「MAFIA AU」(♧2)
Taehyun looked down at her, resisting the urge to take a step back, knowing that it would reveal how much her intimidation techniques were working on him. He stood his ground, staring back into her fiery stare with his slightly nervou...
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"Mister Lee, your visitor is here."
Jieun followed behind the prison guard, scanning around her environment with mildly interested eyes.
At the guard's words, she finally looked ahead of herself, seeing Jeongyoo seated on the other side of the glass. He looked a mess, Jieun noted, so much that the sight managed to coax a little sympathy out of her.
His face was unshaven, thin strands of hair from his balding scalp clinging to his forehead under a sheening layer of sweat. In his eyes, Jieun could see no hope, only full of crazily vengeful ideas that now had all the time they wanted to run through his head since he got into this place.
She sat down in front of him, earning a few interested glances from other inmates and visitors. She picked up the telephone, not allowing her eyes to leave Jeongyoo's for even a second.
"Why do you need me?"
"Wow, not even a 'hello'?"
The aging man grinned cheekily at her, clearly on the brink of spiralling out of his mind. Jieun rolled her eyes, already regretting listening to her parents.
"Hello, Mister Lee. What do you need me for?"
The orange-clad man cleared his throat, his grin de-escalating as he leaned in a little closer to the glass between them.
"I'm sure you've heard about what.. TXT has done to me, right?"
He lowered his voice at the mention of his previously rival mafia group, throwing a checking glance at the prison guard that stood a few feet behind Jieun.
She nodded her head, recalling the absolutely disgusted tone that her father spoke in as she heard about how horribly wronged Jeongyoo was; not only by TXT, but also by seven members of his own mafia tea, Enhypen.
Jeongyoo smiled, nodding with a slight hint of approval.
"You've always been an ace at finding people, haven't you?"
He started, speaking in a complimenting tone.
"How many of your parents' enemies have you tracked down with barely any effort,"
He paused dramatically, softening his eyes slightly and quietening his tone.
"and absolutely no credit."
Jieun's blank stare fell slightly, a glimmer of sensitivity flashing across her eyes as she clenched her jaw for a moment. Jeongyoo, noticing this, saw an opportunity in this and smiled smugly to himself.
He intently held eye contact with her, leaning even closer to the glass separating them, so much that his breath started to cloud slightly on the transparent divider.
"You help me with this, and your parents will finally know your true potential."
Jieun sighed softly as she wondered to herself why she was actually considering this.
