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Taehyun was now sitting with the four others, fully dressed up and showered. His eyes darted between the four males, making him a little nervous. Why were they gathered around him like this?

"Kitty, we will ask you some questions. Can you answer them?" Beomgyu spoke up, breaking the silence and passing a notebook and pen to Taehyun. Taehyun stared at the blank pages, with a look of confusion at first, but then understood what they meant. They wanted him to write his thoughts.

He only stared back at the four individuals infront of him in shame, his ears down on in his head. He was feeling ashamed of himself, because despite being almost an adult, he had no knowledge of reading or writing.

The other four stared at Taehyun, waiting for his reactions but they didn't get a positive one.

Beomgyu once again spoke up.
“Kitty what's wrong? Can you tell us your name by writing it down?” He asked with a soft voice, like he always did with the Cat hybrid.

Taehyun panicked. He was supposed to follow their orders, he was being asked to tell his name, just a simple thing.

“Speak up you little sh*t!! Where did your voice go huh? Your mother didn't birth a mute useless piece of shit!”

Flashbacks from the past started filling his vision, everything around him started swirling, suddenly he wasn't in the warm surrounding of the four strangers, but he was back in his house, the hell he desperately wanted to escape.

“I can't, I can't.. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry-” Taehyun gripped his hair, desperately trying to cover his ears to stop the loud yelling of his father, his head felt like bursting open and bleeding with all the insults he was so used to hearing. He desperately wanted it to stop.

He couldn't hear anything or feel anything besides the feeling of loud ringing in his head and the feeling of hands gripping tightly around his neck, making it hard for him to breath. He panted and screeched, trying to take in whatever amount of air he could. His throat felt like burning and his hands were shaking at this point. He felt trapped inside a nightmare.

“Kitty, Sweetheart? Sweetheart, can you hear me?” He felt a warm hand on top of his shaky ones, and slowly he felt the surroundings change back to the warm and cosy living room of the four people who saved him. The yells and noises slowly started fading away as he felt someone whispering sweet little “breathe with me” “it's okay Kitty” “shhh” and a comforting hand on his back, rubbing little circles.

He didn't realise he started crying, until Kai wiped off the tears from his face. He looked up at the four people who were staring back at him with concerned eyes.

He let them down again, he really is a broken and tainted doll with no use now. He's already ruined, and now he will ruin them too, just like he ruined his own family. More tears fells down his cheeks, feeling miserable.

“Kitty?” He looked up at the soft voice calling out to him, and he finally raised his head to find the Older Alpha peering down at him with eyes full of concern and warmth? Soobin.

Why did Soobin, an alpha, have such soft emotions in his eyes for him? He never saw such emotions directed towards him from someone like Soobin, it was always disgust, hatred, rage or lust.

“Kitty, can you hear us now?” Soobin asked again, and Taehyun immediately felt bad for spacing out again. He slowly nodded his head as “Yes” and he saw Soobin sigh with relief.

“Are you feeling okay now Kitty?” Yeonjun asked, still rubbing his back softly, to which he nodded again.

“Okay, okay. Do you need anything sweetheart? Water?” Yeonjun asked carefully, as he saw the hybrid had stopped shaking now, picking at his skin.

Taehyun did feel like his throat was burning, so he nodded a yes.

“Alright, I'll get some water for you yeah? Just relax.” Yeonjun said, and immediately got up to go to the Kitchen to bring the younger a glass of water.

Taehyun was feeling ashamed once again. Just a day in this household and he already was making everyone distressed. He held back his tears, he didn't want to disappoint them any more now.

Will he ever make someone proud of him?

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The Cat hybrid was now asleep on the couch, wrapped around Kai. He was exhausted after the sudden panic attack, and immediately fell asleep after drinking water and some warm hot chocolate Yeonjun made for him.

“We should let him sleep comfortably.” Soobin suggested to which everyone else agreed. Taehyun was deep asleep, so Kai easily carried him to his and Beomgyu’s shared bedroom, laying him down on the bed and covering him with his blanket, watching the boy sleep peacefully. At least in his sleep, he looked peaceful.

Beomgyu sighed, looking at the younger boy, who now laid asleep on his and Kai’s bed, gripping the blanket and breathing softly.

He couldn't help but wonder what the boy went through in his life, that he was acting like this. Since the second Kai brought him into their house, he had at least 3 breakdowns and his spacing out and lack of speech was another subject. Just what did this young boy go through?

“I think we should talk about this.” Soobin said once the four of them were downstairs.

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Hello Luvs!! Here's the update, hope y'all enjoyed reading this chapter.

Poor baby Taehyun T-T
If I can't dote on him, the members will on behalf of me😔☝️

Anyways, see you in the next chapter! Take care Luvs<3
-Rin💗