Her Name | pjm

January .C h a p t e r T h i r t y F o u r.

It's been a couple of days, and Dan was still not picking up his phone. He texted me a few times, saying that he can't talk at the moment, that he's still looking for someone and told me not to worry. I was pretty angry at him for not coming back to check on Yu-jun, but tried to tell myself that whatever he is doing must be incredibly important. Dan loves the twins as much as I do, and if he is not here at the moment, it really means that he can't be.

Yu-jun was still not showing any signs of waking up and I saw that it was killing Ye-jun. It was obvious that he was blaming himself for not finding him sooner, for not noticing that Yu-jun was missing for some time. I told him to focus that rage, that guilt and transfer it to the actual assailant. I promised to let Ye-jun deal with them once I've found them, but I was not progressing there either. It was quite late into the night, when I realised what I missed.

"Shit!" I yelled, waking Jimin up. I had my nose still buried in the files and Jimin spent the whole time with me in my office. At some point he simply dozed off in the chair in front of me. "What is it?" He asked, trying to open his eyes. "Not all of the files are here, Jimin. I'm missing the leads files." Jimin instantly perked up, eyes as clear as day. "Do you know where they are?" He asked sheepishly. I scrunched my nose and started to bite the inside of my cheek. "They must be in Dan's room. I would ask for his permission to go there, but given the situation... I think it falls under my authority to .. snoop through his room." I whispered the last part, still afraid that someone might be listening in.

Jimin and I went to Dan's room, the door was locked. "Do you have the key?" He asked quietly, and I smiled at him. "Trust me, dear, I do not need keys." I took the pin out of my bun and kneeled in front of the lock. My skills were a bit rusty, but my hands remembered the mechanical movements quite quick. I heard the key unlock and raised my arms in victory, whereas Jimin clapped silently showing his impressment. We snuck into Dan's room and started to rummage around. It took us a little while before we found a safe in the wall, hidden behind a painting. "How original." I whispered under my breath and Jimin laughed. "Do you have any idea what the code might be?" He asked me while inspecting the safe. It looked like a four number combination. I shook my head and tried a few. The first few attempts were mostly used pin combinations. Then I tried Dan's birthday, then Fathers. The safe kept beeping in red. No way. I raised my hand slowly. Noticing the shift in my attitude, Jimin instantly glued his eyes to the pad. "Zero, two, one, three." I mumbled the numbers as I pressed them in, and the safe beeped with a green light, the mechanism inside clicked and the doors opened. Jimin flashed me a warm smile. "Your birthday." "My birthday." We spoke at the same time and giggled. A warm feeling hugged me, reminding how much I actually meant to my brother. I opened the doors fully and looked inside, to our disappointment, the safe did not include any cases. I did found a picture of Dan, Father and I. I don't know who took it, but Father was carrying me on his shoulders and Dan was holding my hand. It was one of our first outings as a family, I was about eleven. I remember tripping on the pavement and hurting my leg, and Father offered to carry me. I kept trying to remember who else was with us that day, but no face came to mind. Jimin kept looking at me with a puzzled expression, as if waiting for me to put the picture back into the safe. I made a sneaky face and tucked it in my back pocket. "He is not going to miss it anyways, whereas I could frame it and place it somewhere nice." I told him and we both giggled.

The easy atmosphere ended when we realised that we checked the most probable place for the files and still didn't find them. Admitting our defeat we left Dan's room, but a small feeling of happiness was caressing my heart.

A knock on the door woke me up from my memories. "Come in." I stated, still looking through the window at the murder of crows in our yard. "Kieran, why are you still keeping yourself shut in here?" Ye-jun asked, walking inside and plopping on the chair in front of my table. I turned to him, and saw how tired he looked. Ye-jun spent most of his time attending his brother, who in turn simply slept the days away. "I am trying to find something.. And I have a meeting with Administrator today, we're supposed to go through the placed orders." I explained, sitting down myself. Ye-jun shook his head a bit. "You need to relax, I think you need to spend some time away from here. Maybe recollect your thoughts. You seem exhausted." He spoke silently, with a hint of worry in his voice. I smiled at him, "You're the one to talk. Have you seen yourself? Have you even showered in the past few days?" I tried to joke, and Ye-jun instantly started to sniff his armpits. "I smell like a baby, what are you talking about!" He grabbed his chest dramatically. We both let a few laughs escape our lips. "I need to wait for Dan, Ye-jun. I promise once he comes back, Jimin and I will move out. I will most likely have to repeat the year in university, in no way I'll manage with my finals. So Jimin and I kind of made a plan to ditch university for this year and maybe travel a bit. We will enrol again next year." Ye-jun flashed me a warm smile. "That sounds great, you need the rest. You know, at first I didn't like the kid. He looked way too handsome and mischievous, I was afraid he'll break your heart and we'll have to beat him up." Ye-jun explained, and I felt my body stiffen. "But.." he continued, "He seems to be a great kid, and a great support to you. I can see how he looks at you, you know? It's like you're the only thing that exists in his world. I'm happy for you two. I can't wait until you leave this place and I hope that a few years down the line we will receive a wedding invitation." Ye-jun giggled and I buried my face in my palms. "Shut up!" I hissed, giggling like a child. "No one is even thinking about it, what are you saying?" I kept giggling. "Bunny, you two look like a match made in heaven. I'm really happy for you."