SYNOPSIS: the seven boys were all excited for their small vacation, the day was bright and sunny, all the signs pointed towards a great adventure, thrilling and exhilarating. except the one sign they neither noticed nor did they anticipate it. the sudden turn of events from the mid-journey bus depot left them risking their lives for a stranger.
when all the boys got together to spend a nice vacation at their childhood cabin, traveling in a bus that was empty except for the driver and a pair sitting in the third row of the bus, the boys being seven all wanting to sit together and rowdy, occupied the end of the bus.
y/n sat next to the very reason of her dread right now, being kidnapped and getting taken away to god knows where. she, a normal girl who was just returning to her apartment after her part time shift at the local library on a tuesday night, did not anticipate a crazed man who is obsessed with her would take that as an invitation to snatch her.
the said girl felt the vehicle slowing down and the bus came to a stop, the man next to her left with a warning and a threat for her to not try and escape or else there will be consequences, as scared she was, her hope has not completely failed her which gave her the courage to signal the boys behind her, towards the back of the bus. it was a risk she was willing to take if they will not notice then she has no other hope. and so as she saw one of the boys walking out she dropped the ring that was wrapped around her index finger.
the dropped ring made a sound alerting the walking boy, it was jeno, the boy picked up the ring casually turning towards y/n to return it to her when she raised her head from the previous position which draped her hair around her face, slowly raising her head her eyes locked with jeno whose were dead set downwards, where her hands laid limp tied together with tight binds. jeno's gaze slowly traveled towards her face which was filled with desperation and terror.
“ hey you coming?”
he looked towards the entrance of the bus where jaemin stood, one foot out the door already waiting in anticipation for his friend to come out of the bus so they could get some food for their travel. jeno walked out like nothing happened, meeting his friend outside and getting dragged to the convenience store.
y/n sat frozen from shock, her last and only hope has just acted like it was a normal sight to see a person being tied up in a bus.
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jaemin looked at the pictures he had clicked of the decorations and interiors of the shops and some of jeno, something looked off, his gaze snapped towards the guy next to him who seemed to be zoned out throughout the time they've been going around the stores which was ever since they've stepped outside the bus. recalling that jaemin questioned jeno about his odd behavior who in return clenched his jaw, rage was visible in his eyes, the sight made jaemin frown. what could possibly have happened in the small span of time when he was on his way out of the bus...
“ jaemin... the girl in the bus..... her hands were tied,” jeno looked directly into jaemin's eyes as he uttered his next words “ i think….she's being kidnapped, jaemin.”
silence passed the two of them like a whisper, all that was heard was the noises of people exchanging excited words amongst each other as they looked around the store unbeknownst to the conversation going between the two young men.
dread was all he felt at this moment, jaemin couldn’t believe this was real. “ what the fuck? are you sure?”
“ i saw it, she's being kidnapped, dude.”
“ what the hell? sh-should we call the police? but as far as i know the police stations are far from this highway and we don't even know where the girl and her kidnapper will get off, also we gotta tell the others.”
“ why don't we take her to our cabin from here?”
“ you're not serious....”
jaemin looked at jeno, who has determination as clear as a crystal over his face. sighing jaemin offered “ we take her from here to our cabin and then we call help, okay?”
“ obviously, we're not just gonna keep her with us the whole time just until we've made sure that she is safe.”
“ fine then I'll ask mark where the rest of them are right now.”
jaemin tapped onto the calling app of his phone, waiting for the other line to pick up, the caller ring sent a chill down his spine as the situation they were in settled in his mind. his heart thumped loudly at the thought, they were at a bus terminal, casually checking out cute sanrio keychains until jeno dropped the bomb that is the abducted girl in their bus. he did feel how uncanny it was that there were barely any other passengers but brushed it aside as a good thing since he's never preferred crowded public transportation anyways.
the ring finally stopped as mark’s voice filled the ringing in jaemin's ears, “ hey what's up? where are you guys?”
“ we were just at the convenience store, where are you guys? we'll get there right now.”
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the duo of jeno and jaemin entered the restaurant and towards the group that was settled and eating, their stomach churned at the thought of telling the boys of what they've learned in a span of less than thirty minutes. they both looked at each other, discomfort was evident in their movements this alerted jisung, he voiced his worry to the the two who settled in front of him and donghyuck.
“ guys…”
“ please don't tell me you forgot the keys to the cabin.” donghyuck deadpanned before anyone could get the words out.
“ we'll tell you later when you're done eating.” sighing the two waited for the others to finish.
the ones who just finished eating wiped their hands off and donghyuck collected the dishes, getting them back to the food station. after they were done chenle piped “ so what was that?”
“ look at our group chat, I'm gonna text it. it's pretty crowded here.”
the rest threw weird glances at jeno but complied nonetheless, jaemin who already knew of this watched each of their moves, he asked the driver after he had gotten off the bus that how long the bus will stay at the terminal he had replied about an hour. they didn't even have much time left and their destination is close enough that they will not need to stop at another terminal for the rest of the day, they will reach in day time. ‘there has to be a way.’
the boys read the words sent in their group chat over and over, it felt like a fever dream made from a teen thriller. how the hell are they supposed to handle this?
