Likely Story ~ Seventeen

Chapter 20: A Mission

Somewhere in Seoul
"Sir." Says a man bowing

Other men bow down as well to a man sitting down in an office chair.

"Did you bring it?" asks the man.

The man doesn't say anything and neither do his comrades.

"Well?" Yells the man now standing up.

"We did not, they got away before we could grab it." Says the man.

"I hired you for one job Kakmin. And that was to take the diamond. Just plain and simple see?" The man says holding up some diamond.

The man, now known as Kakmin, looks in his pockets and sees his diamond not there.

"Leave us." Says the man to all the other people in the room.

They all nod and exit the room one by one. One of them steals a quick glance at Kakmin before exiting the room and closing the door behind him.

The man throws Kakmin the diamond and then turns around to look out the window.

"I hired you because I was sure you would be able to do it." The man sighs.

"There's still a chance," Kakmin says as he puts the diamond away.

"Then why didn't you kill him, huh?" The man says before walking to Kakmin and standing face to face with him. "I gave you the chance to kill him, so you could get your revenge or whatever. But did you use it? No. Why may I ask? Oh, I don't know maybe because you still care for him!"

The man spats at his face.

"Mr. Sooman I can assure I can very well kill him," Kakmin assures him.

"Then prove it," Sooman says.

He snaps his fingers and then two people carrying someone with a bag over their head come in. The two men drop the person on the ground and then leave.

Sooman approaches the person and kneels down next to the person. He takes off the bag to reveal a man who has an angry expression

"Kill him," Sooman says gesturing to the woman.

"Gladly," Kakmin says pulling out his gun and pointing it at the man.

"You're really going to kill your own father?" The man asks.

"Why wouldn't I?" Kakmin smirks.

"Don't do this Kakmin I know you are still a good guy deep inside of you." His father said.

"That guy left when you kept it a secret that Seokmin had powers and I didn't!" Kakmin yells.

"Oh, interesting! I'll leave you two to talk it out." Sooman says before leaving the room.

"You lied to me! You told me I would get the powers! Me! Not Seokmin!" Kakmin continues to yell at him.

"I thought it would be you!" His father says.

"Well, you lied!" Kakmin yells before calming down. "Now you die."

"Kakmin don't do it. You can't turn back fro-" The man starts.

He is cut off by the sound of a bullet and then he falls down to the ground, blood pooling from his chest.

"Oh, you did it," Sooman says entering the room. "Good he was becoming a bother."

Kakmin stays silent as he looks at the dead body.

"Now if you are able to kill him then surely you can kill a brother, let alone one that you hate," Sooman says.

"Yes, sir," Kakmin responds.

"Now here's your new mission." Sooman stops and Kakmin looks up at him. "I would like to meet him. Bring Seokmin and the diamond together. In one peace. You can kill him once I say so."

"Yes, sir." Kakmin nods before bowing and exiting.

"I finally get to meet you, nephew," Sooman mutters.

•

"What you reading?" Seokmin asks Jisoo.

"The book Jeonghan gave me," Joshua answers not looking.

"Oh, whose did you get?" Asks Seokmin.

"I'm not telling," Joshua says still not looking.

"Aw, why not?" Seokmin asks pouting.

"Because I don't feel like telling you," Joshua says still not looking up.

"Fine." Seokmin sighs but tries to peek at the book.

Joshua suddenly closes the book and turns to face Seokmin.

"Haven't you read the books?" Joshua asks him.

"Umm actually no," Seokmin confesses.

"Why not? Didn't the others read theirs?" Joshua asks in confusion.

"They did. But I never got to." Seokmin says looking at the wall in front of him.

"Why not?" Joshua asks again.

"The story comes from my dad's side but the magic comes from my mom's side. I know it's confusing, I don't get it either. But anyway it's always the firstborn with the powers ever since back then. There was only a very few amount of times where a younger sibling got the powers or the story. Well, my brother was born first so my dad was convinced he was going to get the powers. Even my mom thought so at first." Seokmin starts explaining.

"But I knew all along it was me. I tried telling them but they wouldn't believe so I just gave up. They told my brother everything about it and how it works. Whenever they would talk about that stuff they would kick me out of the house or lock themselves in a room. I would try to listen but I couldn't hear anything." Seokmin explains.

"Then around when I was seven, they found out I had the powers. He got so angry we had a fight, then he left and that leads up to now." Seokmin says slightly wiping his eyes.

"Don't cry it wasn't your fault," Joshua says pulling him into a hug.

"But it is. I didn't hear much but one time they were talking about how this is the first time twins had been born." Seokmin says hugging Jisoo back.

"This would have happened anyway. I think it's best it happened now." Jisoo tries to comfort.

"Why do you say that?" Asks Seokmin.

"We might not have met and got to know each other," Jisoo says as he pulls away and smiles at Seokmin.

"Hey, hyungs- oh sorry to interrupt didn't know you were having an umm moment." Says Chan as he walks in.

"Oh shut up Chan," Seokmin says in embarrassment standing up.

"What is it, Chan?" Asks Jisoo also getting up.

"Seungcheol hyung has some news, and it's not good," Chan says.

"What is it?" Asks Seokmin.

"It's about your family," Chan says.