"how do you feel?"

"get the fuck off."

"can you stop being stubborn for once? i'm trying to help you!"

"i don't need your help, i never asked for your help so will you please get the hell out?"

wendy closes her eyes in frustration and massages the bridge of her nose. she takes a deep breath and was about to stand up but as soon as she did, her head throbbed and everything seemed to circle around her.

"you don't need help? at all? but for all i know, you probably needed money from my brother that's why you accepted his offer to be his sex slave."

her eyes widened at the way words rolled out of his tongue. she grits her teeth and all at once, she stands up and tried to push him as hard as she can but there was not much strength left in her. her knees felt wobbly and she was about to fall down, if not because of his arms that immediately catched her.

"i said fuck off!"

it hurt her. no matter how cold she turned into because of everything that had happened to her, she could still somehow feel pain. she felt as if burning in anger, alongside sadness. she was trembling so hard as she pushed him off and slumped at the edge of the bed.

she didn't want this. none of this made her feel at ease. she didn't want money, she wanted to get out of here. she doesn't need baekhyun, she doesn't need money, she needs to escape and find yerim.

as soon as she buries her face within the palm of her hands, she felt him sit quietly beside her. she was too tired and pained to talk, or to even push him away once again. all she's left to do is hug her knees to her chest and cry in pain. she's fallen too tired.

his eyes bore deeply unto hers, and felt a slight prick in his chest. how come he all of a sudden felt furious, seeing her cry like this all because of his brother?

he quietly scoots close beside her, and gently pulled her close to him, surprised that she didn't dare push him away. he couldn't understand why it hurt him seeing her in pain when actually, she's just no one else?

"i'm sorry. i'm sorry, seungwan. please don't cry. it came out all wrong and i'm sorry," he gently rubs circles around her back soothingly as he closes her eyes.

"p-please," she stutters, pulling away and staring ahead, "p-please... get me out of here. my s-sister needs me. y-yerim needs me."

he knows he shouldn't.

he shouldn't have.

but he did, completely ignoring the consequences that prolly awaits him.

or worse, her.

"just do what he wants you to. make him put his trust on you, and the rest are settled. make him fall for you deeper than he should, make him fall for you even more than i expect him to. he's one dumb asshole."

taehyung walks ahead of her after whispering these words and headed off to the kitchen.

she pauses, suddenly feeling sick just by the thought of him seeing on the table. she knew she'd have to deal with everything, like taehyung had told her. she has to gain his trust, and she's off. if it requires herself to act differently around him, she'd deal with it.

as soon as she enters the kitchen, baekhyun has his eyes nowhere else but her. she bites the inside of her right cheek and forces out a sweet smile at his way. it was returned by a small chuckle from baekhyun, and earned a secretive small smile from taehyung who was brushing down his coat.

"good thing it wasn't worse. good thing, that he was there to help. who would do that anyway, seungwan? you really like putting yourself in trouble, don't you?"

seungwan purses her lips and walks her way toward him, bending down, closing the small proximity between her and baekhyun's face.

"i am more than willing to put myself in any kind of trouble, as long as it has something to do with you," a smirk was plastered on her face as she runs her index finger along his lips. she tilts her head to the side, staring down at his lips and chuckling, walking away.

baekhyun stares at her, the side of his lips slowly tugging up into a smirk. he liked this side of her way more better, but at the same time it surprised him. who knew such innocent girl could have a side like this?

it made him want her more.