Mission failed (Choi Seung-hyun fanfic)

~ Ghosts from the past ~

Since we slept before none of us was very tired and needed to rest, and honestly I was still afraid to sleep. "What about early breakfast?" he asked. I smiled. "Sounds good." I replied. He got up and stretched his hand to help me up too. "You go. I'll be right behind you." I said pretending to be weary and pulling the sheets to cover myself. He laughed. "We just had sex and now you're covering yourself? Don't be silly, I want to look at you." He said and pulled the sheet. "No!" I yelled as he pulled the sheet. His eyes suddenly widened as he noticed the small amount of blood on the sheet. "Was this...Are you a virgin?" he asked. I felt my cheeks becoming hotter by each second. "Nope, not anymore." I said covering my grinning face and body with my hands as much as I could. I peeked at him and my mouth formed a small o as I saw his cheeks getting faintly red. He looked totally dazzled and it was completely adorable! "Stop staring!" I complained. He smiled grabbing my wrist and pulling me towards him in an embrace. My heart was pounding like crazy and I was so embarrassed, we were both naked and this was just too strange for me. He gave me a peck on my lips. "We've been living together for three months and you didn't tell me you were a virgin?" he asked. I tried to struggle out of his embrace but it was in vain, he didn't let go. He planted kisses all over my face. "Stop that! You never asked!" I laughed. His childish side was more than I could handle, my heart was warming up and now we were both laughing like two five year olds. He took his pants and went to the bathroom; five minutes later he was out and completely dressed. "Dress up, let's have breakfast outside somewhere." He said. I nodded and went to the bathroom to wash up. In half an hour we were both ready to go.

