The choreography was intense, and since you, Rey, and Lee are the lead dancers in the group, you were asked to rehearse with the members as they learn the new choreography. You were happy because that meant you got to work with Hobi (Jae).

After several practice tries, Hobi and their Head Choreographer, Sung, wanted to give it one more run-through before leaving for the night. Sung planned to record this one so he could evaluate it and see where any changes could be made for tomorrow's dance rehearsal.

"Okay, one more time, guys, then we're done for the night."

After the final rehearsal, exhausted and hungry, the members are relieved but chat and joke excitedly about what to eat.

You laugh at their energy even after several hours of dance practice. Lee is beside you, his hands on his knees, panting.

"I'm glad we're done. I think this is their hardest choreography yet." He uses one hand to wipe the sweat from his brow.

You hold out your towel for Lee. Rey grabs it to wipe his face as he is about to take it. "Thanks, baby."

You exchange glances with Lee. He walks away to get a water bottle. You turn to Rey, "I've asked you not to call me that."

He wipes his face again and quickly swipes the towel under each armpit before handing it back to you, "You said not to call you that around others. It was only Lee."

He reaches out to hold your arm, and you pull away. "Rey, stop."

Rey's caring attitude suddenly changes, and he grips your upper arm fiercely. Grimacing in pain, you grab hold of his hand, trying to lessen his hold on you. "Owe! That hurts. Let go of me!"

You feel a hand protectively holding your shoulder, "Is there a problem, Yeona?" asks Jae with concern furrowing his brow as he looks at Rey.

Rey lets go with a quick, "See you tomorrow bab . . . Yeona."

He nods at J Hope, "See you tomorrow." and he hastily leaves the dance studio.

"What was all that about?" he watches Rey leave as he waits for your answer.

"I don't know." You blow it off as Rey just being aggravating Rey. "Are you hungry?" you smile, wrapping your arm around his.

"Yes, I'm famished." he looks your body over, and you laugh.

He says, "Shower first?" He wiggles his eyebrows at you, smiling.

You both gather your things, and he tells the guys, "We're going home for a quick shower and a change of clothes."

The others had already talked about eating first. They were so hungry. J Hope was hungry too, but for you.

After showering and intimate snuggles, you get dressed.

"Are you still hungry, Jae?" you grin mischievously at him.

"I'm looking forward to dessert," he winks suggestively at you, "But yes, I could use a good meal. I need to keep my strength up when you're around."

"Our favorite?" you ask as you go to grab your cell phone from your bag.

"That sounds good." He puts on his slippers and heads to the living room to set up a movie and clear the coffee table in front of the couch for when dinner arrives.

You are frantically looking for your cell phone and can't find it. You look through Jae's bag, thinking maybe you dropped it in there before leaving the dance studio. In a slight panic, you hurry to the living room.

"Sweetheart, have you seen my cell phone?"

Replying, he stands, "No, do you need me to help you look for it? Are you sure you didn't leave it in the bathroom?"

"Silly, I never take my phone to the bathroom with me."

"Do you remember where you last used it?" he asks, hoping this will help.

Standing there going over the day, you know you had it at dance practice with the members. Your expression clearly shows to Hobi that you just remembered.

"Do you remember?"

"Yes, It was on the floor by me, Lee, and Rey when you guys ran through the choreo the first two times." Slightly blushing, you admit, "I was recording you."

He smiles, "You are so cute when you blush," he caresses your cheek, "you know that?"

"I have to get it. We have to go back."

"You stay here and order dinner; by the time I get back, it should be here." He hands you his phone before grabbing the keys and kissing your cheek.

Before he opens the door, you ask, "Do you know where it is then?"

"I was recording you in my memory when you were recording me." With that, he shut the door.

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Rey has gotten into your phone. When you and Lee were sitting near him, he kept watching you and noticed you recording J Hope. He was seething, but every time you or Lee spoke to him, he managed to show a smile, though there was no emotion behind it. When you got up to go to J Hope, he slipped your cell phone under his bag.

Sitting in his car in front of the apartment, he is growing outraged, reading texts between you and 'Jae.' He deleted all your texts and removed his contact information from your phone. What was worse was the selfies of you two smiling together.

'Son of a bi . . ." he slams the phone against the steering wheel when he sees the picture of him kissing you. He beats the phone till it breaks in two. He sees movement out of the corner of his eye and ducks down on the front seat to hide.

It was J Hope walking to his car. After he heard him pull off, he sat back up. "Where's Yeona?" he watched the car disappear before he looked back at the apartment. He knew the others were still out, delayed over where to eat. They would be gone for hours.

Suddenly, a smile plays across his face. "I'm on my way, baby. I would never leave you behind." He gets out of his car and heads to the apartment.

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Hearing a knock at the door, you hurry to answer, thinking it's the food delivery. You smile as you open the door. Suddenly, shoved back, you fall onto the floor in shock. He slams and locks the door.

"Rey?!"

A sinister smile spreads across his face, "Hi baby, I'm home." He pulls you up from the floor tightly against him.

"Let go of me! What are you doing here!?" You try to break from his hold.

"You're mine. I won't share you with anyone else."

