Before the evil took her heart ~ (Skz FF)

Unexpected Guests

Minho had been out for almost a while now. I decided to check on him. I didn't thought that this news would stress him out so much. Maybe I should ask him what's going on.

I mean, I'm not heartless. Minho obviously doubts that I have emotions too. Well, I have no right to judge him for that. Who can blame him for hating me?

Anyways.

I slowly opened the front door to sit next to him on the stairs, still going unnoticed. When I sat down next to him, he immediately moved a little away from me. Well, that got really awkward now. After a short period of silence, I pulled myself together and decided to start a conversation but he was apparently faster than me. "What are you doing here outside?", he asked directly.

Okay....

So that's how he ticks.

"I just thought you'd like some company", I replied.
He didn't gave me a response. He just took out a cigarette, which he immediately lit. I began to talk again 'cause I just couldn't bear this silence. It was very, very awkward.
"You shouldn't smoke, you know?", I tried to talk with him again. He asked again, "Why's that?"
"I think you're to good for these kind of things, don't you think too?", I answered. He looked away and made a snarky comment. "You mean just like you? Yeah,.... you've done great things for the world", he said sarcastically. I sighed again.
It's okay Hae-yeon.
Just breath in and out.
I started, "Look.... I know you hate me and you have every right to do that but.... these guys from TSC want your family dead as they want mine. One person alone or in this case the mafia alone can't beat them. I'm sure you know them well enough to know that they're not someone to mess with. If we want to destroy them, we need to work together. And yes.... I've done bad things and I regret every single choice I made in my life...." I paused and saw that he slowly began to turn his attention to me by looking me in the eyes. "....but this time I really want to make things up. We don't need to be enemies. We don't need to be friends but maybe we can be partners", I finished my speech I started before and I think this speech did something with him because he's looking differently at me now.
More.... softly.
Still, he remained silent.
I smiled a bit and said, "I know that you have trust issues and I don't expect you to trust me.... but you should know that you can count on me when it comes to missions. I'm loyal to the people I work with if they are loyal to me too. Believe it or not but I trust you already." After my last sentence, I finally saw a real reaction from him. He was surprised, quite shocked.
Understandable.
I got up from the step I was sitting on and was about to go back in, but I stopped in my tracks, which caused Minho to look up to me.
"I hope this conversation stays between us", I smiled at him. He smiled back and said, "Of course. Who would I be if I don't stay loyal to the ones I work with?" That statement made me grin even wider. Before I headed back in, he called, "You can call me Lee Know, by the way."
I smiled for a moent before finally entering the house again and closed the door behind me. I made my way to Chris who stood in front of the surveillance screens. I stood next to him and watched our prisoner trying to escape.
"It seems that you and Lee Know are getting better along now", he noted.
I said, "I figured out that we can only work together if we don't fight each other. Anyhow, do you have any ideas how we should plan this thing?", I asked. He replied, "I thought you are the one who would come up with a plan." "Yeah, well, I can get tired too, you know?", I said for which I received an intense look from him. I spoke up again, "Don't worry. I will come up with something. We can do this." "You sure?", he asked again, apparently having doubts. I just nooded as an answer. He said, "Well, I'm not sure if I can trust you." "You don't have to trust me. Just trust my anger. That's the only thing you can count on", I said before leaving the living room. I made my way into the bath and quickly locked the door.
"Just breathe Hae-yeon, just breathe. Everything is going to be alright", I talked to myself to prevent me from having a panic attack right now.
You know, they're happening a lot lately.
I don't really know what the cause of these attacks is but.... they're getting worse.
Well, just so you know because they will appear more often in my story.

After a few minutes,
well,....
to be exact it took me more than 10 minutes to calm myself down....
BUT!
I did it so there is nothing to worry about anymore.
For now.
I stood in front of the sink and splashed a bit of water on my dry skin and looked at myself in the mirror for a while.
Visible dark circles adorned my bleak brown eyes.
A few wrinkles were noticeable on my otherwise delicate skin and since I wasn't wearing any make-up this time, I looked like someone had just pulled me out of hell, which is kind of true. No wonder Chris looked at me so strangely all the time.

Overall....

I look really awful.
Probably due to to lack of sleep or something.

*BOOM, BOOM, BOOM*

Suddenly I heard a knock on the door, which made me jump.

Damn, that scared me.

I took another deep breath and took one last look at the mirror before turning my back to it and unlocking the door. I expected Chris to be standing in front of me since Lee Know was probably already on his way back, but the person standing in front of me was the person I least expected.

He asked, "Is everything alright?"