✦ 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚 | 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪

001 | the night where it all began

"Why can't we just enjoy the prom night?" Jaehyuk pouted as he put on his coat and stared at himself on the mirror.

"You are just afraid to ditch your prom date," Asahi spoke from the corner of the room.

With an eyebrow raised, Jihoon huffed. "Isn't Jaeyeol his prom date?" he asked. "I met her earlier this morning while I was taking a walk."

"Yeah, right," Junkyu sarcastically said before rolling his eyes. "Justice for me who doesn't have a prom date."

"You could ask someone to a dance before we leave the venue," Hyunsuk suggested while fixing his bow.

"Guys, you know what? I have a bad feeling about what's gonna happen tonight."

The gaze of the five boys fell on Mashiho when he abruptly spoke.

"What do you mean, Mashi?" asked Hyunsuk.

Fiddling his fingers, Mashiho started to over think. "I was having some thoughts like, what if they attack the venue?"

The boys fell silent as they tried to think what Mashiho have said. Just then, the door of the room opened, revealing another guy dressed formally.

"What's with the atmosphere in here?" Yoshinori asked coldly before closing the door behind him.

"Nothing?" Junkyu responded, unsure. "We were just talking on how would the prom night go," he smiled after.

Nodding his head in understanding, Yoshi remained unbothered. He only fixed some strands of his silver hair, sharing on the same mirror with Jaehyuk.

"Don't you have a prom date?" Jaehyuk asks Yoshi.

The Japanese boy shook his head without uttering a single word. In all honesty, Yoshinori does not have any plan to attend the prom night. If it wasn't for some elimination happening tonight, along with the prom night, he wouldn't be wearing a suit.

What's with the elimination? Well, it happens between two rival groups. Everyone is free to do whatever they want against their rival group. Harming, torturing, and even killing, they have the freedom to do those.

You see, these seven boys aren't just normal students at their age. They all have responsibilities on the group that they belong to, and this group runs through the underground business.

After fixing some strands of his hair, Yoshinori proceeded to check on the things that he has with him. Well, it was just a dagger and a gun with a silencer.

Junkyu gasped at the sight after seeing Yoshinori with a gun. His hands then started to roam around his body as he was expecting to have a weapon with him. But then, Junkyu was disappointed when he felt nothing.

"Why do I have nothing with me?" Junkyu complained with his lips pouting.

Jihoon then snickered. "A bait doesn't need some weapons with it."

"Me?! A bait?!" Junkyu screeched before turning his head on Hyunsuk. "Is this a joke?" he asks the leader.

Hyunsuk let out a sigh, knowing what Junkyu is feeling at the moment. "Junkyu, you see," he began. "It's not that we don't want you to carry weapons around, but you still need to learn more on how to handle them correctly."

"You still need a further training," Yoshi said straight to the point. "It is possible for you to hurt yourself with your own weapon, that's the main reason on why we do not allow you to carry weapons."

Junkyu understood what Hyunsuk and Yoshi have said. He, Junkyu himself, knows that he is still lacking on his skills on how to handle weapons.

"Uh, can we go to the venue now?" Asahi abruptly asked, making the other boys to hurry.

✦

The seven boys arrived on the venue just right in time. There are still two minutes left before the long night starts.

"Do you see anyone from the other group?" Jaehyuk whispered on Asahi's ear.

The latter nodded his head, but he is unbothered. "He is kinda flirting with some group of girls," Asahi spoke quietly.

Jaehyuk then looked around and immediately spotted a scenario that Asahi described. With furrowed eyebrows, Jaehyuk looked at Asahi once again.

"Are you sure that he is one of them?"

"He is the son of that man who killed your father," Asahi coldly spoke. "And he wanted to kill you, that's why he is here."

With his fists balling, Jaehyuk bit his lower lip as he tried to stop himself to burst out in anger. "How did you know about that?" he asked Asahi asks his eyes wandered around the venue once again.

"At first, I just had a feeling since we all go to the same school," Asahi responded. "After some weeks, Noa confirmed it. Since then, I started to observe that guy."

Jaehyuk remained silent as he was unable to drop any words at the moment. Just then, Yoshinori walked up to them. He followed Jaehyuk's gaze and chuckled at the sight.

"Ah, Wang Jyunhao," Yoshinori mouthed out. "He was with Bang Yedam earlier," he added.

Asahi cocked an eyebrow. "Yedam is here?" he asks Yoshi.

The latter nodded his head, arms crossed against his chest. "Their ace never disappoints," he stated coldly. "Be careful of him."

Running towards the three boys, Jihoon had a look on his face. He then stood beside Yoshi before whispering, "Go find a date."

"Is that necessary?" asked Yoshinori with an eyebrow raised.

Jihoon then shrugged his shoulders. "Just for distraction purposes."

Slowly walking away from Jihoon, Yoshinori wandered around the venue. Yoshi isn't fond of girls, he never was. He is too shy to approach and be around with them.

After a minute wandering his eyes around the venue, a girl standing in front of the food table caught his attention. Yoshinori still haven't seen her face because her back was facing him. Despite being shy, he had the courage to approach her.

"Hey, whoever you are that is targeting on the foods," Yoshinori called out, loud enough for the girl to hear.

She looked back, facing Yoshinori with wide eyes. "I wasn't?" she denied, but failed.

"Yeah, whatever," Yoshinori huffed. "Anyways, I know this is so late but, will you be my date tonight?"

The girl's eyes widened in shock with both of her hands covering her mouth. She then looked around, trying to make sure that no one heard it except for her.

"For real?" she mouthed out when her eyes landed back on Yoshi. "You aren't kidding or anything?"

"Do I look like I am fooling around?" Yoshinori coldly asked with his emotionless eyes staring on her orbs.

"Oh, wow," the girl mumbled. "Kanemoto Yoshinori just did that," she added.

"I'm still waiting for an answer," Yoshi blurted out with his arms crossed against his chest.

"Sure," she smiled.

"Alright," Yoshinori breathed out. "Continue targeting on the foods and I'll stay right where you are, Jang Yunhee."

For the second time, the girl's eyes widened. "You know me?" she asked with a finger pointing to herself.

Yoshinori only nodded his head with his usual poker face. Meanwhile, Yunhee awkwardly turned around and continued to munch on the foods.

The event then started right after. Casually walking around, Hyunsuk has a playful smile plastered on his lips. He headed towards Yoshinori, both hands inside the pocket of his coat.

"Cue, last dance," Hyunsuk whispered on Yoshinori's ear.

"Copy," Yoshi responded.