~Dance with me in the moonlight~ || Jung Hoseok [Mafia ff]

Chapter seventeen

Ria

I push the bedroom's door softly and peek inside. "Hoseok..." I find him sitting at the edge of the bed, hands interlocked between his knees, his eyes on the floor. The room is dark, spares from the small light coming from the hallway. "Honey, you have been holed up here all night, without breathing a word." I sit next to him, my hand finds its way to his back, comforting him. "At least yell, or break something." Still no move. I sigh and gets up.

I don't manage to get to the door as Yoongi appears. "You moved her already."

"Not here, Yoongi."

"Why? You don't want Hoseok to listen to you defending his life's breaker? His father's murderer?" I don't say anything. Honestly, what can I, to begin with?

"Why?" I hear his voice, almost a whisper, behind me. "Why you protect her?" He is trembling.

I turn to face him and the image breaks me. Ah, so this is what it felt for him... "It's not my story to say, Hoseok..." Is all I can say and he shakes.

"... I want to see her..."

"No!" Yoongi is fast enough to say.

I ignore him completely, focusing only on the man in front of me. On the little boy I see behind the mask, broken and full of tears. All alone at the mere age of seven, without a mother or a father to comfort him. Only with the knowledge that his mother killed his father and abandoned him. "When you are ready, my love, be sure I will let you see her."

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I allow a day of mourning to him. I don't leave the mansion, even though the calls don't stop. I'm staying here in case he ask for me. He doesn't. In fact, he doesn't ask for anyone. He doesn't leave the room, either. And by nighfall, I have to force myself inside his personal space and beg him to eat something. To my surprise he does eat, never breathes a word.

I decide it's better to sleep somewhere else tonight and leave him to himself. But, as I take my things to leave, he stops me and moves me to the bed. We lay down and he holds me so tight, afraid that I will abandon him, too. And I want to tell him, it's too late for that anymore. I'm stuck with him for the rest of my life.

Instead, I say nothing. And we stay like that until the moon goes to sleep and the sun greet us. Today, he has to wear his Seok mask. Today, we have to meet with Gaia. He doesn't have the luxury to break, like I did. And today I swear, I will fight all my life to break him out of his prisons and make him happy. I won't allow him to get hurt anymore. Even if I have to sacrifice other things...

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Haidi

"So, I have a plan for a new project. And I think you will like it."

"Oh spare me, your majesty. You sound so excited. Meaning I will have a lot of running again."

I hear Ronan on the other side of the line and giggle. "A-ha! You don't want to know then? I should probably go to someone who's interested in it."

"Don't you fucking dare, little shit. I finish with my job and I'm going straight to you."

I laugh. "Fine, fine. I will be spending the day on the studio, today."

"Okay. See ya there, later."

The call ends. "Damn, where the hell are my keys?" I search on my bag, before it escapes my shoulder and all the inside springs on the floor. "Awesome. Not my day, it seems."

"I would second that." A man's voice stop me from crunching down. I look up and cold sweat washes over me. He smiles. Tae Jun smiles. "Hello, Haidi. As I recall, we haven't been introduced properly, yet. Thought, you may know me as T.Pitt." I shot up. "Easy now, girl. I don't want to hurt you."