Chapter 04

“Here, take it.”

Officer Tiffany gave the letter to her junior and she couldn’t help but to be confused with it. Without further ado, she flipped to see the back of the letter and her gawked so badly. The moment her eyes read that name across the paper, she shot her eyes back up at her senior officer.

“T-This is…”

“I’m sorry I couldn’t tell anything more than this but…it’s a deal I made with her to protect both our safety. Write your reply to this letter and I’ll pass it on to her.”

Irene nodded with nervousness. She kept the letter into her bag immediately and couldn't wait for her next break time to read this letter that was written by her long lost sister, Taeyeon. As soon as she had finish with her work for the day, she sat down inside her car at the parking lot and pulled out the letter from her bag immediately. She couldn’t help but to be so nervous and decided to open it up and read it carefully word by word.

K. Joohyun ,
Our meeting is very unfortunate, but how long has it been since we met? 20 years isn’t…I didn’t expect you to become a police officer after you always wanted to become an idol when we’re young. I hope we could meet each other in a better way than this but that can’t be helped… I know there’s a risk we will turn guns to each other, but I’m sorry, there is something I must do. I probably couldn’t ask you to trust me after we’ve been separated over a decade. I would say I’m doing fine…and I hope you are too.
One more thing, never show this letter to Hwang Tiffany, I rather keep the content private only between us…between sisters. That’s all I would want to ask you to do for me…I’m glad I’m able to talk to you again.

K. Taeyeon,

The moment the officer finished reading her letter, even though it was really short, she couldn’t hold back her happiness. Her long lost sister replied her and it’s been 20 years since they exchanged a word. She leaned back against the driving seat with a huge smile of relief across her face. Her eyes began to become teary as she read the word that Taeyeon mentioned that they’re sisters. That meant a lot to her. She wondered what deal did Tiffany made with Taeyeon, but right now she had to trust her senior as well as her twin sister.

“…I wonder what is this thing Taeyeon-unnie must do?”

But to just wondering around like this wouldn’t help anything. Irene grabbed a paper and pen from the back seat and scribbled another letter to Taeyeon. Obviously she wrote down much more things. She had so many things she wanted to tell and talk to Taeyeon for the past 12 years.

 

-

After one whole day of waiting impatiently, Irene passed her reply letter to Tiffany at their office on the next day after she had spent a lot of time writing this letter to Taeyeon.

“Ah…unnie, can I ask something?”

“Yes?”

“…H-how’s Taeyeon Unnie?” Irene asked with nervousness and then she received a gentle smile from officer Tiffany. The senior patted Irene’s head and it made her confused.

“From what I see, she looks fine…don’t worry.”

“I see~”

Irene smiled with relief; at least she knew that her beloved sister was fine. It’s obvious for her to worry since the thief that they were hunting down was actually her own sister. She couldn’t help but to be worry about Taeyeon every single day that went by and every time officers were called out for duty.

 

~XXX~

It’s been a week since Tiffany’s first appointment with Taeyeon. She was at that same location and same timing as she made a deal with the thief. She constantly checked her watch and didn’t realize the presence coming from behind her.

“Such an early bird…Good, you’re not in your officer uniform.”

Tiffany flinched and turned around to see Taeyeon standing there in her casual outfit. She had a cap and sunglasses with her and it seemed its purpose is to hide her identity in public.

“…Finally you’re here.”

Tiffany passed the letter to Taeyeon even before they could’ve said a word. The thief girl took it and kept in her bag. She would write a reply later today but it seemed she would be demanding some few things from the poor officer first.

“Before I give you my reply, come with me.”

“Where?”

“To the park close by.” Taeyeon replied bluntly.

“Why?” The officer replied rashly as well.

“Dating obviously.”

The officer froze and her brain begun to process once again. “D-Dating?!” She yelped with shock and Taeyeon placed her finger above her lips to tell Tiffany to be quiet.

“Make sure you entertain me…Ti-ppa-ny~”

Taeyeon and the officer couldn’t help but to be annoyed by it. However, she didn’t have a choice and had to follow according to the deal she made with this nasty thief that stole her first kiss. She followed Taeyeon and it was about 10 minutes walk before they reached this small park. It seemed to be quite dispersed and peaceful. Tiffany didn’t know such park like this would exist around this area.

“It’s quite peaceful here and not many people will be here.” Taeyeon smirked. “It’s my favorite place after all.”

