You and Me || Lee Know

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That night Rae was still thinking about what Lee Know said during training. All her life, all she had ever know was surviving. She had never trained like that before. She was now determined to prove him wrong but more importantly improve her skills she didn't want to become a liability because she wasn't good enough. 

Morning came, Rae crept out of bed, washed up and headed straight for training. She wasn't never big on breakfast. The sun hadn't fully risen yet but she was wide awake. She decided to hit some work outs, tying her hair up she stepped on to the treadmill. Hyunjin had given her a pair of headphones and Seungmin supplied her with a phone after getting approval from Chan. She popped some music on focused.

Rae zoned out and was just running, her mind was engulfed with everything that she hadn't even noticed the door open.

Lee Know was usually up before the others, well besides Chan. Chan was awake late nights, always making sure files, missions and threats were all under control. Lee Know made his way to the gym like normal, he did not expect to see Rae. An early bird.

Lee Know didn't want to startle her so he quietly started doing some warm ups. He could see her reflection in the mirror, she was so focused but he could see her thinking about something. He did feel bad for storming out and yelling at her yesterday, but it was the first time he had to train someone to use a knife. All the other members never picked up a knife and preferred guns. Rae was nearly, if not, better than him.

Rae looked down and saw she had been on the treadmill for nearly two hours. She slowed down catching her breath. When she turned around she jumped seeing another person. "Sorry." Lee Know put his dumbbells down. "I didn't think anyone would be awake, but I'm going now." Rae didn't want to aggravate him like yesterday. Rae picked up her water bottle and left the room. Weirdly Lee Know missed her presence. What, no shut up. He shook the thoughts away and continued his work out.

Breakfast was loud, it was something Rae was becoming used to. "HEY! eat your own food!" Jisung took some of Changbins eggs. "Kids, calm down." Chan really did sound like a dad, which made them all erupt  into laughter. "After breakfast, all of you to base except Rae and Jisung. Jisung you will train with Rae." Lee Know looked over at the two, he somewhat felt sad, he did enjoy trying yesterday but what could he do, he practically yelled at her for nothing. "You are looking at the ace right here baby!" Jisung sent Rae a wink making her laugh. "Oh really...I guess I will have to see. Hyunjin was pretty good yesterday." This caused an eruption of laughters and "ooohhs" from the others. Rae was getting comfortable which made them all happy.

Lee Know sat with the others, Chan showed them some people and a location. "This mission will be , me, Lee Know and Felix going into the base to kill. There will be people who have been selling our info, these motherfuckers were the reason for our last base location being leaked. Hyunjin, Changbin you will stand in for security. IN and Seungmin we need you to hack in and take control of their security cameras. Once into their base, kill the leaders and the others will be held for information and then Hyunjin and Changbin will set the bombs to blow it all up." They all nodded their heads. "We leave early tonight. Be ready for midnight." It was only 11 am, Lee Know wanted to get some training in before leaving.

Rae was currently, on top of Jisung she had his arm twisted behind him. "OKAY!OKAY!"

Rae helped him up as he let out a breath and fixed his hair. "You're strong. You don't look like it but damn you threw me down in seconds." You gave him a smirk. "What can I say, I do love to be a surprise." Lee Know walked in, the laughter between Jisung and Rae stopped and the atmosphere became very thick with awkwardness. "uh continue I'm just getting in some practice before tonight." Jisung and Rae shared a look of confusion. "Mission. We will all be gone for the night, except you two of course." Jisung turned away, Rae could see a flash of hurt but decided to ask about it later. "Jisung, could we go over the defence technique using the gun?" Rae switched the conversation to take away from the silence. "Ah yes, grab a gun. Pick one that you feel will work." Looking over at the selection, her eyes landed on the sleek black pistol.

Lee Know had taken a few glances here and there, he felt a little spark in him when he saw Rae pick up the same pistol he uses. "Good choice." that was all Lee Know said, to which Rae responded with a smile. He actually said something nice to me. She quickly turned her focus back to Jisung, hoping that the beat of her heart would slow down. 

