The Other Side | Minsung

Broken

Jisung looked at the clock on the wall to see it was 5:30. He knew he should be getting back soon and he wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.
"I better leave soon" Jisung said looking at Blake.
"Yeah. Your mum should be back anytime soon to take you home" Blake said.
Jisung was about done with the photographs when he saw some ones hidden in a side pocket of the drawer. It looked like it should be sealed shut but had opened with the jolt of taking the drawer out of its resting area.
He picked them all up and flicked through them. He got instantly confused.

The pictures were clear so it was no mistake when he could see all the members of the gang outside of his house. That wouldn't have confused him if it wasn't for the date written on the bottom of the photograph. It's date was a month before his mum had left and Jisung had met the gang. He skimmed through more to see them by his school, talking to his teachers and other places.

"What are these?" Jisung asked Blake holding up the photographs.
"You weren't meant to see those" Blake said as he went to take them off Jisung but he held them out of his reach.
"Why do you have photographs with my friends in?" Jisung asked.
"That's not the question you should be asking" Blake said.
"What" Jisung said.
"You should be asking why they are at all the places in your life before your mum even owed debt to them" Blake said.
Jisung knew he was right because his mum hadn't done anything yet so why were they already investigating. He looked up at Blake to see his face hadn't changed.

"You know why don't you?" Jisung could see the signs.
Blake remained quiet.
"Tell me" Jisung said.
"Jisung I don't think-" Blake began.
"Tell me" Jisung said again.
Blake closed his mouth for a minute before he took and breath and offered Jisung a seat. Jisung sat down and stared at Blake waiting for him to speak.

"As you know. The Traula gang and Stray kids gang do not have the best relationship between each other. This was even before the incident that happened to you 3 months ago. As you must know there is not a lot know about me because I remain hidden so nobody can use my weaknesses" Blake started.
"Yeah they said nobody knows who you are" Jisung said.
"But that's not true Jisung. They know who I am and have for years they just have never discovered any weaknesses" Blake said confusing Jisung to why the gang would lie to him "except for months ago when they finally found something they could use against me".
"Use against you?" Jisung asked.
"You Jisung. They think you could be my weakness" Blake said.
He looked at Jisung to see that he hadn't clicked what he had meant.
"They invited you to the gang and got close to you so that they could use you against me. They know that you are my son" Blake said.

"No they wouldn't do that. Minho would never do that. They are my friends and at first I was just a servant" Jisung said in denial.
"Jisung did you wonder how you managed to get a position so high up in the Stray Kids gang so easily. Especially if you owed them money" Blake said.

Jisung thought when he did realise what was said to him on one his first few days of being in the house as a servant.
"I don't get it. How does he get to be Minhos personal servant I've applied multiple times and haven't even gotten a chance" Bar complained.
"Be quiet Bar" Mary said "sorry about that Jisung".

"It's true Jisung" Blake said.
"No don't lie to me" Jisung said.
"You have seen the photos. If that's not enough proof then find out yourself. You live in their home. Find Chans laptop. Everything is in there and you will see" Blake said.
He watched Jisung's face contort in pain as his words began to settle into the boys mind.
"I'm truly sorry Jisung" Blake said but Jisung didn't answer.
He stayed silent until his mum came into the room. He said he was ready to go home and left the room saying he would wait outside for her.

The mum looked at Blake waiting for an answer.
"What did you do?" She asked.
"Emotions are dangerous things you know. As long as you can control them you can control the person" Blake said looking at the mum.
"What are you on about?" The mum said annoyed that he was speaking cryptically and looked down at all the photographs on the table "and what's with all the pictures of me, Jisung and Liam our old neighbour".
"Nothing much now get going" he said shooing her away.

The mum looked at him suspiciously. It's not like she could do anything to him but he wouldn't let him manipulate Jisung like he does everyone else.
"Gotta say my photoshop has gotten better" Blake said smirking before gesturing her to leave and take Jisung home.

She had left the room and Blake leaned back on the chair and stared at the ceiling.
"You told me not to use him for personal gain and of his own free will but I mean come on now. When do I ever listen to you" he spoke to himself.

Jisung got in the car and stayed silent the entire ride home. Even when his mum tried to create conversation he didn't speak to her. He wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone. He thought today would be great once he found his mum but now it had just gone to a shit storm.
Everything had fallen apart in a matter of hours.
He didn't trust Blake but evidence can't lie. He told himself that his friends would never do that to him but that made him think. What did he actually know about them. He thought about it but he didn't know anything about their past or what they have each done.

He let him mum drop him off 10 minutes from the house and walked the rest.
He enjoyed the night air. He found it quite ironic. He said in the note he had gone on a walk and that's what everyone thought he did but now he just wanted to avoid the house and go on another walk for a good hour.
He came down the path towards the house and looked in the window to see a few of the members on the sofa. He didn't know if they were all there or not but could see Minho sat at the side of the sofa not happy to be squished into the arm by Changbin.

He got to the door and went to open it but hesitated. He took a deep breath. He wasn't going to accuse them because they didn't do anything wrong. He would check, find out it was a lie and be relieved. Well at least that's what he told himself as he opened the door to the house.