Donghae was getting dizzier by the minute. The world around him growing fainter and fainter. Blood gushed out of his legs in torrents;  it was evident that he needed medical attention as soon as possible. He tried putting on a brave face for the girl who was worried sick next to him, but it wasn't working too well. He was slowly losing consciousness. Daring a glance at the bleeding wound, he immediately regretted it and almost thought he would vomit from disgust.

 

"Donghae, hang in there, okay? Don't worry, you're going to be just fine. TOP and CL will get us to their Headquarters soon. Don't worry." Yuri smiled weakly in a comforting voice. However, even she knew that she was trying to comfort herself rather than her lover. She could see that Donghae was dying slowly, and he could lose his life any minute and she held back the sob that threatened to escape. She had to be strong for him, so he too would be strong and fight harder for his life. She didn't want another person to die. I won't lose him, she thought firmly to herself. Not the third one. 

 

She held Donghae's hand as tightly as she could, hoping it could calm her down. The gesture was in vain. "Guys, how far are we now?"

 

"Almost there, Miss Kwon. Please keep pressuring his wounds so the blood won't flow out too much," CL said, still driving their speedboat at full speed. They were now in Busan seas, their destination only miles away. TOP sat silent, typing away on his phone. He then closed it and put it in his pockets. "Done. Sol is waiting for us by the docks right now with Dara." He glanced at Donghae who was steadfastly getting weaker. He sighed deeply. "Hang in there, punk. We're here." True enough, they were now nearing the docks. Not far away, a white van with the logo "Yang Electrical Company" is waiting for them. CL stopped the boat and they immediately stepped out. A guy with a faux-hawk stepped out of the van and rushed over to their side.

 

"Hoo boy, he's losing some blood there," Faux-hawk guy said. TOP took Donghae's legs quickly. "Less talking, Sol. Help me out and take him to the van now, ppali." Sol immediately did as he was told and carried Donghae along to the van. CL and Yuri rushed to the van first and opened the back door. Inside, a girl wearing white lab clothing was waiting while preparing some medical equipments. She turned to look at the door and saw the two girls outside.

 

"CL! Where's the patie-" she trailed off. CL turned to look at Yuri and back at Dara's awed expression, confused. And then she remembered; Dara is a big fan of Kwon Yuri.

 

CL snapped her finger at Dara, bringing her back to reality. "Oh, um, sorry. Uh, set him down right over here, please. And... would you give me your autograph?" CL shot her a look and Dara, blushing, amended, "I mean, after all of this." Yuri smiled slightly despite the situation and nodded. "Of course." 

 

TOP and Sol carried the wounded Donghae into the back of the van and laid him down on a small mattress. CL held Yuri's trembling hand.  "Everything's gonna be fine. It's not that bad." she whispered to Yuri. "I'll make sure of it!" Dara chirped in,  snapping her glove into place. Yuri tightened her grip on CL’s hand, pasting a tightlipped smile on her face. Even after CL and Dara’s consolation, she’s still wasn’t sure.

 

"Okay everyone in the truck, NOW! CL, stay with Dara and Miss Kwon in the back. Sol, give me the keys." TOP commanded.

 

"Whoa there, we're trying to save a wounded man here, not kill him faster. I'll drive, thank you very much." TOP rolled his eyes upon Sol’s irritating remark. Despite his annoyance, TOP obediently went to the passenger's seat after closing the back door. Sol slid into the driver's seat and started the engine. They then sped off into the road. Sol drove as quickly yet as stable as possible so that Dara could treat Donghae safely.

 

In the back of the car, Donghae finally shrieked from the pain. It was something he bit back earlier because he didn’t want Yuri to worry about him too much. That was the last thing he wanted. Now, when Dara prodded on his injured leg, he couldn't control it.

 

Dara, on the other hand, was judging what she needed to fix Donghae’s wound as fast as she could. At one time, Donghae stopped grunting in pain as he saw, the color draining from his face, Dara 'playing' with her medical kit before him. Even though he had suffered severe injuries from the other dangerous missions he had been on, he still hadn't gotten used to the process of treating those injuries. He was terrified of the medical instruments Dara was in the middle of choosing, the instruments that would decide his life and death.

