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everyone needs a companion
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Hyeju settled in at a nearby cafe,accompanied with a hot chocolate,she continued to stare outside.The wind was blowing,perfect wind for spring and of course,people sneezing.Spring’s probably the most hated by people.The season of allergies.

She took a sip of her hot chocolate and continued to stare as people walked by outside.Kids in school uniform –probably skipping classes-,couples walking around,moms with their kids.Hyeju sighed as she realised that she will never have such a happy family

“Hyeju?” a familiar called out for her name and she looked up at the owner of the voice “what are you doing here? Why aren’t you in your uniform?” the owner of the voice was Hyungseok

“Same question to you” Hyeju raised an eyebrow at Hyungseok

Hyungseok chuckled and sat opposite of her “had things to do of course and I’ll just conclude that you have the same reason?” he casually took a sip of Hyeju’s hot chocolate

Hyeju just simply nodded and examined the boy’s attire.He was in dark coloured clothes “Went to see your mom?” the boy just remained silent and Hyeju took it as a yes “Isn’t it funny how the new kids are already skipping school when it’s only been a few days?” Hyeju laughed at the thought

“It is” Hyungseok chuckled and sighed softly  “Later cupcake,I got to go” Hyungseok showed his phone and there was an incoming call from his dad.Hyeju simply nodded and watched the boy walk away

Hyeju took a last sip of her hot chocolate and finally walked home.She opened up her laptop and saw a new mail came in.It was from her suppliers.She shouted in glee as she read the contents.She had one supplier and now she just needs the other supplier to agree with her.A wide smile was plastered on her face as she continued to finish up her site

“What are you smiling for?” Minho finally came out of his room and plopped beside Hyeju

“I just got myself some suppliers” Hyeju grinned and hugged Minho tight

“Congrats to you I guess.Did you use your real name?”

“Of course not dummy.I’m not that stupid” Hyeju said in a matter-of-fact tone

Minho laughed and nodded “Ok sure”

Hyeju and Minho continued to have a little talk and know each other when Hyeju’s phone rang “Hello? ....Really? That fast? ....sure,I’ll be there” Hyeju hung up her call and grabbed her jacket “got to go.I’ll be back late I guess.Have dinner without me”

Minho just hummed in response and watched the girl walk away.Hyeju shivered slightly at the cold wind and tried her best to remember the way down back to the massage parlor.Walking down the same road at evening was more eery.Hyeju arrived at her destination and slowly pushed the door open

“Hello?”

“You’re fast” Kyungho appeared from behind with files in his hands.His blazer was off,his sleeves were folded up to his sleeves revealing his muscular forearms and his hair was all messed up

“Had a rough search?” Hyeju settled herself on the couch

“Kind of.She was pretty hard.Probably your dad get rid of every information available about her but he clearly didn’t do a good job.There were still some traces left” Kyungho slid the envelope over to Hyeju as he took  a seat opposite of her

“You had alot of time though” Hyeju chuckled and opened up the files,slowly laying out the papers on the table

“It was a piece of cake anyways.Tracking down a person? Pfft,you’re underestimating my abilities” Kyungho smirked and leaned in to examine the papers

“Explain to me I guess?” Hyeju raised an eyebrow at the papers as she couldn’t get any idea

“Looks like you’re missing a great piece honey” Kyungho opened the envelope again and Hyeju forgot a paper “here” he slid the paper over at Hyeju and a sharp gasp left her lips

“M-Minho oppa?” she blinked

“Oppa? So,you know?”

“Know what?”

“That he’s your brother.Half brother to be exact”

“Excuse me?”

Kyungho let out a sigh “So you don’t know.Song Kyungmi,your dad’s mistress.I wouldn’t call her a mistress though.Apparently,she and your dad was already in a relationship before he got married.From the relationship he got a son named Song Minho.They decided to use her surname as it was too suspicious to your dad’s surname and I’m sorry to say this but she’s dead”

Hyeju was silent for a moment to let the new information sink into her mind.Now it all made sense on why Minho said he had the obligation and an apology.Hyeju didn’t know if she should be sad or happy at the new information.

“Well,let’s put that aside then.Personal problems.I have a new work for you.Investigate my dad”

“Investigate? Honey,that’s too vague of an information there”

“Get him down with all of the illegal things he has been doing.To start you off,a year ago he did an embezzlement of the company’s money and used it ...” Hyeju paused,embarrassed to say.She was embarrassed to have such a filthy man as her father “....to buy drugs”

“Excuse me?” Kyungho choked on his saliva

“Mr Ryu is Seoul’s biggest drug dealer.He’s the master mind of all.He’s the ring leader.He manages nothing at the company.It has always been me,he’s too busy dealing with his drug business.As we’re talking,he could have even sold millions of worth drugs” Hyeju sighed and picked up all of the papers,slipping them back into the envelope “I hope you can help me on that.I need that filthy man to come down”

“Ok then.I’ll try to update you on my search but I can bet you,it’s hard.He has many backups” Kyungho stood up with her “And what about your mom?”

Hyeju stopped in her tracks “that’s personal.I’ll figure it by myself.I’ll excuse myself first” Hyeju bowed her head slightly and walked out

She breathed in the fresh air and rolled her eyes,trying to hold her tears back.She wasn’t entirely disappointed with Minho,he did warned her in the beginning but she was too dumb to fix the puzzle.She mindlessly walked around the streets of Hongdae and suddenly bumped into someone

“I’m so sorry.I didn’t see where I was walking” Hyeju apologised as she bowed her head slightly

“Hyeju?”

“Jin oppa? What are you doing here?”

“Same question to you”

Both of them kept silent,not wanting to tell their reason for mindlessly wandering the streets of Hongdae “Well,want to grab some hot ramen?” Jin suggested and Hyeju nodded as she felt hungry

Jin held her hand and both of them walked around to find any places to eat.Jin has this habit of holding her hand whenever they walked.They settled in a very busy ramen shop –it was the only shop opened anyways- and ordered their desired ramen

“So,heard tomorrow’s your last day?” Hyeju asked as she took a sip of her drink

“Yup,along with the others”

Hyeju and Jin were immersed in their own world amidst the busy shop.Hyeju has always felt that Jin was the most reliable and she felt the most comfortably with Jin.She felt the brotherly love from him.Besides Yoongi,Hyeju got closer to Jin faster than she did with Yoongi and she liked that.The fact that she has someone to tell her inner thoughts and problems.