Yes, I changed the book title! Comment what you think!
(previous title: The Invincible)
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"There are two types of lies that can be forgiven; the lies that protect love come first, and the lies that stop hate come second. What about the lies that would comfort our loved ones? These lies just prepare a deeper pit. They only grant definite destruction, because a heart comforted with lies is a weakened heart."

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Yoonbi

My glare that's mirroring his turns into a stare at the rivers of brown he set raging at me. My grip weakens on him as all the times his mother controlled him come clear in front of my eyes.

Poor boy, oh Hyunwoo. My heart aches for the boy who is slowly being turned into a monster. He holds me off the floor by my collar this time and glares at me, "dont look at me like that! I hate it, don't you dare pity me like that!" My eyes close tight at his venomous hiss. I can't hurt him, it's not his fault.

I would've easily ended him but this is not his fault! Where is that wench Chaewon? How is she controlling him? My eyes are still shut, I keep them that way because I don't want him to know what I'm thinking. Can he hear me?

"Open your eyes." I almost smirk at his words, he can't know what I'm thinking till he looks into my eyes. I keep them shut. Her voice was so vivid in his head, what's the connection?

Is she inside him? She may be, but why would she put her son in danger when she can come, why would she communicate with his brain when she can easily control his whole body? She's not inside him.

I squeeze my sixth sense to try feeling any source of power around, but it's too hard with my eyes still close, "I'm going to kill you too." I hear Hyunwoo threat and I immediately open my eyes with a different train of thought.

I don't want to die now, I can't die now. I fill my brain with false fear of death that fools him just right. He smirks at me like he wins, not knowing that I was slowly getting the hold of it. I look around as if scared while I'm really searching for a way to break him free from the devious control of his mom over him.

Nothing, I notice no way that she can control him so well. Maybe there is something attached to his body? But why would mutants do something like this? Maybe she is watching from a place, from something.

I latch myself into him, hug him and cry in his chest as my arms touch him all over to find something, anything. When my fingers touch his, I feel the thin hair strand tied around his thumb.

That's it! Biological manipulation! As long as her DNA is physically attached to anyone else, she can mildly control them and be the voice inside their head. He notices as I touch the light brown hair strand around his thumb and immediately holds me back away from him.

His thoughts though, come too impulsive and loud for me to hear, don't touch it! It's from my mother. She must've sugarcoated it for him so he doesn't realize when and how she really gets to him. Lies.

All I need to do is detach this hair strand from his skin, easy-peasy.

"Don't even think about it." He holds my neck again.

Maybe not.

Knowing that I have no time to waste now, I aim for his torso with a kick, "too fast, are we?" He holds my knee still with only one hand before I could even touch him and I groan, he laughs, "you're much less of a threat than I thought you'd be." I scowl up at him.

He's underestimating me, bastard.

"I'm sure you're mistaken." I glare at him then I hear a voice inside my own head all of a sudden. It's loud yet calm, but alarming.

Yah! Are you crazy? What are you doing? He'll kill you! RyungNa hisses into my head and I turn everywhere to know where she is, I see her raven hair peaking from behind the room's door.

Are you alone? I'm sure I could use the rest of our group now.

Do you think Yoongi would call me, alone? The rest are here, Jr., Jackson and BamBam.

Good, you guys come in when I signal you to. I talk back. I look back at Hyunwoo and facepalm, he could've heard me! No he already did, I'm done for. However, when I look into his eyes I see it hooded then I'm in his head listening to the angry orders of murder that his mom is shouting to him.

I sigh and let my breath hitch at the same time, my lungs dysfunction and I end up with a fit of coughs that make his hands loosen on me. I immediately take the chance and run to my mom's bed.

He glares at me and walks closer as I spread my arms to protect my mom. As soon as his back is to the door, I shout for my friends to come in.

Now!

He hears me this time and turns to look behind him, just too late to only be greeted by Jackson's kick to his chest. When Hyunwoo falls to the floor, Jackson gets to see his grimaced face and takes a step back in shock, "Hyunwoo? Classmate?" Jackson mutters, "why the helł am I attacking the nicest guy in my class?"

My eyes grow wide at the flash of Hyunwoo getting up and punching Jackson right against his jaw, and his question is long forgotten, "yah! Are you okay?" Jr. comes in and stands mouth ajar for his friend on the ground.

"I'm fine--" Jackson is cut off when Hyunwoo walks to him and straddles him before starting to punch him on the face consecutively, one punch on the left side of Jackson's face then the next on the right, "come on!" Jackson whines as he receives Hyunwoo's punches refusing to hurt a guy he counts as a friend. He really doesn't want to hurt Hyunwoo too. What are we going to do?

