Kim dan was coming out of his lecture hall he was beyond exhausted and was still lost in thoughts.he hanged his backpack on one shoulder.he'd worn a black rugged jean trouser on white sneakers and a black short sleeve buttoned down shirt with the two first buttons undone.

The thing about Dan was that he wasn't just cute and dazzling, he had this innocent aura that attracted people to him,that made both guys and ladies drool over him,even if he was just a kid of 18years no one would care less because he was just so intoxicating to the human eye.

Some sneaking photos of him but no one noticed the discomfort in his eyes

"Dan!"somebody yelled and crossed hand over his shoulder

"Hey, careful tender here"he retaliates to the force at which the hand landed on him,but still Kirin noticed a little sign of pain in his eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"...I hurt my shoulder"

"..how?"Kirin yelled knowing he was just lying,he always does this,either he got into a fight at his part time job or he stepped on his fathers toes again

".......I asked you how!"Kirin yells again after not getting a response.

".......it was my dad"

"As always"

"......hey, Kirin don't stress yourself out worrying about me ok?"

"Why shouldn't I?, your such a feeble little fella"

"Hey!,me?,feeble?,hah...I bet you, you won't survive a day in my house..... sorry,in that hell!"Dan yelled out in frustration

"....so then why still endure?,just separate yourself already"

"....and Ji ta?,......and mom?,I can't escape them Kirin believe me.....I've tried"

"......"

Kirin kept silent knowing Dan was right.

"Anyways,am running late,bye bye"

He ran ahead before he could hear what his friend had to say.

..............

Kim Dan worked part time at a bar called SO HO,the bar was not very popular but there were a lot of rich people coming in everyday especially politicians,the bars VIP wards were always crowded due to the illegal activities going on.

The manager hired Dan mainly out of sympathy,he knew the reason Dan was eager for the job so helped him while maintaining a principal that he was not to serve VIP guests,no special services from him and most importantly his shift ends at 11:00pm sharp.

But today things were a little out of control,the bar was beyond just crowded,there was no room for air,the dance floor was filled with people dancing to the tunes of the DJ......Dan was like disgusted.

A bouncer from the V's section came up to Dan.

"Excuse me,my boss wants to talk to you"....Dan was not very astonished because he wasn't the first, normally they come up to him themselves but in this case the guy sent his sub?,who tha hell!?

"Am sorry,but my shift doesn't require me over the counter"Dan apologized not really feeling sorry.

"........doesn't matter,he wants to see you"

".....I can't,if you need any assistance there are other waiters available"

"....so are you refusing?"

"Am just telling you the bitter truth"

The guy kept quiet glaring at Dan awhile but Dan wasn't the least intimidated

"...my boss doesn't take no for an answer"

"Well I guess there's a first time for everything"Dan replied him

The guy wanted to say something else but at same pace somebody called Dan,they both turned to have seen the bar owner, the Duchess.

"What's the problem?"duchess asked noticing the guy had been bothering Dan

"...good day duchess"

The duchess recognised him to be one of the subordinates of the darks

Note:the darks are a notorious MAFIA gang who are feared in the entire city,just their names send shivers down their spines,a sub of any dark has a large scar running across the tip of their hair to the left side of their faces,it symbolized their ruthless nature.

Duchess wasn't really happy to know a dark was bothering Dan,cause that would literally mean his end.

"Am really sorry but he's off the clock,go on Dan"she said scurrying him out,Dan was beyond just confused not knowing the Duchess was literally saving his neck.she ushered him inside the staffs room.

Dan turned to ask what was the haps but before he could open his mouth to say anything duchess Interrupted him

"Look,change your things and leave through the back,your on leave for a week"

" Buh?....."he still wanted to say something but she wasn't ready to listen she simply ushered him into the changing room.

*

Kim Dan came out the back door as instructed after changing into his black cargo on ash round neck and black denim jacket matching his black sneakers

He was going towards the main exit through the indoors parking lot when a gang crossed his path,he recognized the guy in front to the same guy who came to meet him in the counter

"... leaving early"he said to Dan

"...my shift is over"he replied playing along to what the duchess had said earlier

"....that means no store policies,my boss still wants to talk to you"

".....tell your damn boss to fuck off,I don't wanna talk to him"he said acting tough when he was as soft as muchmellow inside,but he wasn't gonna let them see that.

".....I don't think you have a choice you........"he still had a lot to say but somebody cuts him off

"That's enough"the guy said coming out the car beside them,it was only them Dan noticed the car beside them,he was too busy thinking of a way to escape the nightmare in front of him.

Unlike the other guys standing outside,this guy was dressed different,he wore a black rugged trouser on a black round neck and white jean jacket,he looked fierce,won't say very handsome but he wasn't bad,he had Raven Colour hair,a mountain high nose and a good physique.

