A/N: this chapter involves a shy producer (reader) wearing glasses, guiding, and training the Knights unit. Once the glasses were removed, the producer will no longer felt cowardly weak, but she will become rebellious and a strong independent woman/fighter. She learns how to use combat attacks to defend her older sister.
⚠️Warning: this chapter may contain swearing, blood, and abuse.⚠️

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Y/N's POV
Time: 17:35
"Okay, let's call it a day. Good work, guys." I said in a quiet tone while clapping my hands to grab their attention, although Tsukinaga Leo was the 'king' among the other members: Tsukasa, Izumi, Ritsu, and Arashi, I also played an important role in this unit because it was one of the top three units along with fine and Eden, therefore it is the producer's duty to train them in becoming unique idols. "Everyone's dance moves were perfect and stable, Marvelous! I can't wait to see Onee-sama announcing the next performance for the next DDD event, leader-what are you doing??!" Tsukasa yelled when he turned to face Leo, who is still composing his music scores uncontrollably. "WOWWWWW~ this is indeed the correct rhythm for my next song, I can't wait to introduce this piece, this creation is going to be a masterpiece. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Leo shrieked hyperactively as energetic as a wild child running in the playground. Tsukasa gave a disgusted look on his face while Izumi sighed and facepalmed.

"Kasa-kun, you can't just force him to concentrate or give him a timeout like that, he's one of us you dumbass. Besides, if you want to be the leader so badly, why don't you take the lead then if you're a stubborn ass in the group?" Tsukasa began to pout, Arashi chuckled and grabbed me, bringing the two of us towards him. "Don't be like this, Tsukasa-chan. The leader itself needs to stay in his paradise for a moment, just like Y/N-chan wanting to go shopping with me during her free time and after the training, right Y/N~?" Arashi explained and winked at me. "Y-Y-Yeah, being a producer i-i-is.....ummmm... Kinda hard..." I stuttered a bit as a fidgeted my hair and glasses, feeling my heart getting numb inside my body.

" Oi Ritsu~ we're going outside to eat again, come with us, Kuma-kun. Stop sleeping~" Izumi said as he shook Ritsu's shoulders gently to wake him up. Ritsu let out a sigh and yawned again, "Geez, so annoying~ I want to sleep more." Leo rushed towards Ritsu and shook him aggressively, so hard that Ritsu could feel centrifugal forces circulating his entire body. "RITSU!!! WAKKKKEEEEE UPPPPP wake up!" "ok fine I need to change my clothes first," Ritsu grumbled miserably. "YOSHHHHH! LET'S GO AND EAT ~" Leo shouted cheerfully as the other members started to join in, leaving me being awkward but happy at the same time.

Meanwhile in the academy's back entrance...(Third person's POV)
"Hey, you bitch! Give me all your goddamn money, you fucking piece of crap!" A drunk man yelled, holding a half-empty beer in one hand, and the other grabs an 18-year-old girl on its collar. "Please! I'm telling you, I didn't have any with me, leave me alone..." the girl begged as she is gasping for air every time she speaks. "Oh~Looks like L/N Y/N's old sister wants to become a hero, AHAHAHA! IF YOU DON'T REPAY YOUR DEBT, WE'RE GOING TO SELL YOUR YOUNGER SISTER'S BODY TO THE BLACK MARKET!" S/N swallowed hard. Those creeps cannot put Y/N's life in danger, I'm sure she couldn't live without me or live in that condition like this. "Ooooo~ By the way, don't you think her younger sister looks thiccc, I want her all by myself~," another guy said as the finished cigarette on his mouth fell to the ground.

S/N clenched her fists and yelled, "YOU CAN'T
DO THIS TO MY SISTER! IF YOU WANT TO PUNISH HER, THEN PUNISH ME INSTEAD!" The creeps turned their heads and began to expose their wide, mischievous grins. Suddenly, in a flash second, one of the guys punched her in her stomach. Then, these rest punched and slap her until she loses her balance. Bruises and rashes are burning her delicate skin as S/N's blood was escaping from her scratched wounds and her swollen mouth. S/N tried to stand up, but her limbs were lacking the energy to get up. The leader grabbed her by her hair and warned her, "if you don't give me Y/N and the money that you owe me, then prepare to perish and die at night. Do you understand? " He then yanked and called his minions to leave.

S/N rested on the wet, mossy grass; one of the green severe scars she had received from him is a deep wound pierced with a deep scar, so deep that she could see the blackness enveloping the reddish pain. What should I do? Y/N must travel far, far away from me...she still weak, she doesn't have anyone to protect her, no one...she must've been through a lot. God please, keep Y/N safe.

