-Well, that's fine! I just guessed ... - Yumin laughed.

Suddenly Yumin changed her face, sensing something was wrong when she saw the bodyguard team split into four directions, moving toward her.

-Eunyeon unnie! Myungsoo! You two come back, I have a bit of work to solve. Go home and see! - Intuition is not wrong, the others are trying to block Yumin's retreat, not wanting to involve the two of them with Yumin, they separate.

-Huh? What to do? Yah! Yumin! - Eunyeon bewildered not to understand what happened, Myungsoo was about to chase and asked if he should be pushed by the bodyguards behind him and ran after Yumin.

Yumin ran into the crowd slowly leaving the stands, she looked towards the exit doors with people waiting right there, then frowned, and suddenly Yumin turned her head where the guests of the ceremony were still in today that conversation, then quickly ran to change direction to that side. The bodyguards just kept on sticking to their target and chased until they almost realized where Yumin was running, but stopped daring to act, Yumin observing their expressions then smiled and respectfully ignored the crowd. Trying to think of her approach without affecting anyone, from below the stairs jumped up beside the girls in beautiful dresses attending the event.

-Sorry! Please pass! - Yumin bowed at the girls also known as IOI.

Jeon Somi! Once IOI's Center, standing right on Yumin's right hand, widened her eyes to see the phenomenon in front of her, her body automatically dodged aside for Yumin to leap past. Turning left towards the upper stage, Yumin accidentally bumped into a guy who was probably a Wanna One member, she apologized in a low voice and then without hesitation down the stage where the girls still gushed hand. The guests at this time only understood what was going on as soon as Yumin dashed away, the bodyguards followed in that direction, Yumin slipped behind the trainees to locate behind the wings escape.

-Yumin! - One of the girls called out. Yumin hopped on the trigger and slowed her head to look at whom. It was Minju and beside Hyewon who just came over when he heard Minju suddenly calling out the name of an acquaintance.

-Nae! Congratulations to everyone on debut, but I'm sorry I have a job and I have to go now! Another day! - Yumin didn't suddenly answer, glancing at the approaching bodyguards, she hurriedly ran away.

The trainees and IZ * ONE now calmly look at the current situation, they see a black body from above panic running away from the monolithic bodyguard screaming in pursuit, the trainees wonder what happened including the tallest girl here also used a worried look in the direction Yumin had just disappeared.

"Yumin unnie!" S.O POV.

The director of the ceremony today spoke to arrange the girls to return to the waiting room and invite the guests to leave the show. What happened only the insiders knew, after settling it out to avoid suspicion, the director squinting at the side of the chicken thinking, "Can't i trust those people?"

Yumin looked behind the bodyguards chasing after speeding up, noticing that the empty room she turned inside was full of stage staging equipment. Locking the door but not sure it was safe, the door seemed to be about to burst open due to the pressure of a lot of muscular people, the situation was really deadlocked. Yumin looked around the room but there was not a single hole. let her escape, then looked carefully again to discover that there was still a window, Yumin walked over to open the window and received the wind that slapped her face, making her close her eyes to support, no waste time more if she did not want to be caught Yumin lowered her head and watched a smooth piece of glass go down the gap that is the roof of the building, she took a deep breath, courageously climbed up the sliding window professionally. Like action movies (Or to put it simply like a child's slide! But this scene I borrowed from a certain movie by Uncle Jackie Chan? 🤔).

Landing her foot perfectly without any thought, Yumin raised her head to look at the position she had just flown down from there, gazing at the uneasy reaction of the bodyguards when witnessing the too risky act just now, since Yumin was slim. The weight was just enough, so it was easy to perform this action, but those guys were so heavy that it made this game drop a lot of water. Continuing with the mission of escaping from here, Yumin went to the right corner of the road, just down there to successfully escape, Yumin turned her back into the glass with both hands and legs using her strength on the sides of the wall form a right angle, bite the teeth to endure slipping again. (It's too virtual, isn't it? I haven't seen this game yet)

... (Friction noise)

Near the ground Yumin painfully let go of her balance and fell onto the street, saying that Yumin was too brave to do it like that! Try rubbing your hand on the glass many times to see if you can stand it even though it's a coat, but with the force of earth and fast friction, Yumin, who has buffalo skin, can not stand the terrible heat. Yumin got up and rubbed her hand with one hand to ease the pain from the slippage, then ran away, lest the bodyguards catch up to the place and fell like this, causing her body to shiver a lot, losing energy by Yumin.

The cold sky signaled that a rain was about to pour down. Yumin did not care and looked at no one. Running until the last of her strength in her body, Yumin's legs lost the sensation and fell on the road, she used the last of her remaining strength to drag the side of the bench next to the vending machine to rest, looking like Yumin appeared. Now it was pathetic that her clothes were wrinkled and covered with sand, and her face was so wrinkled that she could stand the humidity all over. Suddenly laughing at the miraculous things that happened, Yumin, with both hands on both sides behind, raised her head and let out a sigh.

