Guns and Roses || Taeyong (NCT) x Reader || Mafia AU || Gender Neutral

| Mishaps | Chapter 10 |

Mentions of death

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Winwin sprinted to the nearest bathroom where he grabbed as many paper towels as he could see. By the time he got back to the CEO, he was mad. Of course he was, he had hot coffee all over him. As he was fumbling with the napkins, his hand brushed against the CEO's torso as he worked on dabbing him down with the paper towels. Only to get shoved away moments after, due to needing to find a suit to change into. Winwin then went to go throw away the unused paper towels.

Not much later the CEO had to actually go on stage. He had a fresh suit on, showing no evidence of the struggle that had just occurred behind the stage. But before that, from the moment you had arrived at the venue, you had started socializing with people. Randomly going up to people and striking up a conversation, but there were three people you would not go up to no matter what. You jokingly thought that they worked under Taeyong due to them being attractive men. They seemed to always be around each other, even if they weren't speaking.

It seemed that they noticed you being social though, so they decided to talk to you. Well, they attempted to. The moment you saw them coming over to you, you scurried off into a crowd of people, trying to make yourself busy with conversation so they would leave you alone. They just looked too perfect to actually be able to talk to. Maybe it was the suits you thought, but you knew it couldn't be true because they had amazing faces too.

By the time you had found someone from your old company that you could talk to, the CEO had just walked out. He started with a greeting, welcoming everyone that made it to the gathering. Next, he continued on with his speech, explaining the product, a new virtual reality system. He continued on, showing a small presentation about the product before actually showing it. Not too long after he had started the presentation though, he collapses onto the floor.

People rushed onto the stage to check what was wrong. A few panicked screams rang out over all of the commotion, and you on the other hand were just looking around at the faces of others. The only thing you noticed that stood out, were the three boys. Instead of looking startled or frightened, they looked more content than anything else. You figured it was just the craziness of the situation getting to your mind, so you decided to ignore it, until you accidentally made eye contact with one of them. Immediately, his small smile faded as he made his way over to you once again. This time you decided that you might as well converse with someone so you didn't lose your sanity before the situation cleared up.

"Hello," he greeted. You just responded with a simple head nod. "Have you head about what's going on yet? It's probably circling around," he asked. You just shook your head, trying to keep your responses to a minimum. Although you started speaking at some point, you couldn't keep your mind from the events going on, especially since in the back of your mind you remembered that Taeyong said some of his employees would be here. So you decided to ask.

"Do you know, uh, Taeyong? His last name left me, sorry," you asked.

"He's my boss actually," the man you now knew as Ten responded. "Is there any reason for asking?"

"I just haven't met all of his workers I guess. I kinda made it a goal of mine to meet all 17 of them at some point."

"Really? I guess this wasn't the best place to meet though, so I'm sorry about that." After he finished speaking, you looked over to the stage to notice the CEO being carried out on a stretcher. A moment later Ten excused himself to use the bathroom.

By the time that everyone was cleared to leave by the police, Ten and the two other attractive males were no where to be seen. You wonder if they had fallen victim of whoever the killer was, but knew better than to try to investigate it on your own. The most you could do at the time was call Taeyong when you had gotten back to your apartment.