You're My Target

Chapter 9

the weekend was over and it was monday again. Troy did not plan on going to class. he thought he'd be leaving so he slept in. he laid lazily on his couch when a knock came form his door.

"its open." Troy said yawning.

Mou entered, he took his glasses off and hung them on his shirt collar. he looked around at all the packed boxes.

"you're already packed waiting to get out of here and here i was worried you were getting too attached to this place." Mou said with a smirk.

"well it was only a matter of time now that we lost the target." Troy said sitting up and rubbing his eyes.

"well actually, we just cant leave. its complicated you know that." mou said "you should have expected to be on stand by for awhile."

"well i guess it slipped my mind." Troy said leaning his head back on the couch looking at the ceiling. "what did you come here for, just to tell me that?"

"well i thought id be giving you good news, but seeing you all anxious to leave now might make it bad news." Mou shrugged.

"what do you mean?" Troy said raising his head, mou had his full attention.

"i thought i was being crystal clear. we need you to stay here a while longer and not just on stand-by..." Mou started to say looking at Troy and gauging his reaction.

"well just tell me then, stop hesitating." Troy urged him.

"seems luck is on our side." mou said with a smile. "there may be another target in the very same location."

"are you certain?" Troy asked sounding a bit happy, but trying to keep a straight face in front of mou.

"not 100%, but seeing as youd be here on stand by waiting for your transfer paperwork i thought id let you know now." mou explained. "keep your eyes open in the meantime while your papers go through. and well see how it turns out."

"sure, right. you got it." Troy said nodding in agreement. His mood slightly lifted "cant hurt right?"

"exactly." mou said putting his shades back on. "now get your lazy ass to school. youre late." he chuckled and walked out troys door.

Troy was a little happy, but apprehensive at the same time. he got up quickly and got dressed, with no time to shower. he ran all the way to school.

Troy obviously arrived late. after signing in, he noticed there were flyers and memo's hanging in the hallway. he went over to one to get a look, and it was for a vigil for Jang this coming weekend the news of Jangs death spread quickly and hit the community rather hard..

he took the flyer down and put it in his back pocket. he continued down the quiet hall toward his class.

in class, he made his way to his seat. a few classmates threw some paper at him for being late. Troy playfully dodged them on the way. it was math class, a class he shared with Hwayoung, but he never really talked to on a regular basis. today however she motioned for Troy to come sit at an empty seat near her.

Troy unsure of what she would want eventually scuttled over to her.

"you did mean me right?" he asked her quietly, unsure of why he was summoned.

"yea you, ya idiot." she replied. "dont worry if the teacher says anything ill tell her i was catching you up. she'll trust me, im the best student here." she said full of confidence.

"if you say so" said Troy with a slight smile.

"Boram didnt think youd be here today." she explained.