Jimin's P.O.V.:

I quickly turn around and start running backstage. Anna is going to be mad if I'm too late. You aren't even allowed to go to the room with the buyers but I just had to go. For Ella. I quickly run to the others and I sigh relieved when I see that the boys are still there.

The girl who did my makeup starts talking. "It's your time! Follow that girl over there!" she says and she points to a girl with red hair. Everyone follows her and I do the same thing.

We all have to stand in a row and I'm the last one, just like Ella was.

"Out of my way, please! I'm the first one," a voice says from behind me. I look up to see that Benjamin guy who was smirking at me earlier.

"Are you the last one?" he asks me when he sees me looking at him. I nod slightly. "Yes," I whisper and he nods. He starts smirking again. I don't like him.

"Good luck," he says but it sounds sarcastic. "You too," I whisper but I'm not sure if he heard me because he was already walking away to the front of the row.

I decide to just ignore all the rest of the guys and to focus on my breathing because I'm really really nervous.

Ella's P.O.V.:

I see how my buyer gives the money to Eric. It's a lot of money. 16 million. Why would this guy give so much money?

Why does he have so much money? I don't even think he's much older than me. Maximum 5 years older. I'm nineteen and I don't think he's older than 30.

Eric smiles at me slightly and then leaves me with my buyer.

"Let's take a seat somewhere," he says and he takes my head to lead me to an empty table for two.

"It's nice to meet you, Ella, I'm Jung Hoseok but my friends call me J-hope so you can call me that too" he starts talking and I nod friendly. I want to be friends with my new boss. If I have respect for him, he will have respect for me too.

There is silence but it isn't that bad because Anna is talking so we're just listening to her. After Anna talked, I decide to talk again.

"Hose- I mean J-hope. Do you have other girls or boys already?" I ask and I feel kind of nervous. I honestly hope I'm his first one because I wouldn't like it to be the second, third or even more. I would feel less than the others he already has.

He shakes his head and I sigh relieved. "No, I had someone before though. You're not my first one" he says and I hold my breath.

I'm not his first but that person isn't with him anymore? What happened? Did she or he run away? Is J-hope that bad?

I think he saw how shocked I was.

"Hey wow, don't worry! She isn't gone because I'm a terrible person" he says and he laughs. I can't help but laugh too.

"She fell in love with a good friend of mine and I let him buy her from me. She is in good hands now. She's happier with him than with me" he explains and I kind of feel bad for him. She kind of left him.

"Were you sad?"

"No, I didn't really have a connection with her anyway. I didn't choose her myself. My dad bought her for me and well.. she wasn't the type of girl I would choose" he explains again and I nod.

"Oh okay"

"I've been alone for a year now. I felt lonely so I decide to buy someone new" he continues.

"Why would you give so much money for me?" I ask. I'm just really curious.

"I saw you from the beginning and waited until all the other girls were sold. I wasn't planning on losing you to another buyer" he says and he starts laughing loudly. He laughs a lot and he laughs aloud.

I don't mind though. Other buyers look terrible. I'm still nervous though. Maybe he is totally different when we're at his house.

"You're nervous, aren't you?" he asks and I nod slightly. I feel myself blushing. "You don't have to be. I'm still a kid myself. Making for is the most important thing for me. I saw in your file that you're 19 already. I'm only 4 years older than you. I'm 23. Don't worry about me. I'm just a rich teen who is kind of lonely" he says and he gives me the sweetest smile.

"Would you like to go home so you can see the house and stuff?" he asks friendly. I look at the stage for a moment. The first boy is just walking on stage what meant it's time for Jimin too.

I look at J-hope with a guilty look. I feel so bad for asking something already. "I'm sorry for being a pain in the ass already but would you mind staying for a little longer. There is this boy, I lived with him for a long time and I-" I start but he stops me.

"Ella! Don't be so scared to ask anything. I don't mind staying a little longer at all. I just want to do what makes you feel good" he says and he smiles at me again.

I feel warm inside every time he smiles at me. I think I'm very lucky with my buyer and I'm so happy about that. Maybe my life isn't going to be that bad at all.

Jimin's P.O.V.:

I'm the last one who walks on stage. "Jimin" Anna says and I walk up and take my place as last in the row. I hear a girl yelling. I look to the people in the room what is kind of hard because of the lights on me and I see Ella sitting down at a table with her buyer in front of her. She isn't gone yet.

I get a little smile on my face. Most buyers are already gone with the girl they bought. Most of the people here are buyers who still want to buy a boy and the bosses. There still are some girls but not many of them anymore.

I'm just happy Ella is still here.

I wait patiently until it's my time and while doing that I look around to see the buyers who are interested in boys. The left side of the room is still filled with them. There are so many buyers.

Who is going to buy me?

Yoongi's P.O.V.:

"You're planning on buying someone again?" I ask and I turn around to look at Taehyung who's sitting next to me. "We should leave this place with three this time" he answers without looking at me.

He's looking at the stage.

"I know someone who isn't going to like hearing that," I say and I smirk slightly. Taehyung has a special bond with the one he bought a year ago. Or was it longer ago? I don't really remember.

"I'm talking about you Suga," he says and I bite my lip when I hear his words. He's getting on my nerves.

"You really should buy someone. You're so lonely" he says but I shake my head. "I like being on my own and I'm not alone at all! You live with me you dumbass" I say and he rolls his eyes.

"You know what I mean. I have my own special person and you have no one"

"Do you think buying someone is going to fix that? Playing the boss of someone?"

"It's not just being the boss. You have to choose a person you really want, you have no idea how amazing it feels to be the boss over someone" Taehyung answers again but I roll my eyes.

"Don't you think it's weird? Those people here aren't here because they want to be here. This is illegal. Do you realize that you sexually abused him?" I ask him and I look at him with big eyes.

"No! That's not true! I never did anything that he didn't want," Taehyung says to defend himself.

"We didn't even have sex yet," he continues.

"Yet... You're planning on doing it? You guys are really loud to have no sex. What do you guys do then? Wait... I don't even want to know" I answer and I shake my head.

"He's just very loud okay! I kind of like hearing his moans so I'm not going to ask him to be quiet,"

"You know that kid is in love with you right?" I ask with a worried face. I know Taehyung doesn't want love. He's quiet for a moment.

"No he isn't" he just answers but I don't believe him and I don't even think he believes himself.

Not my problem though.

"Hey isn't that the kid who took that picture of you?" he asks after a while and he nods in the direction of the stage. I turn a little to see the stage and I feel my eyes getting bigger when I see the boy from before.

~

He wants to run away but I grab his upper arm. "Where ar-" I want to ask but I stop talking when I see something hanging on his jacket.

"You're not a buyer.." is the only thing that I can say. He looks at me and shakes his head slowly. My mouth opens a little bit but before I can say anything, he talks again.

"No, I'm not a buyer. I'm the one who's going to get bought" he says coldly and he pulls his arm back before walking off.

~

"He isn't a buyer?" Taehyung says in an asking way. I shake my head in shock.

"No, he isn't a buyer. He's the one who's going to get bought"

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