It's 12 and it's raining again. Not that I'm complaining. Midnight rain's are something that I love. I feel more safe when it's raining at midnight than any other time of the day. 

Heeseung and his friend's are in the living room having a movie marathon. A scary one.

 I can hear a very high pitched, dolphin scream every 2 minutes. Praying for whoever that person is. Hope they make it through the marathon.

Now I'm feeling hungry. Shouldn't have let down heeseung's offer. You know what? I'll just go to the store and eat ramen. 

As I went down, Someone screamed. 

"GOD I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE A GHOST. OR WORSE, THE KILLER FROM THAT MOVIE." Sunoo said, screaming. 

"I ain't no killer but I will become one if you keep screaming."

"The umbrellas are in the shelf by the door." Heeseung said as I made my way to the door.

"How come you're not asking her where she's going?? I always ask my sister where she's going." Jake asked him while giggling.

"That's because he knows where  I am going." I answered him. "I'll get going now."

Finally at the convenience store.  As I entered the cool air hit my face. It feels good I don't know why.

I got my ramen and drink ready and sat at the window, watching the rain. But someone coming in got my attention. It was Niki. 

He looked at me. "Oh so this is where you were going to."

"Yeah. What are you doing here?"

"I came to get snacks for all because I lost rps." 

"That's childish."

"NIshimura Riki?"Someone from behind us asked. Riki turned around to see who it was.

"Hanbin. What are you doing here." He sounded more commanding than asking. 

"What would a human do at a store? Kill people? Where is your gang, you're never alone."

"Why would you care about that?"

"Well it just makes my job easier in hurting you, or worse."

"HANBIN LETS GO." Someone screamed.

"We can't. We found THE Nishimura Riki alone." Hanbin told. 

"Wait up. How sure are you that he is alone? There a girl right beside him." The other guy told.

"You guys do realize that we can hear you right?" Riki asked them.

I saw the other guy open a pocket knife. 

"Woah woah there. Verbally fighting is already irritating and now you want to do it physically?" I asked the guy.

"You're a girl and you look very weak. stay out of this."

"Gender discrimination. Another thing that I hate." With that I kicked him in the face.

"Ok. Remind me to never get on your bad side." Riki told standing beside me.

"What's that guy's name?" I asked him.

"Park Eun Hoon." Riki replied.

"Park Eun Hoon, You're such an asshole. Such a mad head."

"Let's get going." I told Riki.

"Wait I need to get the snacks."

"We'll go to the other one down the street." I told him and we left.

Such a mood spoiler . I thought to myself.

We got the snacks and were walking back home. It stopped raining a while ago.

"Where the hell did you even learn to kick someone like that?" Riki asked me.

"I learnt it when I was back in canada. There were way worse dickheads and assholes back there."

"Damn." 

As we entered sunoo screamed.

"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?!? I'M SO HUNGRY."

"Geez, not even a how are you." Riki said whilr rolling his eye's. In joking way obviously. 

"YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE WAY AREUM KICKED EUN HOON IN THE FACE." Riki screamed as I was walking to the stairs but stopped as soon as I heard that.

"Why are you bringing that up?" I asked him.

"Man that kick was so cool. It just can't be left unspoken about."

"What even happened?" Heeseung asked us.

"ZX's  Hanbin and Eun hoon were in the same store as us." RIki told them." And yeah, they did threaten us again." 

"Not again." Jungwon said while shaking his head.

"What even happened between ya'll?" I asked them.

"Long story short, they think that we stole their drug load just because we are their rivals." Jay told me.

"That's dumb." I told them. "Anyways, your problems, not my place to judge or tell anything. Bye. Have a great marathon." 

I went to my room and laid on the bed. It was only the starting of school but I already feel  so exhausted. I was scrolling through my phone. Everything went quite. Too quite. Suddenly, I heard a very loud bang.

Wait a minute. 

That's a gunshot!

I quickly went to the secret weapons spot. I was behind the vanity mirror. I loaded the gun with the bullets and as if on que, the lights went out. But the house was installed with lights that were battery powered in few places. so it was bright enough to see where you were going.

I descended the stairs very carefully and reached the living room.  But there was not even a single soul to be seen.

"Long time no see, Alex." Someone told, and came out from the dark hallway.

 I recognized that voice, "Noah." "What are you doing here." I demanded him.

"You really think that you could escape that easily?" He asked me.

"Look, I know what you're talking about. But I already fixed it.  I don't see why you're the one getting mad and violent when it should be me." I replied. 

"You already know what I want. You promised me."

"That was before, in the past. Grow up and realize that I know why you want that."

"God, Your making this hard for yourself."

"Then let it be. I'm never giving you that. And both of us know very well who's in control." I said as I raised my gun up to him.

"Don't even think of that. I've got all those freak's with me. Asher, come out."

With that Asher, another person who I know very well, came out with all the seven guys with other seven guys holding them.

"Asher? You too?" I asked him.

"Not only Asher, it's me too." Grey said as he came out from the dark.

"Areum, what's happening?" Heeseung asked me. "And where did you get that gun from?" 

"pftt. Do those guys even know you Alex? Did you even tell them what you were doing back in Canada?" Grey asked me.

"Whatever may happen will happen. But I'm not gonna give it to you." I told them looking dead in the eye.

"Either you give them to us or one of these guys is gonna die." Asher told me.

"You know how dangerous it is. We lost Celine because of that. Why do you want it even though you know how bad the consequences are?" I asked them.

"Money Alex, money! You know very well how much that thing costs."  Noah told me. "You know you can trust me. I was your literal boyfriend."

I scoffed, "Boyfriend? You broke my trust on you by one sell. Never in my whole life will I ever trust you again. Over my dead body."

"You had a boyfriend and didn't tell me?" Heeseung asked.

"Later man." I answered him.

"God all this is so confusing! Can someone tell what the actual hell is happening?!" Jake screamed.

Noah snapped his fingers and one of the guys got heeseung near him. Noah raised his gun and put it right next to heeseungs head.

"Get me the seeds or I'm gonna blow this guy's brains out." Noah demanded.

"Leave them and I'll get you want you need." I told him.

"You think we are gonna believe you? We need to see the seeds first." Grey said.

"You think I'm gonna believe that you guys are not gonna hurt one of them in the mean time?" I asked them. 

"See, everything is simple. You give us the seeds and we are gonna let them go. I promise that I won't even let a fly near them." Asher told me.

As he told that, I ran upstairs to my room, grabbed the 5 seeds in a small zip lock and ran downstairs again.

I was panting by the time I came downstairs.

"Here." I handed the seeds to Noah.

"See it wasn't so tough." He said as he was going to reach the zip lock but I quickly retreated my hand.

"Let them go first." I told him.

"Boys, leave them." As Noah told them, they all came behind my back including heeseung who was free from Noah's grip.

"I swear if I ever see you guys again. only your body ina casket will leave the country." I warned them while handing them the seeds.

"Trust me on this you won't see us ever again after this." Grey told me.

As soon as that happened, they all left.

"What the actual fuck happened?!" Heeseung screamed. As he screamed, I shut my eye's tight.

Oh lord, please save me.

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