his shield

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hongbin seems to be nervously pacing his room when i walk in. taeyong doesn't seem to be in here.

"how did it go?" hongbin pauses his tracks and makes eye contact with me.

"do we have a boogie man under the bed again?" i ask first. i walk over to his bed and crouch so i can peer beneath it.

there is nothing but boxes and papers.

"so it only likes to haunt my room" i brush a bit of invisible dust from my pants as i stand once more.

"wonshik" hongbin calms my name harshly. telling me to answer his question.

"does this answer it?" i mutter a few words and i feel the transformation take place.

next thing i know, i am looking at a chest which certainly isn't flat anymore.

i have hair which sits at the bottom of my shoulder blades.

"you did it" hongbin takes a step backwards and sits on the bed, his legs suddenly too weak to hold him.

"of course i did it. i'm kim wonshik" my voice is way higher and more feminine than i would like.

but it's yeri's voice.

"were they married?" hongbin questions me in a way that makes me think that he doesn't want to know the answer.

"yeri was his best friends betrothed but he had an affair with her. she left the best friend at the altar and confessed that she loved jeonghan. several months later yeri is with jeonghan's child and the best friend returns and shoots jeonghan in the heart with a crossbow."

"what kind of cold hearted bastard could have an affair with his best friends betrothed?!" hongbin frowns and slowly stands off the bed.

"here" he pulls a dagger from his sleeve and hands it to me. the blade looks out of place in my small, delicate hands.

"that is the first dagger that you gave me when you started to train me. i want you to take his last breath with it."

i smile tightly and try to think of where i can hide this in my current attire.

i am in a dress similar to the one that yeri wore on the day that jeonghan died.

there's only one place i can think of that would be easy to access.

i turn so my back faces hongbin and slowly place the blade between my breasts.

i never thought that i would say that.

once the blade is secure and hidden, i turn back to hongbin.

"this will work" i assure him and he walks over to me. he grabs a lock of my hair and examines it.

"after this is over could you morph into yeri more often and be my girlfriend?"

"lee hongbin" i exclaim and push him away. i still have my strength thank god.

"go kick some butt like you always do" he pats my shoulder and i just shake my head as i leave his room.

i put a glamour on myself so not even the other shields can see me.

i get to jeonghan's office and i remove the glamour. i knock on the door and try to make my face look confused and scared before opening the door.

i am quick to close it behind me, flicking the lock.

jeonghan looks up briefly but looks at his desk again. then his head snaps back up to look at me again.

"j-jeonghan" i make my voice wobble as my eyes begin to water.

he immediately stands and rushes over to me. he places his palms on either cheek and looks me up and down from head to toe.

"yeri?" he calls her name so gently. the heartbreak in his voice can be heard.

the moment i had been praying wouldn't happen, happens.

he presses his lips to mine briefly before wrapping his arms around me and holding me in his tight embrace.

"where are we?" i ask him softly and he just tightens his grip on me.

"that doesn't matter right now" he pulls away places a loose strand of my hair behind my ear.

"you are safe and you will be okay. that's all that matters."

i blink and the tears begin to stream. he wipes them away with his thumbs.

i lean into his palm and he pulls me back into his embrace.

"do you have any water?" i have to get him to turn away so i can remove the blade.

he pulls away and kisses my forehead gently before turning away and walking over to his desk where his own glass of water sits.

this is my chance.

i grab the handle of the dagger and pull it out from between my breasts.

i raise it high in the air and go to stab his neck but he suddenly turns and grabs my wrist, stopping me. the point of the blade a mere millimetre from his face.

he tightens his grip and i gasp in pain as i drop the dagger.

"kim wonshik" he spits my name out as though it were some kind of poison.

he pushes me backwards and i trip on the dress and fall onto the ground.

"do you think i'm stupid? yeri died years ago. i know you would want me dead but i never thought you would stoop so low."

he swiftly walks over to me and wraps his hands around my throat. he stands and lifts me by my throat, my feet a few centimetres off the ground.

"i could kill you here and now" he looks me in the eye and i see his gaze is filled with betrayal and heartbreak.

"but i won't" he lets go and i fall onto my side. i cough as i try to regain my lost breath.

i say a few words and morph back into myself.

"get out before i change my mind. you have 2 months left to do something about jaehwan." jeonghan scowls and takes a seat at his desk again.

i leave his office and head back to hongbin's room.

i walk in and hongbin smiles at me but instantly frowns when he sees the finger marks around my neck.

"it didn't work" he sounds so defeated and it breaks my heart.

"he knew. the bastard knew it was me as soon as i stepped into that office" i rub my sleeve over my lips roughly as i remember him kissing me.

"2 months" i say quietly and hongbin shakes his head.
"i have 2 months left of this death."

A/N - will Hongbin come up with another plan to kill jeonghan? what do you think of this plan failing? what will happen now?

i think there are around 5 - 10 chapters left of this story. thank you for all the comments and votes!!

thanks for reading!!