Blaze

Frustrations

"How can you be so sure?"

"This place has been untouched even months after his disappearance," Victoria tossed her hand back to point at the closed door, "and suddenly there's a new tenant?! Does that make sense?!"

Lay turned to look around again before warning, "Lower your voice, Victoria. Someone could be listening."

Victoria shot him a frown. Stepping back Lay moved toward the door next door and pressed his ear to it. Victoria watched him quietly without sound. There was nothing to be heard on the other side of the door, but that didn't mean no one was there. Reaching out he jiggled the doorknob, but no one came to answer it.

"What are you doing?" Victoria asked impatiently, sounding almost annoyed.

"Someone attacked me in this room the last time I came to investigate," Lay told. "Looks like no one is in though."

"You came to investigate?" Victoria's frown became deeper.

"Yea," Lay turned to her with his eyes still on the door. "Donghae sent me to figure out what you were doing here and who may have been attacked."

"Donghae?" Victoria asked, her brow going deeper upon her eye.

Lay nodded.

Victoria seemed to analyze his words over as if trying to see if there was something to read inbetween the sentences.

Turning on her heels she ordered, "Lets go talk to the leaser and see what may have happened to Eunhyuk's belonging. I'll send you back after that."

To their dismay Eunhyuk's belongings had been thrown away. There wasn't one single thing left for them.

~_____~

"What do you mean?"

Suho slightly shifted his torso so that he could face her, "I mean, do you like Kris, Namjoo?"

Her face became solemn and she was well quiet even when his microwave beeped. According to the things Chorong said to him a while ago and the vibrance she gave off when with Kris offered Suho uncertain answers. Did she like Kris as he liked her? If that was so, Suho would do something about Tao. Yet, if that wasn't the case he really had nothing to do in all this at all.

"I don't know."

Honestly, Suho hadn't expected that answer at all. Yes or no was what he'd been expecting to hear. That really threw him off.

"He's a good guy, I know that," Namjoo went on without ever turning to look him in the eye.

Instead, her eyes were set on the tabletop as if she was digging through her head for answers.

"But if you ask if I like him that way, then I really don't know the answer," Namjoo told.

And again, Namjoo suddenly looked very tired. Suho felt apologetic and wondered if she would last until they found Hyukjae.

"Ok, sorry for asking," he apologized. Getting up he opened the microwave and asked, "Do you want to go to work together tomorrow? Should I pick you up or do you want to drive?"

Namjoo offered a smile when he turned around. "You drive then."

~_____~

Donghae just stepped out of the shower and was drying his hair off with a cotton white towel. As he approached his room his phone started ringing. Walking toward the bedside table he glanced at his phone to see that Victoria was the one calling.

Snorting he mumbled, "So now you're calling," before picking the phone up.

Tossing the towel onto the bed he sat down without answering and waited for her to start talking. He almost expected a report about where she'd gone and what she'd done and if she'd met anyone.