“I see.” Tiffany followed the thief and then before she realized it again she felt Taeyeon’s hand grabbed onto hers and pulled the officer forward. However she jerked her hand back with surprise and caused Taeyeon to stop.

“W-What was that for!?”

“What? We’re supposed to be dating right now.”

She extended her hand towards Tiffany to grab onto, but the officer didn’t want to hold her hand at all. They made an eye contact with each other and she could tell from Taeyeon’s face that the girl was demanding Tiffany to do as she was told.

“Grr…Fine.”

Tiffany sighed roughly and held onto Taeyeon’s hand. Her fingers intertwined with Tiffany’s and the thief held the older woman’s hand tightly. It made the officer nervous at the beginning but then the scene of the park had diverted her attention from that immediately.

“W-Wow…”

Tiffany was amazed with the beautiful scenery of the clear blue lake in the middle. She wouldn’t expect such a beautiful place to exist somewhere like this, and yet very few people were here.

“It’s nice isn’t? How pitiful that only few people know about this place.”

“…”

Tiffany was dragged to the free table under the tree shades. Without further ado, the thief threw her bag towards her and caused the officer to flinch slightly. Taeyeon just went to sit on the table and lied down facing upward silently.

“Drinks and snacks are in there, eat whatever you want.”

“H-Huh??”

Tiffany realized the bag was heavy and a little cold. She sat down on the seat and opened the bag. There were tons of snack bars and various flavoured cold soft drink cans, this could be found at any convenient stores. She was surprised to know that Taeyeon was well prepared and was actually planning to come to this park at the first place. Maybe…the girl wasn’t as evil as she thought.

“…What, is this something you steal?”

“Oi oi, don’t make assumptions that we steal every single thing. That’s why I hate you officer bastards…only thing you can think is that we’re bad guys, and you’re good guys… that .”

Taeyeon roared back with hint of anger in her voice. Obviously she would be irritated when she was accused on something she didn’t do. All police officers always saw thieves as those who steal everything, without trying to understand what they had went through…that’s why, Taeyeon hate them so much.

“If you don’t want it, then don’t.”

“…I’m sorry.”

Taeyeon’s eyes grew wide with shock and forced her to sit up and turned to the officer. She grabbed a can of coke and snack bars from Taeyeon’s bag and sat down on the bench beside Taeyeon.

“I guess you’re right. Police nowadays always think of themselves playing a role of hero of justice…I knew it yet I let it get into my head.”

Tiffany sighed softly without realizing that Taeyeon staring at her with surprised glare. The thief wouldn’t have expected Tiffany to acknowledge what she said. This was beyond Taeyeon’s expectations. “I’m sorry about that… also thanks for the drinks and snacks.”

She opened the can bottle and enjoyed her cold drink along with the snack bars while leaving the mouse girl dumbfounded by Tiffany’s response.

“You’re weird.”

“How so?”

“Who would’ve expect to hear the officer agreed with a thief for once?”

“What you state is a fact, it doesn’t really matter you’re a thief or not, it’s the truth.”

Tiffany replied honestly and still, Taeyeon couldn’t believe what she was hearing. It seemed this officer had caught her interest even more than before. Hwang Tiffany…this woman, despite Taeyeon was planning to use her as a tool for revenge, it seemed she would be able to entertain the thief for quite a while.

“Ah, before I forget, give me your number.”

“Huh??” Tiffany frowned with surprise.

“It’s rather easier to contact each other, don’t you think?” The mouse added on and Tiffany couldn’t deny that. For them to just rely on meeting each other without any confirmation wouldn’t be such a nice idea. Things wouldn’t go smoothly for her, as well as Taeyeon’s side. After she took a while to think… She took out her cellphone from her pocket and handed it over to the thief.

“Good.”

She smirked and then snatched the cellphone out from Tiffany’s hand. She typed in some number and then she put it on the table beside her. She had dialed her number using Tiffany’s phone to obtain her number as well as added her number into Tiffany’s contact list.

“My number is in there now, and now I have yours too.”

The officer took back her phone and kept in her pocket. She just hoped that by exchanging numbers with the thief known to be the one of the famous Black Pillars wouldn’t bring harm to her… as time passed by, Tiffany had finished her drink already, but Taeyeon didn’t even utter a single word with her after they exchanged numbers. The thief just lied down on the table, facing up the sky, and it was long enough to make Tiffany curious.

