Death Progress Bar [Taekook] Exercising [1]

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Kim Taehyung

And you say you are not gangsters!

Gua Two

It’s not ‘you’, it’s ‘we’, comrade.

Gua Two

*Patted his shoulder* Little TaeTae, you should believe Gua Three—we really are honest businessmen.

Kim Taehyung

So I guess the mangoes in our trucks are really mangoes?

Gua Two

Well… *Retracted his hand* Little TaeTae, are you tired? Do you want to change seats?

Kim Taehyung

[Isn’t your way of changing the topic a little too random?!]

Taehyung ignored him and stepped on the gas pedal, pulling closer to the vehicle in front. In the early morning, the convoy left the dirt road and headed deeper into the jungle through an uneven, obviously temporary path. Taehyung had enough self-awareness to know he was not experienced enough to control the big truck under these circumstances, so he asked Gua Two to take over.

After another torturous hour, the convoy finally arrived at its destination—a hidden village built in the depths of the jungle. Gua Two got out of the truck and said a few words to a thin man waiting at the entrance of the village. The man nodded, took out a whistle and blew. Then a large group of men in camouflage clothes came out of the hidden shacks and without a word started unloading the goods. Taehyung kept observing the men and noticed that there were traces of the military mannerisms in their demeanor. His heart jumped and he decisively turned his head away.

Kim Taehyung

[Jungle, unidentified cargo, that ambush on the way and probably military recipients… Gua Two’s task was obviously not a simple delivery. (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠) It’s better for me to act dumb than to step on somebody’s toes by being too nosy.]

Gua Two saw Taehyung’s movements out of the corner of his eye and his smile deepened. The goods were unloaded quickly, and the dark green metal boxes were transported into the village one after another. In less than a quarter of an hour, the trucks were completely empty. Gua Two bid farewell to the skinny man and returned to the cab.

Gua Two

Are you tired?

Kim Taehyung

Yeah.

Gua Two

Then sleep. *Started the truck* I will wake you up when it’s time.

Kim Taehyung

*Nodded*

Kim Taehyung

You can smoke if you want. I’d rather breathe secondhand smoke than end up in a ditch because you are too sleepy.

Gua Two

*Scoffed* If anyone here drives into a ditch, it will be you. *But he took out the lighter and lit his cigarette*

It took them another day of driving at full speed to return—on the morning of the next day, the convoy arrived at the orchard without any more accidents on the way. Taehyung spent past two days almost entirely inside the cab, eating what was in the portable fridge and sleeping in the passenger seat, so when he got out of the truck he was more dead than alive, forcing Gua Two to almost carry him to his room. He fell asleep as soon as he got into bed.

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