innocence. || Vkook

VII

Big red curtains spilt and lights fell on one of the boys.

Taehyung's jaw fell on the floor when he saw the boy standing half naked on that stage. It'd be an understatement to say he was blown away. In a negative way, of course.

The boy looked like he just turned 18. The clothes he was wearing was beyond provocative. He had black colored pants made of latex, black shirt with multiple cuts, black lace belt around his waist and a large choker that had chains falling down the body.

He had a large amount of makeup on his face, mostly powder, black and darker shades of eye shadow and a pair of light blue lenses.

The boy was wearing boots with a large platform which made him around 2 meters tall.

The audience was extremely loud, mostly because of the amount of alcohol they had been drinking throughout the night.

After Taehyung got himself together, he just thought about the moment he saw his uniform for the first time and thought it looked too provocative and now he's looking at a barely legal boy being dressed in something only BDSM pornographic actors would wear.

After few moments, the tall boy grabbed a pole that was placed in the center of the stage and started doing very skilled acrobatics.

The audience went mad, throwing money around the boy, while accidentally dropping bottles of various hard liquor drinks on the table and floor.

Taehyung's mind was lost. He was watching the scenery without even thinking much. He was too shocked to even analyze the absurdity of this whole event.

He was down to earth enough to have a thought come on his mind how the young boy was a great dancer.

Hyungwon noticed colleague's reaction, but he didn't want to say anything because he was sure the younger wasn't being able to process an ordinary sentence at that moment.

Though he noticed several guests were calling for new drinks, so he grabbed several bottles and went to give the drinks to the guests himself. He was pissed off by the younger's unproductivity, but he couldn't blame him.

The scenery was indeed shocking and his reaction when he first started working at this club wasn't much different.

The boy did a split and finished with his performance. Older drunk men were clapping and cheering for the boy, while the lights were turning down.

Taehyung shook his head and moved his butt on the chair because his bottom part of the body went numb.

When he pulled himself together, he saw Hyungwon wasn't in the bar with him any longer. He felt anxiety in the chest because he realized he stopped serving the guests few minutes ago, even though majority of people there were passionate drinkers.

He went out of the bar focused on finding Hyungwon. He saw his older colleague hanging around few younger men, of course not as young as him, but they looked like as if they were in their early thirties.

He approached them a bit but decided not to come closer when he saw one of the men grabbing Hyungwon's butt, while putting tip in the older's pocket.

Hyungwon just smiled and started walking back to the bar. He saw his rookie worker looking at him in a disgust, but decided not to react to it.

"Instead of watching the show, you could start serving drinks for a change." - Hyungwon said directly in Taehyung's face as he approached the boy.

Taehyung just gave him an ugly stare because he hated when people, especially cocky guys would put their face too close to his.

"You're not the boss here, so you should put your fucking commanding tits down a bit, huh?" - Taehyung hissed at the older.

Hyungwon just smiled crookedly at the boy and passed next to him.

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Taehyung had one of the guest's hand wrapped around his shoulder while he was puking outside the club. Mr. Gong demanded Taehyung to call a taxi for the drunken man.

Taehyung helped the man sit in the taxi and watched the car go in the far. He was the last guest that night and even though it was very hard to carry a man that weights around 80 kg and watch him puke, he felt relief because the shift was finally over.

While walking back towards the side entrance door, he thought how Hyungwon's attitude is very bad and how he fears his and the older boy's relations are going to be far from good.

When he got inside, he saw bunch of broken glass and bottles on the ground, spelt liquor all over the floor, as well as several banknotes muddied with wine and soju.

It didn't surprise him after all, since it was a hell of a night.

He also saw his boss talking to Hyungwon that was standing next to the bar, drinking lemonade and giving the boss crooked smiles.

That dude is a little snake, I can't trust that little bitch.

As Taehyung was approaching them, he heard Mr. Gong asking Hyungwon if there were any problems through the night.

Hyungwon said everything went fine, but he pointed out that there was a "small, but insignificant problem with a newbie."

Taehyung felt chills down his spine. He tightened his fist, trying not to hit the older boy.

"What problem?"

Mr. Gong and Hyungwon turned their heads in Taehyung's direction.

"Well, I noticed your lack of stimulant to work and you also didn't get any tip today, which directly leads us to a conclusion that you have no charisma." - Hyungwon said through a crooked laughter with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm not the one who should seduce the guests. It's strippers job." - Taehyung said through teeth, trying to calm himself down.

"I wouldn't call them strippers, they are more like... performers," Mr. Gong interrupted the tension between the two "and you two shouldn't fight, especially not in front of the guests. Hyungwon, don't be so harsh, this is all still new to him." - Mr. Gong said and tapped Hyungwon on the shoulder.

Hyungwon just rolled his eyes and started washing the dishes. Taehyung was the one who had a mischievous smile on his face this time because justice was pleased.

Still, he wanted to say so much more regarding the boys' profession and wanted to point out they actually are not just performers, but he didn't want to outrage the boss.

Mr. Gong stood in front of Taehyung and looked him in the eyes. The boy took a step back because of a sudden interaction.

"I believe you already know you should keep your mouth shut regarding everything that happens in this place," Mr. Gong creepily whispered on Taehyung's ear, making the boy's hands sweat,"Be smart and mind what you say. Remember, sometimes things are better when they are unsaid." - He took two steps back and took a wallet from his coat's pocket.

He took 100 dollars and put them in Taehyung's hands. Taehyung was shook when he saw the money in his hands.
Hyungwon's eyes doubled when he saw how much money Mr. Gong gave the rookie worker.

"And now go grab a mop and clean this place, those peasants made a big mess."

A teary eyed Taehyung put the money in his pocket and said "YES SIR!" out loud.