C-58
Minho's POV
"Congratulations!"
Hyunjin struts in wearing his graduation uniform with lots of messages written in colourful markers. There's a bouquet of flowers in his hands, eyes and lips smiling as he greets us cheerfully. I raise my eyebrow that makes him gulp and bow a little.
"My m-mum bought these flowers but I-I don't like them so I'll just give it to Y/n?" he says very unsurely. "A-Actually, it's for Seungmin!" He scurries to the spectacled boy's side and tosses the flower at his face.
"Aish..." Seungmin glares and shoves the flowers back to Hyunjin, then he walks away grumpily.
"Why is everyone so gloomy?" That Hyunjin guy asks as he looks around. "Shouldn't we be celebrating?"
Jungwoo and Jisung (with Jeongin in his arms) are pacing back and forth after almost fainting, Chan is calling some of his friends aka connections, Changbin is talking to the guards whilst those trainees went to check on the CCTV footage. I just came back from the rooftop with Seungmin and Felix but we found it desolated.
"Dude, our bestie is missing." Felix pats his shoulder. "That Bambam guy took Minho-hyung's phone and used it to lure our innocent girl to his trap. Tsk tsk. You should've arrived sooner so you saw how angry Minho-hyung got! He almost crushed his phone with his bare hands!" he exclaims as he shows my slightly cracked phone and its content.
(Cry)baby:
gu3ss wh0?
Seems like her knights ar3n't around thiz t1me
W0uld u s4ve ur precious l1ttle Sunny?
8pm.
After that I w0n't be 2 kind 2 keep my handz 2 myself
Try 2 find us l0lz
"I just had a seizure reading that." Hyunjin side-eyes the message. "So that's why I can't see Y/n anywhe--" then his jaw drops. "Y/N IS WHAT? OH MY GHAD!"
Kun and the guys come back with sullen faces and that's when I knew, they fvcked up.
"The footage is deleted and it'll take them half a day to retrieve it. We found the guards we hired knocked out, it seems like they're drugged. Should we wait for the CCTV--"
"He says 8pm and we don't have enough time. I have to go there. What if... What if he hurts her again? What if I'm too late? I swear I'll lose it... I'm trying to stay as sane as possible right now but-- fvck."
"Let's calm down, yeah? I know it's hard, but try to control your emotions because it won't help in this situation. Y/n needs you so breathe and don't panic," Chan lectures and it's enough to knock my senses back.
I breathe deeply and try to stop my shaking fists. I'm about to go crazy with the thought of her being in danger. I shake my head in order to prevent my mind from planning the murder of a stickass loser.
"We have a plan, did you forget? Let's go and get down to it." Chan pats my shoulder and takes the key from me. "I'll drive so we won't die before saving your Y/n."
"I found something!" We all turn to Changbin who's running towards us with a triumphant grin. He holds up a phone inside a ziplock and laughs sarcastically. "The guards said a skinny guy with long legs dropped it on his way out. He's in a hurry whilst carrying an unconscious girl, so they thought it was an emergency and let him out easily. The dumbass is using Y/n's phone because he lost his."
I glare at the phone and comb my fingers through my hair to keep my cool, looking at my older friend dead in the eyes. "Let's go and plan this shit out."
Chan smirks. "Your place or mine?"
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"Woah! Is this what an independent college boy's flat looks like? So clean!" Felix, Jisung, and Hyunjin ogle at every corner of Chan's apartment.
Seungmin (with a still passed out Jeongin in his arms) snorts as he runs his fingers along the bookshelf. "That's like the bare minimum for someone his age."
Changbin shrugs. "Anyways, let's head straight to the planning. Minho's been murdering us with his eyes for the past minute."
I sigh and massage my temples in distress. "Why do they have to tag along? I don't have the time and patience to take care of kids right now."
Jisung crosses his arms as if he's offended. "We're Y/n's friends too! We just want to help you save her."
