Ransom|| Tzukook ||

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Tzuyu, stayed still as she wrapped her arms around him. Her sobs can be heard around every corner of the room they're in. She feels weak at some point, seeing the things right in front of her.

She blames herself the most.

Her teary eyes went back on her dad on a single couch, his back laid on it. Feeling like royalty watching his slaves suffer right in front of his eyes. Tzuyu clenched her jaw at the sight. 

"Until when are you going to continue this shit?" her voice almost cracked.

A smirk formed on his lips. "You don't want to come home while I was still asking you nicely then we'll do this the hard way..." he paused and stood up. "I was actually gonna end his life but then you said 'no'. You know I don't accept 'no' as an answer but, you're my daughter so I did what you want.."

"But I didn't tell you that you'll make him suffer first" 

The old man scoffed. "But at least you caught him alive... In fact, none of this would've happened if he listened to me in the first place" 

Her eyebrows creased, confused at what he said. "W..what do you mean?" she uttered. Nervous about knowing the truth but still wanted to know everything. Her dad kept secrets from her in the past but this one made it hard for her to figure out.

"Hmm, let me tell you the real story... are you sure you wanna know?" hesitantly, she nodded her head. "You know how much I wanted you to come home right? but, being stubborn that you are, you didn't. So, I made my plan. He volunteered to kidnap you so you'd be scared to death and finally come back, then I'll give him the money as a ransom. But when I called him one night, he said he didn't wanna do it anymore. That's why I changed plans to send him to prison after I get you back..." 

Tzuyu froze upon hearing the truth. 

She doesn't want to believe, but maybe that was why he didn't want to let her go. She remembered the night she heard him talking to someone on the phone. 

FLASHBACK

Thirst woke her from her deep slumber. She walked downstairs, eyes half-closed, quietly until she reaches the kitchen. She halted once she heard his voice.

"I did exactly what you told me, now I'm done with it." she hurriedly hid beside the fridge, ears listening closely.

"Look... I'm sorry but this isn't right" she covers her mouth as she heard the call ended. He curses beneath his breath as he slammed his phone on the sink.

END OF FLASHBACK

"Princess, I tried my best to be the best father for you--" "Just shut the fuck up!! I don't want to hear anything from you again!!" her tears flow down again.

She runs her hand through her hair and pinned her eyes closed. Feeling so done with everything and everyone. 

Why does everything have to lead to this??

The truth pains her.

She seems to regret the desire to get her father's attention when she was young. Now, she wanted to erase him from her sight, from her life. She wanted to live alone.
Have a party and get into trouble everywhere she goes. Just the usual things she does back then.

She shouts out of frustration. The old man sat back in his chair, smiling, thinking his plans worked out well. 

The sound of the police car caught all of their attention, even his dad's. "Well, looks like it's time to say goodbye" he ordered his men to grab Jungkook away from her and then out of the house. 

Tzuyu gave him one last glare. "Fuck you" she whispers and ran out of the house.

Unexpectedly her friends were there, she rushed in their direction and burst into tears. "Shh, you're fine, you're safe now" Jihyo, who's the one hugging her, let out a weak smile.

Tzuyu let go. "What do you mean I'm safe? with him? with that old psycho?? heck no!" 

"Hey, calm down alright." Chaeyoung caressed her back but she was quick to jerk it away. 

"Y...you don't understand. That old man over there should be the one to be in prison!" the girls were shocked to hear her words, almost thinking that she might've lost her mind to blame her own father.

Jeongyeon went off the car. "Did that kidnapper do something to you? why would you blame your father? Tzuyu, you don't know how worried he was" 

Tzuyu looked away for a moment and then stared at them in disbelief. "You don't know the truth" she uttered, making them even more confused.

Their eyes averted to her father's direction, talking to the police. Tzuyu is frustrated, even more, she needs to do something.

She left the girls without a word and rushes to where her father was. "Get him arrested" she ordered, pointing towards her father.

"But ma'am--" "Just do your job!!" her scream scared them. Even before they could move, the old man immediately stopped them.

"I'm sorry she was just traumatized, my men help me capture the culprit" as if on cue, his men carrying Jungkook, went out of the house. Tzuyu couldn't believe what's happening.

"NO! Stop!" her shout caught the attention of everyone. "I'm the victim here, shouldn't you all be listening to me??" they looked at each other, confused. 

"What are you doing?" her father whispered near his ear. "I'm sorry everyone, she's just scared, nothing to worry about it" 

Tzuyu's anger burst out at once, she kicked him on the side, they all were shocked by her actions. "Ms. please calm down, we've got it all under control" 

"Yeah, except for my anger" she scoffed, leaving the police officer dumbfounded. 

She rolls her eyes at him. "This guy over here" he points at the old man laying on the ground, in pain. "Is the real suspect!" she looks at each one of them. "He used us all!" 

Everyone gasped. "How can you prove that??" shouted one of the cops. 

She sighed for the hundredth time. "You see... this old man is under the use of illegal drugs!" her dad's eye widened, in shock at the way how his daughter exposed him. "And this was all a part of his plans, to ask someone to kidnap me so I would go back to the place he calls home!" everyone seemed frozen to where they were standing. 

She broke into tears again. "He's not a bad person, he was just one of my dad's victims. Please... spare his life" Her eyes were gazing at Jungkook who's only giving her a weak smile. 

While she was out there exposing everything, the old man was quietly crawling out of the scene trying his best to escape without getting caught. He stood up and tried to run away but Dahyun was quick to notice him.

"Get him!" she points at the man slowly running away. 

Tzuyu didn't miss any chance and grabbed the gun from the policewoman near her and shot him directly on his knees. The old man groaned in pain. The other policemen rushed to handcuff him. 

Her hands were trembling as she lets go of the gun on her hands, the policewoman came near to calm her down while slowly taking the gun out of her hands.

The girls also rushed to her. They gave her a smile to ensure her that everything's fine. "Jungkook..." she mumbles and ran to his side. He was being carried by a few people through the ambulance. 

"I...is he going to be fine?" she asks.

One nurse came near her, "He was beaten horribly but, we'll do the best that we can" she taps her shoulder. 

"C...can I come too?" her eyes were pleading for her answer. 

The lady only gave her a smile. "Of course"