I didn't even realize it when Lisa pressed her lips onto mine and I was frozen with my eyes closed, not knowing what to do.

She pulled away as I just sat there with my arms still wrapped around her waist. After realising what happened, I pulled my arms away and moved away from her.

"Lisa! why would you-"
"I just had to.. Y/N, I've wanted you from the beginning and this hurts more than I thought it would.. i thought the kiss would.. help me out a little. Please don't let that create an awkward ambience around us.."
"What if Jimin finds out? He might get the wrong impression!"
"I.. um, I'm sure he'll understand if you explain it to him.. you still love him anyways."

I sigh as a sneeze forces its way out of my body.
"Let's go in, you probably would've caught a cold. I'm an idiot for not taking you in."
"It's ok.. " I say as we rush into the nearest stable, our clothes dripping wet, clinging to our bodies.

I push my hair back and my teeth begin to chatter with the cold that now begins to wrap its arms around me.
"Fuck it.. my bag is at Jimin's stable.. I had a towel in there. " Lisa says, squeezing the water out of her hair and jacket.
The rain continued to pummel the roof and soon enough, little streams were created as they flowed down the academy roads and into the drains.

I wasn't wearing a jacket and so I wrapped my arms around myself, rubbing them to create some feeling of warmth.
Lisa glanced at me and draped her jacket over my shoulders.

"But you-"
"It's ok, I've been in Seoul long enough to get used to the cold.."
"Thank you.."
I clutched onto it and I looked around the stable we were in.

"Whose stable is this?"
I asked with furrowed eyebrows.
"It seems so personalized.. I didn't know y'all could do that!" I say as I walk forward to a wall that had pictures and trophies on it.
A man with dark hair and a thick jaw standing on a pedestal with a large  smile in first place position could be seen in the photo.

"Who's that?" I ask, pointing at him.
Lisa leans forward, looking at the picture and her eyes widen, all blood draining from her face.

"What is it?" I ask, frowning.
"T-that's Jackson.."
I gasp and stand up straight.
"Jackson as in.. Night's current rider?"
She nods and the ear piercing bass of thunder rips through the air, shaking my insides and turns out, I wasn't the only one shook by it.

A neigh could be heard at the end of the stable where the horses pen was and my heart stopped.

I'll recognize that sound anywhere..

Taking long and quick strides towards the pen, my hand covers my mouth as I see Night standing in there. He neighs again, trotting towards the door as soon as he sees me. Fumbling with the latch, I open the door but I'm soon interrupted by a husky voice.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
I turn around to see the same man from the photos, staring at me with a cocky smirk as he closed his umbrella, placing it in the stand.

Jackson..

"And why not?" I say with an eyebrow raised.
"Because.. that's my horse." He says, walking towards me and shoving me out of the way, locking the door once again as Night grunts and tosses his head about with the uneasy atmosphere.

"That is MY horse and you-"
"Ah.. I'm guessing you're Y/N. The boys told me you would end up in here, trying to take my horse away from me."

The boys?

"T-this is my horse and if you don't- "
"Save the fake threats Y/N. We all know that this horse will belong to me and no matter how much you try, with those pathetic farm skills you have, you'll never be one of us."
"Well, when I cross that finish line with you having a splendid fucking view of my ass beating you, we'll see who's the farm boy, huh?"

His smug demeanor vanished and it was instantly replaced with darkness as his lips pursed into a thin line, his glare boring into my soul as he steps forward till my back hits the wall. He traps me in between his arms that are now placed firmly on either side of me on the wall.

"You think you can walk into my stable and talk to me like that?" He says, his nose scrunched up in anger and his eyebrows turned in a permanent frown.
Lisa who was standing at the stable said,
"Jackson please-"
"Shut the fuck up, cleaner! And do your fucking job."

Lisa lowered her head as I pleaded with her to do something.
Night started kicking against the stable door, the continuous clanging reverberating above the noise of the rain.

