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â€Å"Fuck†¦Ã¢â‚¬  Taehyung whispered in shellshock, watching the man in front of him fall limply, causing a very loud thud as blood splurge out of him. Taehyung swallowed thickly, lowering the gun slowly and shakily, the back of his hand raising up to his left cheek, removing the left over blood. Taehyung just killed someone. Taehyung, the happy go lucky-the animal loving-have blonde moment man, killed someone. â€Å"Fuck†¦Ã¢â‚¬  Taehyung hissed loudly, dropping down his knees, quickly crawling over to the dead body before remembering who the man was and what he was second away from doing. Joon-ho didn’t deserve to die though, but it was either him†¦ or Taehyung. â€Å"Joon-ho?† the taller man, Minho, called from outside the door causing Taehyung to tense up†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"Just pass me the gun an-â€Å" â€Å"No,† Taehyung proclaimed. If Minho feared him at the moment for good reason or bad, it didn’t matter, Taeh yung naturally should take advantage of it. â€Å"Drop your gun to the ground,† Taehyung ordered, nudging his gun in the direction of the area Minho placed his gun. Minho’s eyes followed before flickering his eyes back up at Taehyung. Taehyung held his breath. â€Å"Now,† Taehyung added sternly. He was proud on how he sounded†¦ he didn’t sound like him, but it was delivering the message quite well. â€Å"I said now, Minho, or I’ll shoot a cap in your fucking ass.† â€Å"Fine!† Minho exclaimed loudly, quickly unhooking the gun and dropping it on the floor, right next to Joon-ho’s dead body. Taehyung than nudged his head into his direction, demanding for Minho to actually kick the gun closer to him. â€Å"You are fucking insane. I knew I should’ve fucking killed you,† Minho angrily muttered before giving the gun a strong kick in Taehyung’s direction. Taehyung stopped the other gun with his feet before b ending down and picking up the gun, throwing it on the bed, further away from Minho before clearing his throat. â€Å"You are going to let me go†¦Ã¢â‚¬  Taehyung started slowly before swallowing thickly, his voice returning back to its quivering state. His body was slowly shutting down. He was tired, so very tired. â€Å"I am going to open this window,† Taehyung motion to the window behind him before stepping towards the duffle bag. â€Å"I am going to escape. 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