Yoongi
I was in my room, enjoying some silence and counting the minutes until Alina would come home. I had to admit that I missed her but I did not want to bother her. I knew how much she missed Solania who had been her best friend for so long. After all, she had to uproot everything and leave her previous home and life because of us. The least we could do was not complain when she went to meet with a friend for a day, even if we miss her so much.
I listened to the music playing with a smile on my face. The last time she went to town, she got me a CD that played beautiful piano melodies that always seemed to calm me down. Something about piano music was always something which attracted me.
Suddenly, I heard ruckus from downstairs. I frowned as I realized something was wrong. I jumped off the bed and hurried downstairs where I could feel the tension and hear the shouting. Jimin was even crying his eyes out.
‘Jimin, baby, what’s going on?’ I asked as I entered the living room where everyone was. Taehyung and Jungkook had been playing on the play station but had now abandoned it. Namjoon who had been in the balcony reading was now standing looking worried while Jin and Hoseok who were in the kitchen preparing food, had also come here.
‘It’s Alina Yoongi,’ Jimin said quickly among his sobbing as he held his phone tightly. He trembled as he looked at each of us desperately.
‘What about her? Did something happen to her?’ I asked, my heart suddenly feeling alarmed. Jimin sniffed as he nodded. I gulped, my throat suddenly feeling dry and itchy.
‘He was on the phone with her,’ Namjoon began as I looked at him. Jimin seemed like he could not repeat the story once more so he was taking over. ‘She heard some strange noises and like crying and went to check. Last thing he heard were male voices threatening her and then like a fight and…’ Namjoon paused as he licked his lower lip.
‘And? What? What happened? Did she get hurt?’ I asked, needing answers.
‘I heard her scream Yoongi. I heard her scream and then something like hitting her and then nothing,’ Jimin said while my eyes went wide.
‘Wh—what? No… no that can’t be true,’ I said in denial. I looked at him and knew he would never joke about this. None of the boys would joke about this and neither would Alina.
‘We need to go. We can take the van or we can run,’ Jungkook said.
‘We run. That’s faster,’ Taehyung said as he turned around and ran out of the room.
I followed right after as he jumped out and transformed, ripping his clothes. I did the same just as did the others as we all began a run towards the city.
We arrived in what probably was record time. It was night and dark and there weren’t any people about which made it easier for us to travel around in our wolf form.
‘She’s near,’ Namjoon said through the mind link. I took a sniff and smelled her too but there was also blood.
‘She’s hurt,’ I said as I felt my own fear starting to take over. We hurried even more.
‘There’s someone else with her too. Also hurt,’ Jungkook said as I nodded. Jimin sniffed while Taehyung just remained focused. We ran until we managed to get to an alleyway.
I froze for a moment as I saw a young teen holding her head on his lap while he cried and trying to wake her up. ‘Please… please wake up,’ he said in a broken voice.
‘Alina…’ Taehyung whispered just as he changed into his human form. The boy gasped as he suddenly seemed to realize we were there.
‘Please…please don’t hurt us,’ the boy cried as he suddenly wrapped his arm protectively around her. Taehyung didn’t say anything and just kneeled down next to them. He gasped loudly.
‘Princess…’ he cried as he went to touch her. I changed as did the others as we all circled around them.
‘We won’t hurt you kid,’ Jin said, seeing how scared the other one was. I took a sniff and realized he was a wolf like us which explained why he did not freak out.
‘She…she came to help me and they hurt her,’ he said among sobs. I looked at her and felt as if someone squeezed my heart and crushed it to dust. Her forehead was bleeding and she had dried blood on her lips as well. Her cheek was swollen and her right eye was already bruising.
I reached for her hand and took it in mine. I gently touched her face and she groaned slightly. Her eyes started to flutter open slowly.
‘Baby,’ I said as she opened her eyes and looked at us with a tired look. ‘Goddess what did you do huh?’ I asked, trying to stop myself from just bursting out crying.
‘We need to get her to a hospital or some help,’ Hoseok said but she shook her head.
‘No hospital,’ she said while Namjoon frowned. He leaned forward and took her other hand.
‘Baby you’re injured. You need help,’ he said but once again she shook her head. Why was she always so damned stubborn?
‘Joon, I’ll be okay, I promise. It’s just a few bruises, no broken or fractured bones. I’ll heal, don’t worry. Just get me home, please,’ she said, her voice cracking on the last word.
Namjoon looked at us, almost as if he was asking for our opinion. Taehyung nodded and Namjoon sighed. ‘Okay fine. I’m going to put you on Taehyung’s back, okay?’ he asked.
‘Okay…Joon, the kid?’ she asked. The kid leaned forward as he sniffed.
‘I’m here, I’m okay,’ he said as he wiped his tears with his sleeve. She smiled and nodded contently.
‘Can you transform?’ Jungkook asked softly. The kid nodded as Namjoon picked Alina up. The kid stood but his leg gave in.
‘Whoa easy,’ Taehyung quickly said as he helped him. We looked at each other worriedly. Something was wrong with him.
‘So—sorry. It’s just my leg, it’s um…defected,’ he said with a scoff. A tear fell down his cheeks as he said so.
‘That’s okay kid. Come on, you can climb on my back,’ Hoseok said as he quickly transformed. The kid looked perplexed about what to do.
‘Go on ahead. Hoseok is pretty strong and don’t worry, if he gets tired, we can exchange,’ I said, trying to encourage him. He nodded as he limped towards Hoseok and climbed on. Taehyung transformed and Namjoon put Alina on his back carefully.
