begging you daddy." she cries. a tear rolls down her face. "dubu, wake up now. it's not real." i take my other hand and wipe off her tears. slowly, her eyes begin to open. "you did it." jihyo smirks. "princess momo?" she asks but her voice is barely over a whisper. "yes. yes it's me. i'm so glad you're awake." i start to cry. but it wasn't tears of sadness, it was tears of relief.

"dad's not here right?" she jolts her head to look around. "no dahyunie no, he's not here. he's not going to hurt you." i stroke her hair back. her face was pure fear, but her eyes looked hurt. she radiated a lost feeling. "how are you feeling dahyun?" jihyo mumbles finally coming out from behind me. "i can't really feel much of anything. can somebody explain what happened when me and chaeyoung got here? it got really fuzzy." dahyun asks.

me and jihyo take our time telling her everything and explaining about chaeyoung. "did somebody say my name?" chae rolls over and smirks. "chaeyoung!" dahyun calls out reaching her hand to meet chae's. she could barely reach her but she took a ahold of her hand. "hey dahyunie." chaeyoung smiles wildly. jihyo runs and gets the rest of the girls.

"dahyun! dahyun oh thank god!" sana runs into the room and falls to dahyun's bedside. "easy babe, she just woke up." tzuyu strokes her hair. "i love you dahyun." sana's holding back tears. "i love you too. i'm gonna be okay." dahyun gives her a big smile. the smile looked pretty real. i hope it was. "looking good as ever dubu." nayeon chuckles making fun of her bruises on her pale face.

"aish leave me alone." dahyun pouts. "is chaeyoung awake?" mina asks shyly coming in last. "i'm right over here minari." chaeyoung grins. "i'm glad you're okay dahyun." wendy begins playing with my hair. "thank you." she smiles and keeps talking to sana. there was a look of jealousy in her eyes. what was she so jealous of? "alright guys, they need some rest. you all need to head to bed." doctor taehyung comes in with two other iv bags.

"goodnight!" they all say in harmony as a drop my head down onto dahyun's bed. "you too your highness." he smirks and pulls out the empty iv bag. i've been up for hours, normally i would take a nap during the day sometime. today i didn't, and it's almost 1 am.

"ah taehyung i am fine. i'm staying right here." i nod and rub my tired eyes. "please princess, sleep." dahyun pleads. seeing dahyun pleads was the cutest thing. "alright alright i will. but i'm not leaving this room. now go to sleep dahyun." i laugh and command her. "goodnight your highness." dahyun shuts her eyes and reaches for my hand. "goodnight dahyun." i clasp my hand with hers and hold on tight.