SONG REC: "TASTE" - STRAY KIDS

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Lee Know dragged Yun along with him, staying ahead so she couldn't see his face.

Oh my God, he thought. I could have kissed her.

Quickly, they arrived where the members were waiting. They looked down at their attached hands, causing Lee Know to let go. Some of the members snickered, but they sobered up quickly.

Once again, Yun had the most dangerous job.

This time, she was going to be a waitress. She would rely on Oh Yeomra's anger issues to get herself isolated with him.

The members made a tight circle around her and turned their backs as she changed from her formal dress into the waitress outfit. Although it was for waitresses, it was still an extremely formal dress, just longer and less revealing.

When she was done, the members began to get into their positions. Chan, Changbin, and Han would be on the roof, Seungmin and I.N would be in the technology room, Hyunjin and Felix would be guarding the doors of the dining room, and Lee Know would be leading Yun.

Lee Know took her hand again and walked Yun to the entrance of the kitchen. When they neared, he slowed down and turned to look at her. He held her eye for a second before cupping her face.

"I'll be watching you the whole time, so don't even worry for a second," he murmured.

She melted under his touch. "I don't ever worry around you." Smiling weakly, she took his hands off her face. "I've got to go now." She rushed through the doors of the kitchen.

He stood there for a second before hearing voices in his earpiece. He realized that he left his mic on.

"Now that was a romance scene if I've ever heard one."

"Oh, Minho, I think she's the one!"

"Man, you two are so cute."

He just shook his head, ignoring them. He clicked his tongue, meaning that the plan was set and everybody had to be in position by now.

All members except Seungmin and I.N climbed onto the roof and removed a panel to get into the vents. Every person who helped run the slavery was here at this dinner, and the anger Lee Know felt was unexplainable.

Right on cue, Yun walked in with a dazzling smile that made Lee Know lose his breath.

"Yeong-ie's so pretty," he muttered. He still forgot to turn his earpiece off and all the members heard, including Yun.

She paused her walking and used her free hand to cover the stupid smile threatening to slip onto her face. A blush was clearly seen on her face, and Lee Know smirked, knowing that he had that effect on her.

The members laughed quietly, trying not to let people hear. They all had matching shit-eating grins.

Yun continued her job, flirting with everybody and passing out drinks from the plate on her right arm.

Getting to Mr. Oh, she leaned in close and whispered. "Hello, sir, you look very good today."

The man smiled cruelly. "Delicious."

"The food?" she asked naively, pretending to be stupid.

"No." He grinned. "You."

Lee Know shook at the sight of the man who had sold him into slavery so many years ago. But he kept his eyes open anyway, to make sure Yun stayed safe.

"Would you like a drink, sir?" Yun asked slowly, seductively, ghosting her fingers over his forearm.

Lee Know was strangely jealous.

But as Yun was about to give Yeomra a drink, she spilled the wine cup over his pristine white shirt, just as planned.

Mr. Oh stood up, growling and slapping her plate of drinks across the room. Glass shattered.

Yun began to apologize frantically. "I am extremely—"

He slapped her.

Lee Know clenched his fists. "You can do this," he whispered into his earpiece, making sure the message would only be heard by her.

"I'm sorry, sir," she said to the boss with a wobbly voice, "I'm quite clumsy."

He grabbed her hair and dragged her to his private room. He left everybody else silenced. Yun pretended to put up a fight and then stilled.

Lee Know moved through the vents to get to Yeomra's room. The other members would stay to kill the VIP guests while they were distracted.

Yun was pushed onto the ground onto her knees as he started slapping her and shouting. From the spying that Seungmin and Han did, the door was sound-proof so he wasn't worried about people overhearing.

Seungmin and I.N were above the room ready to lock the doors mechanically so that nobody could enter or leave. They already had the whole wiring set up.

The two locked the door. "Done," I.N said into the earpiece.

Yeomra kicked Yun onto her side and then huffed. Lee Know had to bite down on his cheek to keep himself from going in there and getting Yun out of danger.

Yeomra huffed, and then went into his walk-in closet to change. Yun was trembling with her hands on her face and her skin was already turning purple in several spots.

"Yun? Update me on how you're feeling," Lee Know said.

"I'm good," she whispered, making sure Yeomra wouldn't hear. "Fabulous. I would just like to get out of here as quickly as possible."

