The Suju Games

Chapter 26: The Trapdoor

(Ryeowook) 

    Ryeowook's bottom lip quivered and his tears threatened to spill as he hugged Kyuhyun one last time before he left the hovercraft. Apart from Kyuhyun, Eunhyuk, Shindong, Kibum, Leeteuk, Henry and Kris, Tao, Luhan and Chen would also be going.

     "Hey don't cry!" Kyuhyun said, putting a finger to Ryeowook's lips, "I don't want you to be sad, okay?" 

        "But what if-" 

        "No more what ifs." Kyuhyun pulled Ryeowook close so that there was no space left in between their bodies, "I love you Ryeowook." 

        "I love you too Kyuhyunnie." 

(Kangin) 

       "Leeteuk-" Kangin put his hand on Leeteuk's shoulder, but Leeteuk just shook him off and turned away. Kangin and Kibum exchanged despairing looks. 

        "Hyung." Kibum said, putting both hands on the elders shoulders and turning him around to face them, "I know how you feel." 

        "You don't even know what happened." Leeteuk said, his voice broken. 

      "Doesn't take a genius to figure out why you asked to talk to Heechul hyung and what his answer was." 

        "I thought you were supposed to be close to Heechul?" 

        "We're all friends." Kibum answered. 

        "He rejected me." Leeteuk said, trying to hold back his tears, "He told me that I'm disgusting and sick." 

        Kangin gave Leeteuk a hug, "He's the disgusting one. Don't listen to him, you are the most beautiful person I know." 

        Leeteuk's body became tense. 

        Shit shit shit what did I just say? "Not like that-" Kangin quickly said but Leeteuk interrupted him, "It's okay Kangin, I know." 

        "You-you know?" Kangin was dumbfounded, "How-?" 

       "I know you didn't mean it like that." Leeteuk patted Kangin's back and smiled innocently through his tears. 

       Kangin nearly let out a sigh of relief, meanwhile, behind them, Kibum was sniggering about how clueless Leeteuk was.

      "It won't be easy for me to stay there with Heechul without beating him up though," Kangin muttered. 

        "Kangin! No violence!" Leeteuk scolded, no matter in what condition he was in he would always be like a little mother. 

        "Alright ducky alright, no violence." Kangin said, though he didn't look happy about it. 

        "Just stick to Ryeowook and Donghae so you won't have to fight." Leeteuk instructed. 

        "Uh huh. Got it mom." 

        "Don't call me that!" 

        "Guys we're ready to go!" Kris called. 

        Kangin decided that now was the best time to do it, he leaned in and gave Leeteuk's lips a quick peck, "I'll call you whatever I want ducky." and he quickly turned around and walked back to the hovercraft, leaving Leeteuk frozen. 

(Heechul) 

        Heechul, who was saying his goodbyes to the others, always kept a close eye on Leeteuk, and when Kangin leaned in to kiss him Heechul was not surprised. Couldn't keep himself off the little leader. Heechul thought with a smirk. To be honest, he felt amused at what he was seeing, Leeteuk liked him and Kangin liked Leeteuk, and there was so much drama that Heechul could do nothing but laugh. Look at their leader! Tear stains all over his cheeks, his expression frozen in shock.

        Heechul didn't really find his hyung disgusting, he just acted that way because he did not want to give Leeteuk hope that he also returned those feelings. But as usual, diva Heechul was doing unnecessary things, he could've just told Leeteuk nicely. But it wasn't really in Heechul's nature to be nice. 

        He got back into the hovercraft along with Kangin, Donghae and Ryeowook. The moment the door closed Ryeowook burst into baby tears and cried for his Kyuhyun while Donghae and Kangin hugged him and tried not to cry too, Heechul just looked at them. He couldn't really join in on the hugging, Kangin was mad at him. 

      "It'll be fine." He said, his voice and eyes flat, emotionless, like he didn't even want to live anymore. 

        "YOU!" Kangin screamed, unable to hold back his anger, "YOU! ALWAYS ACTING LIKE YOU DON'T CARE! IS IT AN ACT OR IS IT REAL? YOU ACT LIKE NOTHING IS HAPPENING AND YOU WALK AROUND TELLING PEOPLE THEY ARE DISGUSTING! YOU ARE DISGUSTING! YOU-" Donghae and Ryeowook struggled to hold Kangin back as he fought to get to Heechul. 

        "Hyung, go!" Ryeowook shouted to Heechul.         

        But Heechul just sat there, his face as expressionless as before, "Let him hit me." 

        "What? Hyung go!" Ryeowook screamed. 

        "Maybe I can die." 

        "Hyung! HYUNG!!" 

        "Then I can join Hangeng." 

        "HYUNG!" 

        And then Kangin's fist hit Heechul's face and everything went black.

***

(Kyuhyun) 

        "This is it?" Kyuhyun whispered as Kris stopped outside a house in the Victor's Village. 

        "Inside." Kris said, ushering them in. The door banged shut behind them and they stood there in the dark house, Kyuhyun could feel his breathing get faster, more uneasy. 

        "This way." Kris led them down a flight of stairs and into the basement of the house. It was full of boxes and jars, the room was obviously used only for storage. 

        "Hold on." Kris shone his flashlight at the map he held in his hand, "It should be-" he squinted at the map once more to make sure, "Right there." he pointed to a corner of the room, covered with boxes. He kicked aside some things to make way for them as he walked to that corner. He moved aside a few boxes and there was a trap door. 

        "Not that secret." Kyuhyun noted. 

        "No officials knew so it didn't have to be super secret." Kris told him as he tried to open the trapdoor, he cussed, "It's locked." 

        "Here." Luhan said, he pushed Kris out of the way and took out a tool box from his bag, in less than a minute he had taken the lock off. 

        "Neat!" Henry grinned. 

        "Luhan, master lock picker, at your service," Luhan grinned back as he threw a rope down the hole and slowly descended down.