“What are you doing?”

“Relaxing.”

“…Okay then?”

The officer gave up trying to catch up with Taeyeon’s pace, but suddenly, the older girl hopped out from the table and turned to her. She used hand movement to call Tiffany to her. It made Tiffany slightly annoyed, but then she obeyed what Taeyeon ordered. As she walked up to her, the shorter girl grabbed her hand and pulled Tiffany down onto the floor with her. The older woman didn’t expect that coming and she crashed onto the floor roughly.

“Ow…What was that for!?”

“Just lie down and look.”

Taeyeon was lying down beside her as she pointed up into the sky. As Tiffany sighed and looked up as she was told, she could see that the branches and leaves were blocking the sunlight from above. The light went through the little gaps between leaves and she could even see bird nest everywhere on the tress around them. She had been living in the city for so long that she was amazed with such simple natural scenery like this.

“Wow…”

“It’s relaxing isn’t?”

“…It is.”

Tiffany smiled while she enjoyed the scenery. The sound of the wind brushing against the leaves, and birds chirping brought peace to her heart. While she was dazed off with such beautiful scenery, she didn’t realize that Taeyeon was staring at her for quite a while already. When she saw that, it made her slightly uneasy. Who wouldn’t feel uneasy when someone was staring at them for a long period of time?

“Uh…what is it?”

“…Heh.”

Taeyeon suddenly shifted her body as she interlocked her hands with Tiffany, and pressed her lips against the officer’s. With sudden surprise, she resisted but then the thief positioned her body so that she was on top of Tiffany, locking her onto the grassy floor behind her. The younger girl swung her arm attempting to hit Taeyeon away, but then the older girl grabbed her wrist and pinned it back down onto the floor again. It seemed the thief was much way stronger than the officer this time.

“N-Nngh…!”

She could feel Taeyeon’s tongue against hers…and it’s exploring around . The sweetness taste of vanilla from Taeyeon’s lips seemed to reduce her resistance against the kiss. She was still tensing herself from it but then it seemed she realized something…the kiss, it might a bit forceful at the beginning but right now, it was gentle.

“Mmmn…Aaa---Mmmph!”

She tried to catch her breath but then Taeyeon sealed her lips against hers to stop her. The thief bullied her and her lips to taste the chocolate flavor that was left from the snack bar she ate. As the thief stopped, Tiffany tried to catch her breath and panted roughly against Taeyeon’s lips.

“Hmm…do you like it?”

Taeyeon whispered against Tiffany’s lips and it made the officer blushed badly, with anger and embarrassment. She furiously pushed Taeyeon away and caused the thief to land on her . Tiffany was obviously angry with how the thief was playing around with her like this.

“You bastard…!”

“Heh~”

But before any further conversation could be made between both of them, a group of gangster boys came up to them with a very suspicious look in their eyes. Tiffany sensed danger from them and the thief stood up while glaring at them.

“What are you girls doing all alone here? Wanna go have some fun together?”

One of the boys smirked at them and that’s why Tiffany realized that they’re now confronting with a group of gangster boys. She had no weapon with her and she’s vulnerable now. At least she had some martial arts but in this situation she probably wouldn’t be able to get out without being harmed. Right before the boys would approach Tiffany, Taeyeon got in their way and kicked the one that was closest to her in the face. She sent him falling back onto the floor in pain. Tiffany could hear a ‘crack’ noise and it seemed to fracture the boy’s nose as well.

“O-Owww!!”

“Hey! You !”

Another boy glared at Taeyeon but it just made the  girl smirked with excitement. He ran in and threw a fist towards her but then Taeyeon dodged it easily and swiftly her kick right into the stomach, sending the boy flying across the ground. Tiffany stared with awe, it was the first time she saw Taeyeon in combat without any guns and she didn’t know she was this strong. It’s expected no less from a criminal that police wanted the most.

“Sorry to be a party pooper, but leave…”

Taeyeon’s cold words struck all of them down instantly. Even Tiffany could feel the chill down her spine. Such an intimidating aura filled with murderous intent. It made all those gangster boys retreated with fear as they felt Taeyeon would literally kill them if they don’t leave in few seconds. While Tiffany was frozen with shock, that same exact person that released such immense amount of bloodthirsty aura turned to her and offered a hand.

“What? Don’t tell me you couldn’t stand up because of the kiss?”