-It's no different from startling! Isn't that trying to prove that it's real? - Yumin closed her eyes in thought.

Yumin also doubted that something would be wrong today, so the moment the bodyguards set up the siege, Yumin started to be vigilant, it's not natural that they acted weirdly like that. to that "debut list" case. Do they think her will bring this to the authorities? The fact that this fact that let anyone else know or fall into the hands of journalists will be shocking! But if Yumin does that, what should IZ * ONE do now? They just formed a group and have not officially debuted yet because of the big guys 'plans, but let the girls' dreams disappear as soon as it comes into being. But if she keep quiet, it will be unfair to other trainees because the chance to debut, which seems to be right in front of their eyes, will be snatched away by others! Yumin is really troubled when it comes to this situation, one side is innocent friends with pure dreams and the other is fair and fair, so how should she choose?

"What will come will also come! I do not know what I do! " Yumin's POV.

It's okay to say Yumin is selfish, but cruelly make her choose this way, she doesn't want anyone to suffer, especially her carefree friends who don't know anything. There is a saying: "The needle in the bag also comes out one day" just let things go naturally, at least they had some time together.

Yumin stood up after a recovery of lost energy. Walking in the night, taking the phone she forgot for hours to check, the fee slowly slowed after realizing she had missed 5 calls and 3 texts from a single person, Kwon Juri!

Intuition aroused uneasiness again in her heart, Yumin dialed the number to call Juri, but only received the notification that she could not contact, continued to make another call but still got the same result. This time it's really not good, Yumin speeded up her footsteps while searching her cell phone for the messages Juri sent through and opened it.

Message 1:

Yumin, where are you?

Message 2:

Are you busy? Then call me later to read this message!

The first two messages seemed normal, but on the third message, Yumin started to panic. Kwon Juri could it be ...

Message 3:

Yumin! This is probably the last message I send to you!

Yumin, thank you for all that you've done for me in the past and now, you are a really dear friend as well as someone who always feels safe around and trusting. when opposite and who I love!

Fortunately, you haven't responded to my confession! If not, I don't know where to get the courage to text these words. I know you are always there to encourage and protect me, help me to overcome difficulties but ...

Sorry, Yumin! I'm so weak now that I can't help but add more burden. Making you work hard is my fault! I know how he is also profitable "Don't be so confident, be optimistic in all situations!", Right?

Yumin! I'm lost! Can't find the old self anymore, what should I do! I'm so tired!

HAN YUMIN! I know it's a waste of time but I still want to say it again I LIKE YOU!

Right now is you giving me the courage to decide this is to find real freedom!

Forget me! Forget a weak Kwon Juri who can't go on with you in the future, you have to live well and successfully make a bright career and tell my parents that I love them and hope they will understand me. !

Love you,

Kwon Juri.

...

-Kwon Juri! What are you talking about!

Yumin bit her lip and blamed herself carelessly so that Juri had to fight her thoughts alone while she happily forgot Juri needed her more than she knew that Juri had to struggle hard to suppress the sobs of not wanting her parents heard and cried silently texting these words to her. Yumin lost her composure, which had her legs pulled forward and ran so quickly, and where is the destination in her mind right now? For the first time, someone made Yumin so panicked, to the point of being unable to calmly consider the situation as usual.

The first place Yumin thought of was Juri's house! Now that she didn't think much anymore, Yumin thought that she just ran there first and then slowly continued. Suddenly, the phone was just put on when it suddenly rang, Yumin picked up the phone while running towards Juri's house.

-What? - Asked curtly.

-Yahhhh! What kind of talk? Here you are! Where are you at? You know the whole family is worried about you, even if you don't go home right away? - Eunyeon on the other side of the call has now come home, thinking that they will meet someone who expected to receive the answer from the Jang family: "She's not back yet!", Eunyeon jumped up and hooked the iPhone to ask. Myungsoo was supposed to be beside her still not coming back and waiting for ... Oops! worry about Yumin.

-I can't go home yet! I came home to Juri a little bit! The whole family do not worry about me, like that! - Without saying a word, Yumin decisively interrupted the phone to keep Eunyeon from gobbling up.

- Hey wait ... Yah! Han Yumin! This girl is really ... - Eunyeon dejectedly dropped her phone, glancing at Jang Gia's expression waiting for information.

-Yumin said she couldn't return yet! Tell us not to worry. - Eunyeon sighed and shook her head to report.

- Really nothing? Yumin's appearance just now looked strange - Myungsoo beside, couldn't believe some of these familiar responses.

- How's Yumin? - Nara recently watched her expression nervously. Always in a hurry to go home late and not even go home, because to make her family feel secure Yumin always calls to report her condition. Hearing Yumin's strange expression, Nara was concerned and asked what she had been through over time.

