Masquerade | Johnyong

★ Chapter thirty-four

Chapter 34: the unmasking

Ten paces around, impatiently. He kicks and throws stuff. He screams, kicking a clock. He tugs on his hair.

At this point, he's losing his mind.

He takes a deep breath before storming out of his room. "I'm going to kill you, Kim Doyoung." He thinks to himself. He spots Mina, Seulgi, and Jaemin. They giggle as Ten passes by. They don't even try to hide it.

They don't even try to hide their whispers.

"He walks with his head so high. Does he think he's above us?" Mina whispers.

"Son of a bitch- no, son of a nobody." Jaemin cackles, Seulgi slapping his arm.

Ten clenches his fist. He approaches the trio. "Enjoying yourself?" He asks. Jaemin nods. "Very much." He answers.

Ten hums, eyes narrowing as he glares at Jaemin. "You should watch what you say about me."  He snarls. Jaemin laughs. What was so funny? He said nothing humorous, Ten wonders.

"Look at the way he's looking at you!" Mina snickers.

"I'm so scared!" Jaemin jests. His smile drops.

"You see these bodyguards?" Jaemin points to them as they pass by. "If I ask, they'll take you and throw you into the basement without hesitation. Remember, you're now nothing or should I teach you your place?" Jaemin pulls out his pocket knife as he steps towards Ten, Ten stepping back as well.

"It's a pretty blade, isn't it?"

"Sure." Ten nods. No longer wanting to deal with this, he walks off.

"He's even lower than Sungchan at this point." Seulgi jokes."The bitch finally got what he deserved." Mina chimes.

Ten finds Doyoung playing golf with Karina.

"You bastard!" Ten screams. Karina stops mid swing, turning to Ten.

"Ah Ten. . ." Doyoung smiles.

Ten slaps Doyoung across the face, shocking Karina but Doyoung just laughs. He grabs Ten by the throat.

"Careful. I'm somebody's son. Unlike you, I have parents who'd be devastated if something happened to me." Doyoung gibs.

Ten claws at Doyoung's hand as he attempts to gasp for air but Doyoung tightens his grip, nails digging into his throat.

Ten looks at him with wide eyes. It's like he'd done a 360, completely changing into someone else. He's never laid a finger on Ten but now — now things are different.

Circumstances have changed.

Ten hits Doyoung's hand repeatedly, air running out. Karina steps forward. "I think you should let him go. . ." Karina says, quietly. Doyoung hums as he lets go of Ten in a rather harsh manner, basically throwing Ten to the floor.

Ten coughs dramatically as he holds his neck. "I still. . .have dirt. . .on you!" He says in between coughs. Doyoung knits his eyebrows. "Is that so?" He asks. He crouches down before grabbing a handful of hair. He forces Ten to look him in the eye.

"Did I hurt you or something? No one will even listen to you let alone believe you." He says. Ten sharps his gaze, glaring knives.

"How does it feel to be treated the way you treated me? Not good, huh?" Doyoung scoffs before letting go of Ten. He casually returns to playing golf with Karina.

Ten gets up, feeling absolutely humiliated. He goes back inside, all eyes on him. "Even these low life bodyguards are looking at me weird. I can't tell if they pity me or they're mocking me. It might be both." He thinks as he heads towards Johnny's office.