our fault || sope

two

.

"...w-what?" hoseok asked in disbelief, his arms starting to hurt from the tight grip of the guys.

"i don't want to do this but the guys across town leave me no other choice. you need to leave, for your own good, i'm sorry," the pain in his voice was there. hoseok had no doubt that there was emotion in that voice, but his face wasn't showing it.

"they're making me do this. your salary is raising at a horrendous rate and i just can't afford to keep you here anymore," the man made himself come closer to hoseok. "...please don't make me..."

"...i-i... don't take the money...why...d-did it increase?" hoseok was on the verge of tears, fearing being killed for sometimes as simple as money.

"i give your salary to the market we sell to. they demand a higher pay since you're the best worker here. you're trying your hardest, i don't want this to happen but i have no other choice."

"why do they want more? it doesn't make sense anymore; they get us to do their dirty work for them and we have to pay them? it just...doesn't make any sense!" hoseok increased his voice slightly to not get in trouble, but what point would that make, he's being kicked out anyway, whether he likes it or not.

"i would not complain if i was you...just look at me..." the man held his arms out, his shirt was white and the light behind him exposed his real body figure. the xs shirt was double his size, making him extremely skinny, far behind from being healthy. and comparing him to hoseok, hoseok almost seemed large; he was much larger than the man and hoseok's healthy. hoseok stopped struggling and just breathed in his disgust to calm down.

the man brought down his arms quickly to hide in his shell once again. he never wanted to expose what he's been hiding in order for others to live good. he's been giving away his own dinner for hoseok and the other workers to eat good. if one of them didn't eat or wasn't hungry, he would save it for them. he knew that it was dangerous but what they were doing for him is much more brave. he felt like he had no other choice.

"i took this in just so you and your other siblings can have a decent life. i know it isn't the best but i try my hardest to get us money. i want you to understand...ever since i started raising you at a very young age, i knew i wanted to give you the very best even if it brought hell to me. me not eating is not your fault...it's me thinking that i have to do it in order for me to show my love for you." the man came closer to hoseok and hugged him, even if it was for the last time.

hoseok started to feel wet drops on his shoulder, assuming that the man was crying, hoseok started to realize something he has never seen the man express some type of emotion. he has never seen the man cry, smile, laugh, or even get angry and now...he's crying. it's almost like something was cracked open and finally was able to escape. it was amazing to see something so tough, break down in front of a young boy.

it all happened in a flash, first hoseok started seeing white and then he fell fast asleep. then he suddenly woke up on a metal table with straps all over his body and cords connected to his head. this was the moment when hoseok knew everything would change for the worst. the man wasn't there.

that man wasn't just a male to hoseok. he was the only father figure to him, raising him at a very young age. he was only seven when he started raising baby hoseok. of course, he isn't the biological or adoptive father, he's just someone who cared for him and he started working the business at the tender age of sixteen.

what that man does isn't human at all. he gets workers to get victims to the building and he ends their perfect life to sell their organs to a specific online market. hoseok is one of those workers.

next thing hoseok knew, he was strapped on a metal table, getting ready for his little bit of human in him to get stripped away from him. there were cords connected to his head, arms, and legs.

the man was pulled off of him by the owner of the market and he was taken to a room. hoseok doesn't know what happened after that, all he heard was screams and yells from the both of them. and now the man is being punished for not dealing with hoseok earlier. now hoseok has to go through the experiment without his only trusted adult.

"it might hurt," the manager said. hoseok let his last tear run down his face before the electricity ran through his veins and brain. his skin felt like it was being ripped apart from the strength of the shocks. his blood vessels felt like they became even smaller and ran quickly through his veins at light speed. once the shock stopped, hoseok felt nothing. the pain was too much that it felt numb. so this is what he went through.

.