•The Ghost of Flowers• {[Nomin]}

✨🌸 Chapter 72 🌸✨

"Stop him. He no longer has his power for now, make sure to help your friends make it out," Hendery said and flinched from the bruise he now has forming on his back.

Jeno nodded and looked to the yellow haired boy, but by the time he did, he had somehow disappeared. The dark haired swallowed a breath and looked inside the van, noticing Jaehyun taking care of Chenle. He wondered what had happened, but the story would have to wait. Hendery was right, he needs to get them out of that fire ring as fast as possible. He just needed to figure out how.

Jeno got up and ran back over to the flames, coughing since he accidentally inhaled some of the black smoke. "G-guys!" Jeno yelled over the fire, trying to wave the smoke out of his eyes.

"Incoming!!" someone screamed and next thing Jeno knew was someone came flying over the fire and aimed right at him. He gasped and scrambled to try and break the person's fall, but in the end they both slammed into the hard dirt.

The boy above him dug his hands into Jeno's shoulders to push himself up, hazel eyes gazing into the older's squinted ones. "Jeno? Holy shit," Jaemin said and quickly moved off of him, reaching out a hand to lift him up.

Jeno grabbed the hand tightly and felt himself being pulled, letting out a huff of air as he looked at Jaemin with a very confused face.

"Okay, that was unexpected," the dark haired said and brushed some grass and mud off of himself. Jaemin chuckled and looked over the fire.

"I'm alive! You can throw Donghyuck now!"

Jeno furrowed his eyebrows before hearing a countdown, once again seeing a body being hurled towards him as he just sighed. Guess he's falling in the dirt again.

Even though it was given the situation they were in, Jaemin found himself trying not to laugh as both the boys collided with the ground, Donghyuck owing loudly as he climbed off of Jeno.

Jeno groaned and pushed himself up once more, exhaling deeply since he felt like all his bones just got crushed. Twice.

"Last one!" a voice yelled, sounding like Taeyong's now that he thought about it. A few seconds later, a body came hurling over the flames once more as Jeno flinched and backed up. But thankfully it didn't come towards him this time, and instead headed straight for Donghyuck.

"Shit! Get off of me!" the redhead yelled and Mark shot off him in an instant, copying what Jaemin had just done for Jeno and helping his little gremlin off the ground.

Jeno smiled a bit before turning back to the fire, waiting for anything else to happen. But seconds passed and he heard no word from the boy who was still inside. And that boy happened to be Taeyong.

"Taeyong?! Are you coming?!" Jeno yelled and looked to the others, noticing them all staring at him but looking away immediately when Jeno met eyes with them. The dark haired furrowed his eyebrows and heard a cough in the fire, making him frantically turn back to the hot flames. "Taeyong?"

The coughing ceased and Jeno couldn't see anything. The flames were too bright and the smoke was too much, but he didn't pull himself away from the fire.

"I'll be fine, Jeno. Just make sure everyone gets to safety. We need to get out of here..," the voice yelled over and Jeno could hear him gasping for air. His heart sunk all the way to the ground, eyes widening as he got closer to the fire.

"What.. what are you talking about?! We're not leaving without you!" Jeno yelled and felt his lungs being filled with the smoke, but that was the last thing he cared about. A hand landed on his shoulder coming from Jaemin himself, but suddenly it jerked away and he heard a strange punching sound.