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64. Tie the Knot

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This conversation was getting dangerous. YN began to back away, still not breaking eye contact.

"Stop."

Fuck. She stopped. "Yes?" she asked sweetly.

Gun stepped closer to her again. She looked at him with wide innocent eyes.

"Favoritism." He leapt forward, his hand without the cigarette closing around her throat, smashing her against the wall.

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"That's the reason I'm looking for him. He was a beast that never stops until he kills his prey. With raw instincts. I realized the techniques I've taught only fueled his beastly instincts. Even though he has plenty of chances to kill, he doesn't go for the kill right away."

YN gasped for air, clawing at his hand. She forced herself to stop and think. She couldn't overpower Gun. But she'd be damned if she let him outsmart her.

Goo hadn't even looked up from his game.

Gun leaned over her, his sunglasses ominous, continuing his monologue. "He wants to wait for the right moment to rip his prey piece by piece with his bare hands. If you think about it, it was weird for him to use a weapon. Because no beast on earth ever uses a weapon. Olly Wang is searching for Eli to feel fear? That's bullshit. No beast on earth fears an animal weaker than it."

YN kicked against the wall to shove against Gun's hand and then jerked quickly back to create space. She dropped down in his grip to bite hard into his hand. He hadn't been expecting that and let her go suddenly. She stumbled quickly and desperately to the chessboard.

He grabbed her roughly again, shoving her against the wall and pressing his forearm against her neck. "And here we have the opposite. Comparatively short and weak. But deadly smart and deadly skilled." Gun tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, observing her face as he strangled her. "I wonder what Choi will classify you as. I thought it would be the diseased genius or something, but it's looking more like the Manipulation Genius. Lying Genius. It's alright though. I'll kill you now and he won't have to decide."

YN swung her hand smashing the king chess piece she had grabbed when stumbling away into Gun's temple. The sharp cross on top of the piece sank into his pale skin, and he dropped her, grabbing at the spot.

Goo looked up finally, looking delighted to watch the fight.

An unhinged smile was spreading across Gun's face. "You always know how to make me feel better, princess." He pulled the chess piece from his head, blood gushing from the spot. "That could've been very dangerous, if you were a little stronger. You just brought me closer to death than anyone has ever done."

He took one last drag of his cigarette before flicking it away. "I can't believe it, but I was worried for a second. That could've killed me. And that makes me so excited. You know, you resemble your brother a lot, fighting with everything you have in you, and everything around. Goo too, with your strange savageness with weapons. Though I suppose you need them for your small stature. Jake Kim the way everyone seems strangely attracted to your personality. Johan, the way you pursue a goal even if it kills you." He sighed, mussing his hair. "I like you so damn much. It's a shame I'll have to kill you."

"You don't HAVE to..." YN muttered, backing up, and grabbing the other king and a bishop. She held them like knives.

"Oh but I do. I said I'd kill you if you got involved in the four crews again. I'm in the practice of keeping my word."

Goo was watching interestedly, still holding his phone. "Go Sakura!!" he cheered.

Gun's eyebrows furrowed in annoyance as he approached YN. "Why's he calling you a cherry blossom?"