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Chan’s Backstory

The Symbol of the Raindrop

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A/N: I read over Hansol’s Backstory and I realized I accidentally wrote that they spoke English so sorry about that...

Warnings: The word ‘condom,’ teenage pregnancy, abandonment, bullying, guilt, and I think that’s it??

(GIF not mine)

- It all started with a young couple

- It was the first day of summer for their school, so they went to a friend’s party in celebration of their freedom

- Everything was perfect

- But then, one shot too many and a three year old condom later, the girl started to feel off

- For a couple of days, it was just a feeling in her chest

- But then, she started throwing up at routine times in the morning

- She started to feeling tired and fatigued even when she wasn’t doing anything

- The girl told her boyfriend, but he just brushed it off

- But she was still suspicious

- So she went to the local pharmacy and bought the one stick that would determine the rest of her life just by peeing on it

- And there was a plus sign

- Once she told her boyfriend, the young couple agreed to run away together, terrified of what their parents would do if they found out

- So they took all the money they could from their savings and just started driving

- They drove all around the land of the unaffected and ended up a couple of towns down where no one knew who they were

- They had new lives

- And nine months later, the girl went into labor

- The two went to the local doctors and prepared for a natural birth

- But the girl spiked a fever of 40 Celsius

- So they rushed her to the operating room and started on a C-section

- When they finally managed to cut her open and take her baby boy out, they nearly dropped him back in

- The baby’s skin was burning like he was on fire

- So he must have caught her fever

- It wasn’t exactly the only diagnosis they had for this baby, but it was definitely the one they hoped was true

- The young couple were lucky enough to stumble into a hospital that was accepting of the affected

- They kept him in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) for a couple of days to keep an eye on him

- And a week later, his temperature was back down to a normal baby’s and they were able to take him home

- They named their baby ‘Chan’ and loved him to bits and pieces

- They had a nursery for him with dinosaur wallpapers and stuffed animals

- Chan’s dad was a little obsessed with dinosaurs

- The three of them were a happy little family for a good year until their parents found them

- Chan’s grandparents were furious

- They were disgusted with the baby and forced the three of them to go home

- And once they did, there was a lot of arguing

- The adults were trying to drill it into the young couple that there was a possibility that Chan could be an affected and wanted to bring him to get tested

- But Chan’s parents refused

- They were a part of the younger generation and detested the way that the adults outcasted the affected

- They wanted to keep Chan safe no matter what

- But with some horrible luck, Chan started to cry and scream at all of the arguing

- When Chan’s mother walked up to him in an attempt to calm him down, he swung his hand, his body glowing orange as a flame hit his mother’s face

- She cried out and fell to the floor, but that only made Chan cry even harder

- Chan’s father immediately ran to his girlfriend’s side and tried to soothe her

- Chan’s father went with his girlfriend and her family to the hospital, leaving his son with his own parents

- He trusted that they wouldn’t do anything, but boy was he wrong

- Chan’s grandparents wrapped him in a blanket, placed him in a basket, and made their way to the soldier base

- They set him down in front and banged on the doors, turning around and left him behind

- Upon seeing him, the soldiers brought Chan in to start testing him in ways they should never do to a baby

- Once they learned Chan was able to manipulate fire, he was sent to the closest facility to that base

- The other affected that were watching the newcomers were horrified when they saw a baby in the group of new kids

- And since he was brought in so young, he couldn’t work yet

- So he grew up in a cell

- He was basically adopted by the oldest ones in his cell since none of the soldiers were going to take care of him

- But he was still too young to understand anything that was happening

- He barely even understood what was going on when he turned three and all of his caretakers were taken away

- All he knew was that he was left behindagain

- Two year later, he was brought into the testing room again

- Chan was confused to say the least when he wasn’t able to make fire like he had been before

- And then he was absolutely bewildered when he was able to lift a piece of the floor up just by stomping

- He was then brought into the next room where they held him down and lifted his shirt, drawing a tattoo at his lower abdomen