“ you've got to be joking right, but if you are, it's not funny.” donghyuck, ever the witty spoke up.
“ I don't think i would find it funny to joke about this either.”
“ but are we really going to do something? what can we possibly do?” jisung drew out in a shaky voice, wondering how or even why would they get involved with something so dangerous.
“ I've got something in my mind but I'm not sure if it'll completely work.” jaemin spoke after a series of quieting.
“ if we're doing something we need something that'll completely work.” this time chenle spoke, skeptical but ready to give a helping hand, knowing he won't be able to live with himself in peace after not saving a person who needs it.
“ we're not in a situation where we have the most favorable odds, chenle.” concerned donghyuck mulled over their options. “ soon we'll have to depart from this terminal and there is no other terminal mid journey either, the only time the bus will stop after this is when we've reached the town.”
“ the town....” renjun drew out, the others looked at him wondering what he meant when he uttered his words in a deliberate tone. “ I've got a way to help, but....”
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y/n sat next to the stranger who has returned with a meal from the food station situated in the terminal, as soon as he returned he had grasped her face in his clammy yet calloused hands, in an utter desperate tone he spoke up “ listen my sweet mira, i don't want to harm you...okay? and I don't want to harm that roommate of yours or your parents, that would hurt you right? and i don't wanna have to do that so.... you'll listen to me right? right?”
his tone desperate and eyes filled with a twisted glint that made y/n's skin feel like an uncountable number of needles have pierced it over and over and drowned in ice cold water, her body shook with fear and hopelessness, there was no way out of this and she will have to go along with whatever this man has decided to do with her.
“ why aren't you answering huh? just say yes it's not that damn hard bitch.” she couldn't move, couldn't think all she knows is that she is stuck with this man until he is bored and throws her away after killing her. the loud rings of a phone snapped both the people out of their stupor and the man left y/n in a hurry.
her breaths were now shallow as she sat alone in the bus with a quite hum coming from outside, until she heard footsteps approaching the bus and onto the entrance, it was more than at least three pairs, this was probably those boys, she sat straight up ready to stop them and ask them to consider at least letting her out of the bounds and she'll manage after that.
as soon as the first person appeared she uttered the words “ excuse me! please help me... this man, he's abducted me.... please... help....” she spoke in a quiet whimper, wide eyes filled with desperation and need but as she spoke each of her words grew quieter and slower as the boys pretended that they had heard nothing, a sob escaped her, she bit her lip trying to stop herself from bursting, it was beyond her how she stopped herself from being vulnerable in a situation so life threatening, that or either it was her fear of not being able to escape before her captor has reached wherever he is taking her and planning god knows what with her.
jisung flinched as soon as he heard her sob, scared his own tears threatened to come out, but he decided to be brave and signal the poor hostage the note they dropped for her to notice, it was better that they let her know about it themselves before her captor returns and finds out she tried to reach out to them for help, their eyes met as she looked at him, her tears streamed down her face, he notices the red marks on her cheeks and his gaze shifter slightly lower until it reached the ugly bruises on her neck, he gulped hardly, turning his head down curtly and focusing his gaze on the note hoping it was enough for her to notice the note, she did.
y/n slowly turned her head down, scared that she was hallucinating after finally going crazy, it was only thanks to these boys that she was not wearing a blindfold and her mouth was not shut by a gag, three days... it has been three days since she has been in this unfortunate condition and it was the most vulnerable time of her life, even more than this.
her bounded hands reached down and picked up the note, opening and reading it in a hurry, carefully reading the words over and over she imprinted them in her mind then lifting her hands for tearing and throwing it out of the bus until she paused, realizing that the man must've been outside the bus attending the call, she stuffed the note in her bra knowing that is the only place he will not get close to as he had tried nothing yet but she knows what he will try once he has reached where he wishes to take her. the instructions were clear and she will make sure that it goes all as told, it was that or nothing.
the captor came back looking utterly troubled, perhaps he had accidentally made eye contact with one of the boys sitting behind them because she saw him giving them an awkward smile, this made her grow skeptical, had he seen them dropping the note? one those boys signaled her, did he see that? she looked forward, hoping things would work out.
SYNOPSIS: the seven boys were all excited for their small vacation, the day was bright and sunny, all the signs pointed towards a great adventure, thrilling and exhilarating. except the one sign they neither noticed nor did they anticipate it. the sudden turn of events from the mid-journey bus depot left them risking their lives for a stranger.
GENRE: thriller, crime, horror.
CONTENT: abduction, manipulation, obsession, stalking, crime, runaway, the dreamies save the reader, platonic relations with the dreamies.
