two worlds: jaeyong

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"jaehyun, johnny! stop, don't come any further!"

taeyong's voice rings through the whole space and the two males immediately halt their steps. the darkness of the room makes everything more vulnerable, with the moon serving as their only source of light.

"taeyong, where are you?" jaehyun calls out.

"i'm up he-"

the sound of taeyong's voice being cut off scared jaehyun, especially as to how mumbled it sounded afterward. but taking what taeyong said, jaehyun and johnny both look up and jaehyun's blood boils at the sight.

"now now doctor, we can't make this an easy game, can we?" arnold has his hand covering taeyong's mouth, who was bound to one of the wooden supports of the roof. jaehyun can see the trouble and panic in taeyong's eyes, begging him to help him.

"what do you want, arnold?" jaehyun tightens his grip on his gun in the anger and fury he's feeling. "if you want to talk, just do it with me. leave taeyong alone."

"going by first names now huh," the enemy just gives a sly smile and moves his hand to taeyong's hair. "you know, you have good eyes jeffery."

"don't call me that, you have no right to call me that," jaehyun growls.

"but you know what, it gets boring after a while. using someone else to get what you want. that's so cliche," he then takes a small knife and traces it around the jawline of his prisoner.

"don't touch him," jaehyun growls and johnny has to tap his arm to calm him down.

"oh i wouldn't dream of it. but it's quite tempting not to, seeing how beautiful this doctor is."

"if you want to settle something with me, then only deal with me, leave him out of it," the captain growled at the sight of the scared taeyong.

"jae, you have to calm down first. he's trying to do this with you," johnny shook the other's arm.

"do you see what he's doing johnny? i'm not letting him go after this," jaehyun gripped his gun.

"you know jaehyun, if you want to settle, let's settle, but first, send little johnny away," arnold pointed his knife at the american.

the mentioned male feels his fist tighten at the name he was given. annoyance and anger fills his whole body as he tries his best to not blow up.

"just go, i can handle this," jaehyun whispers to his friend. "ten might need some help too."

"are you sure?" johnny is hesitant on leaving his friend with this person, even if he knew jaehyun was capable. there's a reason why he was the captain.

"of course i'm sure."

and with one last look back, johnny leaves, leaving taeyong, arnold, and jaehyun alone in the room.

"you have questions don't you?" arnold crossed his arms while staring down. while talking, he went down the stairs, leaving taeyong tied up still. "go ahead, i won't bite."

stopping in front of the captain, he puts away the knife and stands there, waiting for what's to come.

"why did you become like this?"

that was the only thing jaehyun could ask. and the only thing that mattered to him.

"why," arnold let out a dark chuckle. "cause this makes more money. you know jeffery, after a bit of time, you start to realize being in the military isn't much. the pay, sure it's there but is it really worth everything? it just sounds cool but you know what i realized?"

the man takes a step closer to jaehyun, who just stands his ground.

"that's it. i don't want to go through this hell to only make enough just for me. you might think i'm being greedy, but i'm realistic here, i can't get the life i want by just going through enemy lines, i need to do more, be more powerful."

"and this is the right way to do it?"

"it's the only way to do it. now look at me jeffery, i'm rich, successful, running my own empire here. i have people under me but no one above me."

"was this really the only thing?"

even if he was far away, taeyong could see a glint of what seemed to be either regret or disappointment in the american's eyes. or maybe both. but it may have only been an illusion as he swiftly lunges towards jaehyun with his fist. luckily, the captain dodges, but barely.

"you wouldn't know...the amount of emotion and trauma i have from that."

it seemed with each venom filled sentence he spoke, another punch was thrown, and jaehyun continued to dodge.

"picture this. entering into the field, everything on the line. you have your men occasionally falling on the ground but you can't do anything about it."

jaehyun starts to feel his heart ache at how broken the person in front of him looked. how hopeless and done he was.

"and then you see them, your ray of light. but as fast as you see them, as fast as they leave. in that second, the hole they filled in your heart is empty again. and you're as broken as when you started."

hearing this was like hearing a mic drop in jaehyun's mind. he suspected there of being something between them, the fallen soldier and private ryan. but hearing how shattered his senses must have been.

"private ryan," he whispered. it was meant only for himself but it reached the ears of the other. then, a searing pain ripped through his right arm.

"don't call me that," arnold growled with a smoking pistol raised in front of his face.

taeyong let out a shout when hearing the gunshot and seeing the captain stumble back while holding his arm.

"what's done is done, and don't think that i won't hesitate to do anything to get what i want. i've been nice, jaehyun, holding back on you because i knew you but all that ends now."

in a split second, jaehyun pinned to the floor, with his former senior on top of him, holding his neck. taeyong shrieks when seeing the sudden escalation and tries to move the ropes, with no avail.

grabbing hold of the other's wrists, arnold is thrown back and jaehyun quickly stands up, taking out his knife when seeing the weapon in the other's hands.

"come on jaehyun, you've never been able to beat me in a fight."

he's right, arnold was always better than jaehyun in everything, whether it was shooting or hand to hand combat.

"jaehyun, don't listen to him!"

taeyong yells with the loudest voice he could muster. Jaehyun eventually snaps out and from his peripheral vision, he can see taeyong's face, giving him an encouraging gaze and almost as if at once, he felt a surge of confidence.

he grips on to his knife even harder and waits, for the other to come at him. when arnold charges, he does the same. dodging the slash, jaehyun then kicks the other against the wall and pins him against it, knife to the throat.

"you know, i also held back," the younger spits out. "i didn't want to believe you would do this but in the end, it was what it is. i didn't want to have to fight you or cross paths with you but whatever you did, you made me so angry."

arnold struggles from underneath but he's held even tighter and the knife digs harder against his throat.

"like you said, i was being nice but it ends now."

taeyong had never seen jaehyun so angry, livid, and so violent but after seeing the body fall limp on to the ground, all his thoughts about jaehyun left the window. and the words arnold told him previously come rushing back, enough for his head to start pounding and eventually, his legs betray him.

"taeyong!!"