Be With Me

Chapter 19

Kelvin shivered and his shoulders started to shake. Cris Yoon's ice cold voice woke him up from his shock and his body started to react.

Everything happened so fast that Kelvin couldn't process what was happening. One second, he was inside a locked cubicle with that man and he was about to… to…

He started to breathe quickly as his heart pounded loudly in his ears, but his brain pushed through in processing the situation.

He was about to… but then the door disappeared and the man disappeared. He had closed his eyes when that stranger came to him, and in the next second, he felt the air swoosh through his face and the man was gone. He was shocked but then relief flooded his entire body. The man was gone! He was safe now. He was gone…

Kelvin didn't even think about what had happened to that man or where he had disappeared to, only that he was finally gone.

But in the next second, Kevin suddenly heard a loud thud on the other end of the restroom, which brought him out of his dazed state. With unsteady legs, Kelvin forced himself to move, to leave this cursed cubicle and flee. Kelvin was free now and he needed to run away from this place as fast as he could. That was what his brain was telling him to do.

RUN! NOW!

With one shaky leg after another, holding on to the wash basin, Kelvin managed to take a few steps towards the door. He took a few more steps and stopped the moment he saw that man, being held up by his neck, with his blood staining the wall behind his head.

At that moment, Kelvin couldn't feel anything. He didn't feel angry at him, or sorry for him, or any other emotion towards him. He was completely numb. Kelvin stared at the man with blank eyes and an expressionless face.

After a while, he turned away, intending to leave, but he was suddenly stopped in his tracks once again, this time from a different type of shock. Kelvin hadn't paid attention to the man who was choking his attacker. So he didn't know who help him. He didn't really care who it was, but when he turned around to look at those familiar cold, cold eyes, Kelvin froze. 'C-C-Chris? W-what was he…'

Kelvin felt shocked and confused and a whole lot of other emotions as he stared at him. His brain stopped functioning again as one thought ran through his mind like a broken record - 'Cris is here and he saved me from that man.'

And then the next thing he saw was Cris standing in front of that sleazy bastard his hands on his neck while his assailant screamed in pain. Kelvin couldn't take that violent scene so he abruptly closed his eyes and covered his ears, to block it all out.

When Kelvin opened his eyes again, he saw that Cris had punched the screaming man in the face and then finally the screaming stopped.

Kelvin dazedly stared at the bloody mess on the floor, his mind blank and empty of any thought, until he whispered those words in that icy cold voice of his.

Kelvin suddenly snapped out of his zombied state and he can feel that his body started to tremble.

The fear and terror he just experienced finally bubbled up to the surface. Kelvin couldn't hold it in anymore. The adrenalin had stopped pumping and his brain started working again and combined with the violent scene he had just seen, Kelvin's heart trembled down to its deepest core.

Kelvin had never experienced anything like this in his whole existence. He's been pampered by his father and brothers.

He was actually very horrified at what could have happened to him tonight. And when he finally realised the gravity of the situation he got himself into, he covered his mouth with his hands, as if to stifle the screams that were about to come out.

His face was filled with terror and his tears started to fall uncontrollably as his shoulders shook.

Cris Yoon saw the horror written all over his face and he turned away as he thought that the young man was now definitely too scared to even look at him. 'Good! He should be scared!' he thought heartlessly.

He moved to leave him be, but before he could even take a step, he felt his frail arms wrap around his waist as he hugged him from behind. He felt her head settle on his back and his shirt dampen from his hot tears. He could also feel his whole body trembling from the shock of this experience.

Cris Yoon's eyes turned wide at the unexpected turn of events. He had deliberately shown him the kind of violence he was capable of, the kind of hell he lived in, so why? Why was this little lamb still… not terrified of him! He should be running as far away from him as he could! That was what any normal, sane person would do.

Cris ran his fingers through his hair, and in the next moment, his deadly aura dissipated. He felt himself slowly relax as the rage and murderous intent from his body was expelled from it. He closed his eyes to gather his thoughts before he took a deep, quiet breath.

He turned around to face him just in time to catch him before Kelvin fell to the dirty floor.

Kelvin had fainted.

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Back in the alley, Leslie was standing, panting while the three men around him groaned in pain, crawling like they've been disabled.

Leslie shook her hands together, as if she was trying to remove the dirt from her hands. The anger in her eyes slowly dissipated and she became calmer once more. The little tigress had slowly returned to a bratty young lady.

