"Ma! Pa! Open the door! Please!!" Peony thumps the door repeatedly. She has been trying to get into her house since half an hour ago.

"Ma... Please..." she uses all her might, doing her best to persuade her parents to let her in.

The gate's open. Peony steps back a bit. It's her father.

"Pa, please..."

"Get out! Get out from my house!"

"Pa!? Don't do this to me... Please... I have nowhere to go. I'm begging you..."

"You should've think about that when you spread your legs in front of those boys!"

"I swear to God, I ain't do it! Someone sets me up..."

"Then, why were you attend the party? Tell me! You know you're not supposed to! Even Ma warned you, but still you were too stubborn!" says Mr. Lee. "You choose to disobey us! So, I believe you refused to be called my daughter..."

"No... No... No... Pa!" she screams her lungs out when the gates is shutting close.

There's no place for her in this family anymore. Forever.

She takes out her phone from her tote bag and tries to reach Tina. She calls her but the line is busy. She texts her asking for help, but only a single tick.

In her mind, she wants to call Benji. But she feels inappropriate and shame as well. How can she kept this from him? Right now, Benji probably hates her.

She has no choice but to walk away from the house with no way to go. She will let the heaven decides her destiny from now on. The only thing that she worries now is her safety.

"Where should I sleep tonight?" she asks herself. Wandering around the street, it's almost dawn. That means, she must spend her night on the street.

As she is about to look for a safe place to sleep, a jeep approaches her. The car stops at the side of the road. A man comes out from the car and grabs her hand.

"Let me go!" she throws a fit, but later slow down when she looks at the man.

"No question. Just come with me,"

***

"Are you fucking kidding me!?"

Yu tosses his bag to a girl that welcomed them at the front door.
The girl catches the bag in a clumsy way, tailing him from behind.

"Does your father know?"

"No," Yu opens the cabinet. He takes two mugs from the upper cabinet, brings them to the island and pours some juice from the fridge.

"Oh no! Oh no! No... No... No!"

Yu ignores the girl. He carefully brings the mug into the hall room.

"Here..."

Peony slowly takes the mug from Yu. He takes a seat next to her, a bit closer than he was supposed to. Peony tries to create some space by shifting aside a bit. But he keeps the distance closer.

"Why is she here?" asks the gkrl. She keeps her mommy mode uptight. Yu chuckles as he takes the empty mug from Peony and places it on the table.

"Peony, Blue. Blue, Peony,"

"I know her, dammit! I just wanna know why she is here!"

"Blue, I think you got a painting to do?"

"Painting? What do you mean?"

"The one that you promise my mom last week..." Yu glares at the girl. She shrinks her blue eyes, staring at Yu. She clutches her jaw tight.

"Fine!" the girl hops down from the sofa and storms upstairs.

Peony looks at Yu. Staring at the face. He looks calm and less scary. Unlike the one that she always meet at school. Yu seems like a different person.

"What's wrong?" suddenly, he turns his head. Facing Peony so close, the girl shrinks herself aback.

"Can... Can I call Tina?"

"Your phone, your choice," he replied, in short. Peony takes out her phone from the bag and checks if Tina replies her text.

None.

She bites her lips slowly, feeling frustrated and sad as well. Looks like everyone ignores her, totally.

"Thanks for the hospitality. I think I should go now,"

"Where to?" Peony stuttered a bit.

"Er... Tina is waiting for me. I got her text, asking me to stay at her house tonight,"

"May I see the text?"

"Why? No!" Peony quickly throws her phone into the bag. Yu leans closer and stares her. She's taken aback and quickly grabs the throw pillow to cover her face. He slaps the pillow away and keeps his eyes on hers.

"Stay here tonight," his voice is getting lower, almost like a whisper. As much as Peony scares at him, somehow the voice soothes her worry heart. But, due to his scary gaze, she shuts her eyes tight, avoids the eye contact with Yu.

Yu still staring at her, studies that cute, fair skin face in the utmost attention. He just realize, how red that lips, crimson red visibles on her cute puffy cheek and strains of black hair that falls and cover that face. Yu sweeps away those hair strains, slowly brushing his finger onto her puffy cheek. 

Peony quickly slaps the hand from her face and push him away from her. Yu chuckles a bit, sneering while his back rests well on the sofa.

"I'm leaving!" Yu quickly stands up and block the way. 

"No. Stay," he says.

"How can I stay if you behave inappropriate, mister?!"

"It's not like we haven't done anything..."

"I'm leaving..."

"Wait..." Yu tries to grab her forearm, but Peony jerks her hand away.

"Okay, no more tricks! I promise you. Stay, please..." Peony glares at him. Still insecure around this man. He had been kissed her without consent, even took her virginity as well. Her instinct is in full mode now. 

"I'm sorry, Peony. Please stay. It's dangerous out there..."

"It's pending now. One mishap and it's the end of you!" Yu quickly lifts his hands up. Peony is a nice, sweet person. But like people said, don't poke the beehive unnecessarily. Silence people tends to get scary as hell if they are mad. 

Hulk is the best example.

Peony glares at him, making Yu steps back from her and creating some space between them. As he is about to say something, the main door is creaking open.

"We're home...." the jolly voice turns sour and awkward. Standing in front of the door is a boy with dirty blonde mix with red highlight hair and a girl with black jet hair. Both are wearing a white shirt with jeans and boots.

"Who is this pheasant?!" the black jet hair girl drops her bag. Yu glares at her and side hug Peony. She tries to escape, but he hugs her so tight. 

"Guys, we need to talk..."