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Seungmin's perspective
Shit, shit, shit... What the fuck do I do right now? I can feel his body pressing against mine... His hand is huge, it covers both my nose and my mouth. I can't breathe. I licked it. Yeah, I know, childish, but that was the first thing that came to my mind.
And mhm, it didn't work.
I start breaking out of his grip, but he just tightens it more.
I got an idea.
I elbow him right into his stomach. He lets me go just for a second. That's my chance. I push him off and run straight into Han's arms. I can see the mask guy through the corner of my eye, going into one of the closest alleys. Now that I'm with friends, this bitch is backing off, just how I hoped. Uff. I hug Han tightly. Now that the adrenaline is wearing off, I can't feel my legs at all. I can't fucking stand straight. I feel my eyes watering. Seungmin, just don't cry. Not in front of them. You see, I'm the funny friend, always loud, without any life problems. I like this image. It's easy. Of course, I always help my friends if needed. I can listen very well, but I just prefer talking. That's not a bad thing, right? People always tell me that I have an attitude. Well, fuck you all, I guess. At this moment, Seungmin crying isn't your solution.
But what the hell should I do? Call the police? Yeah, that might be the right thing to do. I just saw a dead body. A FUCKING CORPSE! I should call them. I must call them. However, why am I scared to do that? What if the body isn't there anymore? I don't even know if the body belonged to a man or a woman. And if I report someone chasing me, how would that conversation go?
„- Hello, someone was chasing me a second ago.
- Are they still after you?
- No?
- Then why the fuck are you calling us?"
Yeah, no thank you. But the body. Ugh, what do I do?
- Hey! Seungmin, are you okay? - Han's voice pulls me out of my thoughts.
- Yeah, I'm umm- I can't catch my breath. My lungs are on fire. I can't even finish the sentence. I feel like I'm going to pass out...
Changbin's perspective
I take a deep breath in. Fuck, what a pain in the ass. Minho is going to be pissed. My stomach hurts a little because of this twink. HE FUCKING LICKED ME! IS HE A CHILD? Ugh, I should have held him by both hands and shut him up another way. I have to call Lee now, we have to figure out what to do right now. He picks up right away.
- He has friends with him, what should I do?-
- Fuck, Bin, is it this hard to catch one person?- YES IT IS!? He has longer legs than me... Nice legs...
- He was fast, I gotta give him a point for that.-
- He wasn't fast, come on. You were just fucking slow. I'll call Chan. We're probably going to have a meeting about this. - On God, I hope we won't.
- So then what should I do now? - I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF!
- Come back where we separated, we have to wait for Hyunjin, he will help us clean the body. Maybe you have forgotten, but it's still here, you know, I'm staring at it right now. - Oh yeah, that horrendous body. Ugh, it gives me the chills. I just knocked this dude out. I guess Minho had too much fun, what a psycho.
- Okay, I'm leaving now. - I wanted to hang up the phone, then I heard it.
- After cleaning, I'm calling Chan. We'll think of what to do. - I'm in trouble... Oh well, he won't kill me... right?
He hung up... I'm so done for. Nah, Changbin, you're strong, you can take Chan in a fight! Nope, no way, I'm scared I might shit my pants if I try to face him in a fight. Stop thinking about the consequences, you have to hurry back, or Minho won't tolerate you anymore. I look at the spot the group was standing in— they're gone. Well, now we for sure can't do anything about him today. I walk slowly to the meeting spot, I know I should be running right now, but I'm so tired.
Seungmin's perspective
Blood, so much of it. Jisung and Lix ask me questions I find useless. No, I don't know who was dead, HOW WOULD I KNOW? No, I have no idea if the killed person was a man or a woman. If I wanted to analyze that, I'd have to stare at the body for hours, and I still wouldn't know. Its face was full of stab wounds. Unrecognizable. This pink-ish color of its brain is stuck in my head. The bones sticking out of its legs... ugh. Its arm was pretty big, maybe it was a man after all. After answering every question with I don't know, I thought they finally gave up. My bad, there was no way they would do that.
- Do you remember any of the faces you saw, either the dead body's or the killers? - the blonde guy asked.
- No way, it happened so fast. - That was a lie. I saw the face of the poor, I think, guy laying there, I just don't want to talk about its appearance. It might be too much for them to handle.
- One of the killers was wearing a mask, and the other one had his back turned to me. But just for a second, I saw his side profile and I think the color of his hair. It's hard to describe though. - Wait. I heard about the gang today... and this shit is happening to me? Is this a coincidence? Were they just some psychopaths working together or maybe... they're in this gang. The pieces in my mind slowly started connecting.
- Hello, Min? Are you even listening? - Jisung asked, waving his hand in front of my face.
- Yeah, I am, what was the question again? - Yeah nah— didn't hear a word they said.
- Can you describe the guy you saw? - I'll try, Han-ah.
