"He wants me to go after him." But aside from the fact that he didn't entirely want to do that, he also wasn't anywhere near strong enough yet. He covered Jungkook's eyes, just to be an ass, then let go of him so he could get his wallet out. He handed Jungkook some money and gestured to the bar. "Tell them to make you a real drink, yeah? Say you want a virgin drink. And make sure to give a good tip, you'll get better service."
He waited for Jungkook to run off, then looked at Namjoon. "The crazy thing is that I know so many of his people. I probably could find a way to take him down, if I wanted to. But it's insane. The whole thing is insane. He's obsessed with the idea, weird dynasty stuff. Hell, it's like with the Siths in Star Wars, you know? I'm not gonna do that. I'm not insane."
"Really? Thank you, hyung." Jungkook slipped drop his stool and bowed several times before hurrying over to the bar with the money he'd been so generously given. Yoongi was so cool, he got him the best things.
"So what? Your dad is all about the replacing one with the other thing too? My dad says it's a father's destiny to be defeated by his son. That's like the philosophy of this gang." Namjoon refused to even so much as raise a hand to his father, he was a respectful son and he did the best he could, he didn't want to provoke anything. "Thank God you're gay, I don't want to have to fight off your kids."
Hopefully the rules were different for adopted kids. "What do we do? If he keeps killing our men, we're screwed."
"He's not killing yet. He might start to. It's a test. He knows I'd want to wait, so he wants to see what I'm willing to sacrifice." Yoongi sighed as he looked over to the bar, where Hobi attended to Jungkook, of course having a lot of fun pretending that he was a big boss instead of a little boy. "Right now it's two runners I don't even know by name and they're still alive. Next it might be someone more important. Next they might be dead."
It was predictable, but that didn't make it any easier to fight. "It'd be a blood bath, Namjoon." Yoongi turned his head to look at Namjoon. "Taking him down right now? I'd have to turn them against themselves. Make them kill their friends. Their brothers. Test loyalties. That's the only way I could do it right now. I don't want that. You know I don't want that."
Yoongi had an easier time with violence and killing than Namjoon, but that wasn't saying much. And, yes, of course he wasn't allowed to show that he cared, but Namjoon had seen him after his first kill. He didn't have to hide that weakness from him. At least not right now.
"I don't want that either. We have to find another way. We have to break the cycle. Hyung, if we could just -- maybe we could negotiate. Maybe we could show our strength and recruit naturally." It was a long shot but he didn't want to do this and neither did Yoongi. So they just had to find a way around it all. They couldn't fall down they were getting so close but why did they have to kill their family? Their friends and test so many loyalties.
He lowered his head and shrugged. "Dunno. They want us to be men. They also clearly want us to suffer."
They had to beat them at their own game. "We'll find a way to do this. Our way to do this. We won't let them provoke us. After all, we're a new kind of mob and we can do it how we want. That's our freedom."
"We'll see." Yoongi reached out to brush his fingers through Namjoon's hair, just a brief touch. He knew that however awful the thought was for him, it was even worse for Namjoon, who had always been very emotional. He was trying to keep him from the more gruesome side of business, but it was getting harder. Everything was getting harder.
"At least the club is going well. Steady profits." That was more than a lot of groups had to say for themselves. "I want to focus on expanding our influence. Once I have more... When I'm stronger, maybe I can find a better way to deal with my father. A cleaner way. I won't let him force my hand."
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He waited for Jungkook to run off, then looked at Namjoon. "The crazy thing is that I know so many of his people. I probably could find a way to take him down, if I wanted to. But it's insane. The whole thing is insane. He's obsessed with the idea, weird dynasty stuff. Hell, it's like with the Siths in Star Wars, you know? I'm not gonna do that. I'm not insane."
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"So what? Your dad is all about the replacing one with the other thing too? My dad says it's a father's destiny to be defeated by his son. That's like the philosophy of this gang." Namjoon refused to even so much as raise a hand to his father, he was a respectful son and he did the best he could, he didn't want to provoke anything. "Thank God you're gay, I don't want to have to fight off your kids."
Hopefully the rules were different for adopted kids. "What do we do? If he keeps killing our men, we're screwed."
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It was predictable, but that didn't make it any easier to fight. "It'd be a blood bath, Namjoon." Yoongi turned his head to look at Namjoon. "Taking him down right now? I'd have to turn them against themselves. Make them kill their friends. Their brothers. Test loyalties. That's the only way I could do it right now. I don't want that. You know I don't want that."
Yoongi had an easier time with violence and killing than Namjoon, but that wasn't saying much. And, yes, of course he wasn't allowed to show that he cared, but Namjoon had seen him after his first kill. He didn't have to hide that weakness from him. At least not right now.
"Why are our fathers like this?"
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He lowered his head and shrugged. "Dunno. They want us to be men. They also clearly want us to suffer."
They had to beat them at their own game. "We'll find a way to do this. Our way to do this. We won't let them provoke us. After all, we're a new kind of mob and we can do it how we want. That's our freedom."
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"At least the club is going well. Steady profits." That was more than a lot of groups had to say for themselves. "I want to focus on expanding our influence. Once I have more... When I'm stronger, maybe I can find a better way to deal with my father. A cleaner way. I won't let him force my hand."