MIN LEELA// Stray Kids 9th Member

* Nightmares *

   (A scenario in which Leela has a nightmare. There will be triggering topics here like abuse so if you guys get triggered by that, you can skip this chapter. For those who stayed, I hope you'll enjoy it)!

   It was late at night in the Stray Kids dorm. Everyone was sound asleep and having peaceful dreams. However, one member wasn't peacefully dreaming. That member? Leela. Leela was having a nightmare about her childhood. After her mother died, her father started physically and mentally abusing her. Out of all the memories she has of her father, the memories were bad ones. She doesn't remember how he was like when he loved and cared about her.

   Leela, who was only 8-years-old at the time, was staring at her father, who just kept drinking. When he finished a bottle, he would drink another one. This was his 15th one. Leela had been counting. She had enough. She couldn't watch her father drink himself to death.

   She walked up to him and put her hand on his, staring at him in the eyes. "What the fuck do you want Leela?!" Her father yelled. "Daddy. Please stop drinking. You're gonna damage your body by drinking one after another. Please stop. I can't lose you like how I lost Mummy. Put the bottle down." Leela begged. Even though her father hurt her, she still cared about him. The begging fell on deaf ears. Her father just continued drinking.

   "Daddy please! Put it down!" Leela begged again. Her father had enough. He grabbed Leela and slapped her so hard across the face. Leela held her stinging red cheek in pain. "Don't you ever tell me to stop drinking! Alcohol is something that heals me! It comforts me when nobody else is there. It understands me better than anyone. You don't understand that do you? You're only fucking 8-years-old! You're fucking useless. You are nothing to this family. You just bring us pain and suffering. That's all you fucking do you little bitch." Leela's father spat out.

   Even though Leela was only 8, she knew everything her father was saying. She let out tears, feeling completely hurt. "Stop crying you dramatic bitch!" Her father yelled, slapping her again. The hits never stopped. He kept beating and kicking her as she screamed.

   "DADDY STOP!!! DAD!!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!! I'M SORRY FOR HURTING YOU!!! PLEASE STOP!!!" Leela screamed. She cried and begged for the hits to stop but to no avail. She wished her siblings were there. They left a few months ago to live in South Korea. The cries fell on deaf ears. She thought she would die right then and there.

   Leela kept whimpering remembering when she got one of the worst beatings in her lifetime. When she was only 8-years-old! "Dad. Dad stop!" She cried out. Jeongin, who's bed was next to hers, woke up hearing her cries and whimpers. "Leela?" Jeongin asked. What happened next scared the living shit out of him.

   "STOP!!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" Leela screamed out. This caused all the members to wake up. Jeongin and Jisung rushed to Leela's bed as the members burst into the room. "Leelee. Wake up. It's just a nightmare. It's just a nightmare." Jeongin said, shaking Leela awake. Leela opened her eyes but was instantly paranoid. "Tell him to stop! He's here in this room! Tell him to leave me alone!" Leela sobbed out, her eyes darting everywhere.

   "Who?" Hyunjin asked looking around. "My dad! He was just here! He was beating me! He's gonna kill me! Please help me!" Leela yelled clinging onto Jeongin. "Baby he's not here. You had a nightmare." Chan said taking Leela's hands in his. "No! You don't understand! He was just here!" Leela sobbed. "He's not here love. You just had a nightmare." Minho said, tearing up seeing his maknae in so much distress.

   Chan grabbed her and hugged her tightly as she cried. "I don't want him to hurt me anymore!" Leela sobbed. "He will never hurt you again. I promise. We will protect you for as long as we live. He will never touch you again." Chan reassured. Woojin sat on the bed. "My baby." Woojin said. Leela turned around and hugged him.

   "Mama bear." Leela whispered as she hugged him. Her cries eventually turned into whimpers and hiccups. The boys took turns hugging her and comforting her. Right now, she sat upright in bed, still thinking about her nightmare. "Do you wanna talk about it baby sis?" Changbin asked. Leela nodded. It was best for her to talk about it instead of holding it in.

   "This took place when I was 8-years-old. My brother and sister had just moved to South Korea a few months before. My dad was just drinking one after another. I didn't want him to die because of alcohol poisoning. I still cared a lot about him even though he hurt me. I kept begging him to stop but he just kept drinking. Then, he slapped me and told me how alcohol heals him and how I was useless and all I do is bring pain to the family. He kept beating me and beating me. This was one of the worst beatings I've ever got from him." Leela explained, starting to cry as she got to the end.

   Some of the boys were crying at this point. They couldn't imagine their maknae being hurt by someone that was supposed to protect and love her. "It's ok love. He's never gonna hurt you again." Felix reassured, walking towards her and hugged her. "Can I book a flight to Australia? I need to kill him." Jisung said. This caused the members, including Leela, to laugh. "There's that beautiful smile!" Woojin exclaimed.

   Leela smiled before a pang of guilt stabbed her in the chest. She had woken the boys up. "I'm sorry guys." Leela apologized, looking down. "For what?" Hyunjin asked. "For waking you guys up. I shouldn't have done that." Leela said. "Baby you couldn't help it." Chan said wiping her tears with his thumb. "But you guys shouldn't be here with me and comforting me. I just woke you guys up so you could deal with me." Leela said. "We should be here. We were so scared and worried about you. You were crying and screaming. You were in so much distress and we wanted to help you and be there for you for as long as you needed. We love you Leela. We want to help you and we want to take care of you." Jeongin said. Everyone looked a bit shocked at his words. He usually never said stuff like that.

   "Thank you so much Innie." Leela said, hugging him. Jeongin hugged her tightly. How they both wished they could be in each other's hold forever. "Do you wanna sleep here or with someone else tonight?" Seungmin asked. "I'll sleep here tonight. I'll be ok." Leela said after she pulled away from the hug. "Ok. But if you feel upset or anything just come to one of our rooms. Ok?" Chan said. Leela nodded. All the boys wished Leela a goodnight and kissed her forehead before leaving. Jeongin and Jisung were the only ones staying since they share the same room with Leela.

   After awhile, Jisung was sound asleep. Leela couldn't fall asleep at all. Jeongin got up from his bed and climbed into Leela's. "What are you doing Jeongin?" Leela asked. "It's obvious that you can't sleep so I'm staying here." Jeongin said. "Thanks Innie." Leela said smiling at him. They looked at each other for a bit before Leela asked a bold question.

   "Can you hold me?" Leela asked. Both of them were internally freaking out. Jeongin nodded before going closer to Leela and hugging her close. They both smiled. They wanted this to last. They wanted to stay in each other's hold for as long as they can. They both fell asleep, feeling as warm and loved as ever.

   (I hope you guys enjoyed that! Sorry it's triggering and everything. Look out for more scenarios! Stray Kids new comeback is so fucking amazing! I can't stop listening to it. They fucking snapped this comeback)!