Crimson Gold // ATEEZ

Chapter -4-

Yeosang's POV

As soon as the door closes she runs to the edge of the roof and jumps.

"No!"

I scream and run forward.

Yeri's POV

I run to the edge and jump off and onto the balcony of the 15th floor. I scoff and think,

That was easy.

I climb down the balcony railing and make my way down. Once my feet touch the ground I turn around intending to leave, but see a red dot focused on my chest. I look up and find the sniper immediately, he's lying on the building across from the apartment complex. I look back down to see five men in front of me. I look at them all and scoff. I turn around, feeling the presence of someone else. At the end of the alleyway, there's a car parked and I know it belongs to these men. I start walking towards it, but as soon as I move, someone tackles me to the ground.

"Jeez! Get off me! I was literally going to go sit in your guys' van."

The man gets off of me and says, shocked,

"You aren't going to try to escape?"

"No. Why would I? I decided that I would go with you guys if you came after me and found me."

"Then why did you jump off the building?"

"Instinct."

They all give me an unusual look and haul me to my feet. The one with purple hair, the guy who was talking to me earlier, grabs onto one of my arms and drags me to the van. He leads me to the back and tells me to sit down by the window. I do as told and the man is about to sit beside me. I lift my legs onto the seat and say,

"Can you not sit next to me?"

"Someone has to."

"Okay, someone, not Jung Wooyoung. Go get someone else to sit here."

"How do you know my name?!"

He asks, startled.

"Please, why wouldn't I? The eight men who escaped KTC. Although I only see six, I know the sniper is in front of the building he was on top of, but where is the eighth?"

"He's at home, but I've yet to meet anyone who knows about that."

The pink-haired man, Yeosang says. I shrug and reply with,

"I know things other people don't."

He sighs and comes over to sit next to me. Wooyoung sits in front of me and asks,

"Do you have something against me?"

"Yes, I do. Why the fuck do you have purple hair? Are you trying to get caught? Because correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure you guys are still in the business. And if so, stealth is important, how can you do anything with that bright-ass hair?"

"Hey! Why are you coming at me for my hair, but not Yeosang!? His is pink!"

He points to the man next to me.

"And my hair is not bright-ass purple! It's lilac!"

"Well, Yeosang's looks good."

I hear Wooyoung scoff and I lean my head against the window. I close my eyes and listen to their conversations. A little while later, when I'm about to doze off, I hear a name that catches my attention. Someone asks,

"What's the deal with Yiren?"

"I'll tell you guys when she wakes up."

I suddenly sit up and exclaim,

"Wait wait wait! Yiren's alive!? Like Wang Yiren?! I tried going to her house and getting her out of that hellhole, but the house was abandoned, so I assumed she was dead!"

They all look at me shocked for speaking so suddenly and for knowing Yiren.

"How do you know her?"

Yeosang asks me.

"Childhood. But is she okay? Does she still speak?"

He chuckles and says,

"Wow, slow down. She's fine and yes, she still talks."

I sigh and ask,

"Can I see her when we get there?"

"Yeah, sure."

I smile at the thought of seeing her again and drift off to sleep.

I wake up to someone tapping my shoulder. I look to my left to see why I was awoken.

"We're here,"

Yeosang tells me.

I nod and get out of the van. In front of me is the same café I entered last time. I'm led inside and into a room in the hallway behind the counter. The room is plain with only a table and a chair on either side of it. Hongjoong enters and takes a seat at one of the chairs, he then gestures for me to take the one in front of him. The other boys stay behind. I'm guessing they're going to watch from the other side of the mirror on the wall I'm facing.

"Why did you come here earlier?"

Hongjoong asks me.

"Because I wanted coffee."

"Don't lie."

"I'm not."

I sigh and say,

"This is so stupid. Did you really think I came here to spy on you or something? Because guess what, I didn't. I wanted coffee, came here, you came down the stairs, I realized that the other two boys were in the business, I didn't want to get involved with that again, so I ran away. Simple. I don't know what you guys thought."

"Seriously?"

I start to get slightly annoyed and reply in an exasperated voice,

"Yeah,"

"Oh."

"Oh my god. Don't tell me that I have to stay here because of your idiocy."

"No, no. You can go now."

I sigh again and say,

"I can't see Yiren then, can I?"

"Nope, sorry. That would require you to enter the mansion and since you're not affiliated with a spy group, there is no need for us to keep you there. I can tell her you said hi though."

"No, there's no need for that."

"Are you sure?"

"Yup! Can I go now?"

"Yeah."

I smile at him and leave the room. A single teardrop snakes down my face as soon as I step foot outside the café. I quickly wipe it off and think about the last time I cried. It was 6 years ago when I got betrayed by the only person who I thought was on my side at the time. Now I know I'll always be alone. Ever since that day 10 years ago, I haven't had anyone firmly stay by my side and I never will again either. I never knew seeing their faces would hurt so much. Especially Yeosang's. I thought he was dead, and if not, long gone. It seems that he wasn't able to stay out of the evil grip of that world. Heavy rain begins to pour down on me, I break down in tears and walk around the Han River. I find a spot to lean against the railing and think,

Why do I even try anymore? I was so stupid back then to think I would ever be fully free from that world. Now I don't even have a place to call home. I don't even have a reason to stay. Wouldn't it be better to just put an end to this suffering?

I climb the railing and sit there, my feet dangling in the air. I sigh and let out a hysterical laugh. I push myself into the water.

A/n: This bitch is going to be resurrected a 100 times, isn't she? :P

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