DESTINED. wsn ✓

twenty three

"have you done the background check on both of them, hyung?" wooyoung asked, sipping his cup of latte in a nearby diner. the two had left home early with the files seonghwa had compiled together of yeosang and san's past. there's no way they could talk about stuff at their apartment now that it's bugged. 

seonghwa hummed and put down his fork, "yeah. and after doing research, i don't think it's either of them. are you sure you didn't tell anyone else?"

wooyoung nodded, "positive-"

"here's your english breakfast, sir." a waitress said as she placed the dish in front of wooyoung. wooyoung muttered a thanks, but the waitress didn't go away. wooyoung frowned, "um, you may go, now?"

the waitress glanced down to the bottom of the dish before disappearing into the kitchen. seonghwa raised an eyebrow suggestively at wooyoung, "someone has a crush on you~"

"shut up, hyung, i have a boyfriend." wooyoung said but then felt the pain in his heart and just everywhere around his body. wooyoung winced and sighed, "just- talk me through it, i guess."

seonghwa frowned at wooyoung, "you good?" after receiving a grunt from wooyoung, he sighed and talked about the information he acquired.

"just like you said, yeosang ssi wasn't an assassin ever since 2026. he focused on studying law and had cut off his connections with any previous clients, including park junwong. park junwong had put out a kill order on yeosang ssi in 2027, but they never got to him, as you can see. park junwong had try to contact yeosang ssi throughout these three years as well, but yeosang ssi either ignored all of them or changed all his social medias. there's no records of yeosang ssi receiving any calls or emails from park junwong for four years.

"moving on to san ssi and wooyoung," seonghwa glanced up at wooyoung, which the younger returned, "would you want some context on his background or do you want to skip all that? i do have a lot of san ssi, but it's mostly about his past and before he met yeosang ssi. it's obvious he never had any connection with park junwong except for what he stole, but that's the only thing that linked the two together. so, wooyoung-"

"no, hyung." wooyoung shook his head. a small smile was visible on his face as he picked the baked beans on his plate, "i'll hear it from sannie."

seonghwa smiled proudly and ruffled wooyoung's hair, "that's great, wooyoung. anyways, after finishing whatever you have there, you wanna go check that movie out?"

wooyoung beamed, "sure! i heard it got 89% on rotten tomatoes, it must be great!"

—

"that was probably the worst film i ever watched." was what wooyoung said when he and seonghwa stepped out of the movie theatre. seonghwa snickered, "i know right. it's so- it's so unrealistic! look, i know it's a sci fi movie, but they could at least make it look real and not all green screen. you could even see some of the green outlining the objects!"

wooyoung shook his head, "gosh, i'm so sorry i brought you here to watch this shit show."

seonghwa looked at wooyoung, a glint in his eyes suggesting that he actually enjoyed the movie. "are you joking me right now? your just earned me a two hours worth of laughing at stupid film making. that was amazing, wooyoung, thank you." seonghwa grinned and swung his arm around wooyoung's shoulder.

"you're such a fool, hyung." wooyoung replied and seonghwa did not hesitate to put wooyoung in a loose headlock.

"did you just call me a fool, hm?" seonghwa asked and wooyoung laughed hysterically. he was patting on seonghwa's arm, trying to make the older let go. 

"no, no! god, hyung! i- let go!" wooyoung laughed.

suddenly, the sound of guns cocking were heard and the two let go of each other, frowning at who's standing in front of them. the guns were pointing at the two of them; one on each boy. seonghwa reached inside his jacket to reach for the gun he has with him at all times, but wooyoung placed a hand on his arm, shaking his head.

"who are you?" wooyoung asked the two masked figures. the two masked figures didn't budge and one of them — with their gun pointing at seonghwa — even advanced forward.

"woah, woah, woah!" seonghwa said, raising both of his arms into a surrender position, "do you really want to kill us in front of everyone here?"

the guy with their gun pointing at wooyoung snickered, looking around the area they're in, "there's no one here. plus, you two are nobodies in korea. you could be dead and no one would know. you, hands up!"

wooyoung frowned, "easy! i have a name, you know. if you know we're nobodies in korea, you could at least call us by our names!"

the guy sighed, dropping his gun, "really? you're going to make me do this?"

wooyoung shrugged, "all i'm asking is a little respect for me."

"fine," the guy said, raising his gun again and pointing it at wooyoung, "please put your hands up, wooyoung ssi. and if you want to live, both of you, walk towards us and lay down your weapons."

wooyoung and seonghwa shared a glance and seonghwa nodded, silently telling wooyoung to comply with their every request. wooyoung sighed. he put his hands up and started walking towards the guy, reaching to his back pocket in his jeans and threw his pocket knife out. seonghwa did the same with his gun.

the guy with their gun pointed at seonghwa chuckled lightly, "you know, you two carry very little weapons for an assassin."

"like you said," seonghwa started, "we're assassins. we're supposed to blend in."

the gun was shoved into seonghwa's chest and wooyoung tried to run to seonghwa. seonghwa sent him a glare, making the younger step back to where he was. the guy snickered, "don't be so cocky now, seonghwa ssi. we still have a lot to talk about. come on, walk."

both guys moved to behind the two best friends and placed their guns against each boy's head, pushing them forward with the gun and pocketing their weapons. seonghwa glanced at wooyoung and wooyoung grinned a little.

wooyoung wasn't stupid. he knew whatever was going to happen to them would not be nice, so as early as when wooyoung asked who they were, wooyoung had started sending his location to yeosang and typing a simple message. just one simple message.

sos.