"Why did EXO even leave me, though?", I whispered to Jaemin.
NCT Dream brought me back tot he apartment thy were staying at so I could have the time to calm down and figure things out.
But even after the kind of day I had, I couldn't sleep. Jaemin couldn't either, so we just stayed up talking.
"Didn't Sehun even explain to you why they're after us?", he asked.
I hesitated. Did he?
"I-", I stammered, "No. No he didn't."
"Oh", he looked back at the floor and kept a grip on the cup of tea he was drinking.
"Does it even matter?", I asked, "It looks like every mafia are all messed up, so..."
He shot a look. "Actually", he sipped on his drink, "Yeah, it does matter"
I raised an eyebrow and watched him drink his tea.
"EXO was at the top of the mafia trade a couple months ago", he started, "Before we got into everything"
"Well, what were you guys doing?"
"Anything to make money", he admitted, "But we were doing the things that not everyone was up to doing"
"Like?", I asked.
"The messy stuff", he said, "Getting rid of people. The stuff you could easily get caught for."
"So, why'd you even do it, then?"
"Money, Jiwoo", he turned to me and studied my face, "Just like you."
I returned his eye contact, but looked away after a few seconds.
"I don't see why my brother wants to get rid of you guys", I said, "You're just doing the work that they wouldn't do anyway"
"Exactly", he said, "We get hired all the time because people don't want to do what we do...So we make money fast, and the better we do our job, the more respect people have for us"
"Yeah, but why does it matter so much?"
"Stupid", he chuckled, "We're getting closer to the top, where EXO thinks 'they're supposed to be'. They're mad because we're just 'amateurs'."
"That's it?"
"Basically", he said, "But you'd be surprised at how much they do trying to get rid of us"
"At this point", I sighed, "Not much can surprise me, anymore"
Jaemin offered a small smile.
"You'll get out of all this", he whispered as he stood up.
"Yeah, well..."
"Just get some rest", he said, "You'll want it"
I yawned. "Fine..."
I watched Jaemin walk into the kitchen as I laid down on the couch. All the other members were asleep on the floor beside us. We were all crammed into this small apartment.
Jaemin said that things will get 'figured out'.
I hope he meant that.
