Hongjoong huffs as he stared at the concrete wall that was diving them from the humans and the other wolves. He had been keeping track of the time they've been here by marking it on the wall that concealed them. So far, it has been a two weeks since being captured and three days since they have tried to be united with the other wolves.

It was getting frustrating.

Hongjoong knows Mingi and Jongho will find them. He knows that they will do everything in their power to rescue them and to bring them back home. He knows they wouldn't give up. But the time of them being here and the time of them not being rescued was starting to make Hongjoong doubt his Alpha...

But any time a small ounce of doubt entered his mind, he would quickly shake his head and replace it with different thoughts. He can't keep thinking that way. If you keep thinking you're never going to get out of the prison you're stuck in, you will start to believe it.

Not only was it taking a toll on Hongjoong, but the Beta also noticed it was taking a toll on Yunho. Especially Wooyoung. The two did what they could to get their minds off of being trapped here for god knows how long. But even when they tried to get their minds off of their current situation, they still struggle with being incarcerated...

Although, here lately Hongjoong and Yunho have been a little worried about Wooyoung. With him being a few months pregnant, he was starting to show more. He had a belly that you can see a little, almost as if he put on weight. But not only has he been putting on weight, he's been complaining about stomach aches. They're just small cramps right now, Hongjoong believes it's just his body adjusting to the baby weight he's gaining.

Other than those few concerns, Hongjoong was trying everything he can to keep himself and the other two thinking positive.

Hongjoong looks over from his position over to his friends, seeing Wooyoung taking a drink from the small pond on their side of the wall and Yunho sitting at the small glass panel that separates them from the other wolves. Hongjoong tilts his head, standing and trotting over to sit by the other Beta. Yunho didn't even move to look at him or acknowledge his presence as Hongjoong sat beside him, he just kept looking at the other wolves. Watching, observing.

Hongjoong nudges him, sitting beside him before looking at his friend, "Yunho?"

The Beta still didn't move.

Hongjoong's anxiety rose a little as he stands and circles behind Yunho, brushing against him, "Yunho, are you okay?"

Yunho growls lowly in the back of his throat, his ears were flat against his head as he growls, a sign of aggression. Hongjoong tenses, ready to fight if he needed to but his concern for his Beta friend was overpowering the urge to defend himself, "Yunho! Snap out of it!"

Yunho turns his head quickly, his lips were curled in a snarl as he snaps his jaws once. But that's not caught Hongjoong off guard, it was the growl and snarl coming from Yunho that caught him off guard. Hongjoong is quick to back away slightly, his ears flat against his head as he lowers his head.

Yunho's eyes were even different. Almost like his soul wasn't there...

But just as quick as it appeared, it was gone and his old Yunho was back. Hongjoong knew, because his eyes seemed to soften drastically and his stance relaxed. He gasps in the mind link, backing up from Hongjoong. He whimpers, "What the fuck just happened?"

"I don't know," Hongjoong spoke softly, slowly, "You tell me. You were watching the other wolves over there and then all of the sudden your soul seemed to have left your body."

Yunho whimpers, laying on the ground before Hongjoong and covering his face with his paws, "What the hell is going on with me..."

Hongjoong approached the Beta cautiously, laying down in front of him and calmly licking his head before nuzzling his nose against Yunho's, "What's going on in your mind? Talk to me..."

Yunho whimpers, huffing slightly before answering in a small voice, "For the past couple of days, I've been focusing more on the other wolves... I've been watching them, observing them, pretty much showing more interest in them. To the point where I don't realize what's going on around me. I'm just solely focused on them. And after a while of watching them, it's like I doze off..." Yunho whimpers, "Hongjoong... I'm scared..."

Hongjoong sighs, standing to cuddle near Yunho. He lays his head on the Beta's, wrapping his left legs around him to cuddle him close as he licks Yunho's ears softly, "I know... I am too. Mingi and Jongho will save us. They will get us out of here. I will promise you that."

"How can you be so sure though?"

"I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I know one thing," Hongjoong looks over to see Wooyoung laying in the bed of flowers in the corner of their enclosure, he lays softly down and curls into his stomach. Hongjoong sighs, "I do know we must have faith in our Alphas. They're coming for us, I have faith in them. We must be strong, for them."

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Written by @luckyhwa98