The Hunters and their Prey || A Vhope story

The stalker [part 2]

"The what now?" 

"The stalker Jackson...! years ago..after our first win, there was this bunch of flowers and expensive gifts that were dropped at our studio and even at hyung's home..in 2017. We used to make a huge deal out of it. Don't you remember it? we even asked him to file a complaint." Hope was jumping on his feet in excitement after remembering something that could possibly help them.

"Oh god...yes...I remember. Dude, it was like the most expensive stuff I ever saw. I tried to snatch a few behind hyung's back, but he caught me and scolded me by saying it was neither his nor mine to take. What did he even do with it?" Ha Na was the first one to remember.

"Exactly..I even recall Jinyoung being weird after seeing that huge black shiny car in front of the house and pub a few times. Mark hyung was so unbothered by it that it pissed me off so much."

"Yeah I remember now that you mention it. There were a lot of cards and flowers. I think he burned all of it in the end. right? " Jackson asked. 

"No..not all of them. I snatched a few before he could burn them. I wanted to keep it in case hyung changed his mind and decided to file a complaint. Handwriting can come in handy in identifying the potential culprits. I think I still have it." Hope immediately turned towards his bed. He kneeled down to reach down the boxes he had packed over the years. Everyone waited patiently for him to find what he wanted. 

"Help me guys, find any boxes that labelled with 2017 and look for the cards."

"You arrange your boxes by year? Why am I not even surprised? How does this card look like?" So Mun sat down near Hope and started to pull the remaining boxes from under the bed.

"Black ones with golden writing, I guess, or was it silver? I don't precisely remember it.. just look for cards, that you know look really expensive and classy. "

For the next ten minutes, the four of them indulged themselves in finding the cards left by the stalker. Hope was still busy cursing himself for forgetting something that raised so many red flags in his head. "I still remember the first bouquet that came with a bunch of others. It immediately grabbed my attention because of the flower they used."

"Which flowers were that?"

"It was Red salvia. I have seen people use blue one..which is you know somewhat understandable. I have even seen red ones being used among a bunch of others..but not one that was completely made of them. Like, why should someone send that in place of congratulatory bouquets?"

"Ahh...Hope, you kind of lost me there. What is the problem with that? You know, whatever flower you were mentioning... what was its name again?" Jackson was slightly confused. By the look on the other's two faces, it was clear that even they didn't understand what the problem was."

"Red salvia. Its a flower, kind of tubular and around 8 inches. It can be taller too depend on the variety. It symbolises the feeling of 'forever mine'. It is okay to give it to your partner that you love and been with for a long time. But it doesn't sit well when you send that to someone to whom you were never introduced before. It came along with all those gifts and flowers we received from various admirors after our first win. I was uneasy because of what it signified."

"How did you know the meaning of that flower so precisely."

"Did you forget Ha Na, I worked in a flower shop for one year. I know majority of the flowers and its meanings so that I can customise bouquets according to what people want."

"Now that you say it, giving something with that meaning at first can slightly make you uneasy. Maybe it was an accident"

"No..there is no way that was an accident. All of the bouquets received by Mark hyung contained flowers that you can't easily find in the average shopes. Most of them were really expensive and foreign. Each with various meaning according to the occasions."