My hands were still holding the black rucksack as i was looking the surroundings. Himchan told to his partner to turn off the system,because we were outside. But nothing like a building,which the security system would protect, was around us. We were still in the same forest,in the middle of the night,surrounded by some tall trees that were almost covering the night sky above us. Himchan put his smartphone back to his jean pocket as he started walking again,this time pacing in an rapid pace. My eyes were wandering around the forest, as soon as i was pacing in the same pace next to Himchan. The forest was huge,trees were all over us,some of them without leaves due to the cold season and some -different from each other- types of flowers were decorating the green soil. Also i could clearly hear from time to time a growl,of course wildlife couldn't absent itself from the ecosystem,but thankfully the sound of the growls were in a satisfactory and safe distance. I had never been in a forest before because my life was usually limited inside New Seoul. Even though my origins were from a small village -which i couldn't recall the name of it- my connection with nature wasn't a strong one. After all,Korea was a small country without any interesting attraction to visit, so i never really thought going somewhere out of the city. Some seconds later we ended up in a clearing,outside the forest. Neither the trees or any flower were there,only the same greenery but something weird caught my attention. There was a huge house in front of us with large windows that was constructed with a weird design in which a quite big part was protruded out to a cliff -half of the house was literally leaning on a cliff-. Weird but beautiful,somehow it was fitting harmoniously at its surroundings. "Are we going there?" I asked him pointing the house. He answered me with a nod of his head. "Actually,that's my house" "Are you that rich?" My though spontaneously came out of my mouth,converted into words. But it was correct,Himchan was indeed rich as the enormous house in front of us looked expensive, the construction of it must have cost a fortune,but i guess it worth it,it was a beautiful architectural design. Himchan,on the other hand,just laughed with my question and shrugged his shoulders. "Well...you could say that i have some savings" Now,we were both walking on the stone pathway,which leaded to the main entrance of the house,to a pure white door with a screen upon in that recognize the owners imprint. At the right and the left side of the pathway,there was a dark green lawn,which most of it was covered by the snow but still there were some distinct parts of green. As soon as we were in front of the door,it suddenly opened without Himchan touching his thumb to the screen. It was opened by a man,whose height -and age- was almost the same as Himchan's,his figure small but muscular enough and his brown eyes were immediately laid upon me,staring at me without saying anything or showing any feeling. The man then,smiled widely at me,showing not only his pearly white teeth but also his pinkish gums. His gum smile was cute. After stepping inside Himchan closed the door behind us and went next to the man with the bright smile. "Yongguk don't look at him like that. It's creepy." Himchan,after turning off the flashlight looked at me and took the rucksack i was holding. "Daehyun,you can go to the living room if you want to. Don't just sit here" He turned his head towards his partner. "Were are the others?" I successfully guessed that Himchan didn't have only one partner,apparently in his house were living all of them. "They all are at the first floor,in the console room,we were searching some information. They'll be here soon" Yongguk's voice was surprisingly deeper than Himchan's. That was something i didn't expect from a guy with a thin frame and with such a beautiful smile. "Anyway,come with me i need to talk to you" Yongguk took Himchan with him by his arm, heading towards the staircase some meters away from me and in a split of seconds they weren't in my field of vision.

