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it didn't take long before mingi caught up to yeosang, the poor boy was slumped against the tree, nursing his wounds or at least he was trying to
"aw, little kitty." he clicks his tongue and yeosang felt his heart stop
"thought you could get away that easily?" mingi bends down in front of him, he can barely recognize his brother-in-law, just hours ago he was glowing like an angel and now he looked like absolute roadkill
"did you really think you could get away that easily?" mingi cups his chin, making the younger look at him with cold, dead eyes
"no, i don't think so." his hold had become stronger
"i thought you were smart but not smart enough," he twists his head to make him see the trail of blood that he had left behind "you basically lead me to you." mingi chuckles, letting go of his chin
"you don't want to kill me, mingi." yeosang tries to get into his head "your husband seemed to adore me, he'd be so hurt if he sees his little baby brother stoop down to a pool of depression all because you killed me." he smiles weakly
"sure, yunho might get upset, san would have a downward spiral," yeosang swallows a lump in his throat as mingi cocks his gun
"but at least they'd be alive, san can find himself another boyfriend or girlfriend, he can have anyone he wants." he digs his palm into yeosang's injured knee which caused him to kick and hiss in pain
"and yeosang, i can't let my family die because of you." he puts the gun underneath yeosang's jaw, making him shiver at the cold metal digging into his delicate skin
"mingi, please, this is insane." yeosang pleads, looking deep into his eyes, he can sense that deep down mingi was dragged into this since he married into the family
"no one is going to die, everything is bullshit mingi, so please," yeosang's voice cracks as he wrapped a hand around his wrist
"yeosang, i know what you're trying to do but has it ever occurred to you, through the night that if anyone would want to save you, it'd be san or wooyoung because i certainly don't know where that little shit sides." mingi smiles sweetly at him before pistol-whipping the already injured boy, knocking him out like a light before carrying his incapacitated body in his arms.
san finally woke up, arms and neck sore from the position "h-hyung?" he blinks a couple of times as he tries to figure out who was in front of him
"it's seonghwa hyung, honey." san lets out a sigh of relief when seonghwa frees him from his restraints before sitting in front of him
"where's yeosang?" san asks, he needed to know if he's okay, if he's escaped "he's out of action, that's for sure." seonghwa says cooly "no, no he's not." san shakes his head, refusing to listen "oh, bub, he's not dead, at least not yet."
"the thing is, i like him san, i like him for you." seonghwa admits, he saw so much of himself in the young boy "i didn't want to do this but we have to protect the family." san couldn't look at seonghwa, tears blurring his vision "hongjoong just wants to protect all of you." he reasons out but san wasn't having it
"if he dies, i'll kill you, all of you." san promises "even me, little san?" seonghwa pouts and san nods, he loved yeosang with all his heart and he can't let him die, they had so much plans for their future and he couldn't let his family take it away
"do you actually believe in this shit hyung?" san questions, it made seonghwa wonder for a bit, in all honesty, he didn't know what to believe anymore
"well, all i can say is that if you didn't believe it then you wouldn't have let him draw a card at all." san hated that seonghwa had a point, but at the same time, he didn't want to risk it and end up dead, he didn't want yeosang to end up dead
"why did you leave, san?" seonghwa asks making san scoff "who would have want to be part of a family who made me slice the throat of a goat, when i came to my senses, it occurred to me that this shit was not normal," seonghwa moves closer to him, raking his fingers through his matted hair
"but hyung, what scared me the most is that it all felt normal." that answer surprised seonghwa, he always knew how san detested their ways but he knew that deep down inside san would do everything his family would ask him to do
"but when i met yeosang, god, he's the light of my life, he's nothing like all of you." he visualizes the day he met yeosang, he can never forget the smile that he showed him when he gave him his order, he can never forget how soothing his voice was that day when he introduced himself
"he's good and he made me feel like i still had the chance to also be a good person but if i come down to choosing, it's always going to be him."
san sniffles and this was a stab to seonghwa's heart, seonghwa had always seen san not just as a brother, but as his own son, he was always close with him up to the point where he left, he picked him up from school everyday, made him lunches, he was san's go-to person
"i don't believe you san," seonghwa shakes his head, eyes dark and steely "i don't believe that a boy you've only known for 2 years knows you better than us, better than me." the tears falling from san's eyes were enough answers for seonghwa
"pull yourself together, the ritual is about to start." he hastily gets out of the room, slamming the door as he marches down the hallway, the taste of disdain contaminating his system, who was yeosang to take their san away, who was he that he can change san like that in such a short amount of time.