Still struggling against him, you finally break free and run to the bedroom. He catches you right as you try to shut the door in his face.

"Baby, the bedroom? I didn't know you wanted me so badly. You should have said something before Hope dragged you away."

He shoves you into the room, kicking the door closed. You look around the room for anything to use as a weapon. You grab the small crystal lamp by the bed and hold it tightly, ready to hit him with it.

"Stay away from me!"

"Oh, come on, baby. I know you want me."

"Don't call me that! I'm not your baby! Leave me alone!"

He advances, and you step back. Now backed against the wall, he knocks the small lamp out of your hands. As it rolls across the bed, the force causes you to fall across the bed with it. You scramble back as he advances even closer.

"GET AWAY FROM ME! Jae will be back any minute, any minute!"

He smirks, "Then I guess we better get busy, baby."

He grabs you, tearing your blouse. You scream, and he stuffs the torn piece of the blouse in your mouth. Then whispers in your ear as tears roll down your cheeks, "Shush baby, and enjoy this. I've waited a long time for you."

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J Hope returns from the dance studio without finding your phone. He reaches the apartment and sees the food delivery sitting by the door. 'That's odd.' He picks it up, thinking you must have been in the bathroom when they came. He unlocks the door and enters, taking the food to the table in front of the couch.

"Yeona, dinner's here?" he walks toward the bedroom, and the door is closed. He reaches out to open it, "I couldn't find your phone, love." 

The door is locked. He knocks, "Yeona? What's going on? Are you ok?" he keeps trying the knob.

Rey, leaning over your body, glares at you and whispers, "Be quiet; don't move!" Seeing the fear in your eyes, he adds, "If I can't have you, then no one can." He places his hands around your throat to strangle you.

Your heart is screaming out for Jae, but you can't make a sound with the cloth stuffed in your mouth. You try to get out from under him.

He harshly whispers in your ear, "I said don't move!" 

As he strangles you, he shifts his position using his legs to move yours apart for entry. You hear Jae calling for you.  He moved to look back at the bedroom door and, in doing so, had lifted his leg high enough that you seized the opportunity that Rey wasn't aware he had just given you. With all the strength you had left, you swiftly jerk your knee up between his legs.

He howls in pain grabbing his genitals, and falls off the bed in the fetal position.

The bedroom door is shattered as Hobi comes crashing into the room. One look at you, and his vision tunnel focuses on the man on the floor, and he lunges for Rey.

You pull your hands free of the other half of your blouse that Rey used to tie your hands. You snatch the cloth from your mouth. You are then grabbing the sheets, clutching them to your body as you back against the headboard, eventually burying your face in them, crying.

You hear them fighting, too traumatized, you keep your head buried. The sounds of fighting seem to be moving away, and you peek up. Jae has Rey's arm twisted behind his back. He snatches Rey's pants from the floor and forces him to hold them with his other hand, shoving him out of the bedroom. 

Then you hear all hell breaks loose in the living room. The guys have come back from dinner. You feel like you are going to die.

They see the anger on J Hope's face and Rey naked in his iron grip as he drags him into the living room. They gather around, questioning him as Namjoon and Yoongi grab Rey's arms. They are trying to subdue Rey, who is starting to fight. J Hope makes eye contact with Jimin and tilts his head toward his bedroom. Jimin takes off running.

As Namjoon, J Hope, and Yoongi hold Rey, Jin takes Rey's pants and gets them on him, pulling them up without any regard to the injury to his manly parts. Jin jerks them up a little higher than necessary, making Rey cry out in more pain.

Noticing the death look in Jungkook's eyes, J Hope needs to distract him. He tells Jungkook to call the police. He didn't want Jungkook going to jail for murder.

Jimin runs into J Hope's bedroom and sits beside you, taking you in his arms. You lean into him, breaking completely down in sobs.

"Shh, Yeona, Sh." He comforts you as you cry, gently rubbing your back.

It wasn't long before Jimin let go and moved away, only to be replaced by J Hope. As Jimin left, J Hope said, "Thank you, Jimin." The bedroom door quietly closed.

You are now wrapped in Jae's arms, and the trauma of what Rey almost accomplished hits you so hard that you crumble in his embrace.

He strokes your hair, pushing it back from your tear streaked face. "You are safe now, my love." He softly kisses you. "The police are on their way, and the fellas have everything under control until they arrive."

Later that evening, after the police had taken Rey away and written down a statement from you and J Hope, the others headed to their rooms, leaving you together in the living room watching the rom-com he planned for you to have watched earlier.

A few hours later, Jimin quietly enters the living room, turning off the TV and laying a blanket across you, and J Hope snuggled together on the couch. He turns off the light, smiling at how cute you two are before heading back to bed.

Cuddled in Jae's embrace, you sleep peacefully, knowing you are safe in the arms of love.

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Short Epilogue: Lee and their choreographer Ky had gone to the police station to give statements, and Ky to give evidence. Several other dancers, harassed by Rey, filed statements and pressed charges. The police found that Rey had a jaded past. He had even served time for sexual assault. This time, topped with all the other charges, after attempting to kill Yeona by strangulation, he wasn't going to get out of jail to hurt anyone ever again.

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