Remembering Elizabeth (Featuring Suho and Sehun)

The next day Sehun was still fuming, I was sore, and Suho was in trouble. He had to leave early to smooth things over with his boss, Mr. Kim. There had been a big write-up about the Sehun arrest and the CEO didn’t like the scandal but the article had made Sehun seem like a total badass. Poor Suho. He was always having to clean up my messes. He told me not to worry but how could I not. At least my sister would be here tomorrow and I wouldn’t be a problem for him anymore.
They were all hoping that because this episode had been so long and violent, that I would have kept some of the memories that had come back to me. I hadn’t. The only thing I could remember was the emotions tied to the memories. And I was keeping them to myself. I knew that whoever had done this to me was someone that I had been in love with. At least at first. The other emotions were fear, betrayal, and heart break. I also know that I saw that man outside of the diner. I can see his face clearly in my mind but I don’t know his name or anything else about him. I also didn’t tell this to Suho or Sehun.
The doctor had told Suho that I should have retained some of the memory and the fact that I didn’t could be a problem. It could indicate that I would never fully regain my memories, and that included my entire life before I was given that drug. More tests needed to be done but it was better if I had them done in America.
Suho told me that the reason I hadn’t gotten into trouble at the hospital was because they had handled the situation badly. I was a victim of kidnapping and abuse and they never should have used force against me. Actually, I think they were being reprimanded for holding me down and forcing an injection on me.
All of a sudden, I didn’t want to be alone in my room with a book. I went to find Sehun. He was in the game room sitting against the wall and throwing a ball at the opposite wall. He spared me a short glance and said in a monotone, “What are you doing up? You should be resting.”
“I did that and I’m done. Now I’m here to bother you. What’s up?” I asked.
He shrugged. I sat down next to him.
“What’s wrong?”
He gave me a look that said What’s right? and shrugged again.
I laid my head on his shoulder and said, “Okay, I know it’s not the arrest, or the bad press, or even the problems from before so what is bothering you?”
“I let you get hurt,” he mumbled.
“What?” I asked. “What are you talking about?”
“I freaked out. I didn’t know what to do. Then I let them take you. I got scared. I’m useless.” He threw the ball harder.
“Sehun! Are you crazy? You were great! You did exactly the right thing. I could have been really hurt and I needed to go to the hospital. And you got arrested trying to save me! I know it sounds weird but that was super sexy!” I linked my arm in his. I saw a grin pull at the corner of his mouth.
“Suho DID save you and he didn’t get arrested. He always knows what to do. He never panics,” said Sehun.
“He just has more practice is all. He’s always having to fix problems and calm people down. I totally would have panicked. I can’t handle anything like that.”
Sehun looked over at me and smiled. I love that smile.
“How are you feeling? They were too rough on you.” He reached down and rubbed a bruise on my wrist.
“I’m great. I have a feeling they are feeling worse than me today. Especially that one guy.” I cringed a little as I remembered my foot making contact with that orderlies private area.
“I wish I had seen that!” Sehun laughed. “On second thought, It’s probably better that I didn’t. I would probably still be in jail for a worse offense.”
“Aw. Sweet!” I laid my head back down on is shoulder and squeezed his arm.
“So, you don’t remember anything?” he asked.
“No.”
“Do you know what triggered it? Was it the diner or the coffee?”
“No. It wasn’t anything like that. I do know what it was but I don’t know if I want to say it,” I said in a quiet voice.
“What?” Sehun dropped the ball which bounced a few times and then rolled away. “Please Elizabeth. What was it?”
He turned to me and grabbed my hand.
“I saw him,” I said.
“Who?” asked Sehun.
“HIM. I saw him. They guy who kidnapped me.” I looked down at our hands. My hand fit inside his perfectly,
“WHAT!” He stood up and pulled me along with him. “Who was it? Was he in the diner?”
“No. He was outside on the sidewalk and I don’t know who he is.”
“You know his face? You recognized him?”
“Just in the moment that I saw him. I don’t remember it now,” I lied.
Sehun hugged me. Tight.
“We are never leaving this house again!”
“Don’t be so dramatic.” I said, my voice muffled against his chest.
All of a sudden, he held me away from him by my shoulders and said, “Hey, want some ice cream?”
“So much!” I said.

