The Best Mistake

Chapter 24; Monster

"Hyung!" I could hear Minjun's excited voice the moment Taehyung entered in, followed by the shocked men who suddenly got in motion.

I stood on my spot stiff. I never expected Taehyung to be the kind of person to treat someone with so much importance and to the point that he'd jump in a pit of fire to protect them.

I felt weird. I never knew I was capable of feeling guilty about my actions, and was actually having an urge to help someone.

I was a bad person, of course. Anyone would say I'm an insensitive, selfish and emotionless freak who only cares about himself. But the fun fact here is that I don't care about myself either.

You really expect me to protect someone else when I can't even love and protect my own self? That has to be the lamest assumption.

A part of me wanted to join him in helping Minjun cause not gonna lie, I was worried for them. But then again, I wasn't supposed to worry for some random people.

I tried my best in ignoring the shouts that those men threw at Taehyung and walked away from there. Yes, I'm not gonna look back.

I had walked for about half a minute but then I found my mind drifting back to Taehyung's words, Are you always like this or has something gotten into you? Stop being so insensitive about everything.

I stopped in my tracks. I am always like this, Taehyung. I wanted to tell him but it's not about him...it's about Minjun.

What did he do wrong? It's not his fault he got trapped with a bunch of kidnappers.

I took a few steps back and found myself running back to the place I had last seen the two. I'm doing this only because it isn't Minjun's fault.

I had always been a fast runner so I reached there within seconds and without hesitating a bit, walked towards the side of the hideout to find a less dense part and while bending my body, I entered in with energy radiating my body.

It was almost as if all of the people standing there had forgotten what they were doing as they found me walk in. They all looked completely shook.

"Jeon Hyung!" The squeaky voice rang in my ears. How annoying.

The place was like a typical hideout for someone involved in crimes. Minjun was seated on a chair and tied with harsh ropes, almost cutting through his soft skin with their roughness.

There were a few other ropes lying on the ground and a few knives. At least they don't have guns.

My vision moved from that to a guy holding a gun, pointing at Taehyung. Ah fuck. But he looked frozen. Why was that guy not moving and just staring at me? Oh right, all of them had froze the moment I entered. Wait, is it still going on?

"Come back, everyone. I'm a human." I waved while making a little eye contact with everyone standing there and they flinched. Are these really your kidnappers? Please.

"Now who is this dude? Are you too here to politely convince us to leave this kid?" One of the men grumbled. My eyes grew wide as I stared at the very much proud of himself Taehyung in disgust.

He looked so confident when he entered. And all of that just for a polite request to some goddamn kidnappers? Oh my god this guy.

"No. I'm here to take Minjun and this polite guy, whether you like it or not." I said with conviction, while mocking the elder.

"I knew you'd come!" Taehyung exclaimed with a wide smile, ignoring the way I had just ridiculed him.

"Kids these days got balls. Roaming about in a curfew, messing up with kidnappers, are y'all on an adventure trip here?" The men laughed. Their laughter made me even more annoyed than I already was.