He swallowed the lump in his throat. "You'll make it out, safe and sound. I promise." He watched as her eyes welled with tears. A decision was made in a split second. "Fuck it," he muttered.

He climbed out of the vent and ran over to her quietly. He could give less than two fucks about the group's plan.

Yun looked up at him with tears in her eyes but made an effort to smile, and he almost fell to his knees. The power she had over him made him feel very, very weak.

He lowered himself and hugged her quickly, shocking both of them. She quickly hugged him back and brushed a hand across his cheek.

"Thank you."

His heart thumped. He was no longer going to be afraid to meet and kill the slave owner that got him stuck in a life of slavery.

"You give me strength," he murmured. Surprise flashed in her eyes, but then she grinned.

"Go get him."

Lee Know walked over to the outside of Yeomra's walk-in closet. He pulled out a knife when he heard footsteps getting closer.

When the door opened, Lee Know stabbed. Yeomra dodged quicker than should have been possible. Lee Know twisted his arm back to try again, but Yeomra dodged and backed up.

"YOU!" the man of his nightmares shouted.

He remembers me, Lee Know thought. Of course. I was the only successful escapee.

Lee Know backed up and grabbed a gun from his belt and pointed it at the boss.

He knew his aim would be off because of nerves. But he had to pretend that he felt confident.

"Mr. Oh Yeomra..." Lee Know said. "A name I'll never forget."

He snarled. "And Lee Minho. Or rather, Lee Know, now. You act confident, yet your hand is shaking and your pupils dilate."

Lee Know raised his chin. "Careful there."

"Why should I be?" Yeomra laughed.

What Yeomra didn't realize was that Yun had the gun holster Lee Know bought for her on her upper thigh. Lee Know was just a distraction. She pulled her dress up and discreetly pulled the gun into her hand.

She turned off the lock, aimed, and shot.

It was a perfect hit to the heart.

Yeomra dropped dead. Lee Know stared at her, in a beautiful dress with bruises over her body, still able to shoot for him.

She smiled before running forward to hug him. He dropped his gun and breathed in her scent, which smelled like a mix of her and...him?

"Have you been using my shampoo?" he asked suddenly, and she let go of him to look at his expression.

She decided he wasn't mad. "Possibly. I have no other choice, and yours smells the best."

"I can understand that. I mean, you probably don't want to use Changbin's 5-in-1," he said casually.

She wrinkled her nose and faked gagging. "He uses a what?"

Changbin crackled through their earpieces. "I DO NOT! I USE HYUNJIN'S EXPENSIVE SHAMPOO–"

"HEY!" Hyunjin shouted.

The sound of slapping somebody filled their ears, and then silence.

He looked at her. "I was kidding, as you now know. You can continue to use mine, if you want." He then glanced at the body on the floor.

She followed his eyes. "Thanks, but uh, how will we take care of the body?" she said.

"We don't," he stated, as alarms started blaring.

She smiled again, sweeping a piece of his hair to the side. "Let's join the others." She ran over to the corner over the room, where there was now a cardboard box placed by Seungmin.

She pulled out two pairs of goggles which would allow them to see in the smoke. Grabbing his goggles, she put it over his eyes for him.

She then wore her own, satisfied with his shocked expression.

She grabbed a mask out from under her dress and handed it to him.

"Wear it," she said.

"What about you?"

"I'll avoid the smoke." She shoved it into his hands and ran off before he could protest.

Seungmin and I.N unlocked the doors and she ran out before he could protest. It was the last mask, and he needed it more than her, considering he was the leader.

All four of them joined the members, pulling out their preferred weapon – whether that be a gun or knife. There was stabbing, cutting, shooting, explosions everywhere.

Yun was concerned that she inhaled too much smoke, but she would worry about that later.

In minutes, the place was silent with death. Stray Kids met up in the middle of the room after a beat of complete silence.

"Let's go," Lee Know ordered. They left the place and then got onto their separate motorcycles. Yun made sure she was extra close to Lee Know.

Changbin was driving the car with his window down and the members driving beside him started whooping. Changbin did a couple of swerves for fun and nearly crashed.

"Don't die on me, please," Lee Know grumbled. Yun laughed and he looked over his shoulder to admire her.

Yun was holding tight onto Lee Know, and she rested her head against his back. She pretended to not feel his heart racing as they got back home.

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