Written in blood | Stray Kids

Chapter 3

"I know exactly who you are," the victim said through clenched teeth. Their head was being forced back by the kidnapper, their hands and legs tied tightly together with cable ties.

    "So what if you do? You won't live long enough to rat me out." The victim began to squirm against their ties, the last of their confidence fading away. "Make this easier on yourself and stay still. It will hurt more if I miss," the kidnapper said in a fake concerned tone.

    "You won't be able to hide this forever," the victim said. A smile stretched across the kidnapper's face as he placed the barrel of a gun to the victim's forehead. He kept his finger on the trigger, watching the victim squirm before pulling it.

    Minho and Changbin were standing outside the practice room, music could faintly be heard playing through the door.

    "I guess he realized that no one was in there and went in himself," Minho said, his arms crossed across his chest.

    "It's great that he's practicing and all but I would like to get in there sometime before the end of the week," Changbin muttered under his breath, annoyed at how the room was barely open for anyone else to use. They knocked on the door but the music must have been too loud for Hyunjin to hear them. Not wanting to intrude, they left.

    Jeongin paced aimlessly around his room, unsure of what he wanted to do when Felix popped his head into the room. "Do you want to play Among Us with me? Jisung and Seungmin are playing too," he offered, flashing a smile that was almost impossible to say no to. He wasn't in the mood to play a game as of now but he didn't want to turn down Felix's offer.

    "Sure. I need to use the bathroom real quick but I'll meet you in the living room."

    "Okay!" Felix exclaimed, running down the hallway.

    He watched Felix leave before making his way down the hallway to the bathroom. He opened the bathroom door and closed it behind him before noticed that someone else was in the bathroom and had forgotten to lock the door behind them.

    "Jeongin!" Hyunjin stammered. He had frozen with shock, his shirt lifted slightly over his stomach. Normally he would have apologized for barging in and leave but something was very wrong.

    "Why is there blood on your shirt..?" Jeongin asked quietly, pointing at his shirt and then up to Hyunjin's blood-stained hands.

    "Oh, this?" Hyunjin said, quickly letting go of his shirt. "I was talking to my stylist about a concept that I wanted to try out for our comeback so she tried this out on me."

    "Have you talked with Chan hyung about this? I don't think this concept will fit.." He pressed on, with each passing moment doubting more that the blood was fake.

    "I haven't talked with him about it yet. I wanted to try it out on my own first," Hyunjin explained, speaking faster with each word. His facial expression showed no emotion but his voice and body language betrayed him.

    "What about practice? Minho and Changbin said that there was music still playing in the practice room."

    "I guess I forgot to turn it off. We all make mistakes sometimes," Hyunjin said, his voice calm again.

    "Okay.. Well, I'm going to go and play Among Us. Sorry for intruding," He apologized before scurrying out of the room.

    He slowed down once he was in the hallway, thinking back on what he had just seen. It would have taken a while for his stylist to set up his clothing and makeup so why did he sign up to use the practice room? Once he arrived in the living room, he sat down next to Seungmin and set up the game.

    The game started, Felix, Seungmin, and Jisung were fully concentrated on the game. Jeongin however, had a hard time concentrating and did not participate in the other member's shenanigans.

    "Is something wrong?" Felix asked once the match was over. "You've been really quiet."

    "I'm a bit tired is all," Jeongin said, waving off Felix's concern.

    "You don't have to keep playing. Go get some rest," Seungmin said, patting him on the back.

    "Oh..Sure," He said, going back to his dorm.

    He laid down on his bed, staring up at the ceiling. Hyunjin wouldn't lie to him, right? He wasn't that kind of person. Jeongin pushed any thoughts against Hyunjin to the back of his mind and closed his eyes, waiting for sleep to come to him. That was until his phone vibrated next to him.