JR's POV

"NO!"  My own scream trails off under the loud sound of gunshot echoing though the empty room.  It was as if the world moved in slow

motion.  There was a gun, pointed at Baekho, my friend, my comrade. And Ren, the one that's in my heart, suddenly running into the

bullet's line. I was unable to move at that moment. I tried to grab his hand, but he was already out of my reach.

And then this - BANG.     

And a terrifying silence right after. So quiet I can hear my own heavy breathing. Then a dull impact as Ren drops down on his knees.

Without thinking about the consequences, I hurry towards him, catching him from falling completely onto the ground. Ren coughs, and

dark blood remains on his palms as he does so.

"Oh? Well that was surprising." The cold voice of that detestable woman sneaks into my head. I swirl around and throw a glare at her, a

glare that delivers all of my hatred and anger. But I still don't let go of Ren. 

"Hah, such a shame. We intended to use that boy further. But for him to be that foolish - hasn't your creator taken care of that?" I

ignore her mean words and examine Ren's face. He's conscious, but his eyes flutter weakly.

"None of your business." He spits, and even though his voice is broken, I never heard that tone before.

"Don't speak." I whisper, clinging onto him tighter. I then glance at Baekho, who watches the scene with shocked expression. "It'll be

alright." I really don't know why I said that, to both of them. We are in a dangerous situation right now, and only a miracle could get us

out of here alive. I normally don't believe in them, but I pray that they exist. Because we are in desperate need of one.

"Second try then." The woman exclaims, and again, a man steps forward. At the exact moment he raises his hand, a crashing sound

can be heard. All of the old windows around us shatter into thousands of sparkling glass shards, and I unconsciously cover Ren with

my body. X is too startled to move right away, and I take my chance and bring down the guy endangering Baekho's life.

"YOU!" The woman screams and lunges at me, but I am stronger. I grab her wrist and pin her onto the next wall, staring directly into her

wide open eyes.

"I hate you." I say, my words reeking of disgust. I then scan my surroundings for possible danger and of course to check on Ren. What

I see makes me smirk. Seems like miracles can happen after all. The remaining members of X have been restrained by a group of

others. Are they a special police force? I have no idea. As soon as one of them takes over the woman I despise, I run back to Ren.

Someone is already leaning over him, but I push him aside.

"Move!" I then Ren's hair. "You're still awake, right?" A small nod along with a forced smile is his answer. So he's okay. I rip his

shirt apart to take a look at the wound (luckily I'm pretty experienced with injuries), but the view catches me off guard once again. Blood

flushes into my head. Why, now?! Wrong timing! I try hard to not stare at him and focus on the wound, but it's hard to keep my eyes

away from ... the rest. His pale skin is tainted by dark blood. I use his clean shirt to remove the most of it, so that I can examine the

injury precisely. To my surprise - there is none. Ren's chest lifts and lowers slowly. His breathing has become more stable. He should've

been hurt, why is he...? Right then, he opens his eyes to look at me again.

"Sorry for worrying you, hyung." He mumbles. "I can take that much, it's no big deal."

"Even if you say that, you seem terribly weak." I sigh. This boy... How dare he scare me like that. On the other hand, if it wasn't for him,

Baekho would've ...

"Yah!" Baekho hurries towards us, he knees onto the ground and bows down completely.

"Ren-ah, I'm sorry for calling you suspicious and a freak and- Thank you so much, you saved my life despite me being an -"

"It's okay." Ren says, smiling at Baekho.  It bothers me, why is he smiling at him like that? He's supposed to only be like that towards

me.

"Really, thank you from the bottom of my heart."  I decide to not interrupt that heartbreaking (cough) scene, when someone familiar

catches my attention. Light brown hair, slender body - I know her. Hana-noona. What is she doing here? She notices me as well, her

face lights up as she walks up to us.

"What are you kids doing here-" She asks, then she spots Ren. "Wait, so this must be- But JR, didn't you say it was a girl? I'd never

have thought you were ga-"

"Noona!" I shout as the scene starts to become embarrassing. Luckily, she shuts up at the most important part. "Sorry Sorry, but I'm

really surprised to see you here." I shrug.

"So are we. What are you doing here?" She giggles.

"I didn't tell you, but I work within the special operation force unit. We pursued those guys for quite a long time now." This seriously

blows my mind. My Hana-noona, part of a special unit. Wow. 

"Anyway, was your friend hit?" She asks, eyeing Ren, whose skin was still deep red from the blood. Well, more black than red. 

"Yes, but he says he's okay now." As if to underline my words, he nods.

"Okay then..." Hana turns towards Baekho and takes him with her. He leaves with one last excusing glance.

Even though the bullet hadn't hit him, Baekho was injured from the kidnapping. I look after him, worried, but in noona's care, he'll be

okay. Surprisingly, even I'm okay at that moment. All the painful happenings have not reached me yet - but I fear the moment they do.

Supporting Ren, we stumble outside, where they start asking us various questions. I answer all of them while Ren keeps quiet.

When we finally are allowed to leave, I glance at Ren, who stands there forlornly. And suddenly, I don't want to go home alone. I don't

want to go through the painful realization awaiting me there. Before I even know it, I grab his sleeve, twirl him around, and kiss him. In

surprise his eyes widen, and I let go quickly, afraid I might have scared him.

"Sorry." I say, and am not even sure why I apologize. We are even now. He did the same thing before. Ren shakes his head and

his lips.

"I don't mind it." He mumbles, making my heart burst out of relief. This means, he likes me too. I am no longer embarrassed to request

the following.

"Stay over at my place tonight."

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So no need for you all to worry, everyone survives xD

Buuut a really important question to ask:

My friend and me just got our Nu'est albums, and well we both got the Ren card- but she wants Baekho so badly ._. Anyone got him and would be so nice to trade? Just contact AnikasV if you do >.<  Thank you~