"Do you even know how to defend yourself? I know they can at least survive," I point to Jungwoo and his minions, "but what about you? Do you think you'd be of any help?"
"Wow!" Jungwoo claps. "You talk like you're the greatest one here."
"What if I am?"
"Then she wouldn't be kidnapped in the first place!"
"Then you should've told me that you hired shit bodyguards so I just did the job for them!"
"Stop it!" Chan and Kun push the two of us apart. "You're both so childish! Y/n is currently in danger, you fools. Fighting would lead us nowhere."
"Tsk."
"You don't have to worry about us. I have a black belt in taekwondo!" Felix says proudly. "My friend here used to play baseball, so if that Bambam goes old school then Seungmin is really good with bats. He can get pretty brutal, you know?"
"Fine, you're both in." I roll my eyes before turning to Jisung and Hyunjin. "How about you?"
"Uh... Um..." They scratch their napes and nudge each other.
"I can do taekwondo, hapkido, and 2nd-degree bodyguard martial arts. Bang Chan is good at everything, and Changbin is a gym rat." I raise my eyebrow. "We're against a whole gang of motherfvckers. Now tell me, what can you do?"
"I'm tall? Uh... I'm a fast learner!" Hyunjin tries to convince me. "Last week Jisung and I watched an action film and I think we learned some moves from it."
Jisung nods in agreement so fast. "We also play League! You know, fire in the hole?" He gulps when I glare at his ridiculous statement.
Changbin emerges from the door whilst carrying a box. He laughs when he sees the two boys who look like they're about to pee in their pants. "They're really trying hard."
"Is that the stuff I asked for?" I ask and he opens the box as a reply, smirking mischievously and looking rather excited to touch the contents. Changbin may look tough, but he's such a kid.
"Chan's connection sent these a while ago. Jarvis told me to avoid using these as much as possible unless it's really important--"
"Y/n is important."
"Geez, I know. You didn't have to glare like that."
"Fire in the hole, you said?" I look back at Jisung and Hyunjin, then I grab one of the handguns and cocks it, pointing in their direction. They shriek and fall to the ground in unison.
"Woah! Easy, Minho..."
Everyone was alarmed except for Chan and Changbin.
"I'll ask you for the last time, and I need serious answers. What can you do to help?"
"M-My annoying dormmates used to drag me to those shooting galleries so I kinda know how to do long-range shots!" the tall boy says with wide eyes.
"You?" I point the gun to Jisung and he immediately raises both of his hands.
"I'm good at hiding my feelings-- I mean, I can be serious too! We used to work on a project together and you know how dedicated I am... to Y/n."
"Hmm... Okay." I look at the both of them dead in the eyes before pulling the trigger.
"WAAAH-- Huh?" They look at each other in confusion when there's only a faint click heard.
"It's unloaded, fools. Seems like you're brave enough so stand up, you're both in," I say and proceed to Chan's desk where the rough sketch of our previous plan is spread out.
"What the..." Felix mutters. "Where'd you get your gun from? That's so cool..."
"C-Cool?" Jisung, who looks a little paler than usual, stands up with wobbly knees. "Try having a gun pointed at you. It's not 'fire in the hole', it's 'I'll fire at you hoe'."
"DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO THAT?!" Hyunjin clutches his chest with his other hand on his hip. "YOUR BEHAVIOUR IS SO... UGH!"
"Did you all hear something?" I ask and they all shrug in unison, making the tall boy join us in defeat.
"So what's next?" Kun asks.
"I'm pretty sure you all know about Y/n's past since you're questionably close to her, especially Felix and Hyunjin, so I won't be discussing that," I say and they all nod, the two boys scratching their napes sheepishly. "I'll go straight with the plan we made and you better listen because I won't repeat it."
I pull out a cork board and haul it by the wall, pinning a blueprint, maps, and some other related stuff to explain to them what we've planned out.
