❝ dark blue night and thin white moon
i sit at the end and look at you ❞
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she held him back, she had to. as if time had stood still and all matter had silenced, they're minds didn't process what was happening.
"don't do anything" her hand was firmly on his arm, his body tensed and ready to bolt at the soldier with the device grasped tightly in his hand
"don't make another mistake" and the clipboard was flung towards winwin, the plastic hitting him against the face. he didn't even twitch, his mind too focused on the one word that the staff had said.
as soon as the door closed, chenle bolted up, winwin's shirt in chenle's grasp in a second. the two boys looked at each other with upmost hatred, chenle slamming the boy into the wall.
"i would have killed you if you weren't her...boyfriend" chenle spat, hyejin sighing with upmost frustration at how they simply must act on their emotions. winwin glanced around at hyejin, hyejin nodding her head in a pleading manner as if signalling him to just play along
"get off me" winwin threw chenle's arm away, the atmosphere weighing down with thick intensity
"stop playing games. we need to get to NCT's base right now" she grabbed her bag, loading up a gun without hesitation. chenle was shocked at how fluent she was with these actions, but then again, chenle wasnt any less innocent. another door flew open, kun and doyoung tumbling out of the bathroom with their mouths gaped "what's happening?"
"i promise i'll give you an explanation, we need to go" hyejin threw her body out, yanking chenle and winwin along with her.
"we cant take the Stone car, i think they are on to us" She ran down the emergency stairs into the car park
"I told you we shouldn't have kept NCT in our base, Stone is bound to find out" Winwin slipped onto his motorbike, the helmet harshly pulled over his head
"i know, i know. i expected it, but what's more important is the fact that NCT is in danger right now. all the combat members are in my apartment, NCT's base is filled with non-combats and we can't risk anyone getting hurt" she got onto her own motorbike, chenle hesitant to get on.
"hyejin can i-"
"get on with winwin, i'm not here to let you pull another sick trick" and she reared her engine, before leaving chenle with a fog of dust. feeling that horrid pang of hurt smash against his heart, he groggily got on the bike behind winwin.
"hang on tight lele" winwin's words dripped with sarcasm, knowing that was a nickname hyejin had always called him
"nows not the time to get on my nerves-" and the bike jerked forward, the two set off on their way towards NCT's base. the road was familiar to winwin, a type of familiarity that stung. it was a road he could recognise from a single glance, like every other NCT members
winwin had a past too, and some of it, he wished wasn't his past
he never wanted to get involved with starship, he was also on a battle of survival, with himself
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"they're there" hyejin breathed, chenle and winwin arriving at her tail.
"chenle call them, quick" she shook his wrist, chenle fumbling with his phone and praying that someone picks up.
"come on come on" he tapped his feet against the concrete as winwin led them around to the corner, hidden behind the rows and rows of bookshelves
"hello?"
"ten you need to warn everyone now. get everyone into the safety basem-"
the phone hung up, chenle ripping the phone from his ear as he saw the last of the Stone members disappear into the massive abyss in their base.
"we need to go in there, now" hyejin busied herself with her hair, sliding past chenle's brick like body
"hyejin you're going to get yourself killed" winwin stopped her, an audible scoff coming from chenle. speaking from reality, these three were probably not the best group to have in protecting a whole base of people.
chenle was a fighter, but winwin and hyejin was. one was basically a chauffeur and the other...who knew?
but this was the least they could do to protect those who mean a lot to them
"they can fend for themselves, i know it" winwin's breath was staggered "don't risk it"
"they aren't combat members sicheng!" she threw her hands up at him
"but nor are you!" it was evident that winwin would be dead worried for their future if hyejin had stepped foot into NCT's base. stone was in there, and if stone saw hyejin protecting nct, they may as well flee before they get kicked out
"let chenle go, please" winwin slowly inched towards hyejin, her wrist sliding into his hand "i don't want you to get hurt"
"chenle can't go alon-"
"hyejin i need you to stay here and not move. out of the three of us, you are the person who has the least experience in these types of raids. we've been through this multiple times, i need you to stay here" winwin commanded her, watching her eyes tremble
"im not-"
"listen to him hyejin, the more we talk, the more time we waste" chenle urged on "you have a gun on you, shoot anyone who dares to touch you or i'll shoot them, ok?"
that was also an issue, she's never used a gun. she worked with files back at stone, not guns. so with the little experience she had, she let the two boys rush into the crime scene before settling herself down beside the shelves, head full of taunting scenes
as if life really hates her, she felt a material being pulled over her head, everything snapping into darkness with an overwhelming feeling of suffocation.
she wasn't scared
all she could think was
here we go again
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she blew a strand off her face, her eyes narrowed at the three men in front of her with a bat in hand. the soft tap of the mans hand against the bat became the ticking bomb, her body pulling back painfully
"sneaky one aren't you?" the man, better known as the head of Stone, snickered, finger trailing from her forehead around to her chin. he titled her chin up, her head snapping up jerkily
"your one to say" she shook her head, the man's finger dropping from her face
"you were so obedient, now what happened?" he stroked her nest like hair, the knotted strands catching between his fingers
"then you clearly don't know me" her head flung to the side with the burning pressure against her cheek. the pain pulsated along her flesh, a dry chuckle running her mouth.
"you better listen, or i'll make sure your little minions won't see the light of tomorrow" and 3 grunting men were pushed into view, emerging through the shadows. taeyong was gone, and she realised that was going to be a huge mistake
"what do you want" she grunted against the chains engraved into her wrist, her eyes meeting jisung's. his eyes drowned with fear, his body shuddered against the coldness of the room. it broke her, knowing it was all because of her
"you" the elder man laughed, the bat swung at the 3 NCT members legs, all three of them crashing to the floor with their knees against the cold concrete
her eyes burned with fury, hair tasseled and face lit with ambition. but that all dispersed when a familiar figure walked into the room. her eyes fell over his brunette locks, her lips opening for a sigh of epiphany.
"fancy seeing you here"
she felt as if everything became caving in of her. the scar reopened with a single glance to remain fresh in her heart. it was so suffocating, the way he looked at her, and the way he ruined her.
"i've sure you've met him before" Stones boss tapped her chair, facing the man who had just appeared
"why don't you greet him? it'll only be polite to" the smirk in his tone got her gagging. she wished she was just that little bit stronger, so should could fight against them. fight for her freedom and survival, and everything she had gone through simply to her, herself, alive
but the man in front of her, was the man who took everything away from her with one snatch
"if i don't kill you this time, i'll make sure you're dead by tomorrow" she sneered, the man laughing with a mock
"i can see you've clearly missed me"
"get the fuck away from me" her words were sharp "wu inho"