- He had blond hair, not too long, not too short, just enough to cover his eyes, not quite sure if they were blond though, most of them were red if y'all know what I mean. His features were sharp. Straight nose. When he got up, he was tall. His body was nice too, you could clearly see he's going to the gym.
- His eye color? - Felix, I love you, but why are you asking stupid questions now? Not the right time.
- For fuck's sake, I don't know, it was dark. 80% chance they were brown. - Yeah, like most of the population.
I started stressing again. What if they find me? Worse, what if they do something to my friends just because they were with me? It'll be all my fault and I can't live with this type of guilt. I meet my eyes with Han's.
- Seungmin, don't worry, they won't come for you now. You're safe. -
- Yeah... I hope. - My words were dry, no emotions behind them. In my head, all the things that happened replay over and over again.
- Okay guys, I think it's time for me to go... It's late.- IS HE FUCKING DUMB OR WHAT?! FELIX WHAT ARE YOU THINKING!
- There's no way you're going home now. It's dark as hell outside. Besides, he saw me with you, they might hunt you down too. - I say, looking, begging Lix to stay here the night.
- Minnie is right, stay with us today. - Han, this is the only smart thing you said today, thanks.
-But I don't have my things for school tomorrow, and what about clothes? -
- I'll lend you everything you need, don't worry. - Han is saving lives today, just WOW.
- Then... can we go to sleep already? I'm tired. - I don't want to think at all. How do I turn off my brain... for like a week, maybe? Or even longer, I don't mind.
- I'd usually sleep with you, Min, but I'll give you space for tonight. I know you probably want some alone time. If you want my company, I don't mind sleeping with you either. - Lixie is just a sweetheart to the people he loves. I'm jealous of his future lover.
- Thanks, bro, I'd rather sleep alone tonight. -
- Then... I'll sleep here on the couch. - Well, his back is going to hurt like crazy tomorrow.
I excuse myself to go shower first, I feel the hot water burning my skin lightly. I don't mind. I need to wash his dirty hands off me. I found a blood stain on my t-shirt earlier. I was disgusted, I still am. I wipe my body clean with the rough side of my sponge. It doesn't help at all. I can tell my eyes are starting to water. I sit on the floor— letting the stream of water absorb me. My mind is racing. I feel helpless. Tears fall down my face, one by one. Knowing it's late at night, I force myself to get out of the shower and go to bed. I'll just try to sleep it off.
Bang Chan's Perspective
Lee Know called me after the killing was done. He always does, but that's a good thing. Then I know if things went smoothly or not. This time they didn't. I got a call, and I didn't hear Minho's voice but Changbin's. He started mumbling about some chasing, I don't know. I didn't understand him at all — he was rushing so much. I heard one sentence: "Meeting, 1 a.m., at our spot." Okay, fine — don't tell me why I'm being disrupted, it doesn't matter at all, right? Binnie would be dead by now if he wasn't so freaking cute.
I just throw on my coat and leave my house to go see my precious kids. Today is a chilly night. September wasn't as warm as last year, but it's fine, it doesn't matter. Luckily, I live close to this abandoned building, so it didn't take me long to get there. There they are, my lovely boys.
Are they annoying? Yes. Would I give up my life for them... maybe?
I look at Changbin. He looks stressed as hell — avoids my gaze. Lee Know seems pissed, and my Jin is just chilling like always. I sigh — what the fuck is this about? Then Minho starts talking.
- We had a little accident while working.- Oh my God. This is not good, so that's why he's so pissed. Lee Know is a perfectionist — if the crime scene is not how it's supposed to be, he's going to be angry with whoever did something wrong. I guess this time it's Binnie. I try to play it cool.
- And what the hell would that be? Hmm?- I'm so curious how he fucked up this time. I mean, I know we can get away with anything, and they're probably exaggerating.
- Someone saw the body and us beside it.- "Us" means you and Bin, right? That's why Hyunjin is just relaxed as hell right now. But his face when Lee mentioned the body — pure disgust.
- Oh! Don't get me started on the condition of the corpse. I barely had to decompose it. Limbs were everywhere. This dude will have trauma, that's for sure.- Good job, Linoo!! Just like I told you, he definitely didn't go easy on him, probably tortured him a bit too. Hyunjin, don't be dramatic — you saw worse before.
-I don't care about the guy — I don't know him, but did you wear your masks?- I fucking hope they did.
- Yeah, we did wear them, but Lino took his off after the kill. He had his back turned to this dude. He MAYBE saw his side profile, but it was dark and all-
- So what's the problem then?- I cut Changbin off.
- Changbin ran after him with blood on his clothes, hands — to be honest, blood on everything. Cameras probably captured him.- Fuck. He would be great help right now, but he's gone. Where are you...? Not the time to think about him, I will find him someday anyway. He taught me how to do some hacking before, so there shouldn't be a problem.
- I know a thing or two about hacking, so we're good. I'll take care of it today.- I'm goated. Haha. What's so funny, Chan? Shut the hell up.
