Bad Luck [ TaeGyu ]

C.71

Taehyun clutched the black kitten to his chest, his torso and throat burning, he coughed and felt like he was going to die.

Even meters from the shelter in full and strong flames, he felt too hot.

The cat in his arms meowed pitifully, and half-opened its eyes to clumsily focus on him.

"I-I'm fine, Gyu..." he murmured, and tried to smile at him even though his lips trembled.

He still felt fear running through him, he trembled and felt like crying. Everything had been very sudden.

From one moment to the next he had gone from playing with his kitten, and with his sister, to helping evacuate the hybrids terrified because of that fire.

What kind of sick person would burn the place down?

That couldn't have been accidental.

He coughed weakly and the cat escaped from his arms, the hybrid began to meow to get someone's attention, seeing the human so bad, the cat began to walk among the people, looking for someone who looked good among all the victims.

"What's wrong little one?"

The first person who paid attention to the hybrid followed it with her gaze to the brunette, lying on the floor, who continued coughing because of the smoke he had inhaled in the minutes he had been inside.

She ran up to him and quickly turned him on her side, allowing him to breathe a little better and comforting him a little knowing that she was going to help him, it was a couple of seconds until Taehyun felt a little better, and he nodded to thank him, he sat up awkwardly with the help of the kind-faced black-haired girl next to him.

"Kang Taehyun, right?" she asked, the named one nodded. "Yeonjun told me that you were his friend, I'm Seeun, I'm his companion"

"Where is...?"

"Is he there? No, they took him to the hospital in the first ambulance that arrived" he said. "He was very intoxicated by the smoke" Taehyun felt on the verge of tears.

"What?"

"Yeonjun doesn't know when to stop when it comes to helping hybrids" she murmured. "Some companions stopped him before he went back in." she looked at the shelter, now the color of coal while the flames finished consuming it in its entirety. "He wouldn't have come out alive if he went in one more time..."

Seeun handed him a half-empty bottle of water, which Taehyun gladly accepted and took a few sips that calmed his insides a little.

He saw himself and noticed the disaster, his clothes were black and somewhat burned in parts, his skin was also dirty and covered in ashes, giving it a grayish color, he was not the only one, everyone was the same, Seeun, by his side, too, the other companions, the hybrids that he had helped to get out.

The entire street had been closed by people, even before the police arrived with their safety cones, there were an average of thirty hybrids, and another ten employees, curious people, the police, several paramedics, and the firefighters were arriving. also.

The hybrids were beyond scared, you could hear their whimpers, and the remaining shelter workers, along with some vets or kind passersby were with them to calm them down, but it hurt to see them affected.

"Meow~"

"Beomie..." Taehyun smiled at him, stroking his little head, the kitten had his ears down and his body bristled with fright.

"It's okay, kitten, that's it"

The hybrid jerked, making Taehyun pull his hand away.

"What's the matter?"

The cat seemed nervous, and seemed to hesitate for a moment whether to change or not, until finally the cat did, her long black hair did not allow his face to be seen, but it didn't take long for Taehyun to understand that he wasn't his boyfriend.

"Sumin..."

"I'm not Beomgyu.. Beomgyu is not here" she spoke with difficulty.

Taehyun couldn't react for two full seconds, he straightened up a little and approached her.

"Sumin, what do you mean Beomgyu is not here?"

The hybrid's lower lip trembled, her gaze was lowered, she simply couldn't look at him, she had always been terrified of people, because they had almost always been mean to her, it was difficult for her to speak and she was making an effort because she knew that her brother would. loved and therefore, that boy had to be good, he had to be trustworthy.

"Sumin..." the brunette's voice sounded broken, he brushed the dark hair from his face and looked into her catlike eyes pleadingly. "Where is Beomgyu?" Sumin denied.

"I-I don't know" she said. "He was lost... He was there and then... Not anymore" she tried to explain himself with surprise and some panic at the human's proximity.

"Taehyun?" Seeun approached him seeing him trembling because of crying. "What's happening?"

The brunette wanted to stand up, he did so with difficulty, separating himself from those two and running anywhere, his body staggered but he began to walk quickly so as not to fall, while he tried to see him, a head of black hair, some little ears or something.

"Beomgyu!" with all his strength. "Beomgyu!" He felt his lungs burn, tears flooded him, his vision blurred and he felt his heart break into pieces as he didn't see any sign of him.

"Taehyun!" Seeun approached him and had to hold him so he wouldn't fall, although in the end, because of all his crying, because of how broken he was, she adjusted him so that he was sitting on the floor, while he cried on his shoulder. "Taehyun...what happened?"

The human sobbed, hugging her, not caring that she was actually a completly strange, Sumin slowly approached him, keeping her distance, feeling terrible for the brunette's state.

"Beomgyu disappeared..."