The Boys, the Elevator and The Girl

The Walls

It was silent for a long minute afterwards as everyone had to composed themselves enough to figure out what was going on. 

"Everyone okay?", Pizza boy asked once he felt it was okay to speak.

Everyone nodded. He looked at you inquiringly and you nodded. 

Did the elevator stop?

The boy who was in the crowd darted to the front and began pushing random buttons. Nothing seemed to move or work. He even tried pressing the emergency button hoping to get someone but no one said anything.

"Soooo, is the elevator dead?" The boy with the box asked.

The boy who was in the crowd shrugged, "Seems so."

The boy with the umbrella was already on the phone, "Taeyong Hyung, yes we're here. Going to be a bit late. Stuck in an elevator. No, it's literally stuck. Can you call or go downstairs to tell them, make sure they know? Needless to say, take the stairs."

"Now what?" the boy with the box asked the boy with the umbrella as he hung up.

The lone boy shrugged, "What else? We wait."

"I hope we don't be here overnight.", the boy with baguettes murmured worriedly finally setting his bag down. The boy with the plant followed suit.

"Well, we won't starve!" the boy with the box chirped, "We got bagels and pizza."

The boy who was in a crowd folded his arms, "But we will get thirsty if we eat all of that. Unless, you have water in that box, Haechan-ah."

Haechan grinned and shook his head.

Meanwhile you had turned to face the wall. 

Stuck in an elevator. For how long? 

Your heart rate was beginning to shoot up.

Why did you get on this thing? If only you were a few minutes later! 

Then you could have had the nice old janitor tell you to take the stairs. Or there would be a sign that said 'Elevator broken. Take the stairs.' Or you would have gotten bored with waiting for the elevator and took the stairs of your own accord.

Did you relish the idea of taking 10 flights of stairs? Duh no! One flight alone took you three minutes going up, but it would be better than this predicament.

"Hey. Hey, are you okay?"

You barely heard the question. You felt hands gently spin you around after a minute to see Pizza boy looking down at you with concern.

"Wait, is she claustrophobic?"

You were dimly aware that the boy who was in the crowd was looking at you. His eyebrows were knotted up and he almost looked to be concerned to you.

"Okay, I need you to breathe...", Pizza boy stated.

In any other situation you would ask, 'What do you think I'm doing?'

You were trying but your eyes were darting around. You felt the walls were closing up on you. 

You needed to get out.

Two hands cupped your face, forcing you to stare into dark eyes, "Just focus on me. Breathe in, breathe out. Follow me. In, out....in, out....that's it....."

Eventually you were able to follow his lead. Breathe in, breathe out.

Slowly, you were calming.

"My name is Johnny. What's yours?" the Pizza boy asked.

"Y/N." you managed to mumble.

He smiled then, "Well, you are in good hands Y/N-ssi." He released you to turn to the others. "These are my friends. That's Doyoung", he pointed to the boy who was in the crowd, who gave a small smile.