- You?! This old man knowing something about technology, is this a miracle?- Damn, Bin, I'm not old, for fuck's sake.
- You should be grateful that you're a cutie! Otherwise, you'd be two meters underground.- I just want to squish his cheeks all day. Only if he'd let me... sadly, he doesn't.
- Me?! CUTE?! Never! I'm as scary as a dog.-Yeah... no way, Bin. In your sweet dreams.
- You mean scary as a puppy?- Hyunjin took the words right out of my mouth. But Binnie didn't like that at all.
- Fuck all of you. I'm out.- He said that while glaring at us, walking off like a damn child. But our conversation wasn't over with the other guys.
- So what do we do about this poor guy that saw the scene?- Hyunjin asked me.
- Lee Know. Just spy on him tomorrow, see if he acts suspicious, and gather all the important information about him. Do what you're best at.- I turned to Minho with a big smile on my face.
- The thing I'm best at? Kill him?- UH DUMBASS.
- NO! Stalk him a little.- I say, trying so hard not to laugh. But a little giggle escapes my mouth.
- Fine, I'll do that then.
- You're such a good boy, Lino. — Hehe, he'll get mad.
- WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!-Yup, mad as hell. I look at Jinnie grinning wide.
- Hyunjin, get him out of here, please. I'm going home. I don't know how long it'll take me to hack these damn cameras.- He probably didn't hear most of the things I said because of the still screaming psycho. Hyunjin got close to me and whispered into my ear.
-Hyung... do you want me to get killed by him...?-Maybe?
- Then let's go together— leave him alone for now.-He just smiled and nodded at me. We left him still furious.
Felix's Perspective
Why the fuck do I hear Seungmin's loud-ass screaming right now? HE'S SAYING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
Oh.
Wait.
It's Han's alarm, yeah, I forgot Seungmin pranked him like that. I was too wasted to remember, okay?
What time is it? 7 a.m. Damn, I woke up early today. Does Han wake up at this hour every day? I listen carefully for sounds coming out of his room. None. This little fuck sleeps through his alarm like a baby. No wonder him and Min are always late. Ugh, I'm awake, so I'll just start getting ready. Having more time isn't a bad thing. I walk slowly to the bathroom, taking my sweet time. Let's look at Han's make-up. What do we have here...? We have a problem. Han is like two times darker than me. He has honey-type skin, and I'm pale as hell. His concealer won't work. UGH! I look at myself in the mirror. Ew. Why the fuck do I have to look like that? Dark under-eyes and these ugly freckles. I have to figure out how to cover it all up with the things here. Perfect. A white concealer. I'll just mix these two together, and it'll be close enough to my shade. Done, nice! Could have been better, but I can't do anything about it now. I look closely, inspecting my face.
Why does it look so fat?
I have to be skinnier, prettier.
Be perfect, just how they want me to be.
Just go get new clothes from Han's room now. I just won't eat today. I'll survive on my vape. That's when it hit me. WHERE IS MY VAPE?! I go back to the couch I was sleeping on and start searching for my beloved child. There it is! It was under the blanket. I got so scared for a second. I take a hit and feel relieved. Blueberry — the best flavor.
Okay, ate my breakfast, now I have to put some clothes on... I go into Han's room. By the way, the alarm is still ringing. I get annoyed easily and shout at the top of my lungs:
- JISUNG! YOUR ALARM HAS BEEN RINGING FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, TURN THIS SHIT OFF!- I see him sit up at the speed of light, shocked by my screaming. You see, I'm a very calm person... However, if something is annoying me, I'll let you know in not a very kind way.
- I'm up! I'm up!!- He says, turning this irritating sound off. Finally, some peace and quiet.
- I'll go check out your wardrobe. I can wear whatever I like, right?
- Yeah, yeah, help yourself.- He says, getting up from his bed and going into the bathroom.
I look around. Damn, I know he had some phases, but oh wow. There is so much different stuff just lying around. I pick a simple outfit: a white long sleeve, light jeans, and I stole his necklace. Nice, but the pants are too big for me. I have to pick out a belt. I pick a studded belt, I think it'll go well with the rest. These clothes are not really my style, but whatever. Then I listen for a second. The water in the bathroom has been running for a while now. I knock on the door.
- Han, are you alright in there?
...No answer. I open the door — thank God he didn't lock it.
Oh.
My.
God.
What I see is beyond what I expected — Han leaning on the sink — shirtless, by the way — falling asleep again. I don't wake him up right away. He has great abs. When did he get them? His tattoos are showing. He has an angel wing covering half of his back with breathtaking details, the other one a bloody rose just above his V-line. He has more, but I just shouldn't look anymore.
— HAN! WAKE UP NOW! What the hell are you doing? Get ready fast. — I say, trying to look only at his eyes and not at his body. I can feel my ears turning red. I leave quickly, thinking to myself „if he's still falling asleep, then in what state will I find Seungmin? I better check on him now."