Adore U

Chapter 9

(whoo y'all, she kinda long this one is, will update as much as possible! I have a lot of inspiration for this story!)

((y/n)'s POV)

After a few weeks in the hospital I was set free. Mom had a fit and wouldn't let me do a lot. Bangtan hadn't visited me once the entire time I was gone, and I would be lying if I didn't feel upset.

   I stepped through the threshold of the school and I was immediately swarmed by girls and boys alike, all asking me if I was okay and asking if they could sign my cast. I told them no, I only wanted my moms and Seventeen's names on it. The girls swooned, immediately asking which member I liked. I went red and explained that they were just my friends. I couldn't keep my mind from wondering to Minghao though. I blushed more.

   Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder. On instinct I gripped their wrist as hard as possible. A small, familiar yelp sounded behind me. I spun around to come face to face with Chan. I jolted in surprise and immediately started to rub his wrist to soothe it, muttering quiet, sincere apologies. I ignored the girls squeals as they watched me take care of the younger boy, my eyes soft. "Ahhh! He's just like a big brother!" I just kept looking at him with worried eyes. "Did I hurt you to bad Chan?" He shook his head softly, watching me with a soft smile. "No no (y/n) hyung, I'm perfectly fine! It was just a shock is all!" I nodded, softly rolling his wrist so it doesn't hurt to bad.

   He smiled brightly, taking my hand. "Thank you for helping me hyung! The other hyungs wanted me to bring you over! We wanna sign your cast!" I chuckled softly, ruffling his hair. I was never this soft with any of the boys in my other gangs, but I felt a connection to this one. Maybe I should join them instead...I thought as he dragged me over to the other boys. They all had bright, happy smiles on their faces. They were happy to see me. I couldn't help smiling back.

    The girls trailed, watching us as if we were a brand new drama. I smiled softly at the boys, the girls going wild at the small gesture. Chan sat me down and they all brought out different colored sharpies. My mom had already signed it beautifully in black. Seungcheol had dark blue, Jeonghan had pink, Seungkwan had green, Jun had light blue, Minghao had bright red, Vernon had neon orange, Jisoo had light purple, Wonwoo had grey, Seokmin had dark pink, Chan had just orange, Jihoon had navy blue, Mingyu had turquoise, and Soonyoung had purple.

       I smiled softly at the cute little messages and shapes they all drew, it making the girls go wild again. Minghao started to draw little hearts all around his name and the others. The girls squealed so loud. "I SHIP IT!!" I heard someone scream from the crowd. Mine and Minghao's faces turned bright red. I didn't wanna admit it, but, I was pretty sure I had a crush on Minghao.

   A sudden, strong male voice rang out. "(y/n)!" I knew that voice anywhere. Jackson. He shoved through the crowd and stopped in front of me, sending a glare to Minghao who was still at my cast. He turned around, his face coated in worry now instead of the anger from before. "What the hell happened to you? I was worried sick when you didn't show up for weeks!" I smiled a little. "Awe, little Jacky all worried about me?" I hadn't realized we had begun to speak in Chinese. "Yeah! Little Jacky was worried about you! Your my best friend and I would had to lose you!" Once again, the girls were squealing. I rolled my eyes, knowing none of the girls knew what we were saying. "I can handle myself perfectly fine Jackson, and you know that for a fact. You don't have to baby me like a child. It just happened while I was working. I was lucky Minghao was there to protect me from the falling debris. I'm only still alive because of him." He turned and glared hard at Minghao who, like Jun, had a surprised look on their faces. "You probably don't understand this jerk, but thanks for saving him. He means a lot to me." Minghao looked him right in the eyes and started speaking fluent Chinese. "Your welcome. I would have done it even if it wasn't him."

