I'm definitely winning you something!

"What's going on in here?" Lydia was confused, almost every girl had a plate with a piece of pie in Their hands.

As she placed the groceries she bought in the kitchen, she glanced at Jin and Andrea both wearing an apron while cooking what seemed to be the pies that the girls are eating, while Peggy was busy cutting the pies already-made into pieces, and handing them over to girls who wanted a bite.

"Andrea and Jin had a little pie-making competition, and they made Nikolai the judge." Peggy said giggling, "Both pies are delicious! I can't decide a winner, so I can't imagine the pressure on Nikolai!" she added.

"Okay..." Lydia said before she went to the pool where Nikolai was talking with a punch of girls about which pie they think is the best, "I really can't decided!" Nikolai said.

"Then choose your boyfriend of course!" One girl said, "Actually...I think Nikolai is right, Andrea's pie is seemingly as good as Jin's." another girl said.

"I may like Andrea's more! it's pretty surprising!" some girl said, "Nah! Jin's pie has that 'Love' flavor about it, like it's made with love." Another girl spoke-up.

"You girls couldn't wait for me to bring snacks?" Lydia asked, "Who needs snacks when there's two men in the kitchen?" one girl replied giggling.

"Two hot men I might add." Another girl said, "Don't say that, Nikolai is here!" one girl scolded her.

"I'm not jealous don't worry! I know my man is hot and I take pride in that." Nikolai said smiling.

"AWW!" the girls cheered, "Anyways...I've placed the snacks in the kitchen, if any of you needed anything." Lydia said.

"Thanks gurl! hey BTW! why aren't you in uniform?" One girl asked, "What uniform?" Lydia asked.

"Your bikini silly! we got you one, it should be on the couch in the living room." a girl replied.

"It's okay if you don't want to wear one Lydia." Nikolai said.

Hesitant, "Umm, thank you, I'll be fine...I'll go change." Lydia replied before going to the living room.

She quickly found what she was looking for, there on the couch laid a dark Sling swimsuit that Lydia sighed at, "Seriously...I'm not a bikini girl... whatever." She said and grabbed it before She Headed to a different room to change her clothes.

Coincidentally, Lydia went into the guest room that Andrea used earlier, She locked the door behind her and placed the swimsuit on the bed.

"Huh?" it was then when she noticed the doll.

Upon inspecting it, she realized 'What' this doll was representing, or pretty much 'Who'.

"He must be missing her desperately." Lydia sighed putting back the doll on the bed as she started to undress, then she slipped into that swimsuit.

When she was done, she checked herself in the floor mirror, And mumbled to herself, "It looks nice on me...I supposed."

Suddenly, Lydia's phone started ringing, so she answered it.

*Beeb*

Lydia: This is Lydia brooks...

Salvatore: Hey Lydia!

Lydia: Salvatore? is everything alright?

Salvatore: Yeah! everything is alright.

Lydia: Then why are you calling?

Salvatore: I wanted to...well...check on you.

Lydia: Why?

Salvatore: No particular reason.

Lydia: I suggest you don't do this often, Andrea is here, though he doesn't know I'm talking to you.

Salvatore: Andrea is with you?! What happened? does he know?

Lydia: Possibly...I'll talk to you later when He's gone.

Salvatore: Sure?...Hey be safe!

Lydia: *Chuckling* are you worried about yourself getting caught? don't worry.

Salvatore: I'm worried about you Lydia, I don't want you to get hurt because of me.

- Lydia was surprised, she didn't answer.

Lydia : ....

Salvatore: Anyways...I'll call you later, be careful Until then.

*Beeb*

Sighing, "What a strange man." Lydia said to herself before leaving the room.

...Meanwhile...

With her arms wrapped around Joel's, "I'll go with Joel to get something to eat, do you kids want anything?" Soo-Min asked.

"No, We're going to try some more games!" Seong-min said before she grabbed Cyrus by his hand.

"Hey! where are you taking ME?!" Cyrus asked.

"I want to see if there's games with unique prizes! I have to win you a special gift for your birthday!" Seong-min said enthusiastically.

"You're already paying for everything which I think is enough of a gift by the way!

Besides, i told you I have my own money, why do you insist on paying for my things?" Cyrus asked.

"I'm not really good at gift-giving or being an Amazing friend, I find money an easy way to help people although I know it sounds shallow, I can promise you my intentions are always good." Seong-min replied.

"Whatever you say...if you really want to win me a prize, you should know lot of these games here are rigged.

They do this on purpose to take as much money as they want from you, so you really need to be careful of what game are you going to play and how." Cyrus said, "Plus most of them have the same type of prizes." he added.

"Do you know which game I should pick? or is there like a prize here you want?" Seong-min asked.

"I don't really care for prizes, but you can try to shoot the darts? I know a tent with unique prizes, it's kinda far from here though."

"Oh! that sounds fun! let's go!"

The two of them then went towards the dart Tent, but as they got closer, Seong-min realize that Cyrus was right, this game was pretty far from the others.

The dart tent was on the edges of the carnival, and behind the tent was like an entrance to the forest.

"The lights are everywhere, but this side of the carnival feels creepy, probably because there isn't many games around here, and we're kinda near the forest too." Seong-min commented.

