068. | kang saebyeok ✓

eleven

𝗢𝟭𝟭
𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺
𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚

the remaining players were now back in the big room. everybody was either on their beds or standing around.

saebyeok and eunji were sat beside each other on eunji's bed ; she couldn't keep her hands still. she felt the urge to move them around.

a soft, warm hand was put on top of them, causing eunji to look up at the girl beside her. "you're okay. you're fine." she reassured and eunji nodded, letting out a small sigh.

eunji thought saebyeok would let go of her hands after reassuring her but she didn't. in fact, she kept a tight grip on the younger girls hands.

all of a sudden, there was a sound that started going off in the speakers. it sounded like something you'd hear in a casino.

looking up and over at the big screen, the girls could see that the money was going up.

"out of 187 players who participated, 79 players were eliminated. the prize money accumulated this round is 7.9 billion won. the total prize money accumulated so far is now 34.8 billion won."

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"attention! your meal time begins now. all players, please form a line in the center of the room."

everyone was now lined up in front of two tables, hungry. "i'm starving." eunji said, looking back at saebyeok who had a stone cold expression and her hands in her pockets. "let's just hope it's something not cold." she said and eunji stepped forward, thanking the man once he gave her her food.

a can of soda and and egg. eunji scoffed and waited for saebyeok to catch up with her. "can you believe it? an egg and a drink? like that'll fill me up."

the two girls headed over to steps and began to take the shell off of the egg to then eat it.

after a while, yells were heard coming from the line. there was no more food left and the 271 wasn't having it.

"excuse me!" a lady yelled. "it was them. they... skipped the line and got seconds. i saw it."

eunji looked at where the woman was pointing and saw player 101 and his 'friends' munching down on an egg.

"hey, what's the matter, everybody? jeez." he said with a mouthful of food. "you never see a guy eat before, is that it?"

player 271 stormed his way over to the the group, "who do you think you are? that's my food you just ate." he yelled in disbelief.

"ah... so, uh, this yours?" 101 asked, motioning to his drink. "is your name on it? 'cause i sure don't see anything." the man's friends broke out in laughs and eunji rolled her eyes. it wasn't even funny. "i'm sorry." he said and drank the rest of the drink.

"give me that!" 271 said as he charged for 101 and tried grabbing the drink off of him. "give it back to me!"

the bottle was thrown to the floor and it shattered instantly. 101 stared at the broken glass as if it was his lifeline. "you little shit, goddamn it. why did you break it, you jerk? how was this, huh?" he said as he grabbed the smaller man's collar and then punched him in the face.

"how come a scrawny guy like you is so greedy about food? you piece of shit!" 101 wailed, and began to kick the man in the stomach. "hey, listen up. you should learn to share."

"we should help him." eunji said as she went to get up from the stairs, but was pulled back by her jacket. "are you crazy? you'll only end up killed."

eunji huffed and sat back with her hands beginning to fidget once again and her leg starting to bounce.

after what felt like forever, 101 finally stopped. player 218 and and 456 slowly made their way to the player that was now laying on the floor, soundless. "he's gone." 218 said in shock, looking up at 456. gasps were heard all around. "can someone do something! guards, didn't you see what just happened?"

soon after, the ladies voice announced that player 271 had been eliminated and more money was dropped into the giant piggy bank.

two guards entered the room with a large black box with a red ribbon around it to put the body in.

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it was 30 minutes until lights out and eunji couldn't help put feel unsettled. "people are going to fight tonight, right?" she asked saebyeok, not even turning her head to look at the girl.

saebyeok nodded. "yes." she answered, looking up at the girl who was sat leaning forward. "and we're going to stay together no matter what, okay?"

eunji nodded, turning her head to now look at the girl. "sleep until the lights go out." saebyeok said as she began to gently pull the girl backwards and into her chest.

it was unusual for saebyeok to have this much skinship. she'd tend to feel uncomfortable, but when it was with eunji, she felt nothing but butterflies.

eunji's head was laid on her chest and her arms were wrapped around the older girls waist. she felt saebyeok rub her back and slowly, she began to fell asleep.

"hey, pickpocket." 456 said and saebyeok looked up. "are you okay?" he asked, looking between her and the girl asleep on her chest. "it looked like you and that thug, and her and his friend really don't like each other."

"so what?" she spoke lowly, trying not to wake up eunji. "tonight, if anything happens, we'll all meet in my bed right there." he replied and pointed over to where his bed was. "are you in?"

saebyeok took her time replying. "i don't trust anyone. and that's twice as true for anyone who'd end up in here. got it?"

"not even her?" 456 nodded his head towards the sleeping girl. "she's an exception." 67 sighed.

"you think that's how it works, huh? listen, you don't trust people here because you can. you do it because you don't have anybody else." he said before walking away.

the clock began to countdown and everyone got back to their beds. saebyeok had woken eunji up and took her to her own bed so they could be together when hell breaks loose.

"i'm scared." eunji whispered as saebyeok brushed her face with her thumb as a calming gesture. "like i said, stay with me." saebyeok whispered, and reached into her pocket and got out her switchblade. "we're gonna be okay.. we always are."

saebyeok reached forward and placed a soft kiss on the younger girls head ─ which caused eunji to feel as if there were thousands of butterflies flying around in her stomach ─ and soon after, the timer began to countdown out loud.

"five, four, three, two, one."

the lights shut out and it was silent. eunji held on tight to saebyeok's hand as if, if she let go, then saebyeok would be taken away from her.

not even five minutes in, and a blood curdling scream could be heard.

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hey guys, i hope you enjoyed! hopefully another chapter comes out later today, if not, then it will be tomorrow.

have a good day/night <3