I O U (NCT JaeYong) | Jaehyun x Taeyong

Chapter 7

He was raised to be a psychopath. To have no weakness. As the only heir for the empire that his father built, Jaehyun needed to be as heartless as the man himself. At the age of nine, his dad brought him into a room. There was a man tied up in the middle as a few of his dad's men surrounded him. Suddenly, his dad handed him a gun.

"Jaehyun, do you know what this is?" the father asked.

"A gun." The toddler answered.

"Good. And what it can do?"

"To shoot. It can hurt people."

"Great. Now take this and shoot that man."

"What?" Jaehyun frowned.

"Shoot him or you're not my son." His father coldly said.

"But-" a slap landed on his cheek.

Jaehyun held his cheek as he looked at his father. The man's expression turned dark. He aimed the gun towards the man and shot his leg. The man screamed in agony as blood started to furiously come out from the wound. Jaehyun felt chills went through his spine.

"Take this and shoot him. Don't make me repeat myself." The father handed the gun again at his son.

Jaehyun took the weapon with his shaky hands. He didn't want to do this, but his dad would hate him. Jaehyun closed his eyes and pulled the trigger. A loud bang was heard followed by another loud scream. Jaehyun opened his eyes and froze. He just shot the man's right shoulder.

"Not good enough." His dad went behind him and held the gun.

"This time, open your eyes."

The father helped Jaehyun aimed the gun at the man's head. He told the boy to pull the trigger. Jaehyun gritted his teeth as he pulled it. The bullet went straight to the head and the man died instantly.

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Jaehyun was 18 years old when he got his first job from his dad. To collect the debt. He didn't trust Jaehyun to run his empire, but he didn't have any choice. So he started with simple tasks like this first. Well, Jaehyun didn't want the so-called empire either but what choice did he have?

One day, Jaehyun exited the alley as he's done beating a guy that couldn't pay the debt on time. Kai joined right after. He grabbed the handkerchief and wiped the blood on his knuckles. He might go overboard with the beating. He poured all the frustration he had on the guy.

"Kai, clean up the mess. I'm going for a walk. Meet at the car in 30 minutes." Jaehyun said and walked away.

Kai stretched his body a bit before entered the alley back. Jaehyun mindlessly let his legs brought him to wherever it wanted. He just needed a break. It's tiring being this person that his dad wanted him to be. How to get out of this life? Jaehyun asked himself. His father didn't trust him to be the next heir. Then why bothered? Just find someone else that he could trust.

His legs stopped and Jaehyun realized he was in front of a café. Raising his shoulders, he entered the café. There was no customer except for one worker at the sink. Jaehyun faked a cough and the boy turned around. Jaehyun stood there, froze as he stunned looking at the latter. Such a beauty. How can a man be this beautiful? His ears started to turn red as his heart beating fast. He didn't even hear the boy's greeting. The latter waved his hand in front of Jaehyun, and he snapped out of it. A bit embarrassed as he caught staring.

"May I take your order?" the boy smiled. Jaehyun's heart beating faster.

"Ah... what's the popular drink you have?" Jaehyun looked at the menu board above.