- When we were together, suddenly Yumin asked to separate with a very serious expression. - Eunyeon instead of Myungsoo explained, deliberately waving his hand to signal him to hide the story of Yumin being chased by a bunch of people.

- At times like that, there is definitely something! Can you two find Yumin to help me? Suddenly i had a bad feeling - Living with her daughter for a long time, Nara knew all her actions and habits. With such a calm personality, only when facing such a difficult situation does Yumin have such a serious expression.

- Where's Yumin now? - Myungsoo questioned.

- Nae! We will find her! Going to Myungsoo! - Eunyeon ignored the questioning bewildered friend, pulled his hand away to find Yumin.

- Yah! Slow down! Where to go? - Being dragged away made Myungsoo completely recovered, loudly asked.

- JURI HOUSE! - Immediately hearing that the two's positions swapped, Myungsoo proactively ran forward faster than Eunyeon, the handle dragged away mercilessly.

- Yahhh! Know the way but not so clever? - Eunyeon yelled behind Myungsoo, realizing the problem he slowed down, daring to reveal a sentence.

- (Tsk) Fun! - Eunyeon went ahead and led the way.

After a long journey, Yumin picked up the car and then ran straight to the Kwon family's house almost ran into Juri's door. Yumin's hand trembled and pressed the bell repeatedly, inside the house transmitted the annoyed voice of Mrs. Kwon because of being disturbed in the night, she opened the door to ask what happened, she realized with surprise that it was Yumin!

- Yumin! That night, why are you still up to this hour? - After asking, beside her, a figure of Mr. Kwon appeared.

- What is it, Yumin? Is it so important? - Mr. Kwon dropped in a sentence.

- Is ... Is Juri at home? - Yumin wiped the sweat dripping from both sides of her temples, interrupted her breath.

- Um ... Yes! She has been home for a few days! - Mrs. Kwon faltered.

- Then let me see her! - Yumin is in a hurry but still has to politely ask for permission, just meeting the other is good enough.

- Juri's current state is not suitable for talking to anyone. Please let her be alone for a while, what's so different? - Mrs. Kwon sincerely advised Yumin, she also wanted Yumin to help her daughter get rid of her gloomy mood, but Mrs. Kwon leaned more towards Juri to give her space.

- You can't! Let me see Juri right away! - Yumin immediately ruffled her feathers, losing her image of wanting to break into the house when Yumin heard that.

- Whoa! Whoa! Don't be like that, Yumin! You are making us awkward! - Mrs. Kwon also pulled herself to stop Yumin.

- Please, Aunt Kwon! Just let me see her from afar! Yumin pleaded frantically.

-That is enough! You let her in it! Right now, only Yumin can handle this situation. - Mr. Kwon from a while ago stood by to watch the two arguments, very clearly, realizing that something bad had happened. Because the child in front of his eyes who used to gesture calmly in the face of all matters nowadays is no longer normal in such panic.

- Nae! Thanks! - With permission, Yumin slipped past Mrs. Kwon and ran to find her way to Juri's room.

Standing at the door of Juri's room, Yumin tried to suppress her emotion and turned the door to open but couldn't! It was locked inside, and more and more the unease inside. Yumin once again knocked on the door to call Juri's name without any movement. At this time, the two Kwon and grandparents were also worriedly puffed up and examined, when Yumin started to forcefully bang on the door and shout Juri's name!

- What is it Yumin! Juri doesn't want to come out! Mr. Kwon asked.

-Incorrect! Apparently she even called and texted me earlier, so why can't she just lock herself up in the room!

- Juri has been like this for many days! I think it would be better if I had you! - Mrs. Kwon did not know that the situation right now is very stressful. With just one sentence of hers officially brought the matter to the top!

-"Several days"...!

- AUNT KWON! Is there any spare key that won't take me quickly! - Listening to Mrs. Kwon with that message made Yumin really scared!

-Huh? - Mrs. Kwon still can't understand.

- Hurry! Yumin shouted

- Get it quick! - Mr. Kwon said sharply.

Mrs. Kwon frantically searched for the key, feeling a long time shaking, Yumin without warning took a few steps back in stance. To Mr. Kwon Yumin's question, he kicked hard at the door of the room with all his strength, making it unbearable and unlocked the door. Yumin rushed in, there was no familiar figure on the bed. Mr. Kwon was relieved at the new scene that happened then followed Yumin.

- Where's Juri? - Mr. Kwon wondered.

- JURI !!! - Yumin noticed that there was a light from the room in the left corner and ran to open it ...

A shocking scene that meets her eyes is the horrifying scene that will always haunt Han Yumin's mind!

"A KWON JURI HAS IT INTO THE RED ROSE OF THE BLOOD"