"We've been gathering info for the past weeks and we finally found out where Bambam resides. He currently stays at a two-story building on the outskirts of the city with 20-plus other gang members. That's the blueprint of his place and those maps show the location of it. I highlighted all the blind spots where we can go through and noted how to pass the securities and cameras, but it's still a bit risky so we're thinking of hacking into the system and bugging it for a while just until we get her out."
"Why don't we just call the police?" Jungwoo suggests. "We should also tell her parents about this, right?"
"About that, you'll be the one to inform them regarding the matter."
"Huh?"
"We have to split up so the four of you, go and deal with the authorities and we'll just coordinate through calls because we have limited time."
"Why not let the cops deal with this entirely?" Jungwoo asks.
"You know how fvcking slow they are and Y/n will probably be dead before they get there. Now go and do as I say."
"But--"
"Did I ask?" I raise my eyebrow at him.
"Why don't you do it yourself?" he retorts.
The audacity.
Before I could say something rude but true, Yuta steps in and pulls the insolent boy back.
"Minho is actually right," he says, which I totally agree on. "We're trainees and we can't take part in the rest of the plan, it's very risky. We should just take care of the legal actions."
"No, I'll stay."
"Don't be stubborn now, Jungwoo. Y/n first, ego later." Ten pats his shoulder and it's probably the first time that I heard something smart coming out of his mouth.
"Guys, just let me. I've failed her before and I don't want to do that again. I don't care if I get kicked out of the company because Y/n is more important. Heck, I've never been this brave about something before so please, just trust me on this," he pleads. "Minho, please... I won't be a nuisance. I won't run away this time, unlike four years ago. It's my fault why it led to this anyway."
I look for any sign of hesitation on his face and sigh when I find none. I don't like him, but I should still give him a chance. He can be annoying but I know that his feelings are genuine. It hurts enough that Y/n sees him as a brother, so it's the least I can do as his former friend.
"You can stay."
He sighs in relief. "Thank you."
The three men left to do my orders and there's nine of us who stayed. I carried on with my discussion because time is running out.
"Bang Chan found out that the security he's using is a combination of passcode and biometrics. That's fvcking extra for someone who names his gang Dabbin and it makes the plan a tad bit harder."
"How are we going to get in now?" Jisung asks.
Seungmin's face lights up as if he thought of a brilliant idea. "I think I can take care of that. You said you have his phone, right? I'm going to try and take samples of his fingerprints and hack his phone for the passcode. Do you have a scanner, some wires, and a gadget I could program in?"
"Damn! You weren't valedictorian for nothing, huh?" Changbin looks at him in awe. "Don't worry, we have Chan's laptop. It has everything you need."
Whilst Seungmin does his part, I resume with mine.
"You all know what we're about to do is not legal, right? We'll face serious consequences if we get caught so be extra cautious. We just literally graduated high school an hour ago so no one should find out about this."
I open a spare laptop and encode for a bit before the screen shows all the CCTV footage of Bambam's hideout. I turn it over so the others can see.
"Oooh! This is like some James Bond stuff!" Felix says excitedly.
"Are we sure that's where he put Y/n?" Hyunjin asks as he now carries the still-passed-out-Jeongin.
"He's dumb enough to drop his phone so what do we expect? We can track Y/n's phone to be sure though, but that'll take more time."
"Yoh, there's no need. We can use her cousin's iPad. Isn't it connected to her phone?" Changbin asks.
I frown at his suggestion. Something feels wrong about it... We all stop whatever we're doing and look at each other, eyes widening as we turn to Hyunjin who's been pinching the cheeks of the baby for the last five minutes.
"What?" The tall boy blinks in confusion, then he follows our gaze and his eyes almost bulge out of their sockets. "OH NO, THEY LEFT THE KID."
Chan curses under his breath as he tries to run after the trainees, only to come back with a defeated headshake.
The kid finally wakes up at Hyunjin's dramatic reaction, blinking up at us. He turns to Changbin who's still frozen in his place holding the iPad, then his lips begin wobbling as he reaches his tiny hands out.
