Black Whisper

Xiao

Xiao P.O.V

I woke up to a scream. It was a scream from Minjun. I jumped off the bed and immediately ran out of the room. He was sitting on the floor and crying. Kat and Zane came out a second later. We ran over to him and bent down. He wasn't talking. He was just sobbing. I raised a brow at his phone sitting on the ground. Kat picked it up. He read what was on the screen and scrunched his nose. He handed the phone to me and shook his head. It was open to a news article.

'Breaking News: An inside source says that Black Whisper's Lee Minjun has been giving favors to a higher up in FAC Entertainment."

Minjun quieted down and stood up. Kat stood up too and walked him toward our bedroom before shutting the door. Zane read over the article a couple more times before sighing and turning Minjun's phone off.

"Hyung." I shook my head.

"Don't. It's time to retaliate. I'm done with playing nice. I need to go. Stay with Minjun and Kat." He nodded.

"Be careful."

"I will." I grabbed my things and left. It was a cold morning but I couldn't feel it. My blood was boiling. They had already done enough for the four of us. It was time for me to shut that bullshit down. Hajoon met up with me a few minutes later.

"So, we're doing this?" He asked as we began to walk.

"If they won't a fight. We'll give them a fucking fight. We're not doing this quietly anymore. It happened to Juwon and then it happened to Minjun. I'm done. Fuck those bastards." I glimpsed to see a little smile on his face.

"Why are you smiling?"

"Because I get it now?" I stopped walking and turned to him.

"Get what?"

"Now I understand why Minjun loves you so much." I raised a brow.

"What does that mean?" He shrugged and began walking again.

"Nothing. It's just that, Minjun and Juwon are close. I hear things and Juwon tells me things too. Of course, those things are told to me in confidence. I can't tell you."

"Did you know about what happened to him before we found out?" He shook his head.

"No. Right after you debuted, Minjun knocked on our door in the middle of the night with tears in his eyes. I don't know what happened. I only know that Juwon kicked me out that night. Nothing started connecting till the rumors started. I only found out about Juwon because of what happened to Minjun. FAC is full of bastards. I'm doing this because they need to learn their place."

"Okay. Let's go then." The media was more than surprised to see us. It wasn't every day that an idol willingly went to the media. We sat down with a girl named Moon Soojin. She was clearly one of their roughest reporters. She smiled lightly.

"So what brings you gentlemen here?" I glimpsed at Hajoon. I wanted to make sure he was okay with it. He nodded.

"We're here to ask you for an article." She raised a brow.

"Without your company's permission or managers present?"

"They aren't a part of this. What we're about to say has nothing to do with them." She sighed.

"Whether I write an article or not depends on what you say." Hajoon began the story then.

"Juwon-ah, my group leader, went through a tough time when he was a trainee. Before and after he met Minjun and Yunseo, there were some higher ups in our company pressuring him into doing things he didn't want to do. They blackmailed him and told him that he would be kicked out if they didn't do what they wanted. It stopped about a year after our debut." While he was talking, she pulled out a notebook and began to write.

"I see and why are you here Mr. Xiao?" I leaned back in my chair.

"The same thing happened to Minjun. My Maknae."

"You mean Lee Minjun? The kid that was rumored to give a higher up in your company favors?" I nodded.

"Yes. That came from our company as retaliation."

"Didn't Minjun leave the group?" I shook my head.

"He was forced. Blackmailed."

"Blackmailed with what?" I sighed.

"I won't be sharing that information at this time." She sighed.

"Okay. Continue."

"It started when he was a trainee. He was forced into sexual favors in order to stay in the company. It got worse when others started pressuring him too. His ankle didn't break while he was practicing. Someone broke it." Her eyes widened.

"And I'm just supposed to believe your words?" I pulled the flash drive out of my bag and handed it to her.

"This is my proof. That's all I have to say for now?"

"How do you know I won't just twist it all?" I smiled.

"Because I know the kind of person you are." With that, we stood up and left.

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Thank you for reading this chapter. Bye, lovelies.

-Thea