Target | Minsung

Chapter 14

Jisung POV

I stared Minho down, weighing my options. He was a criminal and deserved to rot in jail but I couldn't bring myself to do that to him.

"Explain everything now," I demanded, a lump forming in my throat. I wiped away my tears with my sleeve, hoping that more wouldn't fall. Minho walked back into the living room, his shoulders hunched in defeat. He sat on the couch and I sat in a chair as far away from him as possible.

"I can't explain my actions," Minho said quietly. "I chose this path for myself. As you figured out, I'm Lee Know. Soo-ah was my long-term client and has paid me a lot of money for the targets she asks me to take care of. She sent me a picture of you and told me to assassinate you. She never gives much context as to why. She just said that you were in the wrong place at the wrong time and was worried you would go to the police about what you had seen."

"Was the drug deal I was talking about when we first met what she wanted me dead over?" I asked harshly. Minho nodded solemnly.

"I'm going to be completely honest with you. When I came into the cafe and helped you, that was my approach to assassinate you. I wanted to get close to you so I could manipulate you and assassinate you in private," Minho confessed, looking genuinely ashamed.

"And here I was, thinking you were a nice person," I scoffed. "So that means that Hyunjin is Hyun Woo, right?"

"Please don't drag Hyunjin into this," Minho begged.

"Is Hyunjin, Hyun Woo?!" I yelled.

"Yes...He's Hyun Woo," Minho said, tears beginning to silently fall down his face. "Jisung, I'm so sorry. I realized after I had gotten close to you that I couldn't go through with the contract. Maybe if Soo-ah had killed me then everything would have ended well...A murderer dead and a mafia boss behind bars. That's what you would have wanted right?"

I stayed quiet not wanting to say something I might regret out of a moment of anger. I took a deep breath before answering. "No. You don't deserve to die. Though you do deserve to rot in hell."

"That's fair...Jisung, please promise me something," Minho said, looking at me with pleading eyes. It was the first time I had seen his statue-like exterior break like this. Maybe he did genuinely feel sorry for what he had done but it would take time if I were to ever forgive him. "If you do report this to the police, please leave Hyunjin out of this if you can."

"Fine. I promise," I said, rolling my eyes.

"Jisung, I'm really sorry I'll do anything to make up for this," Minho begged.

"You can't make up for the lives you took, Lee Know. I don't know how the mind of an assassin works but you can't just one day turn your back on your job and have your sins miraculously disappear."

"I understand. I just don't want to lose you," Minho said, his shoulders shaking as more tears fell down his face.

"Too late. Oh, and is Hyunjin out murdering someone right now? You said he was at work," I said furiously.

"He's not...I told you to leave him out of this."

"You make me sick," I spat, pushing back my chair as I stood up and stormed out of the apartment, leaving Minho behind.

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Minho POV

I stared blankly at the door for what felt like hours, the sound of the door slamming behind Jisung still ringing in my ears. I forced myself out of the trance I had fallen into and called Hyunjin. He had the right to know what had happened, especially if it risked him going to jail.

"What's up?" Hyunjin asked.

"Jisung found out who we are," I said, my voice completely void of emotion.

"He what?!" Hyunjin cried. I pulled the phone away from my ear because he was so loud.

"I don't think he will report us to the police but he definitely won't be talking to us again for a while if at all."

"That's the least of our worries! Remember the rules? Never keep a witness alive," Hyunjin said, reminding me of the rules that I had put to memory years ago. For some reason, his bringing up the rules made something inside me snap.

"Hyunjin, this is all your fault!" I yelled. "If you hadn't left the damn closet door open Jisung never would have gone into the office!"

"Why are you blaming me?!" Hyunjin cried. "Something came up and I needed to leave! Closing the door was the last thing on my mind."

"I finally meet someone that makes me feel semi-human and you have to go and fuck it up!" I screamed, a lump forming in the back of my throat as hot tears streamed down my face. Hyunjin grasped for words for a moment before hanging up. I threw my phone into the chair that Jisung had sat at just a few minutes prior and buried my face in my hands. How could things have gone so wrong?

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Jisung POV

I knocked on Felix's apartment door as a warning that I was coming in before putting in the code to his apartment. The lock clicked softly and I walked in. Felix was sitting on the counter eating what looked like ice cream straight out of the tub but immediately jumped down when he saw me walk in.

"What's wrong?" He asked, a worried look on his face. One thing I both loved and hated about Felix is that he always knew when something was wrong. You could never get anything by him. "Let's sit down first."

He gently took me by the hand and walked into his bedroom. He sat on his bed and patted the spot beside him. "So what's up? Talk when you're ready." I stayed quiet for a few minutes, collecting my thoughts before I began talking.

"About Minho...I found out a secret about him and I can't believe he would do something like that. Hyunjin too," I said quietly, playing with the edge of a blanket on Felix's bed. "I don't think I can tell you what it is though."

"That Minho is Lee Know?" Felix asked, his expression turning somber.

"You knew?" I pressed.

"Not exactly. Chan told me he had a feeling but it hadn't been confirmed," Felix explained.

"Since you kinda already know...Minho is Lee Know and Hyunjin is Hyun Woo."

"Man...I didn't want to believe that was true," Felix said, rubbing his temples as he processed the information. "And Hyunjin too? This is too much."

"Felix, what do I do?" I asked, tears slipping down my face uninvited.
"He can't make up for all the lives he's taken and going to jail is what he deserves but I know he means a lot to you," Felix said, his voice trailing off. "You can't change people, Jisung. He'll always be a murderer so try to distance yourself from him."

"You're right..." I mumbled though a part of me wished that wasn't true. I leaned my head on Felix's shoulder, silent sobs racking my body.

"Shhh. It's all good now," Felix soothed, gently running his fingers through my hair.

Felix began to hum softly, continuing to run his fingers through my hair. I closed my eyes, listening to the gentle melody of his humming before slowly drifting off to sleep.