PANDORA'S BOX
9:00 PM, WEDNESDAY

"You seem a bit dazed- did something happen?" Reiji asked as he snapped his finger right in front of the head bartender's face. Snapping out of her reverie, she clears her throat, rubbing her right eye subconsciously, "Oh sorry, was I spacing out again?"

Reiji sighed, "Are you okay, Kei? You haven't been yourself lately. Is everything alright? Is the mafia giving you a hard time?" He threw her a bunch of questions, tone filtered worried with his lips formed a little frown. "Just tell me, I'll be sure to beat them up."

Keiko chuckled, appreciating his concerns, "No, I'm okay."

"Says like every not okay person." Reiji fired back, rolling his eyes. "I know you're not okay- but I'm here for you. Maybe you don't want to open up yet, that's fine, but I don't want you to forget that I'm here."

"How 'bout this?"

Keiko glances at him, curious upon what he has to bring up this time. He smiles faintly at the girl, "Let's go out, me and you, no one else. Just like old times."

"We're going to shut the bar early today and you go text that boy Jaemin to go pick you up after we go on our little friend date."

Keiko hummed, tapping her forefinger above her lips a few times before giving in, "Alright- go pack up."

KEIKO.
≫ Jaemin?

JAEMIN.
≫ Kei! Anything wrong?
≫ Do i need to go back there?
≫ Or you want something?
≫ Chocolates? Ice cream? Uhh idk

KEIKO.
≫ Nah i'm good
≫ Me and Reiji tho r going out

JAEMIN.
≫ Ok cool. I'll be there in a few minutes
≫ Where are we going??

KEIKO.
≫ I mean't just me and Reiji

JAEMIN.
≫ YOU'RE LEAVING ME BEHIND!?
≫ I feel sooooo betrayed right now Kei
≫ What if he does the same thing Daniel did!?

KEIKO.
≫ He's not like that Jaemin
≫ And i've known him ever since
≫ Just pick me up after

JAEMIN.
≫ I've got another mission after
this tho... and we have a meeting
in a couple hours
≫ I'll just ask someone else who's free
≫ Is that okay?

KEIKO.
≫ It's okay
≫ As long as it isn't Yuta

JAEMIN.
≫ Mhm i'll see what i can do

KEIKO.
≫ Thank youuu
≫ And be safe on missions

JAEMIN.
≫ Omg... Keiko just told me to be safe
≫ ❤️💓💓💛💘❣️❤️💞❤️💘💞💘❤️💞🧡💗💙💞💞🧡💞🧡💞💝💕🖤💓💕💘💛💞💕💕💕❤️💛💚💞💕💕💕🧡🧡💝🧡
≫ 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥰🥰🥰🥰 I FEEL LOVED

KEIKO.
≫ wow

JAEMIN.
≫ So sexy

KEIKO.
≫ i'll chat u later
≫ byeee

JAEMIN.
≫ Take care as well please.
≫ And if you notice something strange, call us.
≫ Got that?

KEIKO.
≫ yes yes
≫ see u

Jaemin eyed his phone for a good minute before turning over to Chenle who nodded at him. "Everything good?"

"I think so... Keiko and Reiji and are going out on a friend date I think. But look at this," he shoves his phone in front of Chenle's face making the young boy fall back and groan. "her way of texting changed."

Chenle's eyes skimmed through the texts, only noticing how Keiko failed to capitalize her first letters in the recent texts. He furrowed his eyebrows together, not wanting to exaggerate although he did find it a hit suspicious. "It's just that...what if she just typed it again or something?"

Jaemin deadpanned, "Yeah but what if someone took her phone?"

Chenle pressed his lips together, the thought bothering him completely. But Keiko can handle intruders...right?

"Let's not overthink that- we need to trust her a bit more."

Jaemin let out an exasperated sigh, a scowl forming on his lips as he shook his head, going back to his phone, "Aish you don't get me."

"It's not that I don't get you, hyung. I just believe that Keiko's strong enough to fight her own battles."

"Chenle! She's not a trained fighter unlike us- she may have a good aim but what if she wasn't able to whip out a weapon fast?" Jaemin reasoned, worried that something bad might've happened by now.

"Okay okay, fine. I'll go contact Jisung and ask him—"

A beep signal cut off Chenle's sentence as a loud feedback screeched into their intercoms making them shriek. "Wait I'm picking up a signal." Chenle pressed his hand against the earpiece. "Hello? Jisung? Is something wrong?"

"Hyung! It's Taeyong's family..."

"What do you mean Jisung?" They heard Renjun speak through the intercom.

"They just emailed us...they've got Keiko and Reiji captured."

"WHAT!?"

.        .         .

"This is bad. This is bad. This is bad. This is bad." Doyoung kept repeated nonstop as he paced back and forth inside the meeting room; impatiently waiting for the others to arrive upon Taeyong's sudden call for an emergency meeting.

"We're here!" Sicheng panted, walking in with the rest of the WAYV unit members who came back form their short mission trip to China.

"Are we complete?" Jaehyun panned the room and when he noticed everyone there, he nodded. "Let's start."

"So as Jisung informed us... my family, well, more like my parents, have taken both Keiko and Reiji." Taeyong started off and that bursted quite a few arguments from the others.

"Guys- quiet down!" Jeno tried to shut them down but it was no use.

"We're going to do something right?" Jisung's questioned died the noise down as all eyes landed on their boss. Xiaojun nervously bit on his bottom lip, mustering up all the courage to ask again, "We are... right?"

Taeyong blinked a couple of times before clearing his throat, "Of course... unless you want to die from Mikami Eiichi that is."

"Speaking of," Jungwoo snapped his fingers, a wide grin plastered on his face. "I talked to Eiichi awhile ago- that is regarding on what happened to Keiko, and I did a few negotiating with your father."

Kun narrowed his eyes at Jungwoo, not quite liking where this was going. "And what are you trying to say?"

Jungwoo laced his fingers together, leaning forward onto the meeting table, still with that annoying grin they all got annoyed at by now. "Well," he hummed softly, eyeing each and one of his members that sat quietly, waiting for him to speak up. "I heard that the party's being held in Japan."

"You guys know what that means." He shrugs plainly.

Lucas spoke up, "It means Reiji and Keiko would possibly be out of the country by now, we tried talking and tracking- and yes, they're probably somewhere in Japan."

"Then that answers our questions." Taeyong stood up, eyes glinting darkness as he stared coldly at them.

Jaehyun grabbed his wine glass, raising it up as he waited for someone to speak.

Doyoung sighed, eyeing the others who nodded at him. The black haired consigliere stood up, tugging onto his blazer as he cleared his throat, "This is our mafia family, our existence is limitless."

Taeil stood up next, confidently voicing out, "Our futures have been thrown away, they've been tainted with darkness."

Kun looked at Hendery who raised up from his seat, "Pain is the only thing that makes us human."

"We are all connected to each other." Ten breathed out as he pulled the ones beside him, which were Xiaojun and Yangyang, up. "We're a family."

By now, everyone has stood up. All eyes were set on their leader who has a smirk evident on his lips, tilting his head slightly back, "Pack up guys, we're taking a flight to Tokyo."

Jaemin chuckled, following the Dream Unit who ushered out of the room. Looking down onto his phone which presented his last conversation with Keiko, "Keiko... you can't leave just yet. The family will be incomplete without you."

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lucas and jaemin called her family :0

but anyways- 80k omg thank youu ❤️
sad to say this might end soon

probably around 80? hmmm we'll see we'll see