March For Mercy 《Seventeen》

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《The Ring⁰》

3racha and Dino were given a guest room to stay in at Ateez bunker house, but Dino couldn't sleep that night, so he decided to explore the kitchen to try and find a glass of water.

"Can't sleep?" Dino heard a deep voice from the darkness. It turns out it was Yeosang. Wow, he really had a deep voice. "Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." He chuckled.

"It's okay, and yeah, I'd blame time zones, but it's the same time back home." Dino said. "In all honesty, I'm afraid Seonghwa is in the corner of that room waiting to kill me in my sleep for what I did to Hongjoong." Dino admitted.

"Yeah, that was pretty ballsy of you, knocking out the captain of a group you know nothing about." Yeosang laughed. "But it was pretty funny, seeing Hongjoong get knocked out so easily."  He added.

"You're pretty skilled with that dart gun of yours." Yeosang smiled.

"Thanks, it took a lot of practice." Dino said. "Especially when I had to make the substances myself." Dino added.

"Seriously! That's so cool! I wish I could learn something like that." Yeosang sighed. "I grew up with strict parents, like the ones that force you to play an instrument and have little to no fun at all." Yeosang explained.

"My parents were so mad when I quit violin and started hanging out with Wooyoung and the rest of Ateez more. So mine and Wooyoung's parents enrolled us into the Prestige Academy." Yeosang said.

"I've never heard of that school?" Dino said as Yeosang laughed bitterly.

"Yeah, and for good reason. Everything about that place is illegal." Yeosang said. "They force you to wear these earplugs that brainwash you into expressionless zombies. They strip you of any originality." He added.

"No color, no music, no fun, no emotions, no freedom."

"Me and Wooyoung were there for nearly 3 years. Thankfully, the other Ateez members broke us out before graduation, which is when the brainwashing is in full effect, and you can never go back to the way you were." Yeosang said.

"Wooyoung has recovered a lot easier and quicker than I have. But to be fair, I was a pretty shy kid growing up, I was never as bold as Wooyoung." Yeosang admitted.

"I'm sorry." Dino said, putting his hand on Yeosang's shoulder. "I'm so sorry, that sounds horrible."

"That's why destroying this school means so much to me and Wooyoung, especially since they have our friends and any students we couldn't save back in korea." Yeosang said.

"No one deserves to go through what we went through. Everyone deserves to live their own life."

"And we're gonna make sure that happens, you might not have Bangchan's full support, but you have mine." Dino reassured.