"Seo-joon, let g-!"
"Shush, be quiet."
Seo-joon hurriedly covered Jin-woo's mouth and glanced at the youths who were still playing with the hose several dozen meters away.
With an arm firmly locked around Jin-woo's neck and the other covering his mouth through the shirt that still covered his face, Seo-joon started dragging Jin-woo towards the back of the gymnasium, kicking and struggling.
The back of the gymnasium almost resembles a construction site with those stair towers connected by sections lining up against the wall. A wall with sparse but large windows at the very top, and several metal pipes varying in size running along the bottom. Some of the larger pipes seemed to enter the ground from the gymnasium and travel in the direction of the High School building, the west wing of which that was visible from this angle.
Leaning against one of those big pipes was one of Seo-joon's lackeys, while the second one was standing in front of him.
"Hyung is still pissed that bastard got away."
Lackey One said blowing out a cloud of smoke. Lackey Two nodded and replied.
"Yeah, and Jin isn't going to wait around at the end of school to be caught, so we'll likely have to wait until tomorrow.'
Both of them were lamenting about not being able to catch Jin-woo while smoking to relieve their grievances. However, they heard sounds from the corner, and they turned to see their Hyung dragging someone over.
The lackeys perked up; they threw away their unfinished cigarettes, adding to the many others on the ground before going over to help Seo-joon.
However, as they grabbed this person's arm to keep him from struggling, they were filled with confusion.
"Hyung, who is this?"
Lackey One asked while struggling to hold this unknown person's arm. They had never targeted someone other than Jin-woo before. Was their Hyung so angry he decided to target a random student?
Seo-joon smirked and said amused.
"Who else could it be?"
Immediately after Seo-joon said that the person who had his face covered said coldly.
"I said let me go."
Lackey One and Lackey Two recognized that cold voice almost immediately and they couldn't help but look at Jin-woo's covered face with stunned expressions.
"Sure thing."
Seo-joon said and after dragging Jin-woo to where they were smoking, he threw him onto the ground.
Jin-woo was finally able to get his shirt off his face.
"Holy shit, it's really him!"
Lackey One yelled excitedly when he saw that it was indeed Jin-woo.
"I was taking a piss at the corner when I heard someone at the pipes. When I looked, who did I see?"
Seo-joon chuckled, his previously sulky mood now lifted because of Jin-woo's appearance.
Jin-woo while massaging his aching throat, glared up murderously at Seo-joon. But all of a sudden, he realized that his vision was blurry.
He had left his glasses on the water pipes.
However, the consequence of going up against Seo-joon and his lackeys with his bad eyesight was suddenly overshadowed as Jin-woo recalled what Seo-joon said he was doing before he covered his mouth and dragged him here.
Jin-woo's body trembled, and his anger immediately flared up. He got up wanting to feel his fist against Seo-joon's face, but Seo-joon reacted quickly.
Thump!
Seo-joon sent out a ruthless kick to Jin-woo's chest. Jin-woo got the wind knocked out of him and he fell to the ground gasping while clutching his chest.
"Damn it, Jin, get up!"
Seong, who had been frantic since Seo-joon grabbed Jin-woo, yelled from the side. However, Seo-joon didn't stop, he raised his foot and repeatedly stomped on Jin-woo. He was especially aiming for his face and abdomen.
Lackey One and Lackey Two didn't join in and only watched silently from the side. They knew their Hyung was extremely pissed.
Seo-joon who was continuously stomping on Jin-woo only stopped when a beeping sound suddenly came from Jin-woo's watch.
Seo-joon's foot paused in the air above the watch. Jin-woo was covering his head with his hands so Seo-joon had stomped on the watch a couple of times.
Seo-joon shifted his foot and looked down at the watch. His previously expressionless face suddenly had a small change when he saw it. Suddenly he bent down and grabbed Jin-woo's wrist to examine the watch. After Seo-joon saw that it was undamaged he unintentionally released a sigh of relief. But his expression suddenly returned to normal, and he glanced at Jin-woo who was battered and bruised.
"Since I caught you before lunch that means you haven't taken it yet."
Seo-joon said before looking Jin-woo up and down.
"I know you always keep your medication on you after that little accident in the Track Club. Come on, where did you put, in your shorts?"
Seo-joon kept Jin-woo's right wrist firmly in his grasp before he went to grab Jin-woo's shorts, but Jin-woo used his other arm to slap his hand away.
"F-Fuck off Joon… I already took it at the water pipes."
Seo-joon, having his hand slapped away, saw red. He swung his hand out and slapped Jin-woo across the face. Adding a bright red handprint along with the bruises on his face and busted lip. He then climbed over Jin-woo and started punching him.
Jin-woo covered his head with his arms but his arms soon became numb, and he was unable to stop several fists from breaking his defenses.
Only after a few minutes did Seo-joon come back to his senses and stopped his mauling. He looked down at Jin-woo's bloodied and unresponsive face before shimmying down his legs to grab his shorts once again.
However, as he did, Jin-woo suddenly grabbed his hand. Seo-joon frowned and tried to pull the hand away, but Jin-woo's grip was like an iron clamp.
Seo-joon looked annoyed on the surface, but internally, he was slightly impressed that Jin-woo could still move in his current condition.
But then again, Seo-joon knew this was another aspect of Jin-woo that made him a freak. His ridiculous ability to take a beating.
Turning to the two lackeys behind him, Seo-joon ordered.
"Come over here and hold him down so I can look in his shorts."
The lackeys looked at Seo-joon with strange expressions. Rather than stepping forward, they actually took several steps back. It even seemed as if they were ready to turn and run away.
"Hyung…"
Lackey One started to say.
"…We can help you bully Jin-woo, but this is taking things too far."
"Yeah, Hyung, maybe you should calm down and think about this first."
Lackey Two added with a solemn nod.
"What?"
Seo-joon looked at the two fools in front of him with furrowed brows not really understanding what they were saying. But then, he suddenly realized what they were insinuating, and the thought itself alone made him recoil in disgust while his face became a mixture of anger and disbelief.
However, Seo-joon's expression soon became cold as he shot a murderous glare at his two lackeys and roared.
"Idiots! Hold him down so I can find his medication!"