innocence. || Vkook

XI

Older short men have already come. The place was almost full. Cigarette smoke and the scent of hard liquor filled the club.

Taehyung was standing next to
Hyungwon, greeting guests. An obvious awkward atmosphere was going on between the two, even Mr. Gong noticed it.

Hyungwon stayed hush after their confrontation. Taehyung would glance at the older here and there,but the older didn't show any feedback.

Even though Taehyung didn't want to wade over his pride and put the white flag down first, deeply inside he knew it was his fault and that he was too harsh towards Hyungwon.

Mr. Gong approached Taehyung from behind and tapped his shoulder.

"Yes, Mr. Gong." - Taehyung bowed to one of the passing by guests and looked at his manager's eyes.

"I hope you're coping with all these grandpas," Mr. Gong said through laugh, but it didn't make Taehyung laugh even a bit "Um, I noticed Hyungwon and you don't get along very well, why's that the case?"

"Um..," Taehyung bit his lower lip, trying to find a good excuse "We both act the same way when we're not familiar with someone new, I'm sure our relations will eventually get better. Don't worry, Mr. Gong."

"I don't worry because I want you two to be best friends, that's non of my business. I don't want negative working atmosphere here, it looks bad and unprofessional. Even if you hate each other, at least pretend you're friends at work, understand?"

Taehyung sighed and looked at the ground with a not-so-satisfied look on his face.

"I understand, Mr. Gong"

"Good. Now go back to work, there's a lot of these old rags who want to get drowned in alcohol... Also, your cheek is swollen a bit, you're allergic to something or?" - The manager put a curious look on his  face.

Taehyung's cheeks turned red, but in his advantage he had a lot of powder and BB cream on that hid all the redness.

"No, Mr. Gong, I hit my face on the window in my room." - Taehyung was amazed by the stupidity of his excuse.

"Oh... take care, son." - Mr. Gong said and took the phone from his pocket that started ringing. He made few steps further from Taehyung and picked up the phone.

Taehyung kept bowing to the arriving guests, but at the same time he wanted to know what his boss was talking about.

"Yes... Yes, the boy's here... No, this is his full-time job now, he transferred to our club a week ago... No problem... I can say I totally agree, he really is the most beautiful boy we got... I understand, Mr. Song... We're expecting you at 12am on Sunday... No, the pleasure is mine, sir... Thank you, Mr. Song, have a nice evening, bye."

Mr. Gong hung up and said something through teeth. He put a satisfied smile on his face and went to his office that was located on the right side of the bar down the short hallway.

The boss's conversation left Taehyung confused and quite scared as well. He didn't know with whom  Mr. Gong talked, nor he knew whether he was talking about him or someone else.

The most beautiful boy they got, he said, hmm... That can't be me, no way.

Taehyung's head was in the clouds when an older man grabbed his butt which brought his mind to the ground.

"Hey boy, are you one of the dancers?" the older man asked, putting his hand on the boy's chin "If not, you should be cuz your so fine."

"Excuse me" - Taehyung was so shocked by the guests unacceptable behaviour he impulsively smacked the older man's hand.

"Whoa, wait, I didn't want to hurt you, I just wanted to say how beautiful you are." - Clearly drunk, old man got closer to the boy even more.

Taehyung could smell the scent of hard liquor coming from the older man's mouth which made him even more disgusted.

The boy was feeling down in past few hours and that old man was about to trigger Taehyung's rough side.

The boy had fire in his eyes. He thought if he had a chainsaw in his hands, he would cut that old pervert in two pieces.

Just when the boy was about to raise his hand and hit the man, Hyungwon's hand appeared on the boy's hip out of nowhere. The other Hyungwon's hand gently pressed Taehyung's paw and intertwined the younger's hand.

"I see your having a great time, sir." Hyungwon put a fake smile on his face and pulled the boy closed to his body "I'll have to take this friend of mine for a second, I hope that won't be a problem, will it, sir?"

The man made few steps further and looked at Hyungwon.

"Oh, no, of course not, go for it. You two look so cute together, I'm sure it'd be such heaven watching you in bed having fun together." - The older man's remark made Hyungwon smile and Taehyung wanted to throw up.

Hyungwon just smiled to those gross words and pulled the younger by his hand.

The two went to the staff bathroom and Hyungwon closed the door, leaning his back on a big mirror.

"Ugh... did you just try to hit our guest?" - Hyungwon sighed and crossed his arms, looking straight into Taehyung's eyes that were burning of anger.

"He was molesting me!" - Taehyung shouted, making the older twitch a bit. Hyungwon didn't expect such reaction.

Taehyung was already pissed because of several things that happened that day and this incident caused the outburst of his emotions.

Hyungwon sighed again, looking at the ground. Taehyung shaking from anger wanted to continue, but Hyungwon pushed him against the wall, putting his hand over Taehyung's mouth.

"Shh, you idiot! You can't yell like that, maybe some of the guests are standing outside."

Taehyung's anger reached the final point. He pushed Hyungwon so hard, the older wasn't able to sustain his balance and fell on the floor.

"Listen Hyungwon, I don't want to play this "didn't hear-didn't see" game anymore, tell me what is this place and why only old men come here and why for fuck sake those barely legal boys dance around the poll?" - Taehyung almost lost his breath when he finished his sentence.

Still sitting on the floor, Hyungwon looked at the ground with a kind of sad facial expression. Taehyung was left confused after that reaction because he expected the older would slap him again or at least yell at him.

"This is brothel, Taehyung..." - Those were the only words that cane out of Hyungwon's mouth. Even the older boy himself felt embarrassed while saying those words.

Taehyung's pupil enlarged when he heard such horrible thing. He was aware something dark was going on in this place, but he didn't expect it to be that horrific. 

"H- Hyungwon... don't say it's true..." - Taehyung begged in disbelief.

Hyungwon just kept silent. He raised his towards Taehyung, signaling the younger to help him stand up.

The younger did so, not being able look the older in the eyes.

At that moment, a voice of an older man could be heard outside the bathroom. The person was talking on the mic.

"And now, our lovely gentlemen, please welcome the brightest star of "The Innocence" - Jeon Jungkook!" - Those were the words that were heard from the stage's direction.

The two boys came out of the bathroom and saw the same boy that started working there few days ago.

He was a beautiful, tall boy of very bright and clear skin, with some type of unique charm and sexiness, but at the same time too young to perform at such place.

Not knowing why, Taehyung felt his heart raced at such beautiful sight.

What's with this boy... Why do I keep looking at him like this?