Instead of going to the kitchen, Sehun left me in a small sitting room while he went to get the ice cream. He had put a board game on the table and told me to set it up but I had never seen this game before in my life and it was in Korean! I opened the board but I had no idea what to do with the other things. There were odd pieces I had never seen before so I left it for Sehun.
He came in with two giant bowls of ice cream covered in sprinkles and whipped cream. I gave him an incredulous look and said, “One of those would probably be enough for both of us.”
“You underestimate me,” he said and sat in the floor beside the table. “You didn’t set up the board.”
“I didn’t know how! I don’t read Korean,” I said.
“Hangul.”
“Han-what?” I asked.
He laughed. “The written language is called Hangul. I’ll set it up. You don’t have to know Korean to play.”
I started on my ice cream as he set up the board and explained the instructions. As we played, I’m pretty sure he cheated. He kept making up rules and changing rules when it benefited him. I didn’t care. I hadn’t had this much fun in a long time. I also hadn’t seen him laugh so much. When I caught him in one of his rule changes and turned it on him and won, he attacked me. He caught my wrists in one of his hands and tickled me mercilessly with the other. He was such a bad loser. He was squishing me into the couch so I wrapped my legs around his which was a big mistake. It resulted in pulling him down on top of me and I realized how aroused our wrestling had made him. The evidence was pressing into me. Our position made it worse. He stopped moving but we were still laughing.
“You’re pretty,” he said.
“What?” I asked surprised.
“You are very pretty,” he said.
I started blushing. “Thank you Sehun.”
Then he kissed me. I don’t think he planned it. He just closed up the few inches between us and did it. On impulse. I felt him become even more aroused. I tried to move away from it but that was also a mistake. I just ended up squirming closer to it and then I became aroused. His kiss deepened and his tongue began to explore my mouth. I kept thinking I should end this before it went too far but I didn’t want to. Even though I hadn’t known it, a part of me wanted this. A part of me wanted Sehun. For a moment, as Sehun’s hand began to move under my shirt, I was afraid that I would feel that familiar pain and a memory would ruin everything. His hand covered my breast and his thumb began moving back and forth over my hardening nipple through my bra. I hated bras at that moment! I reached under his shirt and ran my hands up his back, enjoying the feel of his skin under my fingers. I could feel his muscles tighten and release as he moved over me. Then, his phone rang.
He ignored it for a second then, sitting up away from me, he answered it, “What!”
I laughed a little.
“Sorry. I was busy.” He looked over at me and then rolled his eyes. “Another guest? Are you starting a house for troubled orphans?” He listened for a moment and then, as I sat up and rearranged my clothes, he said, “Baekhyun? You should have told him our house if full.” He listened and then, “I know, I know. You’re house is never full. But what if something happens?” Pause. “Okay. Okay. Alright. Huh? Uh… shooting hoops. Bye.” He hung up.
Looking over at me, he started licking the corner of his mouth. “Umm… I don’t know what that was. I’m sorry.”
I decided to ignore the whole thing because I didn’t know what to say. “Was that Suho?” I asked.
“Yeah. He’s bringing someone home.” Sehun began cleaning up the game.
“How did things go with Mr. Kim?” I asked.
“I don’t know. He said he would tell us everything tonight over dinner.”
“Is he bringing Mr. Kim with him? Is that our guest?” I would like to meet this Mr. Kim for myself.
“Nah. Baekhyun is coming to stay for a couple of weeks. This happens to Suho all the time when we are on hiatus.”
“Bacon?”
“Baek hyun. He’s also in Exo. Feel free to ignore him.”
“Can I call him Bacon?” I asked a little impishly.
“He would love that!” said Sehun.
I grinned and shook my head. Sehun.
I stood up and said, “Well, I’m going to go lay down for a while before dinner if that’s okay.”
Sehun looked up at me. “Are you alright?”
“I’m fine. Just kind of sleepy.”
“Alright. I’ll come and get you for dinner.” As I left the room I heard him say to himself, “And I’m going to go have a shower. A very cold one.”

