Nightmare from the Underworld ➟ H.H.J.

two days

Setting: The Natural World
⇝ The High School

7:21 am

Meet me at 7:15 plz. She looked over the text again, searching her surrounding for the boy. The early sunrise blinding her eyes, making her search harder. 

She felt arms engulf her from behind, spinning her to face him. She laughed in slight surprise. "I need a huge favour, Jaeyeon."

Hmm, she hummed, signalling him to continue.

"Become my girlfriend and run away with me, please." Her smile fell. Oh, not again. Jaeyeon's shocked eyes met Hyunjin's. She saw the desperation, the hunger but instead of swooning, her head spun. 

She was confused. Not once had she ever been left under the impression that Hyunjin cared for her more than a friend and she was sure he felt the same about her, so why.......

Why would this question be coming up? Why now? Why after only eight days of knowing the boy? It really made no sense. 

Her head hurt. 

"H-hyunjin, I can't...." She trailed off, at a loss for words. 

"Pleasssseeeeee, pretttyyy pleaseeee. You can't say no. Trust me, Jaeyeon, pleassssssseeeee." He begged, almost going to his knees. 

"I really can't. I know I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed or the most observant but I've been watching you and I don't know what to think. I've only known you for like a week and I don't know enough about you to feel comfortable doing this. You may be too much for this air head to handle." She began to walk away, feeling awkward. Who was she to be turning down so many boys?

Hyunjin sighed and held her arm, preventing her from moving away. She swiftly pulled her towards him and gently placed his lips to hers. 

They both sighed together. It's as if it was a therapeutic to them both. 

Hyunjin moved away only because he was beginning to feel the consequences of no air. "Still?" He questioned, observing the shorter girl's flushed cheeks.

"Yes, still. Where would I be if I said 'yes' to every boy just because they kissed me?"

He groaned, stomping his face. He massaged his temples with his fingers. "Okay, well, if you're not gonna let me take you away. There's a lot of things we need to talk about."

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Setting: The Underworld
⇝ Chan's Office

This time Hyunjin didn't knock. With his might, he threw the superior's door open, he didn't have time for hierarchy. 

Chan was not surprised to see the younger boy, he's been seeing more of the boy these days. Understandably, he was annoyed. 

"She's your sister's friend, isn't she?" Hyunjin interrogates rather calmly, finally had putting two and two together. 

Chan smiles. 

"Was." His smile gets brighter, crocked to one side. "I didn't expect you go this far, being a rookie and all. But, you went all out and caught feelings now all you want is to protect her. I wondered how long you'd take to find out and if you'd even believe it if you heard."

His eyebrows creased. "Find out what?" 

"Oh, you still don't know?" Chan laughed this time, rising to his feet. "The girl you're in love with killed my sister."

K-killed?

Shocked, the boy lost his words for the second time in his life. 

"Cat got your tongue?" The blonde man teased. The feeling of reverse hierarchy had vanished and Chan was in control once again. Hyunjin could feel it. 

"I don't love her." He answered to the only piece he could process. It really made no sense. 

His head hurt. 

"You don't? I find that hard to believe." Chan ushered the two to sit. They were facing each other, across a small table. "Why else would you go against me like this?"

"You, yourself, told me that the underworld is to protect the weak. The mission just seemed fishy to me; you didn't even tell me what she did. I thought she was innocent. I thought."

"Oh, it looks like you were wrong." He rose from the chair. "It seems we don't have anything else to talk about. You may go."

He watched the man's tense back and he retreated. Calling him back, he whispered, "And if you're crazy enough to still go on with any other plan you may have. You may just be a tad too late." 

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The two humans struggled. In the cold and dark room, they were gagged and bound. The two were pressed against each others attempting to undo the chains, but it was to no avail. 

Nothing they did helped their situation, in fact, it was made worse. 

Jaeyeon felt the sting on her face from all the bruises she received, but it didn't hurt more than her throat from all the useless screaming she had done. Woojin was in a similar condition, except his wounds were distributed fairly on his body. He couldn't move an inch without an ache. 

It felt as if the time -that they were not even aware of- was moving slower than snails. As they gave up fighting, all that could be heard in the room were their muffles sighs and gasps for air. They were exhausted. They wanted to know why they were being tortured like this.

Woojin's impatience boiled within him while Jaeyeon suppressed her tears, accepting their fate. 

The door creaked open and a handsome man stepped through. He smiled at the sight. "I'm so proud of myself." He walked over to the teenagers, pulling a stole and sitting to face their sides. 

"Imagine this case was given to a rookie." His voice was bitter, anyone in a 10 mile radius could detect it. "We all know this should've been given to me in the first place, right? Look at how good of a job I did." He mocked. 

He reached his hand to Jaeyeon's face, holding her chin. "No wonder he fell for you. You're so beautiful." Jaebum laughed and kicked the girl's thigh. He couldn't even see her due to the dark light, they all knew he was only teasing. 

"Say 'thank you'." He kicked her again when all he received was a scowl for the girl. He removed the gag from her mouth so that she would say it, but she refused.

She only gasped for air, before mustering breathlessly, "Why are we here?"

He sat back down, smiling once again. "Oh no, I can't ruin the surprise.  That's for tomorrow." He checked his watch. " 10:00 tomorrow morning. You guys have 11 hours. I need to go get my beauty sleep." He was suddenly frantic. 

He roughly placed the gag in her mouth and tightened all their chains. "Sleep tight."

The door shut.

Darkness, once again.