Trigger Warning

Assault, Death (In a dream, people shot), panic attack but not very detailed

If this is triggering, please do not read

Wooyoung's POV

It all started in the middle of a VLive, where we were all together and joking around. Seonghwa's phone started to vibrate and I glanced over at him, frowning as I noticed him glance down at his phone uncomfortably. He tried his best to ignore it but I could tell it was bothering him, no doubt a call from a fan who had somehow gotten a hold of his number. San was beside me and I saw him glance over at Seonghwa as well and I could tell he was noticing Seonghwa and the call as well. I glanced over at Hongjoong and saw his jaw tense and twitch slightly, his hand moving behind him to rest on the small of Seonghwa's back. Mingi and Yunho were still talking about an experience they had with a video game a few weeks ago so the fans on the VLive might be distracted from what is happening. The phone finally stopped vibrating and Seonghwa relaxed a little bit and leaned closer to Hongjoong. Unfortunately it was short lived because a few seconds later the phone begun to vibrate once again and Seonghwa shifted uncomfortably, frowning awkwardly. Seeing how uncomfortable it made Seonghwa feel made me decide I had had enough of it. I reached forward and grabbed the phone from Seonghwa's lap, standing up quickly and walking out of the room so I wouldn't be in frame and the phone wouldn't be able to pick up what I was saying. I brought the phone up to my ear and answered, immediately hearing a girls squeal from the other end.

"Hello Seonghwa Oppa, I love you so much, I just know we're going to get married," she said with an exaggeratingly high-pitched voice. It made me want to throw up but I just rolled my eyes and huffed angrily.

"Stop calling my Hyungs phone, you shouldn't even have his phone number in the first place. If you call the number again, I will call the police on you for harassment and make sure you end up in jail so you can't call anymore," I said angrily.

"Excuse me. You are such an asshole, you will regret ever saying that to me," she said, her voice a lot deeper then before, obviously dropping the cutesy girl act. Ooo, I'm gonna regret it, I'm so scared.

"Good to know, don't call again," I said before hanging up. I quickly made sure the phone was no longer on vibrate but on silent before going back to the other room. No one brought attention to me returning, as it's something we've been taught not to do with stuff like this. I went over and sat down behind Seonghwa, moving slightly forwards and hooking my legs around his waist, wrapping my arms around as well and resting my head on his shoulder. I could feel him trembling slightly, not noticeable unless you were up leaning up against him like I was. I leant forwards and placed a soft kiss to the edge of his jaw, feeling him relax slightly. I know Seonghwa has always been pretty worried about Sasaengs and getting his phone number leaked so it's understandable that he's a bit shaken. His hand gripped mine tightly and he leant back against me slightly, letting out a deep breath as we continued on.

~~~~~

Later on that night, I was in the middle of getting ready for bed when the door opened and the two eldest walked into the room. I quickly grabbed my shirt and put it on before sitting down on my bed and looking over at them, hoping I wasn't going to be in too much trouble.

"What did you say to the Sasaeng that was calling Seonghwa," Hongjoong asked me. Shit, am I in trouble?

"I told them not to call again otherwise I would call the police," I replied.

"Thank you," Seonghwa said quietly and I gave him a small smile.

"Of course Hyung," I said gently. He walked over to me and bent down, giving me a soft hug that I reciprocated quickly. Even if I am in trouble, it's worth it because Seonghwa looks relieved and I'm glad he's feeling better about it.

"Am I going to get in trouble," I asked Hongjoong.

"Of course not, PD-Nim will understand," Hongjoong replied quickly. The door opened once again and Yeosang walking in, pausing when he saw us.

"Are you guys having a heart to heart talk because then I need to leave," he said, disgust showing on his face. He pretends not to like that kind of stuff but I know deep down he actually does.

"It's fine, Hwa and I were just leaving," Hongjoong said with a chuckle. Seonghwa got up and gave me a soft kiss on the top of my head before they both left the room quietly. Once they were gone, Yeosang flopped down onto his bed with a groan.

"You good," I asked with a small laugh.

"I'm fine, just can't be bothered standing up anymore," he said, pulling out his phone and looking at it as he laid down. I heard my phone buzz and I reached over to my bedside table, grabbing it and unlocking it. I frowned slightly when I noticed it was from an unknown number and I sat on the edge of my bed as I opened it. I read the message, realising pretty quickly it wasn't anyone I knew and they were having a go at me.

Unknown: Jung Wooyoung ur one of the rudest people I know how dare u, u will regret it

Unknown: Ur the worst member in ATEEZ by far and u deserve to die

Slightly harsh but ok, haters can be haters if they want I guess. Things like that would've upset me a few years ago but now I really don't care much about them. Another message came through so I checked it quickly.

Unknown: If you tell anyone I've contacted you, let's just say little Kyungmin might not be so innocent and happy

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My stomach dropped and my heart clenched slightly as I looked at the photo of Kyungminnie at school with two friends. I couldn't bear the thought of someone touching my little brother, hurting him and it made me feel sick to my stomach and worried, fearing for him.

"Hey, Sang, I'm going to go call my family for a bit," I said. He didn't reply, just nodded so I got up and left, going to the loungeroom where I quickly dialled my mums phone number.

"Wooyoungie, my aegi. How are you," she asked happily as she answered. It was nice to hear her voice again as I haven't talked to her for a couple of weeks.

"I'm going well, I miss you though," I said softly.

"I miss you too aegi but I'm glad you're doing well," she replied gently.

"Thanks. Listen, is Kyungminnie still awake," I asked her.

"He's supposed to be asleep but he's no doubt still awake," she replied.

"Can I please talk to him," I asked.

"Of course Wooyoung-ah, he's your little brother, you don't even have to ask. Is everything ok," she asked me.

"Yeah it's fine, I just miss him a bit," I said. It's not really a lie, I do miss him, I miss all my family.

"You're a good brother Wooyoung," she said softly before there was some movement and the phone was transferred. .

"Hyungie? Hyungie it Kyungmin. It's me, how are you Hyungie," he said happily. I was originally calling to check in because the messages gave me a little scare but hearing my brothers voice made me realise just how much I really miss him and I found tears gathering in my eyes.

"I'm going good but I miss my little sunshine," I said, just managing to keep my voice steady.

"You're weird Hyungie," he giggled. God I miss that giggle, he sounds like an angel and it's music to my ears. I smiled to myself and a few tears slipped down my face as I pictured him sitting on his bed as he giggled and talked to me.

"How are you sunshine? How is school going," I asked him.

"I'm good, school is really boring. Even though you told me it sucked," he said.

"Trust me, as you get older it isn't as fun," I said.

"I made a few friends as well Hyungie," he told me.

"That's great sunshine, I'm glad. I hope you're having fun but still staying safe. My voice broke slightly at the end and I held back a sob as the tears fell quicker down my face. I could picture him, running around with his little friends in a uniform that is too big for him.

"How's Yeosangie Hyung? Are you guys still the best of friends," he asked me. I chuckled wetly at his question, he's practically grown up with Yeosang, just as much as he has grown up with me.

"Yeosang Hyung is great and yeah, we're still the best of friends," I said softly.

"Can Yeosang Hyung take me out to get fried chicken when I see him next please," he asked. I still can't believe Yeosang got Kyungmin to have fried chicken as his favourite food as well.

"I'm sure Yeosang would be more than happy to take you out," I said.

"I have to go now Hyungie because mum says it's past my bedtime," Kyungmin said.

"Ok, goodnight Sunshine. I love you Kyungmin-ah," I said softly, closing my eyes tightly as tears continued to fall.

"I love my Hyungie too," he yelled happily.

"Bye bye," I whispered before I heard the phone hang up. Once I was sure Kyungmin was no longer on the phone, I finally let out some quiet sobs. I let go of my phone and dropped my head into my heads, sobbing into them. I heard the sound of a door open but I couldn't find it in me to lift my head up, not even when I felt arms wrap around me. I already knew who it was anyway. I curled closer in Yeosang's hold and buried my head into his shoulder, clutching his shirt tightly as I continued to cry. Yeosang just held me silently and rubbed my back until I started calming down. I pulled away after about 10 minutes and sniffled, smiling as Yeosang leant forwards and wiped my face with his sleeve to get rid of the tears.

"Kyungmin wants fried chicken with his favourite Hyung soon," I told him with a small chuckle. Yeosang grinned and cupped my cheek slightly, placing a gentle kiss on my forehead.

"I'll take him out next time we get time off and we can see him," he said.

"Thank you Yeosang," I said, hugging him softly.

"It's time for bed now Youngie, let's get some sleep," he said gently. He helped me up and guided me over to our room. We both quickly got ready for bed and as Yeosang laid down, I went over and turned off the light. I went to head towards my bed but I changed my mind and decided to go over to Yeosang's instead. He didn't say anything about it, just lifted the blanket and let me cuddled up to him, even pulling me closer. I rested my head on his chest and let my eyes slip closed, relaxing and drifting off to sleep.

