annara sumanara (min-hyuk x y/n)

7.

[back to the present, Eun-Woo in Yongma]

Eun-woo's pov:

I had spent four hours just going from place to place, asking people about some magician. No one really wanted to answer me and everyone got very uncomfortable when asked.

What was his name again? Ri-eul? Why did she keep calling him Min-ah?

It boiled my blood to think of the way he touched her when he knew I was right there. I was going crazy, I had to know what was going on.

There was a group of young girls, probably their early twenties at a cafe. They were looking at me and giggling to each other.

I sighed, shoving my hands in my pocket. I was used to getting unwanted attention from the opposite gender a lot. Y/n didn't actually mind, she never noticed others.

But I always did. I saw when men sneaked glances at her face on our dates, when boys shamelessly stared at her bare legs in summers, when men would try to flirt with her at bars and she'd think they were being friendly.

It made me so, so livid. She was mine. No one gets to touch her other than me, ever. And the fact that I had no idea about this creepy guy from half a decade back was stupid.

I snapped back to reality when a girl with long orange-brown hair came up to me shyly.

"Yes? Can I help you?" I asked, my voice laced with boredom.

She blushed and looked at the ground.

"Ah no- uh. I was just, I don't know, I thought you were really attractive and-"

"I'm flattered you think that way, believe me. But I'm in a very serious relationship with someone I want to marry." I stated, smiling softly so it didn't seem too mean.

Her face dropped at the word marry and she faked a smile, bowing before quietly leaving.

"Hey! Wait a second!" I yelled out as she turned to face me in surprise.

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you. I'm actually looking for someone here. Uh, some magician who went by the name Ri-eul?"

Her eyes widened as she heard the name. She looked around before quickly gesturing me to follow her outside.

"You're looking for the crazy runaway? Oh my god it's been years since I heard his name. His fake name, obviously."

I tilted my head in confusion. None of the phrases put together made any sense to me.

"I-I'm sorry can you elaborate?"

"Come with me."

(mini time skip)

It looked like what used to be a bustling amusement park, at least 20 years ago though.

"My name is Ha-Na, by the way." She spoke, breaking the silence.

"Oh, yeah I'm Cha Eun-Woo. Why are we here?"

"He lived here. The magician. Probably illegally propert squatting but no one ever did anything. He was completely bat shit crazy, and was charged with assault, theft, so much more. Why are you looking for him anyway?"

I was oscillating between lying and telling what was exactly going on. I chose the truth, it would make things easier to navigate.

"He showed up at my hometown. He was getting really fucking handsy with my girlfriend and apparently, she knows him."

Ha-na scoffed, "Ah once a pedophile always one i guess."

I looked to her in shock.

"What do you mean?"

"No one actually believed me when I said it, and I couldn't show evidence because it was a privacy breach? But he was intimate with a girl nearly half his age. Mind you she was a minor too."

She walked closer to the carousel, facing away from me.

"The girl was so strange too. Always hanging out with him, protecting him, even. I remember her clear as day... black hair, stubborn eyes..."

"that sounds a lot li-" I whispered but she continued

"...y/n."

I stopped dead.

"Ha-na."

"Hm?" She hummed, turning around.

"What do you mean? Are you telling me the truth?" I questioned.

She scoffed again, "you know what? I'm tired of being called the liar over and over again. I'll show you what I mean."

(time skip pt.2 🤡)

she plugged in a pen drive in my laptop, and a black box popped up in the centre. She gestured for me to go ahead.

Desperately wanting it to be some kind of joke, I pressed play.

For a few seconds there was nothing, just a cluttered dim room.

Then I heard scuffling sounds, almost as if someone was tipping things over.

My heart dropped when y/n and a man stumbled into view, aggressively making out, so much so that he had to keep a hand on her lower back to keep her from falling over.

I grit my teeth, not wanting to watch any more but unable to move. The way he hungrily put his lips on her skin almost seemed like a predator feeding.

He picked her up, half naked now, and the moved out of frame. It was very, very obvious what happened next.

The screen went blank and I snapped back to reality. I unclenched my fisted to see red scars dug into the base of my palm.

How fucking dare he touch her.

"Believe me now? It would have sent him to prison for life if word got out that a thirty year old man took advantage of a seventeen year old drunk girl."

I could not respond. How dare he touch her. How dare he be her first. I thought I was.

"Say, Mr Cha Eun-woo, why are you so mad? I mean of course I would be too but it almost seems personal to you."

"She's my girlfriend. Y/n." I breathed out.

"Oh? OH. Damn. Wait where is she right now?"

"Seoul."

"And the magician?"

"Seoul."

Ha-na turned her head and laughed at me.
"Are you serious? You left the both of them alone, in the same city while you are not there. Jesus I thought one would know better."

"What do you mean? Will he do something to her??"

"I cannot tell you what the man is capable of. It's a very risky move, you don't know what he could have done."