Dancing On Thin Ice // KTH

Chapter 109

"TAEHYUNG!"

"TAE!"

The four boys dropped next to their fallen friend, a deep bloody gash right at the center of his abdomen, but to the left, a little closer to his heart. Roxana had aimed well, and she'd meant to.

"PHONE JK!" Namjoon commanded.

"W-what should I do--" Jungkook stuttered.

"CALL THE FUCKING POLICE!" Jimin shrieked, his voice cracking.

Carmela staggered towards Taehyung with numb legs, but stopped and turned back. She tried not to panic, tried to grasp herself from shaking, but her eyes burned and stung. She gazed at Roxana, terrified.

The tall woman was smiling, a complete look of insanity over her electric blue eyes. The gun was still in her taloned fingers, and she stood with her chin high and shoulders square, as if she were a victorious champion.

In seconds, blaring sirens grew louder and louder, making Carmela even more terrified. Scared out of her mind, she gazed around and around and squinted at the bright red and blue lights. The vehicles parked just over there. Police and paramedics jumped down and ran over to them onto the train tracks.

"HEY!" A man shouted into the chill night air, and soon they were surrounded by armed persons.

Carmela immediately put her hands up, and squeezed her eyes shut, awaiting for her arrest.

She heard Roxana's laugh and a gun drop to the floor. She heard sirens, and the voices of panicked paramedics and police orders and clinkling metal and tiny wheels stumbling over the rusted train tracks.

Suddenly, she felt warm hands wrap around her shoulders, and opened her eyes. It was a police officer.

"Don't worry, you're safe. You're safe. Come with me." She said.

Carmela felt tears burst down her face, and nodded, trying with all of her might to control herself. Her lips hurt from the amount of force she was pressing them shut with.

Two police officers were handcuffing Roxana, who was throwing them seducing looks and trying to whisper in their ears. But she froze, as she saw Carmela, and smiled wide, even crazier than before, her hair and makeup a scary mess.

Roxana's trained strong body, shoved back the two officers, as she moved closer towards Carmela. She was handcuffed, but they struggled to take her to the car.

"Wait a sec, will ya? I ain't going anywhere! Just need to say something to my friend here, jeez!" Roxana complained, pushing.

She was close to Carmela now, and tilted her head to the side, pouting her lips, a fake sad look over her thin face.

"Oh Carmela... look at you. Standing there." Roxana pouted.

Carmela gulped. She opened her mouth to tell the police that it was her own plan to shoot someone, that she was the real criminal, that Roxana had just fulfilled what she had come here to do in the first place--

"Did you really think you could get with Tae... and I'd do nothing about it? Did you?"

"Wh--" Carmela froze, completely stunned.

"You know, I loved that bastard for 10 years... and he does what? He shoves me off and picks you up. You of all people!" She laughed, throwing her head back.

Carmela eyes narrowed, shocked. The police struggled to control Roxana, and the woman steadied herself.

"I gave him my everything... but still. That bastard deserves to die like the dog he is. And you, Carmela, deserve nothing but shit."

Roxana... ?

A shudder ran through Carmela, and she felt her face twist into a horrified glare.

"Huh? Why so shocked Carmela?" Roxana cocked her head to the side, licking her lips. "I haven't even told you the best part."

Her crazy giggles erupted again, and she gazed around, looking for something.

"Ah--there he is!" She pointed a long taloned finger behind Carmela, and everyone turned around.

Hosi was standing by the ambulance with the other boys, as Taehyung was wheeled into the back by paramedics, police officers around them with notepads and pens.

"What does Hosi have to do with this?" Carmela furrowed her brow. Hosi was against this revenge plan in the first place, so what the hell was Roxana talking about?

"Hosi! Get over here!" Roxana let out a shrill call.

Hosi spun towards them, his face angry and scared taught. He was glaring at Roxana, fists clenched at his sides, but he didn't move. Carmela was surprised at his anger towards Roxana. But then again, Hosi and Taehyung had been friends for a long long time, and Hosi had never wanted to kill anyone--

"Come here! My one and only partner in crime." Roxana hissed, before peering directly at Carmela with wicked eyes.

She shook her head, a painful ache forming from the speed of her racing mind.

"W-wait, stop. What do you mean." Carmela commanded.

"What do I mean? Oh, I don't know?" Roxana snorted as she attempted to swat Carmela's arm, and the officers yanked her back again.

But Carmela stepped close.

"Roxana! What the hell do you mean?!" She ordered, trying to keep her voice strong.

"Alright alright if you must know..." Roxana smiled wickedly. "Jung Hoseok... isn't exactly who you think he is." She hissed.

"What did he do?" Carmela demanded, her lip quivering.

Please Hosi... please don't... please...

"Oh nothing... just that he used his beloved step sister--what was her name... AH yes, Jules-- to get back at Taehyung over there for taking his dear Carmela away."

"Wh..." That... what did that mean.

"Just think about it." Roxana cocked her head, her eyes flashing. "They were fucking before he became her bro."

Carmela felt dizzy, her throat went dry, her heart thrashed inside of her, threatening to stop functioning.

"Juled was still in love with him--yep nobody saw that coming honey-- and Hosi hated her. But he still played around with her, because hey, she was pretty cute. Tae knew... and tried to stop him. What an idiot!"

Carmela tried to balance herself, her knees wobbled, she gripped onto the officers arm next to her.

But Roxana continued, her voice going dangerously low.

"But that just made Tae look suspicious... so you suspected him and Jules to have something going on right? Oh, Carmela... you sweet sweet thing... so stupid." Roxana reached for her cheek, but Carmela stumbled backwards, the officer keeping her upright.

This... I don't underst--

"Hosi loved you. But my Tae was in the way. So... we got rid of Tae."

N-no... not again--

"He knew Tae was stupid. He didn't care for Jules, hated her really. She was gonna tell you guys---" Roxana gestured to the police. "--that her step brother was fucking her, if he didn't stop gettin involved with our beloved lil Carmela over here. See why he hated her? Can you blame him?--I don't. Anyways... so there it was. We came up with a way to eliminate Jules and... fuck up Tae's life. It was perfect." She giggled, licking her lips.

The blood drained from Carmela's face.

"AREN'T WE GENIUSES? HEY HOSI?" Roxana let out a wild cry. "WE'RE FUCKING GENIUSES!"