The Agency || SUJU Eunhyuk

Chapter Fourteen: Third person

Donghae leans his arms on his knees as he stares at the ground. "Has today been too stressful for you?" He asks.

"A little bit. I don't think I have ever talked this much in years," Byunghee answers, fingers continuing to tap away at the book cover. "So many people wanted to know why I've been M.I.A for so long."

"I've heard some very interesting rumors about you," Donghae comments.

"I believe it. I think I overheard one person say that I had a kid — I don't have one, I don't even have a dog," Byunghee says.

"I heard that too. People still think you're with Yunho."

"Happens when you stay away from the world for so many years," she says. "I just can't believe how obsessed people are with what I've been doing for the last few years."

"Like you said, you've been M.I.A for some years now."

"I know." Byunghee stops her tapping and leans back on the bench. She closes her eyes so she can have some alone time.

"Byunghee?"

"What?"

"Do you want to be by yourself for a few minutes?"

"If you don't mind." She opens her eyes and smiles at him. Donghae nods and exits the garden.

Byunghee usually hates being alone, but she needs it right now. She's has been too social tonight and is not use to it. She decides to quickly flip through the pages of the book to see if any loose papers are in it. Nothing flies out of the pages, but there is this writing that stands out.

"You should've protected her better," Byunghee reads. "What does that mean?" She tries her best to connect the dots.

The garden door opens and in walks Yunho. Byunghee stares at him confused and sets the book down. "What do you want?" She wonders.

"The dance you promised me."

"No, you promised yourself that." Byunghee gets up from her seat. She tries to leave the courtyard, but he grabs Byunghee's wrist and pulls her close to him.

"It's one dance, how bad could it be."

"Really bad," she retorts. "It's going to be three and a half minutes of a terrible dance."

"Then you'll just have to suffer through it." Yunho yanks the book out of her hands and sets it in the grass.

Byunghee sighs in agreement to giving Yunho one dance. All of her says don't it'll end up bad, but this might be her only way to leave the garden.

"Where's the music?" She wonders.

"One moment." Yunho snaps his fingers and then music starts to play from somewhere.

"Can't believe that you set speakers up for this," Byunghee sighs.

"I wanted to make this last dance of ours count." He smiles.

Yunho holds Byunghee's small hand in his and rests his other hand on her waist. The two of them begin to sway and to the music. Byunghee can't bring herself to stare at Yunho's face while dancing, so she's stares pass it at the beautiful flowers.

"Isn't this a gorgeous place?" Yunho asks.

"It is," she answers. "The flowers are wonderful."

"Do you remember going to the flower gardens and shows while we were dating?"

"Yes, they were so much fun," Byunghee says. A smile graces her features at the happy memories.

"Going to those were so much fun."