𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐲 | 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨

12

I can feel my heartbeat getting louder and louder as I wait for things to happen. For the second time today, I clasped my hands together and prayed fervently.

God, spare us please.

I feel helpless right now and the only thing I can do is trust Yoshinori's words and wait for the boys to come. I hope they arrive first before the bad guys. Because if the bad guys did, then I know that I wouldn't see another day.

But I don't want that to happen. I still have a lot of dreams. I have a lot of questions left unanswered. I still have a lot of feelings to sort out. My life is still a mess so I can't die just yet. I'm still young.

I was startled when I heard cars arriving. My hands started trembling once more. Sweat beads start to form on my forehead. I had to cover my mouth so that my sobs won't be heard. They're here.

The bad guys are here.

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I heard thrashing outside along with shouting. I know everything outside this room is a mess right now.

"Where are they hiding? Where are those kids?" A booming voice yelled, anger evident in his voice. It's weird because the voice sounded so familiar to me. It's as if I know whose voice it belongs to. But maybe I'm just imagining things right now.

"I think they're not here." Another voice chimed in. "We've searched the whole house but there are no traces of Treasure."

"Damn it!" His scream was so loud. It was also frightening. The way he sounded so familiar was not helping either. Something about the person's voice triggers something in me. I don't exactly know how and why. I just... I just fear whoever that is.

"Are you sure you've searched this whole place?" He asked the other person again. Maybe he's their boss. I wouldn't be shocked if he is. The commanding tone in his voice says it all. I am the boss.

"Yes boss, they are not here."

Another frightening scream was heard, followed by a booming laughter. He's scary, he's evil. I bit the insides of my cheeks to prevent me from sobbing. I can't let them hear me because if they did, that will be my end.

"The girl? How about the girl? You told me that she was shot right? If she is, that means she's here somewhere. They can't bring her around. I just know they're hiding her here. We must find her and make her our bait."

"Boss, we've searched everywhere but there is no one here in this house right now. I think they knew we are coming."

"I don't think we've searched the whole house just yet," I heard things crash to the floor. Glass shattering can be heard. "Treasure must have hidden her somewhere... somewhere we couldn't see."

He began whistling. I hate it. I hate how it sounded so scary, so maniac. Whoever that person is, I know that he's a devil. He's someone who wouldn't hesitate to kill. He's someone without conscience.

"Look at this vase, this is so beautiful." A sinister laugh can be heard once more. Shit. This is it, I think this is where it all ends. "That Kanemoto boy has an eye for beauty. Too bad he's only seen the worst of everything. I can still clearly remember how he looked when I killed his father right before his eyes. He was pleading so hard for me not to shoot his father's guts. But I think I must have heard him wrong. I thought I heard him say shoot him so I did."

I felt sick. He's horrible. He's the reason why Yoshinori's miserable. How the boys became like this. He caused them all to turn into monsters.

"He wouldn't mind if I take this beautiful vase, wouldn't he?" Oh shit, this is it. I'm about to face the devil himself. I guess this is the end of my messy life. I didn't even get to say goodbye to Mina. I didn't even have the chance to explain everything to her.

"Keep your hands off my vase, you f*cker." I gasped. Yoshinori. He's here. They're finally here.

"Well finally you kids are here. We waited for so long. We have thrashed this whole place but you weren't around."

"What do you want?" Hyunsuk sunbae asked. This is the first time I heard him like this. He sounded so emotionless but scary at the same time. "Hurry up because we don't have time for games."

"Don't be impatient, Choi. We don't want to end this quick. We want to play around first."

"You do realize that you're still inside our territory right?" Haruto spoke. I know Haruto is known to be cold but there is something different in his tone. He isn't scared.

"So?" The boss asked in a joking manner. "Should we be scared now? You're still a bunch of little kids. To be honest, I'm actually quite impressed with how you managed to stay alive after these years. You should all be dead by now."

I heard Yoshinori snicker but there was no humor in it.

"Your men are weak. If they aren't we should really be dead right now. But guess what? They can't even hurt us."

"Oh really, you think physical harm is the only thing we can give you?" Their boss said. "Actually, that's not our plan. Our plan is too hurt you emotionally. You wanna know how we'll do it? We'll hurt the people you care for. Yoshinori, do you remember how your father died? Remember how helpless he was when I ki---"

"Shut up!" I heard Asahi yell. Asahi, his voice sounds deadly. "Let's end this right now."

Suddenly, loud gunshots were heard and I couldn't help but scream in terror. I couldn't do anything but to pray that no one from the boys get hurt.

"Just surrender, Lee Minhyung. This is the end of everything." I heard Jihoon say.

Lee Minhyung. What the hell. No, this isn't happening. It can't be. There's no way he's that person. I refuse to believe this.

I bravely pushed the golden vase to the side to reveal myself. Yoshinori locked eyes with me. He looked so hurt, bruises filled his body. Concern filled his eyes. Why did you go out? It's like he's talking to me. But that isn't my concern right now.

I averted my gaze to the boss they refer to. Suddenly, my whole world came crashing down.

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"Dad?"

That was the last thing I was able to say before the room was filled with gas and the next thing I knew, I was the only one left with Treasure looking at me with questioning eyes.