SYNOPSIS: the seven boys were all excited for their small vacation, the day was bright and sunny, all the signs pointed towards a great adventure, thrilling and exhilarating. except the one sign they neither noticed nor did they anticipate it. the sudden turn of events from the mid-journey bus depot left them risking their lives for a stranger.
y/n watched the trees blur from where she sat at the window seat, it was almost evening now judging by the sun's position, she concluded it was almost 3 pm by now and the bus they currently travelled in departed at around noon since the sun was much brighter at that time. soon the trees started appearing lesser and stretched out in her vision was a vast field with occasional houses, it looked like a farmers home since there were fields of crops laid out. the water at the surface glimmered under the sunlight, the sight had y/n comforted as she felt the wind hit her face, much different than the wind she felt in the bus when travelling in the city.
she could hear hushed talking from the boys behind her seat and the passengers that occupied the seats in the front, overhearing one of the boys behind her, she recognised the airy voice to be donghyuck, he muttered “ our stop's coming soon.” a hum of agreement followed him, which she couldn't decipher.
hearing that alerted y/n's thoughts, she released a shaky breath contemplating her situation now. the boys that helped her are kind but they are still strangers, these thoughts kept roaming her mind and brought more negative feelings with them which settled into the back of her mind, making her vary of them and anyone around her.
renjun sensed the girl beside him tense up, her shoulders stiff and eyes looking down towards her hands that rested over her lap, she held the water bottle that he previously passed over to her. her grip on the plastic bottle tight enough to turn her knuckles white, 'something is bothering her' he concluded as he observed her from the corner of his eyes. the boy made a mental note to have a talk with her after reaching the cabin.
her behaviour was understandable, really. anyone would be traumatized after getting kidnapped, he would go as far as saying that she was brave for asking for help and also managing to get her phone back knowing that she could lose the golden opportunity she managed to grasp to protect her family from the abductor.
moments later the bus came to a stop. the boys all started getting up seeing that y/n followed suit walking down the narrow aisle of the bus she walked after renjun with the boy who ignored her the first time she asked for help behind her, but she did come to a conclusion that he was the one who made all his friends aware of her situation, but it was just a possibility which could be wrong.
walking towards the trunk of the bus, they all got their bags out and the lone girl just watched them with her phone in her grip, she knew better than to turn it on though, that would give away her location, but the urge to call her family and ask them if they were alright was so bad right now, y/n pushed down those feelings for later, when she knew for sure that she is alright and safe, away from the prying hands of that man.
turning around she saw the road that stretched out, cutting between a shallow forest that seemed to get thicker as the road proceeded, “ this would take 30 or so minutes of walking, can you do that?” y/n looked up at the owner of the voice, she did not know his name but recognised him to be jeno or jaemin as him and the boy who walked away when she was still tied up in the bus left the bus together at the depot. she wordlessly nodded to answer his question. he nodded in return and the group began walking.
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y/n was sure that at this point she had blisters and cuts taking refuge on the soles of her feet wholeheartedly. with each step her entire body burned, she felt the constant sting in her bones and the annoying numbness in her muscles when it felt like there's a thousand bees buzzing around and prickling through the skin. her mind though, the thoughts about the situation she is in never left, sitting right there, just like the damned blisters on her feet.
she painted, breaths coming shallow and sharp due to her exhaustion. her throat – dry, but she dare not say it, additionally the lump made itself known each passing second she pushed herself to make each step. with wobbly lips and blurry vision she continued walking next to seven boys.
after reaching wherever the boys seem to be taking her which seemed like a cabin. it was entirely made of wood, what kind, she didn't know neither had the mental energy to care. darting her eyes around she noticed the small shed that was conjoined beside the cabin. her gaze moved further ahead from the shed and to the large doors of what seemed like a garage just big enough to fit one car.
renjun moved from her side and forwards towards the front door of the cabin which was now unlocked by mark. he turned towards her with a careful warm expression to silently assure her worries and suspicions, as if to tell her “ you're safe here”. it didn't help that the sight was utterly welcoming, from what she could see where she stood in her position beyond the door she could see hallway which greeted them
from what she could see there wasn't much furniture inside save for the worn out looking couch and a coffee table with a cloth draped over both the articles which the boys hurried to get off and one of them running out and past her to dust the cloth, the place itself looked old but fully equipped for a person to live with the basic necessities.
stepping in her feet shifted on the same spot as she took in the dust settled onto the wooden floor and walls, she felt utterly sticky from the walk as it was still day time and sun was still considerably bright but on the other hand the exhaustion from three days and night of utter terror had left her with no rest mentally or physically, each bone ached with every single move she made.
a urged herself to step further in and a stairway came into view and soon the sound of footsteps thudding onto the wooden staircase resounded within the confines of the cabin, chenle came down and upon noticing her presence his resting features rounded in question “ you're still not inside? anyways you can use the bathroom, run yourself a bath or whatever. it's up this stairway and the first door to the right."
y/n nodded although chenle didn't wait to see her react and walked further inside and into the kitchen where jaemin cleaned up some pots on an already wiped down counter and started helping out, blinking her eyes rapidly she turned towards the stairway preparing herself to walk up with her painful legs. it took some time and she had to lean on the walls beside her to gain some leverage but she managed to reach the bathroom by herself and opened the door fully expecting more dust to be coating the floor but surprisingly that was not the case, it may not have been completely clean but the floor was swept and the bathtub at the corner was clean as well though it was obvious that it was covered beforehand as the similar looking cloth was piled at the foot of the bathtub, the girl readily shedded her clothes two of which were lend to her by renjun only after closing the bathroom door while leaving the tap over the bathtub running with steaming water which she could soak herself in.
a curtain was gathered into a corner to create a visionary barrier and y/nfully closed it, settling herself into the tub she tilted her head upwards while further sinking down till the water reached her bruised shoulders which burned, yn’s lips wobbled as the emotions she pushed back finally came forth, a broken sob left her and another, it didn't stop no matter how much she tried, so she stopped trying and let go.