Izumi's POV
Time: 21:00
It was nighttime when we finished our bonding activities such as shopping and eating, we left the mall as I helped to carry the King because he ate a lot and refuse to move on his own. Suddenly, I felt a tap on my right shoulder, I turned around and it is Y/N, looking nervous while stuttering and fidgeting her hair like she usually does, "U-U-Ummmm...I-Izumi-s-s-senpai..." she was finding difficulty in forming sentences. "C-c-can I go somewhere else to c-call my sister, please? S-she hasn't phoned me today before and after school..." red blushes are flushing on her face.

"Yeah sure, but could you stop muttering and speak up like a normal person. Can't you form a question or an answer if you have a brain as fast as a lightning bolt as something?" Y/N lowers her head down. "I-I-I just w-want to be f-friends with members in your unit, b-b-but I don't understand why y-you're..... so sensitive when I'm around you...." Tears are gradually falling down her cheeks, Ritsu and Tsukasa noticed her crying silently and decided to pat her shoulder and comfort her, "Izumi-senpai, stop! You don't want to hurt her feelings-" "What do you mean I am hurting her feelings, if she wants to become a producer, she would've been able to speak to us without stuttering so much and it's annoying!" Y/N's eyes were covered by shadows, she clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, and yelled, "IF YOU DON'T  WANT ME AS A PRODUCER, THEN DON'T CALL ME YOUR PRODUCER LIKE YOU USED TO, IDIOT!" She slapped Izumi on the cheek, leaving a flaming crimson mark on his shocked face before she ran away to somewhere else.

"Onee-sama!!!" Tsukasa grabbed Izumi's arm to prevent him from chasing her, "Izumi-senpai, you know what kind of person she is. Although she's just a shy person, it doesn't mean that you shouldn't be forcing her to become something different. The leader once told me he doesn't want me to change a lot, I was the perfect person to have the intentions to be part of Knights. I didn't believe it at first, but this tingly feeling starts to bother me and I accepted it as a compliment. The judgment doesn't matter, your identity and the interests you valued matter."Leo walked towards him and asked, "Sena, what do you think Y/N is to you, be honest when you know your answer." Izumi sighed and lowered his head, "Look, I don't think Y/N's just a producer, she's more than that. What I mean is there's something more than a shy face she's wearing all day. I don't think she's that type of person that wants to conceal all her feelings to herself, I believe she's the type of person who will find a way to express it once again. I want to see her perfect features behind her glasses because the glasses themselves are just a mask. I can't take my eyes off her, it's too late to resist. She's perfect......she's a-" Before Izumi finishes his sentence, a bloodcurdling shriek was heard.

The boys rush to the nearby bushes and saw S/N getting her face covered with scars and bruises, nails ripped off by a bunch of gangsters, blood dripping on the floor. Standing in front of the girl was Y/N being tormented by two creeps, holding a rope by her neck, blue bruises are swelling from the lack of oxygen to breathe while Y/N reached her hands for help. "Y/N!!! How could they dare do this??! LET HER GO-" Izumi shouted but he was stopped by Ritsu, who was grabbing Izumi's shirt, "Izumi stop, let her defend herself, I believe that producer was like my brother, sometimes he could be idiotic when we interact, but deep down he was serious and does care for others. Let her defend herself, I believe her, I trusted her. No matter how much pain she suffers, the producer would rise from the ashes like a phoenix to help us once again." Izumi calmed down a bit but didn't say another word to Ritsu, he hides under the bushes and watched Y/N, her sister, and the gang's interaction.

Y/N's POV
I stood there nervously once again as the gang slowly cut the rope with his switchblade, now slowing moving towards my throat, "Oi cunt, speak up! You such a pussy, why aren't you even crying for help??!" The leader yelled as he sped up the knife's movement. "S-stop bullying my s-sister, y-y-you can't do this....it's not very nice...."I said as he began to cooed about my cowardliness, "Oh no, I'm so scared~ Hahahahahahaha you're fucking pathetic, your sister is pathetic-" "SHUT UP I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, WHY ARE YOU TREATING ME LIKE A HOSTAGE, I DIDN'T OWE YOU MONEY AND I JUST NEED MY SISTER TO BE SAFE. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU??!" Just then, one of the gang stabbed S/N in her kidney, she let out another agonizing shriek while I stood there, being scared and helpless, slowly watching my sister losing her balance. What should I do? What could I do to save my sister and my loved ones? Then, I thought about Izumi's words 'stop muttering and speak up like a normal person. Can't you form a question or an answer if you have a brain as fast as a lightning bolt as something?' That's right, I'm still human. I could cry, laugh, be depressed and be happy...the shy girl I know today isn't me, I need to think, I need to think... Y/N please you can do this.....

