home, jaemin

chapter twenty-two

"hello."

jiyoung walked into the room hesitantly, unsure of how to feel about being by herself in a new place with no direction or understanding of what was gonna happen next.

the older woman at a desk looked up at jiyoung and smiled sweetly, "can i help you?"

"um, i was looking for lee hyejin?"

"i'm sure she was expecting you," the lady smiled, turning back to her computer and typing something unbeknownst to jiyoung. "are you misses ong jiyoung?"

said girl nodded with a small smile, still quite intimidated for absolutely no reason.

"yes, her room is down that hall, second door to the right. she will tell you everything you need to know."

follow the directions, jiyoung made it to the room. knocking softly, she heard a muffled voice saying come in.

her fingertips grazed the side of the door as she opened it slowly, immediately making eye contact with bright green eyes she recognized from jeno.

"jiyoung?" the woman asked, standing up with a smile on her face.

she nodded, "ms. lee?"

"please, just hyejin is fine. the group has told me a lot about you, especially jeno and nayeon. they all seem very fond of you."

jiyoung smiled, a bit embarrassed but happy that it was not a one-sided friendship like she had feared her entire life.

"jeno told me you've been very stressed lately and nayeon recommended me. would you like to begin?"

"yes, please."

"i will be placing several needles on each of your acupoints. there is nothing to be afraid of."

jiyoung relaxed her body, ready to take in everything.

hyejin made swift hand motions, using her earth bending to metal bend the needles, carefully placing each of them down as one.

jiyoung continued to keep as relaxed as she could, not wanting to somehow hurt herself in any way.

like a wormhole teleporting her into another dimension, her vision went blurry before focusing in as if she was a mere spirit of some kind. scared, she continued to watch.

"stop all that wining!" a man's voice yelled roughly. it sounded vaguely familiar but she couldn't pinpoint where it was from.

a baby scream was heard in the distance getting louder and louder. not calming down no matter what was thrown at it.

jiyoung's vision focused in on the child as if she were a narrator of a movie, telling the audience what was happening. the only difference was that she had absolutely no idea what was going on.

an annoyed scream came from the man once again, his angry footsteps echoing loudly as he marched towards the room the baby was in, slamming the door harshly.

her vision once again changed as she was now in a new room she had no recognition of, she perceived it as his living room.

the sound of his squeaky front door caught her attention, another broad-shouldered man walking inside of the house.

"you get the kid?" he asked in a rougher voice. it sounded like the stereotypical rough bad boy who rides a motorcycle everywhere.

the original man laughed wickedly, pointing towards the room with muffled screams. his friend nodded, "great but i got some bad news."

"worse than her life getting taken?" the man asked, remembering the woman he went to capture the currently screaming baby with.

"depends on what you think. the guards are out looking for the kid. they've been looking for anyone that old hag- that you should've killed- described and you, my friend, fit that profile way too well. you need to do something about it before they find you."

"find me? what are they even gonna do? i've gotten away before and i can do it again."

"you don't get it. they aren't taking any precautions and if they find you, they aren't just gonna try to through you into jail again. if they figure out it was you, you're getting killed almost immediately."

"immediately? how so?"

"you attacked one of the highest families up just last night, dude. you really think they won't find a way?"

"so what should i do?"

"i don't know. change her name and get some fake documents or something."

the man seemed to only be partially joking but the kidnapper didn't seem to take notice, already getting up to contact some old friends.

"great idea."

jiyoung's vision blurred again and went back to the baby who had finally begun to calm down, almost choking on her own saliva and dry throat.

her vision centered in around the baby once again, finally noticing the black eyes she knew all too familiarly.

as her vision began to come back to normal, she felt herself growing weaker and weaker. and just as hyejin came back into view, everything went black.

i'm pretty sure someone could guess this at some point lol but yeah i'm still working on my writing so hopefully, this made some kind of sense.

i'm almost done writing so i'm gonna be posting updates daily if u can manage to remember lol