t h i r t y t w o .
Jisung was sitting on his couch, waiting for Felix to ring his doorbell, when his sister came downstairs and sat next to him.
"Where are you going?"
Jisung looked up from his phone, "Felix, Seungmin, Jeongin and I are going to walk around Seoul."
"Oh can you get me some makeup? I'm running out."
The boy narrowed his eyes at his sister, "I don't even know the basics of makeup, how do you expect me to buy you what you need?"
Jihyo rolled her eyes. "Oh my god, it's not that hard. I'll send you pictures of what to buy and I'll tell you what they're called. Or you can just go up to the worker and show them the pictures I sent you and ask for them."
Jisung groaned, "Fine."
"Thanks! I'll pay you back."
"Yeah you better."
The doorbell rang, surprising Jisung as he jumped. His sister started bursting out laughing. "You should've seen your face. Oh my god." She wheezed.
The younger just rolled his eyes, "Shut up." He mumbled as he walked toward the door, opening it to reveal a happy Felix.
"Oh hey Jisung." His friend greeted him.
"Let's go." Jisung closed the door behind him, not wanting to hear his sister laughing at him any longer.
"I hate you." Jisung mumbled to Felix as they walked.
The taller boy raised his eyebrows at his friend. "I did absolutely nothing but ring your doorbell and say hi."
"Exactly, you fucking scared me." Jisung said making Felix burst out laughing.
"Dumbass." Felix said and Jisung slightly pushed the other male.
When Felix and Jisung met up with their other two friends, it was four o'clock. They walked to the streets of Seoul with all the food and stores. It wasn't a long walk since they all lived near it.
"Where to?" Seungmin asked.
"I have to buy Jihyo noona some makeup so can we do that first?"
"You're gonna buy her makeup? Do you even know what to get?" Jeongin questioned.
"Uhh, kinda? She sent me pictures and stuff so it shouldn't be that hard to find." Jisung shrugged, taking his phone out to see the pictures.
They all gathered around Jisung's phone, looking at the pictures too.
"Oh! I know where this brand is." Felix started walking and the rest just followed.
"Huh? How do you know?" Seungmin asked.
"My sister uses that brand too and sometimes she asks me to go and buy some things for her."
"Oh thank the lord. I won't look like a complete idiot walking around the store like a lost dog, not knowing where to find the makeup items." Jisung relaxed.
"I hope you know your sister's shade and shit because I can't help you there."
"I mean she should be the same as me. She used her concealer on me once and it looked fine."
They walked into the makeup store and it was filled with makeup items that Jisung didn't know of. He really didn't know where to start.
"Okay so I saw that your sister uses the same cushion pack as my sister and that's over here." Felix led them over to the back of the store. He pointed to the item. "Just pick the right shade."
"Uhhh." Jisung took his phone out and checked the text messages again, praying that his sister sent him the shade she uses too. In his luck, his sister had sent them. Jisung picked out the correct one.
"Okay one done, many more to go." Jeongin said.
They walked around the store, picking out the items that Jihyo needed and by the time Jisung's hands were full, they were done and ready to check out.
"Who the hell needs this much makeup? My sister already has so much. Drawers full of them." Jisung thought out loud making everyone laugh.
While waiting in line, Jisung got this weird feeling in his gut. He looked around the store but everyone seemed to be minding their own business, looking at makeup. He shook the feeling away and walked up to the checkout lady.
The lady scanned all the items and grabbed a handful of samples, putting them in the bag also. When Jisung saw the price, his soul almost left his body. Seungmin and Jeongin gaped at the price too as Felix just snorted. As Jisung swiped his card, he felt a part of his heart cry. He thanked the lady and grabbed the bag, walking out the door.
"I cannot believe I spent that much money." Jisung peeped.
"I didn't know makeup was that expensive." Jeongin said surprised.
"Geez, your sister is crazy." Seungmin said to Jisung.
Felix rolled his eyes as his dramatic friends. "Yeah yeah, I'm hungry now, let's go get something to eat."
