? only god knows 「 khunbam 」

7 | i can?t be without you, this sole thought assaults me fiercely

The children screamed and clawed at each otherʼs faces, and as if on cue, Khun revealed himself out of his hiding place, snapped his fingers, and twice the number of his security tean appeared, pointing their guns at the men in black who had their weapons cocked at Bam and the other kidsʼ direction. The troops gave way for Khun, who was playing with a pistol himself as he slowly approached to where the kids were.

"Now, now. Surely you would not want to encounter a crossfire in the middle of a hospice all for a mere childʼs play, right?" he shot the first oneʼs hand, making him loosen the hold, writhe in pain, and drop his gun which made the bluenet deviously grin. "Step away from the children or all of us shall shoot, and you will lose a whole limb."

The trio glanced at each other before coming to a consensus, surrendering and distanced themselves forty meters away. Before giving his full attention solely to Bam, he stared at them emptily, pulling out a cheque and a pen and throwing it straight at them. "This is triple of the approximate amount the Lights could have given you. Take Rachel Light, silently return, and tell them to heed my warning. If any harm befalls Jue Viole Grace, they will have nowhere to run. Got that?"

"Mr. Khun..." Bam mumbled, rubbing his puffy eyes as they watched his opponent getting dragged away from the scene. It only took a small pat on the incarnateʼs unruly hair and light "You did well." to render him crying again. Aguero lifted him up and laid his head by his shoulder, the child hooking his legs around the formerʼs torso and arms linked around his neck. "I hate her. I hate her so much, I could throw up. I wanted to hurt her more but mommy wonʼt leave me be in my dreams if I did. All the more reason I should because in that way, I get to see them again. Donʼt you think so too, Mr. Khun?"

Aguero let out a pained laughter. At first he thought it was just one of his flares, but it turns out, the black haired kid Bam was protecting earlier was kicking and punching his leg, muttering childlike profanities at him.

"Let go of him! Hyung is a great person, and he doesnʼt deserve to be bullied by people like you!"

"Kid, calm down. You both are safe now, we drove them out." The Khun knelt to his level and noticed a familiar mark near his right eye. "Whatʼs your name?"

"Hatz."

"Hatz, huh?" 'Oh, so this time itʼs you two who found each other, huh? Iʼm quite envious,' the bluenet thought, before shrugging it off to the back of his mind. "Well, thatʼs a peculiar name."

"Whatʼs it to you?"

"You cannot protect everyone you love if you cannot even defend yourself. If you want to have something, improve yourself. Itʼs not everytime that somebody is going to be there to stand up for you. There will come a time where you have to do things on your own, okay?" Soon, he smiled genuinely before leaving the ravenet with two of his lieutenants to escort him wherever he wanted, while he and Bam walked off to the hidden exit of the hospiceʼs garden.

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On a sudden whim, both found themselves stepping inside an amusement park. Maybe it was an unconscious decision, or a distant memory of a conversation where Bam told him he missed their familyʼs trivial traditions like, strolling down the park, or eating food at the city plaza, or perhaps, visiting a carnival. Whichever it is, it had to be done to lift the childʼs spirits up.