It has been 2 months, it was final exam time. It is about to start, I know I will succeed, but today, I miss him. I can not seem to forget that boy. I already passed the exam of the college I want. During the exam, I was busy completing it, I told Nana and hyung that I'll be at the top of the school as always. I have no right to fail it. Around the end, I had finished so I put my pencil back in my bag. I had to wait for the exam to end, so I watched around to pass the time. I spotted Nana who was very focused on her exam. The bell rang signalling the end, we were leaving in rows. I spotted something, no, someone. He was here! I murmured his name in disbelief "Liu". He has changed a lot but I could tell it was him! First, he was wearing civil clothes instead of a uniform. I was about to run to him when Nana took me in her arm. That's what I thought until I saw her watching him. I ordered her to let me go but she replied she couldn't let me do that. I shouted her name, a bit too loud because everyone looked at us. Tears were leaving my eyes, I begged her to let me go. I saw him, our eyes met. He turned around right after and went away. I finally escaped from her, I gave my exam to the administrator and ran to the entrance of the school. It's where I saw him again. He was on a red motorcycle, he has a cask on. He was a few meters away from me. I stopped to watch him. He held his head up, he saw me because he stopped any movement. He finally removed the kickstand of his motorcycle, Nana arrived at that moment saying she failed. I saw Liu nodding negatively, was he responding to her? I wanted to go to him but he warmed up his tires, I understood he didn't want me to get closer. I took a step back. He turned around and left at full speed. Without looking at Nana I asked her what did she fail exactly. She responded... "He asked me to avoid you from coming closer to him. I was supposed to block you". I told her she did it before leaving her here and there. she yelled after me but I refused to listen to her. My knee hurt me. I didn't even notice I didn't use my wheelchair or my crutches? I stopped myself before sitting on the floor. It was too much for my knee to bear yet.
Once I have recovered, I went to Hyun-Shik house. "Hyung!" I called him. He came before I shout that he was here. Of course, he wondered who. I started to cry, "Liu". Hyunshik repeated his name in disbelief. Nana yelled after me because it has been 2 months since Hyunshik suffer from his departure. He wondered if I had talked to him but I denied saying Nana did, and she took out my chance to do so. He asked if she has seen him not expecting her answer: "Yes. He came to me". The officer stood out when he continued to ask questions what did they do? She introduced the college, she was received in, to him. But Hyunshik replied something unusual ho did he know it was Liu who asked her. After the confirmation from Nana, he mumbled to himself at our disbelief that Liu truly paid for her studies. I realized he came back for that but Nana denied it: "No, the school was his examination centre even if he took correspondence courses at the end. He asked for a change but they didn't accept. He told me he wouldn't have come if he had the choice. It was ... too dangerous for you?". I knew what that meant.
One year later, the thing didn't change, I never found him. Everyone around me is so active while I am completing this file. Suddenly one of my teammates asked me. He asked if I could come, there was a case, another police station was asking for help but my juniors didn't find anything so he asked for my help at his turn. I told him I would come in two minutes so he thanked me. After finishing my files, I went to my junior. They were on the computer. "What's the case?" I wondered. It has been explained to me while we were watching the CCTV video. A robbery and an assault happened at the same time.
"See here the legs on the screen?" one of my juniors asked.
"We don't have a better image?"
"Sadly, not. She claims that the man assaulted her, but, as you can see, we don't see anything."
"She is way more agitated for telling that. Look how she moves her legs after going backwards at the beginning. Whose legs are those?" I tried to know.
"The man suspected" he answered.
"His legs are almost on her, there is no doubt"
"It's her boyfriend, ex-boyfriend now. He claims that she was consenting. But, wait, a second... look... now!"
The suspected fall in the video at that moment. When I wondered how my subordinate simply answered our witness. It makes me confused why asking for my help if there was a witness? Then he explained that his identity was unknown, he didn't come to the police station either but he saved the young lady. He pointed out a man whose face isn't on the CCTV after. We could see everything except his head.
"Nobody knows who is it. then at that time, there is a robbery right where the guy was going to enter. The third was armed. He left the shop and threatened the guy who wanted to enter with his gun. But as strange as it seems, that guy didn't budge. He didn't obey the thief. See, he turned around we see his shirt logo. The thief came after him and this hero stops him. Thanks to him we arrested him." He described.
"What's the problem then?"
He expounded the thief wanted to file a charge against that guy because he would have attacked him. Suddenly, something clicked in my head. "Wait! Play the video again." He did. "I know that shirt." My junior stated that nobody knew it, if not he would have asked the shop client list.
"You won't find it. It's a unique model. He designed that logo himself." I exposed.
"Who are you talking about?"
"Mister fish".
"The guy who gave you those fishes that are in our team office?!" He was astounded.
"I'll go make a tour," I said.
"But hyung...?" he tried. But it was too late, I had to check by myself. On my way, I called Dewei to tell him.
When he arrived in town, I was already gone. They were still after me. Now I am escaping from 2 groups: my beloved one and my mysterious hunter. Thinking it all started because I lend a pencil...
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The Pencil's Case
Mystery / ThrillerSometimes life can play tricks to you. That's what I thought when I was in front of this police officer. He was impatient, his khaki jacket still wet from the heavy rain. It's been hours now that he interrogates me. But I had nothing to answer. Ou...