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Robin knew what she had to do. She made her decision.

She will not renew the contract.

She walked through the halls of the Babel entrance, only to find Han Seok getting approached by police. Next to him stood Han Seo. The police officer in the front put on handcuffs on Han Seok's wrists. He accepted it. Han Seo yelled about how stupid the policemen were, and Han Seok went to talk with him a bit further away.

They hugged for a few seconds, Han Seok looking flabbergasted at his brother. He closed in on him, and Han Seo flinched before playing it off with a laugh. The police took Han Seok with them to meet the last person, mr Han. Han Seo noticed Robin watching him, and walked over to her excitedly

"Hey, there's no need for renewing the contracts anymore," he exclaimed, patting her shoulder happily. Seeing him finally feel more free like that made her happy too. "That's great," she spoke, grinning. "Want to eat some lunch? My treat," he stuttered, diverting his gaze to the floor, blood rushing to his cheeks. Robin accepted the offer happily.

. . .

Robin devoured the food. It was like a 3-star Michelin meal, and she had never eaten such luxurious food before in her entire life. She glanced at Han Seo, sitting opposite of her. "Thank you so much for the food," she thanked. "It's nothing, I can get you these type of meals more often," Han Seo mumbled, still loud enough for her to hear. "You don't have to," Robin spoke quietly. "Oh, no, I owe you," he smiled. She raised a brow. "What do you mean you owe me?," she questioned. He quickly shook his head, waving his hands in front of his face, hiding his reddening face. "Nothing..." he stuttered.

He had a burning question in his head, afraid to ask it. Han Seo couldn't help himself and spilled it before he knew. "Do you have a crush on anyone?," he asked before thinking. Realizing what he had asked, he hid his burning face inside of a tissue. "I mean... you don't have to say...," he stuttered. Robin thought about it for a second. A familiar face crossed her mind. Her face reddened too, but she tried not to make it noticeable.

"Well, I guess I do," she mumbled. "Who is it if I may ask?," he tried asking as polite as he could without sounding demanding. He lifted his head from the tissue.

"I don't want to say it yet, but he's tall, cute, handsome, young, rich, and I could go on," she rested her chin on the palm of her hand, scanning all of Han Seo's features, not even blinking as she stared at his face. He noticed this but still doubted the possible of her liking him back. He almost sunk back into his chair.

She cleared her throat.

"The person I have a crush on is-,"

A quiet buzz could be heard. Robin checked her phone quickly, before glancing back at Han Seo. "I have to go to the bathroom, one moment," she spoke, heading to the bathroom next to the dining hall. She went inside the women's bathroom and checked her messages.

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This is important. Reply quick.
18:12

What? What do you want and who are you?
18:13

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Leave Han Seo alone and go home. He's not worth your time.
18:13

What?

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Leave him. Don't make any contact with him ever again. If you don't, I'll make sure your most loved ones shall suffer the endless pain.

Okay, fine. I'll lease

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She winced at the threat and clenched her fists. Robin always puts her loved ones first, and got out of the bathroom. She quickly went down to the exit, leaving Han Seo confused. He didn't understand why she left without saying anything. Did she not like him...?

He couldn't take it anymore and started following Robin to the exit. She was too quick and already drove away in her car, leaving him standing there in the opening all alone. He clenched his fists tight, trying to hold back his tears.

. . .

The next days Han Seo texted Robin, but to no avail. He stated at his phone screen with clenched teeth.

Hey, why did you suddenly leave?
20:21

Yesterday

I understand if you didn't like my treat for you.

But please don't ignore me.
13:56

Yesterday

Robin?
12:03

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He worried about what happened to Robin. He frowned at the read messages. Han Seo grabbed his coat, avoiding Han Seok's sight as he left the house. He stepped inside his car, headed to Robin's house. He understood if she didn't like him, but ignoring him was too much. He never felt like this before.

At Robin's house, he knocked on the door. Robin noticed it and looked through the peek hole. Han Seo wasn't looking there, so he didn't see her. She rolled her eyes and decided to act like she wasn't home. She knew that the threat was serious. As Robin walked back to her couch, she stubbed her ankle, tripping over onto the floor. She winced at the pain.

"Robin? I know your home. Are you okay?," he asked trying to catch her attention.

He glanced at his watch worrisome.

"So dramatic, I only ignored him for a few days," she mumbled, crawling her way to her bedroom, trying not to make a single noise.

He looked into the window, and could see her crawling to a room. The fact Robin put that much effort in avoiding him hurt him, but Han Seo was used to it. Disappointedly he was about to leave, until his name got called from her house.

"Han Seo! I'll explain everything later, but can you fetch some bandaids for me? Please," she quickly shouted. He was relieved she even spoke a single sentence to him, and smiled weakly. "Alright," he spoke, leaning in closer on the door, so that Robin could hear.

He came back with a small box of bandaids, and knocked on the door. "Leave it on the doorstep, and quickly go home before anyone sees," she spoke. "Why?," he questioned. "Please, it's for your own good, I don't want to do this either but I have to. Go home," Robin pleaded.

Han Seo was still confused, but decided to trust Robin and go home. As soon as he left, she opened the door and fetched the bandaids. Although as she was about to close the door, a foot stepped inside the door opening, making her unable to close it. Robin quickly stood up straight and looked in front of her. In the opening stood a tall man, although his face was covered with a face mask and cap. She couldn't recognize him.

"I'm sorry sir, but who are you?," she questioned.

"I told you to let go," he ignored her question.

"What do you mean?," she backed off slowly.

"I told you to stop contacting Han Seo."

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