The guy walked up to Dan with a cigarette in his hand

".....your playing hard to get"he uttered in a calm but deep voice, enough to send shivers down your spines.bit dan didn't careless he was disgusted by the way the guy kept staring at him head to toe,he didn't do anything but his eyes had already wandered through Dan like a hungry predator observing his prey.

".....if you have nothing to say please move?"

".... your in a rush"

"Not much but I don't have time to waste on useless things"he said without any ounce of fear

"....you have one heck of a loud mouth"

"No compliments should be reserved"

"......just what I like"he uttered biting his lower lip

Dan felt like punching a hole in his face but raise your hand first and your done for

"..... please move?"

He was still being persistent,he took a step closer to Dan then touched his face, without thinking Dan slapped him across the face hard.

"Don't you dare"Dan was so upset to think of the fact that they could pounce on him without much effort

Even it he had no fighting skills or enough strength,he wasn't gonna go down just like that

He could see the anger on the guy's face,he could devour Dan any moment

He held Dan's wrist tightly about dealing with him when a black car speeds into the parking lot almost hitting Dan who step forward closer to the guy bothering him

They all turned looking at the person who drove into their midst,Dan on the other hand just wanted to know who is the blind nigga on the wheels who almost ran him over

But then the person who came out was no nigga,he was wearing a black over coat on a black trouser and black buttoned down,he also wore a black Panama hat that made it hard to see his face

But it seemed everyone apart from Dan knew who he was because they all bowed their heads all the way making Kim Dan wonder,who it was that made the persistent tiger, humble himself to bow down

A man was on his knees crying, pleading, begging mercy but his cries we're falling to deaf ears because the man in front of him didn't seem to be moved even a little.

A lady was holding on to her child not too far away from them.the boy and his mother were scared to the core.

"Choose,....I'll go with ur choice today"the fierce looking man said pointing at the knife and a chisel.

The man was kind of hesitating before

His eyes crossed paths with the fierce looking man who was glaring at him with reddish black eyes that was eager for blood.

".......are you actually daring me?"he uttered without even a slight movement

"......Boss I...."

"Am not your boss, don't say that"

"...... sorry sir"

"....hurry up"he kinda raised his voice a little now sounding irritated.

The guy picked the chisel shacking but still handed it over

The boss kept looking at the chisel

".......you know what?,I've changed my mind,I'll pick for you"he kept the chisel and picked up the knife and was looking at it how sharp it was.it was sharp to his satisfaction so moving on to the next step,the more the steps, the more his victim could feel a hot sensation going down his thighs.

Boss looked around a while before he stops at the man's child

"....came here"he uttered half silent but was heard because not even the sound of somebody breathing was heard.

The lady stepped forward with the child still very scared that her ghost could abadon her body at any time.

He signaled his guard who then gave him his gun.he held the gun to the child's head

"Arh"the lady was about to scream but dared not

".....papa"the child uttered while crying

".. here's how it's gonna play out,the thing is I've been hearing different screams today now my drums are hurting,so here's the rule..... I'm gonna give you a light torture,let out even a tiny whimper and the bullet goes through his head

"Papa"the boy cried out

"...Mr Ling, please don't do this?"

".......let's begin"he uttered then picks up the knife and placed it on his pinkie finger

"And...... silent treatment"he keeps the knife into the finger while the man did his possible best holding it it,but it hurts so much,he kept slicing the finger slowly like it were some animal meat or something

The knife got to the joint and got stuck,the tears rolling down the man's eyes the blood dripping from the wound he had caused on his lips due to biting it so hard

"......can I get a hammer,lady,get me a hammer?"he uttered like it were a chore and not him actually cutting someone's finger off

The lady left and returned after a while with

"...the handyman fled"she uttered still scared

"Ahnn?,then.......a garlic press would do,or the chef fled with that to?"he said smiling at her but the smiles only sent shivers down her spine.she reluctantly went and got the garlic press.

Mr ling took it then held up the man's hand and pressed it hard into the already wounded finger,crushing his joint the man had forgotten the deal a second there and the pain was too much to bear that he yelled at the top of his lungs not thinking twice Mr ling shot the kid on his leg right there and then

"Arhhhhhhh"the lady screams holding him.

The man wouldn't dare make a move to see his son while Mr ling was still looking at him,he stood up and squats going close to him.

".................never you go against me again,.....what am I to you?"

"......my........my mafia god"

"........ correct"he got up and walked out with his guard following behind

Now coming out that car was the one and only mafia god who was supposedly in Shanghai.

All his subs bow their heads, even the Mr bothering Dan.

He took off his Panama and placed it on the cars Burnet. Walking toward them,he was observing the scene but Dan caught his attention

Beautiful sea blue eyes,silky black hair with a rockstar haircut, kissable pink lips with a killer feature,a very fair skin,and a sexy figure,the mafia god couldn't take his eyes off of him.

