Love Me If You Dare

Chapter 77 (Side Story)

(Note : This is a side story of  when Jungkook is captured by Jhope.  It gives a bit more insight to the original Flower Cannibal case, Jhope, his relationship with Jackson, and... 'Jeykey'.)

Side Story - Jeykey

He opens his eyes.  The room is pitched dark. He is lying down still. Gliding his fingers down along the side of his body, he realises he is on a bed, smooth and soft.  It even smells fresh and clean.

    Jungkook gives a faint smile.

    This is the first day he is kidnapped. The Flower Cannibal seems to be treating him well.

   After pausing for a while, he stands up. His slender figure seems to be melting into the darkness. Like a solitary tree standing alone in a cold dark night.

    In the same room. In one of the corners. A man is staring at him with interest. A pair of blue eyes spark with excitement, like a falcon eyeing his prey.

   - Hi Justin.

   - You belong to me.  Finally.

    Ten minutes later.

    Suddenly all the lights are turned on. Jungkook instinctively covers his eyes with his hands.   When he got adjusted to the brightness, he looks around.   A narrow room. Hanging light. A blond man standing in the corner.   Behind him is a cage.  There are other victims in there. They curl up in the corner of the cage, like ants curling their bodies before their moment of death.  

   - Hi, Jhope.

   - We meet in person.  Finally.  And I am about to be the food in your plate.

    Nobody spoke.  They are just looking into each other’s eyes. Jhope keeps a smile on his face.  Jungkook...... takes his eyes off his rival.  Without the slightest change of expression, he looks at his surroundings again.  Then,  with a smile filled with disgust, he sits down on the bed.

    "How does it feel?" Jhope speaks to Jungkook like he’s an old friend of his.

    Not looking in his direction, Jungkook gives a faint smile, in his usual supercilious way.  

   

 Jhope smiles, showing his white teeth : "You're mad."

    He falls to his hands, but it seems he fails to see who is in control here.

    Turning toward Jhope, Jungkook says in an indifference tone : "Oh, what should I do? Should I be celebrating the fact that I am the most intelligent man that you will have eaten in your life?"

    Puzzled by what he said, Jhope looks up : "What?"

    He walks out.

***** 

In a different room.

    “Jhope." 

Jackson stands up. His eyes are still staring at a monitor screen : "It seems the two of you  are not getting along."

    Jhope grunts.  He walks over to the refrigerator, takes out a dish with some meat in it and starts eating. As if he has been revived, he smacks his lips and smiles again.

    Jackson is familiar with this scene. “He’s been here for half an hour, talked to you no more than three times, but every word makes you angry - Do you know why he is able to do that?”

    Jhope lifts his eye towards him.

    Jackson smiles : "Because both of you are aware - he is different from your other preys, he is invulnerable, you can’t break him.  You don’t know what to do.”