"These are the outskirts of town after all, they should be creepy...And I don't recommend wondering in the forest, you can easily get lost in there, especially if you're unfamiliar with the place.

And as far as I know, during Carnivals like these, the forest is usually filled with horny carnival-goers, doing horny shit." Cyrus replied.

Surprised, "You're kidding me? people are banging in these trees?!" Seong-min asked.

"Pretty much yeah...Anyways, you still want to play?" Cyrus replied.

"Yeah! I'm definitely winning you something! and you were right, this tent doesn't have the same prizes as the others!" Seong-min replied as she gave the shopkeeper in the tent some money.

She received her darts and was about to start throwing one of them when Suddenly, they heard a little girl screaming and crying, the voice came from the Forest behind the tent.

"LET ME GO?! I WANT DADDY!"

Terrified, "Did you hear that?" The shopkeeper asked them, "I did and it's coming from the forest." Cyrus replied.

"I think a little girl is in trouble!" Seong-min said horrified, then they heard the screaming again, "DADDY! DADDY HELP ME!"

"Shit! there should be some security here!" Cyrus said looking around but found no one of that sort, "I'll go find the security guard nearby and tell him what we heard!" The shopkeeper said and then rushed outside the tent in a hurry.

"Wait! we should help her!" Seong-min tried to stop the shopkeeper, but he still ran away to find someone else to help instead.

Turning her attention back to her friend, "Cyrus we need to help her!" Seong-min said, "Are you kidding me? we should wait here until security comes!" Cyrus replied.

"What?! Now you want to be a law-abiding citizen?!! that little girl is getting hurt! she needs our help!" Seong-min said.

"I'm sorry but we're not ready for a fight! and both of us just survived getting killed few days ago!" Cyrus replied.

"WHATEVER! if you don't want to go with me! I will Go on my own!" Seong-min said, "Don't be fucking ridiculous! you're going to become a Target yourself!" Cyrus replied.

But Seong-min didn't listen to him, "I don't care! I rather die trying, than live knowing I could've done something and didn't do it!" she said before she ran into the forest entrance.

Shocked, "SHIT?!...WAIT!" Cyrus ran after her, However it didn't take him long before he stopped, since she stopped too.

Just few trees Away from where they started running, was a man pinning a little girl to the ground.

It was obvious what he was trying to do to her, and luckily he still didn't get to do anything when Seong-min suddenly charged at him.

"What...Who the fuck are you?!" The man asked.

"YOU DISGUSTING LOWLIFE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HER!" Seong-min Screamed and than swung her bag at the man hitting him in the face.

"UGHHH?!"

The Guy fell on his back from the shock of the impact, giving Seong-min an opportunity to grab the little girl from the ground.

Though Astonished, the attacker guy quickly stood back up, "YOU FUCKING BITCH!" he screamed as he pulled a knife.

"Let's Take her and run!" Cyrus said picking the little girl over his shoulder as he And Seong-min dashed their way back to the Tent.

But it Seemed that the man had a last second change of heart, he didn't chase after them.

Still, the two ran with the little girl like there's no tomorrow.

And When they finally made it back to the tent, Cyrus placed the girl back on the ground, while Seong-min collapsed gasping for air.

"He didn't follow us...thank god!" Cyrus mumbled, "Are you okay?" he asked the little girl.

"I want my...Daddy!" the girl said with tears in her eyes, "We'll take you...to your daddy, just let...me catch...my breaths." Seong-min replied.

Just then, the two saw the shopkeeper coming back with two men by his side, one was the security guard, The other was a well-built man that seemed to be in distress.

When The little girl saw the distressed man with the long blond hair, she Ran towards him and immediately got hugged by that man.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry...I can't believe I trusted that woman to keep an eye on you...*Hiccups* I promise you, daddy won't leave your side ever again like this, Ever!" The man Started crying hysterically as he hugged the girl.

Although His daughter didn't seem to like being hugged, she was calmer now since her dad was with her and she stopped crying.

"Holy Molly...I'm so glad we...helped her!" Seong-min said happily despite still trying to catch her breath.

But when she turned to look at Cyrus, Seong-min realized he was terrified for some reason.

"Hey are you okay?...I'm so sorry ... I got us into trouble again!" She said but he didn't respond, so she glanced to see what's making him literally freeze.

Cyrus was staring with big wide eyes at the man that's hugging the little girl, "is everything alright?" She whispered.

"Let's Get The Fuck Away, now!" Cyrus replied back, "What why?!" she asked.

At the same time she asked her question, the man was done hugging his daughter and began approaching them with The shopkeeper and the security guard, "Those two must've saved her!" The shopkeeper said pointing at Seong-min and Cyrus.

Standing-up slowly, "We just couldn't leave her behind... though we couldn't catch her attacker." Seong-min said, "You two are braver than most people I know, thank you for your help!" The security guard said before he started shaking their hands.

Cyrus was getting more nervous by the second, and Seong-min felt he was about to burst at any moment, "We were just lucky to be nearby." Seong-min Said, "We should go now." She added grabbing Cyrus, but before she could leave.

"You two...I can't state how grateful I am for you for saving my daughter." The little girl's father said smiling, he then engulfed them both into a big hug.