𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚊 {𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚒}

Chapter 3

Ni-ki was walking in big steps and Heeseung was trying to pick up with his pace to reach him.

Ni-ki suddenly stopped walking.

"What now?" He raised an eyebrow, his intimidating face back on.

"It was weird that you left like that and didn't even look back," Heeseung said, realizing that he might seem creepy right now.

"Do you want me to pay you back?"

"No I don't...."

"Then what?" the other chuckled. "My phone number?... Weirdo," Ni-ki started laughing.

"I-I... Never asked that." Heeseung said with his voice slowly fading as he didn't like the younger one making fun of him as if he wasn't ready to faint on him an hour ago.

"Then what's with you following me, huh?" Ni-ki approached him as he was ready to bump his chest on him.

The other one looked at him annoyed as he backed away.

"I think we're getting along. I don't know many people like you, y'know," the blonde said as he licked his piercing unconsciously. "You're kinda weird but you neither look like it nor act on it."

"What?"

Ni-ki just smiled, looking like the devil for a moment yet still weirdly attractive.

"Bring me your phone, Heeseung-ssi."

"Why?"

"To get my number?" Ni-ki shrugged as he waited.

Heeseung hesitated.

"You prefer me to call you hyung? I don't really do honorifics, sorry," Ni-ki started blubbing.

That guy is still drunk.
Heeseung thought as he followed his occasionally stumbling figure.

"Where are you going?"

"To get a tattoo."

Heeseung stopped dead in his trucks, and the one in front of him who sensed it did the same and looked behind.

"Won't you follow me around a little longer, Heeseung-ssi?" Ni-ki asked as he approached the other again.

"Isn't that illegal?" Heeseung said, ready to panic.

"The whole establishment is illegal, man. Besides, I have a trusted adult with me," the younger joked as he put his arm around the other's shoulder ready to start walking.

"Ni-ki, I don't know you at all but that can't be good."

"Another friend of mine went there too, what can go wrong?" Ni-ki raised his eyebrows, facing the other.

"Dirty needles, catching something from them, getting kidnapped? And I'm missing many others too," Heeseung said. This kid was ready to put himself in great risk.

"The artist is legit and also the best in the region," Ni-ki suddenly stopped and looked at the other with a hint of coldness and bitterness. "If you don't fuck with it then leave, it's not like I've asked you to be here."

"Don't give me that look," Heeseung said looking away, uncomfortably.

"Or what?" Ni-ki put his palm on the other's nape forcing his head to turn in a soft way.