- He didn’t even scream or struggle

- He was used to the pain already at this point

- Almost right after, he was thrown into work

- He was herded into the rest of the ‘E Raindrops’ as the soldiers called them

- There were a couple of people he recognized from his cell so he tried to go up and talk to them

- But then they were taken away by the soldiers for socializing when they weren’t supposed to

- That was the first time Chan was beat

- From then on, the rest of the affected avoided Chan

- They didn’t want to get beat just by talking to him

- Even if that wasn’t the case

- But that never stopped Chan

- He kept trying to talk to people around him in the cells or during mealtime

- Never at work anymore...he learned his lesson

- But his reputation preceded him so people either snapped at him to leave them alone or just ignored him

- Some kids eventually started to mess with him for the fun of it

- They knocked his food tray out of his hands, knowing that he would either have to eat it off the filthy floor or starve

- They knocked him over when he was focusing on his work

- They even beat him when they were out in the courtyard

- And of course the bullies never had to worry about the soldiers because they were probably just watching with amusement

- So eventually, Chan just stopped talking to people

- He stopped going up to them and asking if they wanted to sit together at meal time

- He just sat quietly and didn’t even speak up when the bullies messed with him

- So one day, the same group of bullies were doing what they usually did

- They were trying to corner Chan since it would be easier to beat up the poor kid

- When they were barely a foot away, the biggest bully lifted his arm, ready to pummel the younger boy

- But then, as if it were an angel sent down to protect him, someone landed right in between the bullies and Chan

- Chan was honestly confused as to where this boy came from, but he pushed the feeling away and was just grateful

- There was a strange look on the boy’s face, Chan observed

- The boy was facing the left, staring straight at the building in front of him with confusion before looking back down at the strange bracelet on his hand that was shaking

- The bully’s fist connected with the strange boy’s arm and immediately he yelled out and retracted the hand as if he was just burned

- The strange boy turned to look at him as if he just noticed the bullies for the first time

- “Oh! I’m-”

- “Let’s get out of here!” The biggest bully shouted, running away with the rest of the kids following after him

- Chan stared at the boy in shock, but he never turned around to face him

- The strange boy just shrugged and turned to the right and started to run in a speed that Chan didn’t know was possible

- For the next couple of days, word spread about how Chan was protected by the strange boy

- No one touched him

- Chan was relieved and he wanted to find the boy, just to talk to him and thank him

- However, Chan didn’t even know where to start

- So for the next week, he sat down by himself like he usually did, but this time, there was no fear that someone was about to take his food

- But one day, he was sitting alone in his usual spot when a group of older elementals that he had never seen before approached him

- “Get lost, kid. We’re going to sit here.”

- “But why do I have to go?”

- The older elemental scoffed. “Because we don’t want to sit with some brat. Now scram.”

- Chan knew better than to oppose anyone

- People had just stopped bullying him

- So, he picked up his tray and started to walk around the dining hall, looking for an empty place to sit

- When he finally approached the end of the elementals table, Chan saw him

- The strange boy

- He was sitting alone just like Chan had for the past couple of years

- Chan took a breath, suddenly feeling nervous about meeting his saviour

- “Hi, can I sit with you?”

- The strange boy snapped his head up and stared at Chan for an uncomfortably long time

- His expression was confused, so that’s when it dawned on Chan

- ‘He doesn’t know who I am’

- So quickly, he had to make up a reason as to why he needed to sit with the boy

- “The older elementals won’t let me sit near them.”

- The strange boy nodded and gestured to the empty seat in front of him with a piece of stale bread that he had been eating

- Chan’s body flooded with joy

- This strange boy was the first person to ever let him sit with them

- Trying to hide his excitement, Chan dug into the food

- He then looked back up at the strange boy when he managed to calm down a little

- “What’s your name? I’m Lee Chan.”

- Chan had a couple of memories from his life on the outside

- The elementals that took care of him had asked him what he remembered and made sure that he held onto it

- Something about ‘keeping him human’

- So Chan knew his surname

- The boy in front of him had a soft smile

- “My name is Hansol, but you can call me Vernon. It’s my middle name.”

- “Oh.”

- Chan started to think

- ‘If he can get called something other than his first name, then so can I. But what?’