We got home at the early hours of the morning. We put Alina on the bed while we quickly went to our rooms to get clothes. ‘Kid come with me,’ I said as the kid limped behind me. I reached mine and Hoseok’s room as I took out my clothes and Hoseok took out his. I grabbed some clothes and handed them to the kid. ‘These should fit,’ I said.
‘Thank you sir,’ he said as he bowed his head slightly but I shook my head.
‘My name is Yoongi, not sir,’ I said as he looked up at me while he continued to get dressed. ‘That’s Hoseok,’ I said pointing to my roommate.
‘I wish we met under better circumstance. What’s your name kid?’ Hoseok asked, offering that hopeful smile he always gave.
‘I’m Huening Kai but everyone just calls me Kai,’ he said as I nodded.
‘How old are you?’ I asked as we started walking out of the room and towards Alina’s room.
‘Eighteen si—I mean Yoongi,’ he said. I sighed, wondering why he was alone and targeted like that. We reached the room to find Jimin already next to her, cleaning the blood off of her. The sight in front of me made me feel both angry and heartbroken. I hated seeing her in any sort of pain.
‘Does she have any real bad injuries? You know she doesn’t like to make a fuss,’ I asked.
‘The worst are her ribs. She was right, no fractures or broken bones but her ribs are badly bruised,’ Jimin answered.
‘*,’ Taehyung said as he slammed his hand on the furniture. Kai flinched and Taehyung seemed to notice as he sighed. ‘Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you kid,’ Taehyung said.
‘No, it’s okay. I can sense you’re worried and angry. Is she… is she your mate?’ he asked and we nodded. ‘You’re all mates?’ he asked, his eyes wide.
‘Yeah, all eight of us. It’s pretty rare but here we are,’ Jin said. ‘By the way I’m Jin,’ he added.
‘Huening Kai, but you can call me just Kai,’ he said as he gave a slight bow of the head.
‘I’m Jungkook. That’s Jimin, Taehyung, Namjoon and Hoseok and her name is Alina,’ Jungkook said as Kai nodded.
‘Kai can I ask what happened? How did this happen?’ Namjoon asked and Kai sighed as he looked down.
‘We know you might be scared and maybe even feel ashamed but you don’t have to. Not here and not with us,’ I said as he nodded.
‘I don’t even know from where to start,’ Kai said as he took a deep breath.
‘Start from the beginning Kai. We won’t judge, I promise,’ Jin assured him as Kai nodded.
‘I was born in a pretty powerful pack. When I was thirteen, I got caught in a trap. I could not get it off and I spent two days there. I was lucky hunters didn’t come but the silver did a lot of damage to my leg, causing me to limp both in human and wolf form,’ he said.
‘I’m so sorry you had to go through that,’ Jimin said as he offered him a warm smile but one that showed understanding.
Kai nodded and sighed. ‘My pack saw me as weak and constantly needing protection so they kicked me out when I was sixteen, deeming I was old enough to take care of myself. I would not have survived in the forest so I went to the city and even managed to live like a normal human boy but because of my limp, I got targeted for bullying. I was coming home from work when they found me. They dragged me to the alleyway and started beating me up until she showed up’ he explained.
‘*s. Instead of helping, they would draw you down even further,’ Jungkook commented, anger radiating off of him.
‘You’re a wolf Kai. You never fought back?’ Hoseok asked and Kai shook his head. ‘Why? You could have stopped them,’ he said.
‘Because I was afraid that I could lose control. I was afraid I’d end up changing in front of them or accidentally badly hurt or kill one of them,’ Kai explained.
I heard Taehyung sigh because out of all of us, he was the one who was scared the most about losing control over his more animalistic nature. I looked at Kai and I could not help but feel sad for him. He had been injured and instead of helped, he was abandoned. Then bullied for being different. I never understood that.
‘Kai, you don’t ever have to worry again, we promise you that,’ Taehyung said. ‘You can join our pack,’ he said.
‘Are you sure you want a limping wolf in your pack? I’m not exactly useful,’ Kai said in a bitter tone.
‘Kai everyone is useful. Don’t look so down on yourself,’ Hoseok said.
‘Besides, our pack, it’s made of orphans, wolves who have been kicked out, rejected or ran away. We’re a bunch of misfits come together to support one another and create a family that would never abandon each other. We pride ourselves in making sure we all feeling accepted and loved,’ I said.
‘Yoongi is right. Trust me, being an Omega who was constantly berated and beaten, I would know and I won’t lie to you,’ Jimin said while he nodded.
‘Okay then,’ Kai said with a smile until he turned to look at Alina. ‘Is she going to be okay?’ he asked.
‘She will. She’s the strongest person I know. It will take some time for her body to heal, but she will be okay. What about you? Are you okay?’ he asked.
‘I’m already healing,’ Kai said as I nodded. ‘Why did she help me? She can’t heal like us,’ he murmured.
‘Because she’s a good person Kai, willing to help anyone,’ Taehyung said with a smile. ‘Did she use her powers?’ he asked.
‘Powers?’ Kai asked looking confused. He probably had not realized she was also a supernatural creature.
‘Yeah. She’s a healer but also a bender,’ Jimin explained while Kai’s eyes went wide. ‘The one who attacked you, were they human?’ Jimin asked. Kai nodded and Jungkook frowned.
‘She probably didn’t want to use her powers against humans,’ he said with a frown.
‘And probably didn’t want to expose herself. It doesn’t matter, let’s focus on making sure she’ll be okay and that we’re there for her to help her heal better,’ I said as they nodded.