desire

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after eating, they left their gifts by the table where they were certain no one would take them as the security was high quality and went to a little waiting room type of thing.

their first mission was a gun game. not with actual guns, just toy ones. would be terrifying if everyone shot themselves dead, no?

in the led-lit room, they saw a monitor, seeing a ranking of eight people. why eight?

mingi was injured so he couldn't play and grace just genuinely didn't want to participate. so they were for say 'the audience' or for the next game 'hosts' instead.

"you see the elimination or leaderboard on the monitor," san explained, "places #1-#4 will be in a team together and so will places #5-#8. the time limit of the game is 10 minutes. you can get creative and create your own team name. so far clear?"

they nodded. "hey sannie," ellie called, "i'm gonna change into my pants really quick, so that i won't have a sudden pantie flash or something."

wooyoung laughed once again like a hyena, almost dying at her remark.

"go do that, we'll wait in the meantime." san signalled for her to do so and she did.

she came back, dress pants covering her legs as she finally walked back to her group.

they all had their named picked out by themselves ::

hongjoong - anyang grapeshot
seonghwa - mapo trooper
yunho - spicy sniper
yeosang - songdo's bad guy
san - mr. san
wooyoung - pungdong's weird guy
jongho - search party
ellie - illegal guardian

(tbh i js used the names ateez used in salary lupin which mostly have to do w their hometowns ((aside from san)) i shortened jonghos and yunhos names cus i'm lazy.)

once they all got ready with their vests and gear on, mingi counted down the time, eventually already starting the game.

all of them creeped around, small footsteps until shooting was eventually heard. jongho against seonghwa.

they kept repeatedly shooting each other until seonghwa finally decided to take the wheel and ran away.

more shooting was heard.

yunho crept around, seeing someone on the second floor and hid well, sniping them from afar.

san was confused, at some point being announced eliminated by a voice from the speaker. "i don't even fucking know where that came from," he muttered and left to the waiting room.

he was sulking so much, he didn't even realize wooyoung came out with him too. "eliminated?"

"yeah," san replied, "who did you get eliminated by?"

"ellie," his soulmate answered, "you?"

"yunho."

"they're meant to be." wooyoung gushed. "a gnome and a 6ft giant, sounds amazing to me."

"y'know what else sounds amazing?" san perked his head to wooyoung, smirking, "me and you."

wooyoung gagged and slapped sans face away, "i'm straight for your information, jackass."

"so am i, fucking loser." san groaned.

seonghwa came out, sadly as he looked at the clock with 2 minutes remaining. "yunho eliminated me."

"he's good at all games and things," wooyoung took off his vest and set it down. "he's not our lucky charm for nothing, hwa."

next person was jongho. "yunho."

"damn it's always him." mingi mumbled, catching the attention of the girl sitting one seat away.

"must be good at games, huh?" grace taunted.

"the best. he knows all techniques and tricks. yunho has a strategic and fast-working mind, i envy him for that," he summarized in one breath.

with 2 minutes on the clock, hongjoong and yeosang left, a frown spreading across their faces as they sweat and pant heavily.

"shoot me." yunho said, putting his hands up and dropping his gun "it won't change the fact that we're both in a team, though. so just shoot me."

"why don't you shoot me?" ellie let her gun drop to the floor when she crossed her arms "i'm not bad at games, yunho. i have tricks up my sleeve too, y'know?"

"never said you were, tiny. i was just born in a family full of morals where attitude and behavior have to be practiced." he stated. "the only time i was being an ass was during the movie, now shoot me."

"not the movie.." she whined, "the game is gonna end in a few seconds anyways. plus, the movie didn't make me uncomfortable."

"are you sure? cause next time we watch this type of movie i'll prepare myself to skip if it has to be." he reassured.

"so.. you mean..?"

"don't think of it as in that way, tiny. maybe if it comes unexpectedly. i felt slightly guilty."

"you shouldn't, it doesn't make me uncomfortable i just, don't wanna be seen as a pervert or anything. i don't watch sex scenes or porn or whatever the fuck exists." she confirmed. "let's change the topic for the next few seconds because i don't wanna be stuck on the topic of sex."

"what makes you like plushies so much?" he asked, "well san has one called shiber, i think you know that though. but what makes you like them?"

"their comfort, their cuteness, everything! they're so fluffy and every time i feel lonely as shit i don't have to cuddle with wooyoungs stinky ass in my bed." she snorted.

~ "they're having a nice convo, huh?" seonghwa chuckled to himself. "one step closer to being a couple then."

"you're pressuring the kids seonghwa!" hongjoong interjected. "but true, they'd look cute together."

wooyoung went over to the entrance and screamed, "LOVEBIRDS FLIRT AFTERWARDS PLEASE AND PUT IN SOME ACTION!"

"ugh," ellie grumbled.

then, the round ended.

the teams were split into the following ::

Team Treasure
ellie, yunho, hongjoong, yeosang

Team Utopia
san, wooyoung, seonghwa, jongho

(salary lupin teams ((+ ellie)) slay)

next game was a game of ripping name tags off of each others backs, hence to why everyone besides the two hosts decided to take off their blazers. they needed to choose a king or a queen, for the game, but the other team can't know who it is.

if the queen or kings name tag got ripped off, the team will face a penalty. each person has one resurrection card, meaning they can join the game again once the penalty has be fulfilled. if they get their tag ripped off again, they are immediately eliminated.

let the games, begin ~