They all agreed to find something to eat and started walking further into the streets. They found some street food that looked really good and stood in line to get it. While standing in line, Jisung felt that weird feeling in his gut again. Almost like someone was staring at him. He quickly turned around but he saw no one again. Everyone was minding their own business, laughing and having fun. Jisung looked at his friends, wondering if they felt the same thing but they all looked fine.
Jisung furrowed his eyebrows. I think I'm going crazy.
After getting their food, they decided to walk around and enjoy the entertainment.
"Let's go look at that performance." Jeongin suggested, pointing at a crowd of people. They all complied.
It was a group of teenagers performing a Kpop song. They weren't bad, actually they were extremely good. "You should go and join them." Jisung nudged Felix jokingly.
The boy scoffed, "Yeah right. I don't know anything about dancing."
"I think you'll be great." Seungmin teased, placing an arm on Felix's shoulder.
"Yeah okay." Felix side eyed him.
"Why don't you go and join them Jisung hyung?" Jeongin said as a joke.
"Not with my clumsy ass."
"I don't understand how they have time to learn all those dance moves." Felix wondered out loud.
"Well not everyone studies as hard as we do." Seungmin stayed as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Jisung suddenly turned around again. He swore on his life that he felt someone's gaze on him, but for the third time, there was no one there.
"Jisung you good?" Seungmin asked.
"Yeah you've been looking around a lot." Felix added.
"Who are you looking for hyung?"
Jisung turned back to his friends and was met with confused eyes. "I think I'm hallucinating."
"What do you mean?"
"I feel like someone's watching me or something but whenever I turn around, there's no one there." Poor Jisung looked distressed.
"Maybe we should leave?" Felix suggested.
"No I don't wanna ruin the fun just because I'm going insane. I'm okay."
"You should tell Minho." Seungmin said.
"No it's not anything serious. If you guys don't feel anyone watching then it just further proves that I'm just overreacting and that it's nothing at all. I don't want him to get worried over nothing."
"Fine but if you feel like someone's watching you again then we're leaving right away and you're telling Minho." Seungmin ordered and Jisung nodded.
The four friends decided to go shopping next. Luckily, Jisung didn't get that gut feeling again and he honestly forgot about it. By the time they were done, it was six o'clock and their feet were hurting from walking around. They walked back to Jisung's house.
When they walked to the living room, they were met with Jihyo and Brian's stare. "Oh you're back already?" Brian said as he continued to make food in the kitchen.
"Yeah, we're tired." Jisung replied as the four of them crashed on the couch.
"Did you get it." Jihyo asked.
"If you're referring to your expensive ass makeup, then yes, I got it."
Brian laughed from the kitchen, "You made Jisung get your makeup? Poor guy is probably broke now."
"Hey! I'm paying him back. You guys are overreacting."
"Overreacting?" Brian, Jisung, and his friends all said.
Jihyo rolled her eyes. "I need a girl around here."
"You love us." Everyone said again.
"Debatable." She mumbled.
"Foods done!" Brian shouted which made Jisung, Seungmin, Felix and Jeongin shoot up from the couch.
They all sat at the table and waited for Brian to serve them their plates before they dug in.
"So, are you three dating anyone too?" Jihyo asked casually.
Felix, Seungmin and Jeongin choked on their food while Jisung sat back amused, looking forward to this conversation.
"Um yeah we are." Seungmin said shyly, speaking for all three of them.
"All of you guys?" Jihyo gasped.
"Yeah." Felix looked at his food, embarrassed by this conversation.
"Aw that is so cute! Are they friends with Minho?"
"Yeah actually they're all really good friends with each other." Jeongin said.
"Oh then they must all be sweet like Minho. He's such a good kid isn't he? So respectful."
It was Jisung's turn to choke on his food and for his friends to silently smile.
"Yeah Minho's a really a good person." Jeongin agreed.
"He's really respectful towards other people and our teachers. It's not everyday, you meet someone like that." Seungmin added, Jisung could hear the sarcasm in his voice but of course his siblings wouldn't know.
"Yeah, our boyfriends are the type of people that parents would love for their child to be dating. Really good role models." Felix's sarcasm almost made the other three laugh out loud.
"Wow you guys really got lucky." Brian smiled, happy for them.
