notice me ; sunkyu

II ; no time

chanhee climbed through the window and examined his surroundings. out of all of the rooms he could've picked, he was in a toddler's bedroom.

"why is this creepy already.." he tiptoed towards the door, opening it slowly. he brought his hands to his ears to cover them, as a way to 'cope' with this situation.

why was he here? sora had forced him to enter the house. to be honest, he is scared of her. "no pressure or anything.. saving a sleeping girl from five criminals isn't that bad.. it's not like we're letting a couple of high school students into the mafia world..."

a couple of rooms away was jacob and changmin arguing whether or not changmin should be allowed to wear his valay mask.

"you can't even see!" jacob pointed his flashlight at changmin.

he scoffed and pulled up the mask. "it's a part of the experience, bae. who said i need to see?" he pulled it back down and started walking away.

jacob held him by the shoulder "come on, janus! we have no time!"

"fine.."

bingo. chanhee followed the noise of changmin's whines, passing through multiple doorways and corridors. seriously, how big is this house? at last, he opened a door to an.. indoor garden..?

"why are you guys here?"

"we're looking to see if sunyoung has weed!"

"..."

".... janus we have no time for this."

together, the three left the garden to keep searching for the five criminals.

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📞 "HEY SW!"

"KEVIN PLEASE STOP DOING THAT!"

haknyeon shushed sunwoo quickly. after all, being in a house with possibly five criminals can give away where they are and get them annihilated.

📞 "i'll never stop~ sora's going in now, from the second floor. she's guessing that theyre all down in the basement, since hak sunyoung's father is very rich. there could be valuable items down there."

"ahh okay. after we're done here we can—"

the sound of a girl's laugh echoed through the house. sunwoo stood there, frozen. haknyeon kept rummaging through random tables and plants. he subconsciously let go of the recording button on his ear piece.

📞 "sunwoo?"

"h-hak..."

he hummed, still looking under a table with his flashlight.

"did you not hear that?"

"hear what? i'm busy looking through things."

"that laugh.. do you think.." sunwoo trailed off his words.

"i don't know what you're taking about?"

"moon told me earlier that.."

haknyeon came out from under the table. the laugh happened again. "it was because of your screaming!"

"how was i supposed to know that they'd be on this floor?"

he covered both of their mouths. the girl's laughing became almost psychotic in a way. haknyeon turned off his flashlight, guiding them towards a wardrobe slowly. they could both hear the footsteps coming towards the corridor.

"quick, put this in your mouth." he whispered and handed sunwoo a piece of paper.

though you can't see it, sunwoo was side eyeing him intensely. "why?"

"it'll make your teeth look fake. we're going to pretend to be mannequins."

"that won't work!"

"well even if it doesn't work, we'll die here anyways. it's worth a shot! when she comes here, make sure you smile-"

the door burst open. through the crack of the wardrobe, they could see a woman in a dress. she was holding two balloons, one was a heart, the other was a smile. in her other hand, confetti and paper stars were slipping out of her palm, scattering all over the floor.

"chuu's coming to find you! where could you be.. i spy with my little eye, places where you can hide!" she skipped around the room, her maniac laugh slipping through her teeth. she looked under desks, behind curtains and paintings, and inside different types of storage furniture.

"are you scared to come out? is chuu really that scary to you?" she giggled, throwing confetti everywhere.

sunwoo tried reaching for his gun, but haknyeon stopped him. if he does shoot, everybody in the house will know where they are. now was not the time for that.

"aha.. saving best for last!" her bubbly voice creeped closer and closer to their hiding spot.

she ripped open the handles, only to see to very realistic 'mannequins' posing with fake smiles. "eh?"

she got on her tiptoes, despite having heels on, and squished the cheek of the taller 'mannequin'. "sunyoung ah... her father really is some weirdo. but these do look really real.. maybe i'll ask sunyoung where she gets these. hmhmhm.. then i'll have somebody to dress up with!"

leaving the wardrobe open, she walked off, placing behind her signature penguin plushie. both sunwoo and haknyeon let go of the breathe they were holding for what felt like hours.

"if you're in there, chuu will come and play with you..." she whispered through the doorway. turning on her heel, she marched off into the darkness. "soul, they're not upstairs here, they have to be down there."

"for a dumb guy like you, hak, you really are smart."

"so that's the first thing you say to me after i saved your life?"