~~~~~

The next day had us in a meeting room, talking with our manager and PD-Nim. Our manager told us that he and the security team had noticed some Sasaengs that were following them to different schedules.

"Although nothing has happened yet, we don't think it's wise for any of the boys to go out on their own at the moment," Manager-nim told our PD-Nim.

"There was a girl, Sasaeng that kept calling Seonghwa during our VLive yesterday," I informed them, not mentioning the message I received last night. I don't want to take any chances, not when nothing has happened.

"I apologize for that boys. There may be someone amongst the staff that leaked Seonghwa's number. I hope not but it will be investigated. Keep me updated if anything happens and message me anytime alright," PD-Nim said. We all bowed politely and thanked him before leaving to head to practice.

~~~~~

"So what do you think about the Sasaengs? What do you think they really want," Mingi asked as we were warming up.

"I dunno, they probably wanna tell people they've met the great ATEEZ," San joked.

"Maybe they want like a shirt or something we've touched," Yunho said with a giggle. I didn't really join in on the conversation, instead thinking back to the messages of last night. They wouldn't actually go near Kyungmin, would they? I can deal with them hating me and calling me names and stuff but I would never want anything to happen to my baby brother. It made me nervous so I just stayed quiet and listened to them all joke around, not imputing anything myself. Jongho must've noticed I was being quiet as he moved to stretch near me.

"You ok Hyung," he asked softly.

"Yeah I'm fine, I'm just a little tired," I lied, giving him a small smile. He looked over at me for a few seconds before sighing and continuing on with what he was doing.

"Maybe they want to kidnap us so they can tie us up in a shrine to worship us. It made me feel slightly uneasy that they were all joking around so easily but I understood it was some way to cope with stress or worries.

"Come on, it's time to get into practice, let's go," Hongjoong said, ushering us all into our positions.

~~~~~

That night, Hongjoong and Mingi went out to go get us some dinner and while they were gone, the rest of us were just sitting around doing our own thing. Yunho and San were playing video games, Yeosang was watching, Jongho was in his room, Seonghwa was setting the table and I was sitting on the couch watching the games as well.

"Move, move, move," Yunho screamed at the TV as San giggled when he overtook him on the race.

"You snooze, you lose," he said happily.

"It's not over yet Sannie, I can still win," Yunho said. I chuckled at their antics before feeling my phone buzz. I pulled it from my pocket, unlocking it and seeing it was another message from the Unknown number. I opened it and sat up straighter immediately, my mouth parting slightly in shock. They had sent me an image of someone with a puffy coat, black mask and black beanie, not quite hiding the orange hair underneath. It was Hongjoong. I could tell right away this was an extremely recent photo as it's the same clothes he left the dorm in and he's at the same store we're getting food from. There was a message underneath the photo as well.

Unknown: I don't want to hurt Hongjoong or Mingi they haven't done anything wrong. U have done something wrong and unless u go to the company right now I will hurt them. it's ur choice

I was terrified by the messages. I don't want Hongjoong or Mingi hurt, especially because of me. Usually I wouldn't take this very seriously but they're there, they took that photo of Hongjoong because they're where he is right now and could very well hurt him, I can't allow that. I quickly typed back to them.

Me: Ok, I'll go

Unknown: Typing...

Unknown: U have 10 minutes

I stood up quickly, pocketing my phone. Seonghwa looked over from where he was by the table and raised an eyebrow.

"What're you doing," he asked me.

"I think I left my headphones at the company so I'm going to run back down there and go grab it," I lied quickly.

"We're not supposed to be going anywhere alone Young-ah," he said softly.

"I'll be really quick, it'll be fine," I said.

"Fine but hurry up, the other's will be back soon," he said. I nodded and put my shoes on before leaving the dorm quickly. It was slightly cold outside and the ground was a bit wet as it was raining earlier but I still went quickly, not wanting to be late. When I finally got to the company building, it was dark and eerie as there wasn't really anyone there. I pulled out my phone to message them and let them know I was there.

Me: I'm here, by the side entrance

I didn't get any reply though. I was nervous because I don't really know what to expect, but it's a girl so if she tries to kidnap me or something, I hope I can handle it. I didn't exactly think it through before I came here. I was waiting outside in the cold, shivering slightly when there was a sudden intense pain slamming through my back. I screamed out and fell to the ground, sobbing openly. I grabbed my back slightly but didn't move too much, tears rolling down my face at the pain just that small movement gave me. I weakly lifted my head and look to see a man running down the street with a baseball bat in his hand. Holy shit, I just got assaulted. I tried to get up but the pain flared up even worse and I stopped quickly, unable to move anymore so I was stuck laying on the ground in pain outside the company. I realised I needed to call someone, get someone to come down here because anything could happen if they don't. I whimpered and slowly lowered my hand down, gripping my phone in my pocket tightly and taking a deep breath before pulling it out of my pocket. A sharp pain shot through my body but I pushed through it and brought my phone by my head, unlocking it quickly. I need to call someone to help me but I don't want the boys worrying, not now when we already have so much to worry about. I can't call an ambulance because that will cause way too much of a fuss and I can't call someone who knows the members well so Changbin and Yeonjun are out. I thought for a few more seconds before a name finally came to mind, a Sunbaenim that I've gotten rather close to lately, someone I can rely on, a good older brother. It's a lot to ask, just randomly calling this late at night but I don't have any other options. I pulled up the number and called, hearing it ring three times before it was answered.

"Hey Wooyoung, how've you been going," he asked me. I would've loved to chat before saying something it wrong but I'm in a whole lot of pain right now. I tried to choke back a sob but I couldn't and it slipped out.

"Wooyoung!? Wooyoung are you ok," he asked hurriedly.

"Hyung, I can't, I can't move. I need help," I sobbed.

"Ok, I'm here Wooyoung, I'm here. Where are you? Have you called an ambulance," he asked worriedly. It's nice, having people worried for you, caring about you. I would've been more touched, if I wasn't in so much pain.

