No Attachment -Part 5-
Word count: 2,774
Pairing: Jongin x reader,
Warning: This is a exo mafia au that many contain themes some may find uncomfortable. events such as kidnapping, spiking, stockholm syndrome, objectification of a Minor (17) are within.
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'Left, slight right, past the blue door, down one staircase'
The girl was tugged to the left by her wrists, her eyes scanning around the new corridor. 'Left' The girl shut her eyes repeating a long sequence of directions in her head 'Two rights, Left, slight right, past the blue door, down one stairca-'
"Sweetie~?" A smooth purr, closer to her ear than expected, made the girl flinch back and open her eyes to glance up. As their eyes met, Baekhyun's hand enclosed around the girl's opposite shoulder, pulling her towards him as they walked, his other hand still tight around her wrists. "What are you murmuring?"
A shiver down her spine attempted to shake her body, the haunting weight of the man's fingers around her shoulder causing an automatic response. "...I'm sorry" The next shiver that went down her spine, at the snickered laugh that left Baekhyun's lips, was too strong to suppress. Baekhyun's hand gently released its grip and rose from her shoulder to comb back a few strands of her hair. The girl flinched again, pulling her head in the opposite direction to his hand. "It better not have been the directions back to Jongin's room" Baekhyun's voice whispered right into her ear, causing her breath to catch in her throat. The man snickered and grabbed her opposite shoulder again, keeping her from pulling away from him.
"It's one right, two lefts, up one staircase and the 2nd door on the left-oh no, wait.." As Baekhyun finally leaned back, away from her ear, the girl unconsciously followed with her eyes, "...That's my room" With that, Baekhyun's steps came to a sudden stop and the hand on the girl's shoulder gently swung her around till her back to collide with the wall.
"Since Sehun's gone and Chen hasn't shown up yet, I can take some time to show you the way there" Baekhyun whispered with a sickly-sweet voice. "And maybe time for a few more things, like.." Baekhyun's voice trailed off teasingly, admiring the mortified look on the girl's face before pressing his lips to the corner of her own "the kinds of things you must have done with Jongin, hmm?" A weight formed in the pit of the girl's stomach. "Uh, I-I already-" Baekhyun didn't let the girl finish before pressing another kiss to her lips. "I think I could do a better job training you... don't you think?"
"Baekhyun, that's enough" A voice called from further down the hall, surprising the girl who looked in the direction it had come from, but didn’t so much as make Baekhyun blink.
Baekhyun scoffed, his breath fanning over the girl's neck as he rolled his eyes "Of course you show up now"
The man who the girl remembered as Chen approached with a small scowl directed towards the other man, not acknowledging the girl rapped between the wall and Baekhyun. "We still need her relatively innocent so refrain from harassing her too much"
Baekhyun let out a small sigh, opposite to his previously hostile reaction to the other man and pulled the girl from the wall. "Yeah yeah, just take her, will you?" Baekhyun roughly shoved the girl towards the other man, making her stumble forward. Before she could fall, two hands balanced her by the arms, the short distance she had stumbled between Baekhyun and Chen saving her fall.
"If that's all then" Baekhyun turned on his heel, heading back in the direction they had come, leaving the girl with Chen.
"This way" Chen released the girl's arms, directing her in the opposite direction with a gesture. Timidly, the girl nodded and continued to follow Chen down the hall.
Much like the hall she vaguely recalled whilst being carried by Jongin, the hall was a dark cement colour with steel doors divided down the corridor.
"W-what is this place.." the girl couldn't help but mumble in concern, multiple ideas about what they hid behind the steel doors raiding her imagination..
"It's where we keep all of you" The calm voice from beside her, made the girl jump not expecting him to hear her thoughtless comment, let alone confirm one of the horrible answers she had imagined.
"Herd up like little sheep, don't you think?" The chuckle that followed would have been considered quite normal, if not charming, had he not said such a creepy thing before it. The girl shrunk back a little under Chen's laughter, not wanting to know any more of what went on in his head. Silently walking half a step behind the man, the girl tried to push her hair away from her face, the strands tickling her noes and cheeks occasionally as they continued to stubbornly get in the way.
"145. here" Chen's voice broke the girl from her thoughts, his hand reaching back to grab her wrists gently, tugging her towards the door he stopped at. Like the ones she had seen all down the hall, the steel door showed no difference to every other she had seen except the small number engraved above the handle. Chen unlocked the door with a key connected to a large ring with hundreds of identical of keys. The lock unlatched with a rustle clink before Chen pulled the steel door open by the handle.
