《•Freedom•》//▪Kim SeungminFF▪

27

Chan sighed as he press the red button on his screen. His call with JYP just ended, him telling Haneul's uncle about the incident and JYP telling him to let her stay with them and guard her.

He had hired a bunch of new security guards to watch over the dorm.

Seungmin frowned as he looked at the girl that slept peacefully on their couch, a blanket covering her messy upper torso.

"Poor Haneul." Said Chan. "Did you see the red bruise on her chest earlier? Zach must've abused her. I feel so bad."

Seungmin's eyes widened as he remembered that he was the one who had put the hickey on her. He cleared his throat nervously before stuttering, "Uhh.. y-yeah. She's been hurt alot."

Chan raised his brow at him and squinted his eyes suspiciously but shook his head before he turned and went to the door.

"Anyways, I have to go to the studio." He said, holding open the door. "Make sure when she wakes up, she eats something and maybe take a bath. If she sleeps again, she can use the extra one."

Once Chan was out of sight, the rest of the boys who were surrounding the girl, stood up and walked to their respective room with sighs and grunts.

"You coming, Seungmin?" Changbin asked as he, Seungmin, Minho, and Chan shared rooms.

Seungmin shook his head and looked over to the girl. "I'll stay a bit longer." He replied.

Changbin nodded and turned away. Maybe a little too quickly that he wasn't able to see the loving gaze on Seungmin's eyes.

Seungmin brushed the strands of hair on her face with his fingers, taking the time to appreciate her visuals.

"I shouldn't have left." He whispered under his breath. "I could've atleast skipped practice and stayed with you."

After a few minutes, Haneul groaned, turning and twisting on the couch before her eyes fluttered open. She turned to her right, eyes widening when she saw Seungmin.

"Min? Where am I?" She asked, sitting up on the couch and looking around like a lost animal. "What happened?"

"You fainted. You're in our dorm, JYP wants you to stay for the night." He answered softly as he caressed his palm against her cheek.

"I'm sorry.." Seungmin added, his eyes softening when they made eye contact.

Haneul let out a soft sad smile as she leant on his palm. "Why are you sorry?" She asked, her hands lifting up till it held on his.

"I should have stayed with you."

"Don't say that. It was my fault actually, for leaving the dorm late at night." She confessed, guilt and regret spreading through her chest.

Seungmin frowned, standing up and pulling her with him as they walked to the kitchen. "Let's get you some water, okay?" His hand slipped into hers, his eyes looking around to make sure the boys weren't around.

Haneul just nodded and followed him to the counter, where she leant against while waiting for him to grab water from the fridge.

"Why did you go out, anyways?" Seungmin questioned once he had handed her the glass of water, a hand on his sweats' pocket and the other to hold him up as he leaned on the counter.

Haneul nervously gulped down her cold drink as this was the time they finally talked about their confusing relationship. She had to take it easy and start to build up the conversation slowly.

"Oh. I went out to clear my mind." She answered, looking down to the floor as she avoided eye contact.

Seungmin cocked an eyebrow at her reply, and tilted his head confusion. "What were you clearing your mind from?"

"Just... life problems." She said, scratching her head as she looked around, fidgeting in her place.

"Let's be real here, your life is really messy. Now please be specific." Seungmin clapped his hands together, pressing his lips into a thin line as he felt his patience slowly wearing out.

Haneul rapidly drank down what's left of her water as she mummbled against it. "Abwousht yoguhfh anf mwe." Her words were unclear due to her drinking the water.

Seungmin clicked his tongue as he now leaned on one leg, arms crossing against his chest. "Haneul." He said sternly.

She gulped, sighing as she interwined her fingers. "Fine." She groaned. "I was confused about.. us."

Seungmin's eyebrows raised when she finally answered. "What about us?" This time he took steps forward, trapping Haneul against the counter's corner.

"Well.." She stopped.

"Well?"

"Y-you.. you never asked me to b-be your girlfriend. And I was really confused about under what label we were since we've done it, and we've been making out and such and it really just confused me so I went out to clear my mind and think about it then Zach appeared out of nowhere and threatened me with a knife-" Seungmin gave her a quick soft peck to shut her up.

And she did as she looked up to him with wide eyes.

"You were rambling." He reasoned, a hand snaking it's way to caress her cheek.

"S-sorry." She mummbled.

"So, a knife?" Seungmin asked. "Did he hurt you?"

Haneul grinned when she saw him acting like a worried boyfriend. "No.. he just- uhh- pointed it against my back but it didn-OH." She gasped when Seungmin pulled her from her corner, lifting up her shirt from the back to look if she had bruises.

"I told you, I'm fine." She chuckled.

Seungmin ignored her and looked further, gliding his fingers across her back as he looked for signs of fresh cuts.

It wasn't the most family friendly postions you could see in life, and it was just bad timing that footsteps came from the corner.

"Hyung, is Haneul awake?" Jeongin came out of the shadows, carrying a plushie in his arms.

The two flinched from their positions and pulled away from each other. Jeongin- who was known to be pure and innocent- only smiled sweetly at the two as he waved at Haneul, oblivious of the two.

"Good to know you're not dead." He giggled and made his way back to his shared room with Jisung.

"What the heck?" Seungmin cussed as soon as he was out of sight.

They laughed softly, trying to not lure the others out too, before Seungmin walked back again to Haneul, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"I promise.." he started. "Once we are over with Zach. I promise."

Haneul smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I'll stick on that promise."

Seungmin let out a huff through his grin, before leaning in to her lips.