The sarcastic thief was back but Tiffany wasn’t annoyed by that provoke. She was still stunned with Taeyeon’s action in battle. She took the younger girl’s hand and stood back up on her ground.

“…They must be the rumored thieves around here. Heh, such an bad luck they have to accidently mug a thief like me.” Taeyeon scoffed with pity for them.

Tiffany heard about those rumor about the group of thieves mugged people in the park close by. She didn’t know that it was this park and it was those gangster boys. She wouldn’t be getting out of this in a perfect shape if it weren’t for Taeyeon protecting her.

“…Thanks by the way.”

“Huh? What for?”

“For saving me back there.”

“…Save your thanks, officer. It’s because of our deal that we made. Didn’t I promise you that no risk shall be upon you during our contract period?”

The officer instantly remembered the time she made a deal with Taeyeon. She did say those words but she didn’t know that the thief would actually take it seriously and protect her from anything that could be a threat to her.
 

Tiffany: …Alright, so be it. I’ll take that deal. As long as there’s no risk upon me, got it?

Taeyeon: Same goes to you…our deal is complete.

Her heart started to open a little more for the thief; she felt that she could a little more trust to Taeyeon after she realized how the younger girl took the deal seriously. At first she started to feel that Taeyeon wasn’t a bad person after she had bought the drinks and snacks for Tiffany, but then she was forced down by a kiss… then the thief didn’t look evil after the officer learned about her seriousness with the deal they made with each other. It’s just so confusing for Tiffany, such mixed emotions inside her chest right now. She didn’t know whether Taeyeon was actually a good person or not…or she was just playing around with her body.

“Nngh--”

Taeyeon lost her balance slightly and it caught Tiffany’s attention. The  thief placed her hand on the right side of her forehead. The thief didn’t expect her concussion symptoms to be creeping over her right now, especially at this timing.

(Taeyeon: Ugh…why now…!?)

“Taeyeon?”

“…I’m fine.”

She lied but no one knew whether the officer saw through that or not. She just simply nodded but at the same time, she was looking at Taeyeon with eyes filled with worries. Then suddenly, she sat down at the table, reading Irene’s letter and wrote a reply quickly. She was oddly in a hurry for some reason. As soon as Taeyeon finished writing a letter, she gave it to Tiffany immediately without waiting.

“Leave now…”

“H-Huh?”

“I told you…to leave!”

Taeyeon shoved Tiffany away and it even made the officer even more confused. As Tiffany made an eye contact with her…she could see pain in Taeyeon’s eyes. It made her worry, but at this moment, she didn’t want to make the thief angry. Right now, she felt that it’s best to just leave. However she felt utterly weird, normally she would be so grateful that Taeyeon let her leave early like this, but at the same time…she couldn’t shake out the worry for her.

 

-

Taeyeon was heading back home and on her way in the dark alley…the pain struck her again and she lost her balance and clashed against the wall. She panted hard and slid down against the cold brick wall. Her vision was blurred and she grabbed for the medicine in her pocket and forcefully swallowed it down . She just had to wait for the medicine to release its effect and it would relieve her from this pain. She decided to take a nap to relieve her from this pain, but it seemed she had a very long sleep and when she woke up, the sun already set down and she’s surrounded by darkness of the alley…

“How long did I fell asleep…?”
 

~RING~RING~

She received a message, she wondered who could it be and as she grabbed her cellphone out…she was expecting it to be Moonbyul or Yoona, but it was that officer…Hwang Tiffany.

(Taeyeon: That woman…)

The thief opened the text and tried to read despite having a bad headache right now. She slowly read word by word.

[Subject: Are you alright?]
Taeyeon, you don’t look so well…are you okay?
You looked as if you’re in big pain. Did you get any injury from the fight today in the park?
I hope you get well soon…and yes, I am worried about you and I’m serious.

Taeyeon wouldn’t ever expect to receive such a message from Tiffany, especially a message worrying about her. The thief just lied down there with a dumbfounded expression. She didn’t know how to respond to that and took her a long while to think of what to say before she replied back to Tiffany…

 

~XXX~

~RING~RING~

“Hm?”

Tiffany was working over time in the office dealing with paper files. The sound of the cellphone broke the silence in the quiet office room; it was already late at night and who could be the one messaging her right now? Maybe it was Jessica or Irene. She checked her phone to see whom it is from. It literally caught her off guard as she saw it was a reply from Taeyeon. Without further ado, she opened the text immediately to read the thief’s reply.

