Blaze

A Piece of My Mind

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Victoria turned surprised at the sudden loud voice and straightened up when she saw Donghae. The only possible remark that appeared in her mind was, "Oh...you're here?" Then simply turning away she said, "It's so pretty here, I forgot how ancient this city was." Placing her arms up on the high wall she stared at the valley inching out into the sky. "It's really alluring how beauty is surrounded by things like life and death. How, in our lines of work, we're always surrounded by the possibility of death. What if life is the hell we're living, and that's why we're meant for heaven when we die?" Victoria tilted her head up to the deep blue sky and smiled in a silly way.

She could hear Donghae loudly walking toward her, but didn't bother turning to look at him. Donghae impatiently grasped her wrist and started pulling her toward the staircase, but in retort she pulled her hand back. Stumbling back a step she turned to him withholding a frown. Instead, Victoria felt mounts of disappointment flying through her.

"I can be patient with you, I can deal with your greedy nature, but I won't take it if you try to use force on me," Victoria told him off. "Lee Donghae, you're the hell of my life. I don't care what you put me through, if you threaten to pull me from the case, or if you refuse to tell me anything. I'm going to make your life a burning hell too. Even if you burn everything around me, I won't leave." She made sure to stare right into his face before saying, "You know what best goes with fire, don't you? A fire doesn't happen without gas. I'm going to be that and stick with you everywhere you go. Wherever you try to look for Eunhyuk, I'll be right on your tail. Whether you run up or down, I'll be there. I will make your life hell.

"You've treated me like an inferior the past two missions and I really don't like that. I'll warn you right now that I'm no longer tolerating it. I'll see you back at headquarters."

Victoria purposely pushed him with her shoulder as she brushed by and headed down the stairs. She was really determined this time around to win over Donghae and she would make sure it happened. It didn't seem like her body wanted to cooperate at the moment. Her brain felt laggy and she still felt drowsy. The chloroform had done her in really good. Thinking about the men who attacked her made her feel even more angry.

Shoving her emotions to the side she started toward the road and hailed a taxi. When she retrieved her car the sight of a ticket left underneath her windshield swiper made her feel even more exhausted.

"Perfect," she muttered before getting into her car.

She managed to drive all the way to the highway until her eyes decided to start closing on her. Victoria resorted to pulling over to the side of the road and reclined her chair back. She finally fell asleep a few minutes later.

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Donghae stood on the wide rooftop lost for a mere minute. Ok, he had to admit maybe he'd overdone it. But where in timing would he squeeze in his apology? He decided it would only be best if he went a little easier on her during their next mission. He promised he would listen to everyone...but what if he couldn't help it? Every day after Eunhyuk had gone missing he'd spent anxiously awaiting for news about him. And now that it was finally here he only wanted to find him all the more. Each little thing about Eunhyuk made him nervous. If the detectives and the police weren't able to find Eunhyuk who else, but he, himself? And if he couldn't, who would? So Donghae could only do all he could...but even that seemed to be giving everyone a hard time.

Troubled and frustrated he sped all the way down the road slowing only when he entered the highway. Spotting Victoria's car by the road sent hurdles of guilt and maybe worries through him. For a person who had been overdosed with chloroform, she had woken up too soon. Donghae would have driven passed without stopping, but guilt took the best of him. He'd made her angry earlier when it only seemed that she was talking about something genuine.