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"Step back" Aera warned.

"Come on Aera, just a little bit won't hurt." Stacey said with a smirk. The two girls, who were standing behind her, fived each other while laughing.

"I'm telling you for the last time Stacey, Step. Back." Aera glared at her. The girl didn't listen and shoved the burning the cigarette towards Aera. "Fuck you!" She cursed and threw her bag aside, grabbing Stacey's hand and twisting it behind her back.

The two of her friends frowned and stepped forward ready to pounce at her. Aera kicked Stacey away and dodged the two girls. She knew she wasn't supposed to get into to fights but they asked for it! She groaned when Stacey caught Aera by her hair.

"Bitch" she growled.

Aera clenched her jaw and decided to use the super cool move she learnt a few days back from Jungkook. Wrapping her right arm around Stacey's head and tangled her leg, she elbowed her in the stomach with her free arm and took the opportunity to slam her body on the ground harshly. The girl cried loudly holding her back. Her friends gasped and knelt beside her to see if she passed out or anything. Because the way Aera threw her on the hard ground she could've hit her head pretty bad. Aera glared at them and ran her hand through her hair before leaving.

She walked past a few people who were watching the whole thing and giving looks to her now. She cracked her neck entering the girl's washroom and standing in front of the mirror.

"Ouch" Aera winced as her finger touched one of the open cuts on her cheek, "Did I just fight cats?" She whispered to herself. There were scratch marks on her arms, neck and stomach.

She heard a few girls talking outside the restroom and decided to listen as the conversation involved her name. She instantly took her bag and went inside one of the empty stalls.

"Yeah, I know right. She'd be in trouble now." One of the girls said.

"Of course she'd be. Did you see the way she threw Stacey down. She could've died!"

Aera rolled her eyes knowing she wouldn't have died and people are just exaggerating things now.

"I heard someone told the principal"

Aera's eyes widened at that. Now that they're talking about it, she realized how bad she messed up. She covered her mouth with her palm muttering hundreds of curses to herself for being so stupid.

"No no no, I have to do something. They'll call Oppa." She muttered under her breath, "They'll kill me for what I've done. Shit shit shit!"

"Idea!" She breathed out, "Running away? The principal won't find out... but Oppa will. No no no think of something else Aera."

"Oh god! What have I done" she groaned silently, hitting her head on the wall.

After a few minutes she peeked out and sighed in relief. She locked the door of the restroom and opened the window at the back reconsidering her first thought. She gulped thickly and glanced down checking if there was anyone near by. It was the backside of the parking area. And since the school wasn't dismissed yet, there was nobody there.

"Its not that high..." She mumbled. "Dear god, please save me."

She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply taking the time to pray so that she won't slip accidentally and fall down. She threw her bag down and climbed on the window. After a ten-minute struggle she safely made it down. And to be very honest, she had never been so happy on reaching the ground in her life. After making sure no one was watching, she made her way to the small gate at the back which nobody really used. It wasn't that hard for her to climb and get on the other side.

Aera sighed and checked her phone one last time. She dialled a number and brought the phone near her ear.

"Hello Oppa?"

"Uh no, I'm good. How about you?"

"No its nothing urgent. I'll call you later you must be busy right now...?"

"Oh okay, bye. Love you." She hung up as a smirk played on her lips. "I'm smart" she praised herself for getting the information she wanted without the person realizing it.

"Alright, maybe they won't be that mad tomorrow." She hoped and started walking away from the school. Her uniform and messy appearance wasn't doing a great job though. A few people were definitely sparing glances at her. She adjusted her hair so that the bangs were covering the cut on the face. She wished for long hair as they could've helped her with her arms too, but in reality her hair were just till her shoulders.

Aera switched off her phone and slid it in the pocket of her skirt and sat down on a bus stop. After searching her whole bag, she could only find a little money.

"Who'd believe my family has tons of money?" she scoffed to herself, "I look like a beggar."

