hotel | nct

ten :

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10:31
location : front of the hotel
people : yanmei, taeyong, winwin
event : target practice

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seoul stands in the second doorway of the building while rome and i approach him, "what are we doing here? we're not going outside, right?" i ask rome.

he shakes his head, "nope, i wouldn't do that to you. hang tight for a second." he grabs a poster and runs out. i watch him run to a pallet of wood and hang the poster with his knife. then, rome runs back to me. "do you know how to shoot?"

"does heroin count?" i ask.

seoul starts laughing while rome slams his hand on his face, "that was hilarious!" seoul continues laughing.

"i'm going to pretend she didn't say that," rome says to seoul while shaking his head before reaching behind his back and taking his gun out from his waistband. "we're going to teach you how to shoot a handgun. i like using a forty-five but i typically use my sniper rifle."

"nine millimeter is my personal favorite," seoul says while taking his gun out.

"you're joking, right?" i turn to seoul and ask.

this is going to be interesting...

"hm?" rome tilts his head in confusion.

"no, i'm not joking at all." seoul answers. i laugh before swiping rome's gun into my right hand. i turn the safety off and take my arm out of its sling. i aim at the poster and pull the trigger twice, hitting the center area both times. "woah."

i immediately wince and hold my shoulder with my left hand, "hey, you okay?" rome asks.

i nod my head, "yea, i'm okay rome. it still hurts like hell." i hand him his gun, "did i not tell you guys that i have an armory downstairs?" i ask them while putting my arm back in the sling.

"what? you have an armory?" seoul asks. "no way."

"grab your knife and i'll show you it," i say. rome does so and we walk to the elevator. i press the "down" button and we wait for the doors to slide open.

the doors open and reveal macau and brazil, "there you guys are. we were wondering where you were," brazil says as we step into the cage.

"what about me? am i just chopped liver?" i ask them. the doors slide together again.

"yes," macau answers and i roll my eyes. "you know i'm joking."

"okay, you two are coming with us," i say. then i open a panel and press a button labeled "basement". the cage immediately starts moving down.

"yanmei, where are we going?" brazil asks. i put my index finger as a motion for him to wait. the cage reaches its destination and the doors open, only to reveal darkness. the five of us step out and i flip a switch that's above the elevator button. the lights flicker on to reveal the armory; the armory that i hasn't been touched for two years. "woah."

"you have an armory?" macau questions. "we need to tell the guys about this."

the four walk around and start to examine everything. "did you collect all of this yanmei?" brazil asks me and looks at me while holding an assault rifle.

i shake my head, "that's a definite no. my brothers were the ones who found all of these. my oldest brother, yanzhu, he taught me how to shoot. but i absolutely hate weapons, kind of the reason why there's a rule in place."

"but you literally use weapons and save people's lives with them," macau comments.

"but she uses them with a purpose that isn't murder," rome replies and macau uses facial expressions to agree.