(No ones POV)
"Jihun what are you doing here"says Seonghwa clenching his fists.

"Just checking where your hot girlfriend lives wait a minute is she still your girlfriend?"he mocks Seonghwa.

"What she is or isnt is none of your business,and if you lay a hand on her I will beat you up so bad-

"Do you think that's going to stop me from going after her"

"You'll loose her before you know it just like you lost-

"If you say another word I'll fucking cut your neck"said Seonghwa holding Jihuns collar.

(Freya's POV)
When I entered the dorm, the girls were all asleep and in the morning they didn't ask much about where I went since yesterday I left a note saying I went to Yunhos.

"Come to think of it Freya you still need to update your wardrobe I can still see gazillions of formal dresses hanging in there"says Yiren.

"Yeah they give me headaches"Aisha says entering the kitchen.

"And we've been hanging out less these days so no questions asked so I think day after tomorrow we're having a girls night out with you"

"Hmm if you say so"I say eating breakfast.

We all get out of the apartment and walk towards the bus stop when I see Wooyoung standing there looking at me as if he wanted to tell me something.

"Hey guys give me a minute I'll catch up with you"I say to the girls as they get on the bus.

"Wooyoung what are you doing here?"

"Here to drop you to college"

"Why?I can go by myself besides the girls are with me"

"No it's still dangerous"he says seriously.

"Okay then"

"Isn't Yunho coming?"I question.

"No Hongjoong thinks it's better if he learns to control himself for a little more while then he can go otherwise he'll be putting everyone in danger including us"Wooyoung explains.

"Oh so tell me more about you guys I saw you doing something to Yeosang that day,what was that?"

A smile creeps up his face and he waves his hand, a purple mist appears covering my mouth and after that no matter how hard I tried I couldn't open my mouth.

"I love doing this to people"he says laughing and then waves his hand again.

"So you can do magic?"

"I prefer the word sorcery but yes I can do magic"

"Like whatever you want?"I say intrigued.

"Only the spells I've learnt so far although I am learning more everyday"

"Cool what about the others?

"It's just Yeosang and I who can do stuff like this"

"Oh, I'm assuming he can read minds or something right?"

"Yeah and telepathy plus he can manipulate minds"

"He sounds like a person to not mess with"

"Nah give him a few days he'll be okay and will be acting as if you're his best friend for life"

"I hope so"

"You know what? I'm actually really glad you're here with us"

"Why?"

"Because it's the first time I've seen Seonghwa actually worried for someone other than us of course especially with the fact that you're a mortal"

"What's wrong in being a mortal?"

"Oh nothing Seonghwa just stays away from mortals but with you around he's finally starting to let go of that 'I have no feelings or emotions' phase"he says trying to imitate Seonghwa's voice.

"Come on,he looks at me the same way as Yeosang does"

"That's what you think,Seonghwas never actually cared for any girl or infact anyone except us"

"Really hasn't he fallen in love all even once in all these years"Wooyoung gulps at my question.

"So he has,who was it?"I ask.

"Oh look we've reached"he says pointing at the college building and trying to ignore what I said completely.

"Hey Wooyoung you're ignoring me here"

"Look Freya you aren't supposed to know about any of this at least not by me so it's better if you don't ask anymore questions about it"

"Okay fine"I say turning around.

"And remember don't go home alone,one of us will be out here waiting for you"

"Yeah okay mom I'll be here"

I swear it seemed like I was being babysit by a bunch of guys.

I see the girls in the corridor.

"Freya where did you go"

"I was talking to a friend and when I looked around the bus was gone"

"Oh poor you,had to walk all the way here"

"No it was a good walk to be honest"

"Come let's go to class otherwise we'll be late"

The day passes by quickly and I tell the girls I'll be walking home with a friend.As I wait for whoever is gonna show up,three girls come in front of me.

"Do you guys need anything?"I say looking up.

"Get up,right now"

"What do you want?"I say getting up.

"How dare you speak back,do you know who I am?"

"Umm no so would you please move out of the way I really need to get going"

"Girls"she says and three of them hold me back against the wall.

"I'm Hyerin aka the queen bee of this college"

"Is that still a thing?"

"You know Freya you should really learn to shut that mouth of yours before you get in trouble"says Jaehyun walking in the scene.

"Didn't you have enough that day?"I say to Jaehyun.

"Your boyfriends aren't here to save you this time Freya"

"Honey what do you wanna do with her"I cringe at what she just said.

"Whatever you want babe"

She smirks and then slaps me really hard on my face that I could feel my cheek vibrating.

Then the other girls start kicking me as I fall to the ground.There was no one around to help me.

"Let her go"I hear a familiar voice say.I look up to see Jihun.

"I'm not gonna tell you again"he says furiously.
and they let me go.

"Now get lost and if you touch her again I'm gonna be your worst nightmare understand?"

They all nod and run away.Jihun walks towards me and I move back afraid remembering what the guys said about him.

"S-Stay away from me"

"Get up Freya"

"I'm not gonna ask again"I don't reply.

"Do we really have to do this the hard way?" He say picking me up bridal style.

"You might wanna close your eyes and hold tight"He runs in a flash and stops.I didn't even get time to close my eyes and now I felt like I was gonna puke.My head was literally spinning and he slowly puts me down on a couch.

"Where have you brought me?"

"My apartment"

"What! If the guys find out you did something-

"Yeah whatever can you stop talking about Seonghwa or the others for once,it pisses me off"

"What are you gonna do to me"

"Oh I'm just going to kill you"he says smirking and I look at him horrified then he bursts out laughing.

"I'm just kidding,you should've seen the look on your face"

"So you're not gonna kill me?"

"That was the original plan but no not yet,plus what will it do to Seonghwa if you're dead so early"

"Wait here,I'll be back in a second"he goes to one of the rooms.At this point I'm very confused if he wants to actually kill me or not.
I see Jihun walking back with an ice pack in his hand.

"There you go"he directs my hand with the ice pack to my cheek.

"Keep it like that for a while"he says letting go of my hand and sitting in front of me.

"Why are you being like this?"

"Oh you mean not my usual flirting self"he says winking.

"I mean as much as I would love to flirt with you and get in bed with you,I won't"

"Don't you think Seonghwa or the others will be looking for me?"

"Oh definitely as a matter of fact I guarantee you they're on their way here"

"So you live here alone?"

"I don't really live here,although I do come here every once in a while."

"You and Seonghwa seem like you've had a long history together"

"Yeah it's a very complicated thing between us"

"You guys sound like an old couple"

"That's what I tell him all the time but he won't admit it"

"So you do like Seonghwa?"

"Let's just say that once we were like brothers."

I hear a loud bang on the door.

"And he's right on time"says Jihun getting up.
He goes to open the door and before he could say anything Seonghwa throws a punch at him knocking him down to the ground.

Ateez + Author's corner:
Wooyoung:author nim this chapter has been way overdue.
Seonghwa:No it hasn't give me a break Woo,I've been running after Freya ever since she came in to the picture.
Wooyoung:Well you were the one who insisted upon protecting her and blah blah.
Jihun:Hey guys.
San:Where did you even come from.
Jihun:Author nim allowed me to be here so...
Mingi:Hey author,don't you think you've been giving Jihun too many privileges nowadays.
Jihun: Duh I'm her favourite character in this book.
Seonghwa:Really author nim I thought I was the favourite.
Yunho:Nah I'm definitely the favourite,I'm even on her profile picture ;).
Author: *nervously sweats* All of you are equally important to me guys.
Yeosang:Yeah sure whatever you say author nim.

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