 

He had never been  fond of medical operations.

 

Finally, after her preparation was complete, she approached Donghae slowly and washed his wounds steadily, slowly, and carefully with a wet handkerchief. Strangely, Donghae felt no pain at all. He relaxed visibly. The liquid felt warm and it slowly lessened the pain from his leg. Just when he thought he was beginning to settle into the feeling of peace, Dara put her handkerchief away and lifted his leg a little. She tied up his leg with some kind of fabric on a hanger.

 

“It'll stop the bleeding from coming out too much. Please bear with it,” Dara warned as she busied herself again with her tools. Now she held in her hand a small metal pincet, and then took her glasses from her labcoat pocket. She tiptoed to reach Donghae's lifted leg, flashing Donghae's leg with the light from her glasses, and started to search for something inside Donghae's peeled skin. It only took a few seconds before she found the small silver object in the entry wound: the bullet from Jessica's gun.

 

Donghae grimaced as Dara pulled out the bullet with her pincet. A small whimper escaped his lips, making her glance at him reassuringly. "It's good that the wound is shallow." When she finally managed to get it out, she held up the bullet in her finger, the blood dripping slightly. "This is the little menace inside you that caused this. Now, you're on your way to healing." Dara turned around once more and put the bullet on a silver plate. This time, she came up with a needle tied up with soft black string. Donghae didn't bother to ask again what she's going to do -- the most painful part, closing up the wound.

 

Dara gave an encouraging smile towards him before she start sewing Donghae's wound. “This might sting a little bit.” Donghae nodded in response, he could see that the girl was worth his trust.

 

“Ouch!” Donghae groaned in pain as the needle cut through his flesh. With the professional competence of a good doctor, Dara swiftly  threaded the black string and slowly closed the gap between Donghae's torn skin. It was painful at first but Dara's speed and steadiness didn't make Donghae feel like he'd been bitten by a red ant like he used to feel. This girl is really something, he said in his mind, praising Dara.

 

Closing up the wound with a strap of white bandage, she tapped Donghae's injury a little harshly, but Donghae didn't feel a thing. She looked at him and asked, "Does it hurt?" It felt like the wound has gone, replaced with numbness in the treated part, of course, it's better than seeing a large amount of blood flooding out from his legs accompanied with an unbearable pain. Donghae shook his head. 

 

Dara swiped her sweat off her forehead and smiled at Donghae, “Then it's done.”

 

With a raspy voice, Donghae said, "Thank you, for saving my life, for treating my wounds, for everything. Really, thanks a lot. May I know your name?”

 

“Sandara Park, but you can just call me Dara. You're Lee Donghae-shi, right?” she suddenly called him with his full name before he could do a proper introduction, then again, he recalled that even TOP and CL could find out his identity before he could name it, that's why it was none too surprising for him.

 

He chuckled at everyone's knowledge of his name. All this time he lived in the darkness of the underground world so surely people shouldn't be able to know his real name as provision of identity is prohibited within the organization, except his teammates. To find that these people, so many of them, calling his real name out loud without him having to tell them his name was something he found amusing.

 

“Really, is there anything your organization doesn't know about me, Dara-shi?” he asked facetiously.

 

“Um, we didn't receive that much information about you apart from your name, your picture, your date birth, your hometown, your affiliations, your aliases, your physical appearance, your ability on the field...”

 

That's pretty much everything. Donghae thought to himself as Dara continued to name everything she knows about Donghae.

 

“And,” Dara halted a second to conclude, “...Your relationship with Yuri-shi.” she admitted embarrassedly. Donghae noticed a difference in the way she spoke when concerning his relationship with Yuri. He was sure that Dara was surprised to see Yuri back when she's about to start treating his injury, even though it didn't seem like Yuri knew about her.

 

“Dara-shi, if I may ask, what's your relation with Yul?” he jumped into a question to make sure.

