Before her mysterious guardian could step into scene, his meant-to-be 'damsel in distress' stole his spotlight and staged her own one woman show. The thugs closed in her lured by her innocence and vulnerability. They wolf whistled, catcalled and attempted to flirt. This angered the 'Shadow' as he struggled to stay out of sight.
"It's not safe for a pretty girl like you to walk around at this time tch"
"Tch tch this won't do. Come with us."
"Your oppas will take special care of you"
Despite not being entirely clear-headed, Sooyeon was aware of what was happening. Sooyeon could not believe how low men could stoop to take advantage of vulnerable woman. Drunk or not, this was an absolutely unacceptable scene she was experiencing. Hearing their disgusting remarks she continued to play dumb and pretended to succumb to the trash men surrounding her.
She sweetly smiled and added a shy giggle, "hehe mmm okay then"
Her fairy-like reaction pleased them and continued to move closer towards her. Distracted by her fragile looking appearance they did not see her incoming swing of her bag.
With all her strength she violently swung her yellow weapon across the heads of the two closer to her. Her unexpected attack had them stunned. Sooyeon took this chance to grab another punching bag and throw a clean uppercut making him stumble back falling onto his mate. Sooyeon sensed that someone was coming in from behind and was about to execute a 360 roundhouse kick to her attacker.
Her planned blow never hit her opponent as she anticipated. Her extended leg flew straight passed him as he swiftly dodged her attack. To her disappointment her punching bag did not cooperate so upon habitual reflex she swung her fist aiming to hit him hard on his jaw.
Instead of feeling her knuckles hit his face, a large cold hand clasped around her wrist which annoyed her. She was about to yell in protest but a clear intimidating voice rang in her ears, "Not bad, Ms Ponytail."
Although his voice was chilling to the bone, Sooyeon could sense a hint of warmth and concern in his icy tone. 'What the- who is this guy', her vision started to blur when she tried to focus on the stranger's face. Replaying his said line in her hazy mind she halted at the mention of "Ms Ponytail".
'w-wait, did he just say "Ms Ponytail"??' The last time she heard that nickname was when her friends officially dubbed her "The Daring Little Miss Ponytail" after her mini romantic high school drama scene on her 17th birthday.
Before she could respond to Mr. Mysterious, her body betrayed her and gracefully collapsed in a pair of strong arms into a deep sleep.
As expected of our 'Smiling Sleeping Beauty', she once again fell into a slumber at a not-so-great time.