(POV 001/In-ho/Young-il)

"RESPONSIBILITY! WILL YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ?!"

The yelling of that awful man, player 100, echoed in my head. I took a quick look at Gi-hun who was desperately trying to find the right words for an explanation. He looked cornered as the group of men were threateningly approaching him.

" What about the Dalgona triangle? ", another one of them shouted.

Well, I felt kind of guilty changing the second game, since I already suspected 456 sharing all his knowledge about the games he absolved 3 years ago. But I didn't want too much spoilers here – even if I was pretending to be a normal player for now, I couldn't forget about my mission as frontman. But now they blamed Gi-hun of course for spreading false informations although he couldn't have known better. Knowing it was technically my fault, it seemed only logic to me to step in.

At least this was the excuse for myself I came up with later. The second I was stepping in front of Gi-hun facing the group of men the only thought on my mind was: 'No one's harming him. Not him.'

"Enough.", I said in a dangerously low voice and pierced player 100 with a murderous look which didn't fail its mission: make them go away. I tried to shake my head inconspicuously to get rid of the weird feeling suddenly consuming me. I was angry and I felt protective – much more than I could explain. 'Probably because Gi-hun is part ofmy plan; I can't let anyone intervene.', I thought and pushed the unwanted emotions away.

"I'm really sorry it's not Dalgona" Gi-hun apologized to the group. "I should've thought about it sooner that they might change the games."

I looked at him and tried to reassure him: "It doesn't matter to me, I still believe in you. In fact I'd like us to team up if you want."



(POV Gi-hun)

I couldn't believe the words I just heard. Suspiciously I looked at Player 001's face searching for doubts – but I found none. 001 watched me and his eyes seemed honest and trustworthy. For a second I couldn't quite remember what I wanted to say before – I suddenly got lost in his gaze. I couldn't tell how much time we stood there, none of us moving, when suddenly the young marine, Player 388 answered: "Of course we team up with you, Mr 001. Now we only need one more person." I winced and finally got released of the intense staring.

'What the fck was that?!', I thought. I couldn't quite decide whether I liked Player 001 or if I found him just creepy. But nonetheless there was something about him that didn't let me go and made my mind keep spinning.

5 minutes later everyone pas teamed up and they announced the second game: Pentathlon. The two marines got excited about their skills: Gonggi and throwing the rock. The pregnant girl we teamed up with decided to play ddakji so 001 and I were left to choose between jegichagi and spinning the top.

"I'll just do whatever you choose for me, Gi-hun.", 001 said and I froze.

"How do you know my name?"



(POV 001/In-ho/Young-il)

'Fcking shit, you stupid fcking bastard, are you serious right now?? You're supposed to be the FRONTMAN, bloody hell, not to be carried away by looking at a man's lips, who's supposed to be your ENEMY!'

I was shouting at myself in my thoughts. I couldn't believe I almost gave everything away just because I got distracted looking at every detail of his face as we were speaking. Gi-hun was still waiting for an answer and I better came up with some fast explanation.

"I...I heard your friend over there calling you by your name and I thought I might try it. Do you mind?" I gave him my most innocent smile and 456 actually seemed to buy it.

"No I ...I guess I don't mind." he murmured and as I looked closely I thought to see a slight blush on his cheeks. Unfortunately I didn't have time to inspect that blushing because the game started with a BANG.

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Author's note: Sooooo first chapter up, hope you enjoyed :)