Luna sat with Minho in the back seat, sobbing in his shirt. Minho rubbed her back, trying to comfort her. “Luna-shi, you are safe with us, nothing is going to happen to you, I promise.” His calming, deep voice was able to relax her enough to look up and nod. She trusted them with all of her heart for their protection. Her heart did not stop racing in her chest. Her life had become such a terrifying mess. Manager oppa had just got done talking to the police on the phone.

“Luna-shi, please don’t cry, we are getting this man, and he is going to jail. He assaulted you and now he is trying to commit an even worse crime. He is going to go away, Luna, and you will be safe.” Manager oppa couldn’t help but sweat slightly. He seemed just as afraid as the rest of them. They finally reached the outside of their dorm, and manager oppa demanded security to be around Luna as she walked in. “Minho… stay here with her, I am calling for more police to stay around the dorm, this man sounds like a crazed murderer, so we need as much security for our Luna as possible.”

Minho obeyed and followed security up to her room, holding onto Luna safely. They made it into her and Amber’s room, he laid Luna onto Amber’s bed, the lower half. He sat next to her, her hair softly. Surprisingly, she enjoyed the comfort he gave her. He stared at her, smiling softly. She didn’t know if he felt sympathy, or… something else. Her heart rate lowered, knowing she was protected. Minho got a sudden call from Taemin, and he immediately answered.

“Hyung! There aren’t any police yet and… that man! That man is here, and he’s trying to come inside… Hyung, I’m so afraid! Where is Luna?!”

“She is safe, Taemin. Please, just calm down. There should be some security to keep you guys safe. The police will not allow him in, what is he doing?”

“He just tried to break in by breaking the glass windows open… I can’t see what else they’re doing, but he’s fighting one of the security men, while the other is trying to hold him back… My heart is racing, hyung. What if he gets inside?”

Minho began to worry once more, “Taemin, I promise you will be safe, please don’t be afraid.”

He heard some sniffing on the other end, “Okay, hyung, I… I believe you.”

Minho sighed, “I need to call Key hyung and Jonghyun hyung, Taeminnie. Okay?”

Taemin sniffed more over the phone. “Okay.” He said, before hanging up.

Minho dialed Jonghyun’s number quickly, waiting for an answer.

“Hello?”

“Hyung, something terrible is going on-“

“We know! Onew hyung is gone, and… we see some blood on the floor over by the end of the bar, what is going on? Where are you guys? What club are you at?”

“Hyung, please don’t leave the bar, you seem to be safe there. You remember that man, Lee Bae, who attacked Luna the other day?”

Jonghyun was silent. “Oh, God… Aigoo, what is going on?” He heard Key talking to Jonghyun through the phone, informing him as well.

“Jonghyun hyung… I’m here with Luna-shi in her dorm, police are driving to the club to catch that man who’s trying to break in… security is protecting Luna and I.”

“What about the others?” Jonghyun was serious and loudly breathing.

“They will be fine…” He heard some police cars over the phone, loudly zooming past the bar. “That must be them. Jonghyun, just stay in the bar and lock the doors, stay in a room and wait until I call you back.”

“But Minho!”

“What, hyung?”

“Where is…” Minho suddenly heard a knock on the front door. He hung up on Jonghyun and quickly followed a security guard to the door.

“Please, please, let me in. Luna-shi, are you in there?” It was Onew’s voice. Minho sighed in relief and quickly let him in. Onew slipped in through the doors, sweaty and breathing hard. He took off his jacket and hat and stood to breathe for a moment. He was pale and shaking from the rain. His hair was drenched, covering his face.

“How did you get here so fast, hyung?” Minho put his hand on his shoulder.

“I… I ran… I ran here as fast… as I could…” Onew finally was able to breathe, and continued, “I spotted Lee Bae in that bar, he told me everything he was going to do to her, and we got into a fight… he escaped and told me if I called the police, he’d-“

“Hyung, it’s okay… police are already at the scene. They’re probably arresting him right now.” Onew stared at Minho. Minho suddenly got another call from Taemin.

“Hyung, hyung, the police are still not here… he’s inside the building, I think he has a gun…”

“Taeminnie, I can barely hear you, you’re talking so quietly.”

“I have to… we’re hiding in the basement. Some security is holding him down, but we just heard some gunshots… we don’t know what’s going on. Hyung…”

Minho heard some crying and sniffing on the other end. He couldn’t imagine how scared they must feel…

“IF I CAN’T FIND HER, AND KILL HER, I HAVE TO KILL SOMEONE!” Minho faintly heard through the phone. More gunshots. Taemin was breathing heavily, trying to control his crying. Minho’s heart was racing hearing all of this.

