𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬

Twenty Three

"Okay! Why are we hiding?" MJ asked, closing the door to Bin's room.

"Are you seriously asking a stupid question right now?!" Hyemi exclaimed.

Eunwoo opened the window and looked down, "We can jump,"

"I am not jumping from a two-storey building!"

"You expect us to stay here?"

Hyemi grabbed an umbrella, "There's four of us and one of him, I think we can handle that."

"How do you know it's a him?" Bin asked.

"He might be a burglar," Hyemi explained her theory. "He thinks no one is around, so he barges in."

"Where are you parents anyway? And your sister?" MJ asked.

"They're in Japan for SuA's piano recital." Bin answered, peeking downstairs. "Guys, I think it's a her,"

"Why?"

"It has long hair,"

"A guy can have long hair!" MJ exclaimed everyone seems to ignore him. "They aren't just for girls,"

"What's she doing?" Eunwoo asked, walking towards Bin.

"She's roaming around the living room, wait," The girl found what she was looking for. His phone. "Crap! I left my phone at the sofa,"

"This is getting insane, I'll call for help," Hyemi said, taking her phone out but realizing it's not there. "Great, I forgot, I left my phone at the repair shop to get it fixed."

"Out of all the times you left your phone, you chose today," MJ sighed, raising his phone. "Luckily, Myungjun is here to the rescue. Again."

He dialed Jinjin's number but was met by, 'Sorry, you do not have enough balance to make a call.'

MJ faked laughed, "We can use Eunwoo's,"

Eunwoo dialed Jinjin's number.

Jinjin's voice was heard. "We've been calling each of you but no one was answering."

"We're kind of in a situation here!" MJ exclaimed through the phone.

"Where are you?" They heard Minhyuk's voice.

"We're in Bin's house," Hyemi answered, making Bin furrow his eyebrows.

"On our way," Eunji said. "It's that way right?"

"Yeah, turn left then straight ahead," Jinjin said in between his panting.

"Listen guys," Minhyuk said, taking the phone. "What's happening over there?"

"Someone's in the house," Bin explained. "I don't know how she got in -"

"Wait, it's a she?" They stopped in front of Bin's house. "I think I know who it is. Just stay put."

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Aera wandered around Bin's house. She knew they were hiding in the bedroom, she needs to take revenge on Minseok – on everyone who caused her family pain.

After the accident, his dad was nowhere to be found.

"There," Aera muttered, closing the hood of the car. "It was your fault, yet you blame my father."

She put the tools back in her bag. Aera just finished sabotaging the Parks' car. It was parked in front of their building but there was no sign of the family anywhere.

After an hour of sitting at a café, she saw the Parks' car heading home. Aera didn't even see who was inside the vehicle – but decided to follow them on her bike.

It was almost ten and the drive back was a bit slow. However, her plan had just been done by someone because another car hit them making them crash into a tree.

Aera looked closely, spotting Bin, Eunwoo, Hyemi and MJ.

"What are they doing here?"

Suddenly an ambulance came, "What's happening? Minseok? But you weren't supposed to be the one on that stretcher. It was supposed to be her..."

She was about to rushed forward but remembered she wasn't supposed to be there. So she ran back to the other direction, crying because her ploy to destroy Minhyuk's mom had just put her little brother to the hospital.

She decided to speak up, the silence was unbearable, "Hyemi... Come out, come out wherever you are,"

Aera looked outside, her and Minhyuk's eyes meeting. Both of them quickly rushing to the door, Aera wanting to lock it but got beaten by Minhyuk.

"What are you doing here?" Minhyuk said, he was angry.

"I just came to say hello to Hyemi," She smiled, in a creepy way. "But she won't come out."

Eunji came in, "You-!" She quickly attacked Aera but received a hard slap from her, sending Eunji to Jinjin's arms.

"Eunji! Wake up!" Jinjin said, shaking her.

While Minhyuk got distracted helping Jinjin wake her girlfriend, Aera slipped upstairs, "Hyemi... We need to talk. I know you're in here,"

"Don't even dare say a word," Bin said, hushing Hyemi.

"I'll go in first," MJ muttered, grabbing a broom.

Eunwoo pulled him back in, "What are you planning to do? Sweep her up?"

"We need to distract her so Hyemi and Bin can get out of here and run away," MJ explained, slowly opening the door.

"AAAAHHHH!!" MJ screamed, raising the broom in the air whilst running towards Aera.

Aera pulled the broom's handle and kicked MJ in the stomach, "Ow, ow, ow." The boy winced in pain.

"You were driving that night, weren't you?" Aera asked.

MJ stood up, holding the broom like a sword, "Why do you care? You're not connected to Minseok."

"Silly boy. I should have pushed you on that street when I had the chance,"

"You can take all of us but don't you dare touch Hyemi!"

Aera spotted a fence sword behind her and took it. She pointed it at MJ, "Come and get me then,"

MJ ran towards Aera again but she quickly poked him with the sword, making him roll on the ground towards Minhyuk's feet.

"Are you fighting or are you playing?" Minhyuk asked, looking down.

"Minhyuk! Help me!" MJ cowered behind him. "She's scary and she has a knife!"

Minhyuk looked up to Aera then back at MJ, "That's not a knife, that's a fencing sword. I'll handle her, you go help Eunji downstairs," MJ nodded, leaving the scene.

"You should be helping me right now, but no!" Aera cried out. "You had to choose Hyemi, you had to choose her over your brother. You had to choose her over me!"

"Minseok is okay," Minhyuk said. "I don't see why I have to hold grudges. Mom actually has forgiven Hyemi."

"What happened to you? What happened to that rock who never feels any sympathy over anyone. What happened to my Rocky?!"

Minhyuk cringed as he walked towards her, "I was never yours to begin with,"

Aera felt anger run through his body. She tackled Minhyuk making them fall on the ground. They rolled over each other, Minhyuk was trying to pin Aera – but she was quick.

She kicked Minhyuk's knee and pinned him down, "You still can't hit a girl, can you?"

Minhyuk tried getting up but Aera took out a rope from her pocket. His eyes widen in shock, "What were you planning to do?!"

Aera took Minhyuk's hands and tied them up. She stood up, also tying both of his feet together.

"Stop right there," Hyemi said from behind her holding a closed umbrella. "You may have a fencing sword but I have an umbrella and I'm pretty sure this hurts more."