I woke up to a soft pressure on my lips. I opened my eyes and Chanyeol was smiling down at me and the morning sun shone down on us. The door to the balcony opened and their manager poked his head out with a relieved expression.

“Here you are. I was scared you were taken away...ehem...carry on,” he said awkwardly and went back inside.

“Mmm, morning. I wish I could wake up to your pretty face everyday,” Chanyeol whispered and buried his face in my hair.

I sighed and snuggled into his chest.

That's when I realized the worst. Chanyeol broke the barrier that I trained so long to put up. How could I be so foolish as to let this man enter my heart so quickly?

“Our Yoonji is so beautiful,” he said and kissed me again.

Ah, so that's why...

We walked into the kitchen after freshening up and all the boys were eating cereal.

“I think we need to buy more food...” Tao said holding up the empty cereal box.

I nodded. “I'll ask Boss to send someone.”

“Where were you last night Chanyeol-ah?” Kris asked. “I woke up and you were gone.”

As I poured some milk into a glass, Chanyeol pulled me to him. “Spent the night with my lovely lady.”

I glared at him for his choice of words.

“What?!” Tao screamed with a mouthful of frosted flakes. “And you didn't tell me?! I could've slept on the bed with duizhang. Do you know how much my back is hurting?”

Kris's mouth twitched and he left the room without a word.

Kai blinked at us and pointed a spoon at Chanyeol. “You got in her pants?”

I practically spit out the milk and Kai smirked.

“I'll take that as a yes.”

“No! No! He didn't...we didn't!” I waved my hands up.

The members snickered and continued eating. I hung my head and Chanyeol chuckled before kissing me on my temple.

“So you guys can make a list of what you want,” I said and set a paper and pen on the table.

Xiumin was the first to grab the pen.

“Steamed buns.”

“Cannibalism,” Luhan said.

“Oh! Put down some chips too!” Lay said from the living room.

“Cannibalism,” Luhan said again.

“Hyung, those jokes are getting old,” Sehun told him.

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

I stared dumbfounded at the very long list in front of me and I looked at them. They had innocent looks on their faces.

I rolled my eyes and picked up my phone to call Boss but I heard footsteps coming towards the house.

“What's wrong?” Suho asked.

“Shhh. Get down,” I ordered and everyone immediately laid on the ground.

I crouched down and got a hold of the bow and arrow underneath the couch before peaking my head up to peer out the window.

I saw about ten men in black outfits coming towards the house. I was about to shoot at them until I recognized the logos on their shirts. I gasped and jumped up to go greet them.

“Yoonji-ah! Long time no see!” one of my old trainers said to me when I ran out of the door.

“Mr. Bae! Annyonghaseyo!” I bowed to him and the rest of them.

Boss walked out from behind them with a smile.

“How's my wonderful Yoonji?” he asked.

I smiled and gave him a quick hug. “I was just about to call you. I'm afraid we've run out of food.”

Boss nodded at two men in the back and they left with a nod.

“So what brings you here?” I asked.

“Let's step inside, shall we?” he said.

Boss and I walked inside while the others stayed guard outside. The members were still sprawled out on the ground and I chuckled.

“Guys, you can come up now. It's just my boss.”

They looked up and bowed to him.

Boss smiled and gestured for them to go. They lingered in the room for a moment before going.

“It must be tiring looking after so many boys. I shouldn't have given this to you as your first mission.”

I shook my head. “No, I'm happy that you have so much faith in me.”

“Yes, you're one of my best fighters and have the best instincts.”

“No, I don't. If I had the best instincts, I would've known about Myungsoo.”

Boss sighed. “No one knew about him. He joined us around the same time you did. Don't blame yourself.”

“He was my friend.”

“He was a betrayer. Don't waist your energy thinking about him. I've come to invite you to a dinner tomorrow night. All the leaders will be there. I think whoever is behind these idol attacks will be there also. We need to get to the bottom of this. Half of the male idol groups are on hiatus. It'll only be a matter of time before everyone will start realizing and riots will break out.”

“I would love to accompany you but what about-”

“I will bring men to look after EXO for you. Don't need to worry about anything.”

I bit my lip. For some reason, I didn't trust anyone else to look after the boys. But I couldn't go against him so I nodded.

“Yesterday, a man came after them. I managed to get a location from him but that was it. And it was a pretty general location too,” I told him.

“Well?”

“Japan.”

Boss put a finger to his lips. “Japan?”

I nodded.