- Chan smiled, a small memory from his life on the outside flashing in his mind

- “Well in that case, you can call me Dino.”

- Vernon let out a soft giggle, but Chan could tell that it wasn’t mocking like all of the bullies...it was kinder

- “Why Dino?”

- Chan brightened up

- He always loved his own thought process, but no one ever talked to him long enough for him to tell people about it

- “Because I’m an earth elemental, and the way I stomp around to manipulate the earth makes me feel like a dinosaur.”

- Vernon let out another giggle and this time, Chan joined in

- Chan talked on and on and Vernon listened with great interest, chiming in every now and then

- And that’s how their dynamic was everyday

- Chan would talk and Vernon would listen

- The few days that Vernon did feel like talking, Chan made sure to pay extra attention, just so his new friend felt comfortable with him and didn’t leave

- So Chan finally had a new friend

- But unfortunately for him, the bullies picked up on the fact that Vernon was harmless

- So they started to pick on Chan again

- But Chan would never admit it

- He just brushed off the bruises and cuts as beatings from the soldiers

- One day, Chan and Vernon were sitting at their spot at the bench as per usual

- Chan was talking about his day, making sure to leave out the part where he was shoved to the floor by bullies of course, when someone took a seat next to Vernon

- Chan stopped mid-sentence, looking at the taller boy who had a bright smile on his face

- He offered a hand to Vernon, and Chan immediately felt a jolt of jealousy

- Vernon was his friend, why couldn’t he find another one?

- “I never properly introduced myself. My name is Mingyu.”

- Chan’s heart dropped a little when Vernon took Mingyu’s hand and shook it

- Suddenly, the feeling of being left behindthat was once a memory came flooding back to him

- Mingyu then turned to Chan with the same bright smile and offered him a hand

- “What’s your name?”

- Chan raised an eyebrow at the hand and hesitantly took it

- “Dino.”

- “That’s so cool! Did you know that some dinosaur tails were over 45 feet long? That’s like at least five of me!”

- Chan forced a smile on his face

- The only connection he had with the outside was his small knowledge of dinosaurs

- He didn’t even know where he knew it from, but he did

- “Yes. I did.”

- Eventually, Mingyu just became a part of his life whether he wanted him to or not

- Chan remained civil with Mingyu because he didn’t seem like he was trying to take Vernon away, but he could never be too cautious

- There were times where Mingyu wasn’t around

- Sometimes he had gotten in trouble again for being so clumsy

- Other times he was somewhere else in the dining hall, being the social butterfly Chan wished he was

- The fact that Mingyu was effortlessly able to make friends just made Chan like him less

- But still, when Mingyu was away, the atmosphere felt weird

- It was like there was something missing from them

- But Chan just ignored the feeling

- He didn’t like Mingyu and he was pretty sure that nothing he did would ever make Chan like him

- Especially now as Mingyu stood before the two with his hands on another boy’s shoulders

- Another boy just meant it was more likely that they would take his friend away

- And taking his friend away meant that he didn’t have safe place to go to after the soldiers beat him or when the bullies messed with him

- “Hey guys! This is my new friend, Junhui. He just got transferred into here from Facility C!”

- Chan glared holes into the side of Mingyu’s head, but the tall boy didn’t notice

- “It’s nice to meet you. I’m Vernon, that’s Dino.”

- Chan whipped his head over to his friend and saw Vernon smiling at the new boy, bringing a pout to Chan’s lips

- The new boy didn’t quite seem to notice, instead taking a seat next to Chan while Mingyu took one next to Vernon

- “You can call me Jun.”

- Chan’s anger towards Jun immediately started to fade away once the boy started to talk

- Jun was probably one of the funniest people Chan had ever met

- There was just something about the way that Jun told a story that just hooked Chan on

- So, maybe Jun wasn’t so bad

- But Chan was still and would probably be forever cautious of Mingyu

- As time went by, the group only grew

- First it was Jun’s friend, The8

- Chan didn’t know much about him, just that he stayed in the same cell as him

- He had never talked to the boy until Jun introduced him to everyone, but he knew that The8 was one of the scariest elementals in the facility

- Chan didn’t really think that The8 liked him, but then he started to notice how Chan’s bullies started to stay away

- So maybe The8 wasn’t that bad

- And then Mingyu’s friend, Wonwoo came along

- Wonwoo wasn’t an elemental, so Chan was all the more suspicious of him

- Why would a healer want to be friends with a group of elementals?