Gesturing with a small head movement for the girl to go in, Chen fiddled with the keys before looking back at the girl. "You'll be in here till the auction Sehun decides to put you up at. It'll probably be ta couple after the next so you have a while to get used to..." Chen trailed off, making the girl peaked up from under the stray strands of hair that refused to stay tucked behind her ear. The blank stare on Chen's face made the girl blink and start to divert her eyes, not wanting to upset him more than he already appeared to be. But before she could, Chen reached out and grab a hold of her collard shirt. Pulled forward by the action, the girl shut her eyes on instinct waiting for him to hit her, toss her back or something more creepy like Baekhyun went for.
"that's probably annoying" But instead of either, the girl felt the man hold something in front of her eyes. "A-a hairpin..?" The girl stuttered, still in Chen's hold that he seemed oblivious to how rough it was. "Don't let the others seen it" was all he said before dropping the pin into the girl's shirt pocket. Without another word, Chen stepped back into the hallway and closed the steel door without even glance. The rusty metal clink of the lock rung around the small cell.
From the corner of the small bricked in room, she couldn't tell if time was passing slowly as it felt it was or otherwise. The silence left her with her thoughts. Her mind first wandered back to hours before with Jongin. Remembering all the words he had whispered into her ear and where his hands had reached before Baekhyun and Sehun had stormed in- Quickly shaking her head, the girl felt almost disgusted at the first thoughts she had when finally alone. Because she had fallen to sleep, willingly and not, on a few occasion She didn't even know how long it had been since she was first snatched from the 'detective's car. Surely, someone from her class would have noticed her missing by now and had people searching for her. She thought of Jongin before even thinking what was going to become of her. But despite her attempts to divert her thoughts from Jongin and his gentle fingers, soft voice and every moment they had spent together, they wouldn't move aside. Her attachment to the man had grown severely. He was no longer someone she just looked to when she needed damage control but now he was someone who had kissed her and stolen a part of her heart. Staring down at her bound wrists she fought back the urge to cry fruitlessly.
Whilst only the small hiccups and soft cries filled the room a sharp noise broke slice through the room, leaving only stunned silence.
The rustle click of the lock being unlatched sent a loud chalky crack echoing through the small enclosure. The sound suffocated her, echoing in her head over and over.
"I must have heard wrong..."
But the sound still echoed in her mind,long past the time it dissolved into the room, as clear as day. With sweaty palms, the girl cautiously scooted over to the metal door that had been unlocked with no result.
She felt the skin on her knees break a little from the rough cement ground, but her mind was too plagued with the click of the door unlocking and confirming whether she had really lost her mind.
As she stopped before the door, her left hand slowly reached up to rest on the handle, waiting with sweat to test if it would turn. Worried that her timing would be wrong, the girl put her ear to the door, listening for any footsteps or sign that someone might be behind it. but she heard none. Whether that was because of the thickness of the metal door or if there was no movement on the other side, she had no clue.
"W-where would I even go..?" The girl had only seen parts of what seemed the be the large estate that extended underground and had no idea where an exit would even be. Even with the door unlocked she knew it wouldn't be the only obstetrical to escaping the place.
Despite the caution alarms going off in her head, the girl gently pulled the door open. The hinges creaked painfully loud, making the girl’s whole body freeze in fright for a second. After steadying her breath she pushed the door wide enough for her to slip out.
The eerie concert hall felt larger than before, making the girl look both ways down the hall for some time before even thinking of moving a muscle.
Walking in the direction she had been lead by Chen, the girl constantly glanced over her shoulder and tried to make her steps as light and soundless as possible. Just as she remembered, the hall seemed to go on forever, making her heart go wild in her chest imagining how much longer she would have to endure the eerie silence. Despite that she barely even know where she was going.
The girl approached The first two-way turn that ended the long hall she had been locked in. Looking back, all the mental doors looked so similar that even if she wanted to go back, she wouldn't be able to tell which one she had been inside.
Directions that she had been so memorising surfaced as she looked between the left and right turns. The girl, confident in her memory, turned right, deciding the only way she could have a chance at getting out would be to find her way back to Jongin's room. Following the directions she had memorised 'one right and two lefts' she reached the staircase faster than it had taken her to walk to the end of that hall
Taking a deep breath the girl clutched onto the railing, taking the stairs up from the cement walls and eerie hallways into the nicer upper ground level.