"Yeah, we really did." Jisung said genuinely, all jokes aside. He looking at his friends and they wore smiles on their faces too. The four boys truly felt blessed to be dating their boyfriends. Even though they joke around about their boyfriends not being the nicest because of they do with the gang, once you actually got to know them, they were the sweetest people and the four boys truly believed that they were the luckiest people alive to be dating them.
"What about you Brian hyung?" Jisung asked.
"What about me?"
"Are you interested in anyone?"
"So how are you guys liking the food?" Brian asked, changing the subject.
"Oh you like someone?" Jihyo said surprised.
"It's complicated." He said.
"Trust me we're familiar with complicated." Seungmin mumbled.
"What about you Jihyo?" Brain asked.
"I might have an eye on someone, but I don't have time for dating." She shrugged.
"Yeah okay."
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After some time Jisung's friends left his house and the boy was sitting on the couch in his living room, watching some movie on the TV. A sound suddenly went off, scaring him. The sound came from the gate monitor thing, indicating that someone was buzzing in, asking for the gate to be opened.
Jisung looked around confused. He wasn't expecting anyone to come visit. He got up from the couch and walked over to the monitor, he checked the camera and there was no one there. No cars, no human being, it was empty.
Huh, that's weird.
Jisung checked his phone for any text messages from anyone that would indicate that they were going to come over, but there wasn't any. He texted his siblings, asking if they were expecting anyone to come over but they both replied back with the same answer. No. He checked the time. 8:17 P.M.
The confused boy just shook it off and sat back down on the couch, thinking that it was just a prank or something. He continued to watch his movie when five minutes later, the sound went off again. Jisung ran to the monitor and checked the camera but no one was there again, making him even more confused.
Two times is a coincidence.
Jisung hesitantly sat back down on the couch and prayed that it wouldn't go off again but of course the universe wasn't on his side and not even a minute later, it went off. When Jisung checked again, there was no one there.
Jisung didn't know what to do because obviously there was someone there, but he didn't want to open the gate for them because he doesn't know who's out there. Then again, he got a feeling that the person wasn't going to stop buzzing.
After some time, Jisung just decided to go outside and check for himself. If there was anyone there then he could just run back inside without getting hurt, he just really needed to check what or who was hitting the button. He quickly slipped on some slides and opened his front door. He couldn't see anyone outside so he kept walking towards the gate cautiously.
When he arrived at the front of the gate, he saw no one there. He looked around and saw absolutely no one. A white blur caught in the corner of his eye, caught his attention. He looked down and there was an envelope on the floor, right in front of the gate. The mailman didn't come at this time and even if he did, he never rang the gate, he just placed the mail in the mailbox like a any other person would. Jisung picked up the envelope and turned it around. His full name was printed on the front in bold letters.
What the hell is this?
Jisung looked around one more time and when he saw no one, he quickly walked back inside his house with the envelope. He closed and locked the door, walking to his room. Jisung sat at his desk and stared at the white rectangle. He didn't know if he wanted to open it. But the curiosity was killing him and he decided to open the envelope.
When Jisung lifted the flap of the envelope, he saw the tops of what seemed like pictures and at the back, he could see a piece of paper, most likely a letter. Jisung reached in and took out all the contents in the envelope. He placed the letter on his desk and looked at the pictures. At first, he looked at the picture with confusion. It was a candid of the inside of a store. Jisung looked more closely at the photo and realized that it was a picture of him and his friends in the makeup store from earlier today. It was taken when Jisung was reaching for a lipstick and his friends were standing there looking at the other lipsticks the store had on display.
"What the fuck? Who took this?" Jisung whispered to himself.
He looked at the next picture, it was them waiting in line at the makeup store. The next picture was the four of them walking out of the store. There was another picture of the four of them standing in line to get food. The next one was of them watching the street performance.
Another was taken right at the moment Jisung turned around, looking for the person who was staring at him. That picture taunted Jisung. You can see the desperation and confusion displayed on his face while he looked for the person who was watching him, but not being able find them even when they were right there in plain sight. It made the boy feel like an absolute idiot.
