banghim ✧ detained

Two

Himchan shuffled the papers around his desk,"Shit, I can't find it." Himchan called Daehyun to his office. "Yeah? What do you need?" "Do you still have the USB of Yongdam's personal information?" "I believe so. Why?" "I lost my copy of it." "Oh, I'll go make another copy." Daehyun said before leaving the office. Himchan combed his hair back in frustration, he let out a tired sigh before walking out of his office. As Himchan walked by, Daehyun said,"The copy is finished" "Leave it on my desk."

Himchan walked down to where the cells were. He walked to Yongdam's cell. "How's he?" Himchan asked the guard standing right of the cell. "He's refusing to eat, and he keeps saying Yongdam is not his name. Must've taken drugs before being apprehended." "You're excused." The guard walked away. Himchan tapped on the cell bars with his pen, waking Yongdam up. "Hmm?" Yongdam turned around and sat up,"What are you doing here?" Yongdam rubbed his eyes. "Are you really in the position to ask that?" Yongdam's stomach growled. A woman pushed a cart with food trays through the hall, as she walked past Himchan, he grabbed a tray. He opened the shaft in the door, sliding the tray in the cell. "Why are you caring for me all of a sudden? What happened to the person who-" "Shut up. Hearing your voice is irritating enough for me." Yongdam stared at the tray, "Take it back, I don't want it." "Are you ever going to eat then?" "I'd rather stave to death, then spend the rest of my life in this hell hole." "Well, lucky you. It'll happen soon." Yongdam lifted his head up,"What do you mean by that?" "There was a vote at court yesterday. Whether you should be sentenced life or be put on death row. The result was 3:7. You're on death row." Yongdam ran towards the bars, sticking his arms out, trying to grab Himchan by the collar,"Why didn't you tell me!? I didn't murder those people! I'm innocent! My name isn't even Yongdam! I'm telling you I was framed!" Himchan stepped back, watching Yongdam break into tears,"I thought you said you'd rather die. You should be happy your sentenced to death." "Please! I didn't do it! You don't even have proof I did it!" "We have more than enough evidence to prove you did it," Himchan lied.  "Please, I swear to god I didn't do it." Himchan didn't answer, he walked away fixing his collar. "Yongguk." "What?" "My name is Yongguk, not Yongdam." "Real name, my ass." Himchan thought in his mind.

Himchan got back to his office. He sat down on his chair, grabbing the USB in front of him,"The copy Daehyun was talking about?" He inserted the USB into the side of his computer. He clicked on the file and scrolled down. "Born in Incheon, on March 31, 1990. Has two older siblings. One brother, one sister. Raised by both parents. Has had one girlfriend, was cheated on with a senior at neighbouring school. Graduated university with the highest GPA in school. Brother went missing shortly after. " "How much information did they find?" Himchan placed the removed his hand from the mouse, and picked up the phone on his desk. He pushed a button on the phone, placing the phone by his ear. The phone rang. Someone answered.  "Yes?" "Daehyun, do you have the results for the DNA tests yet?" "Who's." "Yongdam's." "Yes, but-" "But?" "They all came out negative." "Are you sure? You even ran tested his  fingerprint?" "We tested everything we could. Could it be possible he wasn't lying when he said he was innocent?" "Run them again." Himchan said before hanging up the phone. He picked up the papers again, scanning them carefully. Himchan's phone rang, he picked it up. "Daehyun? You're done testing them already?" "Yes, but- Everything came out negative again." Himchan let out a sigh of disbelief,"Okay, thanks." "Hm." Just as Daehyun was about to hang up, Himchan spoke,"Oh, wait." "Yes?" "Yongdam's first victim, do you have any information on their gender?" "Apparently the first victim was male. Why?" "Did they know Yongdam in high school?" "As far as I know, the man was a office worker. Why? Does this have something to do with him?" "It's nothing. I was just interested in something." "Okay then." He hung up again. "This makes no sense, he seems like the perfect child. There's no actions here that can lead to the first murder." Himchan continually read over the copy, looking for any connections, until he fell asleep.

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