"oops!" aera scrunches her nose, biting her tongue as she stares at the boy groaning on the ground after having a fall from his skateboard after her ball hit him too hard. "i'm sorry," she says, holding out her hand for him.

"hell with your sorry!" the boy mutters and his friends glare at her, "such a brat, who do you think you are?" he stands up, glaring down at the younger girl, looking small in front of his tall figure.

"i said i'm sorry..." aera says, stepping back as she realised she cannot fight these five tall and grown boys, probably from high school.

"does that change anything?" he hisses, pushing her by the shoulder, making her stumble back. "listen kid, you hit me and now i'm pay you back the same way."

aera looks at him with a frown before glancing down, finding her ball lying nearby and sprints towards it, kicking it towards the first boy, hitting him in the groin, earning a groan from him while the rest gasp at the action.

aera laughs at him, sticking her tongue out, however stopping abrublty when they step forward, ready to chase her down, making her gasp and run away instantly. she shrieks, not knowing where to go. so she crawls into the red tunnel near the slide, that opens into five tunnels, heading out from the middle one, she looks back seeing the boys spread into the rest four, looking for her.

"stupid," she laughs, running away out of the park.

"yah! she's there!" one of the boys shout, following the young girl out with his mates, glaring at her as they chase her down the street.

aera glances back seeing the distance between her and the boys reducing for an obvious reason run as they run faster than her. she tries to increase her speed but finds herself getting tired instead. her eyes scan around, finding an alley where a dumpster is placed. she looks back, seeing the boys approaching and grabs the dumpster, pulling it out of the alley, making it fall on the paved pedestrian. the boys stumble upon the hurdle created by her, accidentally pushing the two boys in the front into the trash, earning a disgusted groans from them while aera laughs at them.

"ew! why are you getting in the trash?" she mocks at them, still jogging away, "bye!"

"you'll regret this little girl!" one of the boys yells. the three sprinting towards her while the rest two follow after getting up and dusting tehir clothes off.

"ahh!" aera screams, seeing them so close as she's getting too tired now. she looks back at the hand almost gripping her shirt from the back, but ducks down quickly, making the boy tumble upon her and fall forward. aera gasps at the sudden trick that worked and looks up, finding his two other friends coming towards, not running now as they're panting too.

"you... there's no use of running now..." one of them breathes out.

"i said sorry..." aera pants back, standing up and stepping away from them. "why are you chasing me?"

"because you hit our friend."

"so you'll hit me? nobody didn't teach you that hitting kids is bad?"

"you don't even know how to speak properly, stupid kid." the boy hisses, stepping forward and grabs her by her arm before she could run again.

"you're stupid!" aera huffs, "leave me!"

"make me." he challenges, smirking with his friends as all of them are here now, laughing on getting her under control.

aera glares at him, hitting his hand. but nothing happens, instead the boys just laugh at her miserable attempts of getting free. she looks at them and sighs, "are you really gonna hit me?"

"aw is the baby scared now?" one of them mocks.

"i'm not a baby you idiot!" aera hisses, biting the boy's hand harshly and frees herself from his grip, pushing the other out from her away and runs again, hoping to reach home soon.

"yah! that brat!" the boy yells, holding his hand.

aera looks back with a scared expression this time, seeing them still chasing her, looking more mad. she takes a sharp right, but stops, glancing at the neighbour's dog growling at her that reminds her of how he doesn't like unnecessary noise, which unfortunately the boys after her are making.

"finally!" one of them grabs her by her t-shirt, pushing her back, making her fall on the ground.

a cry escapes aera's lips and tears pool her eyes, looking at the five boys towering around her, all looking pissed and angry.

"oppa!" aera cries, rubbing her eyes as she turns away from the boy reaching out to grasp her arm. "ahh!"

"aera?" a familiar voice, makes her head snap in the direction of her house, seeing yoongi coming out with a frown knitting his brows together.

"appa!" she cries out, trying to get up quickly but fails as one of the boys stomp on her foot.

"appa?" someone whispers, "fuck! that's her dad!"

"we'll deal with you later." he glares at aera before stepping away with his friends.

"yah! what's going on?" yoongi glares at them.

"n-nothing," one of the boys says, "we're leaving."

"better be leaving. i shouldn't see you around her again." yoongi threatens, helping aera up and dusts her clothes.

"they were going to hit me..." aera cries, hugging his waist while her hand points at the group of high schoolers, making them gulp.

"n-no, sir. we were just playing around." the boys laugh nervously. "we're sorry. we'll leave now."

yoongi rolls his eyes, gesturing them to get going and glances down at aera, stroking her her hair, "are you okay?" he asks softly.

"no, here..." she mumbles, showing him her elbow, "they pushed me... i said sorry to them but- but they weren't listening to me."

"what happened exactly?" he wipes her tears and carries her in his arms, heading inside the house.

"i was playing and kicked ball, it hit that boy and he fell down. then they started chasing me and said they will hit me too..."

"ah nobody's hitting my child." yoongi says, kissing her forehead.

"they're so bad, appa," she sniffles softly, hugging him and rests her head on his shoulder. "you're superhero, you saved riri..."

"of course, because appa loves riri so much."

"mm, riri loves appa too." she kisses his cheek, making him chuckle as he enters the living room, sitting on the couch and asks one of the boys to get the first aid box.

"what happened?" jimin asks, coming with it and jin following right after. "ah aera, did you fall down?"

"mm-hmm," aera pouts, nodding her head, "bad guys pushed me and i got hurt. but appa saved me."

"i see," the boys chuckle, seeing her sticking to yoongi who couldn't stop smiling and kept hugging aera back.

"who's the bad guy though?"

"they were big boys, and they wanted to hut me because i accidentally hit them with my ball. i ran from the park to home."

"and they followed you?" jungkook frowns, earning another nod from the girl. "who were they? have you seen them before?"

"no" aera says.

"looked like some high schoolers." yoongi says, "don't worry they won't bother her again."

"yeah, appa scared them away." she says, hugging him again fot the n'th time. "he's super-appa."

"really? thanks," yoongi chuckles, kissing the tip of her nose, "riri is super-riri. it's not easy to run all that way."

"hm, i'm tired. my feet hurt." aera says, then gasps suddenly remembering about something and pout, "i forgot my ball, let's go back..."

"it's okay, we'll get a new one."

"really?" aera smiles, forgetting about her wound and feet hurting.

"yes why not?"

"yayy! thank you appa! i love you." she giggles, kissing his cheek again.

"no problem, baby." yoongi smiles, patting her back.

"i want a yellow one this time!"

"alright, whatever you like."

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