Reboot Program || 전정국

02: PHASE ZERO I

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Hyeseol stands up, deciding to just follow wherever her feet take her. She was glad before starting her journey, thinking that finding her guider would be easy.

She completely lost. Lost in invisible algorithm maze make by these people who wanted to mess up with her scrambled past. That's what she is thinking.

The crowd seem to vanish from her sights. Illegible from her hearing, those noise gained from all the small chit-chat null as her ears refuse to focus on her surrounding.

"F*ck, cheated website. I spent so much on you, and this is what you give me." she cursed, not caring if the people near her hears her.

Swearing underneath her breath, mixing high and low in her natural high tones while trying to control her voices in the crowd. Some give their attention to her even just for a second and otherwise.

Hyeseol looks up, darting her blur eyes at the blue sky, only his face filled her corneas.

'Jeongguk... How are you today? You must feel like heaven, right? How lucky she is...'

Dip dip dip...

Drop

Drops

Droppies...

Hyeseol craned her neck upwards, looking at the dull sky. Then water droplets hit her face lightly, brushing her light makeup away.

The heavy downpour started to fall. Dry ground coats in the moist, shyness of the sun appears itself even just now she had witnessed its original orangish-yellow face. Tar scent flutters in her nose. Acrid and wet.

"Sh*t, I should take cover." Hyeseol says, running for shelter. It was surely not worthy to get a fever after recovering from one.

She stops by a somewhat abandoned shop, from outside, tt seems dull with the fully mantle glasses glued by dust. The shop looks scary without any bulb. Find herself completely soaked, Hyeseol slightly scoffs.

She worrily looking at the heavy rain. It seems like the weather will last pretty long, and that means she cannot go back to work anytime soon.

"The most regretful thing will bring the deepest desire in yours to turn it into something meaningful such as happiness."

A calm voice says, the direction of it coming from beside her.

Hyeseol turns towards it, and found a guy with black clothing, his lips plump and pink, his hair silky and shiny.

"Congratulations, Hyeseol-ssi!" he says, taking of his sunglasses, revealing his delicate features.

"Huh, Who are you? W-when did you get here? How did you know my name?" Hyeseol bombards him with questions, and she for sure knows she has never met this guy her whole life.

He fixed his coat before saying, "I'm Kim seokjin, your pre-guider. I will bring you to your actual guider." the man tries reaching her hand, but it was ignored.

"Wait...why should I trust you?" the girl asks, switching to protective mode. This guy is a total stranger.

The guy tries to quickly grab her arm, but she was quick to dodge it. The cycle continues and it makes the guy groan in annoyance.

"Well, from where do you think I know this Hoseok guy then? And might as well your situation?" she stops dodging, but surely maintains the distance between them.

"And, why can't you just trust Mr. Worldwide Handsome Guy!?" he yells. At the same time thunder strucks making the girl jump in shock.

She honestly just wants to run from there, but the guy seems pretty trustworthy.

"Who's that!?" she yells back, sassily.

"Me!" he replies, then awkward silence follow.

"Whatever.." she says, then ignore him by talking to herself, wondering when will this rain will ever stop.

"So, I guess.." he says, but the girl interrupts him with a whistle.

"I guess you're not interested in Jeon Jungkook anymore." he says, making her feel that her heart had dropped and smash onto the flooded ground.

"Wait!" Hyeseol loudly says, grabbing the guy's arm before he walk away. "Tell me where Jung Hoseok is." she pleads with wide eyes.

"Finally, Hyeseal-ssi." Seokjin says, heaving out a sigh of relief. He offers his hand for her to hold, but when she hesitantly did she immediately shivered from the cold metal that she had touched.

A key?

A heart-shaped key to be specific.

She cannot help but to wonder. Why does everything about this thing has to be beautifully crafted?

"Jung Hoseok is waiting for you inside. Open that door with this key." he instructs, pointing at a wooden door as his other hand gives her the key.

He sends a flying kiss before waving her off, making Hyeseol look at him weirdly.

When she stood in front of the door, she lets out a nervous breath. She stares at the door and now noticed that there is a sign, and it says 'Magic Way Café'

She was about to insert the key when-

"Wait, I forgot!" a voice yells from behind, and quick footsteps gets louder.

It was that Kim Seokjin guy again, his hands put over his knees, trying to catch his breath. He puts a finger up, holding for moment.

"Hyeseol-ssi." he says, puffing out a deep breath. "Based on the agreement.." he trails, and his face became serious, and the atmosphere has completely changed.

"Once you enter this shop, your current life will not be the same, some of the memories you have created here will slowly vanish, The new ones will stay though, once this program ended."

"My question is.."

"Are you sure?"

The girl bites her lower lip, messily pushing her strands of hair behind her ears.

She was aware of the negative consequences of this program, but she is prepared for all of these. And so, she said-

"Yes."

*-* [ End of the chapter ] *-*

A/N : hello! so, basically i decided to keep this already edited version by @/brokebutgucci bcos i really appreciate her help! ^^

the next ii chapters will be edited by me and you will see how the actual crap was my writing truly is. Hihihi

Anyway, thank you for reading my little book, hun~ 💜

_love,Lia