That day when Izumi came back home, she was hit with a sudden wave of sadness.
Yes, she was home and by that she meant the house literally but her sense 'Home' was gone. She wondered if she did have everyone she adored well and together in some other reality and if that truly felt home.
Izumi dropped her coat and the bag on the sofa and went to freshen up. She felt extremely lonely as Jeongin wasn't home , he had gone to drop their parents all the way to Daegu and would be staying there for at least today.
"Maybe Ramen is enough..i don't need to cook anything else for myself." is what she thought while taking a shower and once she was out, she started cooking the ramen. Once she left them to boil, she called Jeongin to know how it was going and Jeongin obviously teased her about all the good things.
Izumi could only pretend to be mad because deep down , she wanted her younger brother to keep himself busy and distracted because as much as she hates to say it , Seungmin was not only her but his part of life as well. Someone he relied on too much.
She spent the rest of her time preparing the report and arranging them for Wooyoung until she really started having a headache because of sitting in front of her laptop for so long and it started hurting her back too.
Massaging her temples, Izumi grabbed her phone and was surprised when she saw the time, it was already half past 2 AM and she had work tomorrow.
Jumping on her bed , she saw that Minho was online and decided to call him to ask about his grandma. It had been at the back of her mind the whole time.
She remembered how worried Reina was but Minho just looked completely broken, she had to console him for so long before he could even stop crying.
Minho picked up after a few rings , Izumi immediately knew Minho had cried even more due to how tired his voice sounded.
"is everything okay? why are you calling me at this hour?"
"yes Minho, everything is okay here. How is your grandma doing?" Izumi asked.
"The doctor operated her . Right now she is in the ICU though." Minho sounded tired.
"Are you in the hospital?"
"yep" Izumi could imagine how stressful and tired he must be after working all day then driving all the way to see someone so precious to you in such a condition.
"Did you eat, Min?"
"I did but why are you awake now? Another insomniac episode?" Izumi smiled at how caring Minho sounded, it made her heart flutter.
"Not really..i was working on the case and forgot to check the time. "
"Ah I feel so guilty for letting you do all the work." Minho sighed.
"Minho...please be safe, I can't really relax you know...there is a bad gut feeling"
Izumi admitted.
" Babe, I will be alright. " Minho sounded as sincere as possible as he could on a phone call. " but now, you have to go to sleep."
"But-"
"Nope. Go to bed , you have work tomorrow and if you don't then I will tell Soonie, Doongie and Dori to stop playing with you."
"Wow Minho, I am so scared."
Izumi giggled. "I will go to sleep then. Take rest and I love you."
Minho giggled from the other side.
"Good night babe, I love you too!"
Izumi soon drifted to sleep but it was rather a disturbing sleep , full of nightmares and she had woken up crying even before dawn. Not being able to go to sleep again and not being able to reach out to someone as well .
She couldn't possibly bother Minho , he had already so much going and she knew Jeongin must be tired. The only person she could think of who could help and had helped her through the years was Seungmin but was there an an option to seek him?
No.
.
As the days for the trial kept coming closer, Changbin, Yeonjun and Chan along with Izumi became busier and although Izumi still felt the uneasiness and lonely when at home, she was glad that atleast Jeongin was coming back today.
"When is Minho going to be back?" Yeonjun sulked on the bright Sunday afternoon at lunch.
"Wednesday, I think." Izumi replied nonchalantly, munching on the sandwich. "He said his grandmother will be discharged today evening but he has to settle things there like appointing a caretaker and stuff."
"I miss him." Yeonjun muttered. "Anyways, Izumi your new bags are pretty cute and vintage."
"Huh?" Izumi blinked in confusion.
"The eyes bags. " Yeonjun deadpanned. "Bitch sleep what the fuck is wrong with you."
Changbin almost choked on his pie while Chan shaked his head in disappointed but agreed with Yeonjun.
"Izumi, you really should take care of yourself."
"Can you not sleep because you miss your boyfriend??" Changbin smirked.
"Nightmares dumbass." Izumi replied sipping her coffee. " I have been having nightmares for a week so I just... don't go to sleep now."
"The clown face emoji will fit you real well." Ryujin commented off handedly. "It's like you are saying, I will anyway poop out the food I eat so why do I need to eat."
"Or I will anyway, die one day so might as well kill myself now." Yeonjun added.
"Or why drink water if I will pee it out." Changbin added.
Chan and Izumi shared a look before both of them got up from the table and left the cafeteria silently to eat somewhere else where people are not talking gross.
They settled in the building's garden.
"That was... pretty gross." Izumi scrunched up her nose in disgust.
"I don't understand how can they speak such things while eating." Chan chuckled.
" They are born different, Chan." Izumi laughed.
3 months ago if someone told Izumi that she could sit around with the nation's general commissioner and eat sandwiches in a garden she would have laughed at them and here we were.
"Izumi, are you ready for tomorrow?" Chan asked .
"I think so.. it's not like I can escape it, can I?" Izumi looked up at the sky. " Personal feelings aside I am a police officer and it was my job. The first thing we are taught is to never differentiate between family and other people when it's about crimes and laws."
"That's true."
"But they didn't warn us about the emotional pain and frustration that would bring."
Chan glanced at the girl and gave a fond smile.
"And that is why, I am so proud of you Officer Yang Izumi! I am so glad that you were the one I trusted for this case."
"Thank you so much, sir. " Izumi smiled a little.
"Tomorrow is when this battle ends. Hope we get to work on a lot of cases together. " Chan smiled. "Fighting!"
"Fighting!"
Tomorrow was the day that she dreaded but was brave enough to go on.
Yang Izumi was a wonder.
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