- But over time, Chan learned to get along with Wonwoo

- He was still being too stubborn to get along with Mingyu

- Everything was routine for a while

- Chan would wake up, go to work, meet up with his friends at meal time, go back to work, and back to the cells

- Sure there were some instances where one of them (including Chan) got in trouble, but other than that it was normal for Chan

- But one night, Chan was woken up by a blaring alarm

- Immediately, he went to find The8

- These kinds of things never happened before, but that just made it all the more scary

- But of course, Chan would never admit that he was scared

- “The8!” Chan called once he saw his friend

- “Hey, stick by me, it’s alright,” The8 replied, wrapping a protective arm around Chan, who didn’t make any move to push it off

- “Everyone out!” The soldiers bellowed

- If The8 noticed the way Chan flinched, he didn’t say anything. And Chan was grateful for that

- When they were outside, Chan looked around and saw the affected from other cells piling out as well

- But among them, there was a thick cloud of smoke that came from a tree that was lit on fire

- Chan whipped his head to look at The8, but The8 was staring at the tree in horror

- But Chan didn’t exactly know why

- The soldiers started shouting for the affected to stay in groups according to their cells

- The specific soldiers for each cell herded them together and publicly beat the ones they didn’t recognize, even if they were in the right place

- “’F’ Raindrops! Gather around here!”

- Chan turned to look at The8

- The8 grabbed Chan by the shoulders and looked him in the eyes with concern

- “Stay right here, got it? I’ll be back soon.”

- Chan nodded silently with a lump in his throat

- With the soldiers, he wasn’t sure if that would be true

- Chan kept his eyes on the tree as the water elementals started to put it out

- “Looks like someone’s a scaredy cat,” A heckling voice called from behind Chan

- Chan ignored the bullies, knowing they wouldn’t do anything because of their fear of The8

- So he kept his gaze up at the tree

- “Dino”

- Chan’s gaze snapped down and he saw Vernon jogging towards him

- “What’s everyone doing out?”

- Chan furrowed his eyebrows together

- Did he not get called out?

- “The soldiers wanted to keep us all in one place while they questioned the fire elementals I think.”

- “Why? They won’t care if we burn.”

- Chan shrugged, “I think it’s because if we all die they can’t test on us or something.”

- Once the elementals were sent back to their cells, it was near morning

- So there really was no point in going back to sleep

- Instead, Chan paced the room as he waited for The8 to return

- If he returned

- And much to Chan’s relief, he did

- “What happened? Are you okay?”

- The8 chuckled softly and ruffled Chan’s hair

- “Yeah, I’m fine. They just interrogated me in front of a senser to see if I was the one that set the tree on fire.”

- “Do you think it was an elemental?”

- The8 looked off to the side

- “I don’t think so.”

- The facility was on complete lockdown for the next couple of months

- So that meant they weren’t allowed to leave their cells for anything

- Not even meal time

- Chan didn’t know why until he listened in on the soldiers’ conversations one day

- “...seventeen or something like that.”

- “So has anyone found them yet?”

- “No not yet. We keep getting close but right when we think we got them, they’re gone.”

- “How many have they gotten out?”

- “I think it was the three of them, four more stars, and two clouds.”

- “Clouds? How did they get the clouds out from isolation?”

- “No clue. These affected are getting smarter and smarter.”