When Sehun and I went in for dinner, Suho was already there talking to another man that I rightly assumed was Bacon. Sehun helped me with my chair and took his usual seat across from me. He reached over and pushed Bacon’s shoulder and he pushed him back.
“Elizabeth, this is Baekhyun. He’s a member of our group and he’s going to be staying here for a while,” said Suho.
“It’s nice to meet you,” I said.
“It’s nice to meet you too,” he said and smiled.
“How did it go with Mr. Kim Junie?” asked Sehun.
“Well, he was livid as expected but we worked it all out. I explained to him how it was really the hospitals fault and they had acted in the wrong manner for the situation. We figured out how to turn it for the good of the company and to make Exo and Sehun look good. He’s making a statement for the paper tonight and tomorrow all will be well. The hospital will also be making a written apology to Elizabeth and Sehun.”
Sehun shook his head. “I don’t know how you do it! Nobody can work Mr. Kim the way you can.”
Suho smiled.
“So, Sehun is Exo’s new bad boy huh?” said Bacon as he cut his steak. Sehun wiggled his eyebrows at him as he took a sip of his water.
They both laughed.
“What’s your story Elizabeth?” he asked as he took a bite. Suho and Sehun looked at each other.Had they not told him that I have amnesia?
“Before I tell you, can I ask you a question?” I asked. Suho and Sehun kept shooting nervous looks at each other and at me. They had both stopped chewing mid-bite.
“Sure.” Bacon took a drink.
“Can I call you Bacon?”
The table became silent. Then Bacon burst out laughing. “You sure can! I would love that!”
“Told you,” said Sehun quietly.
“Okay then, great! Bacon, I am a princess in hiding. You see, when my father died, I was left in the care of my stepmother who had always hated me. She treated me horribly. I fell in love with a prince from another country and he was having a huge ball but my stepmother was jealous and wouldn’t let me go. She wanted the prince for one of her ugly, mean daughters. After they left, I put on one of their old ball gowns and their shoes, which were too big for me because they both had huge man feet, and went to the ball anyway. I found my prince and we danced all night. I knew my family would leave just after midnight so I had to leave and get home before they did. He didn’t want me to go but I ran anyway. I almost tripped because of those god-awful shoes so I threw them into the bushes. I made it home and into bed just before my family. It happened though that one of my sisters had seen me so I had to run away and hide. That’s when Suho found me and took me in.” I put a green bean in my mouth and chewed as I watched Bacon’s expression.
He looked at Suho and Sehun and they all stared at me in rapt silence.
Then Bacon said, “Oh. I thought he found you in an airport and you had amnesia.”
The room erupted in laughter. We laughed so hard we couldn’t breath.
When we had calmed down enough to eat, Sehun punched Bacon in the arm.
“Elizabeth?” asked Suho, tears still in his eyes.
“Hmmm?”
“How do you remember Cinderella?” he asked.
I thought about it. “I don’t know. It just came to me.”
“I think that’s a good sign,” he said with a grin. “Oh! I almost forgot. I found out some news for you today.”
“Good or Bad?” I asked.
“Well, it depends on how you look at it. The authorities have decided it is too dangerous to put you on a plane so you are going to have to stay here with me for a while.”
“What!” said Sehun.
“Yep. They are afraid she will have another memory episode in the air and they wouldn’t have the medical help for her that she would need.” He turned to me and said, “But your sister is still making the trip to see you. She can’t wait. For a long time they had feared that you were dead and they are dying to have you home again. I think you and your sister were very close.”
“I wish I could remember her,” I said.
“Who knows? Maybe seeing her again will help you to remember.”
“Oh no! I’m sorry Suho!” I just realized he was going to be burdened with me even longer.
“Don’t you dare!” He said and pointed his fork at me. “Don’t you dare apologize for staying here! I’m the one who insisted. Your sister wanted to set you up in an apartment and I wouldn’t have it. You are part of this family now and we take care of our family.”
I could feel my eyes starting to water. Suho reached over and squeezed my hand. I think the other two boys were uncomfortable because they kept stuffing food into their mouths and not looking up.
For the rest of the dinner, I listened as the three men talked about work and schedules and silly things. They seemed really close. Even though I didn’t know Bacon very well yet, I started to think of them as my boys.
During the dessert, Sehun started rubbing his foot against mine. He took my shoe off with his feet, which were already bare, and held my foot with his. I became very distracted as he ran his foot up my leg. I looked over at him and he had a sexy little mischievous grin on his face. I noticed, out of the corner of my eye, that Suho was looking back and forth at me and Sehun.
“Did you hear any of that?” he asked.
“I’m sorry. I was daydreaming. What did you say?” I said trying to look completely innocent.
“I said, Sehun has a doctor’s appointment tomorrow and Baekhyun is busy so I thought you and I could find something to do.”
“That would be awesome!” All of a sudden I felt really excited. I hadn’t spent any time with Suho since we got here.
Sehun sat up and looked a little disgruntled.
“Maybe they will let you start therapy after tomorrow Sehun,” said Suho.
“You think?” he asked.
“We’ll see. It’s going to be a lot of work. And some of it may be painful. Are you ready for that?” asked Suho.
“More than ready.”

We finished our dinner and I was returned to my room so that they boys could spend some time together. I read for a while and got ready for bed. I fell asleep faster than I thought I would. When I went to sleep, the door was open and the lamp was on. I couldn’t fall asleep in the dark.
My dream started out in a dark room. I could hear heavy footsteps and someone saying, “Here kitty kitty.” I tried to hide but the room seemed empty. I couldn’t even find the wall. I began to feel hands on me everywhere. In my ear someone whispered, “You’ve been a bad kitty.” The hands pulled my arms up and held me there as I felt someone roughly removing my clothes. “After your punishment, we can have some fun. You’ll like that, won’t you kitty?” I heard the crack of a whip and I screamed. I felt the sting of the leather touch me everywhere, leaving pain and terror.
I woke up screaming to a completely dark room and I thought I was still in the dream. I tried to get out of the bed to get away but I wasn’t fully awake and I became entangled in the blankets and fell to the floor. I screamed as I tried to escape. All of a sudden, the door opened and the light came on. Sehun fell to the floor and pulled me into a tight hug. I kept screaming and flailing, thinking I was in my kidnappers arms until I heard Sehun’s voice soothing me. He was rocking me and whispering to me that it was okay. I was safe now.
I opened my eyes and saw him and started to cry. Still rocking back and forth, he reached up and smoothed my hair back and wiped away my tears. “It was just a dream. I won’t let anyone hurt you. You’re safe.”
I noticed Suho and Bacon watching from the hallway. Sehun stood up, still holding me, and put me back in the bed. He tucked me in and kissed my forehead. When he walked back out, I heard him say to Suho, “Make sure that the staff knows that this door is to be left open at all times and the light is to stay on! If I find it closed again I’m going to show them what a true badass I can be!” I heard his door slam. Suho walked away taking Bacon with him. Before Bacon disappeared, he gave me one last look. A look of pity.

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