Taehyun's POV

"This is your new manager. His name is Hwang Beom-seok."

"Welcome Manager-Beomseok," Soobin said bowing down to the new guy. He looked to be in his about early 40's and looked kind of angry but maybe that's just me.

"I look forward to working with you guys," he replied with a nod. Something felt off about him, really off so I for some reason found myself drifting closer to Kai who was grinning like a fool.

"It's good to meet you," he said, going to step forwards but I held him back before anyone could notice. Kai turned to me in confusion but smiled and wrapped his arm around my shoulder lazily.

"I'd like to just sit back and watch your rehearsal to start off with. Get a grip on where everyone's at in terms of skills," he said. PD-Nim nodded and said goodbye before he walked off and left the five of us alone with the Beomseok.

"Just go through your rehearsal as you normally would and I will just be here watching," he told us. We nodded and just got into our normal routine of getting ready and rehearsing. I felt weird as we rehearsed and Beomseok just sat there watching us with a piercing gaze. It actually made me feel uncomfortable for some reason but the other's seemed completely fine so I didn't say anything and just continued. Once rehearsals were over, we all sat down by our bags and waited for Beomseok to walk over to us.

"That was great boys, you really are as good as everyone says," he praised us.

"Thankyou Manager-Nim," Kai said with a small smile.

"Hyung is fine Kai-ah," he replied softly and Kai's smile brightened into a massive grin, his eyes lighting up.

"Thanks Hyung," he said quickly.

"I think you four have been here long enough, you can go home," he told us. Four? There's five of us?

"Uh Hyung, you're mistaken. There's five of us," Yeonjun said in confusion.

"No I'm not mistaken. I would like Taehyun to stay back for a bit, I want to run over his technique for a few things," he replied shaking his head.

"Oh, ok. We'll head off then, are you ok to drop Tae back home," Soobin asked him.

"Yes, I'll drop him off back at the dorm afterwards," he nodded.

"See you later Tae," Beomgyu said giving me a small hug before he grabbed his bag pulled Kai to the door. Pretty soon everyone was gone except Beomseok and I. I still had this weird feeling about him that I couldn't shake so I just stayed seated where I was and waited for him to say something.

"Get up and get dancing," he said suddenly, tone rough and cold. I blinked in surprise at the change in his tone, it was completely different to what he was using when he was talking to Kai, mere minutes ago.

"Uh, ok," I said uncertainly as I quickly stood up. He started the music and I just begun to dance, confused but oh well. Once I finished the dance, I was pretty happy with myself. I was hitting all of the moves on beat and I didn't forget anything.

"What was that." I frowned slightly in surprise, what's he talking about?

"What do you mean," I asked in confusion.

"That was sloppy and uncoordinated, no where near the standard you need to be at," he said shaking his head.

"But I thought you said we were great, just as good as everyone says we are," I said, quoting his words.

"No, the other's are great. You aren't," he said shaking his head. I froze, unsure of what to do or what to say.

"Your technique is lazy, your vocals are lacking and too be quite frank, your attitude is horrible. You think you're better than you are when you really aren't that good," he said shaking his head.

"Look, I'm not gonna stay here just to get insulted by you. You can be fired for what you're saying you know. I'm going to go, I'll find my way home with another manager," I said shaking my head in disbelief. I saw angry flash through his eyes but I just rolled mine and threw my bag over my shoulder, walking towards the door. I was about three meters away from it when a hand was enclosed around my wrist and I was flung backwards, groaning in pain as my shoulder crashed into the floor. I went to stand back up but a hand was suddenly gripping my hair and pulling my head backwards, forcing me to look at the furious face of Beomseok.

"Listen here you bitch. I'm not losing this job because some spoilt brat can't take some honesty criticism. If you speak a word about what happens in this room, you're never going to see your Maknae smiling again do you understand me," he fumed.

"W-what? You can't, do that," I whimpered as he tightened his grip on my hair.

"I can do what I want and I will. Huening Kai already likes me a lot and trusts me and it hasn't even been a day. It would be so easy to lure him somewhere alone with me," he said darkly. My eyes went wide as the true meaning of his words became clear. He's right, Kai's very trusting and it wouldn't be very hard to get him alone.

"Ok, ok. I promise I won't tell anyone," I said quickly, tears springing to my eyes.

"I know you won't. But just to make sure." Without any warning, his fist slammed into my stomach and I gasped for air as he threw me back to the ground by my hair.

