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taehyung put the final touches to his outfit and headed out.
today was the day.
today choi shiwoo was supposed to visit the casino, and today taehyung was supposed to take his money and get rid of him.

taehyung definitely was hyped up for this mission. he loved everything expensive and elite so this mission seemed to be just right for him.

he decided to wear a black suit. his newly colored black hair fit perfectly.
he just recently decided to color his hair back to black, he thought, it made him look more badass.
the audience back in the strip club seemed to love it anyways.

taehyung checked himself out in the side mirror of his car when he arrived to the needed destination.
quite a lot of people were gathering from all over. it was only 8pm and the casino was already almost full.
taehyung grabbed himself a glass of champagne that was offered to him by one of the waiters.
he walked around the place in a slow pace, studying his surroundings.

the billionaire was no where to be seen just yet. yoongi told taehyung that shiwoo will probably arrive at 9 so that meant taehyung had some time before he had to get started with his mission.

taehyung walked up to a table where people played the european roulette.
he noticed some familiar faces there. of course, only people with money would play this game. the chance of losing all you had was high, and the chance of winning a fortune was insignificant, yet people still played this game.

"oh! my apologies!" taehyung said when he accidentally bumped into someone on his way.

"taehyung?" tae looked at the person standing in front of him.

what the heck was he doing here?

"jungkook? why are you here?" taehyung asked but the answer popped up in his head before jungkook could answer.

right!! I should have expected this!
obviously, the malgeun pi gang knows about choi shiwoo's visit to the casino. he must also be on this mission to take the money....

I hope you, jungkook, will stay out of this for today. I dont want to kill you.

not yet.

"oh um..." jungkook scratched the back of his head while making up a lie. "I go often here, actually. I am surprised to see you here."

nice one, jungkook.

"decided to visit this place today... I heard choi shiwoo will be playing the european roulette here. wanted to try my luck out and have a game with him." taehyung said and took a sip of his champagne.

"brave of you." jungkook chuckled. "I love your new hair. suits you well."

taehyung got a little lost. he didnt expected to hear a compliment from jungkook.
"I thought you were too young to go to such places. what are you? sixteen?"

"I'm twenty one." jungkook lied while looking straight into taehyung's eyes. he didnt want the older to know his real age.

"oh, just like me? you definitely look like a young little boy."

"is that a compliment?"

"no."

"well, thanks anyways."

taehyung noticed how jungkook continuously looked around. of course, he was waiting for choi. taehyung was a little annoyed by the fact that both of them were 'sharing' a mission.
but taehyung didnt see jungkook as a threat, neither did he see him as an opponent, in this case. in his eyes, jungkook was an inexperienced hormonal teen who was just a criminal wannabe.

"hey, taehyung..." jungkook started. "do you maybe wanna go out?"

taehyung looked at jungkook with confusion.
"are you asking me out on a date? we are fucking riva- uhm, ahem ... we just met a couple days ago and stuff." taehyung corrected himself quickly before exposing the truth.

"I-i mean yeah, isn't that why people go on dates? to get t-to know each other more?" jungkook stuttered. he really sounded like a sixteen-year-old.

"only in your dreams." taehyung said and heard jungkook scoff.
it's not like taehyung didnt want to go, he was playing hard to get.

"I could pick you up after work, and we can g-"

"sorry, uh, I have to go. we'll talk later." taehyung said and ran off, leaving jungkook dumbfounded, once again.

taehyung would love to continue this little chat with jungkook, but he had to leave after seeing someone enter the place.
it was choi shiwoo and his son minseok.

taehyung texted yoongi a message saying that he had entered the building and taehyung was getting ready to start his mission.
he had to act quickly so that jungkook wouldn't do anything beforehand.

he took another glass of champagne and went to the bathroom.
while talking with jungkook, taehyung wanted to check if the younger was armed, but instead, he found a little bag with a white substance in it.
of course, taehyung thought, malgeun pi is known for making the best and most expensive illegal substances. they earn millions off that. obviously jungkook planned on drugging choi and taking the money.
too easy, too easy.

taehyung took out the little bag and poured it in the glass of champagne. the substance dissolved quickly and taehyung smirked.
yeah, taking someone else's plan wasn't a nice thing to do, but this is a world where nice isn't a word in people's dictionaries.

"good evening, mr. choi, my name is kim taehyung, I am a frequenter in this casino and I was pleasantly surprised when I heard you'd be here today." taehyung walked up to the man from behind and put on his act quickly. he smiled and handed him the champagne he was holding.

"nice to meet you, mr. kim! this is my son minseok." shiwoo smiled widely and shook taehyung's hand.
taehyung looked at minseok and greeted him as well.

after a while shiwoo and taehyung were already playing the european roulette. well, mr. choi was the one playing and taehyung was watching him and 'supporting'.
taehyung had to wait for the round to finish before he could go on with his plan, but minseok was definitely an obstacle and taehyung had to get rid of it.

"minseok?" taehyung called the young boy.

"yes mr. kim?"

"why dont you go and walk around this place? you can get drinks and meet some beautiful women down there." taehyung pointed to the right. "I can see you're very bored."

"oh, yeah, thank you but... I am a little scared to leave my father alone.." minseok spoke quietly.

"oh don't you worry about that, I will take care of him! I understand the level of his importance." taehyung said in a reassuring tone.

"really? thank you a lot mr. kim!" minseok went over to his father to tell him about this and after a while disappeared in the crowd of people.

"taehyung?" choi called taehyung and the younger came up to him. "would you mind showing me the resting room here? I... I suddenly dont feel so well..."

shiwoo suddenly became pale and taehyung understood this was the drug's effect work.
taehyung wasn't exactly sure what the drug was supposed to do but he guessed it was something that won't really harm the man.

"yes, of course, follow me please." he smiled evilly to himself and lead mr. choi into some unknown direction.

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"oh come on!" jungkook yelled at the slot machine after losing yet another game.
he got into the playing so much, he completely forgot about his mission until he got a text from hoseok.

fucking hell! I forgot I was on a mission...
casinos are evil.

jungkook scoffed and looked at the time... it was almost 11pm?
"how does time pass so quickly!?"

"I know right! time seems to fly in such places."

jungkook heard an unfamiliar voice behind him and turned around.
a young boy about his age was standing there in an expensive suit.
he had dark brown hair and light brown eyes.
he looked like someone jungkook has seen before...

"oh hello." jungkook stood up and walked up to the guy. "um, I'm jungkook."

jungkook smiled and took out his hand for a handshake.

"hi, I'm minseok, nice to meet you." the young boy smiled sweetly and shook jungkook's hand.

that's when jungkook connected the dots and already planned out his actions in a split second.
no wonder he looked familiar.

"minseok... choi?" jungkook asked already knowing the answer to his question.

"ah, yes, that's me." minseok laughed. "my dad is playing the european roulette right now and I just got bored, so I decided to walk around."

"bored? do you not like such games?"

"yeah, my dad is a huge fan but I on the other side... not really. I prefer quiet places, somewhere not loud and not crowded." minseok said.

"not even the pretty girls interest you near the food court?" jungkook looked over to his right where a couple of very good looking women were. they were there for the entertainment.

"oh um.. im not really into... women." minseok looked away as if he was embarrassed by his words.

"ohhhh..." jungkook smirked and slyly wrapped his hand around minseok's waist.
"well, then, let me show you a quiet place you'll love..."

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