Kai, who was still there in the shadows, leaning on the wall, smiled widely. He almost wanted to clap his hands and praise her but he didn't want to be seen by her, so he remained quiet.

The girl then started to move. She stretched her arms and cracked her neck as she started walking away.

Kai also sighed and turned around to leave when suddenly, he heard a small yelp come from her.

Kai's head snapped back towards where she was a moment ago and to his surprise, the girl wasn't there anymore. He looked at the men on the floor and they were all still there so they couldn't have done anything to her.

So where the hell did she go?

Kai hastily ran towards the spot where he last saw her. He looked around but he couldn't see her anywhere! Miss. Hooligan… where did you go?

"Ugh!! Damn it!! Damn it!!" an echoey voice cursed.

His eyes looked at where the voice was coming from and when he saw why she seemed to have disappeared, his jaw just fell.

Miss hooligan actually fell into a hole?! This was so unbelievable. She was so cool and badass a moment ago - she might even be the coolest girl he had ever seen - but she actually fell into a hole… Way to go, Miss Hooligan! I have no words left to describe you… Kai just shook his head in disbelief.

Kai squatted down and looked down the open hole in the alley. It appeared that some trouble maker removed the hole's cover so that some i***t or drunkard would fall victim to it.

"Aishh! Stupid hole!!!" The girl seemed to be in pain but Kai could tell that she was trying to get up and climb up. She didn't yell for help which he found very strange. He knew that the first word girls would normally scream out if they ever got into any kind of situation, was the word help. But she didn't. She just cursed and struggled to help herself.

Shaking his head, Kai switched on his flashlight and once he saw her, he wasn't even surprised anymore. She was already standing up and was about to climb up.

Kai extended his hand.

"Come, take my hand and let me help you," he said and Leslie hesitated for a moment. She recognized that voice but she thought she might be mistaken because why would that person be here? Anyway, she didn't want to waste time to ponder the whys and hows while she was still literally holed up.

After accepting his hand, the man effortlessly pulled her up. "Thank you," she said without looking up as she fixed her dress. She then tried to stand and walk but she couldn't. It seemed she may have sprained her left ankle. She winced from pain every time she put pressure on her left foot but she was determined to go because she had to return to get Kelvin!

She had left Kelvin by himself for too long now, and who knew what might have happened to him during the time he's alone. She was really worried and she cursed herself for being careless and succumbing to her anger.

"Your ankle…" Her attention was drawn away from her thoughts to the man who helped her out of the hole. And when she looked up, her eyes almost bulged out. It was him! What was this person doing here?

"P-p-prince Kai? What are you doing here?" she stammered in surprise.

Some unknown emotion flashed in the man's eyes the moment she called him prince. "Don't call me that. I'm not a prince."

"Don't lie. I know who you are," she insisted and the man sighed. "I saw you in a mag–"

"I think you should go to the hospital or you might never be able to wear heels again." He cut through her words and when she looked down and saw her very swollen ankle, her eyes widened.

"Wait a moment," he said and then he turned around and just left.

Leslie tried to walk but the pain was excruciating. She had never been injured to this extent in her life! She breathed in and out deeply, trying to make the pain go away. Just as she forced herself to move despite the pain, a man on a black bike halted before her. It was the prince. He looked so majestic and hot that Leslie almost drooled as she spaced out. The bike, the black leather jacket, his face; the combination of all three things was a sight for sore eyes. She wondered how people didn't stare at him everywhere he went, like how she was staring at him right now.

She snapped out of her daze when he put the helmet over her head.

"Wait… I can't go to the hospital. I must go back and get Kelvin out of the bar first," she said as she tried to remove the helmet. But Kai just put his hand on her head, keeping the helmet in place.

"Don't worry. Cris is with him."

"Huh? Cris … Cris Yoon is with him?!"

"Mn. He will take care of him so worry about yourself for now, Miss Hooligan."

"Who the hell did you just call a hooligan?! Ouch!!"

Kai went up to her and put her arm around his shoulders as he slid an arm around her waist and helped her get on the bike. She had no choice but to follow. She knew she wouldn't be able to walk to the bar in her current state. Besides, if Cris Yoon was with Kelvin, she was sure that nothing bad could happen to him.

Because for some unknown reason she knew that Kelvin is safe with him..

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