- Chan immediately rushed over to where The8 was laying and told him everything

- The8 didn’t seem to believe him, but he let Chan talk about it whenever he heard new information

- Eventually, when lockdown was over but security was heavier than ever and it just seemed to be getting worse

- Wonwoo wasn’t allowed to sit with them anymore, so it was just the five elementals

- And Chan chattered excitedly about the group of escapees called ‘seventeen’

- It had become the main topic for the affected for a while

- Vernon and The8 didn’t believe it, but Mingyu and Jun did

- But that didn’t stop Chan from talking about it

- One day, Chan met up with the other elementals as he usually did

- Jun, The8, and Vernon were there, but Wonwoo and Mingyu weren’t

- It wasn’t rare for one of the elementals to be missing, but for Wonwoo it was just strange

- As Chan sat down and ate his food, Mingyu came sprinting towards them

- “Guys! Wonwoo was...I just...I saw...”

- “Words, Gyu, words!”

- “Wonwoo escaped. He’s gone.”

- “What do you mean gone?”

- Mingyu sat down in his seat next to Vernon, looking at the rest of the group with wide eyes

- “As in he ran off with these...these bandits or something! And I could have sworn I saw the sun. You know, the one that watched over us every now and then? The scary one?”

- Chan smiled

- So it was true after all

- And someone he knew, someone he was friends with, managed to get out

- Chan was beaming with pride

- Even if it wasn’t him that had escaped, he was happy that his friend was able to experience the freedom he would never get

- A week passed and everything was as normal as it could be

- Chan was just talking to his friends about something that happened during work when the doors slammed open with a loud bang

- Two shoulders stormed in with rifles in hand, pointing them around the room and shouting at everyone to get down

- It wasn’t like soldiers never carried around rifles, but it was just unsettling that two of them would run in with them

- As everyone sank to the floor, Chan followed the suit, trying not to show his fear

- Mingyu put a hand on Chan’s back, but that only made him spiteful rather than comforted

- There was a ear shattering scream that made Chan flinch, only for Mingyu to hold him tighter

- But Chan just ignored the boy, digging his face into the floor

- “Vernon”

- Chan stiffened up, cursing whoever had just called for his friend

- Who would talk at a time like this?

- “Vernon it’s me!”

- Chan looked up once he realized that the voice was coming from above them

- There was a boy standing on top of the benches, looking down at Vernon

- “Seungkwan?” Vernon asked, having Chan whip his head to him

- Vernon did mention making a friend before

- “Get up, we’re busting you and your friends out of here.”

- At the news, Chan scrambled to his feet followed by the rest of their group

- “They’re coming!” One of the soldiers at the door shouted at the boy, Seungkwan

- “Okay, we gotta go, like, now.”

- Seungkwan turned and started running on the bench so none of the affected on the floor would get in his way

- Vernon jumped on the bench and followed after him

- Chan started to climb onto the bench and Mingyu started to help him onto it

- There was a small part of Chan that got annoyed with Mingyu, but he just pushed the feeling down and focused on getting out

- When the group got to the door, they were immediately met with a large army of soldiers running towards them

- “Cover your ears!” Seungkwan shouted and Chan immediately brought his hands to the side of his head

- Chan watched as a strange kind of ripple in the air shot at the soldiers, having them pause in their step, bring their hands to their ears for a moment, and keep running

- “I don’t get it, that was supposed to mess with their earpieces!” Seungkwan exclaimed

- With a small sense of urgency, Chan pushed past Seungkwan.

- Getting into a stance with his feet shoulder width apart and knees bent, Chan stomped one foot on the floor like he had done many times before and felt around for the exact spot in the earth that he wanted to move

- He lifted his arm up and saw a large block from the floor follow

- Then, he pushed his hands out, having the block slide towards the middle of the crowd of soldiers and push them back

- When Chan was satisfied with the clearing of soldiers, Vernon stepped up next to him

- Chan watched as Vernon took a deep breath before pushing his hands towards the soldiers

- The sides of his head started to glow an icy blue, almost white

- Though Chan couldn’t see anything different in the air, he heard the whistling of wind and saw the soldiers flying backwards

- “Come on!” Seungkwan shouted before running to the soldiers towards the gate

- As they ran through the crowd of soldiers, Chan watched from behind as The8′s body started to glow as used his fire manipulation to keep the soldiers back