“I only know of three assassin crews in Japan. And all three will be at the dinner. We have to make this dinner worth it. I'm not bringing someone as valuable as you to such an open dangerous situation for nothing.”

“Believe in me.”

“I do.”

Chanyeol suddenly came out of nowhere and bowed in a perfect 90 degree angle. “Boss-nim! Yoonji has been great to us and has protected us! She is the best protector that anyone could have! Please take care of her! Thank you!” he practically screamed at the top of his lungs with his deep voice.

I face palmed. “Aigo...”

Boss looked at me. “How does he know your real name?”

I froze. “I-well, I had to reveal it to the members since they know so much already. It didn't feel right. I'm really sorry.”

Boss patted me on the back and looked at Chanyeol who was still in the 90 degree bow. He chuckled. “So you like Yoonji-ah?”

Chanyeol finally straightened up and nodded cutely, hair flopping all over the place. “Neh! We have mutual feelings, sir!”

My eyes widened and I shook my head frantically. Chanyeol gave me a questionable look. I mouthed for him to leave and he did.

Boss turned to look at me and I hung my head.

“You...fell for him, didn't you?” he asked slowly.

I looked up at him with an apologetic look.

He sighed and leaned back on the sofa.

“It doesn't interfere with anything! I still do my job and-”

“No! I specifically ordered you to fall for any of these boys. You know how dangerous this can be! Assassin crews are smart and will do anything to find their enemy's weak spot. And that's exactly what he is!”

“He's not my weak spot. I don't have one. If anything, he makes me more motivated.”

“It was a mistake to have you protect idol boys. I should've known it would end up like this.”

I clenched my teeth. “Don't look down on me. Aren't I everything that you wanted me to be? The perfect fighter?”

He didn't answer until a moment later. “This will be your last mission until you prove me otherwise. You'll be put on floor duty when you get back.”

I stood up. “No! I wasn't trained to teach others! I was trained to be on the field!”

Boss stood up to leave.

“I'll send someone to pick you up tomorrow for the dinner.”

Once he left, I kicked the table and buried my face in my hands.

“Yoonji-ah? Are you okay? We heard yelling.” I heard D.O asked with his soft voice.

“No. I am not okay.”

“What's wrong? You can tell us,” Chanyeol said.

I glared at him and he blinked in surprise.

“You...” I stood up and poked him the chest. “Because of you and my foolish decisions, I'm ruined.”

“What are you talking about?”

“You don't understand how long I've trained and waited to finally be on the field. Now I'm going to be put on the training floor to teach others how to be on the field.” I grabbed him by the collar.

Suho put his hands up. “Whoa whoa. Calm down Yoonji. Let's talk this out.”

“Yeah, we understand. We had to train to debut too,” Kai said.

I turned to look at him. “Well how would it feel to finally debut, but then something happens and you're thrown back into training again? Wouldn't feel good, would it? And how long did you train? Three, maybe four years? I trained my whole life. I gave up my childhood for this.”

“Yoonji-ah, I'm sorry. I didn't know,” Chanyeol apologized. “I should've kept my mouth shut.”

“No! Don't apologize to her! Why are you taking it out on us? It's your fault for whatever stupid decision you made! So what if you aren't on the field? If you're that good, you'll be put on again. If not, then maybe you aren't cut out for this,” Baekhyun said with an angry face.

I stared at him in disbelief. How dare he say those words to me. He doesn't know anything.

“What?” I gave him a menacing glare and was about to give him a piece of my mind before strong arms wrapped themselves around my torso and carried me out of the room.

“Yah! Let me go!”

“No,” Kris said with a firm tone.

He carried me to the bathroom and shut the door before pushing me up against it. His face was so dangerously close to mine.

“Calm the down.”

“No!” I tried to push him off of me but he wouldn't budge.

He placed both hands by my head and leaned in closer. His stare was making me shrink. “Calm down. Your fuse is going to break and I don't think that will be pretty. Especially for someone with a load of weapons.”

“But he-”

“Forgive Baekhyun. He talks before he thinks so don't take his words to heart.”

I stared at him and took a deep breath before nodding.

“I'll go check up on them,” he said and left.

I put the toilet seat down and sat on it.

After a couple of minutes, someone knocked on the door.

“What?” I asked.

The door opened and Baekhyun poked his head in. I raised an eyebrow at him.

He grinned widely, making his eyes disappear and lifted a hand to make a peace sign.

“Mianhe,” he said in a cute voice and disappeared.

I scoffed.

Unbelievable.

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TROLOLOLOL. oh bacon.