The gambling man : Exo mafia fanfiction

Chapter 10: Who

Mia was raw at this point, crying loudly in Taemin's comforting embrace it was a change the tender touch she hasn't received in a very and I mean very long time. It felt nice especially at this moment in time after everything she just saw, after everything she went through in general. The brunette didn't want her friend to be in pain because of her absence, it made Mia's heart clench in her chest, choking back a sob Mia pushed away from Taemin's chest slightly and looked up to him sadly. The man met her soft gaze and peered into her vacant and weary eyes, he sadly smiled to the girl and gently placed his hands on the sides of her face, cupping Mia's freckled cheeks gently, slowly he moved his hands to the back of her mask and untied the string pulling it off her face minding her tumbling waves of curly hair. The man looked at her face for a moment before he wiped away her sorrow filled tears with a soft hand.

The girl let out a shaky breath and pulled her lips open struggling to find her breaking voice from the back of her dry throat.

   "I-I need to see her ". Mia mumbled helplessly looking into Taemin's soft eyes, the man only shook his head sighing loudly slowly standing up, offering his hand to her. Mia gingerly took it and let the older man pull her up slowly up onto her feet.

    "I don't know if that's going to be possible Mia". Taemin spoke truthfully, looking into her watery eyes briskly. Mia looked down to the floor sadly tears threatening to consume her once again but she fought them back biting her quivering lip with her teeth. 'I need Seon, she needs to know I'm okay'! Her mind screamed,
Taemin watched her sadly his face pulled into a deep frown.

  "Mia". He spoke her name softly while Taemin lifted his hand up and placed it under her chin, tilting her head up to look at him in the eye.

"I'm so sorry, but you needed to know don't lose hope people are still waiting for you". Taemin reassured, Mia looked for some kind of words but emotions over took her this mans kind words over took her, and Mia only let out a loud sob before pulling the man into a tight hug once again.

  "Thank you". Was the only think she could say "Thank you". She mumbled out repeatedly into the mans chest, her gratitude being muffled by his designer suit. But the man knew what she meant, what she wanted him to know. Taemin smiled softly while wrapping his arms around the girl gently resting his head atop hers.

"It's my pleasure Mia".

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   After cleaning herself up and reapplying her eyeliner and mascara with Taemin, Mia began walking down the winding halls back to the ball room. Silently the small girl prayed that Kai or Suho wouldn't be mad to the fact she was gone for so long, and it was worse because Taemin had to attend to some urgent deal with his gang so she had to find her way back alone. The sound of muffled voices and booming hums of laughter filled the halls as Mia reached a cross way. Ignoring it Mia kept going rubbing under her eyes quickly, removing any evidence of crying or her raw emotion that was evident a few minutes prior. When just as she turned a corner the voices became a group of people who stood in her way of the stairs, seven of them to be exact. All stood intimidatingly talking amongst themselves. Mia immediately felt wrong knowing she didn't belong there, her stomach turned upon seeing the elegantly dressed men. She was about to turn around when one of them noticed her and suddenly called out to her.

"Oh baby come over here"! The man called to her, Mia nearly rolled her eyes. He sounded drunk and she knew this wasn't going to be fun. Not wanting to make a scene, the brunette complied biting back her fear as she stepped forward walking over to the man who held his arms out to her.

"You were with Exo earlier right? I've haven't seen a girl with them in a while". Mia felt her posture closing up and her heart beginning to pound harshly in her chest.