ｓａｄ－ｉｓｔ

-four-

Jieun sat on the toilet seat, one leg over the other while occasionally glancing over to the tub as she waited for it to fill up with warm soapy water. She sighed, they're right, I do stink. Her dirty boots shined with the white light that came from the ceiling and her elevated foot moved from side to side. The dry blood from a few hours ago was still visible as a dark red, giving the leather a new layer of complicated and messed up stains. Despite Jieun being a sucker for clean and fashionable clothes, she couldn't help it when they got stained with blood, it was as if it- no, it reminded her of all of her victims, all of the lives she's taken in order for her to get closer to the goal, the end. She sighed again. The tub still had a couple more minutes to go until it reached her desired amount so she began to untie her laces.

"I know you're about to bathe hun, but.. Can I come in?"

Without looking away from her task, she breathed tirely, "Sure Yang, what's up?"

The wooden door creaked open just a little to allow YangYang's hand and a shy boy's eyes to peek through. His eyes squinted shut afraid of catching the girl naked.

Jieun looked up, "You know i'm like, not undressed yet.. Right?" chuckling a bit as she said so.

"Oh, well, never mind then," the guy opened the door and stepped right into the bathroom, leaning on the closed door as he looked at Jieun. "So..." he dragged the 'o' sound of the word, his eyes looking around the room for something interesting. "Jeno gave me the dash cam you found," Jieun's eyes flickered towards him, she hummed, insinuating for him to continue since she was in the middle of taking off her boots. "And..." again prolonging the 'd' sound, "I found some new names and locations," he stated proudly, huffing a bit of air as his arms crossed in front of his chest and a sly smirk landed on his lips. "I'm so smart Jieun, I can't believe my parents gifted me with these genes-"

"Yang?"

"What?" annoyance laced in his snappy response, eyes glazing over the girl.

"Thanks," the girl actually looked touched, with her lips twitching into a soft little smile as she went back to placing her boots in an organized matter by the toilet.

"OH- uh... yeah, aha.. No problem Ji," he shyly answered back at her, his glace flickering rapidly between her and any other inanimate object he could find close by..

"Tell me everything later, ok? I'm about to begin a sacred cleansing ritual for my physical body so please step away."

They both laughed, "ok ok miss, take your time, see you in a few." A light blush spreading around his cheeks before turning around and making a hand gesture in order to leave.