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renjun was told by chenle that the latter had cleaned the bathroom first and foremost for the girl to use to which the former thought that it would be better for him to give her some clothes of his which she could use after she had come out of the bathroom, reaching near the door he froze after hearing the loud sobs of the girl inside, he soundlessly back tracked and leant towards the wall opposing the bathroom door so he could lean on it, not minding the dust collected over the walls, his gaze downcasted as thoughts of her suffering poured into his mind.
he knew how dangerous this is for everyone, knowing that as long as the abductor is not under arrest them along with the girl, y/n are not safe but a greater part of him is glad he could help her, he could help prevent her suffering and that made him want to reach out to her more than it should've, maybe he's getting too attached to a stranger, maybe it was a hero complex he never knew he had until faced with a situation but the fact that he could brace himself for a situation like such already made him believe that he could help make a change, it was probably stupid, no not probably definitely stupid. any sane person would prefer to mind their own business and not get involved into a situation that could harm not just them but the people around them too, but he lacked the lack of empathy for that unknown to him that was the similar situation to his other best friends mark, jaemin and jeno.
the boys with the muscular build currently sat outside near the cut up logs of wood and the axe in his grip while the eye of the axe rested over the ground, he played back the first interaction he had with the girl in the bus when he could think of nothing but pretend he never saw her, while doing so he already experienced a guilt he had never had before but the desperation in her voice when she called out to him made him regret ever turning around, throughout the time he was with jaemin walking through the shops where jaemin busied himself with clicking away pictures unbeknownst to his internal turmoil where his morals fought with his thoughts and came out victorious making him share the fact with jaemin.
the look on jaemin's face alone made him regret ever picking up that ring and noticing the state of the girl but guilt struck him down immediately for ever thinking that, what he had not thought was that jaemin would accept helping a stranger, while it is in his nature to help people whenever he could a situation as dangerous as this would scare anyone, they all must be stupid, jeno thought.
jeno was indeed right because how does one help a stranger with a smiling face, not ever showing a trace of inconvenience and yet again jaemin did just that but this time he could not hide the fact that he is scared because this time his friends and him are in the way of danger too, and he cannot ignore that even if he tries to.
although somehow he managed to find the courage, the hope of the girl getting saved and protected gave him that courage, jaemin thought to himself as he fixed a meal for everyone after a tiring day of travelling and experiencing the high of emotions and adrenaline they've never felt on such a scale before. his hands worked to open up the blocks of instant ramen. ‘as long as we're all safe.’
mark thought deeply as he gazed out the window in the living room, he could see chenle and donghyuck having a discussion amongst themselves. they had made it clear that they weren't the most eager to be in this situation, but nobody was, not even that girl himself. he knew that he can be impulsive, many times he ended up in a sitch he wouldn't favor but he had to face them, he had the boys to help him and when he compared himself to the girl, he couldn't help but think how unfair the world was, while they were out their thinking of having fun, goofing around without a care in the same bus as the girl who was scared for her life, if he could help change that then he must, god forbid he learned the truth but decided to walk away, he wouldn't ever be able to let go of that guilt and regret.
donghyuck felt a breeze brush past him, the sun has started to set now giving the sky a peachy hew, the weather was perfect almost too good in fact as if mocking him for what he could have, had all of them not come across the unfortunate circumstances. he didn't really voice it out though knowing how cruel it would be of him, but as he heard chenle talk about how they should be worried about the danger they are getting themselves into he couldn’t help but agree more and more to what he had to say but he also did not want to forget his morals, he would be disappointed with his own self if he were to ignore the pleas of a person in need, at least that’s what he told himself as he continued on without a word concerning is worries but the same can not be said for chenle, it was donghyuck’s first time witnessing him act out in such a way, while he can be vocal about his displeasure if he didn't seem to find a task enjoyable, chenle has often times shown that he has the capability of being mature, more so considering his age.
chenle knew he was being difficult, the way donghyuck looked at him was enough to let him know that but he was in a battle with himself right now, part of him doesn't want to any of the people he cares for to be in danger and it was winning and the other part which was compassionate only compiled because he didn't want the other's efforts to be wasted, moreover he instantly felt guilty for the way he talked to the girl when the two of them had to sneak behind the depot to retrieve her cell phone. he heaved out a sigh in defeat. “ i…i just…I'm just so worried, we shouldn't be doing this, it is so dangerous and why haven't we called the authorities yet?” a hand reached out and planted itself onto his left shoulder gripping it with enough strength to not hurt but instead give warmth and comfort.
“chenle, we're all worried and honestly i don't even know what to say to you because i agree but everyone is doing so much i don't want their efforts to be in vain.”
“ i know…but how long? it's already going to be night time and the longer we keep her around the more dangerous it'll be for us.” a few beats of silence engulfed between the two of them before donghyuck spoke again.
“ i understand, let's ask everyone to talk after we're done cleaning up and eating, hm? is that alright?” he looked at chenle in confirmation to which he nodded in agreement. “ anyways, where's jisung?”
“ oh he's sitting by the lake.”
“ is he okay?”