Jackson glanced over his shoulder and turned back to me, a smirk taking its place back on his face.
"You know, I just might believe that this horse is actually yours.. I would enjoy beating the shit out of it."

Snap.

That's all it took for a sudden urge of rage to fuel my action and the next thing I knew, Jackson was stumbling backwards from the punch he received. He chuckled, wiping the blood from his lower lip with the back of his hand.

"If you lay a single fucking finger on him, I will tear you apart, limb by limb and feed you to the dogs on the streets." I yell, striding over to him to release another punch but as I threw my fist at him, he caught my wrist with the same smug smirk on his face.

I lash out with my other hand but he predicts my move, catching my left wrist with his eyebrow raised.
"You can fool me once, but that's where your little tricks come to-"
He groans, lurching forward as his face goes red from the moment I lift my knee, hitting him in the nuts.

"Y-you're gonna regret that." He says with a strained voice, pointing his finger at me.
"After all.. the horse still belongs to me for now.. I would love to see your pretty face when I whip the brains outta your precious little horse."

Lisa grabs my hand and pulls me out of the stables while I struggle to get away from her to give Jackson a piece of my mind. It was no use.. now, the anger I first felt started to shift and twist into fear and sadness.

"Y-you can't do that!! Please!" I yell as Lisa drags me out of the stable.
Jackson stood in the center of the stable and dusts his shoulders.
"Ciao!"
He says, with a little wave as I try pulling myself out of Lisa's grip.
"Don't hurt h-him please!!"

"Y/N, it's not worth trying.. pleading with him only fuels his cocky behaviour."
Lisa says as we are out of the stable. The rain had reduced to a drizzle, but that's the last thing I could care about right now.

What if he does something that is irreversible to Night?

Night is sensitive to stuff like this..

He'd become a replica of Crystal.. or even worse..

He'd-

"Y/N, watch your step.. you almost walked into a tree!"
Lisa says, pulling me away from the tree.
All I could think about was Night and what would happen behind closed doors with Jackson.

Completely ignoring Lisa's existence, I turn around and run.
My heavy breathing echoes in my ears followed by the burning pain in my chest. Riders in their fields stared at me but I couldn't give a fuck and to get to the exit of the academy, I would have to cross Jimin's stable.

I run and run, past the fields and Jimin's stable approaches. I glanced at his field to see if he was there and spotted him talking with his coach.
He hadn't seen me so I proceeded sprinting out of the academy with my tears that I held in now flowing down my face, spreading down different paths with the breeze that hit me.

Meanwhile...

A/N P.O.V

Limping over to Night's stable, Jackson leans on it, his hands hanging over each side of the door.

"Are you seriously gonna do it?"
His friend emerges from the entrance, walking over to him.

"Don't be stupid, Yugyeom.. why would I do that?"

"Well, you seemed like you weren't kidding."

"That bitch deserved it. She's turning out to be a real threat, we need to keep her in her place." He says, opening the latch to the door and entering Night's pen.

"She definitely beat the shit out of your balls." Yugyeom says, chuckling.

"Shut up. You don't even have balls."
Jackson says, shoving him.

"She's quite good.. I've been observing her."

Jackson scoffs, turning to Yugyeom.
"Please.. that farm girl is nowhere near my level."

Yugyeom shrugs as Jackson approaches Night who was now standing in the corner of his pen, his eyes avoiding Jackson as he lowers his head.

"I didn't know Jimin had such low standards.. he used to be cool, we  partied a lot. He's changed after she showed up."

"She must be the one-"

"Well, then he can go fuck himself. His eyes will open once he starts dropping down the ranks and he'll dump her soon enough. He's not the best rider anyways.."

Jackson pats Night's neck and he grunts, moving away. Jackson bends down, grabbing Night's ear and whispers,

"You... You're something special. If you want to stay alive, you'll win for me.."

A/N : Short but needed chapter :)
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