"Holy crap! That actually worked," Jisung exclaid, sitting on the pavent as he felt the adrenaline leave his body.
He was the last one to leave the hotel along with Ren, and it seed like the people started becoming suspicious when it was their turn. Fortunately, the crowd didn't do anything and just let them pass through.
"Told you it would work!" Casper exclaid, still feeling excited since he got to wear June's clothes.
anwhile, soone dropped a bill in front of Jisung's sitting figure, causing all of them to freeze.
"Feed yourself and your friends, young man," the old woman said in a kind and worried voice.
As she left, Jisung felt like crying.
"At what expense, though? I was just mistaken as a beggar!"
"Hey," Akira said, picking up the bill and seeing how much it was. "Don't diss beggars like that. They're still people."
Jisung pursed his lips and didn't say anything more.
"Besides, this is 100-yuan!" Akira excitedly said. "Can we buy a al with this one, June?"
June grabbed the bill and nodded. "This would do. We're going to a cheap place."
"It's bound to get full soon," he continued. "Let's go."
With that, June started walking in the direction of the restaurant.
anwhile, the other boys turned to each other with inquiring eyes.
"A cheap restaurant?" Akira asked.
"Maybe it's a hole-in-the-wall kind of place," Jaeyong excitedly chid. "I love restaurants like those!"
"Yeah, they have the best food," Ren added.
"You said it was near, right?" Jisung asked.
June nodded. "A ten-minute walk," he muttered.
"That's not too bad," Jisung smiled. "I'm really excited. I'm so hungry that I could eat a whole mammoth."
"Right this way," June said, pointing to a narrow alleyway with cigarette butts scattered around.
June smiled as he walked through the familiar pathway. Although he hadn't been here for a long ti, he still rembered it in the back of his mind.
It seed like muscle mory at this point.
However, he stopped in his tracks when he didn't feel anyone trailing behind him anymore.
June turned around, his eyebrows raising in inquiry, when he saw the other boys with hesitant looks at the entrance of the alleyway.
"Are you sure it's here?" Jisung warily asked, already feeling afraid.
June frowned and looked around before nodding. "Yes," he said. "We're almost there."
"Oh, it must be a shortcut!" Ren said.
"Ah," the others sighed in relief. "Right. I am fond of shortcuts."
With that, they followed after June once again.
However, the deeper they got in the alleyway, the more they realized that maybe, just maybe, it wasn't just a shortcut.
Jisung felt a shiver run down his spine as a muscular, bald man cut at on the side of the street.
"That guy's good at knives, so he beca a butcher," June said, touring his friends like they were on a safari adventure.
They quickly evaded their eyes as the butcher stabbed the at with full strength, so of the blood splattering on his apron.
"Now, that guy is good with chainsaws, so he's doing tal work," June chuckled, rembering a funny story that involved the guy.
Once again, the boys beca nervous as the guy welded what seed to be a window fra without wearing any goggles.
"Are you guys seeing this?" Zeth whisper-shouted. "He's raw-dogging the welding machine!"
"Please never say that word again," Ren whispered back. "But you're right. This is insane."
Akira turned around and gulped. "Do you think it's too late for us to go back?"
"Oh, I can't go back there without June," Zeth said.
"Why the hell not?" Akira asked. "You have the biggest body among us here!"
Zeth shook his head. "June's the toughest here, if you think about it."
"Oh, that guy," June chuckled, pertaining to another man. "He used to be a hitman, so he decided to do a funeral business."
June continued chuckling, finding the irony funny.
However, the boys continued to be silent.
"How does he even know all this stuff?" Sehun whispered, feeling afraid of June, too.
"I—Is it still far?" Jisung stamred.
"No, we're here!" June happily exclaid when he saw the familiar restaurant at the very end of the block.
The boys sighed in relief. However, their relief quickly vanished when they saw the restaurant
before them.
"This...is the place?" Jisung squeaked.
June turned around and nodded. Their faces were occluded with hoods, so June didn't even notice that his mbers were already in distress.
"Yeah, we're here," June confird. "I told you it would be filled to the brim. Good thing there's still one vacant table over there."
June guided his hesitant mbers inside, where they sat in the middle of the room.
The boys continued looking around, gulping when their eyes connected with a scary group of
old n.
The boys couldn't believe June took them to such a place. The small space was filled with
people who appeared like they had troubled pasts!
Jisung kept his gaze on the table while the others appeared visibly uncomfortable.
"Ah, let see," June said, grabbing the nu. "You don't mind if I order for all of us,
right?"
"S―sure," Akira said, still feeling apprehensive.
"They increase their prizes, too" June whispered. "Inflation is really crazy. It's a good thing
that these are still affordable."
anwhile, the boys whispered among each other while June was busy scrutinizing the
nu.
"Maybe we should have stayed at the hotel instead," Jaeyong whispered.
"Yeah, the mob was actually a blessing in disguise," Zeth chid.
"Co to think of it, this is Casper's fault. He shouldn't have suggested that we dress in these
clothes!" Akira added.
"You guys approved of the idea," Casper retaliated.
"Co on, guys. Don't fight. It's already scary as it is," Jisung said.
He looked around but quickly directed his gaze to the table.
The boys were in a dilemma.
They trusted June to bring them to a good restaurant.
And although the small space slled incredible with different spices, ats, and vegetables,
they couldn't shake off the feeling of being uneasy.
Zeth looked around, not being able to take his curiosity. Then, he froze when he made eye
contact with a large, burly man.
Zeth was a buff dude, but the guy before him was a different story.
"Zeth, stop looking!" Ren exclaid. However, it was too late.
The man was already heading toward their way with clenched fists and a nacing
expression.
"Oh no," Zeth muttered. "He's going to fucking beat us up!"
"You shouldn't have looked him in the eye!" Ren whisper-shouted. "June, June, help us," Jaeyong said, but June was too preoccupied with the nu.
"I miss eating all of this," he chuckled, his mbers appearing like dust. Then, the man finally arrived at their table and slamd his fist on the old wood. "What are ya looking at, huh?"
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