Her wounds were now dried and hurting when the wind stroke them. Her eyes lifted up at the sound of a bus stopping in front of her. A few people went in, but Aera didn't. She only had money for once. Either a bus fare or the train fare. Since the train is more important, she decided to save the money for it. The train station wasn't that far from here anyways. Or so she thought.

After a half an hour of walking, the girl finally reached there. Her eyes scanned through the area and came to know that the train she's supposed to board will be here in about five minutes.

"Excuse me, please let me go first my train will be here soon." She told the man standing ahead of her in the line. The man looked at her realizing that she was just a school student and probably rushing to meet her parents. So he smiled and gestured her to go first.

"Thank you so much sir" Aera bowed to him and stepped forward near the ticket counter.

"Daegu" She told the lady when she asked her destination and paid quickly, taking the ticket and rushing to the platform.

The train arrived soon and Aera followed the motion like the few other people who boarded in as well. She sighed, holding her bag close to her chest. It was her first time on a train. And first time alone. So it was double stressing for Aera. She checked the time, 1:32 pm. The school would be over in almost two and a half hours.

After almost two hours the train stopped at Daegu station and Aera stepped out. She looked around but couldn't think of what to do now. Coming here wasn't that hard but finding Yoongi's house here would be difficult. She headed out of the station and crossed the road. She didn't know Yoongi's address but she had once heard the boys talking about Yoongi moving to a new place, which was somewhere in Suseong gu.

She was walking in the pedestrian when a car stopped beside her. The windows rolled down and a man looked at her.

"Do you perhaps want a ride?" He asked.

"Uhm no thanks" Aera said, remembering how her brothers always told her to not go anywhere with strangers.

The man sighed and said, "Look, you don't have to be scared. I won't hurt you."

"I don't want a ride, thanks for asking. You can go now." She said.

"No- Oh god! Let's get straight to the point. You know Mr Yoongi right?"

"YoonGi? As in Min Yoongi?" Aera asked.

"Yeah, Min Yoongi. 'The' Min Yoongi, who owns the biggest company here." He said.

"What about him?" The girl asked eyeing the man suspeciously.

"I know him, actually I'm an employee in his company. And I might be helpful for you in reaching him." He said.

"But you're still a stranger for me." Aera said.

"Alright, I'm Seong Dongin." He said, "Now do you wanna come or not?"

Aera thought for a moment. She was going to say no, but the thought that he might really take her to Yoongi made her say yes. With that little hope inside her, she nodded her head and sat on the back seat of the car.

"Its not that far, just ten minutes." He said and drove off. For the whole ride Aera's mind kept reminding god to keep her safe and this man to not be bad.

"Uhm can I ask you what happened to you? I mean, you like injured pretty bad." Dongin said.

"Oh uh, yeah I had a fight with my cousin." She lied.

The man nodded subtly glancing at her, "You should've applied some antiseptic on it. It must be hurting."

"Uh yeah, its... Its hurting. But I'm fine." Aera said. Now that he mentioned, it sure was hurting her.

As time was passing, her eyes were becoming teary as she thought about what all happened in just one day. From being forced to smoke, to the fight and running away from school, travelling alone and that too in a different city. She chewed on her lower lip, scared of what could possibly go wrong. She was regretting all of this now.

"H-How long?" She asked almost like a whisper.

"Almost there" the man said, "You must be wondering how I know you. Well, I once saw a picture of you in Mr Min's office. I wasn't sure if it was you, but I'm glad that its you and I'm able to help you."

Aera nodded subtly, not really paying attention to what he said. All she wanted to do right now was to reach at Yoongi's place and hug him and cry.

"If I'm not wrong, your name is Aera right??" Dongin asked.

"Hmm" She nodded

With one right turn, Dongin pulled over and pointed towards a big house, "That's Mr Min's house."

"Okay, thank you so much." Aera said and stepped out of the car. Her vision became blurred as she moved towards the front door. She pressed the door bell and waited for Yoongi to open the door.

"Yeah, I'll see in-" Yoongi squinted his eyes at the girl, "I'll call you later." He said and hung up the call.

