MISANTHROPIC | pjm. [COMPLETED]

Chapter Twenty-Five

Plenty would've wondered on how calm and composed I was despite killing someone and acting like it was a normal thing to do. Well, the only difficulty was escaping out of it. But when I heard a sound from the window, I knew I was saved. 

The situation of being alone comforted me again. Or maybe it was just me lying to myself. It was as if everything was a cycle; and it was a cycle I wanted to end. I wanted to walk on a path. And this.. this was something I had control of, yet I still find it hard to do something 

All my questions might as well be answered right now. Who knew my teacher would be an assassin, too? And an assassin whom's target is the man that told me to kill Jimin. Though.. why did she need to have relations to both of us? 

Knowing exactly who it was, I continued to wrap the body. I didn't mind turning when I heard the footsteps coming closer, and the window closing. I was confused, but I knew she wasn't going to attack me. I just did. 

"From behind, I can't read your actions, Sumire." she clicked her tongue, and started to tap her foot, as if waiting for me. I felt a smirk tug on my lips, and I fastened my actions with the gauze. "I'm not sure if you want to attack me, or you're really that into hiding the body." 

"Maybe it's both." I shrugged, scoffing. I was used to initiating myself into threatening situations like this - I couldn't find a reason to be scared now. 

"But if you do attack me," she started, "I would know how to evade it. After all, as a teacher basing on her observations, I could tell you're right-handed." 

"Are you basing it on your observations as a teacher?" I let out a sigh, finally finished with the body. I stood up slowly and looked over my shoulder. "And who knows? I might be left-handed, or maybe I'm ambidextrous." 

I didn't bother waiting for her reply. I felt dominant - not because this was my property, but maybe because I knew how to deal with her. "Bother explaining your mission, Erika? Aren't you done with the psycho?" 

She was skilled. After all, she managed to assassinate him despite being incredibly known and famous. But none of that mattered to me.

She lets out a light chuckle and pulled out a string, starting to twirl it around her hands, which was wrapped with metal gloves to avoid hurting herself with her own weapons. 

I already knew her specialty. 

"My mission.." she trailed off. "Is to stop you from whatever you're doing, Sumire." 

Her response was surprising and confusing. "Stop me from what? Don't you do the same thing?" 

"Assassins have different reasons as to why they kill." she explained. I didn't know why she would in the first place. "I know you started off as a virgin assassin - an assassin that couldn't kill. But really, what surprised me.. was how unjustified and dishonest you were to yourself." 

Her statements themselves.. I wanted to question that first. How could she have dug that deep into my pastlife? I gritted my teeth, not wanting to know how she got ahold of such information, though it was just little. 

"Just get straight to the point." I said, feeling my blood boil as I gripped on the knife on my holster. Instinctively, she moved her hand, as if to block a missing attack. 

"I work for no government. I work for justice." she stated. " And I'm giving you a chance to change, Sumire. This man right here, he's made more crimes than you can even imagine." she motioned to the corpse. 

"Don't work for the bad. Work for what's right. Don't work for money. Work for what's right." she was being repetitive about one thing. But I didn't know on why she would go this far just to tell me this. 

"Really.." I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down. "Who are you?" 

She shrugged, "Erika." 

"Don't fight me on here, Sumire." she waved a hand. "Physically, verbally, mentally.. I know your specialty is melee. And get this, do you think I'm fond of fighting like that?" she cocked an eyebrow. "In short, I came here to talk." she nodded over to the knife in my hands. 

"Who are you?" I asked again, this time, my tone less hostile. 

"As I said, I work for no government. I work for justice." she said again. "I'm helping you. If you're an assassin, and if you work for the good, you have nothing to be ashamed of." she sighed. "I know how much you want to change. I've felt it." 

"I know how much you like this one person." she shrugged, a small smile tugging on the edge of her lips. My eyes widened a bit. "Even I couldn't believe it. You know, you're lucky as hell." 

"Lucky," I scoffed. "How come?" 

She rolled her eyes, before smiling again. "Not just anyone would stay by your side after knowing what you do. What we do." she closed her eyes for a bit. "I know how much you want to change for him. And I'm willing to help you."

"And I'd help you with that body, too."

"How do I know that I can trust you?" I said. In the real world my mentor opened my eyes to - I realised, trusting people was one of the hardest things to do. Your trust was one of the most valuable things. 

"Leave Korea." 

My brows furrowed, "What the fuck?" 

"Leave Korea." she said again, her voice becoming more stern. "A tip from me - though I don't like being indirect." 

"I'm not saying that you should leave permanently," she spoke. "Temporarily. If you don't want Jimin to get hurt - or any of your friends." 

"Mind telling me why?" 

She lets out a small laugh, "They're back." 

A suspicion popped in my mind, but I couldn't believe it. My heart started beating much faster than before, and I tried to trick myself into thinking this wasn't true. I didn't know they would continue looking. 

After all these years.. 

"The misery.." 

"And I'd help you," she urged. "Trust me." 

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I'm so sorry for being IA, BTS' comeback killed me. 

OKAY I'll leave a rant here about the album/comeback cause why not? 

People kept pointing out that DNA wasn't as good as the other songs. But I found DNA really good! Though I think I prefer the other songs, I MEAN 

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Best of me was different, but it was pretty good! Sea is really really really a REAL bop!! 

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