𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐓

𝐊𝐘𝐔-𝐑𝐈'𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐇𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃, 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀 𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐃. “Ow...”

“𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 me! Hello! Help! Help!” Someone screamed from next to her.

𝐊𝐲𝐮-𝐫𝐢'𝐬 bare arms rubbed against the wet concrete, letting her notice that she was nearly naked, only in a bra and underwear. Freaks...

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 slid by her head, taking off her blindfold.

𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲, Kyu-ri could see. She blinked a few times, looking around. The first thing she saw was the back 237's head. The younger girl had seems to twist and roll around so they were opposite of each other.

“𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞 me! Please!”

𝐊𝐲𝐮-𝐫𝐢 glanced awkwardly at her. She felt a bit too close to the younger girl, making things awkward.

“𝐎𝐰... It hurts...”

𝐁𝐮𝐭 the whimpers of pain helped Kyu-ri make up her mind.

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, Kyu-ri leaned forward, biting onto the rope. The rope snapped between her teeth, causing Kyu-ri to jolt.

𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 rope wouldn't snap like that.

𝟐𝟑𝟕 rolled over, panting as her cheek pressed against the wet concrete. She pulled the blindfold off of her head, glancing at Kyu-ri.

“𝐎𝐡, fuck, it's you.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧, 237 untied her feet, sighing in relief.

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 that, 237 quickly went to untie Kyu-ri. Her hand were quick and nimble, swiftly moving to untie the knots.

𝐈𝐧 just a few seconds, Kyu-ri's arms were free.

“𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 shit...” She groaned, hands reaching down to untie her feet.

𝟐𝟑𝟕 ran over to their clothes, starting to get dressed. The younger girl seemed to shiver, trembling from the cold.

“𝐀𝐫𝐞 you sure that you're 19?” “Yes.”

𝐈𝐭 was random question that had been asked for what seemed like the thousandth time.

𝐊𝐲𝐮-𝐫𝐢 crawled over to the clothes, grabbing them with a stiff movements. Her hands felt numb, engulfed by the coldness.

𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 Kyu-ri was dressed, she stood up, straightening her back, she was met with a hand being held out to her.

“𝐒𝐚𝐦 Yu-mi.” 237 said, announcing it like she was proud of something.

𝐊𝐲𝐮-𝐫𝐢 glanced down at her hand. “And?”

“𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬... that's my name.” “Cool. I guess.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 wasn't much of a response from Kyu-ri, mostly just ignoring Yu-mi the best she could.

“𝐔𝐦...”

“𝐈'𝐦 going home, you should too.” Kyu-ri muttered, placing her hat on her head.

𝐘𝐮-𝐦𝐢 swallowed, clasping her hands together. “Right. Home.”

𝐈𝐭 was an awkward moment. Kyu-ri had slid past Yu-mi, zipping up her jacket as she walked away.

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𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐀 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐊𝐘𝐔-𝐑𝐈 𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄.

“𝐒𝐢𝐫, I'm telling you that there were 456 people there, including me, forced to play kid games, to which if we refused or lost, we would be killed.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 was a sharp laugh from the policeman. “Forced to play kid games?”

“𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 crazy, right?” Kyu-ri asked, showing the number she called on her phone. “Well, look at this number.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 man squinted his eyes, leaning forward to look.

“𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 gave me a card with this number on it. I called it and they told me to go out at 1 AM and meet up with—”

“𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲. I think I've heard enough.”

𝐊𝐲𝐮-𝐫𝐢 rolled her eyes. “Did you even go to college for this shit? Just take my phone and call the number real quick.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 was a scoff from the policeman after she showed him the recent call.

𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲, someone walked in. A woman with ginger hair. She glanced at Kyu-ri, having an amused look plastered on her face.

“𝐈𝐭'𝐬 on this card too.” Kyu-ri muttered, throwing the card down on the desk from her pocket. “They gave me the card with the number on it.”

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 a sigh, the policeman grabbed her phone and pressed on the number from her call logs. He held he phone up to his ear, glancing at Kyu-ri.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 phone rang for a while, nobody picking up the other end. Silence was what he was met with.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 that was how Kyu-ri remembered it. Nobody picked up right away. She had to wait for a little while.