"What a waste of time, you're so fucking useless! Take this!" The leader grabbed my collar and punched me in the face and step on my glasses using his immense force from his foot. A pause spread around the atmosphere, the silent muttered to me to do it and be free from your chains, I let out a hesitating chuckle. "You got it all wrong, mister. You ain't getting fooled by my weak appearance, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN MY TRUE FORM YET YOU FILTHY SHIT!" I kicked my shattered glasses away and bashed the leader's head with a nearby brick. The leader fainted from the intense vibration from his skull, "oh no! Boss is defeated, should we go tackle her?" "I DON'T CARE, DON'T LET THOSE TWO BRATS GET AWAY!" One of the gang shouted aggressively. I kicked the person's balls and he tumbled to the ground, crying for help. "You have to get through me before you toy with my sister again!" The gangsters began swinging their weapons while I began to dodge some of their actions as quickly as possible, some of them leave scratches on my face. Grabbing one of my enemies' wrists, I began to twist their arms and pin them to the wall while some of his teammates had tripped, so I slammed the person's body along with his gang. Luckily, the police arrived just in time after I finished them off, the police began to ask some questions about the crime and ask if I and my sister were safe, but I forgot that the rope on my neck is still clinging with sharp spikes about to pierce through the flesh of my vocal cord, making it difficult for me to gasp for air. The last thing I see is me lying on the ground, and seeing 5 silhouettes surrounding my unconscious body.

Arashi's POV
Time skip to the next day 16:00
Sitting at the hospital, waiting to meet Y/N and her sister S/N. I was concerned if our producer is ok since I heard the nurse must go through a kidney treatment or stitching process as a recovery. I hold up the producer's broken glasses, her translucent lenses were forming cracks to the rims and the bridge—it looks like they're ready to be shattered into millions of pieces—the temples were bent grotesquely and its screws were out of place. I wonder if she's ok after yesterday's incident because Leo and Izumi are the ones who got upset easily after they saw her true personality and Colors, but I think she was brave and loyal to her sister, but she was kind of stubborn and rude. She looked like a warrior that was fighting for victory and he or she won after the world was in peace and living in harmony, it's such a shocking truth to see our producer like this, she's not an ordinary coward prey anymore, she's an independent peacemaker, a saint that seeks for justice.

"Hello, are you people looking for Y/N L/N? I'm her sister and I think she wants to see you people, are you Y/N's friends that she's been talking about?" S/N asked. "Yes, we were waiting for the announcement to go into her room, but will it be ok if we stay in her room to have a private conversation with her?" I said as I turned around and faced the leader, he gave me a nod as approval. "Yes sure, thank you for teaching my sister to protect herself, I was afraid she is too weak and it is too dangerous for her when she got too many wounds on her. The more I pray, the more I felt the curiosity kills the cat. I'm such a useless sister, I couldn't protect my younger sister from a certain situation..." I grabbed S/N's shoulders and comfort her." it's not you and your sister's fault, you've just been tormented in the wrong way and at the wrong time. You did your best, please you're not useless,  you're strong like Y/N, and rest for a bit." S/N nodded and guide us to Y/N's room.

Leo's POV
As I went inside the room, everything was cover with white curtains and beds until I saw Y/N sitting beside the window, staring at the fluttering autumn trees that were dancing with the wind.  Her H/T H/C hair was gleaming under the sunlight traveling through the transparent glass to her fine strands of gorgeous locks, bonding with the sun. Noticing our silent presence's debut, she turned around and look at us with E/C eyes locked with ours, difficult to look away.

"Leo-Kun, Izumi-Kun, Ritsu-Kun, Arashi-Kun, and Tsukasa-Kun....what are you doing here?" Y/N asked, looking refreshed after her deep sleep.
"Y/N are you okay??! Do you get enough sleep??! Which part of your body does it ache the most?? Do I have to buy a pair of glasses?!" Tsukasa asked nervously, him concerning Y/N's status emotionally is the right thing to ask before getting into a topic. "Tsukasa, it's fine! It's just light scratches on my face and a twist in my ankle, it'll recover in only a few days. Besides, I don't need those glasses anymore, it is just a mask that keeps me away from your unit, I can't do this anymore because I don't want to hide my true feelings continuously, this makes me lead you people in danger." She let out a sigh and stare back at the window again.

"Today's weather is perfect to go for a stroll, I wish everyday is today's atmosphere, but this won't last forever because I heard the weather forecasts that the next 3 days are going to rain-" Before Y/N finishes her statement, I grabbed her hand and kneel to the ground, lightly giving butterfly kisses from her palm to her fingertips. Y/N blushed and the rest of the members began to take the other hand, genuinely giving a warm sensation to the girl, "L/N Y/N I like you, would you please go out with us? Whether there is a storm under the white clouds and sun, we'll exorcise the darkness and reveal the glorious sunshine again for you. This is our duty to protect you, my queen! We are your Knights! We will adore you until the end of time!"

Y/N hugged us and the frown on her face blossomed into a gentle and kind smile, our queen will no longer suffer anymore, she will be protected by knights in their shining armor for eternity.

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Date finished: 27/1/2021