E: The moment when the touch goes wrongThe truth is that the intuition I swallowed in the heat of the moment was, in fact, a lie. The inability to rule out a possibility and the gritting my teeth and rushing forward with that difference are two entirely different things. So, how different is the love I'll fall for from the end of a gun-pointing love?
The rising heat, unrelenting, clung to them, entangled them, and the engulfing air clung to them, threatening to burn them on contact. Hot moisture was trapped in the gaps, flowing out in a sticky, uncomfortably ticklish way. Their thick breaths lingered at the corners of their lips, then spurted out loudly and swallowed. Their tightly shut eyes opened, and as they pushed away, they forced themselves to breathe again. As they exhaled deeply, their gazes entangled in the air, and a silent laugh escaped their lips. The two, sharing a fleeting laugh, seemed to be no different from a sigh, but then remained motionless, leading to a dull silence. Taehyung feebly withdrew his hand, washed his face dry, and raised his head to look at Yu-eun. Yu-eun glared at him fiercely, then sat down on the pile of luggage with a murderous look in her eyes. The tension that had been lingering for so long vanished like snow.
“Are you perhaps seasick? You can’t stand for long and sit down quickly.”
“How could that be?”
At Taehyung's teasing words, Yueun slightly shook her shoulders, which were crossed over her arms, and clicked her tongue in disbelief. The light that had been blinking absentmindedly suddenly turned bright as her stomach rumbled. Yueun lost her balance, stumbled for a moment, and ended up falling. Taehyung, who had been laughing for a while in front of her, finally calmed down after fully noticing the glare that Yueun was giving her as she wrapped her arms around him.
"Stop laughing. It's already embarrassing enough, and you're making it worse. Do you think you wouldn't have fallen if you were standing? Are you sure, huh?"
"Pfft, if you just stay still, you'll at least get halfway there. That's exactly what's happening right now. I was sitting, and you were standing, for no reason. But your comment just explained why I can't stop laughing. Oh, then what's so funny? If only I had a camera, I could have recorded it. What a shame. It's so frustrating, I can't stand it."
"On the subject of hostages. The situation you're in is incredibly unsafe, isn't it? You know that, right? Huh?"
“So, you can’t even laugh about the hostage topic? You’re just being indifferent.”
"When will I? If you're going to smile, at least smile prettily. You should be useful to that extent, right?"
The sunset began to shine through the small window where only a handful of sunlight had been streaming in at best. Even as he said this, he couldn't help but laugh at the contrasting sight of Yu-eun painlessly untangling the rope that bound him. Yu-eun, who felt subtle waves ripple in his laughter, constantly reminded herself that he was in fact an enemy and someone she had to deal with, so she must not let her guard down for even a moment, and she must never give in to his affections. The sun, which had been slowly creeping down, had completely set, and the moon had already illuminated the sea, making the waves spread out in a leisurely silvery white.
“Hey, Min Yoongi. Do you even realize what you just did to get back here? You’re crazy. You let Kim Taehyung and Kwon Yoo-eun and all that go because of a few police officers? You’re out of your mind. Huh?”
Yoongi lowered his head and smiled with dry gums, then quickly stared at Seokjin without moving. He let out a deep sigh, then got up from his seat and raised his eyebrows in front of Yoongi, who hesitated for a moment.
“ 네가 더해봤자 꼭두각시지. 안 그래 보스? 푸하흐흡, 고작 너 같은걸 그자리에 앉혀둔 부하직원도 웃기지만. 배신하겠다고 안달나서 그거 하나 못 잡고 없는 돈 몇푼으로 그 년 잡아오라고 시킨 마당에, 남은 돈 죄다 술먹는데 탕진한 니새끼가 할말인가 그게. ”
"So what are you going to do? What does it matter if your boss is a puppet or if he spends all his remaining money on booze? You're in a position where you have to obey that bastard anyway. That damn trustless, murderous, beggarly, inflexible group? But obedience is a different matter. Even if he's going to swear, you have to argue with him, right?"
"So. That inflexible group, with nothing but obedience to their name, is the only thing they're willing to give up. Don't you get it? Are you stupid?"
"I could have easily caught Kwon Yu-eun and Kim Tae-hyung without you. It's just that you were the only choice. I wouldn't mind killing you either. It's ridiculous that you thought you could just walk away. It's even more absurd that you're trying to leave after causing trouble."
“Have you forgotten? That’s just how I am. Oh, if you only realized it now, that’s a shame.”
You can't leave here anyway.
Just die, it's killing me at the same time.