The Road to Defeat

TWENTY FOUR

Love awaits

At the meeting this morning training schedules were handed out amongst the group. Since their only assignment for the next while was to prepare for this attack, the members of the house will be training daily instead of doing small missions. After the meeting, Way Chad and Hoseok worked together in the computer room to investigate the attack that happened a while ago at the mafia house. The boys of the Italian mafia had been trying to figure out who was the cause of the attack but didn't have any more leads to follow. It was almost as if whoever attacked them didn't exist. However, Way Chad was able to figure out who had done it. It turns out that the Ambition gang had an encounter with the same gang that attacked the mafia house. This gang was very new to the criminal scene and weren't yet known by many. However, Ambition being a smaller gang themselves, had had many encounters with them before. The group came to the conclusion that since they had not made a move since, that they would leave them alone and focus on the attack on the German mafia for now.

Everyone in the house helped to section off the backyard again the same way it was for Chloe and Emily's initial training. Since everyone would be training together, they all thought it was a good idea to create different sections for different weapons and activities. After all of that was set up, some of the group went inside to work out in the gym before training. Everyone was feeling really good about the position that they were in, even Chloe and Emily were extremely excited. Obviously it was scary and intimidating thinking about preparing for such a big attack, however, as of right now most of the groups' members were trying their best to just enjoy training together. Namjoon was of course one of the members who had his doubts. He was scared of things not going to plan, he was scared of not knowing what would happen. The mere thought of his friends and loved ones possibly getting hurt upset him to think about. And although at the moment there was a lot on his mind, Namjoon did his best to focus on his own training so he could be able to perform at the best of his ability.

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Hours later Lauren and Yoongi started to prepare dinner for everyone in the house. Jin had insisted on cooking but the others forced him out of the kitchen for a night. Lauren loves cooking anyways, but she just never really gets too because she lets Jin cook. As those two were cooking Emily was happy to set the dining room table alongside Taehyung. The two giggled together as they raced to set each side of the table. The other members of the house, along with the Ambition gang, were around the house getting cleaned up for dinner. Chloe was one of the first ones to come back to the kitchen. As she helped Lauren and Yoongi prepping some of the food Namjoon quickly came up behind her and asked quietly,

"Hey, um, can we talk about last night?" Chloe gulped back her anxious feeling. It was inevitable that the two had to talk about the situation, but that didn't make the situation any less nerve-wracking. It was always hard to tell how Namjoon was feeling at the moment, and she didn't know what the result of this conversation would lead to. Chloe quickly nodded her head and Namjoon looked around the kitchen."Privately?" Again, Chloe just nodded her head and followed Namjoon out of the room. She was led by Namjoon into the east side of the house, a place in which she had not seen since Emily had shown her around in the beginning. She couldn't help but be curious, where was Namjoon taking her? The two shortly arrived in a short corridor in front of what seemed to be a bedroom door. Namjoon quietly opened the door and motioned for Chloe to walk forward. Stepping into the beautiful room it was more than breathtaking. Floor to ceiling Windows decorated one side of the bedroom, allowing the sunlight to shine through every angle. The room was filled with earth tones, lots of greens and subtle browns. Overall, the room was very homey and it had a comforting warmth to it. As Chloe's eyes explored the room, Namjoon went ahead and sat on the edge of the bed. Chloe shortly caught his eye and they looked at each other for a moment. Before anyone spoke a word, Chloe quickly made her way to sit beside Namjoon. He was looking at his hands, pondering his own thoughts, not knowing what to say, afraid of his own words ruining the moment. He seemed so much different than the stoic leader that hosted Mafia meetings and lectured the gang. However, Chloe knew that this was something that Namjoon constantly battled with. Observing him in conversation before, she realized that he always struggles to find the words to say.

"I want to speak first." Chloe said quickly. She didn't want to just sit and watch Namjoon wait anxiously so she carried on quickly. "You drive me absolutely crazy. I actually don't think I've ever met anyone as conflicting and confusing as you. You're always angry, and from day one I've always thought you had it out for me. I've always thought you hated me." Chloe took a moment to breathe and swallowed her nerves. She too always struggled with words, but in that moment it felt right for her to take the lead in this conversation. "That being said. I feel like we are drawn to each other, and although you always seem upset most of the time, I do feel something for you." Chloe took a long pause, not knowing what to say next so she stopped talking. Namjoon was quick to look up at her and she looked up at him.

"I want to keep you close." Namjoon began with a simple sentence, however his words were heavy. "There's a lot of stuff happening right now and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared. I hate not knowing what the future holds. But, I for some reason care about you a hell of a lot, and I don't want you getting hurt. Not under my watch at least." Chloe laughed softly at his last words, and he was quick to join her. The laughter brought the mood of the conversation up. It was always hard to talk about the inevitable, but for Namjoon it was a lot easier talking to Chloe about it than anyone else.

"I need to keep you close, all I want to do is keep you safe. I've never liked anyone more than I like you and that's scary for me. Please Chloe, give me one chance." Namjoon's words were pleading but not desperate and Chloe could feel the emotion dripping in the air. Chloe took a moment to look at his face, examining all his features. Namjoon was a lot of things but Chloe could tell he wasn't a liar, and that this is really what he wanted and she was who he wanted. He was telling the truth.

"Let's give this a shot." Chloe spoke softly with a smile and Namjoon couldn't help the grin that spread across his face. He finally got what he wanted all this time. The perfect girlfriend.