"Waaah! Das mine!"
"W-What do I do?!" Hyunjin looks like he's about to cry too as he tries to pacify the child. "Ow!" He yelps in pain when he tries to put his forefinger in place of Jeongin's missing tooth and gets bitten in the process.
Jisung and Felix join to calm both Hyunjin and Jeongin, but it seems like everything just keeps getting worse.
I massage my temples and contemplate the meaning of their existence. Seungmin seems to share my sentiments as he sighs and pushes through the mess, taking Jeongin with him.
"Hey, I'm gonna borrow your iPad."
"Don't wanna!" The kid almost hissed.
"It's for your noona."
He stops wailing. "Noona?"
Seungmin nods. "Lend me your iPad if you want to see her again."
"Oh, oki."
Just like that, Yang Jeongin finally behaves. We all heave breaths of relief and finally resume with our operation, but not before putting headphones on the kid and busying him with Blue's Clues and snacks on the side.
Changbin monitors Jeongin's iPad. His eyes scan the screen and follow the dots, then his smug grin turns up once it stops blinking. "There she is! Literally behind that door on camera nine."
My positivity immediately falls with his announcement. "What? Isn't that his... bedroom?"
"Oh fvck."
The group tense up and the atmosphere gets heavier, then everybody starts moving in haste without wasting any seconds. Seungmin types faster with his furrowed brows, Jungwoo instructs Kun through a phone call, Chan starts distributing earpieces and Felix helps connect them to each other, Changbin stays with the tracker to monitor the movements, Hyunjin and Jisung tries to keep up with everything, whilst I grab the box that Jarvis sent and take out its contents.
Jisung and Hyunjin watch me with astonished faces as I load the handguns with bullets and check the tasers. "Is that a real gun?"
"The bullets you're seeing are tranquillisers since we can't use the real ones, unless you want to go to jail for unregistered firing. There's only four pistols and four tasers so we'll have to go partnered. Seungmin is our tech guy so he won't be needing this, just the taser for precaution. One will go to Bang Chan, one for Changbin, one for Jungwoo, and one for me."
I hand Chan, Changbin, and Jungwoo the pistols and instruct them on how to use it. "Each has five tranquilliser bullets. Don't shoot yourselves."
Then I take out a rifle and attach a sniperscope to it for long-range shooting. I toss it to Hyunjin and he grabs it rather nervously.
"That one has ten tranquilliser bullets in it. You'll do sniper duty and make sure you hit bullseye. Jisung, stay with him and make sure that your hiding spot is clear."
"The tranquillisers will last for about five hours, so we have that much time to get her out," Chan concludes after reading the manual and he pats all of our shoulders to lift our spirits up.
"I forgot you're the eldest for a minute," Jungwoo says even when no one asked. "Why is Minho leading us anyway?"
Here he goes again.
I roll my eyes, then I suddenly think of a very bright comeback that only I am valid to say.
"I'm the boyfriend, duh?"
Finally, that silenced him.
Technically, that's not true. I haven't asked her out yet because Bambam just had to ruin everything. She's already mine though, and I refuse to let him take her away.
What's mine is mine.
I'm still going to ask her formally because she deserves that much. I even planned a really clichéd proposal with a little help from Chan and Changbin. I was so excited to see her reaction... but things happened.
"I got it!" We all turn to Seungmin who looks so smug as he pushes his glasses back to the bridge of his nose, lenses glinting in mischief as light from Chan's laptop hits it. "It's so easy."
"This is what we call silent but deadly." Chan claps in disbelief. "That just took less than an hour."
"We can't have Y/n waiting in that godforsaken place." Seungmin shrugs.
"We have three hours left until his deadline and we have to stop by the police station to explain this shit. Let's get going," I say.
"We're like James Bond but in school uniforms!" Felix fantasises, which Jisung enthusiastically joins.
Chan does a count check before putting his hand out, urging us to do the same. We follow and pile our hands on top of each other.
