Jungkook liked playing games. 

It didn't matter if they were on boards or in bed, he found fun in them all, and rarely ever did he lose.

It was this logical mind and lust for excitement that earned him the role of the game master; the thinker and implementor of 32b's plans.

The game that he had played last night was one he had won a thousand times over. A little bit of seduction and a sultry pair of wandering eyes teamed with spiced vanilla aftershave, and women were putty in his hands.

Most of his opponents were happy to lose. More often than not, it was a win-win situation. It was a shame for him that Hana didn't like losing.

"You shouldn't be here, Hana," Jungkook seethed through gritted teeth when he opened the door to find her standing there less than 24 hours after she had left. Her hair was still damp from her bath, and she would no doubt catch a cold, but she didn't care. She had questions and knew that he had the answers.

"And yet here I am," she smiled, despite her eyes being vacant of all happiness. Truthfully, she knew she shouldn't have just turned up on his doorstep unannounced, but he had just made it so easy for her.

Hae Pa's factions were split across the city and known only by their house number - the top dog's residence was The Penthouse, over in Apgujeong, but street dogs like the boys of 32b would never get close enough to enter it. Itaewon-dong was their home, and they preferred it that way, the seedy underbelly of the city hosting the perfect backdrop for their less than angelic endeavours.

It was the same neighbourhood that she had traipsed home through alone because Jungkook was too scared of being seen with her and one of them being recognised. All she had to do was retrace her steps, and she was at 32b before she knew it.

"We need to talk."

Jungkook slipped out of the flat and into the vacant corridor. The beige paint was peeling off the walls, and tiles were missing from the floor, but the rent was cheap, and he prefered spending his money on the little luxuries in life.

"We don't need to do anything," he scoffed, pulling the door to a close behind him. "What we need to do is stay away from each other."

"My name," Hana barely let him finish talking. She wanted his answers, and she wanted them now. "How did he know my name? And why the fuck did he tell me tonight was a full moon?"

Jungkook shrugged flippantly. Not because he didn't care, but because he simply didn't know. He had been consumed by the same question, too, but asking Jin would be sure to open a can of worms. There was no doubt in Jungkook's mind that Jin knew exactly who Hana was and who she called 'family'. Ignorance, Jungkook thought, was bliss.

"Your guess is as good as mine," he said coldly. There was something about Hana that seemed vulnerable to him, and he couldn't help but want to play on this. He wanted control back over a situation that he knew was spiralling. "Dal Pa obviously aren't as good at hiding as they think they are."

"If that was the case you'd have never approached me at the bar," Hana said. She had wanted to joke, but couldn't bring herself to laugh at the situation.

"Shush," Jungkook's eyes darted like a feral cat, conscious of tiny noises in the distance. His hand instinctively reached for Hana's throat, clasping it gently, in a bid to prevent her from letting any noise out. "Shush," he repeated, paying no mind to her wide eyes. He was too busy looking over her shoulder, paranoid of someone, anyone, coming round the corner.

Hana's instincts just told her to bite her lip a little.

"None of that," Jungkook flicked a smile when he looked back towards the petite girl in front of him. He'd have been a liar if he'd have said the positioning didn't spawn memories. He pulled away from her, considering his choices. He couldn't talk to her inside in case anyone was listening in, but equally, they were too vulnerable out in the open.

"The coffee house," Hana said, reading his mind. "The one down the road, is it safe?"

"Not affiliated to any Pa as far as I'm aware," Jungkook nodded. It seemed like maybe they were on the same wavelength after all.

That was all Hana needed to turn on her heel and walk away from him. "C'mon, I don't have all night," she called back, heading for the stairs out of the apartment complex.

Jungkook groaned internally, looking at the slightly rusting metal numbers on his door frame. He was fraternising with the enemy, and if the boys beyond the door learned of this, he knew it would fuck everything up. They had barely just paid off their debts to The Penthouse, and he couldn't put them back in the top dog's bad books. He knew this would end badly.

Yet it didn't stop his feet from following her regardless.

Unfortunately for Jungkook, his less than subtle and slightly erratic behaviour that day hadn't gone unnoticed. If he'd have just gone back inside, he would have realised that Jin had been listening by the door the whole time, confirming his suspicions.

Jin rested the crown of his head against the wood and sighed, closing his eyes. His lips came to a close, and he pursed them ever so gently, before heading to the same sitting-room he had seen Hana in earlier that day and reached for his phone.

He slid it open, a familiar click sounding as he did so, pulling up his contacts and pressing 'dial' on arguably his most frequently called number.

Slumping into the armchair that Tae had been draped over that morning, he let the dial tone buzz out, until a sweet familiar voice greeted him hello.

"We've got a problem, Saffy," he ran his fingers through his hair as he spoke, not wasting time on formalities. Saffy wouldn't care, she never did. She was a businesswoman through and through. "It's the kid."

"A problem? What's he done?" her tone was concerned.

"The same fuckin' thing I did."

a/n: hiiii sorry its really late and this feels really fillery, I've just written lots of the later chapters and need to connect them now lols, dont hate it for this being shit pls x x x

also i had a bunch of important shit to outline in this but i didn't wanna just explicitly say it, so if theres anything too confusing let me know hahaha x