I was left alone in an enormous house,which wasn't even mine. In front of me there were those huge windows i saw some minutes ago -there were no walls at ground floor,only windows- only this time they weren't facing the green-snowy landscape but instead the wild sea which was located under the cliff. After taking off Himchan's grey coat and my jacket and placing them on a leather white couch at the living room,my feet brought me face to face with the aquatic environment which literary was the only thing that someone could see from those windows. It was night and i couldn't distinguish a lot at the view in front of me ,but i could clearly see a wide dark blue sea,wild waves touching violently the cliff that the house was on and some mountains thousands of nautical miles away. Everything looked so wild but also so fascinating. "The first time i got here i also was fascinated by the view. I was standing in front of the windows,observing for hours the ocean."I turned my head to locate the source of the new voice. Another man was across me, who was wearing a white button up shirt and a simple black pair of trousers. His brown hair were neat and shiny,his face round with fluffy cheeks but the most interesting feature about him was his hazel eyes,i have never seen an eye colour other than black and brown. He came closer to me and stretched his hand for a handshake. "I'm Youngjae by the way" I gratefully accepted the handshake while mumbling my name. "I know your name,after all we brought you here." I sighed. I almost forgot that Himchan had somehow kidnapped me and brought me to his house. "Himchan brought me here cause he claimed he's trying to save me. I never had done anything wrong or illegal in my life..maybe you know the real reason he brought me here,right?" Youngjae moved away from me and sat at the white furniture,next to the grey coat. "Daehyun..there are a lot that you should not know. Please don't make it more difficult for us" He shifted slightly from his position while looking around as if he was searching for something or someone. "I have the right to know why someone is trying to kill me,don't i?" I crossed my hands all over my chest as i was looking at him. Youngjae seemed to be uncomfortable not only from my question but also from the general situation,it was a little awkward to be in the same room with a man,who you just met and demands answers to some "forbidden" questions. "Aish,why you want to know everything? Don't you know that curiosity killed the cat?" "But I'm not a cat" "But you are curious. Daehyun,to tell the truth I'd like to answer all of your questions,i also think that it's unfair to keep the truth from you but Himchan hyung and Yongguk hyung don't allow us to do that." "Are they your leaders?" I sat next to him. Youngjae was a way,which i would obtain some answers with,if i persuaded him correctly. "I though that they were spies like you" "Yongguk hyung and Himchan hyung aren't spies. Neither of us are" This new voice came from behind me,it wasn't Youngjae's neither Himchan's or Yongguk's,it wasn't a deep one. I turned my head and i came across with a tall young man,surely way younger than me,with a cute face and features and with a blue beanie covering most of his dark black hair. But he wasn't alone. Next to him was another man,the same age as him,but shorter and more muscular. "Both of them they were in the army,Himchan hyung as a soldier in one of Korea's s special forces team and Yongguk hyung his commander." The tall man continued "They are still friends after six years since-" "Enough." Yongguk appeared, with Himchan from behind, with his hands crossed as he was looking strictly at the taller guy. "Zelo,i told you not to reveal anything related to us" "But i though that it was a useless information." "Everything related to our past isn't an useless information,next time be more careful" Yongguk then turned his head to me. "Daehyun you shouldn't be curious. The less you know,the better it's for you. Trust me,there are a lot that you must not know." He beckoned Youngjae to stand up and after he got up,Yongguk took a black-yellow cigarette pack out of his pocket. "Anyway. Me with Himchan rearranged the roommates to each room,so Youngjae and Himchan will share the room that i was sleeping at,me and Jongup will have the room next to the console room and as for you Zelo you'll pair up with Daehyun in the room you already sleep at." The shortest man,whose name was Jongup looked at Yongguk confused. "I though Himchan hyung would share a room with Daehyun hyung because he-" "Jongup I'm not going to share a room with Daehyun,alright?" Himchan then whispered something to Yongguk and he left,probably heading to his room at the first floor. He seemed pretty upset from the question Jongup made but i didn't understand the reason why. "It's late,you all should go to your rooms,I'll go outside to smoke. In some minutes I'll be back." I saw Yongguk walking towards the door and i decided to follow him,i would like to have a cigarette outside too."Hyung wait. I'm coming with you." "Daehyun,if you think that you can escape,forget it. I'm not going to let you outside just like that." "I just want to smoke,I'm not going to escape,I don't even know where are we. How I'm supposed to escape?" He looked at me without saying anything but some seconds later he allowed me to go outside with him.