".....ling yue,when did you return"the other guy asked addressing him Informally,ling came back to himself before noticing his elder cousin face,his cheek was somewhat reddish

"Did somebody hit you?"he uttered faintly

"..yes,I was just about to take care of him"the guy said then turned to Dan,ling turned around facing Dan,his expression were neither cold nor warm,neither soothing nor disturbing,...it was like........he was stuck in a trance

Dan didn't even notice he had been stepping back because ling was coming toward him until he finally got stuck to the car parked behind him, being sandwiched between the car and ling who was staring at him with his eyes wanting to devour him

A boy was running as far as his legs could carry,down a one-way lane being chased by three thug's,he came out the neighborhood then was running the streets.

On the other hand.

Jeong gu won car had broken down so he was checking it and after checking what was wrong he was going to try it when somebody ran into him but luckily the person held on to him.

"Watha?,are you ok?"he asked the kid

Nam sin finally caught his breath,at first he was staring at the guy who caught hold of him but then he noticed the guy was also staring at him subconsciously,sin was like..is he ok?

"Hey sin!,come here if you have the guts"

Gu won came back to himself while sin was still hiding behind him

"What's going on?"won asked trying to help the boy

"Nothing much"the boy who seems to have been scared a second there came forward playing smart"hey,get lost"

"Are you still sharp mouthing?"one of the thug's yelled his anger almost getting to it's max

"Hey,stop it,sorry if he's done anything wrong let him go"won butts in

"We always let him go, brother Jun says let him go,min ho says let him go, even dan'ah says let him go and now you?"the lead goon yelled

"I apologise on his behalf, really sorry"gu won who was trying to help the boy without violence cause it seems the little angel holding on to him was more of a trouble maker from the goons complaints

"Who are you to him?, anyways he should apologies"one of the good said

"In your dreams"sin said sticking his tongue out but then gu won unexpectedly held his neck from behind and tightened the grip

"Ouch,ouch,stop it"sin kept screaming in pain

"Apologies"gu won uttered not looking at the trouble maker who was yelling

"Ok ok, sorry sorry, really sorry,an sincere,now let me goooo"he yelled hitting gu wons hand that didn't seem to budge until he released h willingly

"Really sorry"won said again before they walk away.

"Ouch,that fuck n hurt"sin cried out holding his neck that was hurting,while won was staring at him

The boy wasn't just mischievous by nature he was also sly with looks,his eyes were so mesmerizing,the black pupil standing out looking so bright like there were tiny stars that glimmered in the dark,his skin wasn't just fair but also very soft,he had long ash hair reaching his shoulders,a tiny body that was very capturing

He kept looking at him while sin was like..??'whats his deal?'

"Hey!"sin snaps his finger in front of him

"Ahn?,sorry"he uttered calculating himself

"......where do you live?,where do you live,so I can drop you off, before you run into more trouble"he said with a smile on his face

"I.............live in heaven,can you please take me

there?"

"Sure,I just have to hit that lamp post,get in"

"Hey!.....who's life do you want to end?,I live on Hilton"

"Come then"

*

Kim Dan walked into the game studio,he saw two of his partners playing their games

"Hey guys"he uttered wanting to talk to them but they were too engulfed in the game

"Not now Ian"su Jin uttered not looking away from the computer

"What's wrong?"he asked going behind them

"We're playing this person who's never lost a match"

"Who's that?"

"He's also a shadow"min ho said still on the visual world but then

Note:a shadow is an underground group of e-sports men who don't play for fame,just for fun,their identities are hidden from outsiders,only a shadow can know a shadow

"No!,.....am down"min ho said leaving the laptop

"Fuck!"su Jin also yelled after also failing"he's so good"she Said looking at his profile

"Let me play him"Dan said them sat down

****

"Look leo,a new opponent"his buddy said going through the opponents file

"..paradox,look he's never lost a match"

".......neither have I"

"There's always a first"

Leo faced the get ignoring his friends but then the gamer on line was so good,he didn't give Leo a chance to breathe,one attack after another,get even shook his defense,leo didn't even see it coming when they gave his character fertility.

*

"Wow sin fantastic"su Jin said hugging him

"Hold on"min ho checked something on the laptop then was like"you used the little demons account"he said referring to their friend who wasn't there right now

".... doesn't matter, paradox,darkar x we won!"she screams with a Glee smile on her face.

*On the other hand

Leo's buddies simply took three steps backwards.

"Ah?,leo?"his fave buddy uttered half silent

"Find this paradox"he uttered holding I'm his anger

"....but his a shadow"his other friend added but the glare he got from pro pointed otherwise

"Finding paradox it is"they both dashed out

".......how dare you outsmart me...."