“ i don't think anyone is but he's taking this better than i thought.”
if someone were to ask jisung before today what's the most scariest experience he's ever had, his reply probably would've been the haunted house he visited with his friends in his second year of highschool or the time he first sat on a roller coaster but after today the answer will forever be helping a girl run away from her kidnapper at a bus depot by distracting the kidnapper and fooling him, making him think that his bags are stolen. if jisung wasn't so scared at that time he probably would've chuckled at the face the man made at that moment, he looked more scared than jisung himself and for how he is coping with all this you ask? he wants to cry when he thinks about it but it is not going to be of help to anyone. he wonders if this how everyone feels, too overwhelmed to even tell apart a single thought inside their mind, if he were to describe it he would say he felt numb at the moment and he wasn't even the one who was kidnapped the girl was and god only knows how scared she must be at the moment after being surrounded by strangers. he needs to sort his thoughts out before it becomes a problem for him and everyone else, he thought to himself.
SYNOPSIS: the seven boys were all excited for their small vacation, the day was bright and sunny, all the signs pointed towards a great adventure, thrilling and exhilarating. except the one sign they neither noticed nor did they anticipate it. the sudden turn of events from the mid-journey bus depot left them risking their lives for a stranger.
GENRE: thriller, crime, horror.
CONTENT: abduction, manipulation, obsession, stalking, crime, runaway, the dreamies save the reader, platonic relations with the dreamies.
tags: @ayukas
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
as the bus reached the arrival terminal, y/n shrunk in her seat, the man beside her made sure every one has left, she watched the boys pass them one by one, none showing a single sign of acknowledgement, instead they looked as ignorant as they came in the bus for the first time.
“ y/n, let's get our stuff, we're gonna move into our new house.” the captor spoke in a sickly sweet tone which made her stomack churn, her lips twisted in a frown.
“ .... i... wanna go…”
“ huh? speak up, i can't hear you. it's just us two anyways.” the last part was spoken in a crazed tone that left the hairs on y/n's skin stand up.
“ .... i wanna go to the washroom.”
the man grew quiet, as his expression grew blank, seeing that y/n grew alarmed.
“ i won't try anything, i know you can harm the people i care for, i give you my word.” to please the man she reached out and gently grasped his hand in her own ones, seeing her willingness the man was convinced but with a condition of accompanying her to the washroom.
they made their way, the man leaded as y/n followed noticing how he easily maneuvered between people as if he's known the routes to this terminal. as soon as they arrived, he stood by the entrance of the washroom signalling her to walk in.
when y/n entered the bathroom, she was glad to see the lack of other presences, she looked around as quickly as possible for any other openings that can help her get out of the washroom. it seemed like there were none, as she recalled her thoughts she remembered telling herself ‘ this or nothing’
donghyuck tsked as he saw the man still standing outside of the female washroom, none of them could enter before since it was occupied but not that it was not occupied by any other female but the hostage girl, her captor had to stand outside like he was her bodyguard. "should we jump him? what do you say? jeno can probably take him out by himself.”
“ i would have agreed with this any other time but remember he is a criminal, he won't hesitate to pull out a gun and shoot if he has one. just hope that he's not a veteran in this field or else we're fucked.” frustrated from the man's insistence to wait outside the female washroom, chenle spoke sharply.
“ we are fucked as it is, chenle” donghyuck shot back as chenle rolled his eyes at their misfortune.
mark sat tensely, his hands clasped together at the table they were sitting at. “ shit... we've got to do that, there's no other option.”
“ you don't mean what just hyuck said do you?” jisung gaped.
“ that's dangerous mark, it's stupid we can't go that far.” jaemin said with a shaky breath.
“ and then what? give her false hope and let that man kidnap her right in front of our eyes? look we can call the authorities and fill them with as many details as we can but by the time they arrive that guy will take her away, clearly she's trying to stall as much as she can. you wanna play with that small chance she's got at getting out of this? we can't do that to her, it's much more cruel than pretending we don't know she's a hostage in the first place.” mark breathed out a scoff after letting out the last words.
“ right, sorry. then what? do we just distract him and jump him? chenle just said that he can and probably will pull out a weapon.”
“ guys wait.... the driver hasn't unloaded the luggage yet has he?....”
“ what does that have to do with this renjun? focus!”
“ wait I'll explain…”
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the man waited impatiently for y/n to come out, knowing she definitely has tried something but can not enter the washroom since he is exposed to prying eyes of the by-passers. he gritted his teeth, until he noticed two pairs of feet approaching. raising his head, he saw it was two of the seven boys from the bus.
“ hey you boys, what do you want?” renjun and jisung noticed his tone was far from friendly, he was hostile and suspicious towards them, they had to be careful with how they handled this.
“ um... mister, we saw the driver unloading your luggage-”
“ and? that's his job.”
“ yes... so there was this man who probably took one of your bags, we're not too sure but we thought we should inform you since it can get stolen or something, you know.” hearing this the man grew alarmed, inclining them to describe what the bag looked like.
“ it was the silver bag, the medium sized one.”
from the looks of the visible discomfort the man showed both renjun and jisung considered that he took the bait,and he did. the man felt his stomach drop at that piece of information, so he instructed the boys to stay right in front of the washroom as his niece was inside and had no idea about the town. the two nodded as they saw the man leave them, the man saw the rest of the boys sitting at the table goofing off as they had planned so there would be no suspicions of this being their work.
