“Should We Save Each Other?” ~ Chapter Seven

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[YeonRa]

I awoke, surrounded by ten glaring men, a murderous glint in their eyes. I made eye with Chanyeol, who returned it in a different manner. His murderous glare had a deadly mix of disgust, a hint of jealousy, and rage. I returned the same look, just without the burning jealousy.

“What the hell, Chanyeol!” I yelled. “Do you realize what you’re doing? You could go to jail for this!”

Chanyeol shrugged. “Nobody’s going to jail, YeonRa,” he stated confidently, getting closer to me. “Do you know where we are?”

I shook my head, scooting away from him on the grassy ground. From behind, someone propped their foot on my middle back, preventing me from moving any further.

“This is the back of Muyell, where all of my former victims would pay a price,” he informed, a giant smirk on his face. “It’s your fault that my reputation is at the bottom.”

“No, it isn’t,” I talked back. “Sniper lowered it. Besides, you were bullying other students. Did you expect everyone to obey you forever?”

Chanyeol has me cornered in the worst position possible. Sure, I’m really strong, but I can’t fight ten guys! There’s nobody else around this place, too! How am I supposed to get out of this?

‘Worthless ~’

‘You’re nothing but piece of trash ~’

‘No matter what you think, you’re just another pawn. Nobody actually loves you ~’

Great. If I have another attack, there’s no way I’ll be able to even throw a punch. Come up with something, YeonRa!

“Also, I gave you a gift,” Chanyeol added, ignoring what I said. “It’s somewhere on your neck.”

Why is he taking so long to hit me?

Gently touching the sides of my neck with both of my hands, I felt every inch of it precisely. At first, all I felt was effortless smoothness. As I continued to touch it, it suddenly felt very… patchy? - no, more like bruised. Both sides gave me slight pain as I poked it. What did he put on my -

Abruptly, it clicked. When I said I felt the life drain out of my eyes, I literally meant it.

“Y-you… g-gave m-me… hickeys?” I questioned with a shaky voice. “Did you…?”

“No, he doesn’t go that far,” Kai answered from behind with an evil snicker. “This is getting quite boring, Chanyeol. Shall we start?”

The alpha of his sinister pack held up a finger. “Before we start, I want to tell her something.” Getting closer, Chanyeol grabbed my collar and forced me to stand on my two shaky legs. Slowly, he leaned in, and, lips taunting-ly brushing against my right ear, he whispered:

“We didn’t plan this. Someone close to you did.”

[Time Skip; Yixing]

“She’s waking up,” I heard Luhan say, his voice brightening. Quickly, I ran downstairs, almost slipping. I caught myself just in time.

Arriving, I saw YeonRa sitting upright on the burgundy sofa, her back facing me. Her curly, black hair cascaded down her back perfectly - I’m thankful that they did not rip it out, to be honest. Actually, scratch that - I’m glad she did not die.

She turned her head at me, a familiar cold look in her brown eyes. I expected a greeting, but the first thing YeonRa said was, “Which one of you planned this?”

As soon as she asked that, Luhan and Sniper came down the steps. The two were giving each other questioning glares. For some reason, Luhan’s tough look looked the most angry, while Sniper’s was a mix of taunting, confident, and seriousness.

“Wait, where am I?” YeonRa asked. “Did you guys kidnap me? Are you all in on this?”

Sniper gave a confused look to her. “What do you mean, YeonRa? By the way, this is Luhan’s house,” he informed, answering the question before.

“Someone close to me did this,” she replied back. “Luhan and Yixing are really only the ones that are close to me. I want to know which one of you did it, and you better be honest. I won’t hesitate to hurt any of you.”

From the corner of my eye, I saw Luhan and Sniper looking at each other, worried and panicked. Eyeing them, I caught Sniper glaring at me. I quickly looked away, meeting YeonRa’s stare.

“We… don’t know,” Luhan answered, breaking eye with Sniper. “It’s not any of us, though. Sniper even interrogated Jennie, but her answers were so descriptive and believable, that we couldn’t say it was her doing.”

She tched. “Liar,” she dubbed. “If this is the case of the new kid being jealous of the popular kid, then just say it.”

“We’re not going to tell you until morning,” Sniper said. “All of you are staying here tonight.”

“It’s for our own good,” Luhan added seriously. “YeonRa, trust me when I say that Sniper is not envious of you. He’s already popular.”

Sniper - definition; the ruler of the hierarchy, good-looking, confident, strong, a fighter, and someone who cares for YeonRa. He’s basically someone I never was, if you exclude the caring-for-YeonRa part. I’m basically a toad next to him and Luhan, since he’s apparently part of the hierarchy, too.

Why are all of my friends popular, and not me?

“Fine,” YeonRa agreed. “You three have a lot to explain tomorrow. And you better tell me who’s responsible for my injuries.”

“Make that four, because one of my frene- I mean, good friends, are coming over tomorrow,” Luhan said. “Otherwise, I can’t believe I have to stay and share a room with you, Sniper. This is a living nightmare.”

“Such a cruel punishment,” Sniper taunted sarcastically. “This is about YeonRa, not you. How are you and him even older than YeonRa and I?” Rubbing his forehead, Sniper mumbled softly, “You know what, I’m not dealing with you. I’ll stay with YeonRa. Get upstairs and go sleep.”

Not leaving without glaring, Luhan walked upstairs. Surprisingly, YeonRa was already sleeping soundlessly. It was only Sniper and I left, and tension was building a brick wall between us. We never made eye as I was about to head upstairs.

“Yixing,” Sniper calls. I turned my head to look at him. “Don’t expect YeonRa to protect you forever. I’m really begging you to take that seriously.”

I looked at him straight in the eye. “I don’t know why I should listen to anything you say. Luhan seems to really hate you.”

Shrugging, Sniper, giving up, said, “Alright, but you’ll regret it. Go get some rest.”

He didn’t leave it there. What he said next kind of sent a shiver down my spine.

”Tomorrow is a day where everything changes.”

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