Light... Light - something you craved since being knocked unconscious, but it kept fading like a flickering light. Were you dead... dying?

For a moment of two, you couldn't move - as if you were restrained. Everything was hazy again, what was the last thing you could

remember? Dang it... More voices, voices that were steadily getting longer. Just seconds later, you felt yourself resurfacing into

consciousness - a feeling you'd never valued so much. Stretching out; you felt your muscles crack - you must've been out for ages if this

was how your joints decided to react. You groaned yourself awake, the faces with which the voices belonged to became obvious as your sight was returned. 

'Where...' 

You dazily look around, blinking time and time again to focus your vision. Now sitting up, you rubbed your eyes; the first face you see

being one you hadn't seen before. Surprised and suddenly assuming the possibility of being kidnapped, you fell back against the wall.

For a split second, you thought he was going to attack you, but his cute face and gestures said otherwise. Still leaning back slightly, you

bumped into a canine which took to snarling at you instantly. 

Where to go... Where to run...

Spinning your head around in circles, thinking back to Jaehyo and where his whereabouts could be, you're unaware of the older boy

who you first saw pull your closer. Squirming like a worm being pulled at like its predator, you tried to escape his grasp but he was

unbelievably strong. Your stranger found it amazing and pulled your head to his ear. 

'Nice to meet you too, I'm Chanyeol~' He mused then let you go after giving a forced peck on the lips. 

Dizzily, your head began to react again, but you managed to wheeze,

'Where am I?' Your heart panged, 'Where's Jaehyo?'

'Ah, you don't need to worry about that freak,' Someone behind you grabbed you playfully under your arms, already the Chanyeol

creep had moved quickly behind you - you were practically pinned down. Any escape attempt would be futile... Again you wiggled

about, but he saw it all as a game and with puppy-like innocence didn't realize your shock in just waking up with a stranger in a really

wierd place... 

'Ah -' He began tickling you, and didn't seem like a such a bad person after all. 

For the next ten minutes, the both of you were literally just rolling around, him forcing shrieks of laughter after finding your ticklish spot.

By the end of it, he was lying by you on the chair. Slightly worn out, you didn't notice his second attempt for a kiss. Getting back

to reality, you asked,

'Why am I here?'

You pulled away from another kiss...

'Aha, sorry - it's something we do to demoralise others... or it's just a friendly thing...'

'Trust me, you're better here than with that idiot, Jaehyo...'

At the door was a fairly tall guy with a slightly darker skin tone than Chanyeol. He was shirtless with abs that you had to draw your eyes

away, he was really attractive - but you didn't want to make it obvious that he was really good looking. Smirking, he leaned against the

doorframe before answering,

'You probably don't even know why we hate him - do you?'

You shook your head.

'Do you even know how you got the house??'

This time, you didn't reply. You felt so stupid, embarressingly stupid.

'I'm sure Chanyeol'll explain it to you - I have to go.'

 

'That's Kai - don't think too much of him...'

'I don't understand though - do you know how I inherited the house?'

Childishly, he blew up his cheeks, looked away and decided it'd be best to explain the whole affair to you after making sure you were

comfortable.

'Well...' Downstairs, you heard a bang... and some shouting...

Quickly alert, Chanyeol sat up and kept you close to him as he looked over the staircase.

'What's you going on?' You tugged at his hand that was firmly grasped around yours. Chanyeol dampened his lips and slowly went

down the stairs.

'She's mine - why-'

'Jaehyo!' You rip your hand from Chanyeol and run down the stairs. Yes, yes, yes - surely he was here to save you. To get you out of here... to -

Crouching down behind the mahogany banister, you saw Jaehyo being restrained by one of the men in the kitchen. Their voices were

unnaturally low and distorted, as was Jaehyo's. Somehow he looked different - as if there was a new spark of him in his eyes. When a

golden wolf pounced for him, you squeaked, attracting more than enough attention to yourself. 

 

'____! RUN!' He screams, throwing one of the wolves above his head. 

Why is this all happening... Why me? You wanted to get to Jaehyo, but he was already on top of things, already making his way

through the hubbub since you could barely move. 

'RUN!'

He yells, grabbing onto his throat with his right hand, blood was dribbling through the spaces of his fingers. His skin - it was not

human, it had a porclean-like texture and was cracking with every attack made by the people pouncing on him.

Already, Chanyeol was gaining on you, as was someone else by the time you were outside. 

 

You arm still hurt after violently throwing the door open. Tears flooded your eyes so much they were almost stinging, and being

pursued by some strangers wasn't brilliant, especially since you were in the middle of no-where. Puffing you threw yourself behind a

filfty wired fence, in some grass. Crouching gave you just enoug height to watch your pursuers wander off, and remain hidden at

the same time. 

Breathing in and out steadily helped your pulse to remain at a steady speed. You thought you would be okay and be able to get back

home since darkness was already engulfing the distant fields. Minutes passed; you were sure they were gone and keeping quiet, you emerged from the bushes.

Now, steadily you regained confidence - enough to walk back home. Even then, you still stuck to the darker sides. Five, ten minutes

passed. Still, no sign. But something was wrong. That something was fast approaching; you felt it edge closer and closer. You blinked.

'Hey~' You screamed upon the shock of releasing the increasing trepidation.

'GET OFF!' You screamed as your stalker rested there arms around your stomach.

'Hey, hey, hey - chill.'

Their hands were scarred, but not bleeding. Something was not right, not what was going on - but already you'd been caught. Perhaps

it was Jaehyo -  after all, you were feeling almost the same sensation as you did when you first met him. You relaxed. 

'Jaehyo - is that you?'

'No, aha - you don't remember me?' They grimaced.

Their grip loosened and you spun to see a man with jet-black hair and small eye-bags towering over you. Woah, you'd never seen him before. 

'I'm guessing you've met the others...'

Reliving your experience was something you didn't want,

'They took J- my friend and... there were dogs... and...' 

'Come on, I'll you home - you've obviously had quite a lot to deal with. I'm Tao by the way...'

 

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The moon was a vivid white, Tao was sitting by your side as you had your head on the cushion. 

'Everything's going to get tough for a while, I'm sure your friend's fine - after all, he's tough and has pulled through a lot. I'll be here - okay...'

'Tao, don't leave...' Your hand collided with his as he was leaving. He turned around and smiled.

'I was just closing the door,' He tapped it shut, took off his leather jacket and slipped under the covers at the other side.

It took a few minutes before you got closer, the silence was a bit awkward but that was all you both needed. By about half-past

midnight, he had his arms around you, pulling you closely to him. The shiver the closeness gave you was electrifying, but you found it comforting. 

'Don't worry about anything, okay... I'll always be here for you.'

He planted a few kisses on your shoulder before you both closed your eyelids.

Perhaps life around here wasn't so bad after all...