basketball ➸ lee eunsang

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"he left like, an hour ago."

"an hour ago?!" he said, shocked.

"yeah, but i saw him with some girl around thirty minutes ago."

"a girl?! what the- okay, thank you, ahjussi." hangyul rushed out the restaurant, being hit with the cold air.

"where the fuck did you go, yohan?!" he said in frustration. he started walking. "i swear, if you don't see from tomorrow on, it's because i'm gonna killed by my parents, and it's your fault."

hangyul started looking at any place his cousin could be. along the way, he was thinking of all the possible consequences he could have when he failed to look for him.

"ah, fuck!" he cursed out loud, now that the consequences he would face got to his mind, stressing him out.

suddenly, he heard footsteps behind him. he turned around and saw eunsang.

"oh.. hey, hyung..." eunsang said, panting.

"wha- eunsang, what are you doing here?" he asked.

"i need your help."

"what?"

"i think haeyoung's in danger."

"what?! how can you say so?" hangyul asked, worried.

eunsang explained to him in a very fast manner, but hangyul still understood it all.

"we have to be quick, then." hangyul said. "let me see her location."

eunsang showed him his screen, and hangyul's eyes widened.

"i know that place. i know where exactly haeyoung is."

"what? where?" eunsang asked, in a panic.

"it's where yohan takes his victims."

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haeyoung opened her eyes, head still spinning. she found herself in a dark, abandoned warehouse, with only a single lightbulb to light the room.

her heartbeat started racing. she could feel her palms get damp with sweat. she already felt her heavy breathing come in as soon as her anxiety struck her. where am i?

it took her a second to realize that she was being abducted. she was sitting on a chair, wrists duct-taped together, waist tied to the chair, and her limbs being tied as well. she tried to remember what happened before she was here, and as soon as she did, she gasped in shock.

did... did yohan do this to me?

she looked around. yohan was nowhere to be seen. the only thing she could see was a screen illuminating in the dark.

all right, hae, calm down. you just need to escape from this chair, get that phone, call the police, then escape this place. you can do it.

but it's easier said than done. she couldn't even have the strength to escape from the chair. i don't wanna die like this..

without noticing, tears started falling down. don't cry, you weak bit- haeyoung thought, but got cut off by the sound of the phone she saw ringing.

she closed her eyes, ready to make the chair fall so she could move more easily towards the phone. luckily, when she made the chair fall along with her, she only lightly hit her head. she started kicking as hard as she can so she could reach the phone. she tried her best to answer the phone using her face, and fortunately, she answered it.

"yohan?" the caller said.

relief washed through her body once she heard the voice of the person on the other line.

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"can't we just call the police?" hangyul said.

"we'll call them after we find them. we might bring the police to the wrong location if we do now. we aren't sure if this is the real location where they are," eunsang said, pointing to the screen. "this is just the location of haeyoung's phone. she could've just dropped it, so we're going there first to be sure."

"right." hangyul said. "i'll try calling yohan."

hangyul rushed to call his cousin, and after a minute or two, someone answered.

"yohan?" he asked. he heard sobs coming from the other line. the two stopped in their tracks.

"hangyul.."

"haeyoung?"

"help... me..." the other caller said.

"don't worry, we're coming for you!" eunsang said.

"eunsang?"

"yes, we'll be there soon!"

then the two heard a chuckle. "not if i kill her first."

hangyul recognized the voice. "yohan! hey, stop this now! you're having one of your outbursts again!"

outbursts? eunsang thought.

then they heard another chuckle. it was a lot more evil than the one before.

"you can't stop me anymore, hangyul."

then the two boys heard a gunshot, followed by a loud scream, then the sound of the call ending.

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yohan's evil🤭