[Subject: (Not Titled)]
I’m fine. Thanks for your concern.

Tiffany was totally caught off guard as who would’ve expected to hear a word ‘thanks’ from Taeyeon? It did took her a very long while to send a message to Taeyeon because she think that she would receive such a rash sarcastic tone from the thief, but it seemed she didn’t…

“Maybe…she’s not a bad person after all…”

The image of Taeyeon that Irene always told her started to seem a little more realistic. Trying to be a little more optimistic, she recalled the time that Irene told her about her family tragic incident. It was Taeyeon that saved her from the murderer before he could have the chance to kill her…That was the last time Irene saw Taeyeon. The younger sister thought that she was dead but she didn’t…what happened to Taeyeon right after that? Tiffany wondered and it didn’t sound good to her at all…maybe something bad happened that change the warm-hearted Taeyeon into a merciless killer. If that was the reason, Tiffany felt that she couldn’t bring herself to hate Taeyeon…since it wasn’t her fault that made her become heartless, she was forced to become one.

“Taeyeon…”

Little by little… It seemed the officer’s heart had started to open to the heartless thief. A seed of curiosity started to grown within her…the desire wanting to know more about Taeyeon had gradually accumulate…

Then suddenly, for some reason, Tiffany searched information in the database regarding Kim’s massacre 20 years ago. There must still be something left that she could trace, at the least she could find who was the one behind the massacre. As she was searching it up, it seemed the name of the killer was not even on the database. That never occurred to her before at all and it seemed utterly suspicious…she searched in-depth but found nothing…however, she came across with this article about Taeyeon and Irene’s family.

“Suspect: Kim Hyun Jong being behind the human experiment …what is this?”

Tiffany read the article and it was about Kim Hyun  Jong being suspected to be the one behind this human experiment. It was a cruel experiment of using humans to create a super ideal human for combats in military and even in police departments. It made Tiffany wondered whether Irene knew about this or not, but judging from how long the older officer knew her, it didn't seem Irene knew about it. Tiffany tried to look into more of it but the information was restricted and she couldn’t access to it.

“That’s impossible…why?”

[Authorization: Restricted]

“Eh!? Why??”

Tiffany was wondering why she couldn’t access to the database and everything seem suspicious to her after she found out the name of the killer was no longer in the database. However, that didn’t stop her from wanting to learn more about Kim’s tragic massacre…and about Kim Taeyeon’s dark past.

 

~XXX~

Taeyeon slowly headed back to her home in the dark alley and thank god that the pain in her head was gone now. While she was taking her time to return back home…she came across with this little dog. It's a very familiar dog.

“Wait…you’re that dog…”

It was the same dog that she encountered together with Moonbyul back a while ago (relate to Chapter 2). The dog was staring at her and was wiggling its tail with excitement.
 

~BARF~BARF~

(Taeyeon: Why is that dog here…?)

“It’s been a while…Taeyeon unnie.”

A woman voice came from the darkest shadow at the corner of the building. As she walked out and revealed her soft pink hair…it immediately made Taeyeon froze with shock. Even it had been years ever since she had last met this woman, she remembered her eyes, and that two scar lines above and below her left eyebrow…that signified only one person, it’s Yongsun.

“Y-Yongsun…shi??”

“You grew up so much since we last met, it seemed your concussion is getting worse isn’t?”

Obviously Taeyeon was stunned. The woman that disappeared 9 years ago just suddenly appeared before her once again with that calm gentle smile. But, why now? Taeyeon couldn’t help but to be curious about it.

“Where have you been?? Why did you just disappear without saying a word??”

“Fufu…I wouldn’t be able to answer your questions if you just keep throwing at me like that, Taeyeon unnie.” Yongsun giggled softly as she gently carried the Ruby into her arms and its head.

“…There is something I must do, something that only I can do. That’s why I have to leave you all.”

“What is it that you have to do? I can help you! I’m not a weak like before anymore.” Taeyeon kept nagging but then she couldn’t break through Yongsun’s calm smile. She felt like to keep questioning but then a part of her mind was telling her not to, as if she’s afraid to push further on.

“Thank you unnie…but I guess it is still to early right now.” Yongsun smiled gently and continued. “I believe you learned about the SuperSoldier and Moonbyul already, am I right?”

