Who Are You Playing With? | MYG & JH

Chapter 21: Don't Ask

Struggling against the two men behind me as they hold my arms behind my back, I work desperately to get out of their arms in time. Glaring at the sight in front of me, I yank as hard as I can in attempt to free myself.

"FUCK TAE NO!" I scream, watching the same kid drive the knife into the base of his neck to make an immediate kill. Just as he drives the knife in, I'm released.

I waste no time in stumbling to my feet and racing over to them. However, the kid just smirks at me as he takes a step back away from my brother.

"Aww, too late again. It's too bad you'll never be able to save him. Although... don't you have another brother? I wonder if you'd be able to get there in time before I get to him, the kid smirks.

"STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM HIM!" I shout, stumbling back up to my feet before I'm jolted awake.

Yoongi POV

"FUCK TAE NO!" I jolt awake, snapping immediately into an upright position at the sudden yell. However, as I look around me, I realize that Ryujin is still asleep beside me. Only, she's squirming in her sleep and dripping sweat.

"STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM HIM!" She suddenly shouts, jumping a bit in her sleep. Immediately, I begin shaking her gently to try and wake her up. Within seconds, she jolts awake as she sits up with heavy breathing.

I don't even have a chance to say a word before she's up on her feet and rushing out of the room. Worriedly, I quickly get up and follow her, not caring about the fact that I'm not properly dressed.

Standing at the top of the stairs, I watch her rush down to the first floor of the house and scan the area before rushing back upstairs. Quietly, she begins opening doors and peaking inside until she finally stops at the fifth one, sighing.

As she silently peaks in side, her entire body relaxes. Closing the door without a sound, she slowly takes a step back. Seeing that she's calmer now, I gently wrap my arms around her waist and rest my chin on her shoulder.

"Are you okay, kitten?" I whisper softly, rubbing my hands up and down her sides gently in a soothing motion. She takes a deep breath but nods her head.

"I'm sorry for waking you, Yoongi. You should go back to bed and get some more sleep. It's still early for you." She says softly, causing me to frown.

"What do you mean, 'for me'?" I question, standing back upright as I gently bring her back to our room. However, as we go back inside, my eyes land on the clock.

7:38am

Oh...

"It's fine, kitten. I'm awake now anyways. What was all that about?" I ask gently as I sit down on the edge of the bed, pulling her to stand in front of me between my legs as my hands rest on her waist.

"Nothing, Yoongi. Don't worry about it. Just... next time I ask for you to let me get up in the morning, please just let me up." She says, whispering the last part. I frown at her request.

"Kitten, you were only asleep for just over four hours. Does this happen often?" I ask softly as I look up at her worriedly. She just smiles at me, running a hand through my hair.

"You don't need to worry about me, Yoongi. Really, I'm okay." She tells me quietly.

"No, Ryujin. You're not getting out of this conversation that easily. I let it go earlier because I was still extremely tired and because you needed more sleep. Neither one of us are going back to bed at this point. Just tell me the truth, kitten. You said earlier that you'd already slept way more than you normally do, and you'd not even had four hours of sleep. Now you've woken up from a bad dream in a panic and you're telling me that everything's fine. What's going on?" I push gently, trying not to be too demanding in hopes she'll just tell me.

"Look, I usually don't sleep more than an hour to an hour and a half per night at most. Okay? If I sleep any longer than that,... Let's just say I get really bad nightmares. It's why I was trying to get up so much earlier. It was the first time I'd slept longer than that time period and hadn't woken up with a nightmare. I didn't want to push my luck and this is what happened because of it." She explains with a sigh, running a hand through her hair.

I frown, now knowing the truth. But how can she run so efficiently on such little sleep?

"Kitten, that's not healthy. You need more sleep than that." I murmur softly as I look up at her, running my hand through her hair as I tuck a loose strand behind her ear.

"It is what it is, Yoongi. I still function perfectly fine with that little of sleep." She says quietly with a small smile as she looks down at me. I sigh, leaning my head against her stomach gently.

Though, what I wasn't expecting to see was the marks on her bare arms. Frowning at the worrisome sight, I gently reach out and take her wrist in my hand as I turn her arm slightly. I feel nearly unable to breathe at the amount of marks covering her beautiful skin, lightly rubbing my thumb over the lines.

As I pull my back again away from her stomach, I look up to her. Though, just as I'm about to ask, she pulls her arm away and walks away from me. At a complete loss for words, I sit silently and watch as she grabs her jacket from the chair in the room and pulls it back on.

"Don't. Ask."