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❝It's killing me, once again.
Your traces remain,
And they torture me.
It's killing me.
I turned around like you're a stranger,
But why am I so lonely?❞

-B.I.-

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"I swear Seokmin really did say Twoteen when we were practicing our English!"

Eunbyul started laughing at Mingyu's stories of the boys.

The two had full of wood in their arms, but Mingyu carried a lot more.

As expected, the Bakers were also gathering up firewood, probably planning to do something to Mingyu.

Eunbyul saw them glaring at her and Mingyu. She gulped but stayed calm.

She showed Mingyu her watch, it was already 5:30, thirty minutes left before they all gather up.

"This should be enough, right?" Mingyu asked signalling at the large amount of wood. Eunbyul nodded and walked with him back to camp.

Out of the blue, Mingyu spoke up, "Can you keep a secret?"

Eunbyul was shocked at first but she slowly nodded.

Mingyu sighed, he couldn't believe he was telling this to Eunbyul.

"If I can't choose between two girls that I both kinda have a crush one, would that make me a bad person?"

The young girl paused to think.

But she smiled then shook her head. With her spare right arm, she moved it trying to talk to him, It doesn't make you a bad person. You're just not sure of your feelings yet. But in my opinion, you should listen to your heart and choose the right one for you.

Mingyu softly chuckled out, "As expected from a lyricist, so cheesy."

Eunbyul hit his shoulder lightly.

And of course, three pairs of eyes were still glaring at them, especially at Eunbyul.

The two returned to camp.

As soon as Hyerim spot her, she flew to them as fast as she could.

"MY BABY DID HE DO ANYTHING TO YOU IN THERE?!"

Eunbyul laughed and shook her head. The boys came running in. They asked the same thing, but also tackled the poor beanpole.

"Yah! We're only 17! I've been living with you guys for years! What do you think I am? A pervert?!" Mingyu rolled his eyes.

Wonwoo whispered, but it was loud enough for all of them to hear, "Said the guy sneaking on others to check their bodies while they bathe."

And with that, Hyerim and the two remaining girls went wild. Mingyu, on the other hand, widen his eyes and shook her head.

"Touch her and your hand is going to be chopped off young man! You two are too young for such things!" Mihae eyed him head to toe dramatically.

"As if you're older than me, Park Mihae," Mingyu smirked.

The whole time Eunbyul was smiling uncontrollably. Anxiety and fear faded away from her mind.

Everyone helped the two stack the wood into the fireplace.

The speakers spoke loudly, Miss Tina's voice was heard, echoing throughout the whole camp, "Everyone please gather up at the cafeteria. After the meal, each class take three packets of marshmallows and come back to the fireplace."

"Thank God finally some food!" Seokmin raised his hands and spun around.

"Dude, you just ate five bags of snacks!" Minghao laughed at him.

They all went to the cafeteria.

The other students whispered and looked irritated.

But obviously, they didn't give a single damn.

"You, young Eunbyul, get as much meat as possible. You're already way too skinny!" Mihae said picking big pieces of meat and placing them on Eunbyul's plate.

Eunbyul only sighed. No matter how much she wanted, she couldn't eat much, it's just her biological body not letting her eat too much.

After about five minutes of eating, she surprisingly ate it all and excused herself.

"She eats that much and still remains thin?" Seungcheol, who was sitting across Hyerim, asked her while putting a piece of meat in his mouth.

"That's only because we forced her to. She often skip meals just because she's lazy to go to the store to actually buy food," Hyerim sighed watching Eunbyul walking out the door.

The boys frowned.

Yeonha noticed everyone and laughed softly, cheering everyone up, "Oh it's okay. We're here to put some meat on her bones. And it's because she have some sort of stomach disorder that doesn't allow her to eat much."

"How about getting more marshmallows later on? So we could make s'mores and feed them to noona," Chan smiled and said.

Everyone agreed and quickly finished their meals.

Meanwhile, Eunbyul was sitting inside her tent, petting both Ren and Luna after feeding them.

But then, her nightmare came.

Yu Taemi walked inside her tent with burning eyes.

She picked Eunbyul up by her collar.

Luna barked as loud as she could, but it came out as squeaks, she's still just a puppy. While Ren was too scared and ran into his cage.

Taemi stared into Eunbyul's eyes, probably wanting to kill her.

"What did I say about interfering with my plans?!" She spat at Eunbyul, whose eyes were then filled with tears.

How she wished to be able to shout.

"And you, you little slut, walked with my Mingyu. Didn't I tell you before that he is mine?!"

And, as expected, she slapped Eunbyul hard on the face, leaving blood red hand marks on her rosy cheeks. Eunbyul fell on the hard ground, tears staining her face.

She wished she had a voice to yell. She wished to have strength. She wished she was strong and brave enough.

But she had none of those, no bravery, no strength, no voice.

Luna barked louder and louder, looking at Taemi as if she was going to bite the shit out of her.

Taemi clicked her tongue and pointed her index finger at Eunbyul, "This is going to be the last time I talk to you about this. There won't be a second time."

She kneeled down and squeezed Eunbyul's face, smirking, "You wanna know why? Because by then," she paused and pointed at the butter knife on their counter.

"I'm going to murder you."

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