What about the Side Character? ||LCF Fanfiction

Chapter 13

Note

• Disclaimer: 백작가의 망나니가 되었다 - 유려한 | Lout of Count's Family | Trash of the Count's Family does not belong to me but Yulyeohan. This is fanfiction.
• Events, characters, places, etc. mentioned in this fanfiction are fictitious and do not refer to any specific actual context.
• English is not my native language.
• Please do not repost the artwork, you can find them on my X/ IG/ Ao3 or Wattpad under the account J_K_Klara

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Before Team 1 welcomed a new energy called Han Sung Joon, let's go back a bit to the time they were in the red zone last month. Everything happened in just about a month, but indeed, many things were noted.

Cha Jaeheon, who was known as a social butterfly, did mention one of his friends whom their group couldn't invite no matter how many times they asked. But none of Team 1's members could imagine that their first interaction would be that day, which was not very ideal, surrounded by dust and rushing air.
Han Sung Joon recovered surprisingly quickly; even Joo Yerim had to admit that Han Sung Joon was one of her rare cases. Still, that was not the point. The point was that they kept wondering if there was something he saw before falling unconscious that somehow affected his mind due to the way he acted.
The first time Han Sung Joon woke up, he looked surprised and terrified before something close to a panic attack came. Cha Jaeheon and the others helped hold him back as the question of his condition arose since that was not the first time Han Sung Joon faced dangerous situations while on duty. Kim Rok Soo stepped closer and put his unbandaged arm on the confused man. None of the words were uttered; it was like the reddish eyes brought Han Sung Joon some calm before he fell unconscious again.
On the second time, Han Sung Joon was a lot calmer but refused to have any long conversation as if he were getting to know the situation around him. Joo Yerim shrugged as she met the questioning eyes of Cha Jaeheon. If it was about space and time for someone to refresh their mind, then she had nothing to do with it.
But gradually, not only those who worked in the first aid area but the other members all came up with the same thing: Han Sung Joon's reaction somehow related to Kim Rok Soo.
At that time, the mentioned Leader suddenly got a sneeze.
     - Isn't the smile of our Leader the last thing nailed to his mind after we pull him out of the collapsed place?
Jung So Hoon started with narrowed eyes.
     - And what do we have from that?
Park Ji Hyuk shook his head at the grinning Jung So Hoon.
     - Haa, doesn't it mean that the charming aura of Team Leader has become dangerous? Ouch!
     - Be serious. We were all at the place to admit that Leader acted normal at that moment.
Kim Min Ah pressed the cold water bottle to Jung So Hoon's nape while talking.
     - If you call a friendly smile while asking someone who just nearly faced his past life: "Hey there, are you still good?" is normal...
     - Just forget the definition of normal, then everything is normal.
Ho Chan-yeol pushed his glasses up and joined in.
Bae Puh Rum looked up from where he stood and he saw something just past his eye's corner as he said
     - I'm not sure about Han Sung Joon since we have never met in person, so whether he has any hidden purposes or not, just keep an eye on him, guys. I see he starts to follow Leader.
     - What? I haven't permitted him to run around yet!
Joo Yerim's occupational response startled the others. Before she left, they could hear her telling them to get Yoo Hee Young out of the tent.
    - Hee Young? Speaking of which, she has stayed silent for a day. How rare.
    - That must be about Leader's hand. Anyway, we must have her out before she has tooth decay.
    - Ah~ that's not fair that the youngest is the only one who receives candy from our Leader, I must go ask him for some.
    - But where did he get that candy? It's like doing magic.
    - Who knows?

After being stopped by Joo Yerim, Han Sung Joon barely had the opportunity to run around. If it were not for her experiences chasing games with Kim Rok Soo, Han Sung Joon would have had more luck. Surprisingly, Han Sung Joon was very cooperative, unlike that stubborn but cunning idiot. Instead, questions about Kim Rok Soo were asked directly.
     - He is indeed curious about our Rok Soo.
Joo Yerim said it with a certain face. And the others, of course, not including Kim Rok Soo, looked at her with different reactions.
     - Well, he is not the only one, but perhaps the rarest case by frankly asking like that.
     - Bae Puh Rum is right. Though it was not much, maybe I've become overthinking thanks to Rok Soo.
     - If you're saying that, Yerim Unnie, then you must count us in too.
     - Assistant Leader, what makes you deep in thought like that?
     -...Until now, only we knew about Leader's situation...
     - You are worried that someone started taking action instead of observing, like when sniffing out the situation?
Bae Puh Rum finished Kim Min Ah's sentence as they shared a look.
She nodded.
Ho Chan-yeol tapped on his knee as he quickly reviewed the information before shrugging his shoulders.
     - I've checked it out through a reliable source, so at least we can rest assured that Han Sung Joon is not affiliated with any organization.
     - If you say so...
     - Prevention is better than cure.
     - Agree.