𝐊𝐲𝐮-𝐫𝐢 awkwardly shoved her hands into her pockets, whistling to ignore how weird she felt.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧, the policeman held Kyu-ri's phone back out to her with a "tsk" sound. “The number doesn't exist. I don't know how you called it a few days ago.”

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 he said that, Kyu-ri arched a brow, confused as to how that even worked.

“𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭?”

“𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, nobody answered because it's nobody's number.”

𝐊𝐲𝐮-𝐫𝐢 reluctantly grabbed her phone, clutching it onto her chest.

“𝐇𝐮𝐡? But—”

“𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤, no buts. I'm gonna ask you to leave and to kindly stop wasting my time if you have nothing else.”

“𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 ask Sam Yu-mi! She was there. And...” Kyu-ri picked apart the memories in he remind, trying to remember people's names. “Seong Gi-hun. Or Jung Ji-ho. They were all there!”

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 was followed by a pause.

“𝐇𝐨𝐰 do only know the names of three people?”

“𝐖𝐞 don't go by names there, we went by numbers. They revealed their names. Well, Yu-mi and Gi-hun, I already knew Jung Ji-jo— but none of that matters. Please, just... Please ask around or something.”

“𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 is some crazy shit. If we don't find anything in 24 hours, we aren't going to search further, understand that?”

“𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲, I understand.”

“𝐍𝐨𝐰 leave.”

𝐊𝐲𝐮-𝐫𝐢 scoffed, turning on her heels and leaving the police station.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 ginger women stepped over to the policeman that Kyu-ri had talked to. “Hey, Suk-ku, who is that? Was she high?”

𝐒𝐮𝐤-𝐤𝐮 scoffed, shaking his head as he leaned back in his chair. “She said her name was Yoon Kyu-ri. But, she wasn't high. She was too calm to be high. Or even drunk. I don't know... She's just weird.”

“𝐇𝐮𝐡.”

“𝐒𝐨, um, Ki-yeong, do you have any—”

“𝐈'𝐦 heading out, so don't burn anything down while I'm gone or whatever a concerned mother is supposed to say.”

“𝐊𝐢-𝐲𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠—”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 door closed with a sharp thud and Ki-yeong was gone just like that.

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𝐘𝐮-𝐦𝐢 sighed, her hand holding onto the handle, scared to pull it open.

“𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 do it...” She whispered to herself, taking a deep breath.

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 a harsh tug, the door was pulled open, revealing the inside of her father's house. She had been gone for about three days already.

“𝐖𝐡𝐨 the hell is walking into my—”

𝐘𝐮-𝐦𝐢'𝐬 dad abruptly cut himself off as he saw Yu-mi standing outside the door. The girl was frozen, not meeting his gaze.

“𝐘𝐮-𝐦𝐢!” He beamed, “Come on, get in here, sweetie.”

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 a slight hesitation, Yu-mi took a few steps inside the house, kicking the door shut. She swallowed, clearing her throat.

“𝐒𝐨, where is the money?”

“𝐈... I don't have it.”

“𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭? Yu-mi, you said that—”

“𝐈'𝐦 sorry, I tried. If I told you what happened, you wouldn't believe me. But they didn't end up giving anyone money in the end.”

“𝐈𝐧 the end? You left two days ago, Yu-mi. You promised you'd get money, so where is it? I want to see the—”

“𝐂𝐚𝐧 I just see Seon-nyeo? I missed my little sister.” Yu-mi asked with a sigh.

“𝐍𝐨.”

𝐘𝐮-𝐦𝐢 paused, blinking at her father.

“𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭?”

“𝐆𝐞𝐭 out of my house.” Yu-mi's father practically snarled, grabbing her wrists. “You're worth absolutely nothing.”

“𝐃𝐚𝐝, please, stop! Don't... don't do this!”

“𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐭 up, twat.”

𝐘𝐮-𝐦𝐢'𝐬 father threw her outside the house, slamming the door shut afterwards.

𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 the door was shut, Yu-mi scrambled her feet to make it back inside, but didn't make it in time.

“𝐍𝐨! Please..!”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 tears began to roll down the young girl's cheeks as she pounded her fists against the door. Yu-mi knew what her father was insinuating, but refused to believe he was gonna keep on that.

“𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐚...”

JETT YAP!!

omg guys i'm SOOOOO sorry that this chapter is so short but this is where I planned to end it and i got a lil messed up in my pacing plans so um sorry😭