"I'M TELLING YOU! IT WASN'T MY FAULT! I HID US IN THE SHADOWS AND WE WERE WALKING THE OTHER WAY BEFORE THE SHOOTING STARTED! THEN ONE FUCKING IDIOT WITH TERRIBLE AIM SHOT HER! I GOT HER HOME AS FAST AS I COULD!" Yui heard one of the many voices shouting; she was too tired to figure out who it belonged to. 

"HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY DIDN'T SHOOT HER ON PURPOSE?!" 

"LEAVE THAT! WHAT WERE YOU EVEN DOING OUTSIDE?!"

"I WANTED TO ESCAPE YOONGI-HYUNG'S WRATH!"

"WHY WOULD I EVEN GET MAD AT YOU?"

"Because I woke you up?" 

"Wait a second, YOU WERE THE ONE WHO WOKE ME UP?!" 

"So let me get this straight- Jungkook was afraid that Yoongi would scold him even though Yoongi wasn't mad at him so he went outside with Yui and it ended up with Yui getting shot? SO YUI GOT SHOT FOR NO FUCKING REASON?!" 

The voices were getting too overwhelming for Yui, the feeling she was getting was that which you would feel after getting an overdose of uncomfortable information or when you get an overflow of emotions; you feel like you're about to vomit, fall sick, or you get a terrible headache. Yui needed the voices to shut up. But she couldn't find the energy to tell them to do so. She tried to lift to her hand, thinking of motioning them to stop, and succeeded in clenching her her hands, forming fists. 

"Hey look! She's coming to!" 

Clearly they didn't get her message. 

"Yui-ah! Can you hear me?"

"She can."  

"How do you know?"  

"Because I'm the only one who dabbles in hooman medicine amongst all of you idiots. So can you dickheads get out and let me do my job?" a new voice cursed, silencing everyone else.

"Hey Jin-hyung?" one voice asked. 

"Yeah?" 

"It's human, not hooman." 

"I would appreciate it if you could shut the fuck up. And close the door on your way out, Joon."

Yui finally felt like she could breathe. She took this opportunity to try and open her eyes. She slowly lifted her eyelids open, one at a time, seeing Jin's smiling face come into view. She took note of her surroundings; she was laying down in her bedroom. 

"Um-so, wait- did I get shot?" Yui asked, remembering what had happened. 

"Yes. That bullet cut through muscle. So you lost a lot of blood, resulting in you passing out. Anyway, I got rid of the bullet, and the internal bleeding's stopped, but you lost a lot of blood, so you'll feel dizzy. And no walking for a day or so. Take it easy for two weeks or so, your foot still needs to heal." Jin said, helping her sit upright.

"Okaaayyy....Where are the others?" 

"Those idiots were arguing too much. And it looked like you were getting disturbed, so I kicked them out." Jin grumbled. "If you want I can call them back in." he added. Yui nodded eagerly as Jin opened the door, letting a flood of six men in. 

Six men who were running around, acting as though they had not been eavesdropping on whatever conversation Yui and Jin just had. 

The maknae line jumped on the bed and smothered her in a hug. All Yui could hear was a mix of Jungkook sobbing and apologizing, Jimin continuously asking if she was okay, and Taehyung telling her to ignore the both of them. 

"I'm fine. I'm fine, really. I just need to breathe or these might be my last words." Yui muttered, her voice sounding muffled under the crushing weight  of the three men. Jimin and Taehyung jumped of the bed, smiling cheekily. Jungkook broke away from the hug, wiping his tears with a handkerchief. "Why did we loose so many magical beings just to save these thankless humans?

"History has its flaws." Jin dismissed.

"Whatever. I'm hungry." Yoongi pouted. 

"We'll eat dinner in here. Tae, Kookie, help me get the food." Jin smiled as he walked out, Taehyung and Jungkook following right behind him. 

"Where's the dog?" Yui asked, suddenly realizing that the adorable thing which she had saved earlier that day was no where to be seen. 

"It's sleeping. Tae named it Yeontan." Hoseok smiled.

"Who's that? Wait- did you get a dog and not tell me Yui?" Ahn, Yui's best friend, asked as she entered Yui's room through her balcony. 

"You climbed up the balcony and came in, didn't you?"  Yoongi grumbled.

"Guilty as charged." Ahn shrugged.

"So that's why you wanted this room." Jimin understood, looking at Yui in disbelief. She smiled back at him sheepishly.

"This is it. I am putting bars on your windows." Namjoon grumbled. "It should put a stop to you levitating off the balcony," he paused, looking at Yui straight in the eye. She shuddered under his gaze. It didn't matter if he was one of the key people in raising her; he would always be intimidating if he was angry. "and it should stop you from levitating onto it." he finished, looking at Ahn right in the eye. Unlike Yui, Ahn maintained the eye contact, turning it into a staring contest between the two. Her eyes sparkled with confidence and taunt. Namjoon could see a fire burning at the back of her eyes.

