A/N: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS MENTION OF ASSAULT AND MURDER .IT CAN BE TRIGGERING FOR SOME OF YOU. ⚠️

Y/n's pov

" So finally you all will be escorted to Fantagio ?" I asked him as he told me about their meeting with the CEO of Fantagio entertainment. He told me that they want to recruit them as trainees , they were one of the companies who came at the competition to escort trainees .

" Yes , we chose fantagio although we had other choices as well ." he explained.

" you're gonna be busy from now on , right?" I asked with some hesitation.

" Actually we decided to join  after our finals are over and they agreed. We all will have to move to the dorms then " he said.

" That means ya'll will be living together !" I  pointed out and he nodded.

" It's just that my dad wanted me to join the company in future but I want to follow my dreams. But he allowed me at last , our company is doing fine as well now , so he said it's okay to give it a shot "  Eunwoo said and I smiled.

" Of course,  you should follow your dreams. "

" Anyways what's that you wanna do ? Your dream ? " he asked.

" I don't know yet. I never thought about myself till now , my only goal is to make the people who killed my Omma and my best friend pay for their sins , and I'll make sure that they receive their punishment!" I said with grimace.

" Your mother was murdered by someone along with you best friend?" he uttered in a complete shock and I nodded.

There was a long silence before I decided to break it.

" My mom and Chanyeol died right in front of my eyes and I...I was helpless , I couldn't save her , it's all m-my fault. Those bastards shot them right in front of my eyes ." I spoke with a cracking voice.

Those images again flashed up in front of my eyes and I started tearing up. Eunwoo got up from his place and came in front of me and crouched down .

" Y/n it's not your fault . The people who shot your mother and best friend are wrong and they need to pay for their sins. Don't ever blame yourself for this again" he said as he rubbed my back to calm me down and embraced me in his arms.

" This is not the only thing " I whispered with still  teary eyes. He just continued to rub my back to comfort me.

" It's okay y/n , tell me everything when you're ready okay?" he said with concern laced in his voice. I separated from him to look at his face.

" I want to.... I want to tell you everything, it's too suffocating now just to keep everything buried inside me " I said in a low but still audible voice. He just patted my shoulder and nodded. And then I told him everything that I kept inside me for so long . That day , I told him about that dreadful incident .

4 YEARS AGO

It's been almost two weeks and Omma is stressed about something very much. I tried to ask her but she said it's nothing. But I can see her being stressed all day. I don't know what is it exactly and nor she's telling anyone.

It was almost seven in the evening when I came down to go outside to meet Chanyeol. Omma wasn't it in the living room so I decided to look for her in my parent's bedroom.

I was about to open the door of the bedroom when I heard a muffled voice which surely belonged to my omma" I'll give you what you want , b-but please leave us alone, d-don't do any...anything ."

I gasped at what I just heard. Someone was surely threatening her for some reason. I'm sure this is because she was worried. I need to find out what it is all about. I opened the door a little bit and saw my omma sitting on bed in a petrified state.

I ran to Chanyeol's place immediately. Yesterday only I told him  that omma was worried about something but I didn't expected that she was being threatened by someone.

" Y/n this is dangerous. I think your mom need to report this to police,  she's being threatened!!" he said pinching the tip of his nose.

" I don't know Channie but I've a bad feeling about this . Who the hell in the world is threatening her and most importantly why !?" I rubbed my temple.

" Don't worry y/n , everything- " the loud blaring of my mobile phone caused him to stop midway. It was my my Omma.

" y/n where are you ? Why didn't you tell me before going out?" She asked as soon as I picked up the call.

" Omma I'm at Chanyeol's place , I texted you before going out "  I explained.

"Huh? Y/n listen, you stay there until I come back. Don't go anywhere okay? " she said but I could sense the worry and fright in her voice.

" What happened omma? Are you going somewhere?"

"Yeah...I-I'll be back soon , just stay there okay?"

" But mom why are you-"

" Y/n just listen to me okay !!" She yelled cutting me in between before I could say anything else and ended the call.

" Channie , I think my mom is going somewhere, she asked me not to go anywhere and stay here. I don't know why  but I think she's going to meet the person she was being threatened by , it's dangerous for her" I spoke with fear laced in my voice.

" I need to go channie " I muttered and barged out of his house and ran to the parking lot but I saw omma driving away as soon as I reached there.

A voice yelled my name and I turned back to see Chanyeol running towards me.

" She just left , let's follow her. We don't have time. " I said and we ran outside the building to hail a cab.

