button, button [Yeonbin]

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[ 8'00 P. M KST]

The doorbell rang. Soobin's attention diverted from Yeonjun eating the porridge to the door bell.

"I'll go get it. You stay here."

Soobin unlocked the door and locked eyes with a man wearing an extremely formal suit. He looked down at his own clothes and felt a little embarrassed. He was still wearing his PJ's and held a book in his hand.

"May I enter?"

"Oh yes. Of course.", soobin let out an awkward laugh. The young man walked in and sat at the couch.

Soobin placed himself on a seat near by.

"So who are you?"

"My name is Jake. And you must be...", he squint his eyes. "Choi Soobin, right?"

"Indeed. What brings you here?", Soobin interoggated while taking note of the man's odd behavior.

"Did you receive the package I delivered?", Mr. Jake asked.

"Soobin.. ", Yeonjun called out from his room.

He wiped his eye with his fist and tried to open them. He noticed the strange guy and walked towards them.

"Sit here.", soobin patted the spot next to him.

He sat down obediently. "Who is this man?"

"I'm not sure", Soobin said.

"Oh you must be Mr. Soobin's lover. Did you receive a certain package?"

Yeonjun suddenly remembered the weird box and pulled it out from under the table.

"It's a button."

Soobin looked at the man annoyed. "Get to the point already.
- and look if you're selling something---"

"I'm not.", Jake shook his head.

"Well. Its upto you, Yeonjun."

Yeonjun felt awkward."Yes you can continue.", he uttered with a smile.

Jake reached to an inside coat pocket and withdrew a small sealed envelope. "Inside here is a key to the box which consists of a bell unit dome.  He set the evelope on the table.  "The bell is connected to our office."

"What's it for? ", asked soobin.

"If you push the button," Mr Jake told him, "somewhere in the world someone you don't know will die. In return for which you'll receive a payment of 50,000$."

Yeonjun stared at the man who was smiling shamelessly.

"What are you talking about?", Soobin asked him.

Mr Jake looked surprised. "But I've just explained." he said.

"Is this a practical joke? " Soobin said angrily. He already resented this man.

"Not at all. This is a genuine offer."

"You aren't making sense," Soobin said, "You expect us to believe--"

"Who do you represent?" demanded Yeonjun.

Mr Jake looked embarrassed. "I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to tell you that.", he said.  "However I assure you the organization is of international scope."

Yeonjun swallowed. "When you said someone in the world would die what did you mean?" Yeonjun asked.

"Exactly that." he answered. "All we guarantee is that you don't know them and of course you wouldn't be able to watch them die."

"I think you'd better leave.", soobin said,  standing.

Mr Jake rose. "Of course."

"and make sure to take your button unit with you."

Mr Jake's face tightened. "Are you sure you wouldn't care to think about it for a day or so?"

Soobin picked up the button unit amd the envelope and thrust them into Mr Jake's hands.

"No.",he said coldly.

Mr Jake pulled out his card and placed it on the table. "I'll leave this here." He shifted his gaze towards Yeonjun who looked rather intrigued unlike Soobin's mad facial expression.

"It could prove very valuable."

Yeonjun gulped. "Monetarily?"

"Yes, Monetarily.", Jake responded.

and so Jake left the house.

"Bullshit. Thats inhumane.", Soobin scoffed.

Yeonjun kept quiet and gazed at the card on the table. He picked it up and placed it in his pocket.

Soobin then smiled. "Come on lets go to bed."

Soobin lied down beside him with a book in his hand. He spread the blanket on both of them. Yeonjun was staring at the ceiling intensely, deep in thought. Soobin placed his book on the side table and chuckled. He got on top of Yeonjun and kissed him

"Hey!", Yeonjun's face flushed.

"What are you thinking about?"

"50,000 dollars..." he gasped out.

Soobin was disappointed. He knew yeonjun was interested in the offer. He kept telling himself that wasn't the case but turns out his intuition was correct.

"I didn't think you'd have second thoughts, Yeonjun."

"Come on. I'm not." Yeonjin looked at him.

Soobin turned off the lamp and kissed him. "Let it go then."

"Mhm.", Yeonjun smiled back in wonder.