HELLBOUND WITH YOU 🅱️🅾️🆗 2⃣

Substitutes

"Hello? Nayeon?" she said as she answered the phone and Jennie eyes slowly widened. "H-huh? Are they alright? Okay, I'll be right there!" 

"What happened?" Lucas asked, seeing her panic but Jennie just told them to go and find a seat inside as she rushed towards the back door where she came out from. 

"I smell trouble," Lucas uttered. He then turned to Lisa to ask him if they were going inside the hall but the man was already walking away and he was heading straight towards the door where Jennie had entered. 

Of course, Kai and Lucas followed him, like little puppies following their master.

Once they were inside, they found out that a few people who had drunk some of the drinks from a fast food delivery were now suffering from stomach aches. It seemed that something may have been something in their drinks. Fortunately, only four male staff had a drink and the aches weren't that severe. It was just making them run back and forth to the bathroom. Jennie gave them some medicine to take but it would take some time to take effect so they were no longer in shape to do their tasks. 

"Oh no, what should we do now? We're about to start! There's no time to go and get other people," Nayeon was biting her lip as she panicked. 

Jennie, too, was feeling a little anxious now. 

But it was then that her eyes fell onto the three men who just came and an idea lit up in her eyes. 

Jennie ran towards Lisa and held his hand. 

"Lisa, uhm… can you grant me a request?" she was anxiously pressing Lisa fingers as she asked. "We need someone to replace them. Can I ask a favor and uhm… can you guys replace them? Please?" 

Jennie was feeling a little regretful. She had invited them to come and watch the play, not to be participating in it as a staff member, but now, with things being how they were, she had to ask them for help. She felt that she had no choice but to shamelessly ask them. 

Meanwhile, Nayeon was in shock from seeing the three creatures that Jennie was asking to replace their fallen comrades. She was already shocked by their presence alone, and now, Jennie was actually asking them to become their staff's substitutes?! And that guy in the middle was that hellishly mysterious king from hell, Lisa Manoban! Oh god, Jennie, are you serious right now?!

But, as she thought about it, she also knew that they had no choice. They couldn't possibly drag people from the audience because they were all old people and the task was something for agile men to do!  

Nayeon just silently watched as Jennie begged the man and she couldn't ever imagine that Lisa agreeing to do something like this. 'There's no way in hell he would accept to do this, Jennie! Just ask him to send his bodyguards if he had any!' she thought. 

Nayeon wanted to barge in because they were running out of time but she was scared of that guy!

"Uhm, Jennie… what kind of tasks are those men supposed to do?" Lucas butted in.

"It's not that hard. I promise, it's very easy."

Lucas brows lifted up. He looked at Lisa and he was about to speak when...

"I volunteer." A deep voice echoed and everyone looked at the man who just came in.

Ji-Jisoo Manoban?!!!

Nayeon looked like she just saw a ghost. She didn't know what was going on anymore. Not only was Jennie devil here, now this Demon turned up out of nowhere! What the hell was this man doing here?! Did Jennie know him?

"Miss Kim, what do I need to do?" he asked as he walked closer to Jennie. 

"Oh, Mr. Manoban. Thank you so much. Uhm… you just need to –"

Before Jennie could explain, Lisa suddenly wrapped his arm around her shoulders. 

"Tell me what I need to do first, little fruit," he uttered near her ear and Jennie head snapped to his face.

"You agree?!" she exclaimed, wide eyes.

"Yes, you need four men, right? Count these two in behind me as well." 

Jennie immediately hugged him. "Thank you, Lisa!" 

Everyone: ". . ." They only turned up to watch a play so how did they end up getting roped into becoming part of the crew?

Kai felt like pinching the skin between his brows as he watched Jisoo and Lisa, while Lucas looked like he was being entertained to the max.

"So? What do you want us to do?" Lucas asked excitedly but it was then that Nayeon bravely called out for Jennie attention.

"Jennie, it's almost time. You still need to change into your costume," Nayeon reminded her and she immediately jumped in panic.

"Please, just standby, I will tell you what to do once I return," she told the four men and just like that, she and Nayeon disappeared, leaving the four men standing there, with Lisa staring at Jisoo with daggers in his eyes and Kai just staring at them. 

Lucas eyes were darting back and forth between Lisa and Jisoo while nudging Kai. 

"What's going on with those two?" Lucas whispered. 

"Don't ask me."

"What's Jisoo doing? Is he seriously hitting on Lisa girl?"

"Shut up, Lucas. Jisoo is not an idiot to do something like that."

"Then why is he doing this? Our mighty Jisoo never acted like this before, you know that."

"Stop asking. How should I know? Go ask him, not me!"

"Could it be that he likes Jennie, too? Or is he just trying to provoke Lisa? But he's acting very strange! That guy's never acted all nice like that before, not even towards his family! I mean, when did he even learn to become like that?!" Lucas continued rambling on and didn't notice that Kai had already walked away from him.

Kai walked towards the wall on the other end of the room from that noisy, gossiping auntie, and just leaned on the wall and closed his eyes, as if to block out the world for a second. 

Somehow, it seemed that the world he knew had now been turned upside down.