Mr. Ex

36. If Only

🎵 sick enough to die inst.

Past midnight, still at Mr. Kim's vacation house, all the complete Seventeen members have gathered. One thing that you quickly noticed is that none of them are looking at Mr. Kim with the respect they had before.

Seungkwan led you to the back row, to sit on the chair Wonwoo had taken for you. For some reason, seeing them all come together for Jeonghan's sake touched you to the point that your eyes got a little bit teary. It was a relief to know he's in good hands.

"Good job in sending Woozi your live location." Wonwoo patted your shoulder gently. He gave you a small smile that quickly faded when he turned to Mr. Kim.

"Thank god it was useful..." You sighed in relief.

"If we didn't know what's going on, it could be a mouse trap for us." Seungkwan said while crouching down next to you, "In a few hours we're supposed to renew our contract with him."

"Originally it was supposed to be in three days...Ahhh..So that's why he moved up the schedule." Minghao said while staring at the members at the front row, his arms crossed.

"He had planned everything. That piece of shit." Mingyu doesn't hesitate to show his disgusted face, "Bet he planned to threaten Jeonghan not to tell us anything. Then as if nothing had happened, we would stupidly sign another ten year contract with his agency."

You made sure Jeonghan stayed within your vision range. He was whispering with Joshua at the moment, discussing something while Seungcheol and the others were still throwing dead glares at Mr. Kim.

"I believe our scheduled meeting will be at eleven o'clock?" Mr. Kim still managed to put on a wide smile, "I can report you for trespassing on my property, you guys know that, right?"

Hoshi, with his slightly pursed lips, made an eye contact with the youngest, Dino. He then burst out laughing to himself, "What a coincidence. I was thinking about the same thing. I can also report you for threatening our member."

It would be a lie if you said Mr. Kim didn't look scary when he glared at Hoshi. Even from a distance, you slowly shifted to hide behind Seungkwan. On the other hand, Hoshi was just casually chewing his gum while smiling broadly.

"Wanna try? See which one will make it to the news highlight. Us trespassing or you kicking out our member." He said.

Mr. Kim's face twitched--clearly displeased. The tips of his fingers turned white from how tight he was squeezing the couch's sidearm. The members' unexpected arrival was clearly not part of his plan--he hadn't thought of a way to take care of them all at once. When his eyes accidentally met yours, he reminds you of a lion ready to pounce on a helpless deer.

"Aha-ha-ha... Everybody calm down, we can discuss about this with our cool head. I was giving Jeonghan some advices." Mr. Kim said as he stretched his hand out to point at Jeonghan, "By now you must've realized what I say was true, right."

Jeonghan rubbed the back of his neck while sighing, "You mean the part where you want to set us up with female idol of your choice?"

"Yes! That would be a great benefit for you and your group." Mr. Kim's white teeth lined up perfectly when he grinned a little bit too wide, "This offer also applies to other members, of course."

"No, thanks." Jeonghan cut him off, "Idols are just our occupancy. We're still human not just your money-making puppets."

They both stared into each other's eyes for a while. Both are equally intimidating, both doesn't want to give in. With his hand gesture, Mr. Kim then asked for more whiskey from Juwon. It was clear that he was holding back his anger from the way he keep shaking his crossed legs. His fingers writhed around looking for something to grasp. After Juwon handed over the half filled glass, it was the poor whiskey glass that he ended up grasping tightly.