House Of Cards || NCT Mafia

Chapter eight : Let the game begin

"Lee Jeno ?" asked Chaewon, frowning.

"Boxing ?" asked Iseul at the same time.

"Yes", simply answered the teacher. "You'll join the club for today, right after this class, just like everyone else will join their own activities."

Iseul just nodded and the professor went back to the front of the class, waiting for the late students to get in.

"I can't believe it", whispered Chaewon to her friend.

"Me neither..." sighed back Iseul.

"You are one lucky girl, I swear !"

Iseul frowned, confused.

"Wait, what are you talking about ?"

Chaewon took a deep breath, rolling her eyes at her oblivious seatmate.

"You're gonna get to spend the day with the Lee Jeno."

As she got absolutely no reaction from Iseul, she decided to explain herself.

"Of course you have no idea who that is, do you ? I don't even know why I'm surprised anymore. Anyways, Lee Jeno is the popular guy from the sports' course." 

"The sports' course ? You mean the one on our campus ?"

The girls' campus was divided in three branches teaching specialized courses. There was the law course, in which they were in along with Jaemin, the art one and the sports one.

"Yeah, he's so handsome" said Chaewon with stars in her eyes. "You really never saw him on campus before ? All the girls are over him, as well as a few guys. He Always hangs out with a group of boys, all super good-looking of course, and one of them's Jaemin."

At the mention of her coworker's name, Iseul tilted her head. 

"He's one of Jaemin's friends ?"

"He's Jaemin's brother, sweetie."

Iseul widened her eyes, and looked in the boy's direction. But he was nowhere to be seen. He's probably late again, I hope his brother has a better sense of punctuality, she thought.

Truth was, Jaemin was actually laying on a cold metal bed, in their house's medical room. He and Renjun actually got hurt when they were out on their last mission, and even though the latest quickly recovered, it wasn't the case for him. 

"I can't believe you were stupid enough to get stabbed" sighed Haechan while assisting Doyoung who was treating his wounds.

Jaemin hissed.

"Shut up, Donghyuck."

"Stop moving around, or else I'll end up stabbing you too by accident" said Doyoung.

After a few minutes, Doyoung was able to completely treat all of Jaemin's wounds, but recommended him to stay home for a quicker full recovery.

Leaving the room, Haechan noticed the sulky look on his brother's face.

"What's wrong ? You should be happy, you have an actual excuse to miss school ! I'm not that lucky..."

"Exactly!" exclaimed Jaemin. "I don't want to miss school..."

Haechan looked at him like he was some kind of alien coming from one of Renjun's books.

"Why not ?"

"It's Discover a new activity Day !"

"Oh shoot, you're right ! I was designated to be the one in charge for our Vocal class today, I completely forgot ! Miss Kim is going to kill me !"

Jaemin chuckled.

"I think your bigger worry should be Taeyong-hyung if he finds out you've been suspended once again."

Haechan turned pale imagining what the leader would do to him.

"I really have to go now if I don't want to be late ! See you tonight Jaemin !"

And like that, the boy rushed out of the room, like he had the devil on his tail. Which would probably be Taeyong if Haechan wasn't on time for his Vocal class. 

Speaking of the mafia leader, he was pacing back and forth like a lion in a cage in front of Taeil's office. He didn't want to rush his elder, but he really needed those documents. It had been three days, and Taeil told him it was only a matter of hours now.

"Taeyong-hyung ? Is everything alright ?"

The leader raised his head at the sound of the voice. It the dark corridor, he seemed even worse than by daylight. His hollow cheeks were aggravated by the poor lightning, and it didn't make his complexion any better either. No, he was definitely not alright.

"Yes, Jungwoo, I'm fine. Just waiting for Taeil. Did you want something ?"

The youngest nodded.

"I did what you told me."

For the first time in a while, Taeyong's eyes sparkled. Jungwoo was one of the double agents, and pretty damn good at his job, that is. He was made for it, really. No one would ever suspect this cute and pure looking guy to be working for a mafia, so everyone spilled him their darkest and deepest secrets.

"And...?"

"You were right. It's her." 

At the same time, Taeil's door opened, revealing the hacker.

"Guys, I got it."

He steeped back a little, allowing Jungwoo and Taeyong to get in. The latest didn't even notice Taeil's appearance, but it wasn't the case of the youngest. His heart clenched when he saw that Taeil had dark circles under his eyes that were bloodshot. His clothes were wrinkled, and he looked so tired he could sleep for twenty-four hours straight.

Taeyong took a seat in front of Taeil's computers and observed what was on the screen, while the other two remained silent on the couch behind him.

When he looked back at them, he had that crazy look in his eyes. Like a wolf starring at his prey. Like a mad man about to create chaos.

"Let the game begin"

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