"Don't, please don't call my Hyung's. Promise me you won't call them," I begged.

"You're scaring me now Youngie. If you can't move, you need help," he said.

"You need to promise me that you won't tell anyone ok, no ambulance, no Hyungs" I said.

"Ok, ok, I promise. Now where are you," he said quickly.

"I'm by the side of the KQ building," I told him.

"I need to tell Cheol Hyung because I need someone to drive me over," he said.

"Ok," I whispered in reply. I heard some movement and noise and then a car door slam. I moved a bit more, trying to get more comfortable but it hurt and I whimpered, breathing heavily at the pain.

"I'm coming Youngie, I'm coming," he said softly. Please just come quickly. To make matters worse, it started to rain too once again.

"What happened Wooyoung? Are you under shelter? Away from the rain," he asked me.

"I can't move Hyung, I can't get under shelter," I said shakily.

"What happened," he asked me.

"I was running to get inside and I slipped on a puddle. I fell badly on my back," I said, lying through my teeth and hearing him gasp.. If I told anyone what really happened, there would be so many problems and I don't want to deal with that. Plus he would definitely tell the other members.

"That must've really hurt Youngie," he said sympathetically.

"It did," I whimpered.

"I'm almost there, I promise. Just hang in there for a bit longer, I need to hang up now," he told me.

"Ok," I replied before hearing the call end. I stayed where I was (not like I could do anything else), in pain for a while before I heard rushing footsteps.

"Sungcheol Hyung, Kwannie, he's over hear," someone yelled. I whimpered and there was immediately a hand placed gently to the back of my neck.

"Wooyoung, it's Vernon. Seungkwan told me what happened and you're going to be ok alright," he said softly. I moved my hand, wincing slightly but holding it out and hoping he would get the idea. He seemed to get it quickly as he slipped his hand into mine and held it softly. I let out a sob, relieved to finally know someone was with me and I was going to be safe, despite the pain.

"Where's Kwannie Hyung," I asked, wanting some more familiarity.

"He's coming right now Wooyoung," he said, rubbing my neck gently. Sure enough, a few seconds later there were more hurried footsteps and Seungkwan was kneeling in front of me, giving me a gentle smile.

"Hey Youngie," he said softly.

"I just found him collapsed by this," Vernon said quietly.

"Can you take a deep breath for me and tell me how bad the pain is out of a 10," Seungkwan asked me. I took a deep breath as asked before gasping.

"It's about an 8," I whimpered.

"I think we should call an ambulance." I'm going to say that was Sungcheol because it wasn't Seungkwan or Vernon. I panicked at his words, not wanting that to happen at all. I say up quickly, crying out at the intense pain but I kept pushing myself to stand despite that.

"Don't call, please don't call," I begged, stumbling and almost falling but Seungkwan lunged forward and caught me quickly, allowing me to lean into him. I looked over at Sungcheol pleadingly as he watched me worriedly.

"We should at least contact the other members," Vernon said but I shook my head, wincing slightly.

"Why don't you want to contact your members," Sungcheol asked me.

"I don't want to worry them on top of everything that's already happening with us. If I'm bad in the morning, I'll tell them." Maybe.

"You should tell them now and if you're in that much pain now, you definitely won't be much better in the morning," Sungcheol said.

"Please, don't tell them. Please don't say anything," I pleaded. His face softened and he sighed.

"I promise," he said softly. That's a relief.

"If you aren't going to tell them, how are you expecting to hide that from them," Seungkwan asked gently. Ah, here comes the thing I hadn't really prepared for much. I bit my lip and looked up at him nervously. He furrowed his eyebrows before I saw the realisation dawn on him.

"Do you wanna stay the night with us," he asked quietly. I nodded worriedly before he looked up at Sungcheol.

"I'm not happy about hiding this but you're welcome to stay with us for the night. I'd rather you be somewhere safe where you don't have to hide your injury, so we can keep an eye on it," Sungcheol said. I let out a breath and leant further into Seungkwan.

"Thank you, I really appreciate it," I said tearfully. He gave me a gentle smile and nodded.

"Are you ok to walk," Seungkwan asked me gently. I nodded so he let me hold onto him shakily and we slowly walked over to the waiting car. It hurt a lot but it wasn't unbearable. Vernon helped me get into the car and the two of them sat on either side of me. I leant my head on Seungkwan's shoulder and Vernon rubbed my back gently. I tried to hold back my whimpers but a few slipped out and Seungkwan ran his fingers through my hair.

"Shh, it's ok," he hushed me softly. When we finally got to the dorm, Sungcheol went ahead to let the other members know I was going to be there and Vernon and Seungkwan once again helped me walk along. This time it was quicker as Vernon rubbing my back seemed to successfully help ease the pain a little. As we walked inside Jeonghan walked over to us and I moved a little closer to Seungkwan.

"Mingyu offered his bed for Wooyoung to sleep in," he said. I felt bad about kicking someone out of bed but before I could voice my thoughts, Seungkwan spoke up.

"It's alright, Mingyu will probably just sleep next to Wonwoo anyway, it'll be fine," he said softly.

"Thank you," I said quietly. Jeonghan nodded before walking away. We moved to the loungeroom and I saw most of the other members sitting around. I once again moved closer to Seungkwan, nervous to meet all of these Sunbaenim's. I saw Hoshi stand up and he walked over. I quickly clenched my fist in Seungkwan's shirt, trying to hide my excitement. Hoshi is someone I've always looked up as he's a great dancer.

"Hi, I'm Hoshi," he said, smiling at me.

"I'm Wooyoung," I said shyly.

"I heard what happened. If you want, I can give you a massage to try and relax your muscles a bit," he offered. I bit my lip anxiously and looked up at Seungkwan. He chuckled slightly before turning to Hoshi.

"I think that might be a good idea Hyung," he said.

"We'll just get dry and changed and then I'll come get you," he added. Hoshi nodded and Seungkwan bought me over to what I assumed to be his room. He pulled out a shirt, a pair of shorts and a towel and gave it to me.

"I'll go get Hoshi, you get changed," he said. I nodded slightly and waited for him to leave before getting changed, despite the slight struggle. A few minutes later, the door opened and the two of them walked inside.

"Let's lay you down on you stomach, across the width of the bed," Hoshi said and Seungkwan gently helped with that. I propped my chin on my hands, relieved to finally not have to keep moving and hurting my back. I felt my shirt be pushed up and I winced as I heard gasps.

"What did you fall on, because there's a massive red mark across your back," Hoshi said.

"I don't know, it just happened out of nowhere," I replied, receiving a hum from him.

"I'll try to help make it feel a bit better," he said. I nodded wordlessly and I heard the sound of a bottle be uncapped before there was a cold liquid on my back. Seungkwan moved in front of me and knelt down, grabbing my hands softly. I was confused why he did that but I understood pretty quickly as I felt Hoshi's hands dig into my back. I cried out in pain, squeezing Seungkwan's hand tightly. Hoshi continued to knead my muscles and I tense in pain, tears beginning to drip down my face before I could stop them. It hurt a lot but I know it has to hurt before it'll get better.

"Hoshi stop, stop," Seungkwan suddenly said quickly and he did so immediately. Seungkwan moved his hand to cup my cheek gently and wipe the tears from my eyes.

"Do you want Hoshi to stop? Does it hurt too much," he asked me.