"Find your own way home as you said you can. I'll talk to you tomorrow, and remember what I said," he spat before he walked out of the room. I was left in a state of shock as what just happened fully registered. I was just beaten and threatened by our new manager. W-what? I curled in on myself and wrapped my arms around my stomach as tears slowly fell down my face. I sobbing helplessly to myself in the middle of the room as I remembered what he said and how I couldn't tell anyone about this. Does that mean he's planning for this to happen again? I quickly shook my head to get rid of those thoughts and slowly struggled to my feet, wincing as my stomach ached slightly but I managed to walk all the way over to my bag and pick it up. I wiped my eyes quickly, hoping to get rid of any traces that I was crying before I walked out of the practice room. Beomseok told me to find my own way home so I had a look around to try and see if someone else was able to take me home. Unfortunately it seemed like there must've been some sort of important meeting or something because the only people around were a couple of security guards. I sighed and tightened the straps on my backpack before walking out of the building. The dorms are a 3 minute drive from the company so they're only a 20 minute walk. It seemed fine to begin with, but then it just had to start raining. I tried to hurry up and walk quickly but it didn't make a difference, I was soaked by the time I opened the door to the dorm.

"Tae, how come your soaked." I jumped in surprise at the eldest's voice.

"Oh, uh sorry Hyung. I had to walk home because Manager-Nim had to go to a meeting. We didn't expect it to start raining," I lied.

"Aish, you're gonna get a cold. Go have a shower," he told me gently.

"Ok Hyung," I nodded before walking off. A nice warm shower does sound quite good right now. I quickly trudged to the bathroom and got the shower started. I locked the door as the boys sometimes have a habit of randomly joining each other in the shower and I don't think that would be very good right now. I slowly took off my shirt and sighed at the two big bruises that were painting my torso. I winced as I tapped lightly on one of them, damn that hurt. I shrugged it off and stepped under the warm water.

~~~~~

The shower was quite nice and much needed but it left me quite tired so got dressed and quickly slipped into Soobin and I's room. He wasn't there which I was thankful for, so I just quickly slipped underneath my blankets and let my eyes slip closed...

Everything was black but I started hearing cries and laughing. I blinked my eyes open and froze at the scene that I saw. There in front of me, was Beomseok with his arm raised in the air and a manic look on his face. I was scared, thinking that when I looked down I would see myself underneath him but what I saw was worse. So much worse!

"N-Ningning," I gasped as I saw the Maknae on the ground, looking up at Beomseok with wide and fearful eyes.

"T-Tae. It hurts, please help me. Please stop him," Kai begged me. My heart broke at the sound of his voice and I ran forwards to try and stop Beomseok but my hands just went through him. No, no, no. I can't stop him. I watched in horror as Beomseok just smirked at me before he started beating Kai. I tried to stop him, doing everything I could to free Kai and help him get away but I couldn't touch either of them. I just had to stay there and watch as bruises painted his skin and blood started dripping down in different places. Kai suddenly let out a high-pitched and agonizing scream that seemed to be going on forever and ever, drilling into my skull and flooding my brain.

I shot up with a gasp and I felt tears slipping down my face, the scream still faintly echoing in my mind. I took a deep breath and wiped my eyes, realizing it was just a nightmare and not real. I looked over at Soobin and was glad to see that he hadn't woken up when I gasped and was still sound asleep. I quickly slipped out of bed and ducked out of the room, making my way to the one just one door down. I quietly opened it and peaked my head inside, only walking in when I was sure that everyone was still sleeping. I quietly walked over to Kai's bed and knelt down near his head. I sighed and gently ran my fingers through his hair, smiling as he unconsciously leaned closer to my hand. He's so sweet and innocent and I don't how anyone could want to hurt him.

"I love you Ningning, stay safe," I whispered as I placed a soft kiss to his forehead. I left the room quickly and went back to mine, not wanting to accidentally wake up Kai or Beomgyu. Once I closed the door to my room behind me, I hesitated before sighing and walking over to Soobin's bed instead of mine. I tapped his shoulder delicately. He groaned and slowly opened his eyes and slowly turned to look at me.

"Tae, what're you doing awake, it's like 1am," he mumbled, sitting up slightly.

"I just, can I sleep next to you," I asked quietly. He frowned slightly as his eyes ran over my face before he nodded and lifted up his covers. I smiled slightly and slipped under the covers cuddling close to him.

"Bad dream," he asked softly.

"Bad dream," I replied with a small nod.

"Just get some sleep, I'm here," he whispered, kissing my forehead gently. He went to wrap his arms around my waist but I quickly grabbed his hand to stop him.

"Can I cuddle you tonight," I asked quickly, not wanting to risk him accidentally pressing on one of my bruises.

"Oh, yeah sure," he replied before rolling over so his back was facing me. I gently cuddled up to him and wrapped my arm around his waist, snuggling my head into his shoulder. It didn't take me very long to fall asleep after that, my thoughts clear as I was comfortable with my Hyung.

