NEFARIOUS - TAEGYU ??

seven

"You really don't fit in these parties." Beomgyu says.

"I know, and I didn't ask to be here."

"What's the book about?" Beomgyu asks, pointing at the book Taehyun's holding.

"About an arrogant and hot-tempered boy in the Mafia who hates everyone." Taehyun remarks, slowly standing up from his position.

"Are you mocking me?"

Taehyun turns his head to face the latter, a smirk plastered on his face. "Never been mocked before? Don't you think you deserve some harsh remarks too?"

Before Taehyun could move, a strong grip attaches on his arm, pushing and slamming him against the book shelves behind him, resulting in a few books falling off and the shelf rattling due to the force.

Beomgyu eyes the boy in front of him, his eyes darkened, filled with anger and annoyance. Taehyun squints his eyes shut, ready for whatever impact he was about to receive.

The two boys snap out of their trances as they soon heard glass shattering and the sound of gunshots firing. Beomgyu lets go of Taehyun and the two dash to the main hall where everyone gathered. Beomgyu takes his gun out and Taehyun rushes to help evacuate some of the panicked people out from the mansion.

Beomgyu spots his dad and rushes over immediately, shooting anyone who gets in the way. He eyes the men in black who isn't familiar with. They're not the Eoduun, they're definitely not.

"Beomgyu, don't come here!" his dad shouted.

"Get the son!" one of the men commands.

Beomgyu immediately turns on his toes and turns around to run as he watches his dad fighting off the men, but only to bump into another man and to be pushed to the ground. Beomgyu struggles for his gun and points it to the man's head before pulling the trigger. He gets up only to be strongly pulled behind and is forced on his knees, his hands held behind his back by a pair of strong hands. Beomgyu elbows the man behind him and arches his head to the back, headbutting the man. He glances over to his father who's held restrained on the ground. He gets up only to have a gun held close behind his head. He digs out his revolver but hears the crack of a firearm and turns to find a gun pointed at him. He's now held at gunpoint. Front and back.

Yeonjun and Taehyun run back into the mansion after evacuating some people out but finds himself watching Sir Choi held onto the ground and Beomgyu held at gun point. Taehyun gazes at Beomgyu, his forehead glistened with sweat and he was panting. He had a gun in his grip but his hands trembled, unsure what to do. His eyes dart from his dad and the man in front of him, not to forget the one behind him too. He's plotting something but his eyes wavered in uncertainty.

"The Eoduun really sucks at taking you guys down." The man growls.

"You really think you stand a chance?" Beomgyu snickers, testing the man's patience.

"We would in the underworld. All we have to do is kill you. Once we do, your dad would have to hand everything over to us that's under his name."

Taehyun takes a step forward but Yeonjun grabs his arm, holding him back.

"Don't." Yeonjun says in a low voice.

"What do you mean? He's held at gun point!" Taehyun says in a panic voice.

Beomgyu chuckles at the man in front of him. In one swift move, he kicks the gun from the man's grip in front of him, simultaneously dodging a bullet from behind. He turns his back and kicks the man's leg causing him to trip over and the gun tossed over. He pulls out his gun and executes a blow to his head. He shoots the man who held his dad down.

"Beomgyu! Behind you!" Taehyun shouts.

Beomgyu instantly turns and points the gun to his enemy, whacking the gun off from the man's grip causing it to fall onto the ground. The man lifts his hands up in the air and Beomgyu examines him. He had no other guns with him except the one on the ground. Beomgyu can feel the rush of adrenaline flowing in his veins, his fingers tensing around the trigger. He eyes the man in front of him, who still maintained his composure.

"Go ahead. Shoot." The man says.

"With pleasure." Beomgyu pulls the trigger but no bullets launched. Beomgyu's eyes widen like saucers. The gun was unloaded, no bullets were left.

"Checkmate!" The man grabs the gun from the ground.

Taehyun's eyes enlarged in shock and fear. The words he'd usually hear in his nightmares start booming in his head. Taehyun pulls his arm away from Yeonjun's grip and makes a run for it and hears Yeonjun shouting his name. He doesn't know what came over him but he's certain that whatever those voices in his head are trying to tell him, he feels like an encounter with déjà vu as he watches Beomgyu quiver in his position and fear in his eyes. The possible images of seeing Beomgyu lay dead in a pool of blood frightens him. Taehyun doesn't want to witness it.

The man pulls the trigger, hurling a bullet towards Beomgyu. Beomgyu squints his eyes shut when suddenly he feels cold hands on his shoulder, shoving him to the ground. The sound of the bullet piercing echoes in the mansion. Everything around Beomgyu was spinning and smearing, he's met with blood on the floor and a body. In a blue suit.

"Shit!" Beomgyu immediately sits up as he recognizes the figure, his eyes wide. Yeonjun instantly shoots the man as he tries to run away and dashes over to help Beomgyu's dad to get up.

Taehyun feels a sharp flare of pain followed a moment later the bullet pierces into his chest. His mind suddenly becomes fuzzy and his vision blurry as he feels the torrential flow of blood seeping from behind. Beomgyu cradles Taehyun into his arms, eyes filled with worry and regret. He presses on the wound to stop the blood flow. He looks up to find his hands covered in the younger's pool of blood.

"CALL THE AMBULANCE!" Beomgyu shrieks.

Taehyun looks up at Beomgyu through his loose eyelids. He manages a faint smile. He was relieved it wasn't Beomgyu. They weren't on good terms but Taehyun knew that if it's one of them who deserves to live, it would always be Beomgyu. He's needed by the Mafia, Taehyun on the other hand, doesn't have a family, doesn't have memories and has only been suffering from nightmares that haunt him every night. Taehyun closes his eyelids, meeting the pitch black.

"You dumbass. Don't die on me!" Beomgyu whisper shouts, still in a state of panic. Beomgyu shivers in pain and fear the moment Taehyun finally closes his eyes and Beomgyu recalls that night, in a similar situation where Taehyun's breathing slowed down. His trembling fingers run through Taehyun's silky brown hair before he lifts him up as soon as he hears the ambulance pull up at the mansion's driveway.