“POLICE! DROP YOUR WEAPONS!” Minho heard more gunshots… and finally, silence. Taemin sniffed and breathed in softly. He didn’t hear the crazed man anymore, so hopefully that gunshot was for… him.

“Taeminnie.” Minho said softly, trying to get an answer. Silence. It was as if he hung up. Minho checked his phone. It was still on the call with Taemin.

“Taemin?”

Minho’s hands were shaking. He heard some background noise, shuffling and some words, but no Taemin. He heard gasps and more cries. Minho sank into the floor. Onew bent down with him, breathing hard.

“Minho?” Onew tried to sit down, leaning against the wall.

Minho was as still as a statue, still waiting for an answer. He just wanted them to be okay…

“Taemin!” He finally yelled through the phone.

He heard some more breathing, crying. He could tell it was Taemin crying. “Hyung… … he’s… he’s breathing hard and bleeding intensely… but we’re… okay… everyone is safe… but he and some security guards are all on the ground… The police… they’re trying to get him to the hospital, but he looks dead…” Taemin continued to cry. “Minho hyung, I wish you were here to help, you always know how to help…” He cried harder and hung up. Minho, after hanging up, stared at his phone.

“They’re fine.” He sternly told Onew. Onew looked over toward the hallway, trying to stand back up.

“Is Luna-“

“She fell asleep. We talked for a while, and she finally calmed down. I think the shock forced out all of the energy she had.”

Onew looked down, quiet. His energy was at zero right about now. Onew blinked slowly, feeling dizzy. He began to hold himself up, breathing slowly. All of that running must… have… must have…

Onew fell to the floor, Minho barely catching him so his head did not hit the ground. Minho pulled him over his shoulder, putting him onto the couch. He quickly got some water and a wet rag. He was scared for his hyung again; just like that one night he had that nightmare.

Everything was fine… until Bae showed up. Now, everyone was completely terrified and crying. Minho couldn’t take it anymore… he broke down and began to let out his tears. Sadness was filled in his heart – for Luna, for Taemin, for Onew…

For the poor dead man that let his obsession completely take over his life, and make him attempt to kill an innocent, beautiful girl.

Minho put the rag onto Onew’s forehead while wiping away his own tears.

“O-oppa,” Luna suddenly appeared in front of them, tears forming in her eyes.

“Luna-shi… he just fainted, he’s okay…” Luna began to cry, leveling herself down to Onew. She stared at the unconscious body that was her oppa; he was still hot from sweat, but quickly becoming cold. Minho went into the bathroom to call Jonghyun hyung, to make sure everything is okay…

Luna stared at Onew. She cried softly, his face. “Onew oppa, why did you faint, why are you so sweaty?” She was so confused, not knowing where the man was, or where her friends were. Minho was busy on the phone in the bathroom… and the man she loved was unconscious from something.

“Onew oppa, please, please, wake up… Did you hurt your head?”

Minho walked back into the room, putting his cellphone onto the coffee table. He had a serious look on his face that scared her.

“Luna-shi… everything is okay… that man is…”

“Is he in jail now? Like you promised?”

“He’s dead. Like I promised.”

Luna’s heart skipped a beat, a sudden feeling to accept. Her body tingled, such words she has never heard before shocked her. Minho lifted her chin to look up at him, “Luna-shi, everyone is okay. They got him, he’s gone now, and he’ll never hurt you again.” Luna placed her hand on top of his, trying to pull it away. He resisted, and stared at her. She stared back for a few moments, and blushed. “I just want you to feel safe, Luna…” he tried to lean in to kiss her, but she turned her head slightly. He kissed her cheek softly, and let her go. “I’m sorry, I just thought that would be comforting.”

“It’s okay…” she stared at the floor for a while. Minho shook his head.

“I’m sorry, I must have gotten the-“

“Minho oppa, it’s… okay.” She looked up and smiled softly. “I forgive you. I try to forgive as much as I can.” Minho nodded, smiling, and stood back up. He went to call Taemin, trying to get back to the club and have everyone together finally.

