DLMLU

Restlessly In Love

Minho blacked out in the ring momentarily. His head slammed against the hardwood as his opponent climbed onto his stomach. Trying to gain some sort of visual of what happened, Minho used his arms to block his face. The male on top of him bashing against his arm. Minho grunted as the opponent yelled curse words, like they were battle cries.

Minho couldn't fight this guy. There was no way he could. Ji had such a heavy persona. The male almost had no remorse or a single sliver of care. It was like he was fighting for nothing but for everything. Minho was stumped about the male on top of him.

Ji, was going full force tonight. He was quick, his sharp jabs forcing the older to only defend gaining little chance to actually counter attack.

Minho lifted his lower body send Ji forward, he wasn't completely pinned to the ground. He had some leverage within his lower half of the body. With all the might he thrusted the male forward again making Ji throw his hands to the ground. It gave Minho enough time to counter and flip the two. His knee pinned the opponent into the neck, choking off his air supply. The struggling grip as minho pinned the entirety of his body down on the boy.

He could see the fear seep through the burning facade that the male pocessed.

"Give in.." Minho pleaded softly. He didn't want to kill the younger. The younger choking on the lack of air.

"I beg you to give in." Minho said lightly louder. His pleading cries seemingly going unnoticed outside of that ring. The eruption of the yelling outside of the ring getting more and more intense. No one was hearing what the two in the ring were saying.

The chants saying; Kill him.

Kill him Lee Know.

Ji, get up and fight you bastard!

The relentless taunts going unknown to the two in the ring.

Lee know had two options. He couldn't let this kid fall in the undergrounds but also he couldn't lose. He couldn't kill them. He couldn't kill the one guy that seemed to of melted his on going facade.

He needed the male to tap out. If he tapped out he didn't have to have blood on his hands.

Ji raise his left fingers tapping Minhos own hand. A subtle move. Minhos eyes shifted to the light tapping. He loosened his grip on his wrist and the pinned male started tapping the floor.

He heard. He tapped out. Minho felt relief flow through his body. He immediately pulled himself off the males body who churned and twisted over coughing and spitting out saliva. Trying to open his air ways.

The room was silent after aside for the heavy breaths that were in the ring. A pin could drop. No one has ever seen the Lee Know make someone tap out. No one has seen Ji surrender since he first started the underground fights.

History was made for two people. Two people who looked at eachother with remorse.  One burning with desire, one frozen with fear.

Ji knew he could have died. He knew what Minho had to do. He knew what would happen if he lost unethically. He knew what he was signing up for.

He never did see the young male again after that night.

Minho never fought again after that night.

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At least not until recently.

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Minho couldn't believe what slipped out of Jisungs mouth. His eyes narrowed at the younger forcing the younger to stumble. He didnt mean to force the younger to fall onto his bed, he was just extremely confused and his heart was bashing against his ribcage. He could hardly breathe.