Hate You With Love || MAFIA AU

Chapter 33:: Crack

Author's POV: 

"Sir, I've hacked their GPS," Jo spoke as Taehyung stared into the monitor, nodding.
"Good, they're still in Korea, right?"
"Yes. Joel is probably with them, I'm sure of it as well. So, whatever their movement is Joel's movement as well." 
"All right. Replay the voice clip." Taehyung spoke. They heard it again as Jo spoke, "We need to ask Ms Y/N about this after dinner."
"Alright." 

—During dinner

"What's this?" You asked, staring at the dining table filled with food.
"Well, Mr Kim cooked these. He's a good cook, you know. I helped him out." Jo spoke as you gasped.
"Where did you find the grocery?" You asked. Jo smiled and said, "We bought it! Azure helped me pick out too."
You couldn't help but smile a little as you sniffed the scent of the food. The house felt lively.

Suddenly, your eyes fell on a familiar dish. Kimchi Fried Rice. You had talked about it once. It was right in front of you. 
A feeling of uncertainty filled your heart, added with something gooey and warm. It melted your insides. But you distracted yourself from it, trying not to indulge into too many thoughts.

Azure was in the living room watching TV and Taehyung was in the kitchen, you heard quite some noise coming from there. 

Jo gasped seeing a CD player and went towards it saying, "Woah, this is cool!" 
"It is, right?" You asked, smirking a little. 
"My dad loved to play music while we ate dinner." You said, smiling as the memories replayed in your head. You saw Taehyung walking into the dining room with a tray of freshly baked cookies.
"Woah, cookies." You couldn't help but smile wide. You missed the scent of freshly baked cookies. 

"I really... craved this." You whispered. He looked at you and then at the cookies. 
"Well, good for you only Jo likes cookies in the house. You can have all of them." He said. You smiled a little and said, "I know. You hate sweet stuff, don't you?" 
He nodded and smiled a little. 
"Let's just smile right now, I feel happy right now." You said, looking at the food. For some reason, being back in this house made you emotional. Every moment, you could feel your heart warming up. Seeing this house alive again like it used to be years ago made your heart warm. 

Those were the times you would never get back. As they said, time waits for none. Some things in our lives become a memory at some point in life and though we reminisce them and wish they come back again, just so we could relive the happiness again—even if for just a moment—it becomes impossible. And that's when it pains us the most. 

"Let's eat now," Taehyung said, taking off his mittens, and sitting down to eat. You all sat down at the table as Azure also joined. She was a smart cat—the smartest cat in the world.
"Here, Ms Y/N. Have this!" Jo said, placing a chicken on your plate. You nodded and said, "Thanks..." 
You started eating. It was good. A smile appeared on your face as you continued eating along with the others while Azure enjoyed her cat food. 

Taehyung took the kimchi fried rice and served some of it on a plate, keeping it beside yours. You stared at it and then at him, not saying anything. 
Jo smiled slightly, feeding Azure as Taehyung spoke, "Eat well."

"Can we use that?" Jo suddenly asked as you frowned, looking in the direction where he was pointing. Oh, the CD player.
"Sure... I think. I mean, I don't know if it'll still work as fine though. The CDs are in the drawer under the table." You said. He nodded and got up, walking there. He started setting those up as you looked at Taehyung who was eating quietly. He never talked unnecessarily while eating.

"You cooked all this, right?" You asked. He hummed and looked at you. You gulped, feeling his stare stirring something in you. Looking away immediately, you said, "It's good. Good that you didn't add poison." 
You heard him scoff, but it was a playful scoff. Not a serious or rude one. 
"Well, I could just kill you with my gun. Why would I need to add poison?" He asked, raising a brow. You nodded and said, "It's been years since I've been in this house. So, eating here feels nice."