war of love, jeno

chapter nineteen

"Chenle, you seeing anything?"

The younger boy denied any ability to see over the nearby cameras, the group not around their targets familiar heat signature.

Yuna huffed, wiping away the sweat on her forehead as she tightened her grip around her gun. She slid across the leaning rooftop, her heart pounding as she fell against the wall.

"Anyone got eyes on him?" Jihan asked.

Yuna looked down from her post at the top of the building, her special eyewear zooming in at her command to search for their target.

In different places surrounding the block were Jihan, Yuna, and Jisoo. Each of them ready with weapons. Jihan and Yuna with guns, Jisoo with a bow.

It was more crowded than usual on the street but not something that the girls would find challenging. Yuna was the best sharp-shooter between them and thus shot from the highest spot, leaving little room for error.

"Target found. Turning north towards you, Jisoo."

The short-haired girl was quick to locate their target, the statuses and statistics glowing in red on her glasses.

Her grip around the arrow tightened as she pulled it back, her breath stopping for a moment as one of her eyes closed slightly, making sure she had the perfect shot.

Just as she was about to release the arrow, a gun sounded off, their target falling to the ground immediately as people began running away in fear.

"What was that?"

The three girls grew further confused as they heard a muffled sound coming from Chenle's earpiece, one unlike usual.

"Chenle?" Jihan called, her eyebrows knitting as the younger boy's voice began drawing in and out. "Who shot him?"

Jihan and Yuna paused when they heard a sudden shriek coming from Jisoo. They could see the arrow she had been preparing to shoot at their target come flying from her space, dropping close to the man's dead body.

"Jisoo?"

Neither of them waited any longer before finding ways down from the top of the buildings they were on, their feet moving faster than their minds.

They scrambled behind close buildings that Jisoo had been hiding near, their technology glasses picking up new heat radiation.

"Jihan, you got eyes on who it is?"

The older girl shook her head, "I'm not seeing anything. Can you hear either-"

Yuna flinched when she heard Jihan's scream, the sound catching her off guard as she searched around for anyone without blowing her cover.

It was no use, another minute passing with no answer. Her glasses weren't picking up on anything anymore and when she went back to find their target's dead body, it was already gone.

She didn't have time to go check who had left their mark, the cops already pulling up to the scene to investigate.

She huffed, unsure of what to do now. Jisoo drove them, Jihan was their leader, Chaeyoung was second to lead when Jihan wasn't around.

She removed her earpiece, finding it suddenly uncomfortable to wear.

She gasped when she felt a hand wrap around her wrist, spinning her around so fast she nearly lost her balance while turning.

She was ready to shoot even before stabilizing herself but couldn't do so when she felt someone take the gun from her grip.

"Dude, you could've shot me!"

"Donghyuck? What the hell, why would you go around grabbing my team and then expect me not to be ready to shoot?"

The brown-headed boy scoffed, beginning to walk away with Yuna following closely behind.

"Were you the one that just took our shot?" Yuna asked, sliding in beside the older boy who only nodded.

"The other two are in the van with Renjun, Jaemin, and Jisung, they all have class soon so they can't come," Mark informed her from the driver's seat.

Jeno suddenly spoke up, "Donghyuck was supposed to call and tell you guys we were going shopping for Jaemin."

"Finally!"

Yuna nearly fell out of her chair when she heard Chenle's voice echo through her earpiece, the small device laying on her shoulder.

She picked it back up, putting it into her ear, "what happened? The last I remember is you breaking out."

Chenle sighed, "I know, sorry. I think we need to make some modifications to the technology. Give me your earpiece when you get back to the base, I think I can tell what's wrong."

"You sure? I can help."

"It's fine, I'll see you guys later."

Yuna sighed, turning off the small device and leaning against the back of the seat, her tiredness suddenly catching up.

"This is why you should sleep at night," Donghyuck muttered, turning to look out the car's right side window.

Yuna didn't say anything, only punching him on the shoulder. She listened with amusement as Jeno and Mark chuckled.

"You're so mean to me for no reason."

"You started it."

BEFORE THE RANT!! just published a new book, u guys should check it out ;)

just woke up from a dream i had about a boy i've been trying to STOP liking for TWO years

although probably no one is interested: we used to be really good friends until one of my "friends" kept insisting i had a crush on him (@ the time i didn't, we were just friends) and then i got awkward around him bc i'm just an awkward person and then my "friend" started spreading it around the SCHOOL so everyone thought that i liked him (when i didn't 😭) so we just stopped talking (mostly bc he always started conversations between us bc i have social anxiety and can't make conversation at all but then he stopped talking to me) more than likely bc he felt awkward around me and then like a week after we stopped talking and being friends or whatever i realized i DO like him and i have not had a more serious crush on someone ever before. it's been 2 years and i literally can't stop liking him.

fun fact: one day i felt really sick in class and started crying and he tried to make me laugh and now every time i look back on that memory i want to cry again

anyways there's a lot more to that entire story but this is just like the overview.