"No, it'll help," I said, holding back a whimper. He grabbed my hand again before nodding at Hoshi to continue.

"I'm sorry," Hoshi said before he started again. After a few minutes, the pain begun to fade away and my muscles began to unlock, relaxing a bit more. After another few minutes, I relaxed even more and I actually begun to feel a bit sleepy. I loosened my grip on Seungkwan's hand, breathing softly as my eyes slipped closed. Seungkwan must've told Hoshi because he stopped and pat my head softly.

"I'm done now," he told me. I rolled over and yawned before sitting up. There was still a slight pain but it was infinitely better. I held my arms out sleepily, not really thinking about what I was doing until Hoshi bent down and pulled me into his arms, hugging me softly. I was shocked and excited at the same time, barely able to process the fact that I was hugging one of my Idols. He pulled away and gave me a small smile.

"Come and get me if you need anything," he told me.

"Thank you," I said, blushing slightly as he left.

"How're you feeling," Seungkwan asked me.

"A lot better actually, it doesn't hurt as much," I replied.

"Have you let the other's know you're staying here tonight," he asked me. Oh shit. Oh my god, I never said anything. Anything. I didn't even tell them where I was. I was supposed to be gone for 10 or 20 minutes but I've been gone a lot longer than that and didn't tell them anything.

"I never said anything," I said with wide eyes.

"Call them, come get me when you're done," he said before leaving. I grabbed my phone and had a look, immediately taking note of the message sent by the unknown number and I opened it.

Unknown: I hope you enjoyed the bat to the back. It was ur punishment for being so rude

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I didn't even bother looking at the video, getting out of the messages and pushing it to the back of my mind and continuing on with what I was originally doing. I hesitated when thinking about who to call. How am I supposed to justify suddenly staying over at Seventeen's dorm without explaining why? I haven't even known Seungkwan long and I've never gone to their dorm which means something like this is odd. An idea suddenly formed in my mind. If I was to act like I was staying with someone, maybe say there was an emergency, I could get away with being able to lie. The perfect place would be TXT's dorm, say something happened with Yeonjun. With that being said, if they were to call him, I need to make sure he will say I'm there. I quickly dialled his number instead.

"Hello jagiya," he said as he answered.

"Hey Junnie, how's everything going," I asked him.

"Everything's great," he said.

"Is anything wrong? Or did you just want to catch up," he added.

"I'm fine but I need a favour," I replied.

"Of course. What do you need," he asked me.

"I need you to lie if Yeosang or one of the other's message you. If they ask, I'm at your dorm because you weren't feeling great and you asked me to stay over," I said quickly.

He was quiet for a few seconds before replying quietly. "Why do you need me to do that."

"I'm just staying at someone else's and I don't think the boys would really understand why so I need an excuse because it was pretty last minute," I explained.

"Young-ah, is everything ok? Are you hurt? Has someone done something," he asked quickly. Ok I only now realise how suspicious what he said may sound.

"I ran into Seungkwan while I was walking around and I'm going to be staying at Seventeen's dorm but Hongjoong and Seonghwa might not want me to because they're way too overprotective and they haven't properly met Seventeen," I said, backtracking a little bit.

"You're an idiot," he said with a chuckle as I giggled.

"Will you do it though," I asked.

"Whatever, I'll tell them I was upset and I wanted you to come over, just so you can stay with your precious Sunbaenim's," he said. See this is why he's one of my closest friends.

"Thank you jagiya," I said.

"It's fine. I need to go though, Beomgyu is complaining that he's hungry but we should organise to meet up soon," he said.

"Of course. Bye jagiya, I love you," I said gently.

"I love you too," he said before I hung up. I opened up my messaging app properly now and I saw I had quite a few messages from worried members, asking if I was ok or where I was. The last one was from Yeosang.

Yeosangie: Youngie where are you, I am really worried right now. You left ages ago and you still aren't back. Please call me so I know you're ok

I felt bad so I immediately called him and he unsurprisingly answered straight away.

"Wooyoung. Are you ok? Where are you? Are you safe? Do you need me to come get you," he asked quickly. I could tell from his voice that he was scared and worried about me and I felt guilty, even more so because it wasn't exactly misplaced. I did kind of get assaulted.

"I'm sorry, things have been a little hectic. Yeonjun called me and he was really upset so I went over to look after him but then I forgot to tell you guys," I said quickly. He was quiet for a while and I almost thought he wasn't going to reply.

"You fucken scared me Young-ah, please never do that again," he said, so quietly it barely sounded like a whisper.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to scare you," I said.

"I know but so much has been happening lately and I thought you got hurt," he said with a sigh. He isn't exactly wrong.

"I'm ok, I'm just staying here overnight," I said softly.

"Ok. Hongjoong wants to talk to you," he said. I internally sighed before saying ok. There was some shuffling before Hongjoong came to the phone.

"Are you safe," he asked right away.

"I am. I'm at TXT's dorm because Yeonjun was upset and I got so caught up in everything, I forgot to tell you guys," I replied. To be honest it's quite believable because I get carried away sometimes.

"I understand what you're saying but please try not to forget next time because we were worried about you," he said with a sigh.

"San was about to go start a search party and go looking for you," he added.

"Can you tell San that I'm fine and I'll see him tomorrow," I asked.

"Yeah, tell the other boys we said hello," he said.

"I will," I said before hanging up. Well, that's a bullet dodged. I got up from the bed, realising my back was overall better now, only slightly sore. That cream must be magic. I quietly left the room and went over to the loungeroom where I expected Seungkwan to be but I paused when I saw Vernon and Sungcheol. Vernon was curled up tightly against Sungcheol, looking up at him as they seemed to be having a quiet conversation. I went to leave the room quickly, not wanting to interrupt them but Sungcheol saw me.

"Wooyoung," he questioned gently.

"Ah, sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt," I said quietly.

"It's fine," Vernon said, uncurling from Sungcheol's side slightly.

"Is everything ok," Sungcheol asked.

"I was um, looking for Seungkwan Hyung," I said nervously.

"He's with Jihoon in the kitchen, first door on the right," he told me. I nodded in thanks and quickly went where he said. Sure enough, the two of them were talking but Seungkwan smiled when he saw me and walked over.

"How'd it go," he asked me.

"They were worried but it's fine now," I replied.

"Are you tired," he asked me. I was tired so I nodded slowly.

"Come on. Night Woozi Hyung," he said as he pulled away.

"Night Kwannie, goodnight Wooyoung," Jihoon called out to us. I gave him a small wave in return.

"The bed next to mine is Wonwoo's, which is the one you'll be using," Seungkwan told me. I nodded as he gave me a spare pair of pyjamas before he turned away. I got changed quickly before slipping into the bed. Seungkwan also got ready but then the door opened and we both looked to it. Hoshi walked in with his hands behind his back and a small smile on his face. I sat up quickly, curious as to what he was holding behind his back.

"I uh, I remember reading once that you like to sleep with something in you arms, or you like sleeping next to one of your members, usually San. But anyway, I thought you might want to sleep with this," he said before holding out what was in his arms. My eyes went wide as I saw the tiger plushie. It was quite large and it was laying down, the perfect thing for me to be able to hug.

"Youngie's eyes just lit right up then," Seungkwan said with a giggle as I pouted in embarrassment.

"Shut up Seungkwan. Here Wooyoung," Hoshi said, holding the plushie out to me. I quickly grabbed it and pulled it my chest, quietly saying thank you.