Namjoon finally broke off the intense staring contest when Hoseok cleared his throat to speak. "Aren't you supposed to be home at the NCT mansion, Ahnnie?" he smiled, looking at Ahn blush a bit as he used the nickname he had given her long ago, when she and Yui had just become friends.

"Chenle and I got into a fight. This is my gift to them for supporting Chenle during our fight." Ahn replied nonchalantly, jumping on the bed and sitting beside Yui as she snuggled into the comfy covers. 

"Ah. So are you going to be staying the night as well? Like the other times you've done this?" Hoseok asked, sitting himself down on the bed. Ahn nodded, smiling brightly. 

"And I take it you've brought your sleeping bag?" he asked, tilting his head up slightly. He smiled warmly seeing Ahn nod in agreement. 

"Good. Cause you're sleeping on the floor." Yui giggled, and pushed Ahn off the bed, leading to Ahn toppling down on the floor, pouting. 

"Yi-Yi! You shouldn't have done that!" Hoseok playfully scolded as Namjoon walked up behind Yui.

"Quite the contrary. You should have pushed a bit harder, Yi-Yi." Namjoon laughed, taking Yui's side. 

"I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING TAE!" Jin's voice was heard shouting. 

"BUT YOU'RE WALKING INTO THE DOOR!"

"I WAS NOT! BE CAREFUL HOW YOU HOLD MY FOOD JEON! IF I FIND ONE CRUMB OR DROP ON THE FLOOR, YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF HOMELESS TONIGHT!"

"AND IF YOU FIND A LOT OF IT ON TAE'S BIG HEAD?" 

"JUNGKOOK!" 

Yui turned to look at Ahn, who had climbed back onto the bed, and was desperately trying to muffle her laughter. She smiled at Ahn's childish behavior, silently thanking her stars that she was close enough to Ahn to see that side of her, which is hidden from most. 

The sound of a glass breaking was heard, followed by Jungkook screaming, "YOU DID NOT JUST DO THAT! YOU'RE GOING PAY FOR THIS TAE!"

"ONLY IF YOU CAN CATCH ME FIRST, SMARTASS!" 

More grunts and curses were heard, followed by Jin screaming, "YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES DID NOT NEED TO BRING ME INTO YOUR IMMATURE FIGHT!" 

The three men burst open through the door, drenched and carrying trays of food. 

"So they can't go to the kitchen without fighting or what?" Ahn whispered in Yui's ear.

"You've seen them play go fish. We've not seen them play one game without someone being threatened or someone getting injured. And that's just go fish; think what would happen if they play monopoly." Yui whispered back. 

"You're right. It's worse at home though." Ahn said. "We played UNO last night. Doyoung ended up trying to drown Mark with his water ability, and Jaemin tied Renjun's hand behind his back with a vine using his earthen ability, just so that Renjun wouldn't play his card. Taeyong and Ten were actually trying to help each other but ended up arguing when they couldn't decide on a good strategy. Lucas and Johnny attacked each other with light and shadows after Lucas played a +4 card.  Luckily me and Chenle didn't claw each other's head off, cause we were too busy laughing at what was going on." 

"I am coming to your house." Yui laughed. 

"Yeah, you should come soon. Chenle's missing you." Ahn teased, winking at her.

"For the last time, he's my friend!" Yui whisper-shouted. 

"Tell that to him, he was whispering your name in his sleep!" Ahn giggled. 

"Who's whispering what?" Taehyung asked, butting into their conversation. 

"Nothing." both of the girls said at the same time. 

"Say Ahn, are you staying the night?" Jin asked, with a mischievous glint in his eyes. 

"Yes." she promptly answered. 

"You're sleeping in Taehyung and Jungkook's shared room. They'll be sleeping in the living room." Jin said.

"Nuh uh. We ain't sleeping in the living room." Both the boys answered together. 

"You are. Unless you want a repeat of what happened in the kitchen." Jin calmly said, taking a big helping of food. 

"What happened in the kitchen?" Jimin asked while eating, clearly eager to get blackmail material on the two.

"Nothing. Nothing happened in the kitchen. We'll sleep in the living room." Taehyung replied, before Jin could reply to Jimin. 

"What miracle happened in the kitchen?" Yui asked, slightly louder than she intended to be.

"Nothing much. They got a good beating from my bootiful pink slippers." Jin smiled, looking proud of himself. 

"How come your slipper's not imprinted on their cheeks?" Ahn questioned. 

"Cause the butt hurts more than the cheek." Jin casually answered, filling his mouth with food. 

"Reasonable answer." Ahn shrugged. 

"Can we eat in peace? For once?" Yoongi grumbled, trying to enjoy his dinner. 

~°~

Yui sat up on her bed, unable to fall asleep. She got off her bed and hopped to her bathroom on her good foot. She opened the top drawer of her bathroom cabinet, taking out her medical kit. She hopped back to her bed, carrying the kit with her. 