"There's nine of us who'll go and save Y/n, and there's nine of us who'll return with her. No one will be left behind, alright? Nine or none?"
Jeongin suddenly stands up from the comfort of his thinking chair, putting his tiny hands on the topmost of the pile.
"Nine or none!"
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WARNING:
From this point, there will be a lot of violence (blood, cursing, bondage, fistfights, guns, knives, sexual harassment, gang stuff etc). You can skip this part and move on to the next chapter if it makes you uncomfortable. You will still somewhat understand it.
Disclaimer:
I MEAN NO DISRESPECT AND HARM TO THE REAL PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES I'M USING IN THIS BOOK, NOR ARE THE CHARACTERS IN ANY WAY REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW THEY ARE IN REAL LIFE.
Btw, I experimented and used the 2nd and 3rd POVs in this part.
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Bambam punches his passcode in and swipes his thumb on the fingerprint scanner impatiently. He enters in haste when the door to his room opens and kicks it close just as fast.
His gaze falls down to the unconscious girl in his arms and he makes a beeline towards the bed, flopping your figure on the mattress and sighing in relief once you're settled.
"Did I use too much chloroform?" Bambam scratches his head because it's been a few hours and you're still asleep.
He sits beside you, and his eyes unknowingly linger on your face. He notices how innocent and soft you look whilst sleeping, and a pang of hesitation crosses his mind. But then he catches the resemblance of your fringe to a certain someone, making him remember Lisa. Memories come rushing to his mind and his jaw tightens, teeth gritted at the bitterness of the past.
Lisa was his best friend for thirteen years. They've been friends since foetus days and he was almost positive that they'd end up together... until Minho came. He'd never wanted anything more than her, but she left him saying she'd had enough of his childish antics and pettiness.
He just wanted her attention... Why is that childish and petty? Why can't she just like him back? Why did she have to like someone else?
Just then, you stir up. Your eyes flutter open and the first thing that you notice is a faint smell of a boy's perfume, foreign and clearly not Minho. Your heart beats faster as you remember running to the rooftop to meet your suitor, smelling something weird, then seeing black. You look up and almost shriek upon seeing the weird guy you bumped with in front of your school's gate weeks ago.
"Where am I?" You sit up and immediately check your body. Relief washes over you as everything is still in place... but it is short-lived as recognition hits. You look back at the oddly familiar face, then it all clicks. "Bambam?"
"Did you miss me?" He smiles crazily. "Who thought I'd be able to continue what was postponed four years ago?"
Your heart thumps loudly and you scoot away in fear, your back hitting the headboard. You internally groan at your failed attempt. "Why are you doing this?"
"Simple, because I want revenge." Bambam scoffs.
"For what? I did nothing wrong to you."
"Oh, it's not you." He scoots closer at your trembling figure, inching his face forward as he spits his next words bitterly. "It's Minho."
"B-But he did nothing wrong too..."
His smirk drops and he slams his fist on the headboard right next to your face, making you flinch and yelp a little. "He took Lisa away from me!"
"He didn't!"
"If not for Minho, she'd still be at my side."
"Y-You're wrong-- ah!"
Bambam harshly tilts your jaw to face him. "She left me because of him!"
Despite the sting, you still feel the need to defend him. "It's not Minho's fault! That was her own choice so stop blaming him."
"Not his fault? Bullshit!" His grip gets tighter and you try your best to push his hand away. The corners of your eyes start to feel hot from the immense pain on your jaw. You crawl to the other side of the bed until your feet touch the floor, managing to wriggle out of Bambam's arms.
"She didn't leave you, you pushed her away!"
"What do you mean? I like her! You know nothing." He glares at your words, finding it absurd.
"No, you don't! You're just obsessed with the idea of liking her. If your feelings are genuine then you wouldn't be doing this, you'd be sincerely pursuing her instead. Is this what you call liking someone?" You frantically explain in hopes of changing his mind. "It's just an obsession at this point... and I think It'd be best if you seek help in other ways."
