[COMPLETED] In which 10 dojo trainees compete in Asia's biggest martial arts tournament for a $500,000 cash prize...
「 ROMCOM • DRAMA • ANGST • ACTION • FLUFF 」
- VINTAGE VIDEO GAMES & CHINESE AESTHETIC.
- SET IN CHINA, YEAR 2000. 🉐
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It's... An alleyway. Just a long, ordinary alleyway with some old graffiti and a pink flickering neon sign that says "Poison" in Chinese.
Taehyung exits the telephone box after a phone call and grabs my wrist, pulling my hoodie over my eyes as we walk towards the alleyway. "Keep this up at all times."
"Why?"
"Shush."
"Don't shush me—"
He blocks me with a serious expression and holds a finger to his lips, then leads me to a rusty looking door before knocking a distinctive sequence. The bouncer's scary eyes appear through a small rectangular window and I feel my heart fasten despite staring only at my feet. With a low grumble, he unhooks each lock and lets us in.
The first thing I notice as we walk down the staircase is the underlining stench of sweat and cigarettes. The further we proceed, the fiercer clouded screams grow, but the red lights that flushed us are left behind when we enter a room that's too dark and crowded to see a thing.
"Here." Taehyung leads me up some metal spiral stairs. Before I know it, we're on a balcony. People on our right lean over the rails and chant excitedly while some even sit on it and dangle their feet. The misty screams and chants from before now hit my ears more vividly... As if we'd just overcome a cloud.
"What are we doing up here?"
Taehyung finds a space and leans his arms against the railing before pointing down. With furrowed brows, I do the same.
Whoa...
Immediately do my eyes and face reflect the pink and green neon lights. I look down to witness hundreds of roaring men formed in a ring around the stage, the majority being tanned and sweaty bikers with silver teeth or bandanas waving their dollars aggressively.
The two men brawling in the center contrast each other completely. The one being pinned to the floor is your average Joe, but the muscular one kneeling on his spine wears a pink, leopard print unitard and chain. His face is honestly so filled with knots it's hard to see his eyes, his dark and curly hair hanging at his shoulders.
Also, he's the hugest man I've ever seen. No joke, at least 7 feet. Some serious steroids.
"Hugo crush!" He flings the man behind his neck, hooks two arms around him and snaps his spine. I gasp and cover my mouth from the loud crunch while Taehyung just watches casually.