 

“Um...practically nothing? She's my favorite actress and I look up to her. I think that's about it, Donghae-shi,” she said, feeling small because of how she was connected to Yuri as she wished she's more than that, maybe as a friend. Donghae felt a major change between her when she's treating him and her at this moment.

 

Feeling indebted to her, Donghae got an idea to lift her spirit up. “...I can ask her to autograph anything you want or take pictures with her. I know she wouldn't mind.” Dara gasped happily, almost not believing what Donghae just said. She had asked Yuri before but lost the nerve to go through with it now that she realized that it was actually her idol Yuri. 

 

“REALLY?!” she screamed out loud, startling Donghae a bit. “You'd do that for me?!”

 

“..Yeah..?” Donghae answered shortly, not knowing how to react at the girl's sudden outburst.

 

“YAY! THANKS A LOT DONGHAE-SHI!!” she quickly grabbed Donghae's right hand, shaking his hand over-enthusiastically. Donghae couldn't help but be shocked speechless by her sudden change of behavior. It reminded him a little of Siwon's malicious other, only this time is a little different, this one is more of...a happy form of second personality, while Siwon is vice versa.

 

She tried to calm herself from the excitement that made her heart go thump thump with a huff. “So..is it true about your relationship with Yuri-shi? It's not just a rumour?” The fangirl side of her wanted his confirmation. It wasn't that she cared who was in a relationship with her, but the fact that the man who actually was is right in front of her, made it seem like her dreams might be able to c ome true. She might have Yuri as a friend. Wait, no-- Dara you idiot, you'd be lucky enough to know her in person. Don't get too excited, she chided herself.

 

“Yes, that's true. We made our relationship official few days ago.” Donghae confirmed proudly.

 

All pretenses flew out the window. “CHINJIA?! OMO OMO I REALLY CAN'T CALM DOWN AT THIS MOMENT I MUST---”

 

A torrent of angry knocks can be heard from the front.

 

“SANDARA PARK, LOWER YOUR FREAKING UGLY VOICE!!” TOP roared from the passenger seat, annoyed at having to hear Dara's loud voice. The guilty girl gulped her saliva in fear and shivered at her senior's outrage, meanwhile Donghae glared deeply from where the sound came from, his dry and provoking voice never once please his ears.

 

Back to her old self, she quickly responded to TOP's anger. “Mi-mianhaeyo TOP sunbae!” The shy yet energetic hoobae apologized.

 

“Tch, that guy...why do you guys listen to him, even hang out with him, seriously? As a matter of fact he's nothing but a knucklehead. I can't stand being close to him, really.” Donghae complained, aware that her sunbae was being ridiculed, Dara defended swiftly.

 

“Oh, please don't call him that way Donghae-shi...he's nothing like that, TOP sunbae maybe stern in some point, but his ability on the field is out of question...you've seen it before, you made it here because of his help too, yes? I really respect him so much, please don't badmouth him. I was at fault earlier for not controlling my manner.” Donghae hate to admit but Dara got a point, because of TOP he managed to escape Jessica's wrath, because of TOP he only got hurt on his leg when he might got killed, because of TOP he made it this way.

 

He owed him one.

 

“But as stern as he can be, can't he be nice a little bit? He's too stern in my opinion. Have no sense of humor nor to communicate, inhuman, rash, sarcastic and selfish. Honestly, I wonder why you and CL tolerate him that much, I don't see that he deserves that kindness.” Donghae named his flaws one by one. Dara giggled playfully upon Donghae's opinion about her sunbae, true, she found out what Donghae stated was partly right.

 

“Well, you might say he's not a person who can laugh easily, but he does communicate with us on his own way, actually. On the other hand, he's a true soldier who always sticks to the code and rules, his discipline is something that's worth of an example, and he's the conning tower of our group when our first leader isn't present, as he is hardly to meet us.” like Donghae, Dara infers his good deeds each and every single that she knows. Donghae couldn't believe the girl who just got scolded just praised him that sincere, innocently.

