Blaze

To Argue or Discuss

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"Why don't you leave already," Namjoo grabbed the empty plate from Kris and focused on scrubbing the pan she'd used that morning.

"You still owe me a shirt."

Namjoo felt her nerves fire up before she turned to look up at him and he immediately pointed at her arm to remind her of the incident back in Wonju.

"You got my size, right?"

Namjoo raised her soapy hand, "Yah! Get out of here!"

He chuckled at her, "There's a mark on your neck, and forgot to say, we're both late for a meeting."

Namjoo gritted her teeth and flung out her hands. Both the water and soap landed on his face before he wiped them away.

"Alright, fine. I'll leave now."

Namjoo turned to make sure he was really leaving before rinsing her hands and rushing into the bathroom. Craning her neck to the side she spotted the mark he'd left on her and kicked her cabinet.

"I'm going to kill you!" she shouted.

~_____~

After walking out of the bathroom Tao turned when the elevator doors opened and saw that it was only Kris. Tao eyed him before he neared.

"What?" he questioned.

Tao snorted and pointed to his collar bone, "Go somewhere last night? Aren't you embarrassed walking around with that mark?"

Kris glanced down before pulling his shirt over it, "Ah..."

Tao took note that he looked a little embarrassed before quickening his steps.

"Looks like you enjoyed yourself last night," Tao remarked then lowered his voice, "who is she?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," Kris shoved him off before opening the door to the meeting room.

Tao snorted after him and followed him into the meeting room. Before he closed the door someone shouted desperately, "Wait, wait, wait!"

He paused and stuck his head out to see Namjoo running his way. She stopped by the doorway to catch her breath and he caught sight of a band-aid on her neck.

"What'd you do? Cut yourself?" Tao asked almost sarcastically.

Namjoo placed a hand on her neck and quickly said before walking in, "Not your business."

~_____~

Victoria glanced over at Donghae's team unhappily. Donghae leaned back into his seat and crossed his arms.

"What's with the meeting this morning?" he asked.

"I have a proposal," Victoria started, "and an outline for the next mission."

Donghae slightly narrowed his eyes, "Next mission? What are you talking about? We can't move unless those gunmen talk."

"I'm not waiting for those gunmen to speak. How many days...no, how many weeks are you going to wait for?" Victoria questioned as if she were interrogating him. "I've done my job in Wonju whether you were there or not." Then she turned away from Donghae's eyes of scrutiny. "Lay and Kris will follow us to Yeongwol. Namjoo, Chorong, and I will sneak into the brothel to look for any suspicious activity."

"Brothel!?" Donghae loudly declared.

Victoria shot him a stare before continuing, "Tao, Suho, and Donghae will stay behind and come with the cops when I call for it."