District 9 • Stray Kids

8

"Thunder"

"What?"

"I'm not repeating it again. You have your answer" you muttered.

The moment that you heard the sound of someone clearing their throat from a microphone you uttered the word that you didn't want to say last week.

You didn't know why but upon hearing the first second of him speak, you felt your heart suddenly ease.

It had been a week since his abrupt disappearance, and throughout that week, someone else had spoken to you.

The foreign sound, as though an alien had invaded your space, scared you. It was as if all of the sanity and trust that you helplessly clung onto from the voice of stanger just dissolved into nothing, and it scared you so much.

"I heard you haven't been eating. If this continues, we'll have to stick a dextrose on you"

"So I'll be able to see your face?"

Silence fills the mirrored room, but unlike your usual countdown to his dissappearance, you suddenly get up and call out to him once again.

"Wait- I'm sorry. Don't go. I-"

"-Calm down y/n. I'm right here okay?"

Shallow breaths.
Slow breaths.
Deep breaths.

And you've calmed down.

"I heard you haven't been answering questions either. The new guy had a hard time"

This time you remain silent.

"Did you miss me?"

"I actually did"

*

Hyunjin never thought that he could run that fast in his life.

Left. Right. Right. Run straight and take a left and-

He fell back upon impact with another person around the next corner.

Two in fact.

He paused for a few seconds, eyes shut as he tried to ignore the pain in his rear. Slowly, he opened his eyes to bet met with damp shoes that left a wet trail before them.

He blinked a few times before slowly getting up. Then, his eyes locked with Minho's.

Minho, whose arm you were clinging to as his free hand held together a huge towel that clung onto your wet bodies.

The moment Hyunjin's eyes trailed to your shivering form and dull, bloodshot eyes, all he could see was red.

And Hyunjin snapped.

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?!" He screamed grabbing Minho by the collar, shaking him, and making the towel fall in the process.

Despite that, Hyunjin noticed how you didn't let go of Minho's arm as you continued to stare off.

Minho scoffed, rolling his eyes before swatting his friend's hands off.

"If you're gonna take responsibility for her, then do it right" He said before grabbing you by the arm and shoving you to Hyunjin.

Your eyes went wide and you quickly whipped your head to Minho, as if you had just snapped out of some trance.

There wasn't a single trace of the gentleness from his voice earlier when he called out to you. When he brought you back in, wrapped you in the towel and held your cheeks in his hands as he told you to cover your ears while he finished the job you tried to cover for Jisung.

Suddenly, you felt your head throb as a ringing sound resonated through your ears. The thin, piercing noise made your grip your head and stumble forward a bit as you screamed.

Luckily, Minho caught you in time. Although the abrupt action combined with your dead weight resulted to you crouched on the ground, Minho on his knees, arms wrapped around to keep you steady.

Hyunjin froze, mind going to panic at the sight of you screaming, crying, and unable to calm down from the pain you were feeling.

"Y/n! What's wrong? Hey-" He immediately knelt down as well, although his awkward attempt to calm you down was cut off by Minho.

"-shut up first. You'll only make it worse"

And Hyunjin could only watch as Minho pulled you closer, held you tighter, your screams stopping and your breathing returning to normal as Minho whispered to you.

A few seconds passed before you all stood up once again. Of course, Hyunjin noticed how much gentler Minho was when he nudged you to his side.

The latter placed a hand on the former's shoulder before he leaned in and said "Again, if you're gonna play knight in shining armour, do it right." Then, Minho walked off.

Silence filled the air after that.

"Is it okay to ask what happened?"

You shook your head side to side.

"Are you feeling better though?"

You nodded your head.

Hyunjin sighed before flashing you a small smile. "You must be tired. Let's bring you back to our room"