I took a deep breath: a cold breeze spread through the air mixing the aroma of sweets with the fresh wind. The sun shone high above us hopelessly trying to contradict all signs that winter was here. I looked around us and smiled at all the decorations and lights that were hanging around the street. Christmas was here, and everything and everyone seemed so much more cheerful, even I felt more cheerful at the moment. We visited a few pastry shops and bought many different flavours of cakes, croissants and sweets. He dragged me from shop to shop and asked me what I'd like, then he'd frown on my choice and just take whatever looked good to him. I just kept smiling because he was being so childish and mirthful that my heart filled with pure happiness. In that moment my heart felt like nothing bad could ever happen to us. We decided to take a stroll through the city before going back to the apartment. He had a paper plate in front of him and was stuffing all possible flavours of chocolates in his mouth. I couldn't stop looking up at him and giggling. When he finally noticed I was laughing at him he offered me a round brown cake. I took it and tried it: it was dark chocolate with rum filled with coconut cream. I smiled, both dark chocolate and coconut were one of my favourite flavours. Is it possible he knew? I never told him though. I smiled at him saying it was delicious. As we continued our morning walk I rubbed my hands together and blew on them, I forgot my gloves back at the apartment and my hands were freezing. Suddenly he took one of my hands and put it in his pocket. I felt my cheeks getting warmer, this was such a simple gesture, so why was my heart pounding so fast? I smiled and looked at him. "What about the other one?" I said and raised my other hand. He laughed. "Well you have to use something to eat, I'm not going to feed you." He said and offered me the plate with sweets. I choose one from many and took a bite. "Umm, white chocolate and cherry!" I exclaimed satisfied. "What?! I was saving that one for later!" he complained. I looked up at him amusingly and then back at the cake. I stuffed it in my mouth as quick as possible and ate it. His mouth formed a small o as he looked at me happily chewing the cake he wanted. His face changed from surprised to playful. "Give it back!" He said and pulled me into a kiss. I smiled half through the kiss and then kissed him back. When an old lady passed by us and commented something under voice I broke the kiss. "People are staring Seung-hyun. Let's just go back home." I said. He nodded and we headed back to the apartment. On the way back my mind drifted off to the folder I found. That man wasn't the one I killed, but why did Seung-hyun have a folder on him? Is it because they were friends? "Seung-hyun...Why do you have a folder of that man? And why did you hide it from me?" I asked. I was getting too curious again, and I was hoping he would confide in me just like I did in him. He mumbled something with his mouth full of sweets. I laughed, he's such a kid, it was an adorable side to him and I was happy I got to see it. In Oslo I never got the chance to see him like this, he was usually caring or serious, sometimes he even seemed kind of distant. I waited patiently while he ate the rest of the cake and then he looked down at me. "Why do you ask?" he said. "I'm curious, I want to know about your days in the Organization, even if they weren't nice." I said. By the look on his face I knew he didn't like the idea of me asking him these things. He sighed. "Youngbae. That was his name." he said. I nodded, remembering that I read that name in the folder. "Was he also...a mission of yours?" I asked carefully. "No, he wasn't. They apparently died in a car accident..." he said with both anger and sorrow in his voice. I furrowed my eyebrows. "They?" I asked perplexed. He looked away, his eyebrows furrowed and his eyes filled with grief. "The girl in the picture, she died too." He said. I stopped in shock. Her too? I could see the sadness in his eyes, like she meant something to him, like he...loved her. "Did you know her?" I asked, I didn't want to ask such an obvious question but I wanted to know more about her. "She was like a sister to me. We were very close friends for a long time." He said, but the way he said sister made it seem like he alone wasn't convinced in that. My heart froze; so he did love her. It was stupid but in that moment I felt jealous of her. By the look on his face he obviously didn't get over her, not completely. I pulled my hand out of his pocket and put it in mine. He looked down on me but I was looking at the ground, embarrassed of my jealous reaction. "Something wrong?" he asked. "No, I'm just really sorry." I said quietly. He looked in front of him as if looking in the distance and we continued walking. "So what happened?" I asked after a while. He sighed. "For a long time I thought that they died in an accident, but when I went back to investigate about my mission on you I found out things, not only things about you and your family but something else too. Something the Organization was hiding from me. Apparently someone in the Organization ordered for Youngbae and Rina to be killed. That's why I have the folder, I'm trying to find out what really happened." He said with determination. "Rina? That's her name?" I asked. He nodded and looked down at me. I never understood how much he'd lost in his short life, it's no wonder he lost his path and decided to work for the wrong people. I decided in that second that I would never let him lose his path again. I pulled him in a hug and we stayed like that for a short while. "I will help you, ok?" I asked. I knew he'd hate this idea but there was nothing he could say or do that would make me stay away from this. This was obviously important and painful for him and if finding out the truth would make him feel better than I wanted to help, I wanted to be there for him. "Thanks." On my surprise he didn't argue. He cupped my face and planted a kiss on my lips. Then he took my hand again and we went back home. As we approached the flat his childlike mood was almost completely restored. He finally ate all the sweets, which I have no idea how he managed because there were quite a lot of them, and had a playful grin plastered on his face. Just seeing him like that made my heart pound faster and my cheeks get warmer. I looked through the purse for the keys and opened the flat doors. We took the stairs to the apartment because he didn't want to wait for the elevator that was on the top floor. I searched for the right key to open the apartment door when he pulled me towards him and kissed me passionately. I smiled into the kiss and then kissed back with as much passion. He took the keys from me and pushed me to the doors. He struggled with the lock without breaking the kiss. I thought I might make it even harder for him so I jumped putting my legs around his waist and he dropped the keys. He laughed while I watched him from above. "What now?" I asked raising one of my eyebrows. He sled down pressing me against the door so I wouldn't fall. He took the keys and then sled back up. "Impressed?" he asked mischievously. I laughed and kissed him again. When he opened the doors I put my legs down and started sucking on his clavicle. Suddenly he stiffened under my touch. I backed away looking at his terrified face. Shivers ran through my spine as I heard someone quietly laughing behind me. "Seung-hyun?" I cried out to him in fear. I was totally terrified and his expression didn't make it any less frightening. He cupped my face and looked deep into my eyes. "Do you trust me?" he asked. "Yes." I replied without a doubt. "Then whatever happens I will save you. I promise." He said and looked back behind me. "Seung-hyun you're scaring me." I said trying to break out of his hold. As I finally broke out of his hold and tried to turn around something hit my head and my vision went black.