Taste of Freedom - [TXT FF]

EPISODE 10

Hueningkai suddenly opened his eyes when he heard someone quietly cry. He looked up and saw his hyung, shedding tears.

"Yeonjun hyung?"

"I-I'm so sorry Hyuka," Yeonjun sobbed out.

"Why? Why are you sorry?"

Yeonjun could not answer his question, as the animal trainers came to them and tied Hueningkai's hands again.

"Get up animal!" they barked.

Hueningkai obeyed, supporting himself up, even though his stomach bled like crazy. He sent a small reassuring smile to the older.

"I'm okay," he said.

And like that he was dragged back out.

"LET THE FOURTH ROUND COMMENCE!"

Yeonjun exhaled, wiping his tears away, hissing at the sting of the scratches.

Here we go again with the drugs.

However, when the animal keepers came to him, they only attached his chains around his wrists, and did nothing else.

That was kinda sus.

Yeonjun was slowly beginning to feel extremely nervous that something was going to happen that he wasn't ready for.

Suddenly, the curtains opened again, revealing Beomgyu tied up in ropes around his chest. His eyes weren't glowing either, and he was looking quite concerned as well.

His keepers were dragging him into the arena.

He was right next to Yeonjun now, and suddenly, both were untied.

"Hyung, what is going on?" he asked.

"I don't know—"

"GET OFF THE FIELDS NOW!" a woman shrilly yelled.

The two crossovers whipped their heads around to see the animal trainers running into the podium walls, shutting the doors.

And then, they heard an awful whistling sound.

Beomgyu looked up.

"HYUNG MOVE!"

He pushed him as well as he could before leaping to the other side. Yeonjun hit the walls, yelping out loud.

Suddenly, he heard a loud whoosh.

His eyes widened when he smelled smoke.

"BEOMGYU!"

The younger was alright.

But he was surrounded by a whole circle of arrows and a ring of fire. One of those arrows had pinned his arm to the floor, and he could hear that more arrows were going to come in.

And just as he and Yeonjun feared, another one came in.

Beomygu swept his whole body in a 180° degree turn, avoiding the arrow by a millisecond. That however twisted his arm, and he winced quietly.

Well, better have broken bones instead of a dead body.

Yeonjun did not hesitate any further, and leapt back over the flames. He ran towards Beomgyu and yanked the arrow out of his sleeve.

"GET UP YOU FOOL!" he shouted.

Beomgyu obeyed and stood up. They held each other's hands, not willing to let go.

Suddenly, the ravenet heard another hissing whistle.

"Fire arrows!" he yelled.

He and Yeonjun leapt backwards, avoiding the flaming arrow.

"Holy shit they have those too now?!" Yeonjun yelled.

"What do you mean with now?!" Beomgyu exclaimed.

"Soobin and I had to deal with this kind of game before! It lasts for ten minutes max, and it'll officially end if someone has burns!"

"WHAT?!"

Beomgyu looked at him a perplexed, angry expression.

"THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN DO THAT?!"

"Yes. Not we. Only I will do this. You stay out of being burned."

Yeonjun at that moment heard another flaming arrow. He pushed Beomgyu out of the way, before whispering to him.

"I'll be fine."

Beomgyu fell to the floor just as the arrow stabbed Yeonjun. The older screamed at the searing pain, letting the fire burn him for a while.

Beomgyu could only sit there with tears forming in his eyes as he watched his hyung suffer awful burn wounds.

All so he could be safe.

Suddenly, he understood why Yeonjun was doing this: He was trying to distract himself from the guilt of harming Hueningkai.

Almost as if it were suicide.

"HYUNG STOP!"

Beomgyu grabbed the arrow and yanked it out of Yeonjun's arm, not caring that the arrow burned his hand just now too.

"SNAP OUT OF IT!!" Beomgyu yelled.

"I HURT HIM! I HURT OUR YOUNGEST!!"

"YOU DIDN'T! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE PROMISED EACH OTHER TO NOT BLAME OURSELVES FOR WHAT THIS SHITHOLE FORCES US TO DO?!?! KEEP YOUR GODDAMN END OF THE PROMISE TOO, GOT IT?!"

Another arrow swished by, stabbing Beomgyu in the shoulder this time. He hissed from the scorch, but didn't hesitate to harshly yank it out.

"Come on!"

He pulled Yeonjun up and off the ground.

"You cover my back, and I—"

Before neither of them could say anything else, the bell gonged over their heads, and the arrows stopped swishing.

"THE MATCH IS NOW OFFICIALLY OVER! THIS PUMA WINS!" the headmaster bellowed, pointing at Yeonjun.

The yellow haired glanced at the ravenet.

"What?! B-But... you didn't get hit first—"

"Doesn't matter. We both survived."

The ring of fire was extinguished, and the arrows were yanked out of the floor.

Beomgyu and Yeonjun?

Those two were once again wrapped up in chains and ropes, and dragged back to the chained area.

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A/N: apologies for the short chapter :,) I promise the next ones will be longer as we're sort of reaching the end already? Perhaps I forgot to mention that this story won't be extremely long 😅 nevertheless I'm thankful for every person reading this story, it means a lot 🥹

ALSO THE GOOD BOY GONE BAD JAPANESE VERSION MV TEASER HOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT WE'RE GETTING CRIMINAL AU TXT AND I AM SO HERE FOR IT WEEEEWOOOOOOOOOOO