"How long do you know them? I mean your partners. They are like your friends right?" "They aren't like my friends,they are my friends. I know them for years,especially Zelo and Himchan." Yongguk was sitting at a large rock some meters away from the cliff,holding a cigarette between his long fingers,it was the second one he was smoking, as our conversation was unexpectedly long. From our conversation i concluded that Yongguk wasn't as bad or bossy as he was looking like an hour ago,he seemed to be a good guy and caring,especially with his friends,but i didn't get to learn about the reason i was here,he was so secretive with anything that has a connection with me. "I met Himchan when we were in the army,he was 19 and i was 20,we joined the same team and almost after a week we became friends." "Weren't you a little young to be a commander?" I sat next to him,looking at him as he was smoking his cigarette, I already had one cigarette but i declined a second one that he offered to me. "Well...my father also was a commander,he kinda helped me to become like him. Also,our team consisted of young members,it would be better if they had a young chief,so i became their leader. After all i had all the required qualifications." "So you met Himchan in the team. Was Zelo in the team too?" "Of course not" He chuckled. " Back there,when i was 20,Zelo was 16,he was too young to be a soldier. I know Zelo since he was born. My mother was his nanny,she was taking care of him because his parents were some stupid rich people,who thought that having an lifestyle is more important than having a child. His father was murdered when Zelo was 7,but Zelo didn't cry for him,he wasn't even sad for his death. After all he never had spent enough time with him,he was literary a stranger." "I guess you are right. If i were him i wouldn't cry either." I lowered my head and cuddle myself in an attempt to warm my body,the temperature was surely bellow zero,but at least it wasn't snowing making it a little easier for me to warm myself. "If you are freezing Daehyun you can go inside. I'll came when i finish the cigarette." He brought the white stick to his lips,taking a good dose of the harmful smoke. "No,I'm ok. I'll wait till you finish. Yongguk hyung,can i ask you something?" He turned his head to me,beckoning me to go on with the question. "Is government really trying to kill me? Himchan told me that police is after me. I don't know if i should believe him or not. Ok,I'm going to accept that you don't want me to know some things,but i think i deserve to know if someone wants me dead." Yongguk took a deep breath before standing up,taking me with him by my hand and walking towards the edge of the cliff. When we were in a safe spot,not too close at the cliff but also not too far,he pointed me the mountains that were kilometers away. "Do you see those mountains?" I looked towards the mountains. "Yeah,but how is that related to my question?" "Behind those mountains there is a whole new world that you aren't aware of. The united government hides a big secret from you and the rest of the citizens. They want you dead because somehow you are related there,with the people behind those mountains,with the people outside the "city" " "Hyung,i don't understand what are you talking about,what's behind those mountains?" I was confused with the answer he gave me,i didn't expect that he would really gave me an answer but he was talking about things that didn't make any sense. What was that big secret? What was the new world and most important how I'm related to something that i don't even know? All those questions where stuck in my head but i didn't dare to ask him,i was sure he wasn't going to give any answer.

After a minute or more without any of us speaking,Yongguk suddenly grabbed my arm,pulling me next to him. "Daehyun go back to the house." "Why? What i did?" He let my hand to take something from his back. "Someone is watching us. He's in the forest" A gun appeared to his hand,which with an ease he armed. "Go. I'll cover you." "W-What? Hyung,I don't want to-" Before i even have the time to finish my sentence,a gun shot was heard and in a split of seconds Yongguk put me behind him with his left hand ,while with his right hand was holding the gun, shooting towards the forest. I didn't know what i was supposed to do, i was terrified, it was too late to go back to the house and also i didn't have anything to fight back,so i remained still behind Yongguk. The gun shots didn't last long,after Yongguk shot back,the man -or woman- inside the forest didn't do anything.
                             

                           "Yongguk relax,it's me!"

A man's voice was heard from the forest. Yongguk, after mumbling some curses he put his gun back. "The next time you do something like that Jongin I'm going to kick your ! Bastard.." He sighed and thrown his cigarette away. "Daehyun you can go inside. Don't worry he's with us." "Why he shoot if he's with us?" "He just..put a prank on us. His pranks aren't good as you saw." "Oh come on Yongguk. I didn't even shoot towards you" The man who was in the forest,now was next to us,with his hands in the big pocket of his hoodie. I couldn't see his face,as he was wearing the hood,but i could recognize his youth age. "Yongguk,i need to talk you. There is a problem with the constabulary,the patrols have increased outside the city." Jongin gave Yongguk something that looked like a tablet. "Daehyun go inside,i need to have a talk." He went with Jongin some meters away from me already discussing with each other. I didn't have a choice rather than following his order and going inside.