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You were frantic as you tried to open the text message feature of the RFA messenger app, and your fingers were somewhat shaking as you tapped on Jaehee’s name.
‘Zen’s a bit… possessive… I don’t think that he wants me to leave...’
‘I tried to act indifferent in the chatrooms towards him because we are still, in a way, strangers...’
‘We’ve only known each other a week...’
‘And now...’
‘God…’
‘He’s already going about calling me pet names like ‘cute princess’ and saying that I’m “just his type” and… I’m kind of worried...’
You couldn’t type any more after that, pulling your knees up to your chest as you lay on your side. The most that you could do… was hope that Jaehee was able to notice those messages and let Jumin know exactly what has happened.
God, how you were going to kill Jumin at the party… If he hadn’t have said that he was going to send you to visit Zen, then perhaps… You and Zen could have been quite good friends.
Never had you expected him to be so possessive.
Thank god Zen said that you could sleep in the spare room he had… You weren’t sure if you could hold back panicking or lashing out if you had to even sleep in the same room as him. Unfortunately, this was the only room besides the bathroom which didn’t have a window to leave through. If you honestly could have, you would have got out of here after the two hours that Jumin had requested for you to visit, ran over to Jumin’s driver, and left.
To make matters worse, you were only expecting to be made to visit for those two hours. You had no other clothes with you (they were all at Rika’s apartment), and your phone was running low on power, and you didn’t have the charger.
A sudden notification sound from your phone rang out as you contemplated just what you were going to do, and you could only hope that it was Jaehee responding to your texts.
‘You okay in there, princess~?’
Ugh.
You ignored the message and closed your eyes, hoping that you could fall asleep, and wake up to find yourself back at Rika’s apartment, joking about with Seven over the messenger and through the CCTV, rolling your eyes at Jumin’s obsession with cats, sympathising with Jaehee, attempting to encourage Yoosung into studying, and… supporting Zen’s career from a neutral standpoint.
Tears began pouring down your face at that moment, and you never even noticed the door open as that happened.
Zen noticed the redness of your face and the way in which your phone was held almost reassuringly against your chest. He didn’t want to see you in such a state whatsoever, so silently, he approached the bed which you were lying on with a slight limp because of the cast on his leg, before resting his hand on your knee.
You flinched at the feeling of his cold fingers against your skin, and it made you began to cry even more.
“Hey… What’s the matter?”
The words on your tongue fail to match those in your mind. “I- I’m fine… It’s nothing… I’m just stupidly emotional right now...”
He genuinely is concerned for you, you can read that on his face, but you still can’t help but feel worse knowing that.
Now another message came through on your phone. It was Jaehee this time.
‘Well… Don’t think too much into it, okay?… Zen wouldn’t do anything which would end up as a scandal. Also, he has lived on his own for a long time… Maybe he just needs the company. You can go home soon, I promise ^^’
How you hoped that Jaehee was right… For the time being, you lay all of your hopes into those words.
Before you knew it, Zen was sat on the bed and now had his fingers laced between yours. “Why don’t I show you something? It always calms me down when I feel somewhat emotional… It could help you too.”
A few minutes later, you had been led onto the building’s roof. Zen was remaining fixed to your side, meaning that there wasn’t much chance for you to even let out a few more of the urges to just cry without worrying him further.
Damn… Zen made you so conflicted!
“The stars… Don’t they look nice?...” Zen had began speaking, so you thought that you might as well listen to him for a while. “I always like to look at them when things keep getting to me. Especially on a clear night such as this...” Before you knew it, he was stood behind you, and you were caught in a somewhat tight embrace. “But you look so much nicer than the stars...”
You could feel the knots in your stomach tighten as he said that. Were you meant to like that, because it was a complement… Or were you supposed to hate it, because he wasn’t wanting you to leave?
Either way, your eyes were fixed on the stars. You weren’t going to look at him, not at least for now...
“Hmm… You still look very upset...” Now his finger was stroking your cheek. Were you… meant to feel uncomfortable with that? “I think that I should keep an eye on you until you’ve calmed down… Come on. Let’s go to sleep...”
‘She’s not been in the chatroom for two days… I’m a bit worried.’
‘Yeah;; I miss having her about, she’s the only one who jokes about with me...’
‘I’m constantly dying in lolol because of how often i’m checking to see if she’s online!’
‘… Zen hasn’t been online either. Have you noticed that? I send her to his house, and he decides to keep her for himself!’
‘707, is there any way for you to trace her phone? Or Zen’s for that matter?’
‘I guess I could, but...’
‘DO IT, SEVEN;;;;;’
‘Fine, fine… Let God Seven do his work then!’
-707 has left the chatroom-
‘… God, I should have taken her messages more seriously than I did...’
‘She messaged you, assistant Kang?’
‘!!!’
‘Yes… She was saying that Zen didn’t seem to be wanting to let her leave, that he was being somewhat possessive, and calling her by pet names… I thought that it was simply to do with Zen having lived on his own for so long, and making the most of finally having company.’
‘Don’t worry, Jaehee! I would have thought the same, to be honest...’
‘Hmm.’
-707 has entered the chatroom-
‘I don’t think her phone has power. It disconnected from any sort of service two nights ago from Zen’s location. Zen is with her though. I checked some CCTV near his apartment and noticed that he took her out with him to do some shopping by the looks of things a few minutes ago.’
‘She is safe?… Good… I am going to go now that I know that.’
-Jaehee Kang has left the chatroom-
‘Assistant Kang just ran out of the office. That is concerning, she has a lot of work to do. I must follow her.’
-Jumin Han has left the chatroom-
‘Uh… That was sudden...’
‘I think Jaehee’s just a bit worried...’
