sooman shifted his look between his son and the gun in his hands.

"son? what are you doi-"

"don't call me your son!" donghyuck yelled not letting sooman finishing his sentence.

"sir, i'm- woah!" junmyeon entered the room, getting his gun out and aiming it at donghyuck immediately.

"it's okay junmyeon, don't shoot." sooman said.

mark was silent, looking at donghyuck who hadn't spared him a glance since he had entered.

"sir! sir! sir!" a boy came in the room by a third door. "donghyuck has..." he started before noticing the tension that had buildt up in the room. "...escaped."

"i had noticed it xiumin, thank you." sooman rubbed his temples.

the xiumin guy raised his gun as well, pointing it at donghyuck as well.

"you're done!" a third person entered the room behind xiumin, pointing a gun at the exo member's head. looking around the room, this boy noticed where he was and what was happening. "donghyuck?" he widened his eyes.

"not now, taeil." donghyuck replied without moving his eyes from his father.

"is there anybody else that is going to enter the room?" sooman asked.

mark scoffed at his question, making junmyeon shift his gun from donghyuck to mark.

"let him go." donghyuck simply said.

"this is not going to happened, donghyuck." sooman replied.

"let him go or i'll shoot!" donghyuck yelled this time, making junmyeon laugh.

"you won't have the guts."

donghyuck walked towards mark, making sooman flinch.

"one more step and junmyeon kills him!" sooman pointed at mark, making donghyuck stop in his tracks immediately.

he looked around the room. xiumin's gun was pointed at him, but him had a gun pointed to his head as well: taeil's. junmyeon was pointing his gun at mark.

donghyuck was rather troubled by the situation, and he didn't have any clue of what he would do.

"put your gun on the floor or he'll kill him." sooman said, pointing at the leader of exo who had a finger on the trigger.

donghyuck was about to let go his gun. the last thing he wanted was to get mark killed. but if he did so, everything would be lost for nct, wouldn't it?

he didn't have the time to open his hand to let his gun fall on the floor; the window behind him shattered in hundreds of pieces, a bullet coming right into junmyeon's chest, making him fall on the floor. taeil took this opportunity to do something with xiumin, putting a bullet right through his chest, but begin knocked out by the man he had shot in the process.

this left donghyuck alone, facing sooman.

his father threw himself on mark, gripping his neck tight to strangle him.

"let go your weapon donghyuck, or i'll kill him." he said through gritted teeth.

donghyuck still had his gun pointed in his father's direction.

"LET GO YOUR WEAPON!" sooman yelled, pressing his fingers harder on donghyuck's lover's neck.

donghyuck's heart was beating faster than it ever had.

what to do right now?

he didn't want mark dead. that's for sure. but as junmyeon had said, he hadn't the guts to kill someone, not even to shoot...

and if he decided he would shoot; the big problem was that he didn't know how to do it!

of course, mark had taught him, but donghyuck wasn't sure he'll be able to do the same thing again.

donghyuck looked at mark, still pointing the gun at his father. mark's skin was getting paler, his eyes widening and tears forming into them. he was struggling under the man who had a grip on his neck. there wasn't much time left before mark would faint or even die. donghyuck had to act.

donghyuck's hand holding the gun was trembling at that point, but he had made his choice.

he put the finger on the trigger, remembering perfectly mark's words.

when shooting, you stretch your arm in front of you, wrist straight and you pull the trigger when you feel ready. to aim, you have to align your eye with this little thing, this thing and the place you want to hit on the target.

donghyuck concentrated, aligning the front sight and the rear sight with his father's head, even though his hand kept shaking.

you have to be sure about your shot. you'll never hit your target if you don't believe you can make it. and the hardest part is pulling the trigger, because if you pull it too early, you miss your shot, and if you pull it too late it's the same. you need to be sure and pull it at the very right moment.

donghyuck could make it. it was not that hard. he only had to pull this damn trigger. nothing more, noting less. but why did his arm tremble this much? he couldn't aim correctly. but he needed to shoot, right now! mark was dying, and mark couldn't die. donghyuck couldn't lose mark.

donghyuck closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

and when it is the best moment, pull the trigger.

donghyuck opened his eyes and shot, the sound of the gun making him close his eyes again.

when he dared to open them, his father was on the floor; the bullet had flown across his head, staining the expensive carpet with blood. mark was breathing heavily, mouth agape and eyes looking at donghyuck.

donghyuck let the gun fall on the floor before lurching towards mark.

"m-mark..." he let out; voice barely audible.

"donghyuck, are you okay?" mark asked coughing and looking at the other boy with concern.

"i-i... don't feel well..." donghyuck said, holding onto his head. "i... i... need to..."

and before he could finish his sentence, he lost consciousness, falling on the chair, on top of mark, who was now crying. crying in pain, because the ropes were rubbing against his skin and it was hurting him; crying in sadness, because seeing donghyuck killing his father made old memories revive; crying in frustration, because he hadn't been able to protect the one he loved; crying in relief, because everything was finished now, sooman was dead and exo had been defeated; but most importantly, he was crying in happiness, because donghyuck had found him and saved him, the one he was in love with, and from now on, mark was sure he would never let this too precious boy go away from him again. 

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