Luna looked over at Onew, his eyes slightly opened, staring at her. Luna jumped. “O-oppa, you-“

“Luna-shi… I’m much too tired to open my eyes, but from what I heard…”

“No, no… Onew oppa, you don’t understand, he didn’t-“

“I understand if you have feelings for someone else.” Tears were running down his face. It was as if his life was broken into tiny pieces now, starting from that stupid dream he had of her. He barely was able to take a grip onto his leg.

“Oppa… I don’t have feelings for Minho oppa whatsoever…”

Onew closed his eyes. His heart felt a bit heavy, and his body was so drained. With all of his strength, he dug his fingernails into his palm, trying to cut his own skin. He couldn’t tell if there was any blood or not, but he felt no pain. He began to fall asleep again, seeing blackness.

He fell asleep, and had a dream of himself as a child, playing in the grass with some lavender flowers. He began to cry gently, thinking of his heart breaking into a million pieces. What would he do if that ever were to happen? He heard stories from his hyungs that your heart breaks when you fall in love, and that love ends. He was scared, so he ran and tried to jump over the park’s metal fence, cutting his palm open. He looked off into the distance, a sunset forming. The colors of yellow, orange, and pink all formed together to show a beautiful picture to him. He felt as though he were closest to the sun as he has ever been. His tears tried and evaporated into the sky. He looked back into his hand, a closed fist, and opened it slowly. The lavender flower was in perfect shape; it looked perfect against the sunset, his favorite color, orange, against the beautiful purple flower. It wrapped its stem around his hand, healing the cut he made into his palm. The cut was gone, as the flower formed back into its original shape.

Onew opened his eyes. Luna was leaning over him, finishing up wrapping some bandage around his palm. He moved his eyes over to the coffee table. There was some bandage, ointment, and a bloody rag. She didn’t notice he was awake, so he pretended to be asleep by closing his eyes and keeping his body as still as he could.

“Onew oppa… please don’t feel this way. I refused his kiss… I have no feelings for anyone other than you... Oh, Onew… I hope you’re not awake yet. You can’t know about these feelings I have for you; I’m just a stupid girl, and you’re such a perfect man. I’m just never going to be enough for you, oppa.” She cried softly, sniffing and resting her head on his chest. Her hand rubbed his neck, that was still cold. Onew’s heartbeat increased, alarming Luna. He felt her eyes on him.

He felt her body move more towards him, rubbing against him. Her lips pressed against his softly, and he kissed her back. Onew popped his eyes open, alarmed. He closed them once more, placing his hand behind her head. Her lips were soft and warm, and he could tell his were cold and dry from the rain. He thought of the lavender flower… this lavender flower was Luna. He pulled back for a moment, “Luna-shi,” he whispered, moving his lips down to her neck. Her eyes were closed, enjoying his pecks. He kissed the nape of her neck softly, because that’s all what she needed: soft and comfort from him, nothing harsh, right? He moved his lips back up to hers, kissing her just like his dream. He turned his head, kissing her passionately and enjoying every moment.

Luna’s heart was fluttering, she felt as though her body was floating gently above the ground. She felt like she was in heaven, Onew kissed her cheek, neck, and forehead; all over her face. Luna’s eyes opened to see Onew oppa’s face. He felt warm again, like an angel. Her heart was turning from fluttering like an angel, to melting into the carpet from extreme desire. Luna felt… funny. She and Onew locked eyes onto each other. She wanted more than a kiss from Onew. Luna carefully looked at his lips, and back up to her eyes. Her heated stare gave him chills up and down his spine; she had never looked at him like this before.

Onew stared into her eyes. They finally kissed. His life was just a complete monster, ripping and tearing his body apart. But now, his life formed back with a perfect fit. Luna was this perfect fit. Onew stared at Luna’s pink lips, knowing his mark was the first. He couldn’t help but get those feelings again, like when they were drunk. He wanted Luna-shi. It was like a demon calling out from his brain to take over his innocent heart. She didn’t hesitate to stare back while his mind wondered what her mind consisted of. Suddenly, Onew and Luna heard a creaked noise.

“Er-…sorry… I tried to let you be.” Minho stared back at them, a smirk on his face. “I’m sorry to interrupt, but the others are coming over any time now.”

Minho silently walked back into the bathroom. Onew and Luna looked back at each other. They couldn’t let go from each other’s embrace. Onew’s arms were wrapped around her upper back, under her arms. She was on her knees facing the couch as he laid down on it, her arms wrapped tightly around his neck. Their faces stayed close to each other, refusing to let go.

“I don’t want anything or anyone to break this, Luna-shi, I really don’t…”