The Hunt

Chapter 1: Run! Save Yourself!

"Run! Run away Ashlynn! Run!" Taehyung yelled at me. But I don't want to leave him behind. My heart is sinking as I turned around not wanting to leave him behind.

"Please! Save yourself! Save your life!" He yelled again, but leaving my best friend behind in the hand of the man whose holding a gun was not in my mind. I don't want to leave him suffering, struggling and fighting for his life. What if that man will kill him? I cannot think properly on what to do anymore.

Today was the first day of spring and my first time to be back in Seoul since I was 10 years old. The wind blows in my skin and it felt cold. The spring weather hasn't changed a bit, it's still as breezy as it was 8 years ago. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath in, allowing the city air to fill me as I sat on the park bench. I jolted in surprise when someone hugged me from behind. I turned around to find a tall and handsome idiot giving me a boxy smile.

"Ahhh Taehyung-ah...it's you!!" I exclaimed. "A simple 'annyeong' would have sufficed, you know. I almost died!!" I said as I pulled him into a proper bear hug.

Tae was an old friend of mine from my elementary years. He hasn't changed at all, seeing and hugging him made me forget my regrets of coming back to Seoul. Taehyung let go from the hug and asked me if how have I been.

"You should have informed me before you landed. I would have come to the airport to pick you up, you know." He said as he sat down beside me.

"I don't want to bother you. I know you are busy." I replied.

"What do you mean by you don't wanna bother me? If you called, I would have came fast as lightning. You know best friends have each others backs." Taehyung told me while putting his arm around my shoulder. I eyed him suspiciously.

"Tell me, do you have a crush on me?" I asked nudging his side. I looked at him, waiting for a response. He shrugged his shoulders at me and grabbed my arm rushing to an ice cream stand. The temperature was only 27 degrees Celsius. We both ordered ice cream and sat down and talked.

"This ice cream reminds me of the time we first met." I said remembering how I was playing tag with my friends at the park when suddenly a boy pushed me from my back, causing me to fall on my hands and knees. I had scraped then so I started crying on the floor. That's when I met Taehyung. He ran to me and helped me. He talked to me that day at the park and asked me if I was okay and then he bought me an ice cream. We've been best friends since that day. Little did he know, everyday I've been with him, my crush on him had been growing.

"Should I get the usual flavor? Strawberry for you and double chocolate for me?" He asked me. I nodded to show my approval. Gosh, he still remembered. After all those years.

Afterwards, we finally sat down. I stared at him as he was talking to me. His eyes had caught my attention. I keep on staring on his eyes and I was blank at the moment, realizing my strawberry ice cream was already melting.