The Black Fox & The White Tiger

Black Drug

Minhyun couldn't tell since when he had gotten used to sleeping on the cold white floor. He had folded his suit and used it as a pillow. It was weird since the air was neither cold or hot, always at an optimum temperature. The Black Baekho had changed his bandage as well as gave him an injection despite his initial protests but he couldn't fight back whenever the other would bring up his Baekho. It sucked to be threatened with the life of another but Minhyun knew that was his weak point and the other would exploit it as much as he could. If only he could have fought back more, maybe.... he guessed there was no point in thinking about all these.

A knock that echoed from the other side of one of the walls made him sit up in surprise. He thought he was imagining things for awhile but it happened again. He moved closer to the source of the sound. Another knock. He recalled the person in the cell next to his was a Minhyun in a white coat. He knocked back and there was a momentary silence.

"Minhyun, right?" He heard a voice ask. His voice but it sounded more tired than his current one.

"Yes. I mean, we all kind of are Minhyun," Minhyun replied, hoping he was loud enough for the other to hear but not Baekho.

"I heard a sound from your side the other day... are you alright? " the voice asked. Minhyun looked at his bandaged hand.

"It's healing slowly," Minhyun replied.

"Huh... what did you do?"

"I broke a glass and I tried to... make Baekho let me go by pretending that I would kill myself if he didn't," Minhyun replied, somehow feeling like he didn't have to hold back while talking to the other even though he probably sounded like a lunatic. There was a dry laugh.

"Wow. You're a real hardcore version of us."

"I don't like to just sit back and do nothing. I don't get it... why don't the rest of you fight back?" Minhyun asked, realising how quiet the others were compared to him. He was probably the noisiest of the bunch.

"What do you mean...?"

"I've tried talking to Baekho. Threatening him. Yelling at him. But I've never heard the rest of you do something before."

"You don't feel... tired all the time?"

"No. I feel okay?" There was another short pause. Minhyun wondered if the others were different from him.

"I believe our water is.... drugged. I don't know about you... but ever since I've been trapped here, all I can manage is to wake up, eat and drink and the next thing I know, I'm asleep again. I didn't drink my water today as a test and I am managing to stay awake but it's really tough."

"Drugged? He drugged you guys?" The thought made Minhyun feel sick. Is that why everyone else looked dead asleep whenever he walked by to go toilet? Did the rest even go toilet? "But... why am I not affected then?"

"I don't know... Maybe it was something you told him before." Minhyun could only think of the injection from earlier.

"I told him I had allergies before," he blurted out.

"Ah... then... he probably got scared, not knowing what the effects of the drugs on you would be like." Minhyun couldn't believe his ears. As if kidnapping them wasn't enough, he was even keeping the rest sedated? He was lucky to have just said that out at the spur of the moment or else he would be just like the rest of them? He couldn't imagine what it would be like, having no willpower or strength to even fight back. "I'm really... thirsty though.... Sorry for cutting our conversation short. If I fall asleep, then you'll know that... the water is the cause."

Minhyun wanted to stop the other but he knew dying from dehydration would probably be a terrible way to die. Falling asleep would be better than suffering, he supposed. He sighed and wished there was some way to make it stop. His thoughts went to Baekho, his darling sweet Baekho. He wanted to see him again. He hugged his legs close to his body. He waited a long while before trying to talk to the other Minhyun again but there was no response. He felt angry again but even he had his limits. Anger was tiring to deal with and right now, all he wanted was warmth that only one Baekho could give him. He wished he could see him again.

He looked beyond the blue wall. There had to be some way to hit the switch from here. Even if the other Minhyuns can't help him, he had to help himself and maybe help them later. He pushed himself up, walking to the other side where the button to open his cell was. He felt around the wall. Maybe there was a way to destroy it. He wasn't well versed with technology but it was better than just sitting around and doing nothing again. He tapped the wall to find for a hollow echo but everything sounded alike.

"What are you doing?" He heard Baekho's voice and turned to see the male himself standing beside him on the other side of the wall. He frowned at the other.

"You... You're crazy. How could you drug them?" Minhyun asked.

"How did you find out?"

"Does that matter? You're practically treating all of them... all of us like pets to look at!" Minhyun found himself snapping at the other as he stood up. Baekho glared at Minhyun.

"So what? None of you have died yet."

"So what?! Are you saying you'll only let us go if one of us dies?"

"No. I'm just saying I'm taking proper care of all of you."

"Prop- drugging them isn't proper care!"

"At least they won't harm themselves like you did." Minhyun flinched and stepped back. So it's his fault? The reason the rest had to stay sedated was because of him? "You're the only one that I can't keep under control... but the rest, I can and so it shall stay that way."