The Retriever-JAEYONG

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Taeyong has been walking for a while and he's getting tired. It was already past the time of dinner but he still won't stop. He has been trying to call Jaehyun but to no avail. He sighed and stopped to take a seat on a playground he saw.

He sat on a bench and grabbed his phone. He dialed Jaehyun again and surprisingly, it rang. What even made him speechless was Jaehyun picking it up.

"H-Hello? Jaehyun...?"

"Where are you? It's already late."

Taeyong suddenly teared up. He stood up with a smile on his face.

"Are you at the apartment?"

"Yeah...I'm waiting for you."

"Wait for me th--Hey!"

Jaehyun suddenly panicked when he heard Taeyong scream.

"Taeyong? Taeyong! Where are you?!"

The man didn't hear any response but he just ran for it. He still has the call ongoing and he's hearing terrified screams. He ran as fast as he can and will try finding Taeyong before anything bad happen.

Taeyong stood back as a man suddenly grabbed his phone. He thought he'll just steal it but he just threw it to the side and looked creepily at the boy. Taeyong felt his knees weakened. He was sweating buckets and his heart was beating too fast.

"Wh-What do you want?" Taeyong stuttered.

The man didn't say anything but he just grabbed the boy's shoulders tightly. Taeyong started crying.

"Let me go!"

"Don't move, or I'll jab this knife into you," the man whispered.

Taeyong was beyond terrified and felt shivers down his spine when the man started smelling his neck. His hands became fists and cried for help but his voice was starting to disappear from the feeling he is right now.

He just hoped for someone.

He felt the knife against his side. The tears fell and the pain became numb. He didn't like the feeling. He never wanted it. All he could think of right now is Jaehyun. He wants Jaehyun. Just him. He wants to see him.

When suddenly, the man lets him go and Taeyong just dropped to his knees.

Jaehyun came just on the right time. He pulled the man away from the boy and punched him on the face, hard enough to put the man down. Jaehyun was threatened by a knife but he just kicked the hand and stepped on the wrist. His face was far from everyone knew him. Menace could be seen from his eyes.

The man groaned at the pain as he felt his wrist got stepped on. He cursed.

"What the--"

Jaehyun gave him a hard punch by the head again until the man was left unconscious. He looked at him on the floor before he walked towards Taeyong.

He slowly knelt down and looked at the crying boy who's head was down, looking at his hands. Taeyong was beyond terrified and Jaehyun could see that. His eyes became soft and worried. He raised his hand and softly cupped wet cheek of the boy. Taeyong sniffled and leaned against the touch.