Jr. quickly steps forward and let's his nails dig deep, painfully into Hyunwoo's shoulder that he screams as Jr. pulls him off Jackson. Hyunwoo ends up right beside my feet, I take hesitant steps towards my mom and look at both boys, totally lost.

Hyunwoo takes the chance and stands up quickly, one second I was trying to protect my mother and the other I'm held hostage by Hyunwoo, "take one step closer and I'll kill her." he smirks.

My eyes go round and I look at both boys, I shake my head at them fearfully and helplessly hold Hyunwoo's forearm that's almost choking me. His mom's name please Yoonbi yah! I hear RyungNa's voice and stop moving for a while, he can't hear RyungNa till she allows him to. I reply back carefully after letting my eyes go shut.

Chaewon. It's Chaewon.

Only second later one more person comes into the room, "son! Oh dear leave her, come here." The woman starts crying as she calls for Hyunwoo to come to her, "I'm sorry I put you through this, you don't deserve to do any of these things my little boy."

I feel Hyunwoo's arm loosening little by little, and I get the chance to flee. Jackson jumps behind Hyunwoo and takes my mom instead of attacking. Hyunwoo realizes Jackson's true intentions too late that when he turns back to his mom and Jr. he gets hit by a hard rock over his head.

Where did the rock come from? I realize that Jr.'s hand turned into a rock, I almost forget that he can inhabit in ways much more than just breathing under water. My eyes catch the figure of my mom held by Jackson as he jumps out of the window, going to my former room that's most probably still empty.

I look back at the woman who's wearing a black coat and knee length skirt with a white shirt. My face twists with hostility and disgust, I really want to destroy her, "let's go now, this is pissing me off so badly!" I whisper to myself through gritted teeth.

I walk out of the room expecting Jr. and BamBam to tag behind as I meet with RyungNa who finally moves from behind the doorframe with Yoongi.

"She's crazy!" Yoongi shakes his hands in exasperation, "I literally had to hold her back from running in there." I look back at RyungNa who rolls her eyes and smiles at me with a thumbs up.

"Great job!" She compliments.

"All thanks to you." We both fist bump, knowing that Yoongi is watching us incredulously.

I turn to look behind me but I don't see my other two friends anywhere. The three of us go back into the room and see Chaewon standing face to face with Jr. as they chat like two buddies. I know they are. "Come on! Why are you still like that? We need to leave this room."

"Are we leaving my son like this?" Chaewon cries. I look at her blankly and tap my shoes against the floor.

"Really?" I deadpan.

Chaewon groans like a guy and stomps her feet just like BamBam, "how do you know!" She whines at me.

"Why else would RyungNa ask for Hyunwoo's mom's name? Do you think I need any more hints?" I watch him as he transforms from Chaewon back to BamBam.

"Well beats me, you are a mental prodigy." The compliment makes me smile only because I worked hard for it, although he doesn't precisely know that.

"Where did the third guy go?" Suga asks me. I remember how I accidentally read Jackson's thoughts in my state of overwhelm and turn to Yoongi and answer.

"My room." I walk out with that and we all head to my hospital room but a question from Jr. makes me almost choke.

"How do you know though?"

I compose myself quickly and look back at him from the corner of my eyes, "he told me." I lie and feel Suga's heavy gaze at the back of my neck. Why must he always know, so annoying.

Jr. though, is convinced and we walk along to my mom.

"She's still sleeping." Jackson informs us as he pulls a blanket to cover my mom, my heart beats in relief as I look over her sleeping form. Safe and sound. I only notice my tear stained face when Jackson turns to look at me and let's a surprised expression take over his face.

"Thank you all." I manage to crack the words out despite the big lump in my throat, I walk to my mom's bed and end up standing beside Jackson before leaning over to peck my mom on the forehead.

"Do you think it's safe now? Can we afford leaving her alone?" RyungNa sounds out the question to no one in particular as I feel her standing closer to me than before.

I don't get to reply because we all turn to look at my dad who runs into the room, panting with bids of sweat tackling down his forehead, "Yoonbi yah."

The tears I held back silently fall off the brim of my eyes and I run to my dad, not caring how I may look in front of my friends from now on, "it's okay, it's okay." My dad pats my back while I feel his eyes running over my mom to make sure it's okay, "what happened baby girl?"

He can't know, he doesn't need to know. My family is happy, I'm not ruining that. It was enough I almost lost my mom twice.

My senses robotically open up to the thoughts that run in everyone's head knowing that I could use all the help to make up a lie that would convince everyone watching right now.

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