The next picture was of the four of them walking to the clothing stores. The next few pictures were of Jisung and his friends looking at different clothing items. When Jisung saw the very last photo he felt his stomach fall, it was the four walking into Jisung's house. The boy dropped the pictures on his desk and looked around, he knew that there wasn't anyone there, but after looking at the pictures that Jisung's stalker took of him, he just felt unsafe and vulnerable.
Jisung looked at his desk and the letter was still sitting on it, unopened. He really didn't want to read the letter, scared of what it was going to say. Nonetheless he hesitantly reached for the piece of paper, his hand was shaking. He grabbed it and after a few seconds, he opened it, taking a big breath.
Han Jisung, I was there with you in Seoul all day today, watching you. I noticed that you felt my gaze from the way that you turned around a few times, but you never saw me, I was even hiding in plain sight. Dating someone like Minho I would've thought you would be better at making smart choices to keep yourself safe, but even when you thought someone was watching you, you ignored it and went on with your day. Not very smart of you but better for me. I could've easily knocked you and your friends out and took you four, especially with your boyfriend's not there with you, keeping you safe. They would never know what happened to you or where you four went, sending them into a state of panic and vulnerability. I would, from afar, enjoy every second of their suffering, but I decided not to take you yet because it's too soon. But trust me, one of these days when you are out, you and whoever you're hanging out with won't be lucky enough to walk away like you did today, even if you're out with your boyfriend. That's a promise. I'm always watching your every move even when you don't sense me there.
-WPQO
Jisung's heart speed up and he felt his hands start to sweat. The fear inside him was spreading through every vein that ran through his body. He felt like crying because he felt so exposed and so helpless. He felt unsafe in his own home. Jisung quickly took his phone out with his shaking hand and called the only the person he felt safe with.
"Babe? What's up?" Minho said once he answered the phone.
Jisung was extremely grateful that his boyfriend picked up the phone. "Can you please come over right now." His voice was shaky and Minho definitely heard it.
"Jisung is everything okay? What's wrong?" The worry in his voice was very noticeable.
"Minho please." Jisung's voice gave out at the end.
"Okay, I'll be there in five." Minho said before hanging up.
Jisung very cautiously walked downstairs, scared that someone was inside his house or something. He turned on every light he could and waited downstairs. The movie he was watching was still playing as he never turned the tv off.
A few minutes later, the gate monitor went off giving him deja vu from twenty minutes ago and he felt his heart rate quicken. Jisung walked over to it and saw Minho's car in the camera. He quickly buzzed his boyfriend in and waited for him to knock on the door. When doorbell went off Jisung ran to the door, looking through the peephole, checking if it was his boyfriend first just in case. When he confirmed that it was Minho, he swung the door open and threw himself at his boyfriend. Minho was taken aback, but quickly hugged Jisung back.
"Baby what's wrong?" Minho asked softly. Jisung didn't answer, he didn't know where to start and honestly he didn't want to talk about it. He just wanted to forget about it, but he knew he couldn't.
"Jisung talk to me, please." The gang member begged.
Jisung pulled away and quietly said, "Okay." Before pulling Minho into his house, closing and locking the door behind him.
Minho looked at his boyfriend, waiting for him to explain everything. Jisung dragged Minho up the stairs and stopped in front of his bedroom. He turned around and faced the taller male.
"You know how I walked around Seoul with Felix, Seungmin, and Jeongin today?" Jisung asked and Minho nodded.
The scared boy continued, "Well when we were there I felt like there was someone staring at me and watching me but whenever I looked around, there was no one there, so I just thought I was going insane and I ignored it. Until twenty minutes ago someone kept buzzing my gate, but there was no one in the camera. Eventually I got annoyed and went outside to check it out, but there was no one there. There was only an envelope on the floor. I picked it up and it had my name on it. I took it inside and in the envelope was a letter and photos. The pictures were of me and my friends in Seoul. There was actually someone there, watching and stalking me the whole time and I'm scared. His letter threatened me even more."
Minho knew this was going to happen but he prayed that he would be wrong. When he heard his boyfriend explain everything, he was definitely not happy with what was said. His jaw was clenched and he was trying really hard not to punch a wall. He saw his boyfriend's expression and immediately hugged the boy, trying to comfort him. Jisung instantly leaned into the hug.