Taeyeon froze and couldn’t understand why and how did Yongsun know about that. As if the raven woman had been watching over Taeyeon for god knows how long and since when. However, it made the mouse thief realize that the Yongsun also knew about SuperSoldier project as well.

“There are things you shouldn’t nose yourself in…but I guess it’s inevitable, you’re also a victim to this as well.”

“…??”

Taeyeon didn’t really understood what Yongsun was speaking and without further ado, the woman brought something out from her pocket and it was a small jar filled with pills in there. She threw it at Taeyeon and the girl caught it before it could’ve hit her. She recognized those pills; it was identical to those painkillers she got from Seohyun.

“You would need some of that, you should start taking care of yourself aside from constantly thinking about revenge.”

“…”

“I shall leave now…”

“W-Wait! Yongsun-shi! Moonbyul had been constantly looking for you!”

Taeyeon yelled out loud and it made Yongsun halted for a second. The thief used this chance efficiently and continued to convince the older girl to return to them. “Moonbyul misses you…even until now.”

“…”

“Yah! Yongsun-!”

“We will meet again, when the proper time comes…I believe there will be the day I will return to you guys once again.”

“…”

Taeyeon didn’t know what to say and only could watch the older raven disappeared into the dark corner of the alley. It’s totally impossible to catch up with the  girl right now. She had disappeared for good. However, Taeyeon couldn’t shake out the thought of why Yongsun suddenly appeared before her eyes once again after 9 years of disappearance. Furthermore, she seemed to know about the SuperSoldier and Moonbyul’s history as well. What secrets was Yongsun holding anyway? Lastly…why did Yongsun say that Taeyeon was a victim anyway?

 

~XXX~

The next day in the office, Tiffany called Irene over to her desk and it made the younger junior wondered.

“What is it unnie?”

She questioned and then Tiffany handed her another letter to her with a wink. It made Irene surprised and at the same time, delightful. She took the letter and it was written from Taeyeon.

“Neh, Irene.”

“Yes?”

“…I believe that your kindhearted sister is still alive in Taeyeon.”

Tiffany smiled and those words meant a lot to Irene. She didn't know what did her unnie conversed with Taeyeon but to learn that her sister, but to know that Tiffany had faith in Taeyeon made her happier than ever. She always wanted to believe that Taeyeon would always be her gentle sister, and after hearing those words…she believed it full-heartedly.

“Unnie…thank you so much, those words meant a lot to me.”

“Don’t worry about it. I believe someday you two will be together again.”

“Yes”

 

~XXX~

~RING~RING~

Taeyeon was relaxing at Hyoyeon’s bar and she received an incoming message. It was from Tiffany and she had a read immediately.

[Subject: Next Meeting]
For our next meeting: Saturday, at the same place, meeting earlier at 11am.
How does that sound for you?

The girl smirked while reading the text and typed the respond back to without further ado. She kept her cellphone back into her pocket and it seemed everything went smoothly according to her plan so far. Taeyeon planned to make Tiffany establish feelings for her, because after that, it would make the younger girl manipulated her much easier… even though she had to fake herself in order to make Tiffany believe her. She didn’t care what method she would have to use on Tiffany, since all she could think is revenge against Hwang Steven…

 

~XXX~

Yuri decided to have a night walk alone after she had spent a lot of her time in her office doing intense research. She did gather some clue to what she’s trying to find, but yet it’s still so far from her goal. As she enjoyed the silence of the night, she flipped her cellphone and stared at the screen picture. It was a picture of her younger self, around late teenage, together with Seohyun, BoA, and another woman. All of them looked really happy. This woman…she was standing right beside Yuri and she had a very gentle smile.

“…Jessica.”

It seemed this woman name Jessica was important to Yuri, or used to be. That was the same name as the officer who was with Tiffany and Irene. They might’ve been the same person. While the woman was dazing off, she didn’t realize another presence sneaking from behind.

“I didn’t expect to see you walking at night alone like this…Yuri unnie.”

It made Yuri flinched and as she turned, she had made an eye contact with the soft-pink-haired woman. Those black eyes captivated her attention and it was one reunion for them. She was holding her little pet in her arm and had this vague smile across her face. Such a familiar presence, and such a nostalgic feeling.

“Yongsun…you haven’t change.”

“So do you. I hope you’re feeling well…as you know what I meant.”

“As usual, and you? I heard from Seohyun, that you’re starting to take the drug now right?”