"Aera? Why- No, HOW are you here? Where's Jimin?" He asked taking a look behind her to the porch.

"Oppa..." She whimpered and crashed on his chest, crying.

Yoongi was more than just confused, he patted her back tried to calm her down first. He took her in and sat on the couch. Aera continued sobbing in his chest, mumbling something that he couldn't understand. The fact that Jimin or Jungkook weren't here and Aera was alone, not to mention crying and looked hurt, was taking his mind to places.

He handed her a glass of water and spoke, "Shh, you're okay. Drink this."

He wiped her tears and took the glass closer to her mouth. Aera took a sip and shook her head signalling that she didn't wanted more.

"Calm down, and tell me what's wrong only then I'll be able to help you princess." He said.

"I... I ran away." She said as another stream of tears started flowing down her cheeks. The salty liquid when touched her dried wounds, it hurted her and made her cry more.

"You....ran away? So like Jimin and Jungkook don't know you're here?"

Aera shook her head and rubbed her eyes, "I was scared..." She said letting out a sob again.

"Hey, relax. Stop crying first." Yoongi said, "I'll get the first aid."

He came back with a box in his hands and placed it on the table. Taking a peice of cotton and rubbing alcohol he gently started cleaning the open cuts.

"How did you get hurt?" He asked.

"I- I got into a fight... They were forcing me to take the cigarette and- and smoke. I didn't wanted to do that, I told them to not come near me. But they didn't listen. So, I was- I was trying to stop her."

"How many people were there?" Yoongi asked frowning at the girl's words.

"Three" Aera said, "Stacey and the other two. They bully almost everyone in school and no one says anything to them. And- And I got mad today, and punched them and kicked them. And..."

"And ?" Yoongi looked at her with a worried expression, scared to hear something bad.

"You know that, when we hold someone behind us and then lift them and throw them in the front?"

"No you didn't do that..."

"...I did"

"God! Aera what are you- Is the girl okay?" He asked.

"Yeah probably, but I'm not sure because I was scared and I escaped from school after that."

"I don't know what to say to you" Yoongi sighed and kept away the first aid things as he was done cleaning the wounds and applying an antiseptic cream on it. "So you came here after creating so much trouble for yourself?" He asked in a strict tone.

Aera stared at him for a moment then nodded slowly, "I was scared Oppa. I didn't wanted to go home, Jungkook and Jimin Oppa would've been so mad. I could only think of you then. So I came here... I'm sorry." She said.

Yoongi sighed looking at her, "What you did is wrong. And the fact that you ran away 'to a different city' to escape the problem is even more wrong. You're just 15 Aera, what if something happened to you on the way here alone? Nobody would've even guessed that you'd come here to me."

"I know Oppa and trust me I was scared. But I didn't know what to do, and I only wanted to go to you." She said staring at him with teary eyes as he held his arm to make him turn towards her.

"It still doesn't give you the right to do all this."

Aera sniffed and hugged him, closing her eyes. Even if he scolded her a bit, she was okay. Yoongi rubbed her back surprised by the amount of trust this kid has for him that she ran away forgetting everything from Seoul all the way to Daegu because she knew he'd help her out. Yoongi glanced down at her and kissed the top of her head.

"What will I tell to Jimin?"

"I don't know, he'll be so sad. I just didn't know how to face him after what I did. The principal must be really mad and yelling at them because of me. I didn't wanted to see all that. And then Stacey, she'd lie again."

She looked up at Yoongi and shook her head, "I don't know what to do. I didn't wanted everything to get so bad. I don't wanna be a bad girl Oppa" she said and started crying again. "Kookie will be so mad at me."

"Yeah he will be mad, and trust me I wanna be mad as well. But that's not gonna help." He sighed.

"Don't be mad at me, I'm sorry Appa..." Aera cried, hugging him tightly.

"Yeah I know" Yoongi sighed and patted her head.

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So I just thought of thanking you all with a surprise chapter, since we've (almost) reached 500 reads here. Maybe by the time you're reading this, it will be 500+
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