The Suju Games

Chapter 15: Zhang Yixing

(Donghae) 

       "Ryeowook-ah! Kyuhyun-ah!" Donghae laughed in relief as he hugged the younger boys, "Heechul hyung why do you look so grumpy?" 

        "His neck! Look at Ryeowook's neck!" Heechul shouted. 

        Donghae looked at Ryeowook's neck and laughed again, "Ahh I see."

        "Aw that's cute!" Henry cooed, "See I told you they were perfect for each other since the start!" 

        Donghae could see that all this couple stuff was making Henry secretly miss Zhoumi, and from the look on Heechul's face he could tell that Henry was not the only lonely one. He decided to change the topic, "So what is this place? Why were we brought here?" he asked Kris. 

        "I think," Kris said grimly, "I think it is time for you to properly meet Zhang Yixing." 

        ***

(Zhang Yixing Lay) 

        He watched as 10 kids filed into the room along with his men. One of them caught his attention. Kim Kibum. The boy from District 12. Yixing remembered when the boy had first been reaped. He remembered the boy's face during training. Yes, he was one of the gamemakers, but he had secretly plotted against the capitol all along. The boy's once sweet, cute face was now sallow and bitter, his once smiling mouth was now pressed into a hard line. Out of all the tributes, he was the one who got affected the most. Maybe because he was a quiet boy and did not let anyone in. At least that was Lay's opinion, "Please." he said, "Sit down." they sat. "I am Zhang Yixing, but my friends call me Lay."

        Everyone remained quiet. 

        "You must be wondering-" 

        "Hey! I know you!" Heechul exclaimed, "You're one of the gamemakers!" 

        Lay smiled, "I was." he corrected, "I have been plotting against the capitol for many, many years. And I have been waiting for the right group of tributes to come along, tributes strong enough to resist them, and to rebel. And here they are." 

        "Us?" Heechul said, his voice barely audible. 

        "Yes. You." Lay, or Yixing, said, "I am sorry I could not get you out faster, and that we lost some people." 

        Kibum glared at him. 

        "You may think that our forces are very small, however, there are at least another 15 thousand people below us." 

        "Below...?" Leeteuk, the boy Lay knew to be the oldest, asked.         

        "Yes. Below." Lay smiled a mysterious smile, "Refugee's, some new and some from many years ago." 

        "And our families?" Donghae asked. 

        "Right below us, seeing them is the next thing on our schedule."

        ***

        Lay watched as each tribute greeted their family with hugs and kisses and screams of joy. Except for Heechul, he leant against the wall, with no family to go to. His family was, after all, still part of the capitol. 

        "We tried to get them you know." Lay said, coming up to him. 

        "I don't need them." Heechul snapped. 

        "The capitol nearly got them." Lay said quietly. 

        "What stopped them?" 

        "Your father. He begged for mercy. He told them that you..." 

        "That I what?" 

        "That you are not his son." Lay finished, his voice still quiet, "That his loyalty lies with the capitol and he will fight with them till the end." 

        Heechul did not answer, instead, he closed his eyes. 

        "I'm sorry." Lay said. 

        "What is there to be sorry about? It doesn't even concern you." Heechul said, his voice flat. 

        "We are family here." Lay told him, "We are all together in this, your problems are my problems." 

        "Oh yeah? Well I don't think so. Just go away Lay." Heechul sighed. 

        Lay patted his shoulder, "If you need to talk, I'm right here." 

        ***

        (Ryeowook) 

        "Umma this is my friend Kyuhyun!" Ryeowook introduced his parents to Kyuhyun. 

        "Friend?" His father asked, eyes twinkling. 

        Ryeowook had forgotten that his family had also watched him sleep with Kyuhyun. 

        "I'm his boyfriend." Kyuhyun shook Ryeowook's parent's hands, "Nice to meet you Mr and Mrs Kim." 

        "Nice to meet you too Kyuhyun." his mother smiled, "I see that you are taking wonderful care of my Wookie." 

        "Are those love bites on your neck?" his father asked, peering at his son's neck. 

        "Appa!" Ryeowook complained, "I got...punched in the neck, that's all." 

        "Right." his father winked. 

        ***

        (Kibum) 

        "Kibum! Kibum!" Kibum could hear a girl's voice calling him, a very familiar voice. 

        "Tyler!" he turned around and she threw his arms around his neck, "You're safe!" 

        Tyler smiled, but it was a pained smile, and Kibum knew why, "I'm sorry-" he began. 

        "No. You don't have to be sorry." she said, "I understand. There's something I need to tell you..." 

        "What?" he asked. 

        "Do you know Ten?" 

        "Of course I know Ten, he was in our class." 

        "I cheated." she whispered. 

        Kibum felt like something had hit his chest, he couldn't breathe. 

        "I'm so sorry." she whispered. 

        Kibum felt his knees give away and he could hear his friends shouting and they struggled to keep him from falling onto the ground. 

(Zhang Yixing Lay) 

        Lay watched from a distance, amused and yet sad. Kibum was hard to understand. He loved Sungmin, but when Tyler told him that he still felt hurt. Better than lying to him. Lay thought sadly. Kibum had suffered enough for more than a lifetime. Maybe it would have been better for him if Sungmin were alive when Tyler told him, because then he would have someone to go to. And now, though he had 9 amazing friends and a supportive family, he had no one he loved the way he had loved Tyler and Sungmin. 

        Lay sighed, life was tough, he himself had to endure watching the guy he liked flirt with someone else all the time. But that was little compared to Kibum. 

        And then there was Ryeowook and Kyuhyun. Lay thought that their relationship just made Kibum even more sad. They flaunted their relationship without even thinking about Kibum's feelings. But Lay knew that they were young, and they did not even know about Kibum's feelings for Sungmin. 

        Lay wondered....how much more heartbreak would Kibum have to endure?

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