WEAK HERO - AHN SOOHO X OC

TWENTY ONE: ALONE OR TOGETHER

The door of the basketball team room cracked open, the twins coming in and the three inside stopped moving, Hyuntak was teaching Juntae some tricks and Baku was laying on the couch.

"oh Sieun, what brings you here? are you joining our team?" Hyuntak said and Baku sat up looking at them. "Hyejin-ah, you could join the girls team too, you're good with sports"

"we met Na Baekjin" Sieun spoke moving his eyes to Baku. "the guy from the union" their smiles dropped immediately at the mention of him.

"what..." Baku said.

"that fucking lunatic" Hyuntak cursed under his breath. "did anything happen?"

"nothing happened" Hyejin said and they all moved their eyes to her.

"listen, we don't care what you guys are doing, but leave us out of it" Sieun said. "i don't have as much free time as you do and i don't want you to drag my sister into it"

"what's your problem? it's not like we asked you to join us" Hyuntak said and his eyes moved to Hyejin again but she didn't say anything, she knew this time she needed to go with whatever her brother said, for Suho.

"okay, i get it" Baku said with a sigh. "let's ignore each other"

The twins looked at the others, the first to leave the room was Sieun, Hyejin stayed there a bit lost in thought as she looked at the three boys, Hyuntak was about to say something else to her but she didn't even give him the time, she followed after her brother. Quiet days at school, boring walks home, the chaos of the union kids going after Eunjang kids sometimes still, it felt empty. Sieun's phone rang as the twins sat at the bus stop, Juntae's name popping on the screen, Sieun hesitated.

"you should answer" Hyejin said.

Sieun shook his head letting the phone ring until the call went off, he immediately got a text from Juntae asking if he was going to cram school, that stirred a sense of unease in him and he pushed the call button to reach Juntae back now.

"hello? oh Sieun..." Juntae voice came through the phone slightly breathless.

"what's with that text?" Sieun immediately said.

"i was just wondering if you're going to cram school, Hyejin's with you?" Juntae said.

"why are you asking?" Sieun pushed.

"i just really wanted to know if you two made it back safely..." Juntae said but was interrupted by another voice who screamed after him, Hyejin widened her eyes taking the phone from her brother.

"Juntae!" she immediately called out.

"don't worry about me, i'm fine! Go home!" Juntae hurriedly said like he was trying to run, voices and crashes coming from the other side of the phone.

"Seo Juntae!" Hyejin yelled as she stood up, worry over her face and her brother immediately looked at her, the call ended and without thinking the twins sprinted, Hyejin first.

The two immediately run down the under pass but Hyejin froze when two boys passed by them saying Hyuntak was fighting Seongje, she turned around before Sieun could say anything and she yanked one of the boys back.

"where are they?" she said seriously, the boy widened his eyes and showed her his phone.

she checked the address and then started running again, Sieun following close behind, her legs burning slightly maybe from the fact she was scared of being late, she almost felt weak, she pushed the emergency door open and skipped through the stairs quickly towards the roof. The twins bursted through the roof door panting, their eyes immediately landed on a very much beaten up Hyuntak on the ground, Juntae next to him, Seongje taking a picture of them like it was a fucking trophy and four more boys of the union standing on the side with that one girl she recognized from a while back, Han Chaeyon.

"oh look, it's the newbies!" Seongje said with a smile, he was excited like a kid with a new toy, or maybe he was just a psycho. "i've missed you, today's been fun, seems like my birthday" he joked out as he stepped towards the twin, Chaeyon close behind.

Hyejin threw her backpack on the side, Sieun took out his pen charging at Seongje, without warning Chaeyon charged fast and heavy, a street fighter's rush. She threw a wide hook aimed straight for Hyejin's jaw. Hyejin ducked low, feeling the wind from the punch graze past her ear. She pivoted on her heel, using the momentum to strike with a spinning back kick. The heel of her foot slammed into Chaeyon's side, forcing a grunt out of her as she staggered back. But Chaeyon recovered fast, faster than expected. She snarled and dove back in, slamming her shoulder into Hyejin's chest and driving her against the metal fence. The clang echoed through the rooftop.

"You've got form," Chaeyon hissed, fists hammering down. "But this isn't a tournament!"

Hyejin twisted, letting one blow scrape her forearm as she ducked under another. Blood trickled from a cut on her brow, but her eyes stayed locked. Focused. Calculating. Then she struck. A feint with her left hand, and when Chaeyon moved to block, Hyejin spun her whole body, sweeping Chaeyon's legs out from under her. Chaeyon hit the ground hard but before she could rise, Hyejin was already on her. She dropped low, hooked Chaeyon's left arm with her own, and in one swift motion, wrapped her legs around Chaeyon's torso in a body triangle. Her right hand gripped Chaeyon's wrist, her left pressing against the back of Chaeyon's elbow, locking her into an arm trap. Chaeyon squirmed, teeth clenched, fury in her face but the more she thrashed, the tighter Hyejin's grip grew. Her legs were like steel.

"fuck!" a scream from Seongje broke the air as he fell to the ground clutching his foot that Sieun had stabbed with his glasses, everyone gasped.

Sieun got on top of him trying to stab him again but Seongje managed to stand up and the two fought again, this time Seongje was more furious, just what he wanted, and Sieun tried to use his injured foot the best he could, and they both went down. The door slammed open and Baku came out on the roof breathless, the scene infront of him caught his breath. Chaeyon snarled, but her strength started to fade. Her arm was pinned. Chest compressed. Breathing hard.

"Tap," Hyejin said flatly. "Or I break your shoulder."

Silence, then Chaeyon slammed her free hand against the floor. Tap. Tap. Tap. Hyejin let go, rising with a controlled breath. Blood still dripped from her brow, but her stance never wavered. She took a breath.

"yah! Yoon Sieun! are you okay?" Baku immediately said sliding by her brother's side, she moved too kneeling by his other side.

Sieun looked between them for a few seconds, barely conscious. "Suho-ah..." he started and Hyejin froze, her heart dropped ground level. "I got into another fight and I had Hyejin fight again... i'm sorry..."

Hyejin stumbled like the words had hit her like a brick.