- When the group was out of the crowd, they started to run as fast as they can

- But for Chan, that wasn’t very fast

- He knew that he had to keep going as they wove through the facility, but he was an earth elemental...something about them were just kind of slow

- Chan was starting to fall behind as they approached the closed gates

- Seungkwan and Vernon were far ahead with Jun and The8 close behind

- Chan was a good three feet away from the rest of the group and he couldn’t seem to close the gap

- Mingyu was next to him, but Chan knew deep down that Mingyu could go faster than he was going at the moment

- “I’m not going to make it...I’m not going to make it,” Chan muttered to himself as he glanced over his shoulder to see the soldiers less than a foot behind him, reaching out to grab his arm

- Before he could say anything, Mingyu grabbed his wrist and roughly yanked him forward

- Chan felt two hands on his back pushing him forward, making him stumble into step with The8 and Jun

- “Mingyu! No!” Chan cried as he looked back to see the soldiers pulling Mingyu towards them, pushing him to the floor and surrounding him

- “What happened?” Vernon demanded, having Chan turn his head back to the front

- “He pushed me forward!”

- “We’ll come back for him!” Seungkwan shouted breathlessly

- Chan sent another glance back, heart dropping when he saw Mingyu’s limp body getting dragged away

- His mind was so clouded with guilt that he barely registered the floor rumbling from under him

- He only came back to reality when a large branch started to reach down from the top of the wall

- “Wonwoo!” Vernon exclaimed, having Chan look up and smile at the familiar face

- “Hurry! They’re right behind you!”

- Vernon ran to the back of the crowd helping everyone onto the branch

- The small gesture made Chan’s heart hurt since Mingyu had done the same thing when he helped everyone onto the branch

- Chan had been too stubborn to realize that Mingyu was actually a good friend

- But now it was too late

- “Vernon get on!” Seungkwan shouted, snapping Chan out of his pity party to see the branch rising until it horizontal

- “He can jump,” Jun informed Seungkwan

- The group on the branch started to walk onto the wall

- Wonwoo’s hands were glowing green as he brought the branch back down to the other side of the wall, burying it back in the ground

- There were a couple more people that Chan didn’t recognize, but from the way they weren’t trying to attack them, Chan knew they were on their side

- Wonwoo started to look at the group with wide eyes, his posture growing more and more frantic

- Chan knew exactly what Wonwoo was going to ask, and he felt horrible for it

- “Where’s Mingyu?”

- Chan knew that Wonwoo and Mingyu were close, closer than Mingyu was with anyone else in the group

- It felt like he was telling a loved one about their dead relative

- But after all, it was like that wasn’t it? Getting caught only meant the worst...

- “I was... I was falling behind so he...he grabbed my arm and pulled me forward so that the soldiers would get him instead of me.”

- Chan looked down in shame

- He knew that it wasn’t his fault that Mingyu sacrificed himself, but it was his fault that he didn’t let Mingyu know how much of a good friend he was

- “What?” Wonwoo ran past Chan, but he couldn’t bring himself to look up

- Chan heard Wonwoo shout desperately, begging to go back for him

- The fact that Wonwoo was never the type to show emotion broke him

- “We have to go now” One of the unfamiliar boys said, ushering Chan towards the edge of the wall where another boy dropped a rope and tied it to a bar

- “Come on, Dino. You first,” Jun said, helping Chan climb over the bars and grab onto the rope

- Once everyone was on the floor, they ran again

- Chan couldn’t shake his thoughts away from Mingyu

- The guilt only got worse as they arrived at some sort of hidden campsite

- Mingyu would have loved this...

- “Welcome to our camp,” One of the rescuers said as he pulled on a glove. “My name is S. Coups and I’m the leader of our clan, ‘Seventeen.’”

- “Hey,” Jun said in a low tone as he walked up to stand next to Chan

- Chan didn’t look up. He didn’t want to meet his eyes after what he did

- “What happened to Mingyu wasn’t your fault.”

- Despite his friend’s words, Chan couldn’t shake the feeling

- So, after S. Coups explained to them that they would be going on missions, Chan immediately went to the side of the camp to train

- Chan was going to make sure that no one was left behind again