 

Although, Donghae found something that attracted his attention more apart from TOP's story, Dara mentioned someone in her explanation, that she didn't name the person. The first leader, if he weren't wrong.

 

“Dara-shi, if I may ask, who's this 'first leader' you called earlier?”

 

“Ah, our first leader after TOP sunbae, you mean? Chaerin didn't tell you? She's usually the first one if it's about an important information like that.”

 

“Chaerin?” there goes another name that Donghae's not familiar with.

 

“CL, by all means. CL is an abbreviation of Chaerin Lee.” Dara explained shortly.

 

“Ah, I see” Donghae reminisced that CL's mouth is a kind of mouth that could reveal everything to everyone, it was obvious to see that trait of hers. Then again, he realized CL was about to mention someone's name back when they're having an automotive chase, someone who sent these people to aid himself and Yuri, but was halted by TOP for some reason.

 

“She was about to, but that knucklehead stopped her from doing so.” Donghae informed spicily, Dara took the hint that if TOP refused to do something in the name of organization, that means it's prohibited for everyone else, and she couldn't risk getting scolded again for not being a good girl, it wasn't sweet.

 

“Then that means I'm not allowed to tell you either, Donghae-shi, I am really sorry.” Donghae sighed to hear the answer, Dara caught his hint of disappointment and quickly added, “Maybe TOP Sunbae thinks it's better to let him introduce himself to you, which, I think you'll meet up with him, sooner or later.”

 

Donghae sighed once again, but he understood that this girl in front of him won't open to just random people no matter what he said, he could use some words to pressure her to talk, but he didn't have the heart to do it, he thought he'd best just leave this topic that would make her feel comfortable if they continue.

 

“Arraso, let's talk about something else.” he quickly diverted the topic as planned in mind.

“I wanted to ask, since when did you spy on us? I mean...me and Yuri. You even know that I'm going out with Yuri while there's only two of us in the house that day.” Donghae inquired, he wanted to ask this question at first, he just wanted to make sure how far did they get upon spying in his privacy, not that he does anything to Yuri when there's only two of them, though.

 

“Oh, since the beginning you occupied that house, frankly, that house is not the only one that we got our ears on, we've found possibilites of residences that both Donghae-shi and Yuri-shi might use for your runaway since...oh I'm so sorry.” Donghae knew she was about to mention the deceased Chung Hee in her sentence, but she dropped it off in order to prevent awakening infavorable past.

 

Now Donghae has to change the topic, again.

 

“Dara, may I just call you that way? With banmal*? I was adjusting to you on how you called me, but it turns out I feel awkward about it. You can also call me by my name too, of course.” Donghae turned into a light, easygoing topic.

 

“Oh, you can call me anyway you want, Donghae-shi, but please let me call you this way, I'm used to it and I don't think I can change this habit of mine. Taeyang Young Bae said I was too formal, but I really can't help it.” she confessed truthfully, she wasn't sure she's grateful to have this formality of hers.

 

“The guy with that faux-hawk hair?” that's the only thing he could remember from the driver of this vehicle.

 

“Mmhm.” Dara agreed shortly, then they felt that their car has stopped moving and they can no longer hear the sound of the truck's engine. “I think we have arrived, I'll take you outside, Donghae-shi.”

 

Outside, TOP opened the back door and then Dara pushed Donghae on the patient bed outside, Donghae could felt the sun of Busan emitted to his body, warming his body cells.

 

Suddenly, Yuri approached him in a hurry with a worried expression plastered on her face, as if she's about to cry. “Donghae! Gwenchana?!”

 

“Ne, thanks to this curemaster, she did everything perfectly. You should thank her too, Yul.” Donghae flashed a wink to Dara, who is blushing red upon his compliment. Yuri quickly got closer to Dara and busy thanking her, Donghae sighed in relief, he thought he paid the debt to Dara a bit, a second later, came the very entity that Donghae despised from the bottom of his heart, with his cold eyes staring at him.

