The Devil Judge ? || (ONE-SHOTS)

~LOOK AT THE MAN YOU LOVE (13/20)

-Guys! We're out of wood, we have to go look for more!- Jack exclaimed, walking out of the hut towards us, busy playing cards on the grass.
-I'll go, I saw some when we were hiking with Miriam- I said, standing up.
-I'll come with you!- Daniel tried to join in, but I stopped him.
-No really, I'll be quick. I'll go and come back - I insisted, partly because I wanted to be alone for a while to reflect in the silence of the disarming flora.
And so I walked away through the trees, up and down some paths, to the spot where we had met the hikers from before.
As I bent down to pick up an abandoned piece of log, I heard a creak behind me, a clatter of broken branches.
I abruptly turned around, dropping the wood I had picked up, only to be atrophied by the man standing right in front of me, another... Me.
Out of fright I fell to the ground, still shocked by that face so similar to mine.
A face certainly a little more mature and adult than mine, perhaps even taller in stature than I was, but that did not change the fact that it was so much like me. A me from the near future.  A twin...
He smiled back at me, a sadistic, brief smile, the kind that didn't reach your eyes.
And that was all it took for me to find the strength to get up and start running.
However, in my eagerness to flee I dropped my phone behind me, but couldn't stop to pick it up...

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🔸KANG YO HAN🔸

I knew I was in the wrong.
That's why I'd spent most of my time working the farmland and selling the profits, excuses I used in order not to have to admit to myself that I did care about him.
And that he was right to think he was my priority, because he was, and I hadn't come all this way for nothing.
I had not left Korea if not to look for him,  to survive my brother...
Still, I didn't want to admit it and I was annoyed at the mere concept of having to let go.
I didn't want to love again and at the same time I didn't want to suffer again either.
And Kim Ga On often pushed me to the point where I had to climb a peak overlooking a vast cliff, in which the only two options were to live or to die.
And I wanted to live.  Lord knows I wanted to love...
I sighed openly as my phone rang in that very moment, distracting me from my giddy thoughts.
I wiped my dirt-stained hands on my work trousers, and then pulled my mobile phone out of my front pocket, quite startled, as I didn't use to receive calls from anyone but Mr & Mrs Kim.
The phone screen lit up, showing Kim ga On's name on the screen, I sighed in relief, mentally bracing myself for his rant, for I knew he was still angry with me for refusing to come with him.
-Ga on, I hope you're not calling me to tell me how mean I am to you...-I began, as lately, after every one of our discussions, he would always call me back to rub in my face how much of an asshole I was.

-I'm sorry to disappoint you, but Kim Ga On can't answer you now...-

My blood froze and so did the words die in my mouth.

-Isaac...?-

-Good evening little brother! You have just two hours to get up here to the cabin- he said, instantly cutting off the line, taking away even my chance to speak back or ask anything else.  I dashed straight into the truck, without wasting any more time, driving like there had never been a tomorrow.
My heart cracked, blasted by various blows from my anguished soul. Fear on my skin, adrenalin like rivulets of sweat all over my spine.
The anxiety was such a drive that it almost asphyxiated me... It threatened to shatter me into a thousand pieces.
I quickly redialed Kim Ga On's number with one hand, while with the other I tried to drive steadily.
Although almost impracticable.
The mobile rang for a while but then the call was answered.
-Please Isaac! Goddammit! Don't hurt him! - I pleaded, my voice fractured by the boulder on my chest, the fury, the pain, the tears that wouldn't fall, the wounds that wouldn't heal.
-Woah... How desperate You sound! I almost feel sorry for you- the tone mocking, mischievous with a hint of amusement in the last words, as if the fact that I was about to collapse, gave him a sense of euphoria. 
-The last time I felt such despair in your voice, was when you were begging our father to spare you...-.
My knuckles had whitened from how hard I was holding the steering wheel.

-Isaac... Please! He has nothing to do with us!-

At my words he burst out laughing on the other end of the phone. He appeared a little out of breath, the sound of footsteps against dry leaves.
-I have to admit that the little rascal is fast... Is he by any chance an athlete?-
I gritted my teeth, nearly losing my temper completely... He was playing with my mental health.
He often played with what burned me.
-Isaac! Fuck off! Leave him alone! -I screamed into the phone, speeding towards the highway.

-You raise your voice again and I swear you'll regret it! I'm leaving you now, I have prey to catch-

-No! Don't hang up... Please... Stay!-
I begged him again, for if I could distract him on the phone, Kim Ga On might be able to outrun him.

-I might if you beg me again... Even better, do it with a broken heart... Beg me, Yo Han...-

The tone of my voice cracked enough to expose my emotions, the pain in the pit of my throat. The despair screaming to come out.

-Please Isaac... Stay. Please remain with me...-

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