"It's ok. You two have a good sleep, goodnight," he said before leaving.

"Get some sleep now Wooyoung, I'll see you in the morning," Seungkwan said.

"Night Hyung," I whispered, closing my eyes and cuddling up to the plushie in my arms. It didn't take long for me to drift off to sleep.

~~~~~

When I woke up in the room, I was alone. My back was slightly sore but definitely not as sore as I expected it to be in the morning. I grabbed my phone before going out to the loungeroom. I was surprised when I saw Yeonjun sitting there on the couch talking to Jun while the other's were sitting around on couches although I'm not sure if they were all there. I blinked in surprise but Yeonjun just smiled and stood up, walking over to me and giving me a hug which I reciprocated.

"Yeonjun came here to take you back to the dorm because Yeosang asked him too," Seungkwan told me. That's when I realised Yeonjun came here to keep up the act that I stayed over at their dorm. He would drop me home and the boys would see I was with him. See, great friend. It's probably a good thing we didn't go to school together, we'd be partners in crime.

"I'll just go get changed and then we can head off," I said. I went back to the room and got changed before grabbing the plushie and heading back out to the room.

"Thank you for letting me use your plushie, it helped me sleep well," I said, handing it back to Hoshi.

"Of course, no problem," he replied.

"Thank you for letting me stay the night," I said, addressing the other's.

"It's fine, we weren't just going to leave you there," Sungcheol said. Ok, slightly dangerous waters. I glanced at Yeonjun but he didn't seem to pick up on the insinuation.

"Stay safe alright kiddo. How's your back feeling now though," Vernon asked. Ok, he definitely picked up on that given how his head snapped back to me and his eyes wracked over my body intensely. I got a little nervous, worried someone would slip and Yeonjun will get suspicious.

"It's fine," I said, squirming slightly under my close friends gaze.

"Come to me if it starts to hurt and try not to fall again," Hoshi said.

"I won't, thank you again," I said, bowing slightly. Yeonjun did the same before we left and got into the car.

We were driving for a few minutes before Yeonjun spoke up quietly. "So you hurt your back." I knew it was bound to come up.

"I just slipped while I was walking with Seungkwan Hyung and I fell on my back," I said.

"Is that why you needed me to cover for you? Because you were hurt and you didn't want them knowing," he asked, frowning slightly.

"I was already going to the dorm Jun, I just slipped," I said quickly.

"How's it feeling now," he asked, glancing over at me in concern.

"Hoshi-Sunbaenim gave me a massage last night and it really helped me feel better. It's not so bad now," I replied. He sighed slightly as we pulled up at the dorm.

"Message me later so I can make sure you're ok and maybe we can organize to catch up properly," he said.

"I will. Thank jagiya," I said as I got out. He just smiled and blew me a kiss before I walked to the door. I knocked and waited, knowing Yeonjun wouldn't leave until I was safely inside. The door was opened by none other then our tough little Maknae. To my shock though, he grabbed my shoulders and pulled me into a tight hug. I got over my shock quickly and hugged him back for a few seconds before we pulled apart and he gave me hand a small squeeze.

"Everything ok," I asked with a frown, confused by his actions.

He looked me up and down quickly before replying, "it's fine." I was confused but just nodded and walked inside. I went to the dining room where everyone was having breakfast. San immediately saw me and jumped up, running over and barrelling me into a hug. I held back a wince as my back hurt a little but I hugged him tightly.

"You scared me Youngie," he said quietly.

"Sorry for not letting you guys know earlier," I replied back gently, resting my head on his shoulder.

"It's fine, I'm just glad you aren't hurt or anything," he replied. We pulled apart and I sat down at the table, nodding to the other's in hello.

"Hey what's wrong with Jongho," I asked, remembering his behaviour at the doorway before he walked off.

"He was worried about you," Mingi shrugged as he poured me some cereal. I was surprised that Jongho would be that worried that he would hug me in relief when I got home but it's nice. I smiled softly to myself as I begun to eat.

~~~~~

Two days later we were being taken to a shopping centre, to get some new clothes.

"Manager-nim said we have to take 4 bodyguards instead of the usually 3 because of the recent increase of Sasaeng messages and the amount of people following us," Hongjoong told us as we were being driven over.

"We don't need an extra bodyguard though, it's not like they're actually going to do anything," Mingi said. I bit my lip slightly, moving my hand to touch my back softly, wincing as I remembered the feeling of the bat coming in contact with it.

"Yeah, Sasaeng's are just cowards who are obsessed with the lives of Idols because they can't have it but it's just a precaution," Hongjoong said.

"And San could probably kick their butts anyway," Yunho giggled.

"We all probably could," Mingi added. Oh. Does that mean I should've been able to defend myself a lot better? They were all joking around so easily, I didn't want to complain and ruin all that. I tuned out of the conversation and looked out the window instead.

~~~~~

We were in the store, looking around through all the clothes. There were a lot of people milling around outside because they weren't allowed in the shop with us but we're used to it. I was walking around when my phone buzzed in my pocket. I quickly grabbed it out of my pocket and checked the message, seeing it was another message from the unknown number. I nervously opened it and a whimper got caught in my throat at what I saw. It was a photo of me, from outside the door which means that this person is here, outside the store right now. I looked towards the door but there were too many people milling around, there's no way I'd be able to figure out who it was. I was so busy looking outside, I didn't realise that there was someone walking up behind me until there was suddenly a hand placed on my shoulder. I jumped back in surprise, yelping and tripping over. I almost fell but arms were wrapped around my waist tightly and I was held up. I turned around, slightly breathless as my heart was pounding but I relaxed when I saw Yeosang looking down at me gently.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I was going to ask for your opinion on a shirt I had," he said. I quickly stood up as he let go of me and took a small step back.

"It's fine, I was just deep in thought," I said. I nodded to him and followed him to the dressing room. We stepped inside and I closed the curtain while he stripped off his shirt and replaced it with the one he wanted to show me. It was a light blue shirt with a white collar and two buttons on each cuff.

"I um, I don't know if it's too tight. I think it might make my hips look too big and maybe show my stomach too much," he said, anxiously. I could tell that Yeosang was feeling insecure about it, something that unfortunately happens often despite him looking so great.

"You look amazing in it Yeosang. You so need to get it, it shows off your pretty little waist," I said with a grin, tapping his hips. He giggle and smacked my hand away.

"Are you sure," he asked, still a little nervous.

"Absolutely positive," I said with a nod.

Yeosang looked relieved at my words, quietly saying, "thanks Youngie." I quickly leaned forward and kissed his cheek, making him recoil quickly and whine. I giggled at his reaction as he glared at me.

"Get changed," I told him before leaving the dressing room and reclosing the curtain. Once I was back out of the room, I remembered the photo that was sent to me but I quickly pushed it to the back of my mind.

~~~~~

"I'm just going to go to the toilet Hyung," I told Hongjoong while we were waiting to go on stage.

"Ok, hurry up though, we have to perform soon," he replied. I nodded and rushed out, running down the halls to the bathroom. Once I was finished, I washed my hands in the sink and left the room. As I was walking down the halls, my wrist was suddenly grabbed and I was slammed into the wall, a hand covering my mouth. I tried to move but I earned a punch to the gut. I whimpered in pain but he suddenly started dragging me down the hall. I tried to get out of his grip but there was suddenly another set of arms around me and they continued to drag me. I tried to scream but I couldn't do anything as I was dragged helplessly down the hall and outside before being taken into a black van...