 

“He's too stern in my opinion...have no sense of humor nor to communicate, inhuman, rash, sarcastic and selfish~ I wonder how you can CL can tolerate him that much~” TOP repeated Donghae's words about him in an annoying way. “Said the guy who's rash enough to get his leg scraped.”

 

 

Owned.

---

 

Donghae was brought to a building with a big sign of “Yang Electrical Company”, somehow to be TOP's team headquarters, he was treated in a patient room, with Yuri to keep him company. The couple has been doing their respective activities, Donghae was reading a novel that's been given by Dara in order to prevent boredom, while Yuri was peeling an apple for Donghae, in case he needed some refreshments.

 

However, Donghae often lost his thought at that time, not because of the book, but because of the silly talk he had with Dara inside the truck. He was amazed that kind of pure and innocent girl still existed, and to feel her warm healing touch once more. He couldn't help but to chuckle everytime he reminisced about their conversation.

 

Yuri, found his behavior too weird, to think the weirdest behavior he could come up with is dozing off, lost in his own thought, which he had done just then, now he added chuckles and giggles, which made him look even weirder.

 

She knew something's not right.

 

“Donghae, could you please stop with your little laughs? There's nothing funny here.” Donghae snapped back to the real world upon Yuri's request, telling him to stop. He didn't realize what he's doing until Yuri warned him, too much pride to let himself look odd in his partner's eyes, he lied,

 

“The book is hillarious, Yul! I can't help it.” He exclaimed with a higher happy tone that he usually gave, to sound more convincing.

 

“I didn't know Angels & Demons book's genre is comedy,” Yuri said cynically, “As far as I know, the only thing Dan Brown wrote in there was how intense Robert Langdon's adventure is and the horrifying scenes of the candidates for the new pope got killed one by one.”

 

Donghae swallowed his saliva, he had no idea that his partner was interested in books. He gave a quizzical look to her, directing an unspoken question through his eyes.

 

Yuri sighed as she saw his face of not believing, “Yes, Donghae, I read books. And your excuse sounds awfully pathetic.”

 

“Sorry, hehe.” Donghae apologized unseriously, technically, it's just a trivial thing to be sorry about, and yet he still do it, afraid he found himself annoying from Yuri's point of view for underestimating her. On the other hand, Yuri didn't really expect his apology either.

 

“Whatever, care to tell me what's so funny inside your mind? I swear I'll smack you if you dare to quibble again.” Yuri threatened as she gave a shot of her glare to Donghae that she's serious.

 

“Okay, okay. I was thinking about my conversation with Dara.” Donghae spoke the truth this time.

 

“...What did you two talk about?” Yuri tried her best not to look interested about a topic of Donghae and another girl, continued peeling the apple that she suppose to give to Donghae and avoiding eye contact with him.

 

“Nothing much.” Donghae gave an unsatisfying answer that really didn't answer Yuri's question and her expectations. Of course, Yuri had to interrogate him further if she wants to get the information she wanted, but she made an oath to herself, dont't sound jealous.

 

“Well, your nothing much can mean much if you even remember the conversation to the point of laughing about it.” she clearly stated, no sign of jealousy, until she added, “Or does it too precious for you to keep to yourself?”

 

Donghae bursted in laughter to hear what the younger girl asked, she tried her best not to show it in front of him because her pride was too high for asking truthfully “Do you have particular interest in that girl” question. Part of him was happy though, she cared about him that much, as obsessive as she can sound.

 

“Wow, is someone jealous here?” he teased.

 

“Who-who's jealous?!” she defended, she knew she was too obvious in her last sentence, then she decided to give in and tell out the truth.

 

“..Okay, a little bit, maybe.” Yuri admitted bluntly, still trying not to look that jealous.

 

Donghae kept poking her cheek playfully, playing pranks on her. The younger girl could do nothing but blushing in defeat, she loved him too much to not admit that she does care about him.