“ hey!” renjun opened the door to the washroom, relieved to see that it was just the girl inside and no other woman, although he figured it's a time desperate enough for him to not care.
y/n looked towards the door of the washroom, her face blotchy from the continuous crying after feeling like they had ditched her after giving her false hope, she ran towards the door, where renjun grasped her wrist and ran towards where the other boys are right now.
the three reached the end of the terminal where a back entrance was located, they knew this place after coming here for years, it was advantageous. jisung hurried towards the channel noticing the lock he snapped his head towards renjun who still held the girl's wrist in his own hand. “ it's locked.”
“ then we'll jump over the wall, they did the same for sure.”
the three managed to jump over the wall, making sure it was y/n first who got outside and the two later followed. all three were caught by renjun and jisung's friends.
“ quick there's gotta be a transport around here we can sneak you on.”
y/n nodded as she along with the boys hurried towards their impulsive getaway ride, her mind raced with different kinds of thoughts but at this moment she felt the utmost gratefulness from the bottom of her heart. as the thoughts continued she realized a dreadful thought that made her heart drop to her feet. She had left her phone in the man’s bag, her ragged breath became shallow, her running feet came to a stop when she noticed the boy holding her wrist stopped.
“ we’re here….?” he drew out, panting after the run.
“ y/n” she replied, noticing the pause in the boy’s question who in return stated his name.
‘renjun’ , y/n repeated his name in her mind noting his features to remember him after this, so she can thank him and the rest of his friends for rescuing her, that is after she is away from harm's way along with her friends and family, she needs to get to them as soon as she can.
It was another bus that stopped at the terminal and was going further into the town and stop at the next one, she saw two of the boys talk to the driver and the latter nodding what seems to be in agreement as she assumed.
“ hey y/n right?” a boy sporting a green cap stood next to her as he ushered her to get up on the bus, “ i'm really glad we could help you out and i know it's not fully okay yet but we'll try helping you out as much as we can. please just stay inside the bus, renjun and jisung will be with you while the other boys look out, this bus will depart from this terminal soon, so i don't think it will be enough time for that man to catch up to us. also my name's mark.” he finished and was just about to turn around when he heard the girl croak out a small thank you, he hushed out a ‘don’t mention’ in return as he was in a hurry to check on the other boys. he had asked jeno and jaemin to be on the lookout while donghyuck and chenle negotiate with the bus driver.
y/n remembered the important detail that made her pull at mark’s sleeve in a hurry, who turned around with a concerned expression and a deep frown “ what is it?”
“ mark, i’m so sorry but that man- he has my phone and he already threatened me that he’ll harm the people i know, if he gets his hands on my phone that is practically an invite for him to hurt them, he’s already so fucked in the head he will not hesitate, i just need to get my phone back from him. you don’t have to help me, you've already done so much. ” she stepped forward and aside but before she could make any further move she felt him hold her shoulders and face him.
“ hey hey, calm down, we’ll help you, that’ll be easier, okay?” that made y/n nod, she stopped herself from bawling right at the spot. “ boys,” he looked towards renjun and jisung who heard everything, “ this is the last time you’ll see that man, hopefully.”
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renjun got out of the bus and made a bee line towards the luggage they carried beforehand and transferred it to the bus they decided to get on for the getaway, he opened the giant trunk and pulled out his bag, opening it he took out the first pair of clothes he could find, he needed it to be big so that y/n can cover herself and if possible hide the visible feminine features of her body so they can disguise her and take her towards the luggage where she can look for her phone and take it back.
the grip he had on the sweat pants and hoodie tightened as his mind was making up possible scenarios where things go south for not just y/n but for him and his friends as well, at least they can look out for each other but the poor girl is alone over which she seems to be in a weakened state, it was definitely on purpose so that she can not fight back.
the three people anticipating renjun’s returned turned their heads towards the person who stepped in, renjun handed the clothes to y/n who quickly layered them over her clothes trying to make her frame look as unrecognisable as possible, when she was done she looked up at the boys where the tallest one handed her a mask from his pocket, she wore that and put on the hood.
“ i called jeno and asked him to look around for the man and his luggage and if he is near it at the time being,” donghyuck said while entering the bus and chenle followed soon after to update the rest on the situation. y/n held her breath hoping that the man was not near the luggage or looking around for her instead with the luggage which would be an even bigger trouble. “ he said he located that man talking to one of the employees at the terminal and without the bags so i asked him to look if the bags are still at the place where we left them and they are.”
