"HAHAHAHAHA OH GOD!"
Woozi laughed so hard, trying to carefully place his cup down while Seungcheol is nodding is head.
"Another shot?? Joshua!! Answer me! What's happening! JOSHUA!"
I can hear Jeonghan but I'm concentrating on putting pressure to my thigh. Woozi did not specify where should I shoot myself so I aimed at the safest I could think of.
They did not react when I shot myself so I did it again. Now, Woozi's laughing so hard, did I make it?
"HAHAHAHA AAAH~ Wow, that's good."
"Joshua! Please! Answer me!"
"Jeong-"
"WHAT ON EARTH WAS THAT? Did you shoot yourself? Are you bleeding?"
"It's nothing."
"GAH! Where? Are you dying?"
"Chill, Yoon Jeonghan. Hong Jisoo shot his thighs. A good one." Seungcheol explained.
"IDIOT! Joshua you stupid! Go home! Now!"
"Stop shouting-"
"I'M NERVOUS!"
"We're going home." I crawled towards Woozi. "Please, let him free. See, shot myself already."
"I said I'll only reconsider. But that was really a good one. So here, introduce yourself as Hong Jisoo, the son of the late mafia boss SS, to the whole organization. And appoint Mingyu as the next boss."
"But Mingyu doesn't want to be the next boss."
"That's why I'm asking you to do it."
"Then why do you have to kidnap him?"
"Because 1.) Yoon Jeonghan will stop you from doing this demand, and 2.) You'll probably won't do it since Kim Mingyu said he doesn't like to be one." Seungcheol stood up and raised my chin. "You'll do it, right?"
"Fine!"
I just need to get out of here as soon as possible with Jeonghan. I will find a way to help Mingyu later.
"Okay. Good. We can hold the ceremony tomorrow morning, maybe." Seungcheol threw my face to the ground.
"Shitake!!" Jeonghan jumps, trying to loosen his ties but ended up falling on his right.
"Stop that!" I turned to Woozi "Then let Jeonghan go now."
"Huh? Not until you handed the position to Mingyu."
"What? I won't go anywhere!"
"And you will do nothing if we have Jeonghan. After Mingyu's appointment, we'll let both of you go."
"Please! Let him free now. Please." I'm such a kid, resisting the urge to cry.
"Here." Woozi tossed a circle metal wreath with multiple keys hanging on it. "You're very entertaining, you know that? One of those keys can unlock it. Play with us."
"You're sadistic." I crawled and reached for the keys. I hate him making fun of me but I'll grab all the opportunities I have.
I started trying out the keys but 3 down and still locked.
"You're Joshua, right? Not sure if I'm smelling the cage or I'm smelling your blood, you idiot." Jeonghan moved sideways with the whole chair attached to his back, trying to get closer to me.
"Just relax, okay?"
"Relax? Do you know where you are right now? You're in a place where no one wants you alive. Idiot. How can you rush here alone."
"I'm not.."
Then I remembered, I have no time to be chilling here while they're all battling down there.
"Just go now, Joshua. You shouldn't have come. I, I need to be here."
"Shut it already! I'm not leaving you, okay? I'm already losing too much blood, I mean, just wait ther-"
My vision suddenly became blurry. Keys on my hand started looking like a noodle. I'm not sure why but the temperature here started decreasing rapidly.
Am I really this weak and sensitive?
I continued searching for the right one in the set of circling keys. Different background noises started piercing my ear drums. It's making me want to puke so bad.
"HAHAHAHA this little prince is lame!" Woozi picked up his tea again.
"I didn't know it's very satisfying to see him like this. This totally eased the madness I felt when I saw Yeonjun-ah covered in wounds and bruises." Seungcheol is finally smilling widely.
"Hey, Joshua, you're breathing terribly. Please, go now. I cannot go near you. You're not safe with me."
"What are you saying? I was never safe. Anywhere, even when I'm with you. I'm just motivated to fight and live if you're with me."
"You don't know anything."
"Eeww. That's annoying. Cheesy words are annoying." Woozi threw his tea cup and it broke on my head.
"Where? Did the splinter hit you, Joshua?" Jeonghan asked.
It, in fact hit me, all of it hit my head and now the floor is spinning much faster.
BANG.
BANG.
Gunshots made my head worse. It feels like it's going to detach to my body.
"What on earth is that? You alive?" Jeonghan checked on me again.
"Yeah. Shots are from the outside, right?"
Woozi prepared his gun while Seungcheol hid behind the couch.
A tall, tanned, and handsome man kicked the door and it flung wide open.
"Gyu, the door's not lock actually." Woozi pointed.
"I.. I thought it was. I was nervous, okay?" Mingyu answered and he turned at my direction. "Jisoo! They shot you!"
"No, he did it himself." Woozi answered.
"What?"
"Yeah. He wants to set that mind-reader free."
"Jihoon-hyung, what's gotten to your mind?"
"I told you already, we need a perfect leader for our organization. And that's going to be you."
"I told you already, too. I don't want to be a mafia boss anymore. I don't want to be here!"
"And what? You will leave the mafia and live with that detective?!"
"Yes!!"
"You're crazy!"
"No, you're crazy! I already told you, I love Wonwoo! And, and, I told you before
I only like you as my brother, Jihoon-hyung."
