3 Ways

Out of Control

"I told you to burn it, not burn the stairs!" Victoria exclaimed walking back into the hall with a bucket of water after freezing the flames.

"I tried telling you my powers are still wacky," Namjoo shot back.

"My love! Step back! The fire is hot, but not as strong as our love!" Suho dramatically exclaimed. "Water! Why isn't there any water here?"

Then he spun and put his hands on Chorong's arms.

"My love, step back. This is dangerous!" And he quickly pressed his back to her before abruptly turning when Victoria grabbed a bucket out of the closet. "I thought you were one of them! My love, stay back! If they attack again, I will protect you!"

"Get him back before I blow him up," Victoria warned.

Victoria couldn't help but try to withhold from rolling her eyes and threw the bucket of water drowning the last of the flames a few minutes later. She stared at the ruined stairs and groaned. When were they ever going to find time to fix the stairs with their lives like this?

"Forget it," Victoria groaned tossing the bucket aside.

"I need to go to work," Namjoo mumbled walking by.

"What!?" Victoria turned after her. "You can't go to work! Not now! We need to stick together and find the King!"

"My love, thank goodness you're not going out. It is dangerous going out there. We don't know what monsters there are in this world," Suho put his hand on Chorong's arm. "My love..."

"Shut him up!" Victoria turned to Chorong irritated before looking at Namjoo. "You can't leave! I'm even taking a day off from school!"

"But I'm not taking a day off!" Namjoo spat back before turning to open the door and muttered something Victoria couldn't hear before she saw someone run up the steps to their house.

"Oh you're home! I thought you would have left already!"

Victoria's eyes widened when she saw Lee Dongsun holding a huge bouquet of yellow flowers in his hand. He shoved it into Namjoo's arms before her sister turned around to look at her confused.

"Talk about thwarting reality," Namjoo widened her eyes. "Look."

Victoria peered out into the street to see all their neighbors suddenly out of their homes; some planting flowers on their lawns, others throwing rocks at each other and screaming.

"I'm really, really sorry about everything I've done. Please don't call the cops. I don't want to be fired," Lee Dongsun apologized creepily. "May god bless you and please forgive me. Now have a good day."

Victoria's face contorted into confusion before she leaned back, "What the hell is with him."

"Ha!" Namjoo snorted before handing Victoria the bouquet, "Well I'm going to go now."

"Wait! Namjoo!" Victoria called after her, but Namjoo was already making her way down the stairs.

When Victoria turned around she heard Suho dramatically call Chorong, "My love," again.

"Oh my god," Victoria tossed her head back.

>_____<;;

Closing the door behind her she stepped onto the sidewalk just in front of her work place only to jump in surprise a few seconds later when a car rammed into another behind her. Namjoo turned to see that a Chevy had just bumped into another car. The two men walked out of their cars and Namjoo expected to witness an argument.

"Hey, look, I'm really sorry about that. Are you ok?"

"It's just a scratch, don't worry about it. Have a good day now," they shook hands before returning to their own cars.