I woke up with a start, taking deep breaths to calm down. I glanced down at Yeosang who was sleeping soundly in the bed across from me. I didn't feel like going back to bed, too scared to so instead I pulled out my phone and pulled up YouTube, deciding to watch videos for the rest of the night instead. It was still only 3am but I didn't care, I just wanted to stay awake. By the time it was finally time for everyone to wake up, I was exhausted but I got up and got ready anyway. I was putting my breakfast plate in the dishwasher when Seonghwa suddenly walked over to me.

"Are you feeling ok Youngie," he asked softly.

"Yeah I'm fine, why," I asked quickly.

"I just thought you looked a little off," he said.

"I feel fine," I lied with a shrug, despite still feeling exhausted.

~~~~~

At practice later, I was having trouble keeping up because I didn't have much energy. When I made my third mistake in a row, Yunho went and turned off the music and I winced internally.

"What's wrong with you today," Hongjoong said with a frown.

"Sorry, I'm a bit tired," I said, biting my lip nervously.

"That's not good enough Wooyoung. You shouldn't be staying up so late when you know we have practice in the morning," he said. I felt bad, despite knowing it was the nightmare that kept me awake, not me being irresponsible.

"I'm sorry," I apologized before going back to my position. We continued on and I made it through another 2 run-throughs before I made another mistake. I heard Hongjoong groan and I felt immensely guilty, curling in on myself slightly.

"We should have a quick break," San said quickly. Everyone agreed so we took a break as he asked. I grabbed my bottle and flopped to the ground, leaning against the wall as I had a long drink. Once I was done, I placed the bottle on the floor and rested my head back. I was so tired that I felt my eyes starting to slip closed. Before I could fall asleep though, arms gruffly grabbed my shoulders and shook me harshly.

"Sleep when we're supposed to instead of staying up late," Mingi said gruffly. I quickly blinked awake and got up, rushing over to my position. I have no doubt I will fall asleep the minute my head hits the pillow.

~~~~~

I was out with San and Yeosang, eating ice-cream together happily.

"I can't believe you guys like mint chocolate," Yeosang groaned.

"It's great, you just don't have any taste," San chuckled.

"I do so," Yeosang said rolling his eyes. I chuckled at their banter before seeing a man walk over to us. San noticed him and turned around happily, obviously thinking he was a fan.

"Hello," he said with a grin. The man didn't reply, just lifted his arm up, a gun gripped in his hand and he shot San straight in the head. I screamed out in shock and horror as San dropped to the ground with a thud, not moving. The man turned to me at my scream but Yeosang immediately grabbed my hand and stood in front of me.

"Don't hurt him, please," he begged, holding my hand tightly in his own. The man didn't even hesitate and the consequence of my best friend protecting me, earned him a bullet in the head as well. I gasped and sobbed, looking down at my two closest friends laying dead on the pavement by my feet, blood seeping into the ground. I looked back to the man, seeing his features were blurred but I could still see the grin on his face as he lunged towards me.

I screamed and woke up, sweating and panting as tears streamed down my face. The lamp to my left was turned on suddenly and I looked over to see Yeosang sitting up and looking at me tiredly. Shit, I've woken him up when we don't really get enough sleep as it is. I looked away quickly, not wanting him to see the tears rolling down my face. The minute he knows I'm upset or I figure out I had a nightmare, he won't go back to bed until he knows I'm better.

"What's wrong," Yeosang asked quietly, drowsiness in his voice,

"Nothing, everything's fine," I said shakily. I heard some shuffling and I looked back over to see Yeosang sitting down on the edge of the bed. Crap.

"Why're you crying," he asked quietly.

"It's nothing," I said quickly.

"It's obviously not nothing because you're crying," he pointed out. At this point, it's best I admit what happened, otherwise he won't be getting to bed anytime soon.

"It was just a nightmare," I said with a sigh. Yeosang cooed sympathetically and pulled me into a soft hug. My reaction was embarrassingly instant and I practically melted into his hold, the feeling of Yeosang's warmth overpowering the image of him with a bullet in his head. I yawned slightly and sleepily cuddled further into him as he rested his head on top of mine. He gently slipped his hand underneath my shirt as well and rubbed my back softly. I was beginning to get slightly sleepy again but then Yeosang's hand suddenly brushed against my still slightly sore bruise and I gasped in pain, tensing slightly to get away from the feel. Yeosang froze before quickly pulling away, looking at me with furrowed eyebrows.

"I'm fine," I said quickly. I realised only seconds later that it was a stupid move on my part as Yeosang will straight away know that I am definitely not fine.

"Wooyoung turn around," he told me. I sighed but knew he wouldn't give in so I nervously shuffled around. I felt Yeosang lift up my shirt and there was a quiet gasp before I felt a light, gentle brush against my back.

"What the hell happened," he asked.

"I slipped a few days ago and I hit my back on the sidewalk," I replied quietly. Yeosang quickly moved around so he was once again in front of me.

"That must've really hurt. Why didn't you tell anyone," he asked worriedly.

"It didn't hurt too much," I said with a shrug. Yeosang raised an eyebrow and I backtracked quickly.

"It hurt a little," I admitted.

"Have you told anyone," he asked me and I shook my head.

"When did it happen," he asked with a sigh. Yeosang can get very overprotective sometimes but overall he just worries about looking after me, which means right now he'll be more worried about me getting some sleep then something that happened in the past.

"It's fine, stop worrying. It's the middle of the night and I just want to sleep," I groaned. Yeosang frowned but he nodded and got up, heading over to his bed. I laid back down, expecting Yeosang to lay down as well but to my surprise, he turned off the lamp and came back to my bed, slipping under the blanket and cuddling up to me. I was delighted and I snuggled up to his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around me and made sure to carefully place his hands on my back so he wouldn't hurt me. I closed my eyes and found myself quickly drifting off to sleep.

I was in the loungeroom with the boys when I suddenly got a message from the unknown number. I opened it to find multiple pictures of Kyungmin, except his face was littered with bruises and he had blood over his clothes. It scared me, badly. Did they actually go and hurt Kyungmin? My baby brother? I begun to panic, wondering what had happened and if he was going to be ok or if they did worse to them.

Before I could get too far, I woke up. I was breathing heavily but I quickly calmed down when I noticed Yeosang still sleepily peacefully in my arms as I didn't want to wake him up a second time. I took a deep breath before tightening my grip around the slightly older boy nervously. I couldn't find it in myself to fall back asleep as I didn't want to have another nightmare. That's how I stayed for however many hours it was until the door opened and Seonghwa walked inside to wake us up. He paused when he noticed the two of us cuddled in my bed and I saw a soft smile slip onto his face.

"Morning Youngie, can you please wake Sang up," he asked me. I nodded and he left so I gently shook Yeosang awake. He yawned and opened his eyes, blinking slowly. He looked up at me and smiled sleepily.

"Did you sleep well," he asked. I felt bad that I didn't really sleep much when he specifically slept next to me to help me sleep so I lied.

"Yeah, I slept great," I said.

"I'm glad," he said happily.

