The Arrangement

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Word Count-  2271

Everybody stay safe!

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 Hyunjin walked in the long never-ending hallway of Lily's Hub with a numb mind. It was all too familiar. The red halls, carpeted floor with yellow lamps on the walls. The faint and fake lavender smell along with the soft music that played through the speakers fixed into the corners. The pyjamas he was wearing contrasted the place. He did not had time to wear anything else while running away from everyone. If it weren't for Minhyuk's men standing and waiting for him at the entrance, the guards must have stopped him outside only.

The boy has been in the place before as well. It was a dinner party with Chan's family. Now, he was here for Minhyuk. He had been successful in escaping his home without anyone knowing. He had to. He can't risk his friends' lives anymore. He felt like it was his responsibility to get it back to when everything was good and he was going to do anything he can to pay off for their pain. So, that he can ask them for their forgiveness.

Hyunjin did not even dare look up from the ground, feeling as if he had done something so terrible that he should not be even allowed to look anywhere else. He felt tired of the reality. He just wanted to run away and never come back to this hell hole. Even his face had lost all its shine and glamour, his eyes were painfully red with dark circles surrounding them. His steps were wobbly and unstable but he managed to make his way along with the built-up man he was following that would lead him to Minhyuk. There was no sign of hope and happiness left. It was all just gloomy.

Hyunjin clearly remembers walking in such hallways before he got married to Chan. Oh, how scared he used to be. His limbs used to shake with every step, his insides screamed for someone to help him while he thought about just what Minhyuk was going to do to him. It was never good, hell he doesn't even want to think about Minhyuk's disgusting touches and words. Even now It was all too painful for him.

He knows he should not be here, but his guilt and regrets were eating up his soul to the core. His mind has already made up with the fact that he deserves whatever was being done to him. He felt like he can actually help everyone else for once in his lifetime and finish the shadow of Sakura Group from their lives. His loved ones have suffered enough for him. He wasn't going to let them get hurt anymore.

People passing by him looked at him in disgust as if he was a terrorist. Maybe, he was because he definitely felt like one. It was just too hard to carry all this guilt of ruining everyone's lives. He had to do something about it. That's why he had come to the lion's den today, thinking this is what he gets for hurting everyone.

"Go inside." The built-up man said after they stopped in front of a brown door. Hyunjin did not reply at all. He knew all the process. He remembers looking up at the same man more than a month ago for help. But he was totally ignored, as if he wasn't even a human. The man turned the door knob with his muscular arm and opened the door for him.

Hyunjin almost gagged at the rose scent that came with it. It was all the exact same. He internally laughed at himself for thinking everything was going to be over. Such a naïve thought. His feet stammered as he slowly walked inside the room, his head still refusing to look up from the ground.
"He's here." Minhyuk's voice filled his ears. He almost shivered at the sound, his insides crumbling down once again. However, he shushed himself in the very next second, thinking that he deserved this. This is what he gets for causing pain to his friends, family and most importantly to Chan.

Hyunjin realized that there were few more people in the room, how many, he didn't know. They were just there to laugh at his pathetic state. Before he could turn his head to look up and see who it saw, his eyes were blindfolded and his arms were twisted painfully behind his back. He felt someone kicking his knee before he fell down on the ground on his knees as his wrists were tied with a rope.