colder | ryeonseung

03

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seungyoun slouched while staring at his kids. hangyul then removed his shirt revealing the moon tattoo on his back. "ya, hangyul. choose a good tattoo tape next time, yours won't be a problem but mine? the tape you gave went off on our second stage" hangyul sighed after hearing seungyoun's complains. he won't admit that the tape he got is an old one where he randomly picked somewhere in the house.

"i'll but a new one!" eunsang excitedly said. a show off, dohyon thought. "here use my card" seungyoun said as he gave his black card to eunsang, the red headed guy rushed out to do his errand.

"he's good, i like that you got him jinhyuk" jinhyuk smiled proudly after hearing seungyoun's compliment. seungyoun pulled out his phone from his outer pocket. scrolling, clicking, scrolling again... and finally, stopping. his fingers stopped on a photo of wooseok with his hands on top of dongpyo's head. "ya, look at wooseok's post in instagram" hyeongjun, dohyon, hangyul and jinhyuk circled around seungyoun, peeking on his phone. "son dongpyo?" dohyon said. seungyoun nodded and gave a sly smile. "looks like axis loves this kid so much" he said while pointing on dongpyo's face.

"does anyone want to get this little kid?"

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"dongpyo yaaaaaa!" seungwoo excitedly ran towards dongpyo who's standing outside of the hospital waving at seungwoo. he just got out of school and went to see his dad. well, seungwoo kept texting dongpyo that he needs emotional support from his son. so the kid got no choice but to pay him a visit and eat out with him.

"aaaa, i really missed you"
"but dad, we saw each other this morning!" seungwoo pouted and snaked his arms around the latter's shoulder.
"but dad misses you all the time" he said in an almost aegyo voice. dongpyo gave him a warm smile. despite being a fast walker, seungwoo's walk seemed so slow and peaceful today. maybe because he's with dongpyo, the one he cherishes the most.

"ah excuse me" a deep voice interrupted the two's lovey dovey moment. seungwoo cranned his neck and laid his eyes on a tall red headed guy. "he's familiar" seungwoo whispered. "where's the radiology department?" the red headed asked. seungwoo refused to answer, instead he scanned the guy from head to toe. "why? who are you?— i'm the head of this hospital" dongpyo held his dad's arms tightly signaling him to stop. "appa, why are you being like that, you're scary" he whispered as he held his arms tighter.

"ah— i- i need to visi—"
"you're from onyx right?"

the red headed was startled, his heart skipped a beat, he almost can't breathe. he knew that he went to his enemy's territory without a fight. his legs started shaking as he kept his breathing on pace, he knew for sure that he's dead. "n-ne?" seungwoo aggressively grabed his arms and gave him a smile.

"you won't leave, you'll die here"

dongpyo after knowing that the red headed is from onxy, started balling his fist as his anger arose. "are you? spying on us?" he asked, the red headed guy refused to answer. tears are starting to well from his eyes as his legs keep shaking. he can't remove seungwoo's arms as the older seems to put all his anger on him. "p-please"

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"i didn't know onyx would be up to something after that fight last year" wooseok said as he sat infront of the red headed guy's tied body. "he must be used as a bait" minhee added. dongpyo won't remove his eyes away from the red headed guy. he kept balling his fist and sighing.

"i hate him so much" dongpyo said while staring at the tied body. his memories started welling up, he got reminded of bloody fight last year.

back then, onyx and axis used to have good negotiations and operations together. they used to be one group, they were called x1. but things changed last year. when the main bait of x1 got killed by seungyoun. it was jinwoo, jinhyuk's son.

wooseok saw it with his own eyes, he saw how seungyoun, with his emotionless face, watched the bullets get into jinwoo's body, he watched him bleed to death after shooting him. wooseok felt the horror, he was boiling with anger. he couldn't do anything, so he despised seungyoun. jinhyuk, on the other hand believed that seungwoo was the one who drove seungyoun to kill his son. he then chose to stay beside seungyoun.

x1 was then divided, choosing different leaders. seungyoun who was the second hand man became the leader of onyx, meanwhile seungwoo who's the original leader of x1 remained as the leader of axis. axis' hate towards onyx swelled, it deepened through their bones. and so does onyx' hate towards axis.

axis continued growing as a top tier gang in seoul, dealing with prominent politicians. meanwhile, onyx protected their gang by entering the media, they built a strong fanbase that would protect them from any information that may leak.

since the incident, onyx and axis has been clashing. the incident did not only divide x1, but also seungwoo and seungyoun. they drifted apart, and forgot all the memories they had. it would be better if they were only strangers, but they're not, they're enemies, and they're required to despise each other.

"i know you hate them so much" seungwoo said as he held dongpyo beside him. wooseok stared at seungwoo, he felt the sadness creeping inside him. but he can't fall down, he grabbed the older's arm and gave a warm smile. "should we send a note to seungyoun?"

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"seungwoo needs us right now. they're up for dongpyo and i'm sure he's getting anxious" wooseok sat infront of the kids. seungwoo took a rest with dongpyo, he was tired and shocked because of onyx' actions. "ya wooseok hyung, you better stay beside seungwoo hyung. you're the only one who can keep him sane" wooseok smirked, "ya? i beat dongpyo?! hahahaha" he replied jokingly.

"hyung, you already beat him!" yohan replied
"remember when seungwoo kept asking for your support when he was handling the operations with the chinese politician? he kept bugging us to pursue you to go to china with him" wooseok choked after hearing yohan's words. he won't admit it but his heart skipped a beat.
"ya! i'm straight, stop it okay?" junho laughed at wooseok's absurd reply. "i'M sTrAigHt" he said. the room was filled with laughter with the youngsters teasing wooseok. "but he's really straight" minhee added. "he went out with a kim seonsaengnim yesterday" the room was filled with ooh's leaving wooseok blushing.

"anyway, junho... send this to seungyoun. he needs to see this" junho scanned the envelope. "what's this?" he asked. wooseok gave a sly smile. "a bloody surprise"