five

yeonjun~

yeonjun~

the room is empty and dark, yeonjun could feel himself wrapped in a blanket on the floor. he hears whispers of his name, the sound of a female's voice whispering gently.

"yeonjun~"

he whips his head around behind him, "who's there?"

a tall slender woman appears in front of him. long brown hair fell over her lilac lace dress, a bright and motherly aura was around her.

"hi my love," she said gently as she crouched to face the boy, "it's been a while huh?"

yeonjun didn't know who this woman was but he could feel familiarity in her.

she lightly stroked his hair and cheek with a warm smile. her eyes a pale blue and skin porcelain white. she looked like she was in her early thirties.

"oh silly me! i didn't introduce myself," she said with a light laugh, her smile and demeanor brought comfort to the boy, " i'm eve, your protector."

"my protector?"

eve nodded as she waved her hand in the air and a mirage of yeonjun's childhood home formed in front of them.

"i protect you from the bad things that happened to you." she said as she held the younger close.

a young yeonjun appeared in front of them, around 5 years old maybe, and he looked absolutely terrified while he ran through the house. tears streamed down his little face as he ran from a grown man.

"come back here you little shit!" the man's voice boomed through the tiny home. yeonjun hid under his bed, hoping he could just disappear.

heavy footsteps rang through the hallway, getting louder and closer. the door of yeonjun's bedroom flew open and the man came in.

"i know you're in here." he said as he started trashing the room in search of the little boy.

with every toy and colors that hit the floor, more tears fell out of yeonjun's eyes. it took everything in him to not make a sound but of course his mind just wasn't on his side.

a whimper escaped the little boy and he was soon being dragged out from under the bed.

the man picked up the small boy by his shirt and threw him on the bed, "you know better than to run from me!"

the boy was a shaking mess as he looked at the man in pure terror. the man reached for his belt buckle and took off his belt, "you know what happens when you disobey."

"please dont hurt me daddy!" the little boy pleaded only to be slapped across the face.

"DO NOT CALL ME THAT YOU LITTLE BITCH!" the man screamed as he hit the boy with belt on his butt, "I AM NOT YOUR FATHER AND I WILL NEVER BE."

suddenly the scene changed, what looked like an 12 year old yeonjun was sat at his desk doing his homework with his tutor. the man next to him looked like a college student.

"now yeonjun, what do you do with that two there?" the tutor asked while pointing at said number.

yeonjun sighed as he tried to think back at that day's lesson but didn't remember the answer, "i don't know know hyeon hyung."

he threw his pencil down in frustration before getting up and flopping on his bed face first.

hyeon sighed before sitting next to the younger and started to rub his back, "i think you need to take a break and relax. your finals aren't for another couple of months so trying to shove random equations and rules will only make things harder on you."

yeonjun hummed in response as he felt around for his pillow. hyeon's hands still rubbed the younger's back, slowly getting lower and lower.

a sense of uneasiness settled in the young boy, "hyung, w-what are you doing?"

hyeon smirked as his hands was dangerously close to the younger's ass, "just trying to help you relax yeonjunnie."

yeonjun quickly tried to get out of the man's grip only to be held down. panic started to set in the boy and tears pricked his eyes.

"please dont this hyung," he pleaded as he stared at the wall, "i don't want this."

a dark, low laugh was heard from behind him as his pants were being pulled down.

"you don't get that choice babyboy."

the mirage faded and yeonjun sat there and stared at the now empty air. eve still holding him close like a mother would hold their child.

"why—why don't i remember any of that?" yeonjun said in shock, looking up at the woman.

"because we won't let you," she said softly petting the boy, "if you did then you would be miserable my love."

yeonjun felt like he wasn't in his body in that moment, "who is we?"

suddenly other figures appeared in front of them. the boy only recognized juju but the other two were new.

"hi hyungie!" juju said as he bear hugged the boy, "hi mommy eve!"

eve took the small boy and hugged him tightly. yeonjun looked at the other two people, one of them dressed in a deep purple hoodie and black skinny jeans. the other in fishnets, an oversized black tshirt and black platform boots.

"well look who it is!" the one in fishnets stepped forward and eyed yeonjun, " still as scrawny as ever."

"jay shut up and leave him alone," the other said stepping next to jay, "i'm sorry dude, jay is an asshole."

"ah that's okay, i say worse things to myself," yeonjun said with a nervous laugh.

"no that was them," eve said with an irritated look, not even bothering to look at jay.

"come on mama eve! someone's gotta be real sometimes," jay said as they morphed a literal throne out of thin air.

"sometimes?!" eve said with a wild look in her eye, "you almost put us in the hospital because of you stupidness."

jay scoffed and rolled their eyes, "if it weren't for that bitch we would be dead and i would t have to deal with all of you."

"unbelievable!"

the unnamed man cleared his throat before snapping his fingers and tape forms on both of their mouths, silencing them.

"my name is daniel, i'm your primary protector," he said looking at yeonjun, "you've already met juju and noona, but this is jay. he's the one that tells you all those lies. ya know the one you think are you?"

yeonjun nodded in understanding before looking at everyone, "where did you all come from?"

"we live in your head yeonjun. we are our own people and we all charge this system."

yeonjun looked at daniel in confusion, "system?"

daniel smiled sweetly, "this body that we are all in is called a system, we share it."

a sudden light appeared behind yeonjun. a voice called out for yeonjun.

yeonjun hyung!

"that's soobin," yeonjun said with a faint smile.

jay ripped the tape off before quickly getting up to look for the owner of the voice, "where is he? where's that fine piece of man?"

"jay sit down. you aren't going to see him," daniel said with a look of disgust.

"yeonjun won't even make a move! let me at him and i will make him whipped," jay said licking their lips seductively.

"he's interested in yeonjun not you jay," daniel sneered with a frown, "don't make me lock you back up."

jay spun around with a devilish smile, "of are you gonna punish me master?"

eve covered juju's little ears and shot a death glare at jay. daniel rolled his eyes and grabbed jay by the arm, "you need to go back up front yeonjun. we'll talk to you soon."

and with that they were gone and yeonjun was left with eve and juju.

"i need to get this little one to bed," eve said after removing the tape and picking up a sleepy looking juju, "be careful my love."

she kisses yeonjun's forehead and gives him a small hug before she walks away and fades.

"hyung?" soobin waved his hand in front of yeonjun's blank face.

"you think he's switching?" beomgyu asked, munching on some strawberries.

"i don't know, it usually doesn't take this long." soobin said with a concerned look.

he was worried the other was having a stroke or something. he's been sitting motionless for the last 20 minutes.

yeonjun closes his eyes and releases a heavy sigh while slowly standing up. soobin shoots up and is at yeonjun's side immediately, "hyung are you okay?"

yeonjun looks at soobin's with a smile smile before replying, "yeah i'm fine, just tired. do you mind helping me to my room? im feeling a bit weak."

soobin nodded and held the elder's arm while making their way to the elder's room. yeonjun couldn't help but blush at how the younger subtly rubbed small circles on his arm.

soobin sat yeonjun down on the bed and went to retrieve the elder's pajamas from his wardrobe.

"thank you soobinnie," yeonjun said as he took the clothes from his friend.

soobin smiled warmly, "it's no problem hyung. just want to make sure you're okay."

the elder smiled before pressing a kiss on the younger's cheek and then walking to the bathroom and closing the door behind him.

soobin stood in shock, a deep blush forming on his cheeks as he touched where the older's lips were. he broke out into a wide smile and felt excitement and adrenaline pump through him.