"It's time to get ready for practice," I said so we got up and quickly got ready.

~~~~~

It was two days later, I had barely gotten three hours of sleep because the nightmare kept keeping me awake but at least I haven't gotten a message from the unknown number since the photo sent at the store so I hope they're done harassing me. I was once again exhausted at practice, barely able to keep my feet underneath myself at times. I kept making mistakes and I know it's frustrating the boys, no matter how hard they may try to hide it. On one of the breaks we had, I sat down and berated myself on how bad I am handling things. I feel like the other's would handle everything that's happening so much better than I am and they wouldn't be worrying or annoying everyone else. I'm going to do better, I can't keep weighing them down right now. I was about to get up when my phone suddenly buzzed. I grabbed my phone and opened the message, my heart stopping when I saw the images shown on my screen. There were 5 in total. 5 photos from 5 different rooms. 2 of them were of me sleeping, one of which I was cuddled up in San's arms, asleep with my head on his chest. The third one had me in the middle of taking off my shirt and the last two were just of me sitting around. There was message underneath as well.

Unknown: U look gorgeous sexy even. It's adorable how u and Sannie cuddle to sleep

I could feel panic and bile crawling up my throat at the images and the thought of how they could have gotten them. I know I'm about to completely freak out and possibly break down but I don't want it to happen in front of the other's. None of them are stressed about Sasaengs and I'm probably blowing this right out of proportion.

"I'm going to the toilet," I said, standing quickly and rushing out of the room. I ran all the way to the toilets, breathing heavily. I fell into the bathroom, slamming the door closed as I collapsed to the floor. My phone slipped from my hand and I clutched my chest tightly, choking out a gasp. The realisation dawned on me that those photos were taken from some sort camera that was in multiple of my hotel rooms. The room seemed to be getting smaller and smaller and the air was getting thinned, making it harder for me to breathe. I don't know how much time was passing as I was laying there curled up and sobbing in panic.

Seonghwa's POV

Wooyoung has been making a lot of mistakes lately. I feel bad because I know he's tired but he still won't admit it to me as he's too stubborn. I can tell Hongjoong is beginning to get irritated but he's trying his best not to get angry, although it's still definitely showing. Wooyoung slipped on another move and almost fell over so I gently asked Hongjoong for us to have a break. He tells everyone we're having a break and I watched as Wooyoung sat down heavily. I frowned worriedly and begun to wonder why he's suddenly been so exhausting. I thought about going over but I was suddenly stopped by Hongjoong walking over and hugging me tightly. I was confused but I hugged him back anyway.

"I love him, I really love him," he said with a sigh.

"Ok," I said slowly, still confused.

"I love him to death but I am so close to snapping with how lay and uninterested he's being lately," he said. Ah, Wooyoung.

"Maybe he's just tired and he hasn't really been up to practice lately," I said.

"Why would he be that tired," he asked me.

"Maybe he hasn't been sleeping well," I shrugged.

"Well then maybe he should start going to sleep on time instead of staying up late," he said with a frown. I went to reply but Wooyoung suddenly jumped up and ran out of the room, saying he needs to go to the toilet.

"Now he's going to the toilet when our break is practically over," Hongjoong groaned.

"Get over it," I said, shoving his shoulder. He huffed but didn't say anything. We waited for around 10 minutes but Wooyoung still wasn't back.

"Seonghwa, go get him before we lose even more time," Hongjoong said with a sigh. I nodded and left towards the toilets. I don't understand why he's taking so long. I opened the door to the bathroom and went to call out for Wooyoung to hurry up but I gasped when I saw the younger boy sobbing hysterically on the floor. I rushed inside and ran over, falling to my knees beside him.

"Youngie, aegi," I said frantically, placing a hand on his back, not sure what to do. He tensed slightly before pushing himself up and all but collapsing into me, crawling into my lap and clutching my shirt tightly as he sobbed.

"Breathe aegi, breathe," I said, holding him tightly.

Wooyoung shook his head with and mumbled, "I can't."

I held him softly and moved my hand to his hair, brushing it softly as I know it always helps comfort him. I made sure to make my breathing louder and I could thankfully hear Wooyoung's breathing begin to synch with mine. I continued for a few minutes before his breathing finally calmed down so he was just crying into my shoulder. I just continued to hold him softly and hush him gently. He choked out a sob and pushed his face into my neck. I turned my head to the side and gently kissed his head.

"What happened to make you panic like that," I asked him worriedly.

Wooyoung whimpered and trembled slightly. "It scared me," he said, pointing to the side. I was confused but I looked to where he pointed and saw his phone. I leaned over slightly to grab it and Wooyoung whined, clutching me tighter.

"I'm just grabbing your phone," I told him softly. I picked it up and sat up, shuffling back slightly so I could lean against the wall and keep him curled securely in my lap. Wooyoung snuggled closer, quietly mumbling that he was tired.

"That's ok, you can relax," I said gently.

"I just need to know what you were scared about," I asked.

"I can't be bothered hiding it anymore. Read the messages, I just want it to stop," he said tiredly, letting his eyes slip closed. I frowned at his words but I unlocked his phone, already knowing the password as the digits are still 1309. It opened up to messages from an unknown number that Wooyoung must've been looking at earlier. I frowned when I saw a bunch of photos that seemed to be sent from the number but my eyes narrowed and I clenched my fist tightly when I realised the photos were taken of him in hotel rooms. I realised it must've been a Sasaeng that sent the message and it freaked him out. My finger accidentally slipped and the messages scrolled up, meaning there were more. My stomach dropped and I scrolled up quickly, eventually getting to the first message. I begun reading, seeing they started off by saying he's rude, he's the worst member and he'll regret it. Regret what? I frowned and kissed the top of his head but he just hummed, already half asleep in my arms. I continued reading, seeing that they threatened to hurt Kyungmin if he told anyone and my blood boiled. I'm definitely going to report this, no one get's away with threatening our family members, much less little Kyungminnie. The next photo was of Hongjoong, a message underneath saying he or Mingi would be hurt unless he went to the company which he agreed to and they gave him 10 minutes. I checked the date and realised it was the day he said he was going to get his headphones and went dark for a while but then it turned out he was looking after Yeonjun. My heart started to pound and I begun to wonder if something else really did happen that night, something Wooyoung hid from us. I looked down at the small, fragile boy in my arms and I wondered just how much he's been covering up and hiding from us. I scrolled further and saw a message asking whether he enjoyed the bat to the back. The what? There was a video attached below it and I hesitantly clicked on it. I took note quickly that it was a camera pointing to the outside of the KQ building. Wooyoung walked over and seemed to be looking around so I watched closely, trying to find what he was looking for. I noticed someone running up quickly behind Wooyoung but he didn't seem to noticed. I was confused but then they swung back a bat and smashed it straight into Wooyoung's back, making my brain practically short circuit.

"Fuck, holy fuck." What the hell just happened.

"Youngie what the fuck!" I cried out, horror probably etched into my features. Wooyoung stirred slightly and whined so I went quiet but my chest was heaving and my eyes were wide. One of my members, one of my kids was physically assaulted and he never told me, he never told any of us. I moved Wooyoung slightly before slowly and gently lifting the back of his shirt, fighting back a gag as I saw the long bruise cascading across his back. I thought back to that night and the pieces started to fall into place, the missing time beginning to make more sense. He never went to look after Yeonjun because he called him, he called Yeonjun and went to him because he was hiding it from us and Yeonjun covered for him. My eyes welled up with tears as I thought of the pain he endured without anyone knowing. No wonder he hasn't been sleeping and has been so exhausted. I couldn't bear to look at any more of the messages so I put down the phone and just hugged him tightly as tears fell down my face. All along we have been joking around while Wooyoung has been alone dealing with a Sasaeng. He helped me get rid of mine and I didn't even notice he had one of his own. A few minutes later the door slammed opened and I clung tightly to Wooyoung, looking up at Hongjoong who had paused in the doorway with his mouth opened and ready to hell. He doesn't though and instead slowly straightened out.

"What's going on," he asked quietly.

"We need to go home, and we need to have a very long discussion Joong," I said with a sniffle. Hongjoong frown but nodded, walking over and gently helping me stand up without waking Wooyoung.

"Was he crying," he asked quietly and I noted that he didn't acknowledge me crying which I was thankful for.

"He has a panic attack," I told him. He looked up at me with wide eyes before slowly nodding.

"I'll get the other's, you meet us in the van," he told me. I nodded and carried Wooyoung out, knowing it's going to be a long and tearful night.

