HyeRim’s POV:

I slowly open my eyes.

What is that stuff? Gosh, I was knocked out twice by it.

I find myself in a room that looks pretty familiar.

My hands are tied behind a chair and my legs are tied on the chair’s leg.

“Well, hello. You’re here.”

I turn my head around.

I am being held hostage by Rain.

He walks around me and finally stands in front of me. He cups my chin in his hands.

“You’re a beautiful one.” He grins.

Gross. He is so greasy.

“No wonder Lee Joon is dating you instead of Seohee.”

“How do you know?” I demand.

He laughs evilly. “I have my ways dear.”

“I want to slap you so bad,” I spat.

“But you can’t! You’re all tied up. Courtesy of my ninjas.” He smirks. “I’ll have some fun with you for now. Do you like me?”

“Oh, I love you,” I say, my tone dripping with sarcasm.

He cups my face in his hands. “I will keep you here.”

“I will escape before you know it.”

“Escape? If you escape, Myungsoo and your brother is going to pay the price.”

I stiffen at the mention of Myungsoo and Sungjong.

“Don’t do anything to them,” I whisper.

“What if I did?”

“DON’T DO ANYTHING TO THEM.”

“I will. Don’t do anything stupid then. To keep your dear Myungsoo and brother safe. No promises though.”

“You’re not human.”

“I’m more human than you think.”

“I want to kill you now.”

“You can’t.”

“I will.”

We are both staring at each other.

My eyes are flashing pure hatred, while his eyes show amusement.

“Fine then, HyeRim. Enjoy being confined for a long, long time.”

“Bastard. I don’t care.”

“Fine.”

Something comes in contact with my temple and the world turns black.

 

Woohyun’s POV:

Ever since we got off the plane, Seohee has been clinging on me like crazy.

“Get off me,” I mutter.

I try to push her away push her grip is like iron claws.

“Woohyun, you’re mine now. Nothing can ever separate us,” she coos.

Except HyeRim.

The only thing I can think of is saving HyeRim.

What did Rain do to her?

Is she dead?

Is she even safe right now?

“Ow. Ow. Ow. Woohyun oppa! You’re squeezing my hand to hard,” Seohee whines.

I miss the permanent scowl Seohee. Not this clingy, shiny person right now.

Suzy and Lisan exchange looks.

Ilhoon pretends to receive a call. (Trust me, it’s obvious.)

No one wants to save me from this person.

“SEOHEE!” a voice shouts.

Suzy, Lisan and Ilhoon turn to look at me.

I realize that voice belongs to me.

I finally manage to get her clingy hand off mine.

“HYERIM IS IN DANGER AND ALL YOU THNK ABOUT IS YOURSELF?”

“Of course, it’s my life. I don’t care about HyeRim. I care about you and only you. And of course myself,”

She says as she my arm

Next thing I know, Seohee got a black eye.

“Woohyun!” Suzy gasps.

“What the hell!” Lisan says in shock.

“CALM DOWN, WOOHYUN,” Ilhoon shouts.

I ignore them. I glare at Seohee and then I turn to walk away. Suzy grabs my arm so I turn around.

“Woohyun, I know you’re mad. And you’re obviously annoyed,” she says gently.

I stay silent.

She pulls me away from the others and sits down. She gestures me to sit.

 

Suzy’s POV:

“Woohyun.”

Silence.

“Woohyun, listen to me.”

More silence. This time he looks away.

Stubborn…

I grab his shoulders and turn him towards me.

“Stop being a stubborn bastard and freaking listen to me.”

He faces me with an expressionless face.

“I know… We know Seohee used to be this permanent scowl person. She’s now this clingy girlfriend.”

“She’s not my girlfriend.”

“ANYWAY. Calm down.”

“That’s all?”

“Enough. We’ll save HyeRim together. She’s our group mate and she’s our friend. She’s family. We’ll do it together.”

“But—“

“No buts. We. Will. Save. Her. Together. I’m not letting you risk your own life. Understand?”

“But—“

“WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT BUTS?”

“Okay…”

“For now, be nice to Seohee okay?”

“She annoys the soul out of me.”

“She does to all of us. Not just you okay? Just bear with her. She has enough injuries already.”

“I didn’t mean to punch her that hard… It’s just that…”

I put my arm around his shoulder.

“No need to tell me. I know. Let’s go.”

I pull him up and lead him back to the others.

Lisan is nursing Seohee’s black eye while Ilhoon is texting someone.

Just then Woohyun’s phone rings.

“Hello?” he says.

After a long pause, he hangs up and runs off.

What the heck?

 

Woohyun’s POV:

Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap.

Rain called me earlier.

“Hello, Woohyun. I have HyeRim here. Don’t even bother trying to save her. If she leaves, her family and her one and only friend will pay the price. If you try to break in, wait. Don’t even bother. You show your face, she will be dead. Okay?”

Then he hung up with a cackle.

I’m so screwed.

I arrive at Siwon’s HQ and run up to his office.

“Woohyun, I’m giving you a mission,” Siwon says as soon as I sit in front of his mahogany desk.

“It’s your responsibility. Seeing how Rain’s spies put HyeRim’s life in great risk,” he says, “kill him. Kill Lee Joon. The leader. Save HyeRim. But I want Lee Joon dead. Understand?”

What.

Is.

This?

“Kill Lee Joon?”

“Yes. I don’t want to see him alive by the end of this month.”

“That’s 3 weeks away…”

“You have 3 weeks to save HyeRim and kill Lee Joon. Do you understand? Don’t fail me. I don’t like it when my spies fail me.”

“I-I will not fail you.” I awkwardly bow and then I leave the office.

Kill Lee Joon? That’s almost the same as killing Myungsoo. When HyeRim loses someone she’s close with or someone she loves…

Two days after Yuri’s death in Myungsoo’s apartment…

“HyeRim, are you okay?” I asked.

Silence.

“HyeRim?”

She then got up the couch and locked herself inside Myungsoo’s room.

“She’s been like this for 2 days,” Myungsoo sighed. “She won’t do anything. She won’t eat either. At this rate, she’ll get sick! And I have to sleep on the couch again.”

“It’s hopeless. She’s stubborn as a rock.”

One week after that…

“HyeRim. Please eat. You’ll get sick if you don’t,” Myungsoo pleaded.

“LEAVE ME ALONE!” she shouted.

“Jin HyeRim, come out right now,” I said.

“SHUT UP! LEAVE. ME. ALONE.”

Myungsoo then turned a key in the lock.

“HyeRim, is it so hard to just open the freaking door?”

“WHAT PART OF LEAVE ME ALONE DO NOT YOU UNDERSTAND?”

She threw a pillow at me.

“Are you okay?” Myungsoo asked.

He also had the courage to sit on the bed.

Then she cracked.

Myungsoo hugged her, her hair as she cried into his chest.

“It’s okay. It’s going to be alright,” he whispered.

“I lost her. I can’t bear to lose another person I love.”

A strong person like Jin HyeRim actually cracked.

Just because of one person.

I can’t make her lose another person. I can’t stand how she lives after someone she loves dies.

I’m pretty much screwed now.

To kill or not to kill?

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OKAY REALLY CRAPPY CHAPTER I'M SO SORRY.

Thanks to all my subbers that forgives me for my terribleness ><