“ you’ve got to be kidding me…. that loser is definitely trying to fool us by not taking the bags or something, he probably already found them and knew we would return.” chenle was getting paranoid with the man leaving so many holes in his own crime. “ anyways,” he looked towards y/n “ renjun and jisung will distract that man…again, you come with me and get your phone back.” y/n flinched at the partial harsh tone he used but figured that it was because of the stressful situation.
chenle led her out of the bus and towards the place where they had hid the bags, y/n mentally sweat dropped at the irony as she remembered the boy in front of her voice out his paranoid thought of her captor already knowing the location of the bags. if she remembers it right, there were times where she managed to fool him, just like in the bus a little act can leave him stupidly ignorant to his surroundings and y/n made sure she used that weakness of his, even though she was blindfolded most of the time and he insisted on hand feeding her and even washed and dressed her, so many times she tried to fight him even with the blindfold on she almost did manage at least get him off her but failed. that exposure had been the most vulnerable experience of her life and the fresh memories made her heart thump in her chest and a gut wrenching feeling pierced her, she felt a lump in her throat which she swallowed as she forced herself to focus on the situation.
y/n watched as chenle ran forward and towards the bushes that stuck close to the tall walls of the terminal, as he moved the branches of a thick bush a small pile of familiar looking bags came into view, she quickly made her way towards the black duffle bag that her abductor has packed for her and she vividly remembered him hurriedly throwing her phone in the bag before she could get her hands on it, she was so close to getting out of that damned basement and calling authorities at that time but he had used his strength on her.
her shaky hands grasped the mentioned bag and opened it in one go, dipping her hand into the bag to feel around for her bag. she felt a rectangular shaped object in her hand taking it out, it was her phone. she looked towards chenle, and gave him a nod as a signal to let him know she has gotten the desired item, standing up next to him.
“ wait i think i wanna check the other bags too,” he spoke.
“ try checking the silver one,” pointing towards a medium sized travelling bag. she remembers the way he handled the bag with utmost care and refused to let any other people touch it, even the people loading the luggage into the bus were pushed aside as they tried to do their job. he openly acted suspicious, which was somehow more suspicious, ideally you would want to avoid being noticed when you have something to hide it seemed to be the opposite in her captor's case thought. but even with three whole days of terror and darkness, she can guarantee that the man was not the brightest, an obsessed freak, but it was better not to underestimate him as he managed to abduct her. chenle's voice that was filled with a sharp tone pulled her out of her thoughts.
“ it has a lock on it, genius.” raising his eyebrow towards the girl next to him.
“ then let's take it with us...it may have something dangerous, probably a gun in it or maybe something else. we'll give it to the authorities later.”
“ yeah let's do that then.” he reached out and grasped the handle of the bag, both ran back to the bus where the others waited. when the pair reached the bus, chenle diverted towards the trunk where he could put the travel bag they had just stolen from the man and y/n entered the bus immediately where chenle followed soon after.
people were starting to settle in when the rest of the boys arrived as well and the bus took off. “ me and chenle talked to the driver, he said he can't drop us too close to our cabin so we'll have to walk some distance towards the cabin immediately after getting off.” donghyuck spoke, after settling in the same spot the boys tensely discussed their next steps.
“ we can work with that, you're alright with it, y/n?” the said girl was sat next to renjun who has surprisingly not left her side and even comforted her after all their running around was done, she thanked him immediately after he sat next to her to which he kindly responded. she turned her head towards mark who asked for her confirmation, she was not in a place where she can be picky about what's right or wrong so she naturally nodded, she didn't have any injuries just some bruises so it should not trouble her to walk, and she had just ran a little and didn't feel much pain after that but figured it was adrenaline that pushed her at that time.
seeing the girl confirm without any objections had mark breathing out a relieved sigh, donghyuck who closely watched the former landed a slap on his back to comfort him for the time being.
jaemin held a packed sandwich container in hands that he bought from a convenience store that him and jeno had been in before the latter revealed and the whole ‘ rescue operation’ started. looking down at the plastic packaging, he reached out his hand closest to renjun, tapping his shoulder with the back of his hand, making the chinese boy look behind him and crash his questioning gaze with jaemin who brought his occupied hand up and in renjun's field of vision, renjun raised his eyebrows in wonder which jaemin confirmed with an assuring nod. passing the container to renjun, who immediately turned towards the girl who sat next to him.
renjun watched as y/n hung her head, exhaustion clear over her features and her body, shoulders sagged low and deep breathing as if she was on the verge of passing out. concern plagued renjun's mind as he wondered if the girl would be able to continue the journey after getting off the bus to reach the cabin in her weakened state. leaning his head forward so that her face was visible which was hidden by the hair, he whispered softly “ hey... you should eat something... since we gotta walk after the bus drops us off.”
her eyes looked blank and empty as she raised her head and looked at renjun who had his face turned and facing towards her, the bags in her eyes became more evident as her void eyes shifted down to the item in renjun's hand, who inched it forwards inclining her to accept it. “...do you have some water too?” the voice came out quiet, in a hushed whisper much softer than what renjun sounded like, he heard a few croaks in her voice as well. nodding his head, he signalled yes and turned towards the boy who had passed him the sandwich.
seeing renjun look back at him jaemin sat up straight with the same look the former had given him moments ago, “ do you have a water bottle?” the question led to jaemin immediately reaching towards jisung tapping on his shoulder just like he had done with renjun, the cup holder in the armrest of jisung's seat held the item in need, jaemin gestured towards the bottle then renjun to let jisung know what he wanted him to do, which is what he did after understanding, though not before a few beats of silence have passed.
as soon as renjun got the item that y/n had asked for, he handed it over to her, who brought the rim of the bottle to her lips with her shaky hands. the after effects of the events that had happened in a time span of less than one week hitting her hard, she fought her mind and the urge to scream out loud, pushing aside her thoughts was a lot harder than she thought knowing that she did feel much safer now compared to how she felt an hour ago, although she knew letting her guard down was not even in question as the boys may have saved her, still they were but strangers.
