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Jungkook’s feet hit the pavement as he sprinted down the street. The only sounds his ears were producing was the wind and his blood rushing through his veins. He could hear a gunshot in the direction he came from, but he didn’t turn around to see. If you turned around to look after gunshots in a town that Bangtan Sonyeondan was ruling, you’d be dead within seconds. Jungkook kept running until his legs were burning and the sharp smell of the old, mouldy brick walls filled his nose. He slid down a slimy wall and tried to even out his breathing. Bangtan was around in the back alley streets and Jungkook didn’t want to meet them, but he was too exhausted to run anymore. Tears pressed in his eyes and he could see it again. The man’s bloody face and his destroyed body, as he lay in a pool of his own blood.
“You’ve really done it now, V” the man with the grey mask snarled at the one with the black mask. “What would you have wanted me to do?” the other one yelled “Let him choke you to death? Seriously, Baby G?”
Baby G sighed but stepped over to look at the body. “Shit” he said in a shaky voice “Monster’s gonna kill you for this”
Jungkook covered his mouth and tried to breathe through his nose. The smell of blood burned in his nose and tears stung his eyes. It was his second week in Seoul and he’d gotten lost on the way home from school. Why did he absolutely have to stumble upon a murder scene? “Burn the body” V said “If he’s from another gang, it would be dangerous to leave the body identifiable” Baby G squatted down next to the body and grabbed the man’s wrist, uncovering a mark. “One of EXO’s men, probably outer league” “Not one of the original twelve, then?” “Nope, so they would just assume he’d gone bad in a deal if he disappears, probably not important at all to Suho” “Then we burn him”
Jungkook couldn’t help the gasp that escaped his lips. They were part of a gang, and judging by their way of speaking, a big one. Baby G’s face whipped towards where he was hiding and Jungkook froze. He could hear a gun being loaded and his throat tightened. Then he ran. “HEY!” he could hear V yell, but he didn’t stop.
Now a pair of feet stood in front of him and tears swelled up in his eyes. Baby G squatted down in front of him, while V was leaning on a wall next to them. Jungkook hung his head and tried to breathe. Baby G grabbed his hair and yanked his head up, causing Jungkook to let out a whimper. “Look at me, Pretty Face” he said and his voice was kind of messed up, like he was trying to make his voice unrecognizable. Jungkook slowly lifted his eyes, though he couldn’t see much through the tears. He could hear his own heart thumping and he thinks, this is it, this is how I’m gonna die. Baby G studied his face for a second, before he let go of Jungkook’s hair. “We’re leaving him alone” Jungkook breathes out in shock and relief, happiness tears leaking from his eyes.
V seemed shocked by his decision, his body going rigid. “Ji…” “He probably won’t tell anybody, he hasn’t even seen our full faces” V seemed sceptical but nodded before turning to leave, his shoes making an echo in the empty valley. “Try not to get involved in shit like this, kid” Baby G said as he turned his back “It’s gonna get you in trouble”
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The next day at school Jungkook is a bit shaky. Shakier than usual. He’s only made a few friends here. Jimin, Taehyung and Kunpimook. Other than that, he has no one to be with and it sucks.
Taehyung is the cool one of the squad. Showing up late for class with a new hair colour each day. Jimin is the cutie. Always nice to his teachers with his school uniform tucked neatly. Kunpimook is the punk. Just showing up for the free periods with tattoos up his arms.
Jungkook keeps his head down as he walks through the hallway, trying to avoid eye contact with any of his classmates. He sits down on his chair and sighs, preparing for another day of boring lessons. Jungkook had always studied well. Too well, actually. He knew most of the material his teacher is talking about already and he can’t bring himself to care what Ms. Kim is saying anyways. Halfway through the lesson Taehyung comes into the classroom, lays a note on the teacher’s desk before dumping down on the chair next to Jungkook. “What’d I miss?” he asked in a rugged voice and something tingles in Jungkook’s mind. He just can’t place his finger on what. “Not much” Jungkook answers and smiles “I’ll give you a copy of my notes tomorrow” Taehyung smiles and gives him a thumbs up. There’s still that tingling feeling in the back of Jungkook’s head, but he chooses to ignore it. That is until he glances down at his friend’s backpack. He tries to look away as fast as possible, but he can’t.
His friend has a knife in his backpack, and it’s covered in blood.