「Stalker Unknown || Saeyoung Choi x Reader」

「four」

Sleep didn't come easy for you that night. It felt as if your anxiety suffocated you each and every time you tried to close your eyes. Visions of a dark figure watching you from the corner of your room played through your mind and prevented you from falling into the comforting arms of slumber. The paranoia grew so overwhelming to the point where you had to turn on your bedside lamp and sit up in bed, your eyes scanning every inch of your room for another person.

You hugged yourself tightly and attempted to wrack your brain for any possible suspect which turned out to be harder than you expected. You always kept to yourself, for the most part. Being friendly towards other came naturally to you, but you rarely ever turned a small conversation into something more. Even if it was someone you didn't know, you found that far too difficult to believe. More times than not you felt practically invisible to other people. Could there actually have been someone who paid such a close notice to you that they would be capable of going to this extent of obsession?

You mulled over all these thoughts, each new suspicion you acquired even more jumbled than the last. Retracing back to the suspects you did know, the only names that came to mind were... Saeyoung and Hye. Your chest tightened at just the thought of it. It was a horrible feeling to suspect the people you love most of doing such a horrible thing, but they were the only two people that came to mind.

The more you thought about it, though, the less sense it made. Both lived a considerable distance away from you which was why it was difficult to meet up often. That alone was more than enough for you to cross them off as suspects. As relieved as you were about that, it still brought you right back to square one.

You knew nothing.

An incoming text startled you right out of your thoughts. Letting out a loud yawn, you picked up your phone to see that it was already 7:48 a.m., to your surprise. A sleepless night of just pondering passed by fairly quickly, but you were definitely feeling the effects of it. Opening the text, you read what it said.

[7:48 a.m.]

From: Saeyoung

Morning, beautiful~ Hope you're sleeping well.

Call me when you wake up.

Smiling at his words, you quickly dialed his number into your phone and called him. The phone barely managed to ring once before Saeyoung had already answered it, surprised by your unusually quick call. You were usually still asleep at this time.

"Can't sleep?" he inquired. He kept his phone tightly secured between his shoulder and ear to allow him to continue to type furiously away at his keyboard.

"Nope. I'm assuming the same can be said for you," you said, trying your best to withhold the yawn that was struggling to escape your mouth.

"Well, between having to finish my work under taser point from Vanderwood and hacking into different systems to get a better idea of who this stalker is, I haven't had much time to sleep."

He chuckled and you couldn't help but feel guilty. If it wasn't for you, he'd be finally getting the sleep he needs. He knew you far too well, though. Saeyoung spoke before you could even open your mouth to apologize.

"Don't worry about it, babe. Even if you ask, I'm not sleeping until I can guarantee your safety."

You blushed, realizing just how lucky you were to have a boyfriend as caring and protective as him. Even if it was only short-lasting, he made you momentarily forget just how much danger you truly were in.

"Did you find anything about the stalker?"

He sighed. "If you're asking if I know who it is, no. But I did manage to hack into the surveillance of the convenient store you went to and did get a visual of the person. Although they successfully managed to keep their face blocked from view at every angle, it's obvious that the suspect is male."