~~~~~

It's been a week. A whole week since Beomseok became our manager and nothings changed since that first day. At the end of every training session, one of three things happen. Beomseok either tells everyone he wants me to work on the choreography a bit more, he forces me to tell everyone I want to stay back and work on some stuff or like he did once, he 'offered' to take me out for some dinner because of how hard I've been working. Unsurprisingly, none of the boys have questioned anything and just leave with a smile and wave. Right now, I'm lying in the middle of the room, gasping for air as Beomseok looks at me with venom in his eyes. I shakily stood back up and clasped my hands together, trying to not show that I was scared. He walked over to me and grabbed my shirt, pulling his arm back to punch me in the stomach, yet again when there was a sudden knock on the door and he froze.

"Did you tell anyone? Remember what I said about Kai," he said furiously.

"No, I promise I didn't say anything," I whispered, hiding my shaking hands from his view.

"Stay here and don't mess this up," he told me firmly before he walked over to the door and opened it with a smile. I was surprised to Soobin standing there with a grin on his face, I thought he went home like an hour ago?

"Soobin, what brings you here," Beomseok asked him sweetly.

"I'm really sorry to disturb you guys but, we're having an important group meeting and we need Tae back at the dorms," he said with a sigh.

"Well, can't it wait? He's kind of in the middle of practicing," Beomseok said frowning slightly.

"I'm really sorry but it's very important," Soobin said with a sigh. That worried me a bit, he's never this insistent which means there might be something wrong with one of the other's.

"If it's that pressing then yes of course, you may go," Beomseok said with a sigh, giving Soobin a quick smile but the minute he turned away from him and looked at me, he glared. Uh oh, this probably isn't going to be great for me tomorrow but if someone's in trouble then I need to go make sure they're ok. I'll take whatever happens tomorrow, tomorrow.

"Thanks Manager-Nim," he said, giving him a small bow. I was a bit confused when he didn't call him Hyung but I guess he's just tired and worried about whatever is happening at the dorm. I should probably hurry up then. I quickly grabbed my bag and threw it over my shoulder, walking through the door as Soobin held it open for me. I jumped with surprise when I felt his hand slip into mine as soon as the door closed but I quickly brushed it off and just squeezed it gently, enjoying the indirect comfort he was giving me. As we walked down the hall, I took note of the oddly large amount of security guards that were in the one hall. It's more than they usually have in the building at once. There were 8 of them and we usually have only 5 patrolling outside the building. Maybe Bang PD is doing something later. I just brushed it off in the end and followed Soobin out to the car that was waiting for us.

~~~~~

When we got back to the dorm I was nervous, trying to think about what could possibly be wrong and who it could be about. I really hope no one is hurt.

"Is everything ok Hyung. Is someone hurt," I asked worriedly.

"Oh, the boys are perfectly fine don't worry and there isn't actually a meeting," he replied as he opened the door and we walked inside.

"Wait, so why did you bring me back here," I asked, furrowing my eyebrows.

"Because you've been practicing so much lately, I'm surprised you aren't dead on your feet right now. Plus we miss you. I just used the meeting as an excuse," he said with a shrug. My jaw dropped at his words. The leader is lying and making up excuses!? It seemed a bit odd but once again, there's nothing I can do about it. Soobin acts weird a lot to be honest.

"We're back, time for dinner," Soobin called out startling me from my thoughts.

"THANK GOD. Now hurry up, we're starving," I heard Kai call out. I chuckled and went over to the dining room, sitting down in between Beomgyu and Kai.

"Pasta nice. Who cooked," I asked as I placed some onto my plate.

"I did. Now enjoy," he said with a little wink. I grinned back at him, knowing that he cooked it as it's my favourite. I quickly started spooning mouthfuls in.

It was nice to finally be able to sit down and have a proper dinner with the whole group as it's been a while. We were all talking and laughing or teasing each other. Mainly Kai, Beomgyu and I teasing the older two.

"Alright, time for bed everyone," Yeonjun said as he put the dishes away.

"Aw, can't we stay up a bit longer," Beomgyu whined.

"Nope. Bed," Soobin said shaking his head. We all sighed but listened and went up to our rooms. I had just finished getting changed when the door opened and Yeonjun and Soobin walked in, Yeonjun already dressed.

"You guys going to bed as well," I asked them as I flopped onto my bed.

"Yep," Yeonjun said as he jumped onto my bed and rolled over me so he was laying between me and the wall. I raised and eyebrow up at him, unsure why he was in my bed as he's never one to sleep next to someone except Soobin.

"What're you doing Hyung," I asked slowly.

"Sleeping next to my Dongsaeng," he said with a shrug as he very softly wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I was so glad and luckily that for once Yeonjun decided to be soft with someone otherwise I most likely would've winced at the pain that would've followed but it was fine. The light was suddenly switched off so I snuggled down in Yeonjun's grip but mere seconds later the bed was dipping down again and Soobin somehow squeezed in, snuggling up to my other side.

"Are you guys feeling ok," I asked slowly.

"Yep, we're fine," Soobin replied.

"Just wanted to sleep next to you for once," Yeonjun added.

"Ok, but any actual reason," I asked again.

"We miss you and we want to spend some time with you. Nights one of the only times we can do that so suck it up and go to bed, we're not going anywhere," Yeonjun said poking my nose softly.

"Ever," Soobin added in such a soft whispered that I almost didn't hear him.

"You guys are acting so weird and sappy today, it's kind of creepy," I said raising an eyebrow suspiciously at them.

"It's because we love you and we can act as weird and sappy as we want whenever we want," Yeonjun told me.

"Ok, sure. Goodnight guys," I said closing my eyes and snuggling down, feeling safe in my two eldest Hyungs arms.

"And by the way. I love you guys two," I whispered before drifting off to sleep.