"Where's the envelope." Minho tried to say softly, but there was an underline of anger.
Jisung slowly pulled his boyfriend into his bedroom and guided him to his desk. "It's right there." He said, pointed to it.
Minho looked over the pictures and wanted to rip every single one of them and burn it. He was livid. Who dared to invade Jisung and his friends' privacy? He picked up the letter and read it. As he further read the letter, the more his hands formed into fists with the paper still in his hand, crinkling it.
When Minho was done reading the letter, it took everything in him to not break something. He was absolutely furious since he knew exactly who wrote the letter. He turned to Jisung, "You're sleeping at my house tonight."
"But, what if he follows us or something." Jisung said worried.
"Trust me he won't follow us." Minho replied.
"But my siblings what-"
"He won't do anything to them, trust me."
After a few seconds, Jisung nodded. "Okay I'll come with you, let me just tell my brother."
Jisung walked to his brother's room and opened the door, "Hey hyung?"
"What?"
"I'm gonna sleep over at Minho's house tonight."
"Huh why?" His brother asked.
"Because he wants to watch a movie." Jisung gave a lame excuse.
"Okay but behave yourselves." Brian said half jokingly.
"Yeah yeah." Jisung rolled his eyes.
He quickly walked back to his room and Minho was texting someone on his phone. Probably telling Chan that he was bringing Jisung over.
"Okay let's go." Jisung said.
The two drove to Minho's house. Of course at the first gate, two guys walked out and after that, Minho had to scan his eye and finger. Finally arriving to his house, Minho quickly brought Jisung inside, dragging him to the elevator that took them to the fifth floor. After the elevator ride, they walked to Minho's room.
The shorter sat on the bed and Minho followed after him. "Jisung." He said after a silence.
"Yeah?"
"I know who sent that letter."
"Huh?... Who?" Jisung gasped.
"It was Moonjin." Minho said.
Moonjin? As in my science partner Moonjin? That makes no sense.
"... Moonjin? For real?"
Minho nodded.
"But, why?" Jisung had a billion questions running through his head. Nothing made sense. How does Minho know it was Moonjin? Who is Moonjin?
The gang member sighed, "Jisung, I think it's time to tell you the truth, about everything. It's time to tell you about my past, how I got into the gang, where I got these scars around my wrist and ankles, and who Moonjin is."
Jisung was taken a back, he knew this day was going to come, but he felt like it was never going to happen and he couldn't believe that Minho was finally willing to share the time period of his life before he got into the gang.
"Minho if you aren't ready then you don't have to tell me, it's okay I can still wait."
"No I'm ready. Jisung, I love you so much. I don't want there to be any secrets between us anymore and that starts with me telling you about everything."
Jisung stopped breathing, he felt his heart start pounding against his chest. His jaw fell open slightly. Minho had just said that he loved Jisung.
"You, You what." He whispered in shock.
"I love you." Minho said again, and would say it again and again forever. It felt amazing finally saying it out loud and he was never going to get tired of saying it.
Jisung felt tears forming around his eyes as he hugged his boyfriend, "I love you too."
Minho immediately hugged back. He knew Jisung loved him back but hearing him say it out loud made his heart skip a beat and he felt like all the problems in his life washed away for a second. "Now let me tell you the truth." Minho said softly.
Jisung pulled away, "I didn't know you also had scars on your ankles."
Minho lifted his sweats up a little, revealing his ankles that had the same fate as his wrists . One ankle looked a lot worse and a little different from the rest. Jisung gasped softly and touched them unconsciously.
The gang member took a breath, "I know you've been wondering where I got these from and what happened in my life before I joined the gang and how I know Moonjin... Actually, Moonjin's the one who gave me the scars on my wrist, but let me start from the beginning."
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how many of you saw that coming? (probs a lot lmao).
i'm really excited for the next chapter and i hope you are excited too because:
in the next chapter:
-minho finally tells jisung about his childhood, how he got the scars around his wrist and ankles, and how he joined the gang
what do you think happened to minho before he joined the gang? and how you think moonjin gave him those scars?
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