THE team moved up three steps just as Sangwoo said and Gi-Hun hung off the edge for a moment. "Pull now!" Sangwoo yells and they began pulling again, bringing Gi-hun back onto the platform as the other team gets dragged towards the edge of theirs. For a split moment, Hyun-jung realized how messed up this was, as the team all came falling off.
All because of their doing. They began getting pulled to the edge then the guillotine cut the rope, making them all fall to the floor of the platform. They all just laid there, panting as sweat covered the skin of their faces, staring up at the ceiling. Ji-hoon is the first to get up, turning to Hyun-jung and holding out his hand for her. She stands up, looking towards the edge and Ji-hoon noticed right away.
"Hey... we're okay. That's all that matters, right?" He whispered and she looked up at him in the eyes. "Sure... Yeah." She merely looked away, sniffling softly as one of the men came over to free them from their restraints.
Once they were freed, the team head back into the elevator shaft where they were sent back down. It's really quiet. No one is speaking a word. Not even Ji-hoon who's kneeled down by Hyun-jung's legs, the girl had 240 and Sae-byeok on the other side of her.
It's just the sound of one of the other men muttering to himself like a mad man, praying to God and Gi-hun breathing hard while staring at his hands. "Hey, dude. Who do you think you're praying to, huh? To God?" 240 spoke up and the man is quiet, continuing to pray.
"You think you made it out of there because of God, don't you?" She asked and let out a sigh, leaning forward. "The reason you're still breathing and thanking that nice God of yours... is that old man there. And that guy over there who came up with that awesome last-minute trick. You know if there's anybody that you should be thanking, it's them, not God." At that, the man slowly looked up at her.
"You sad lost soul. What would you say about everybody who was nailed to the cross for our salvation today? They sacrificed themselves dor us. We are here, thanks to their blood." He said and glanced around the elevator. "I pray to the Lord on behalf of all us sinners. I gave thanks for their sacrifice. God made a decision to help our team win. That's why we're all here." He says, looking back at 240.
"Bullshit. You killed those guys out there."
He looked down and continued praying once more. "Oh! If we say some prayers, do we all get to go to heaven?" She asked and put her hands together. "I should really pray too if that's how easy it is. Our God who art in Heaven, we worked as a team to send people to your side. And we sent a bunch of them today. And please help us with a whole lot more to be with you. And I hope that from now on--" "Be quiet!" Sae-byeok immediately cut off the girl.
"Me? Or you mean that guy?"
"Everyone."
The elevator stops and they all walk out in a line, following one of the masked men. "What's your names, huh?" 240 asked Sae-byeok and Hyun-jung. "Why do you care about that?" The girl between the other two girls asked, staring straight ahead. "So I can use your names, duh!" 240 tells her. "It doesn't matter." Sae-byeok says and 240 chuckles. "So secretive." She says and Hyun-jung glanced at them. "Listen. Just leave us alone." Sae-byeok said suddenly and Hyun-jung looks away, confused.
"Well, you're the ones who asked me to join you guys." She said as they pass by the other team going up next. As they exit the game hall, Hyun-jung glanced behind her. "What's the deal?" She whispered to Sae-byeok who just stuffs her hands into her pockets, blankly staring at her. "No deal. It's nothing." She says as they reach the room where they walked in and 101's team stared at them walking by.
"Sae-byeok," Hyun-jung grabbed her arm and pulled her to the side. "What's wrong with the girl? I kind of wanted more girls around, that's why I asked her to join us. So what's the big deal?" She whispered to her and Sae-byeok turns her head to look at her.
"We only wanted to piss off Sangwoo... right?" She said and Hyun-jung glanced over to player 240 who's glancing around the group as the men took their seats along with 212. "I-I guess. But she doesn't seem that bad, you know? I say we give her a chance..." She said as she looked back at Sae-byeok who's staring at her. "What? You like her or something?" For once in all the time she's known Sae-byeok, Hyun-jung can sense a change in her tone.
"No. Well, yes... I don't know. I kind of like her, I guess, she's cool... I just think she could be a good teammate, you know?" She says and Sae-byeok glanced over to 240 who took a seat and glanced over at them. "Fine... I'll give her a chance." Sae-byeok said, walking over to where the others were. Hyun-jung walked over and said down next to Ji-hoon who's rubbing his hands, looking down at them. "Is everything okay?" She asked the boy next to her.
"Yeah..." He said and looked at her hands. "Did you also get rope burns?" He asked and she raised her palms, "of course, I did. I put my whole back into that." She chuckled lightly and he continues to rub the red marks. "It kind of hurts..." She says as she also rubs the marks on his palms. "Yeah." He sighs softly, looking at her. Hyun-jung glanced over at Sae-byeok and saw her staring at the pair.
AUTHORS NOTE
i love making the lesbian and lesbian protector duo in most of my fics <3
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Fanfiction✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* kang sae-byeok chae hyun-jung had no idea what she was getting herself into when she agreed to participate in the games, but all she knew was she had debts to pay. ❝ money is the reason we exist. ❞ [ fem oc x 067 ] [ squid game ]