   I sat shocked. "Your Chinese Minghao?" He smiled softly at me. "Yep, born and raised. I didn't know you were." I smiled shyly. "Oh, I'm not, I just lived there for a few years of my life." He chuckled. "Ah, that explains it." Jackson let out a soft growl and grabbed me by the arm. He pulled me up, adjusting my crutches for me before walking away with me at his side, struggling to keep up with his fast speed. "Hey! What was that for!" He glanced back before humming and slowing down. "I don't like how he was looking at you. I don't trust him! And he's part of a rival gang! You can't trust them!" I glared.  "I'll have you know, they make me feel more like I belong than my current gang does!" I ripped my arm from his grasp. "They're my friends, they wouldn't ever hurt me. That was proved when Minghao saved me from the explosion." He rolled his eyes. "You can't just leave your gang for them." I scoffed. "Like hell I can't! My 'gang' didn't even come and visit me in the hospital!" He looked about ready to say something but I cut him off. "You didn't even come to see me! You know why I was in that building, you knew why it exploded, you KNEW I got caught in the cross fire, and you didn't even bother to drop in and say hello!" He looked down in shame. "Yeah. That's what I thought." I turned around. "Now, I'm going back to my REAL friends."

   What we didn't know is that Chan had followed, and just before I turned around he had ran back to the group.

(Chan's POV)

I was surprised. (y/n) sounded livid as he spoke to Jackson. "Guys guys! (y/n) hyungs on his way back and he's angry!" They looked at me confused. "Why?" Seungcheol hyung asked. "I dunno, they were speaking really fast in Chinese." Jun hyung nodded. "If we can get our hands on the camera footage me and Minghao could translate it." He said, his chin between his forefinger and thumb. Seungcheol hyung nodded, looking as Jihoon hyung as he nodded back, getting to work on his phone to get the footage. "Hey guys.." A surprisingly quiet and tired voice spoke behind us. We turned around to see (y/n) hyung with a sad smile on his face. Minghao went over and helped him sit down. "What happened to make you so sad?" Jeonghan hyung asked softly, keeping the fact that we had an idea out of his voice. "Just...had an argument with someone I thought was my friend." A flash of anger crossed through his eyes before it was replaced by sadness. He looked like a kicked puppy. We all wrapped him in a hug. "It's gonna be okay hyung! We promise." He threw me a grateful smile.

      He looked down at his cast. "So, I'm guessing these are your nicknames?" He spoke, pointing to the names. Seokmin hyung smiled wide and happily. "Yep! Do you wanna know who's is who's?" (y/n) smiled softly and nodded. Seokmin leaned down, pointing to each name as he spoke. "Hoshi is Soonyoung, Woozi is Jihoon, Joshua is Jisoo, The8 is Minghao, DK is me, S.coups is Seungcheol, and Dino is Chan!" The members scolded him for not using formalities as he spoke, but soon quieted down as they saw the fond smile on (y/n)'s face. Seungcheol spoke softly, smiling too. "Why ya smilin' (y/n)?" He smiled a little wider. "I love all of your nicknames, they're very cute." We all smiled back, but I noticed a little blush on Minghao hyungs face.

   I think we took his mind off the fight, and that made me really happy. We decided to just skip classes today and hang out in our little abandoned classroom. (y/n) made a comment on how it was a lot cleaner than Bangtan's. I smiled happily, Jihoon and Seungcheol speaking quietly about matters I didn't have half a mind to pay attention to right now. Suddenly, Vernon got up, bouncing up to (y/n) excitedly. "Hey! You wanna hear us sing?!" (y/n) smiled widely, nodding happily. Everyone moved the desks and smiled at him. "We're gonna show you the dance Hoshi hyung taught us for the song too!" I said happily. He smiled wider, shifting to get comfortable for his upcoming little concert.

     Soonyoung looked back at us and mouthed 'Don't Wanna Cry.' We all nodded, getting into position.

He smiled widely and clapped for us as we breathed heavily. He got up giving us each a hug. "You guys did amazing!" He smiled brightly at Soonyoung. This is the most we've seen him smile in one day. "Hoshi! You have GOT to teach me that when my leg gets better!" Soonyoung smiled widely, nodding his head enthusiastically. We all shared laughs and smiles that day in the classroom. I hope you come join us (y/n) hyung, our group would never be the same if we lost you....