"Chaeyoung?". Mina looked at the cub with eyes full of worry. Whoever was fighting, it made Chaeyoung frozen in place.
"Unnie!", Dahyun cried out as she ran towards the two people who were fighting. Tzuyu followed right behind, making sure the tofu doesn't hurt herself.
Chaeyoung finally snapped out of her daze and quickly looked to her hand that Mina was holding onto. "M-mina...", she said in a soft tone. The said person raised her eyebrows. "Stay here...", Chaeyoung released her grip from Mina, quickly running to where Dahyun and Tzuyu were. The penguin did as she was told. Though worry still showed on her face as she watched Chaeyoung run towards her friends.
"Get off!", Tzuyu growled as she threw the unknown person off her unnie. Dahyun quickly dropped to her knees, "J-jhiyo-unnie", tears fell down the tofu's face as she held the girl in her arms. Chaeyoung knelt down next to Dahyun and grabbed onto her shoulder. "Quickly bring her to the car!". Dahyun and Tzuyu nodded their head and quickly picked up the injured girl, carrying her to the car.
Mina watched as the two girls ran past her holding a badly injured person. What happened!?, just as she was thinking to herself, Chaeyoung grabbed onto her shoulder. "Quickly, let's go". The penguin gazed at Chaeyoung's eyes. One's that were filled with sadness and anger. She quickly nodded her head and followed right behind the cub.
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Beep. . . beep. The sound of the moniter regulating Jihyo's heartbeat, echoed throughout the room. No one was talking. Questions ran through their minds, figuring out how and why Jihyo was in a fight in the first place.
Chaeyoung suddenly stood up, "I'll be back", she made her way towards the door, closing it behind her as she went out.
All Mina could do was watch the cub leave out the room. She wasn't sure how to comfort Chaeyoung at a time like this. She sighed, frustrated at the thought of feeling useless. "Don't beat yourself up, Mina", Tzuyu glanced at her, understanding that the penguin was feeling stressed.
Mina smiled, showing to Tzuyu that she was fine. But in fact she wasn't. "I'll go check on her", Dahyun stood up and headed out the door, leaving Tzuyu and Mina to themselves. Again the room went silent. Tzuyu glanced over at Jihyo. The girl still had her eyes closed, but thankfully the deep wound on her chest wasn't bleeding alot anymore. The taller sighed in relief seeing that her unnie was slowly getting better.
"Tzuyu", the taller looked in response. "How is...Jihyo related to you all", Mina's hands fidgeted as she said it. Hoping she wasn't prying too much into their business. Tzuyu slightly smiled, giving the penguin reassurance that it was okay to ask the question.
"Where do I start...", the youngest was tapping her finger, figuring out where to begin this conversation. "Well for starters, Jihyo-Unnie is the daughter of a well known man named Park Woonyoung. Her mother, Lee Johee, is the younger sibling of Chaeyoung's father. Though they aren't related by blood. Both Ms. Lee and Mr.Son grew up in the same orphanage, causing them to become great friends".
Mina's eyes grew wide at the sudden information Tzuyu just spilled to her. Things still weren't making sense, but she was starting to get an understanding of who knew who.
"About Jihyo's mother...what exactly does she do for work", Mina asked with curiosity in her tone.
Tzuyu bit her lip, unsure if she was able to answer the question. She sighed. "Not sure if Chaeyoung wants me saying it, but...", she coughed, "just know...it has something to do with the Geondal (Korean Mafia)". Mina took that as a warning to not pry any further about the topic of Jihyo's mother.
"R-right", the penguin slowly nodded her head.
"U-ugh..", Jihyo suddenly groaned, causing Tzuyu and Mina to quickly go to her side.
"U-unnie?", Tzuyu hovered over Jihyo. Her eyes were glued to the girl as she was slowing opening her eyes.
"Tzuyu-ah?", Jihyo's voice was raspy as she spoke.
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Hewo! Apologies ahead of time but the updates will be quite slow. Slow meaning... A chapter every 4days or so. Nothing crazy like a chapter a month 😄
Anywho, thank you for reading and much love to you 💙💙 - Jhai