"2nd door on the left..." uttering the last direction the girl stared down the hall before taking a step onto the push corridor rug that ran down the hall with only two doors.
With each step closer she got the second door on the left, her head flooded with doubt again, nagging at her till her feet came to a stop just before the door.
How, why did she even trust Jongin? The girl rethought the logic in what she was doing, getting a chance to escape and immediately running back to one of her captors. Why did she blindly make her way back to his room? Because he had helped her a few times? He was still apart of her kidnapping and involved in the mafia despite the affection she felt from him. "Why..why the heck did I come here.." the girl felt another strong breakdown surfacing, staring with the familiar sting at her eyes.
The door she was standing close to opened suddenly, making the girl stumble back slightly. "J-jongin-" As the girl looked up the name caught in her throat. Stepping back again, she shook her head , suddenly remembering the directions she had followed.
"Don't tell me you really remembered the direction here rather then to Jongin's room" Baekyun grab a hold of the girl's arm, staring down at her darkly. "I can't tell if your stupid for following directions to my room or smart for getting out of your cell"
Baekhyun let out a deep chuckle, pulling the girl with him back down the hall. "If we're lucky, you really will be thrown over to me"
Instead of being lead back down the stairs Baekhyun took the girl further into the main building. He walked too quickly for her to even be able to look at her surroundings or remember the directions back. Only getting to feel disgusted at the expensive looking area compared to underground where she was stored for the short time. Stopping suddenly in one of the halls, Baekhyun opens one of two large wooden French doors, pushing her into the room before him. As the girl was lead in further by Baekhyun she noticed the room was occupied .The young,tall looking man sat behind the large oak wooden desk, stopped in the middle of talking to Sehun, Chen and Jongin who turned to look over. not wanting to see the expressions she geussed would be on the other two men’s faces, the girl felt a sting in her chest when her eyes met those of Jongin’s, more so when his eyes slightly narrowed upon seeing her. "Guess who I found outside my door" Baekhyun sung, pushing the girl further into the room with a tight grip, stopping her to stand between Jongin and Baekhyun, in front of the desk and important man who sat behind it.
Upon the girl stopping beside him Jongin quickly shot a glare towards Baekhyun and gently, as if unconsciously, placed a comforting hand on the girl’s forearm.
Jongin snapped before the man behind the desk even had a chance to speak. "Then why'd you bring her here?! You should have just put her back" Jongin
"That's not the point, Jongin" Baekhyun hissed back, redirecting his eyes back to the man behind the desk. "Chanyeol, we need to get rid of this girl" Baekhyun spoke, the man behind the desk didn't respond but only briefly glanced at the girl.
"If she got out of the cell then that's Chen's fault, isn't it?" Jongin argued after seeing the Chanyeol’s conflict. His hand on her lower arm tightened slightly as if reassuring her he was there.
"My fault? I locked the door. How am I supposed to know if she somehow got out?" Chen scoffed before looking at Sehun "Besides, isn't she Sehun's find?"
Sehun heaved a sigh before rubbing his temples with his index finger and thumb. "I think Baekhyun is right, this girl is getting annoying"
A cough from the man behind the desk finally brought their attention forward again. Chanyeol, who seemed to have the most authority, stared at the girl for a moment before finally speaking.
"How did you get out?" The girl hesitated slightly, knowing her answer would sound extremely suspicious. "T-the door just unlocked by it’s self..and it opened.." she hadn't meant for her voice to come out so weak but under the stares of all four mean, cracked. "It unlocked by its self?" Chanyeol looked most utterly unconvinced with her answer, just she had thought.
"Well, how else would she have gotten out..? You don't seriously think she could have broken out" Jongin defended the girl once again, not only making the girl look at him but the other three men as well.
The short silence was broken when Chen stepped over to Jongin and the girl, shifting everyone's attention over to him. "It's possible. She could have picked the lock" Jongin scoffed at the other "With what?"
The girl flinched as Chen got closer, remembering back to when he had casually grabbed her by the shirt and... Her eyes suddenly widened. she recognised the small scheming smile on the corner of his lip before he plucked out a hairpin from her shirt pocket.
"A hairpin like this would have been perfect"
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I’m sorry this update took so long but I hope that you all enjoy this 5th part. If you have some time please let me know what you think it really helps me and makes me so happy!
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