SYNOPSIS: the seven boys were all excited for their small vacation, the day was bright and sunny, all the signs pointed towards a great adventure, thrilling and exhilarating. except the one sign they neither noticed nor did they anticipate it. the sudden turn of events from the mid-journey bus depot left them risking their lives for a stranger.
GENRE: thriller, crime, horror.
CONTENT: abduction, manipulation, obsession, stalking, crime, runaway, dreamies save the reader, platonic relations with the dreamies.
tags: @ayukas
NAVIGATION
PROLOGUE
her feet tapped against the tiled pavement, at the side of the street. the occasional appearance of the street lamp casting a dull glow on her figure that was engulfed in a coat due to the unexpected drop in the temperature because of the downpour.
the water between the gaps of the concrete tiles under her feet glimmered white and the puddles reflected the light from the lamp, yn shivered at the breeze that brushed past her, swaying her tresses in its wake.
her shift at the library stretched out longer than anticipated when the manager asked her to help with the unboxing of newly ordered book and pack the older ones for donation, focused on the task at hand and helping an unexpected customer find a particular book he looked for she had barely noticed the time until it started to rain heavily.
sighing the girl sped up her pace knowing she still had a long way to walk and an empty street with barely any lights and camera around would only fuel her unease, the girl took in her surroundings, it was the route she used daily to get to and from the library but something seemed different today, but everything was still at place, including the large pot of plant with big leaves and a smaller white one directly in front of it. she never slowed her pace or stopped though.
a rustle echoed like the last words of a dying man, spoken in a hushed whisper, yn paused her walk this time, turning towards the source of the sound which was hiding behind the same pair of pots that she had been eyeing, the silhouette of a swishing tail was visible under the streetlight and behind the large leaves of the plant, she resumed walking. a cat.
she hated it, having to be hyper aware of every object around her, she tried hiding, running away. to be able to live peacefully but remained unsuccessful, it started way long ago in her sophomore year of highschool and stopped for a while when she moved but began again, the feeling more worse than before now that she was away from her family.
she noticed it began again a later she moved away from her hometown, the day was quite like any other day but she noticed the seemingly off feeling after she had worked her shift, she had walked out of the library that and noticed the same figure in her peripheral vision throughout the entire walk back to her apartment that she shared with a roommate, as they say once by chance, twice by coincidence and three times is a pattern.
she began feeling eyes following her, a figure outside the window of her bedroom, her walk to the college and back then to the library, it was a predictable schedule for the people who knew her. she had barely any other people interacting with her…she didn't want a repeat of before.
the cold increased and the wind picked up along with her hurry to get back in the confines of her room, the trees swayed along with the wind shedding some leaves with the movement, just what she dreaded happened right then, a chilled drop of water was felt on her face making the lone girl on the street raise her head up to inspect the degree of heaviness of the rain.
which quickly intensified, her footsteps echoed louder as she briskly walked across the street and nearing the turn, perhaps she should've hailed a taxi from the library rather than walking like usual, maybe that would have resulted in her not getting in this situation where her bag that she tightly clutched to her chest somehow slipped her grip and ended on the pavement where a puddle gathered.
in the hurry of picking up the item she had not noticed the bump near her feet and managed to trip, scrambling back up to not get any further soaked by the water she shot her hand out to the bag which contained her books and hand phone she had not noticed the figure emerging out of the sketchy alleyway and nearing her crouched figure, a pair of worn out black sneakers entered the frame of her vision making her once again raise her head, only the silhouette of a face visible due to the lack of light and the umbrella held in the strangers hand adding the shadow.
albeit a feature of the face was visible, the uncanny smile, inconveniently big for witnessing a stranger have a moment of weakness, yn ‘s face paled at the sight, the same man who visited the library and had asked to search for an book at the ungodly hour when it was almost closed, who stayed watching her walk back and forth while never taking a single moment to blink his eyes.
she was about to stand up, to get back on her walk and get the hell away from this man and as quickly as she could but before she could her vision had welcomed darkness.
lmao the "leejenowrld lore" lowkey glad you weren't able to read that bc as someone who did, lemme tell you it was difficult to do so. i was so glad to find 30k+ wc fics but each time i read it, it felt like i was forcing myself to finish reading just to finish the plot. should've known earlier that it was all AI but i didn't wanna say anything without proofs.
yeah i have to say it was like solving a puzzle and making sense out of jumbled words over and over, i had just read the introduction chapter or whatever it was, the tenses jumped too much, the scenery changed too quickly. the words were exactly what a messy ai generated video looks like.
but in a nutshell that person is proven to have been faking the identity of themself and everyone around them (boyfriend, brothers, father) they used pictures of people from instagram and deepfaked them using ai and also accused to have used ai in their works and plagiarised entire content by feeding it to ai and generating content with a larger wordcount.
the link to the post below will let you know everything you need to know about it.
💬 32 🔁 52 ❤️ 175 · PART 1 -- Addressing the deceptive behavior of leejenowrld · While some of you may know @/leejenowrld for her Sunghoon