“…”

The woman didn’t reply as she kept patting her pet dog in her arms. Both knew what each of them was referring to. However, that was enough of their friendly talk, Yuri looked a little more serious and went straight to the point.

“Yongsun, it’s about time you return back…”

“Not yet…it’s not the time yet, Unnie.”

Yongsun refused and shook her head. It didn’t mean that she didn’t want to return back, she wanted to, but she couldn’t. “You know that my existence will bring harm Moonbyul…isn’t that why I left?”

“If you don’t trust Moonbyul…then nothing will change. Are you going to run away like this forever?”

“Unnie, you know what I meant…”

She placed her hand on top of her necklace that said ‘ROCK’. Yongsun could feel another presence inside her body, the heartless sadist persona of hers. It was her split personality that was created by countless experiments; she was one of the survived test subjects from the SuperSoldier project. Her codename is [Solar].

“The existence of Solar is to trigger Center to wake up, my existence will only bring pain to her…didn’t you remember? They day she turned into Center 9 years ago…”

Yuri remembered that disaster very well. It’s one of the normal days back 9 years ago. When Yongsun was still living together with them. She was also a survivor from the experiment just like Moonbyul. However, one day…there was this group of idiot thieves that didn’t know who they shouldn’t mess with. They tried to mug Yongsun and Taeyeon, but obviously they couldn’t beat Yongsun since she’s trained to become a SuperSoldier, she had brought out her split persona, Solar out and beat all those guys into pulp.

However…that was a huge mistake, it awakened one of Moonbyul’s personas, Center, and then she started…attacking everyone, including Yongsun and Taeyeon. All those foolish thieves were completely knocked out for good and their face was soaked with their own blood after Moonbyul knocked them all in one blow…she almost strangle Taeyeon to the point she’s asphyxiating, if it wasn’t for Yongsun fighting back against her…who knows what would’ve happen to Taeyeon back then. Since Yongsun was older, she had an advantage with her body growth and managed to knock Moonbyul unconscious…

After that, it seemed Center had came out much more often when she saw Yongsun. It had got worse that Yongsun had to stay in a separate building from Moonbyul. The young girl…was like a mad dog that only could think of destroying everyone in her way. She’s truly a successful test subject as a SuperSoldier, the only thing that her split personas only could think is destruction. Besides, Moonbyul was way too young to learn how to control it, and she couldn’t recall any of her memories when Center took over her body.

After they had gone through Yongsun’s test subject profile…they learned that the purpose of Yongsun, or Solar’s existence is to control Center inside Moonbyul. Because of that…few days later, Yongsun had disappeared, back then only Yuri knew about that. She had to leave for Moonbyul’s sake even though she didn’t even want to at all. This place was like a home to her…this is her precious family, but she didn’t have the choice but to leave.

“I know what you mean, but Moonbyul is no longer a kid anymore. She is strong.” Yuri approached Yongsun and tapped her head gently. “You have to believe in Moonbyul, or else you’ll have to keep running away from her like this for the rest of your life.”

“…”

“Either way, she will have to learn how to control her split personas, just like you…and me.” Yuri backed away and sighed softly. “I’ll wait for your return, Yongsun.”

“Thank you…Unnie, when the time comes, I will come back.”

“I see.” She smiled with relief. “So what did you do in this past 9 years?”

“Many things, I’ve been collecting as much information as possible. Since the SuperSolider project had dissipated…and Seohyun said might be able to make the cure.”

Yongsun smiled and it seemed to amaze Yuri. It was the most excited news to hear. Since Yuri had been doing a lot of research for this as well. There was one side effect that all test subjects received via countless experiments on their body…the toxic from countless chemicals accumulated within their blood had started to show its effect and slowly deteriorating their body. Right now so far, Seohyun was able to formulate a drug that could help subside the toxic from being active but no one would know how long with this drug will work. Yuri had been taking in this drug for quite a while already and it seemed Yongsun had recently started to use it. The only person that was far from this symptom would be Moonbyul.

“I see…thank you so much for your hard work, Yongsun.”

“No problem, I don’t want Moonbyul to suffer like we do…let me be the last one.”

“Yes.”

Yuri smile and it was about time Yongsun would leave. She told the older woman that she would always be around in the darkness watching over both Taeyeon and Moonbyul. When she felt the time was right, she will return back.

Only thing that both of them could do was waiting for the right time to come. There’s nothing they could do at the moment only but wait…
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