Together As One

In the eyes of Moonbyul

[Moonbyul's POV]

"Unnie... where are the 2 young girls?" I ask Yong unnie as she walked out of the room into the living area. We were at Yong San's house for a sleepover and the 2 young girls said they needed to go do something first.

She slumped herself on the couch and replied, "They went out to buy stuff I think."

I nod my head and we carried on watching the movie. After a while, I took a look at the time on my phone. Woah! It was already past midnight but the maknaes weren't back yet. Suddenly my phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Unnnnnnnnnnieeeeeeeeee moooon and starrrrrrrrr!!!"

"Wheein? Hyejin? Where are yall?!"

"Byulie byulie unnieeee..." I hear Hyejin's voice instead of Wheein's.

"Hyejin ah, can you tell unnie where yall are please?" I ask as gently as possible while Yongsun unnie stares at me with great concern in her eyes.

"We... /hiccup/ are at... /sob/ Han River... /sniffs/" I hear Hyejin softly reply, voice cracking while talking. Wheein's random shouting in the background filled my ears.

"Okay, stay there okay. Wait for unnies to come okay. We're coming right now." I make sure they understand what I said before hanging up.

"Drunk and crying?" Yongsun unnie asks as we got ready to go fetch the maknaes.

"Yeah... not crying. Hysterical crying it seems." I answer. I hear unnie sigh softly and we ran towards Yongsun's car to go get the kids.

/IN THE CAR/

I step harder on the accelerator while driving as safely as possible. I was anxious to reach Han River quickly to find the girls and bring them home.

"Wah unnie.. are you wondering how they even got to Han River without Hyejin's car?" I try to calm myself by striking a small conversation with unnie.

"I'm surprised but not surprised at the same time... but right now, I'm just thinking why they even went to Han River. You know... with both their... their struggles at the moment, I don't really fancy the idea of them being drunk at the Han River alone..." I hear Yongsun unnie's sincerity in her voice.

"It's okay we're almost there. And we won't let anything happen to them right? They are our babies. We will protect them." I reply and soon after we reached Han River.

As soon as we got out of the car, I spot 2 familiar silhouettes standing at the railings. One with her arms raised high, the other swinging a glass bottle around. We quickly ran towards that direction. As we approached closer, we could make out their voices.

"I don't even know why I'm alive Wheein... It hurts so much. I'm tired of all the medicine. I'm tired of all these depressive relapses. I'm recovering. I know it. But my mind just doesn't let me be happy all the time. I'm stronger. But it still hurts. The haters keep coming back stronger. I feel like a worthless nut." I heard the youngest mumble to her best friend.

"I know Hyejin ah... I feel like each day I'm not feeling happier. Sure, I feel less empty but I still dont feel perfectly alright. It hurts when I see haters' comments. It hurts when I know no one especially the fans know about our conditions and we can't tell them because it will affect our image. But I'm so tired of getting hurt and seeing you hurt or the unnies hurt. Are we even worthy enough to be part of the group anymore?" The puppy replies and suddenly Yongsun unnie moves forward to them.

She runs forward and pulls both of them into a hug. I quickly run forward and join the tight hug as well. I could hear unnie crying as well as the 2 young girls sobbing away. I myself couldn't help but start to tear up.

"Kids... yall worried us... and no shuddap, yall are definitely worthy to be in Mamamoo. We are family. Don't I tell yall this enough?" Yongsun unnie reprimands gently. We stayed like that for a while more and then slowly the hug loosens.

"Let's go home okay? You 2 need a good shower. Tomorrow we will talk okay?" Unnie leads and we pick up the fallen soju bottles, disposing them in the bin.

Author's note:

Hi everyone. So sorry this is such a late update. And such a short update. I'm sorry I'm always tell yall that im going through a relapse or sth but life is hard especially after collecting my results, im busy with uni applications and essay writing because i didnt do well. But enough said. Let me know what you think about the chapter and what else you wanna see in the story!!! Love you all