"Obsession?" Bambam looks conflicted for a second, as if considering what you just said.
Does he really need help? What if he really just likes her and it's the only way he knows how to show it? What if his mind is too twisted to back out now?
"Please stop this right now. You're more than just a bad guy, you're her best friend! Your anger management skills might be small, but you'll get through it."
Bambam frowns. "How do you know? How do you know it's not big?"
"You lash out too easily whenever it comes to Lisa and I think that's not healthy. Please, stop this. Stop bothering us. Stop bothering Minho because he did nothing wrong..."
But then one mention of their names brought every bitterness back, and he swore not to turn back until he got his revenge.
Lisa said he's too childish when he just wanted her to notice him. Lisa said he's too petty when he got jealous of the attention she's giving to Minho. Is it bad to be childish and petty? He just likes her so much...
"Everything was going fine. We're both so happy together..." He smiles, approaching you cautiously. Then his face turns grim as he grabs both of your wrists with a tight grip. "...until Minho came! He took her from me!"
Bambam lifts you up and throws you back to the bed. You whimper in pain when he forcefully grabs your tie and uses it to knot your hands overhead.
"Stop! You're hurting me!"
He remains impassive despite your cries. He brings his face next to your ears, making you shiver in fear. "If I don't get the girl then he shouldn't too."
Panic rises in your system when Bambam pins you down, his hand firm on your shoulder, the other one gripping on your jaw tightly. Tears brim your eyes as you try to yank the tight knots off your sore wrists.
"N-No! Don't do this..."
"He took what's mine, I'm just taking what's his in return. If I can't have Lisa, I'll just have you!"
"HELP! PLEASE! MINHO!"
Your desperate sobs echoed in the whole room.
"He's not going to come. You're mine now." He laughs sadistically.
You thrash around, raising your knees and hitting the area between his legs. It successfully works when Bambam hollers in pain and falls off the bed.
"Son of a bitch!"
Your eyes widen seeing Bambam's face reddening in anger as he rolls on the floor. You seize the opportunity and use your teeth to untie your hands with tears continuously flowing.
"Minho... Where are you?" You whimper as the tie won't come off. Your wrists start to bruise and the friction of the tugging worsens its state. "Please! Anyone, help!"
Bambam finally recovers after dealing with the sting on his crotch, and he makes his way back to you with the worst intention. Before he could reach you, a banging on the door stops him in his tracks.
"WHAT THE FVCK IS HAPPENING IN THERE."
Bambam curses as he recognises Yugyeom's voice. The door opens and he suddenly regrets giving him the security access. A tall boy emerges from it who looks mortified at the hideous sight in front of him.
Yugyeom facepalms at his friend's stupidity. He scratches his head messily. "I helped you back then because we were still immature kids, but it's not fvcking playfighting anymore! I told you to stop this nonsense, right? Why did you kidnap her?! Didn't you learn from four years ago? This is illegal, bro!"
Bambam seems to only realise his actions now as he looks at your shaking form and the disappointment on his best friend's face.
"Dude, stop it! Minho's not the problem, it's you. You seriously need help with your loose screws." He shakes Bambam's shoulder to knock the senses back in him. "We can go to jail for this, dumbass!"
But it was too late to regret his actions because the burglar alarm blares through the whole vicinity, startling the three. Bambam and Yugyeom look at each other wide-eyed, then the lights go off that leaves the whole place in pitch blackness.
"What the hell?!"
Minutes after, they hear a loud crashing sound and the emergency power turns on. The door bursts open, making them flinch back by the harsh force.
In front of their eyes, they see their karma in the form of a furious, piercing glare that shows bloodshed and rage.
That's when they knew, they fvcked up.
"Hello, bitches."
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Do you like 2nd POV or should I just stick with the 1st (and occasional 3rd)? And did you like my edit? That's supposed to be you and Bambam. My skills are quite ~improving~ lol.