The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow

Hojoon P.O.V.

"OPPA" I heard from behind me before I felt something jump on my back. I recognized the voice immediately.

"Iris..." Youngmin breathed next to me.

I turned around and pulled Iris into a hug. I could feel her shaking and crying against my chest. She was much lighter than usual and looked really tired. My heart broke to see her like this once again.

"It's okay, I'm here now." I gently cooed.

I looked over at Youngmin. He looked back with a confused expression.

"What are you doing here?" he asked Iris.

She couldn't answer because she was still crying against me.

"Oppa, I wanna go home. Take me away from here. Please oppa." Iris pleaded between sobs.

"Youngmin, we need to get her out of here. She has only been here for two days but she looks so sickly." I said worriedly.

"I know. She hasn't eaten anything that her parent's gave her and I don't think she has been able to sleep at all."

"Do you think we will be able to get her away from here?"

"It's not getting her away that we should be worried about, it's keeping her away. When her parents find her gone, they will want her back immediately."

"So do we have to hide her?"

"That won't work. Her parents know you and your friends too well, they would find her quickly."

"Then what can we do? We can't just leave her here." I said as I looked down at Iris. She had fallen asleep on my lap. I couldn't imagine how tired she would have had to have been to fall asleep as soon as she felt safe.

"We have to get rid of her parents if we want her to be safe." Youngmin had a serious face on as he spoke.

"Get rid of them? How?" I asked hesitantly.

"By killing them." he whispered.

I looked at him shocked. "Is there no other way?"

"I'm afraid not. This is the only way to keep her safe."

"But how are we going to do it?"

"Leave that part to me. You just need to take Iris back to your dorm. She will be the safest there with the thirteen of you and your managers." Youngmin said while looking down at Iris. "She looks so peaceful like this. For the past two days, she has looked so scared. I have only seen her tense and nervous. It's nice to see her like this." A small smile appeared on his face as he spoke.

"Before this incident, she would always be smiling or laughing around us. It hurts to see her sad like this again."

"Again?" Youngmin asked, taking his gaze off of Iris and looking at me.

"A year ago Iris and I were caught up in a dating scandal. Some sasaengs broke into her apartment and almost killed her. After she recovered, it took her a while to return to her happy, bubbly self." I explained. "It happened again when we were out searching for the members that her parents kidnapped. It was too much for her and she ended up fainting in our CEO's office."

Youngmin looked down at Iris again. "I feel bad for her, she has been through so much for someone so young."

I looked down at Iris. She really has had a rough year.

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