‘Maaaaybe. Who knows? It’s not like I can hack her head… It’s a shame she’s not a robot;;’
Three days since you were brought here. Two days since your phone ran out of power. One day until the party.
Zen had decided for you that, seeming as your very few belongings were still at Rika’s apartment, you were both to go out shopping for things such as clothes. For the past few days because of that… You’ve had no choice but to wear some of his shirts whilst your one outfit was being washed.
“I say that you would look adorable in this~ We’d match too!” Zen grinned as he showed you a white sleeveless dress which seemed to go down to your knees. There was a black trim to it too… God… “Come on, try it on for me, princess~” You hold back a gulp as he took hold of your hand, and placed the dress over your wrist. “Don’t make me have to drag you to the changing room!” He was obviously joking as he said that, but it couldn’t help but make you feel nervous.
“Give… Give me five minutes...” You whisper, before quickly rushing off into the closest changing room with the dress which Zen wanted you to try on. As soon as you closed the door, you looked around the cubicle. In the hand not holding the dress, you had a bag of things which Zen had bought you – a new phone charger included. You needed to plug it in and get a tiny bit of power in your phone as soon as possible.
“Just… tell me when you’re done, yeah?” Zen’s voice called out from the other side of the door as you quietly rummaged through the bag. “I need to see my princess in that dress, after all!”
You nod, before realising that he was never able to see the action. “Yeah… I will...” Once you had spoke, you had found your new charger, and pulled your phone out of your pocket. This was your only hope to contact the others… At least to let them know that you’re okay.
Once you were assured that your phone was charging, you glanced at the dress which Zen was wanting you to try on. It was… definitely pretty… and nicer than the other three he had asked for you to try on… You took your precious time to get changed after that, watching as the number on your phone’s screen slowly increased.
About seven minutes had passed by the time you had got into the dress (you were scared at how he had managed to get your dress size with a simple guess), and you ended up taking a deep sigh as you looked in the mirror. God… As much as you didn’t want to admit it right now, he was right. You did look… good… and you did match with his typical outfit…
As soon as you stepped outside the cubicle, you heard a loud gasp, and felt your arms be taken hold of. “Wow… So beautiful!” Zen’s shining red eyes were scanning all over your body, quite literally everywhere. “I would want to kiss you, but… You seem somewhat uncomfortable around me still. Don’t worry though babe, you’ll get used to my love soon.”
Soon… God, how long would ‘soon’ happen to be?
“I… think that we should leave the clothes shopping at that now… You’ve already promised to buy me quite a few pieces of clothing, and… I don’t think it will go down with your fans too well, seeing you buy clothes for an unknown woman,” you whisper, before waiting for him to let go of your arms so that you could get back into your normal clothes.
Back inside the changing room, your phone had just got to 11% power. Stalling was helping in the process of giving it a chance to charge…
Silently, you went and picked up your phone, and were surprised at the sudden text which came through. You could hear a sudden startled noise from just outside, so you presumed that Zen had heard the text notification too.
“Uh… babe, you okay?...”
“I’m...” You quickly turned your phone onto silent. “I’m fine. Maybe there’s just somebody nearby using their phone...”
“Maybe. Anyway, you should be quick at getting changed, we need to buy food for tonight’s meal after we pay for your new clothes~”
You gulp as you open the text.
It was Seven.
‘AH! YOU HAVE RETURNED! GOD SEVEN HAS MISSED YOU!’
‘In other words… I’ve been waiting to see if your number appeared again as having service… Everyone has, actually.’
‘Especially Jaehee.’
You had to stop yourself from tearing up as you read the texts… Everyone had been worried about you…
‘Seven, I’m going to log into the messenger for two minutes, okay? I need to be quick...’
You have to multi-task now. Getting changed whilst logging into the messenger… Fun. As soon as the messenger turned on, you noticed that Seven had logged in at the exact same time, and Yoosung happened to be there too.
‘AH! YOU’RE SAFE;;;;’
‘GOD SEVEN IS SO HAPPY, FOR HIS MOST LOYAL DISCIPLE HAS RETURNED!!!’
‘Hey, Yoosung, Seven...’
You pull the dress over your head, before reaching out for your normal clothes as you watched the next few messages appear.
‘We’ve been so worried… Jaehee’s been acting strangely since you disappeared for a few days...’
‘Mmmhm.’
‘Zen… hasn’t hurt you, has he?...’
You pulled your sweater over your head as you grab hold of your phone.
‘He hasn’t hurt me… He’s just being quite possessive… Hah, I’m not even being allowed to return to Rika’s apartment to get my things on my own, so he’s bought me replacement stuff...’
‘Including a phone charger?’
‘Yup. I’m using it now whilst I’m meant to be getting changed… He wanted me to try on a dress to wear to the party tomorrow...’
‘Oh yeah! The party tomorrow!!! We’re going to get to see you then!’
‘You bet, Yoosung~’
You could hear Zen knocking on the door once you sent that message, before biting your lip. It would be a bad idea to leave him waiting for too long. Knowing Zen, he probably would try to open the door to see if you were okay if you were too long.
‘I have to go… See you all tomorrow...’
‘Yeah, see you then, my loyal disciple!’
‘All hail god seven lolololol’
‘Bye!’
‘See you soon, Yoosung.’
You sighed as you finished pulling your boots back on, before then turning your phone off and unplugging your charger. Your only reassurance right now is that at least Yoosung and Seven knew that you were okay.
As soon as you stepped outside, Zen pulled you into a sudden hug. “Ah, finally back to normal...” He was whispering into your hair. “I love you, my princess...”
Princess… God, you were going to have to get used to being called that, weren’t you?