~Yumi~

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I stared into the thin air in front of me as I heard the piano playing in the background. It was pretty noisy now with the music when there wasn't any customers in the café. She sighed as she look around and then out to the sidewalk. People were running, run just started to fall and hit the ground and the glasses of the café hard. But even that made it soothing.

"Yumi dear, take a few more minutes. The cookies just got out of the oven so you can wait a few minutes before you start to decorate them"

I nodded towards the manager of the café. She was an old lady now but she loved baking. And she loved serving others her home baked cookies. I admired her and sometimes she felt like a mother

"Yes" I smiled and returned her a warm smile

She nodded before going back inside the kitchen. I sighed as I stared outside again. 

I found myself locking eyes with a guy

I didn't know if I was going to look away but my eyes were locked. He soon fired off a smile and nodded and continued to walk. I gave a smile back in return and stood up. I was wondering what he was thinking about. Maybe he wanted a coffee but changed his mind. Could that be?

I looked around in the café and started to clean as I hummed to the music. As I carried all the dirty plates and cups into the back I felt a slight thump in my chest which made me gasp. 

I closed my eyes for a brief moment and took a deep breath before feeling myself becoming normal again. 

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~JaeJoong~

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"Hyung!"

I looked up as I saw Yunho enter, brushing off water that had fallen down outside. It was apparently raining

"Yeah?" I asked

"Are you sure it's her?" He asked

I took out the photo and threw it at Yoochun who took it and looked at it

"Well if it's that girl in the café with long brown hair, brown big eyes with the dimple on the right side of , then it must be her" Yoochun said

"But are you sure? I don't understand why we are here and why we have to watch over her" Yunho said and walked over to the table where I was standing

"I don't know either. I am not in a position where I can question him and you know that" I said

"Yes I do know that but there must be a purpose with this mission. Are we just suppose to stick around and look after her?" Yunho asked

I sighed and looked up

"He is right hyung. There must be a reason to why he sent us out on this mission and was very eager to only have us do it and no one else" Junsu said

"Look I know you have many questions. So do I. But at the moment, we should just stay put and try to do what we're told" I mumbled

"You don't even believe in your own words" Yunho said frustrated

"No I don't Yunho. To be honest, I don't. But do understand that I try my best to understand this mission. All I know is that we are suppose to be close to her, watch over her until we know what the next step is" I said

"If that was good enough" Yunho said angrily

"I know you want to know the purpose. But let me at least assure you that this is not a hunting trip" I said

"How are you able to assure us that? You know Shadows takes shapes in any kinds of forms" Junsu said

"Yes I do but this cannot be it. I have a feeling that he wants us to protect it" I mumbled

"Protect? We are hunters. Not protectors" Yoochun said

"Yes. That is why I wonder why we are only sitting around and don't have any other instructions" I mumbled

I tried my best to assure the guys and yet I wasn't able to. I understand their frustration. This was not the thrilling chase that we were used to. We hunt Shadows. Demons that want to hurt humans. But even though I was one of the best Hunters underground, there were still things out there that I did not know of. From Underground we were many of our kind and yet there was a battle between whose leader who had the most influence, who had the most power. It was always a battle between power. I was happy that Father wasn't one of them. He was more than that. He saw beyond and always watched out for us hunters. He says the we serve a bigger purpose than choosing ourselves all the time and that there are people who needs our help. 

I still don't know how demons can exist. The take form in any kind of living thing and that is why we call them shadows. They are darker, more evil and do more harm than any other living out there. The dark side is a twisted world. My father explained that our life purpose is to protect humans from the dark side, from being taken, from being taken advantage of and also.. to be turned. Once you've been on the dark side it is hard to go back. Their main purpose was to spread evilness in this world. Why? To someday maybe open that side and take over completely. And the hunters.. people like me would be slaves. My father said that our life purpose was to protect. To always protect the people that is not able to protect themselves. 

But even sometimes my father had secrets. Secrets that I could not know of even though I want to know in order to be able to help more. 

I sighed heavily. A knock was heard

"Yes?"

"Hyung?"

I saw Changmin enter

"Yes, what is it?" 

"Look, don't stress over it.. we are just wondering why we are stuck here when we can be out there hunting shadows" He said

"I know.. I'm very impatient as well but as of right now, all I know that we have to stay here and watch over her. You found out her name?" I asked

"Yes. Yumi Kwon"