We kept on tracking omma's location and the cab stopped in front of a demolished building at last. I observed the surroundings in bewilderment and it was already giving me that eerie feeling and ominous thoughts.

" Channie call the police right now!" I whispered.

" I already did y/n "

As soon as we stepped down the cab we heard a shriek. I looked at the boy beside me in horror and he had the same expression. Without thinking anything I ran inside the building , he called me but I ignored . At that moment , omma's safety mattered to me the most.

The place seemed very creepy from inside , it was covered with dust and was pitch dark except for a hazy emanation of moonlight seeping through the creaks of the broken window panes. I walked down the hallway with my heart thumping inside the ribcage vigorously. I could see the staircase at the end of the hallway .

I tiptoed to upstairs very slowly , making sure not to make any noise. There was a room at my right side with it's door shut and I could hear the muffled voices originating from there.I carefully opened the door a little to see what's happening inside but as soon as I laid my eyes at the centre of the room , my jaw dropped at the sight in front of me. Omma was tied to a chair , there were some bruises on her face from which the red liquid was oozing out. Tears rolled down my eyes and I immediately covered my mouth with both of my hands , preventing the sobs to escape my lips.

" what do you want now , I already gave you money . Let me go !" I heard her shouting

" Shut your mouth! " the man who was standing beside her yelled back before slapping her.

I couldn't stand all that anymore and without a second thought, I bursted out of the door and ran towards her.

" Omma !"

" y/n ! What are you doing here , can't you listen to me once , I told you not to go anywhere!" Omma shouted .

I ran to her and tried to untie the rope that she was tied to but before I could open it , two men came and pulled me back. One of them slapped me hard and I fell on the floor with a loud thud.

" y/n!! " a voice echoed  and I saw my best friend barging inside the room. He saw me on the floor with the blood splattered across my mouth and his eyes widened in shock.

" How dare you touch her !!" he shouted , clenching his fists , at the two men who just pulled me away

" Oh look at this kid ! How dare you shout at us huh?" said one of the men in a dangerously menacing voice.

" Oh my god ! Why did you two come here , just run away ! Chanyeol please go back with y/n now. I beg you please !!" My omma yelled.

" And do you think we will let them go huh ! You bitch , you better shut your mouth before I shoot you with this gun." a man growled , pointing a gun at omma .

"No , please don't do anything!" I cried.

They tied up our hands at the back and we were kneeling down on the ground while omma was on that chair right in front of me.

" What should we do now mam?" one of the men was talking to someone on the call. Was it the person who hired these men?

" yes mam we won't make any mistakes . We'll clear this up by tonight " he said before ending the call. He then brought a file and asked my omma to sign it . He was threatening her that if she won't sign those papers, then he would shoot her.My omma denied at first but then he pointed the gun at me instead and pulled the trigger.

" you better sign it before I shoot this bitch!" he threatened and omma begged him not to do anything to me.

As soon as omma signed whatever those papers were, we heard the siren of police cars. Everyone got startled and those men started panicking. I thought we were finally safe now but all my hopes came crashing down after hearing what their leader said next.

" Just shoot them and escape from the backside of the building" he commanded.

And then in the blink of an eye , the gun which was pointed at me before was turned towards my omma and a bullet was shot right through her chest and a shriek immediately escaped my lips .I didn't cared about anything else as I jolted towards my omma with my hands still tied behind me.

I was just a step away from where omma's injured figure laid , but just then another sound of bullet being shot was heard which made me stop in my tracks, I turned around with horror and my eyes bulged out only to see my best friend's body hitting the concrete .

I stood frozen there in shock as my omma and best friend laid on the ground, covered in scarlet . My mind stopped working , I couldn't think of anything else as my whole body started trembling. And soon enough, my knees gave up , resulting me to fall down .

The man standing on front of me pulled the trigger once again and directed the gun towards me but before he could shoot me , the cops were already barging inside the building.

" Leave her , we need to escape right now !" their leader whispered and they all disappeared from the scene in just a split of second. I was left alone in that room with omma and Chanyeol who were on the verge of death.

The police called the ambulance but Chanyeol couldn't even hold till we reach the hospital.
He died that night , he died just because of me. He was right behind me , they were going to shoot me , I was supposed to be shot but he took that bullet instead of me , just to protect me.

Omma too left me that night , she couldn't survive even after the surgery. That dreadful incident took the most precious people in my life from me.

I lost my everything that night.