She opened the kit, emptying its contents. She searched through it, picking up a small bottle filled with a colorful liquid inside it, labelled 'Two Hours'. She immediately uncorked it, and drank the bittersweet liquid inside. She got off her bed stretching her injured foot, feeling her left hand go limp. The liquid or elixir she drank would heal any injury she has for two hours at a price; another part of her would go limp. 

She walked comfortably to her closet and rummaged through it, picking out denim shorts and a white tank-crop top. She quickly wore her clothes and put on socks, carrying her white sneakers in one hand, and her long denim jacket in the other. She slowly walked out of her room, closing her door slowly so as to not wake anyone up. She tip toed to her apartment door, moving silently, as she heard everyone snoring. 

She passed the living room, seeing Jungkook and Taehyung sleeping together on the couch. Jungkook was sleeping like a corpse, and Taehyung had his arm over Jungkook's torso and his knee on Jungkook. She stopped, taking a picture of the two sleeping and walked out the door. 

The picture: 

She smiled to herself after taking the image, and walked silently to the apartment door. The moment she got out, she ran to the staircase and sat down as she wore her shoes that she had been carrying all this time. Once she wore her shoes, she quickly put on her denim jacket and ran downstairs. 

She stuffed her hands in her jacket's pocket, looking for her ear plugs. Once she found them, she put them on in her ears, listening to music. She closed her eyes, letting her feet lead her, as she walked down the path that had etched itself in her mind.

~°~

Once her feet stopped moving, she opened her eyes, smiling at the view that greeted her. She was at the edge of a lake, trees surrounding all around her. The lake was mirroring the beautiful night sky, and Yui could see the city lights far ahead. It was breathtaking. She had found this place around four years ago, by pure chance. Ever since then, she had found herself coming back here. 

No one knew about this place. Not Ahn, not BTS. There was one person who knew about this place, and Yui hoped that he wouldn't come here right now. She took her shoes off and sat down at the edge of the lake, dipping her feet inside it. She hummed softly to the music playing in her ears, feeling the ripples in the lake softly hit her feet. 

Yui heard someone cough behind her. She turned her head around to look at the person, only roll her eyes and grumble, "Why are you here, Hyunjin?" She turned her head around, looking back at the lake as she took off her earplugs, stuffing them in her pocket. "We had a deal. After 4 a.m. only are you allowed to come." she grumbled. 

"Check the time, jackass. It is 4 a.m."  Hyunjin replied as he sat down beside her, crossing his legs so that he didn't need to dip his feet in the water. Yui whipped her phone out, checking the time as she widened her eyes when she noticed it was indeed 4 a.m. 

None of them spoke to each other, letting an awkward silence fall upon them as they both remembered their past...

Yui had not been able to sleep that night. Feeling restless, she walked out of her house and to the lake where she had spent many nights. When she reached there, she saw a boy, looking about two years older than her, sitting there, on a bench made of vines. Looking at the vines, she realized he was a magical being too. Yui went up to him and he introduced himself as Hyunjin; someone she recognized from school. 

The two annoyed each other to hell that night. So they came up with a deal; Hyunjin would only be allowed to visit the lake after 4 a.m., and Yui would only be able to visit it before 4 a.m. 

They decided to annoy each other at school (something they took immense pleasure in) and to never bump into each other while at the lake. Occasionally, at times such as now they would meet each other and would annoy the other, resulting in neither of them being able to enjoy the serene beauty of the lake.

Hyunjin wasn't like that today. He wasn't trying to annoy Yui, and she was grateful for it.

"Were you not able to sleep?" Hyunjin asked, breaking the silence. 

"You know it. What about you?" 

"I needed a break. Everyone at home is working overtime to give the results BlackPink wants. So everyone's on edge. I needed to get out of that hellhole." he sighed. Yui hummed in response.

"Why can you never sleep?" Hyunjin asked, leaving Yui surprised. This was the first time they had talked this much without annoying each other. 

"I don't know. Every time I try to sleep, thoughts invade my mind. So I come here, to escape them." 

"Why don't you try to sleep here, then?" he softly asked, looking Yui as she looked out at the lake. 

"What do you mean?" Yui asked, looking at Hyunjin.

"You could sleep better here. Since this place clears your thoughts." he elaborated. 

"But I have to leave in half an hour. Or I won't be able to reach home." she mumbled, looking back at the water.

"You could put an alar-wait. Why am I telling you this again? I thought you had a decent sized brain to make up for your big head. Figure it out yourself." 

Yui chuckled to herself and took out her phone; setting a timer to ring at the half-hour mark. She closed her eyes, immediately falling into deep slumber, which caused her head to fall behind in her sitting posture. 

Hyunjin caught her before her head could meet the ground, sliding his arm around her waist to steady her. He pulled her closer to him, letting her lean on his side, her head resting on his shoulder. 

He looked down at her small sleeping frame before smiling to himself and whispering, "You're so beautiful and you don't even know it."

~°~