 

“Don't worry, Yul. How could I have something with her when I just confessed to you and vowed to protect your life? That's not really making sense in any way.” Donghae carresed her cheek slowly, feeling her white and smooth skin. Yuri formed a small smile to Donghae, she had forgotten that he's officially yours and he wasn't kidding up until now that he will protect her, even in result he injured himself to save her.

 

“Besides, the one who's she's interested with isn't me, but you.” Yuri's shoulder shrudded in shock to hear such words because she thought of it the wrong way. Donghae quickly took the hint that there's an explanation to be told before she could jump into a conclusion.

 

“Omo..Donghae..do you mean she's a les---”

 

“NO! It's nothing like that!” Donghae rebutted hastily before that taboo word slip from Yuri's mouth. “What I mean is, she fancies you, you know, sort of a fan thing, since you were an actress after all.” Yuri let out a deep sigh, grateful what she was thinking wasn't true anything at all.

 

A moment after, she fell into a deep silence, thinking back who she was, and what happened when she's not present in her original enviroment, wondering how Mrs. Kwon could pass the night without her father, who Jiyong would bicker with when his father is no longer there, how will Yoona deal with emotional matters that she usually hears out, how is Nichkhun doing when his actress that he should manage was nowhere to found, how is Kwon Company now that her father is deceased, what does the press say now that she hasn't made a contact anything at all to her company, she misses those things, and Donghae's reminder did hurt her feelings a little, but it wasn't his fault that his sentence could pain her.

 

You were an actress after all. Were.

 

“Yul? Gwenchana?” Donghae asked worriedly, slightly scared that there was something wrong with his remarks earlier. Yuri snapped back from her own thought, came back to the reality. She gave a weak, enduring smile to Donghae.

 

“Yeah, gwechana. I was just thinking about a lot of things..things I have lost since the death of my father; uri* Umma, uri Oppa, uri dongsaeng, I'm curious of what are they doing these days without me around..I guess it's been a while since I left home without a notice, since you--” since you kidnap me, she was about to utter that word, but then she realize how she would make Donghae feel guilty if she say that, when it wasn't his will to do it, he was only doing what's assigned to him, Yuri thought.

 

“--Since we run away together.” Yuri improvised.

 

“Yul...mianhe.” however, Donghae was more perceptive than Yuri thought, he knew the meaning behind Yuri's sudden stop in her talk, he couldn't help but to ask for forgiveness, it was outrageous, even with his reasons of doing so, he still found it outrageous and unfair for Yuri, to have her freedom and safety stolen from her.

 

“Why? Why do you apologize?” Yuri pretended not to know what he's talking about.

 

“For making you go through all this. Making you deaths of your beloved one, getting hurt physically and mentally, breaking you apart from your family, I---” before he could finish his sentence, he could feel something smooth on her lips.

 

She kissed him.

 

A light kiss and it only took few seconds to have Yuri pull out from the kiss, just to stop him from blaming himself even further, she had to admit, she had a hard time for losing all those things, even so, seeing him making hard on himself was not something unbearable for her to watch. The picture of watching Donghae cursing himself makes her really uncomfortable.

 

“Like I said, Donghae, gwenchana.” she emphasized how she's okay at this situation no matter how bad it looks, she smiled widely and broadly. His sense of guilt did wash away a lot from that kiss, that smile, and those reasurring words, still, there's a little guilt left in his heart, and Yuri noticed it.

 

“Donghae, I have said that I'm fine and, I really am fine, Oppa. Please don't worry about me, sorry for the complaining, don't mind my childishness, really.” Yuri quickly added, saying an unspoken apology. She wished nothing more but not to add salt on his wounds.

 

“But you have the right to complain.” Donghae expressed his thought. “I'm really grateful if you're to complain right now...I deserve it, it would make me feel better.”

 

“Annyeo, even if I want to, there's nothing I could complain at. If I look clearly on the bright side, I met someone who's willing to get his leg hurt for me, I mean, in a good way.” Yuri gave off her charming smile to comfort the man's sentiment, “We might have a bad start, a bad journey, but still, I'm grateful you managed to kidnap me, of all people.”

