Blaze

Secret Missions

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"Have you eaten?" Kris broke the silence halfway through the ride.

"We ate before returning," Namjoo quietly replied, her eyes frozen on the street lights simultaneously covering them in glows and shadows.

He wanted to know if she'd seen his missed call and if she'd felt anything when she'd seen it. Since it looked like she was preoccupied with a lot of thoughts he hesitated about intitiating any further conversation. At last he decided not to say anything.

"Thanks," Namjoo unbuckled her seatbelt when he pulled up to her apartment building.

Hesitating again, he wondered if he should walk her in, but Namjoo was already reaching for the door handle.

"Good night, I'll see you tomorrow," Namjoo bid her farewell as she stepped out.

"Oh...good night," was all he managed before the door closed and Namjoo walked away without turning back once. And Kris worried if they were drifting further apart now.

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Chorong's face hurt. A small movment of her lips would bring shattering pain up and down the bruise now dominating the side of her face. She scorned at herself when she glanced into the mirror and felt an ounce of sympathy for herself. She'd never been so injured before and in the silence of her apartment wondered how long it would take to go away.

So muich action had taken place in Yeongwol, Chorong thought life as Suho was quite tiring. Actually, life in this team was quite tiring. Where did Donghae and his team find the energy to keep going about? How much vacation time did they have in between jobs?

Her feet were like heavy blocks as she trailed into her kitchen to pull her fridge open. She'd been so busy lately that she'd been unable to restock her fridge, but the short break given to her had given her the opportunity to do so; only she had gobbled that food up because there was nothing to do during break. Now there was nothing left in her fridge except for some iced coffee, kimchi gone bad, and a cold bowl of rice which she didn't remember putting there.

Her mom's house maid would have come to fill up her fridge, but she only did that on Fridays and it was already way past that time. Chorong would have no choice, but to starve tonight.

Ten minutes later as she lay in bed she pondered over what the aim of this job was coming to. Donghae had motives, she was certain of that, but she wasn't clear on it now. Did he just want to find Eunhyuk or did he want to save those girls too?

She recalled that instead of trying to find Han Dan Bi, he'd chosen to split them up before meeting back in Daegu which literally came about to nothing. In the end, Dan Bi was dead and they found Park Eun Bin, but even Donghae didn't seem very happy about that. So what was he after? Was there something in the picture she wasn't grasping?

As her thoughts ran on she fell asleep without realizing it.

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The sun was already up by 4 a.m. and Suho was at headquarters by 6 a.m. Right upon arriving back at his comfortable apartment he'd immediately gone to sleep. A shower and a cup of thick coffee had him awake, but he was confident he'd at least have three more throughout the day. In any case, he bought two more on his way to headquarters.

As he sat in the lounge waiting for Donghae to arrive he calmly stared out the window feeling like a young chap living the good life. Honestly, he'd been pretty good with his studies. If it weren't for work in this field, he would have probably become a professor or something of that sort. The thought left him to sicker at himself. He would have had a good life indeed.