sky lights | jakehoon

028

"come here, sunoo." jay gives sunoo a bear hug while i eat some gummy bears. "i can't believed i wronged you." the two of them were hugging for quite a while.

there were so many wrong things going on, and it's at its worst phase. jay has to k-word sunghoon, sunoo has to k-word me, sunghoon is kidnapped, and i'm just stuck in the middle of everything.

i check my phone for the time, and i end up seeing a missed call and voice message... from sunghoon. my eyes widen and i hop off the table i was sitting on. "sunghoon called me."

jay and sunoo release themselves from the sad hug and rush over to me in panic. "play the message, jake!" jay urges me. my fingers were shaking so i had to give the phone to sunoo. he plays the voicemail on speaker and we all listen carefully.

"jay's message. no time. hurry. please." a quick and desperate whisper echoed off from the device leave jay, sunoo, and i all stunned and practically scared. we all stood there for a couple of minutes in silence. the sound of crickets were chirping from a distance.

"what message?" sunoo breaks the silence. jay shows him the message. he stares at the screen for a couple of seconds. "we need to head to some samsung building." sunoo explains. "i got to say, sunghoon is quite smart. the acrostic part literally gives everything away. read the first letters starting from the bottom. he 'needs help at samsung' from me, you, jake, and jungwon. if i'm right, jake's mother is heading out to k-word sunghoon. i'm not sure which samsung building because there's a whole bunch of samsung buildings in and near seoul."

"you're so smart, sunoo..."

"i thought you're smart, taking an interest in physics."

"i'm academically smart, not street smart." i receive my phone back from sunoo and swipe over to my messages, looking at the pictures the unknown number had sent to me. i search up the photos, earning a general location. "a samsung building in gangnam." i add on.

"that's in the central area." sunoo points out.

"we got the location out of the way. we should hurry along and figure out a strategy on how to save sunghoon."

"do we even know how he's going to d-word?"

"jay!" i yell at the older.

"well, jay is right, jake. if we know the exact location of where sunghoon and your evil mom is at, we can save sunghoon." sunoo pats my back. "we should ask for help from the police."

"are they even going to believe us that sunghoon would die when night falls?"

"no, they will." jay speaks up once again. "i have an idea."

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ten o' clock in the morning.
two hours?
"it was a lie."

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the lights suddenly turn on.

"good morning, jungwon."

he screams. "jake hyung! what are you doing sitting on your cactus plants?"

"did you sleep well? did you dream of me?"

"hyung, you have eyebags! you didn't sleep last night?"

"aren't my eyebags beautiful?"

"you aren't functioning correctly, hyung." jungwon pulls me out of my cactus collection and his eyes wander around the room. "jay hyung! sunoo hyung!" he calls out.

"it is time that we head out and save our homie, children."

"rise and shine. it's an honor to wake up by yours truly, sunshine kim sunoo."

"hyungs, you all need sleep! look at your eyebags!" the doorbell rings.

"ah, it must be the police, could you open the door, jungwon?"

"p-p-police?" he reluctantly opens the door.

"this is jake sim's residence, correct?"

"y-yes?"

"let's go, we're heading to the central district of gangnam."

"e-excuse... me...?"

"why, hello, mr. police, sir. let's go, jungwon. we'll tell you on the way!" while jay and sunoo walk out the door, i give jungwon his necessities for the drive and whatnot.

"w-what?"

to be honest, i'm doing amazing. who knew drinking seven cups on coffee would make me so happy on the day that sunghoon is about to die? this is going fantastic! when i see my mom again, i'll hit her with a metal water bottle and send her to jail for life. hehe, hydroflasks. sksksk.

jay totally didn't bribe the police with money so they could participate in saving sunghoon and arresting my mother who is currently overseas. we finally received the exact location of sunghoon's phone, at the samsung tower palace. did you know the tower palace is a luxury apartment and the eighth largest residential building worldwide?

the four of us were riding a police van. jay and sunoo were sleeping while i explained to jungwon the plan. "you see this area? have the police close off this section. once that is done, pull the fire alarm so we can get everyone out safe. we don't know what my mom could do, she could burn down the whole building! remember, she's a cereal k-worder, meaning to using a fork and spoon to pick up her food. she's not a true asian. i'm so disappointed in her."

"is that all, hyung?"

"yes!"

"then, let sleep consume over you."

despite my huge intake of coffee, jungwon somehow manages to get me to sleep. see, jungwon can literally do anything. anything, i say. he breathes, and he can be successful. yang jungwon can be the world's most loveable garden sheep, and nobody can, nor will change my mind.

"jake hyung! wake up!" jungwon shakes me awake. it was just a nap, but i feel very refreshed. "the phone number! there's something!"

save one, lose one.

the sun is behind the clouds today.

🤡

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A/N: i realized i messed up on the time frames but i'm so lazy to fix them hshshsh have fun reading the rest of the book, and thank you for all your support!! :)