 

“I would give my life for you, Yuri. You're too precious for me.” Donghae made clear of his sincerity, and it moved the younger girl's heart until it got her eyes teary. Everyone can say that sentence, but only a few would really proof it, and Donghae, is the part of the few, now that the condition he showed really meant what he said.

 

Yuri couldn't help but to think the guy who's forced to sleep in a patient bed because of her was worth more than just a complaint, more than just slices of apple, he's worth something that shows that she didn't regret a thing for going on this runaway chase with him, something that showed that she's safe in his hand, something like...

 

a hug.

 

She put the plate of apples from her lap to a table beside her, and she stood up, closer the gap between them, and finally, she locked him in her tight embrace.

 

The two felt each other's warmth, closing their respective eyes to enjoy the moment and let their bodies just do the talking Yuri carresed the back of Donghae's hair tenderly, making the older guy refuse to let go of her and tighten his embrace. Neither words of an apology or gratefulness were needed, that hug explained everything they wanted to say and hear. They didn't realize, there's a pair of innocent eyes that saw the couple cuddling with each other, she wanted to voice out what she has to say but she became totally speechless upon what she saw, she had no clue whether she was to happy of the person she adored was doing, or rather, the beautiful, romantic scene she could only see in dramas she frequently watch.

 

Nonetheless, she mentally slapped herself to let herself drifted when she suppose to do what's assigned to her, regardless how beautiful the moment is, she would hate to break the joyous moment, as she gather up all her courage to speak up, interrupting the couple.

 

“Uhm...annyeonghaseo, Yuri-shi, Donghae-shi.” she nervously greeted, the two was startled a little to hear that little voice creaked out. Then they broke the hug instantly and shifted their gaze to the thin figure who just spoke, she lowered her head, very ashamed that she just interfered with form of intimacy, especially the last person she wished to interfere.

 

“Yuri-shi, our director wished to see everyone including you..two, but since Donghae-shi's condition is not possible for him to walk...um, I will you there...” Once again, her loyalty towards her work made her have the courage to talk, without leaving her regular formality and politeness.

 

The situation became an awkward silence as the three were clueless of what they should do, specifically Dara, who just came in and spoil everything that describes the word beautiful. However, the only guy in that room came up with the idea to break the ice, that is, to talk.

 

“Yuri, you should go, we have to be thankful to our saviours and I think this is the best timing. Dara-shi, would you be so kind to take here there?” the shy girl nodded in agreement, Donghae flashed a wink to his girlfriend, to do what he says.

 

 

“..Okay.” Yuri agreed hesitantly, but still forced a smile to the girl who's requesting to be her guide. Truthfully speaking, he didn't want to leave Donghae alone without someone watching him or keep him company, but she was sure this organization that saved their lives provides the best protection to their guests, she had seen them in action, and judging from how she got here, she was sure enough.

 

“This way, Yuri-shi...” Dara led the way as she walked out slowly from the patient room, followed by Yuri's footsteps. Donghae waved his hand to the girls, saying a temporary goodbye to the both of them. When Dara closed the door, he took the chance to have a taste of Yuri's perfectly peeled apples.

 

“Sweet.” he commented.

 

Little did they know, that not only Dara was listening to their conversation, two figures were standing outside, eavesdropping the whole conversation through the wall, much earlier than Sandara did.

---

 

“I'm swear he's the cheesiest prick I've ever met.” he gave out a sarcastic comment right after Yuri and Dara walked off from that place, every lines that he heard from the conversation between Yuri and Donghae disgusted him a lot, and yet he stayed there until Dara brought Yuri out from Donghae's patient room.

 

“He's a sweet prick, T. Admit it.” CL tried to make TOP's sentence in a good way as she called his nickname, unlike TOP, every lines that she heard became a music to her ears, her obsession with romantical things made her tingles to hear the sweetest utterances she ever heard. Frankly, she wanted to take a peek of their actions, but like Dara, she didn't really want to be the party pooper.

