𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦 || 𝘫𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯

𝚘𝚗𝚎

   Joshua winced in pain as he fell onto the ground with a thud.

   With narrowed eyes, he looked up to the man that stood before him with a frown, silently cursing under his breath. All this caused him to sigh in irritation as he then began to palm away the dust from his hands. 

   "How could you leave me?!" The man whined. "After everything we've been through, after everything we've done together, you're seriously going to walk away without me?!"

   At this, the black haired male mentally face palmed. “It’s what? 4 in the morning? And you’re already out here screaming like a mad man. Get a grip and help me up"

   "Gentleman's leaving before me, it’s more than understandable to feel this way” In between mumbles, he reluctantly did as told. “Do you not know how bad my reputation will be from now on??"

   Joshua rolled his eyes. “Relax Gyu, if I were you I'd consider it an honor to leave after me"

   "In your dreams Josh," The burnet tsked. "I still can't believe they let you out early"

   "Me neither. To be honest, I'm as surprised as you and everyone else is"

   "Don’t lie, me and you know every well you’re secretly making fun of all the other inmates”

   "...Touche”

   However, Mingyu didn't know Joshua spoke this with sincerity. After all, the crimes he'd done in the past were equivalent to more than a mere sum of 5 years in prison. So he never expected the cops to suddenly barge into the cell and secretly celebrate once they told him he'd be getting out of that dump. 

   And as much as Joshua wanted to deny it, he'd miss the place, especially that skyscraper sized husky that stared at him with a pout.

   "You're such a big baby sometimes" He sapt as he headed over to his bed and raised it up. However, the other pushed him and he once again fell onto the floor. 

   "You're an asshole and I never complain"

   "See? I’m not the only liar here so get your ass up and stop it with the long face" He threw him a pebble. "Come and help me pack my things, the officers are coming soon and their idea of 10 minutes isn't exactly the same as mine"

   “That and if you don’t get out of here before the bell rings the others will come barging into the cell to give you a piece of their mind before you leave”

   “Oh god I forgot about them”

   Mingyu grinned. “You’ve been tormenting them for years, how can you suddenly forget about their existence?”

   “I don’t like to remind myself about the negative aspects of the world” He flipped his imaginary hair. “An angel like me should only see the best”

   MIngyu scoffed. “More like a devil…” He said as he earned a slight punch on his arm from Joshua.

   Soon enough, their packing was interrupted by a loud yell.

   “Ya, Hong, are you ready to head out?”

   Before he knew it, an officer stood out of the cell with two to three others holding handcuffs and a brand new change of clothes. This, of course, delighted Joshua, since he had become tired of the monotonous gray color of his uniform long ago.

   “Hey there Jihoon-shi, long time no see”

   “I would love to keep it as that, but as you can see, I was assigned to guide you towards the entrance” He laughed in disbelief. “You out of all people should’ve been kept in here. The world is at risk if you’re running around in it”

   “Wow, not even a good luck?” Joshua chuckled. “How cold”

   “Stop it with your nonsense, grab your things and put these on,” He threw the clothes into the cell. “Hurry up and change, everyone’s waiting for you outside”

   At this, Mingyu raised an eyebrow and scoffed.  “Who?? Last I knew Shua had no friends''

   “Bitch-”

   “They’re very important people who want to have a word or two with Joshua here” Jihoon interrupted. “Now, please hold out your hands for officer Kim to place the handcuffs, I want to get out of here before everyone else wakes up and it suddenly turns into a zoo”

   “First time I agree with you” Joshua smiled as he walked out the cell and turned around to give a fond look over to his friend. “Stay safe Mingyu”

   “You too hyung”

   Before he could say anything else, officer Kim quickly stepped forward and placed the cuffs on his wrist. He was then led down the hallway into a room filled by loud voices and gossip, and then forced to sign papers he didn’t even bother to read. According to him, getting out of that boring place as soon as possible was by far more important.

   “This is the last one,” Jihoon said as he placed the paper right in front of Joshua for him to look over. However, the other didn’t even spare a glance and instead reached out for the pen, ready to sign the paper and get everything over with.

   At this, the officer scoffed. “Aren’t you going to read it?”

   “I’m tired, in need of sleep, and hungry.” Joshua shrugged and then wrote down his signature. “Some papers aren’t going to stop me from getting all of these”

   Before turning around, Jihoon gave Joshua a look and then sighed. “Suit yourself”

   He signaled for officer Kim to uncuff the inmate and the other did as told. As soon as he did so, a wide smile crept onto Joshua’s lips as he felt a big wave of relief wash over him.

   He couldn’t wait to get into his friend’s apartment, lay down, and drift himself off to sleep. Joshua couldn’t wait to begin a new life.

   However, that all disappeared once he saw Jihoon approach him with a stun gun in his hands.

   Startled, Joshua held his hands up in defence and slowly backed away. “Uh, Jihoonie, I know I have bothered you a lot throughout my stay here but this isn’t the right way to say goodbye-”

   “Please remain quiet Hong, it’ll make my job easier”

   “Quiet my ass. Not when you are holding a gun-”

   A loud buzz circulated the room.

   Before he could reach out and smack the stun gun out of reach, an electric wave ran down his body. He winced in pain as he felt pitchforks continuously stab him before he laid on the ground with a blurred vision.

   Sadly, this didn’t stop him from seeing a smirk slowly appear on the officer’s face.

   “I asked you to read them, Hong.” Jihoon shrugged. “But oh well. Just remember, whatever happens to you from now on is entirely your fault”