ink • soonhoon (completed)

• eight •

"i'm glad you're not dead." the cafe owner said with an exhale and jihoon was very confused.

"thank you..?" jihoon replied and the guy smiled, jihoon felt his heart skip a beat.

"i haven't seen you in a while i was worried heh," soonyoung said as he scratched the back of his head and smiled. jihoon grinned a bit.

"hey can i ask .. what's your name?" soonyoung asked and jihoon fiddled with his hands for a second.

"jihoon. lee jihoon," jihoon answered and soonyoung's face lit up again.

"can i have your num-"

"jihoon! our drinks are here!" wonwoo chimed in from their table and jihoon nodded his head.

jihoon grinned at soonyoung the smallest amount before walking over to wonwoo. as soon as he got close to the table wonwoo began asking an extreme amount of questions that were all extremely nosy. jihoon knew they were because he was worried but jihoon also wanted wonwoo to just mind his own business.

"dude you smiled at him.. i've seen you smile once! and that was the one time!" wonwoo said as he held his mug in his hand hard enough to crush it. jihoon just fiddled and picked at his fingers as he listened, as much as he wanted to give wonwoo a flat answer about what was going on jihoon didn't know himself.

"jihoon? aw man.. i'm sorry if i was too harsh im just worried.. do you wanna go back?" wonwoo asked and jihoon nodded. wonwoo felt horrible, he didn't mean to upset jihoon.

wonwoo nodded and reached into his pocket for the car keys when he was reminded of the letter. wonwoo thought of telling jihoon for a second but dismissed the idea quickly, it would only worry him more. wonwoo quickly put on a happy face as the two left the cafe.

soonyoung stood at the counter as he grumbled to himself, who was that guy with jihoon? did he have a boyfriend? soonyoung barely knew jihoon but he found himself thinking about him, it was truly ridiculous. he didn't know why jihoon was so cold but nonetheless he was willing to stick around until he warmed up.

as wonwoo and jihoon sat in the car jihoon could tell something was off, the air was full of tension. wonwoo looked very concentrated as he drove which was odd because he was usually relaxed and he had a disgruntled look on his face. jihoon knew something was up but he was afraid to ask and find out something he didn't want to know. jihoon let out a sigh and looked to wonwoo, he decided to ask.

"why are you so tense?" jihoon asked and wonwoo tried to play it off as if he hadn't been stressing over the letter.

"huh? what do you-"

"what are you hiding?" jihoon said and wonwoo felt himself get nervous. he didn't want to tell jihoon about the letter but now he had no choice, he was a horrible liar.

"when we were at your place i found something." wonwoo said as he began to pull to the side of the road, he couldn't trust himself to drive and show jihoon the letter. he wasn't sure what reaction he would get.

"it's a letter. i haven't opened it and it's addressed to you.." wonwoo said and he took the envelope out of his pocket and handed it to jihoon.

jihoon took the envelope into his hands and he felt his heart speed up and his palms get sweaty, he hoped it wasn't from him. jihoon opened it and took out the paper that was inside. the writing was neat and in black ink but signed with red ink. jihoon's eyes scanned across the paper and he nearly dropped it as he read the words on the page.

jihoon you're truly an idiot for thinking you could get away. i truly feel bad for what will happen to you once i get you back, im afraid you won't like it. despite your resistance from our last encounter i found your body rather pleasing so i kept you around and now you have the audacity to run away, how rude. if you want to make this simple turn yourself in. if you want to make this difficult i will kill anyone in my way to you. your choice.

-choi seungcheol

jihoon dropped his head and felt tears run down his cheeks, he felt as if he was reliving it all over again. wonwoo didn't know what was on the paper but he could tell it wasn't good. wonwoo peeked over and read it as jihoon's hands trembled. wonwoo placed a hand on jihoon's back and jihoon let out a sob.

"l-let him take m-me." jihoon said and wonwoo felt himself get furious.

"never." wonwoo said and jihoon looked to him with tears still streaming down his face. wonwoo wiped the tears away.

"we won't ever let him take you or hurt anyone special to you, got it?" wonwoo asked and jihoon bit down on his lower lip and nodded slowly.

"let's get back to mingyu and show him this."

• author's notes •

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-lilly