Boys Over Flowers: How It Should Have Ended Part3 (The Return)

Chapter 24 (Bonus Chapter): The Heist

At first, Ji Hoo was worried his boot would be an impediment to all the 'fun' they were supposed to have that night. It turned out that Yi Jung was right – no one seemed to care that he had a cane, let alone looked at his feet. Every club the three of them went to, throngs of girls swarmed around them. It was a good thing Yi Jung booked private rooms where the three of them could eat, drink, and play in peace. One of the rooms had a pool table, another a wall full of video games, and another a karaoke machine. There was even a room with a fully stocked bar, complete with a private bartender. Ji Hoo wondered why they didn't just go to their man cave, because it certainly had all these things, but Yi Jung insisted on going out. They never took their jackets off, though, so if Yi Jung had planned to parade them to all these classy places wearing the shirts, he was sorely disappointed.

A girl wearing a short red skirt and white button-up shirt entered the room. "Drinks?" she asked.

Yi Jung shook his head. "We're about to leave soon."

Ji Hoo couldn't even remember how many clubs they had been to that evening. Six? Seven? Did it matter? He and Woo Bin were engaged in a fierce battle of Mortal Kombat on one of the machines in the room. He had already lost twice.

"Boom! Three in a row for me!" Woo Bin exclaimed, giving Yi Jung a high five. Ji Hoo scooted over as Yi Jung took his place. It was fun hanging out with the boys, doing things they used to do in high school. But something was missing.

He missed Jan Di.

"Undefeated champ!" Woo Bin shouted.

"It's time to go anyway," Yi Jung said.

"Where to, next?" Ji Hoo asked as Woo Bin helped him up. He had been sitting a lot so his foot hadn't been bothering him much.

Yi Jung checked his watch. "Do you guys mind if we stop by somewhere before we go to the next club?"

Ji Hoo and Woo Bin shook their heads. The truth was, Ji Hoo was pretty clubbed out so he wouldn't mind a break from it. He had also had one too many drinks and was feeling quite light-headed. It had been so long since he had this much alcohol in his system. From the looks of them, Woo Bin and Yi Jung were both pretty tipsy, too.

The boys got into the waiting car, and, after half an hour, arrived at their destination.

The grounds were lit up – a row of light posts illuminated the driveway. The massive, two-story house itself was dark, giving the impression that no one was home. Ji Hoo wasn't paying attention outside so he had no clue where they were.

(Later on, Ji Hoo would realize that if even one of them had a clear head that night, the events that followed wouldn't have transpired the way it did. As it was, they were all feeling giddy, positive, and definitely lacked proper judgment and common sense when they went into the house.)

"Young master, should I wait for you?" the driver, an old man who has worked for Woo Bin's family for almost as long as Woo Bin has been alive, asked.

Woo Bin turned to ask Yi Jung, but Yi Jung was already walking towards the front door.

"We'll call you when we're ready to leave," Woo Bin said, and the driver nodded and then left.

"Where are your guards?" Ji Hoo asked as they walked to where Yi Jung was.

"Look around. We're in the middle of nowhere and there's no one here. I don't think anyone's going to try to kill or kidnap us here." Woo Bin swayed a little. He was starting to regret that shot of soju he swallowed before he got out of the car. "Why are we here, again?"

"I need to pick something up," Yi Jung answered. He tried the doorknob but it was locked. He turned to the two boys. "My father took one of my masterpieces and I need help picking it up. It's pretty heavy."