Blaze

To Wonju

~_____~

Namjoo snorted after Tao, "Loser. He could use some work on his lies."

Then she pulled out the fork in the bag and dug at the food he'd brought her.

~_____~

"They're trying to show you how to work and it's a form of friendship," Lay explained, "it's also a form of teaching. Since you're going to be her only team mate going along with her in the next mission, it'll be good if you try to work hard. Lessen some of her workload."

"That busybody," Tao complained when he walked into the large library with rows and rows of continuous shelves stocked with books and encyclopedias. "This is so confusing."

He read the categorized labels that had been taped onto the side of the shelves. Tao ended up travelling back and forth before he finally discovered the files he was looking for.

"Kim Dae Ho. It was Kim Dae Ho, right?" he muttered to himself before pulling out a fat blue book.

Tao flipped through the pages before he found some police records of the criminal.

"5'8, 150 pounds," Tao muttered, "penalized for theft seven years ago..."

He skimmed through the articles in the back of numerous reports about gang cases before eventually falling asleep on the couch.

~_____~

Kris had been called back for a late dinner by his sister-in-law and only arrived at the government hall around 11. Namjoo's car was still in the parking lot and he stared at it for a bit before heading inside.

After some pacing around from the second to the third floor he finally discovered her on the fourth floor asleep in a room. There was a box of finished food sitting beside her laptop while she slept with her face buried in her arms.

"And I thought she was working hard," he muttered walking over.

Curious to see what she had looked up on her laptop he quietly walked over so as not to wake her and pulled the laptop toward him. There was a map of a forested area in Wonju near a camping site. He scrolled around with the mouse before discovering that she was using a satellite dish to map out the area.

Kris glanced up at the brightly lit lights overhead and mused how she could fall asleep in such a bright atmosphere. The sudden ringing of her phone made him jump in spot. Namjoo's head shot up in surprise, her mind disoriented. She looked around as if confused about where she was before her eyes sat on him. Then her eyes landed on the laptop in front of him before she shot up from her seat to snatch her laptop back.

"What are you doing!?" she declared.

He let out a laugh exasperated, "What? Were you hiding some AV in there?"

"What!? AV!?" she repeated so loud he felt deafened by her voice.

Namjoo shot him a glare before she realized her phone was still going off. Kris took note of how her expression immediately changed into relief when she saw who it was that was calling.

However when Namjoo answered she was scolding again, "Yah! I left you how many messages and you're only returning my call now!?"

~_____~

"I was tired from the anesthesia so I knocked out." Suho explained.

"Anesthesia?" Namjoo repeated. "Yah, you told me you weren't injured. What's with this?"

"See, this is why I didn't tell you!" he scolded.

"Where are you?" she demanded.

"At my place. Come over and bring some food with you."