𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦 || 𝘫𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯

𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛

   The whole room went quiet as soon as Jeonghan had given out his answer. They never expected it, not coming from him.

   “...Excuse me?”

   “I won’t do it,” Jeonghan said with confidence. “I’m not willing to join on it as much as you want me to”

   With widened eyes, Joshua looked at his direction and scowled. “Are you crazy?!" He frowned. "You have been sentenced with the death penalty, even if you join or not you’ll die anyways!”

   Jeonghan tsked. “I have my reasons to not accept the offer, although knowing that I signed the paper earlier leaves me with no other choice now does it?”

   “As much as I don't want to admit you're right I'll have to swallow back my pride and agree” Seungcheol tsked. “I wanted to give the two of you a sense of free will even though we all know you don't deserve it”

   At this, Joshua huffed. “Wow, and here I thought we were the worst human beings everyone in the room”

   “You are, and I’m happy to know you know it” Seungcheol looked at Minghao. “Do you know what you need to do?”

   “Yes Sir” He looked at them. “Hold out your hands and remain still”

   They reluctantly did as told as he walked over to them with a box in his hands.

   “These are metal bracelets our team has been working on for a while now. Don’t even try to take them off, only me and Mr. Choi have the key to open them”

   As he placed them on their wrists, Joshua couldn’t help but stare in awe. He inspected them from side to side as Minghao spoke.

   “With these we’ll be able to know where the both of you are at all times. If we know you’re not following orders or are wandering near any area off limits, through them we can send shock waves that’ll not only immobilize you for a few minutes but may even electrocute you” He smiled. “We don’t want that to happen now do we?”

   “So," Joshua spoke. "When’s the mission going to start?”

   “Tomorrow at 7 am” Seungcheol said as he picked the papers up and walked over to the door. “Minghao here will take you to your temporary dorms and then lead you to the cafeteria where you’ll get breakfast. But don’t even get used to this kind of environment, you'll go back to prison as soon as everything ends, understood?”

   “Yes..” They both said reluctantly.

   “Better start adding Sir from now on as well, I won’t tolerate any of you just speaking to me informally as if we're friends” He grinned. “Take them away Minghao”

   “Yes Sir”

   And with that, he exited the room.

- 𝚜𝚟𝚝 -

   "Snot"

   “Idiot” 

   “Scum”

   “Soggy cereal no one likes”

   “Now that’s an understatement, there’s people out there who love soggy cereal more than you’d expect”

   “They’re a rare few who have absolutely no taste”

   Joshua chuckled. “You’re seriously going to disrespect soggy cereal lovers like that?”

   “Them and hawaian pizza eaters. They make me wonder if they’re mentally stable or if their taste buds are just dead”

   “Can the two of you shut up?!” Minghao yelled from the front seat. Ever since they had exited headquarters the two inmates hadn’t stopped bickering all because Jeonghan stole Joshua’s favorite seat. “For a mafia boss and a freak the two of you are awfully immature”