 It had been an hour, Lee Know took a breather, he took a sip of water when his ears perked up hearing the sound of laughter. Slowly  he walked towards the other two. Jisung was being tickled by Rae. She held him down and was laughing as well. Lee Know couldn't help but soften at her but when he saw Jisung flip her he felt something, jealousy. Me? Jealous? No. It is just training. He quickly turned around not wanting to see them together anymore. 

Night came quick, Jisung updated Chan before they left on Rae's progress. Most of the members were looking at the footage of Rae and Jisung and were equally surprised by her strength. "Well done Rae. I see you and Jisung are good together. Keep up like this and you will be ready for your first mission very soon." Jisung and Rae high fived each other and left the room smiling. "I think this calls for ice cream and movies!" Both of them ran to the kitchen grabbing the ice cream. "Horror." Rae smirked at Jisung who grabbed the blanket, groaning. "Fine, but then something less scary after. I want to sleep tonight." Both of them got comfortable, the other members were already suited and getting ready to go. Rae looked at Jisung who didn't say anything, pretending like the others were not there. "If you need us, contact on the emergency number." The other 7 walked out the door. Rae scanned each of them, but her eyes lingered on Lee Know. An all black suit, his hair pushed back. She swallowed hard. He looks so attractive.  His eyes met hers, both of them looked away. Lee Know could feel his ears burning up. Why did she look at me that way?  He quickly stepped out following the others. 

"Ji, what's wrong?" it had been about 20 minutes since they left and Jisung hadn't said a word. "Huh, oh what nothing." He was trying to hide it. "Ji, I can see it in your eyes. You don't have to tell me but if something is bothering you, I'm happy to listen." Jisung looked at Rae, his smile faded from his face  and instead replaced with disappointed look, he took a deep breath before facing Rae. "During the last mission, I had a major flashback to before I was recruited. I ended up having a panic attack and that nearly cost Minho and Felix's lives. Chan decided that it was best I took a break from missions... it's been two months." Rae could see Jisung feeling immense guilt. "Ji, it's not your fault. You are human, don't feel guilty. And hey, maybe you training me will show Chan that you are ready again." Rae was never good at comforting others but she knew Jisung needed it. She wasn't big on physical affection either, so when Jisung hugged her she was stiff but slowly hugged him back. "Now, movie marathon." The two of them ended up falling asleep and when the others walked in they couldn't help but laugh. Rae was nearly falling off the sofa  and while Jisung was sprawled across taking all the space. 

Lee Know saw them, he purposefully slammed the door shut which caused both of them to wake up. Why is he so close? She does look cute though. Cute?! 

"We are back." that was all he said, he mostly glared at Jisung before walking into the kitchen. They both sat up, still half asleep. "Someone has a stick up his ass." Raes commented which made Jisung burst into laughter but he quickly stopped when Lee Know shot him a glare.

"Right I think we should get to bed before grumpy here kills one of us or both." Jisung pulled Rae up. Jisungs room came first he stopped and turned to you. "Thank you for listing to me." He gave Rae a quick hug swaying her side to side before letting go. Rae let him, she patted his back. 

"Go to bed." Lee Know grumbled from behind them . They turned around and scoffed at him. "And you, stop being a distraction." He pointed at Rae which made her blood boil. "A distraction? We are hugging. We are friends and they can hug, dipshit." Rae was beginning to get irritated by his behaviour. "Friends don't hug each other like that." His eyes were cold and his jaw was clenched. "Relax will you. Im just happy to have had someone listen to me." Jisung purposefully barged into Lee Know  before going into his room, he gave Rae a quick wave. Rae ignored Lee Know and walked to her room slamming  the door shut in his face. "what a prick." she whispered before getting into bed.

Lee Know walked into his room slumping down on his bed. Why does she have this effect on me? I need to get a grip. He huffed out a sigh, before rolling onto his bed and falling deep into sleep.