~~~~~

"Tae, Tae wake up. You need to get up because we have some guests and their waiting." My eyes snapped open and I sat up quickly to see Soobin smiling down at me.

"W-what Hyung? Who's here," I asked sleepily as I rubbed my eyes.

"Oh, just Namjoonie Hyung and Bang PD," he said casually. It took me about five seconds to fully comprehend what he just said. I yelped and quickly jumped out of bed, running to my draws to rush and get changed. This is the CEO of the company we're under and the leader of the biggest KPOP group ever. I got ready in under 5 minutes and quickly rushed to the lounge room where everyone was already seated. I flopped down next to Yeonjun and across from Bang PD and Namjoon Hyung.

"Great, you're all here now so we'll all get down to business," Bang PD said with a small smile.

"Of course," Soobin nodded.

"We have come here to inform you that your manager Hwang Beom-seok has left and will not be returning," Bang PD told us and my heart stopped. W-what?

"What do you mean," I asked quickly, my eyes snapping over to check on Kai out of instinct.

"He has left the company and will no longer be your manager. You guys will have today off while we find another manager for you," Namjoon spoke up.

"I don't get it. Hyung only came last week, why is he leaving so soon? I liked him," Kai said sadly. I fiddled with my hands nervously in my lap. Kai really does like him which means that it would be so easy for Beomseok to get him somewhere alone. And why did he leave so suddenly? Did he leave because he was sick of me and does that mean he's going to try and hurt Kai? I felt my breathing pick up and my hands got clammy as I quickly turned to look at Kai, remembering the reoccurring dream that I've had at least three times in the past week.

"He wasn't good for the company anyway," Yeonjun said.

"What do you mean he wasn't good? He's been helping Tae out a lot after practices," Beomgyu said. I panicked as I felt tears well up in my eyes and a small whine left my lips, going unheard by everyone except Yeonjun who turned to me and his eyes widened.

"Hyuka, Bamgyu, why don't you go with Namjoon Hyung to get some ice-cream. I'm pretty sure you were mentioning wanting to take them out for a bit weren't you Hyung," Yeonjun said quickly. I saw Namjoon's eyes flick over to me before he smiled brightly.

"I was. What do you two say," he asked. Beomgyu and Kai immediately jumped at the opportunity, forgetting all about the competition. It took less than a minute for them to all leave the dorm entirely and I was immediately pulled onto Yeonjun's lap.

"It's ok Tae, you're ok," he said softly as Soobin grabbed my hand and Bang PD gave me a sad smile. Oh if only they knew.

"I-I'm fine. Just sad to see him go," I lied quickly.

"Taehyun we lied to the other two," Soobin said gently.

"What do you mean," I asked, quickly wiping my eyes. They can't think that I'm scared.

"Hwang Beom-seok did not leave the company, we fired him," Bang PD said. Wait, what?

"We filed a restraining order against him and he is not allowed anywhere near a BigHit Idol again. If he does, he goes straight to jail," he explained. I was confused, filed a restraining order? I thought for a couple of seconds before it clicked and I realised the hidden meaning that he was trying to tell me. They knew. Suddenly everything made sense. Why Soobin came and got me yesterday, the security guards, Yeonjun and Soobin sleeping with me and telling me they love me and are never going anywhere. They knew all along and were protecting me.