 

“Oh please, that's too much of a praise, Cee.That guy couldn't even protect himself from harm at that house, and yet he still blabber how he vowed to protect her life and even to give his own for her sake. What a braggart wimp.” TOP added more spice on his sarcasm, showing that Donghae isn't as tough as heard.

 

“Still, Yuri got here unharmed. That is the fact.” CL tried to defend Donghae once more.

 

“Thanks to me.” TOP praised himself.

 

“No, if anyone should be get a thank you, that would be me. Thanks to my excel driving skills.” CL boasted her skill as well.

 

“Who's got her Pink Cadillac wrecked while we're on the run?”

 

“I did, and thanks to your poor ability to protect my car.”

 

“That wasn't my fault that you can't evade those thugs' bullet.”

 

“Yeah, said the guy who can't even release a single shot to the thug's leader.”

 

“You're an annoying prick, you know that?”

 

“Then you're knucklehead prick, thanks for reminding.” CL concluded their quarrel with a sarcasm.

 

“Besides, his level of chessiness is equal to you when you were engaged last time, not to mention you were the one who's responsible for ruining all those things either.” CL teased playfully. Earning an unhappy face from TOP with the addition of him rolling his eyes, makes her want to more. “How do you feel meeting someone who's related to your past life? Boy, that blonde girl sure brings back memories.”

 

“Could you please stop dugging up my past? I didn't ruin the whole thing, the main reason we broke apart because we weren't meant to be. That's it.” TOP tried to look innocent. “Moreover, seeing Jessica feels strangely normal to me. So, that means I've completely forgotten about her.”

 

“Sure, she's more surprised than you are anyway.” CL, for the first time, agreed to TOP's opinion in this argument.

 

“You were wrong about one thing though.” she added.

 

“And that's...?”

 

 

“You have never once forgotten about her, not since you keep that ring even after you two broke up.” she smiled, a sweet smile that's different from before, Lee Chaerin's ultimate killer-smile whenever it's related to something joyful to her. However, to TOP that smile still meant a tease to him.

 

 

 

 

“You're still the same old annoying prick as before, you know that?” but CL couldn't help but smile, to see him still values his past, no matter what he says, no matter what he's been through.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE :

 

PLEASE READ THIS CHAPTER'S AUTHOR NOTE. REALLY IMPORTANT.

 

Author's Note :

 

Okay, actually there's only one thing that's important but still it's very vital to the story, before I do the important part, let's go with the character review, shall we? First of all, let's welcome the formal, polite, respectful, obsessed-with-Yuri curemaster namely Sandara Park, I hope you like her as well :) I really like her because her formality really reminds me of me and Seohyun in the real world (sorry I didn't make her the original way, I thought a policewoman has the right to be firm.) perfectly satisfied with the character that darkyourday 's idea to make her a fan of Yuri in order to make things interesting and also to make her character isn't that flawless. She's like the most neutral member in this group though, and she will play an important part (well, everybody will actually), she's the only member who doesn't a codename. So yeah, that's about her.

 

And, VIPs, you have my apology for not showing much of Sol's (Taeyang) character, he will make more appearance next time.

 

Oh btw I couldn't help but to be happy about the closeness of YulHae, I'm really obsessed with romances in this story including YoonWon as well, but I learned that I need to make flaws in their relationship and add more drama, to make things even better. I hope you can enjoy their steady yet deep bonding between them, while it lasts :)

 

Now's the important part, the conversation between CL and TOP about TOP's past, so yeah, it's somehow related with Jessica, RELATED, I repeat. SHE'S NOT the woman who I mentioned as TOP's ex-fiancee, she's somebody else, pretty, of course. The reason why I emphasized this matter is because my best friend who read this story once misunderstood that Jessica is the woman who was in TOP's dream, and I had to make it clear here before an image of Jessica pops out from your mind whenever TOP's ex-fiancee is mentioned. It's still long way to go before the full revelation of TOP's past, but I will gradually give you hints about it as the story proceeds.

 

I really hope you enjoy this chapter as a sign of my comeback just like f(x) and SNSD did :P haha see you soon readers!

 

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