~~~~~

When we got back to the dorm, everyone is confused but Hongjoong must've asked them not to ask questions. I sat down on the couch and gently shook Wooyoung awake. He yawned and opened his eyes, blinking and looking up at me.

"Did you have a good sleep," I asked gently, receiving a nod in reply. The other's all sat down around the other's couches before Yunho finally spoke up.

"What's going on," he asked. Wooyoung startled in my eyes, looking around quickly before turning back to me questioningly.

"We need to have a little talk," I said gently. I was caught off guard when he started to panic and shake his head quickly.

"Shh, it's ok," I said softly.

"I can't," he said as his eyes welled up with tears. I rubbed his back quickly and he winced, reminding me about what happened and I froze. I thought back to the video picturing vividly the way he screamed and just collapsed to the ground in pain.

"You need to tell everyone because I saw what happened and it wasn't good," I said, blinking back my own tears.

"It's fine, I'm fine," he said shaking his head.

"No you aren't. You aren't fine," I said gently.

"You were all joking and said it was fine, that nothing would happen," he said and the tears finally fell down my face as I remember how we all made jokes about Sasaengs while he was there getting threatened and assaulted.

"We didn't know what was happening," I said, shaking my head.

"What do you mean," Hongjoong asked.

"Do you want me to tell them, or do you want to tell them yourself," I asked Wooyoung, wanting his consent before I did anything.

"They'll be worried," he whispered.

"They'd be more worried if they found out about it in some other way," I told him. He sniffled before turning around in my lap to face the other's. They all looked confused and slightly worried.

"What's going on? You can tell us anything aegi," Hongjoong said gently. I could tell Wooyoung was worried so I cuddled up closer to him in reassurance.

Wooyoung's POV

"What's going on? You can tell us anything aegi," Hongjoong told me softly as Seonghwa cuddled closer to me.

"A Sasaeng has been harassing me," I said quietly.

"That's ok, we can tell manager-nim and make sure they aren't allowed in events," Hongjoong said with a nod. I was confused but realised he thought I meant someone was following me to events. There's no need to say there's anything else going on, no need to worry the other's.

"Thank you," I said, hoping to move on but Seonghwa of course couldn't let that happen.

"It's a lot worse than that Hongjoong," he said.

"What happened," San asked with a frown. I nibbled on my lip slightly and sniffled slightly, thinking back to everything that had happened lately.

"Stuff," I said with a shrug. Seonghwa had obviously had enough and he stepped in which I'm glad for because it made it easier.

"Wooyoung's been threatened multiple times and he was assaulted with a baseball bat," he said.

"What do you mean," Yunho asked but there was a gasp and I curled in on myself slightly. I know Yeosang just figure it out and sure enough a few seconds later there were hands slipped into mine and I looked up to see Yeosang knelt in front of me.

"What's been happening petal," he asked gently. To my surprise, I found it a lot easier talking when I was focused just on Yeosang rather than everyone in the room.

"After I told that girl to stop calling Seonghwa Hyung, they started to message me. I didn't tell anyone because they threatened Kyungmin and even sent a photo of him at school," I said.

"When was that," he asked with a gasp.

"The night that I called mum and Kyungminnie. It just made me nervous so I wanted to check on them," I said with a sniffle.

Yeosang hummed softly, squeezing my hand. "What else happened," he asked, moving one hand to tuck my hair away from my face.

"They sent me a photo of Hongjoong Hyung getting food and said they would hurt him or Mingi if I didn't go to the company so I went there," I explained. I paused, not really wanting to tell them I lied but Seonghwa kind of already did.

"I didn't hurt my back from falling, someone ran up on me and hit my back with a baseball bat," I admitted, making Yeosang frown.

"Is the story about Yeonjun feeling bad made up," he asked. I felt guilty and I went to look down but Yeosang caught my chin and held it up slightly.

"I didn't even go to TXT's dorm," I said, giving in. I may as well tell them everything now.

"What do you mean you didn't even go to their dorm," Seonghwa asked.

"I could barely move and I didn't want to worry you guys so I knew I couldn't go home. I didn't know who to call so I ended up calling Seungkwan Hyung and he came with Vernon-Sunbaenim and Sungcheol-Sunbaenim. They took me back to their dorm because I didn't want to go home," I said nervously.

"Did they know what happened," Yeosang asked.

"I lied to them. I said I slipped and fell and Hoshi-Sunbaenim helped massage my muscles so it wouldn't hurt as badly in the morning. I called Yeonjun and said that I was staying with Seungkwan but lied and said that you guys would be more ok with me staying in the TXT dorm than the Seventeen dorm so he could cover for me if you guys asked him," I said quietly. I started crying once again, feeling guilty for lying so much to everyone. Yeosang hushed me softly and kissed my nose.

"I'm sorry for hiding it from everyone but I didn't want you guys to be worried. You were all so happy and didn't care about the Sasaengs and what they were doing. I'm sorry for bothering you about it and not putting up with it," I said sadly. I jumped slightly when a new pair of arms was wrapped around me and I was transferred to a different lap. I looked back tearfully to see Hongjoong's gentle face as tears flowed down it quietly. I let out a sob and went to say sorry but Hongjoong hushed me gently, wiping my tears a little.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. I'm just sorry for not noticing sooner that you were hurting," he said firmly.

"Is that why you've been having trouble in practice lately," he asked.

"I've been having nightmare and I don't like them," I sniffed. I thought back to the worst dream yet, San and Yeosang getting shot. I whimpered and looked around for them, finding Yeosang easily but I couldn't see San.

"Sannie, San," I called out quickly. San rushed over and rubbed my knee softly, making me let out a sigh of relief.

"I was with Yeosang and San, eating ice-cream and this man walked up. San went to say hello but the man shot him. Yeosang stepped in front of me to protect me but he got shot as well," I explained.

"We're fine," San said, cooing softly. I nodded and cuddled closer to Hongjoong who just rested his head against mine gently.

"How's you back," Yunho asked me.

"It's fine now, just bruised," I said with a shrug.

"Is there anything else you need to tell us," Hongjoong asked.

"They um, they accessed footage from some of the hotels we went to and had photos of me in different ones, including one where I was sleeping next to San," I said.

"That shouldn't be possible. I'll have a long talk with our CEO in the morning," he said with a frown.

"Will you stop the from harassing me," I asked quietly.

"Of course I will, but I need you to promise that you'll tell someone if anything else happens," he said sternly. I was relieved and immediately promised. Hongjoong sighed and pulled me closer.

"We'll always be there for you, no matter what," he whispered. I snuggled down, sighing in content and finally warm and safe...

A/N

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