TRUST || STRAY KIDS

PART II - ORIGINAL PLAN

Shuffling cards. Betting coins. Glancing around. She's familiar with the scene before her. However, she couldn't shake the uncomfortable feelings behind her head, telling something wrong with this game. Even though she probably has the highest cards on table, still she felt something will go wrong any second.

"All in," the boy across her smirked and gave all his coins to the pot in the middle of the table.

"Forget it. Call," she sighed, leaning back to her seat. The boy flipped his card opened, revealing a spade ace and king. Combining with the cards in front of him, he has a royal flush. However, she's not impressed in a slightest. "You're a con man, right?"

"Oh? Did you see what I did?" he looked pretty interested.

"Nah," she shook her head. "Just got the feeling."

"You got a good sense there," he complimented.

"I'm out," she rolled her eyes and went to the couch, joining Chang Kyun who's leisurely eating snacks. "I don't like this kind of game."

"You know, there's no honesty in this kind of game," he stood up and sat beside her. "You got lucky if you win by playing honestly."

"Aren't you too young to be a con man?" she eyed him, scanning his appearance.

"Is there a minimum age to be a con man?" he retorted back with his signature smile. While she only returned him with an annoyed eye roll.

"That's enough, Seung Min," Chang Bin giggled and brought more snacks to the coffee table. "She's still new to the real world of poker." Seung Min just snickered before picking some new brought snacks on the table. "Anyway, the others are going here in a few minutes. You should wait a little bit."

She glanced at the boy, who she once knew as the study bug in campus. Didn't know that deep down he's actually mastered in gambling. Though she hasn't seen him in action, but Seung Min saw him played once. Win the game gracefully, he added. Huh, who knew people has a totally different side to them? Just like her stepmother.

She sighed silently and rested her head on the sofa, trying to recall why did she agreed on joining the team. She wouldn't even step her foot in this house if her stepmother didn't call her about the loan shark coming to their house, trashing everything they could find. She was beyond baffled that her stepmother has a high debt to them, who knows what she used it for. Loud screeching voices thrown at her once she arrived on her house, blaming everything was because she never lent money to her. She tried to counter her by saying she would send the money if she knew what her stepmother used it for. But she just continued on blaming her and cussed at her for hiding her true intentions. Maybe it was better for her to die in that car accident with her father rather than survived with just some light scratches.

"We're back. The classes ended longer than usual," one of the guys exclaimed after shutting the door behind them shut. She glanced and saw three tall guys walking towards them, laughing and chattering with each other. "Oh? New recruits?"

"Took you long enough," Seung Min chirped, eyeing them sitting before them.

"Since all of us are here, we should do some introduction before cutting to the case," Chang Bin suggested. The others agreed by nodding their heads silently.

"Johnny. Johnny Suh," the brown-haired guy smirked, crossing his leg leisurely. He could be a model if he wants to. "A dealer."

"Lee Min Ho," the guy who talked when they arrived raised his left hand, showing it's his turn to talk.

"Jae Hyun. Jung Jae Hyun," the last guy introduced. Well, these guys could be a runway model. Not to mention Jae Hyun and Johnny who have long legs. Entertainment industry must be searching for them right now. Sadly, they chose this path.