"Y-you know," I asked quietly, tears falling down my face as I turned to look at Soobin and Yeonjun.

"Yeah baby, we know," Yeonjun said gently.

"I'm so-."

"You don't need to say anything Tae. You don't need to explain anything or tell us exactly what happened but I want you to know that we're here for you whenever you need us alright," Soobin said gently as he squeezed my hand. I didn't know what to say so I just nodded and wiped my eyes with my free hand.

"If you need to talk to someone about what happened because we still don't know all the facts about it, we are more than happy to set up an appointment for you to see a therapist, whatever you need. Your health is our priority," Bang PD said giving me a warm smile.

"No I'm ok, just um. He won't be allowed near Huening Kai will he," I asked quickly.

"No, he will not be allowed near anyone," Bang PD replied firmly. I let out a breath of relief and slumped back against Yeonjun.

"Is that why you didn't say anything," he whispered to me. I just nodded silently and he quickly placed a kiss to the back of my neck.

"If there is anything else you need, feel free to contact me directly. Soobin has my number," Bang PD said as he stood up.

"Thank you PD-Nim," I said bowing awkwardly in Yeonjun's lap. He just chuckled before he left, leaving Yeonjun, Soobin and I alone.

"H-how much do you know," I asked quietly as I looked down.

"Not much to be honest. Just that he wasn't treating you right and he needed to go," Yeonjun told me gently.

"But how did you know," I asked, still confused about that. I thought I was doing a good job at hiding it.

"I didn't really know, it was Soobin who told me," Yeonjun admitted. I looked over at Soobin and he just smiled gently at me.

"I'm the leader Tae, it's my job to be in tune with how the rest of you are feeling," he told me.

"What gave it away though," I asked.

"It wasn't necessarily one thing that gave it away, it was a bunch of different things that didn't add up right. The night after he came and you stayed with him you seemed, off. And then you had that nightmare and you were mumbling his name and begging him not to hurt Kai. I thought it was just a random nightmare that didn't matter so I stayed quiet when you woke up, only you left to go check up and Kai because you really were scared. That's when I decided to try and keep a closer attention to you," he told me.

"Wait, you were awake," I asked in shock.

"Yeah, I've gotten quite good at acting like I'm asleep," he said with a small chuckle.

"After the I kept a close eye on you and I got suspicious when Beomseok kept finding out ways to be alone with you. I watched your behaviour and noticed that you were closed off more and you didn't seem to want to be around him in practices, not to mention that you wouldn't let him within 2 meters of Kai alone. I thought maybe he was saying stuff to get into your head but then two days ago, you flinched," he paused and looked down sadly. I flinched? When?

"I don't even know if you realised it but it was when we were talking in the living room. I laughed and went to pat your shoulder cos that's just what I do but you flinched and I saw actual fear in your eyes, that's when I knew. I went to Bang PD and told him about it but I had to wait until we got a restraining order which thankfully didn't take as long as it would usually considering it was the CEO of BigHit asking for it. I didn't want you to be put in a situation where you would be scared and not know what to do so the minute we got that piece of paper, I ran to the studio, knocked on the door and got you out of there," he said with a sigh. I absorbed everything that he said and my eyes welled up. He really does pay attention and takes note of our emotions, I couldn't ask for a better leader.

"I'm sorry if I overstepped or wasn't quick enough. I just, I really hope I didn't let him hurt you too bad," he said sadly and I saw his eyes get watery.

"Are you kidding me Binnie Hyung? It took not even a couple of days for you to notice that I was in trouble. I'm gonna be honest and tell you I was never planning on telling you he was hitting me. He was threatening Ningning and I'd never risk putting him in danger. If you didn't notice then this could've gone on for months and no Hyung, he didn't hurt me too bad. He just gave me some bruises is all, nothing I can't handle," I said softly as I moved from Yeonjun's lap and onto Soobin's, wrapping him in a tight hug. Yeonjun joined in the hug so we were all wrapped up in a warm embrace.

"I'd do anything to protect you Tae, to protect any of you and I know the same goes for every single one of us. We're a family and we look out for each other," Soobin said, placing a kiss on my forehead.

"I love you guys, more than anything in this world."

A/N

This was requested by @Sylvia_sylvia and I hope it turned out how you wanted it. I didn't put in too much of a description into the abuse because I wasn't really comfortable with putting it in right now but I hope you still liked it.

I hope everyone is happy and healthy and remember you are gorgeous or handsome and you are loved!!!