not your typical love story // 𝓼𝓸𝓸𝓷𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓷. (EDITING...)

CH.30

A/N :
i'm just dropping by to say that i'm not sure when i'll be able to update, so here's another one for you.

i have a lot of stuff to do today and in the coming days, and i haven't even been able to hold my phone since my schedule is so packed.

but, by the way, thank you for continuing to support my work.

HAPPY 900+ READS!

we're about to hit 1,000 reads, which i still can't believe, so i'm quite talkative right now, but i'd better shut up now. HAPPY READING!

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a loud camera's shutter sound can be heard all around the area.

on the doorway, a typical yellow colored line with a do not enter caution was attached, preventing any unwelcome guests from entering the scene.

a few police officers combed the area for evidence and other suspicious-looking objects.

"when did you first hear all the unusual and muffled noises in your unit?" the pink-haired doctor was asked by the black-haired and pale investigation officer.

his name tag says shin hoseok.

it was already five in the morning, almost six, and the awful occurrences had already spread across the entire apartment.

"if my memory serves me correctly, it was around three or something," the pink-haired jihoon said as the investigator scribbled down the data.

the officer said, "did you noticed someone in your apartment after searching the living room like you said earlier?"

jihoon said with a casual shake of his head, "no, i didn't exactly search the area since i was frozen in my spot but i didn't see anyone, there's no one."

"right, sorry." said the officer as he fix his uniform.

"and you stated the first thing you did was to call your doctor friend, who is none other than—" the officer halted as he faced the black-haired wonwoo, who nodded a little.

wonwoo answered, "yeah, that's me," as the officer nodded.

"so, did you meet anyone looking strange on your way here?" the investigator inquired, as wonwoo furrowed his brow, attempting to recall if he had.

"no, i didn't run into anyone, and the hallway is mostly empty, given that it was still early in the morning," wonwoo replied. "however, when i've arrived, the door was already widly open, as if someone had just left right before me."

"did you possibly-" the officer turned back to jihoon, who had cut him off.

"i didn't leave it open; i remember locking my unit before going to bed, and i haven't really told my pass code to anyone; not even to my closest friends," jihoon explained.

the officer nodded and scribbled down what he learned from the two.

"so, you said earlier that some of your files were missing, right?" the officer inquired, and jihoon nodded.

"hm. yes, that's right."

"what kind of files were missing specifically?" the black-haired cop asked.

"apparently, they're not that important; they're just my schedules and a portion of my journal," Jihoon said.

"wait. your schedule, you say?" the officer asked.

"yes." replied jihoon.

"wait. don't tell me that you're talking about our new schedule, hoon?" wonwoo asked.

"yeah, that one," jihoon said. "what about it?" he asked.

wonwoo whispered to his friend, "hoon, that's a really important file," as he furrowed both of his brows.

"yeah?" jihoon wondered to himself.

that stranger has access to your schedule now, and he even knows when you have spare time and when you don't. wonwoo thought to himself.

he wanted to say something to his friend, but the police officer best him to it.

"have you ever felt like someone was following you for the past few days, doctor?" the officer inquired.

jihoon paused for a while.

he had a feeling that someone was following him in random nights, but he couldn't catch a sight of anyone at all.

"i do," he said after a while, and even wonwoo's eyes opened in surprise but didn't say anything.

he was completely unaware of this until today and it made him felt bad.

"when was it?" the officer inquired.

"i don't remember exactly when it happened, but it was around last week or even earlier than that," jihoon replied."i was doing a last round visit to the other patient before my shift ended that night but  i felt like someone's following me." he continued.

"hm," hummed the officer, taking note of the said event.

"but i didn't see anyone at all and thought that i was just being paranoid so i decided to brush it off." the pink haired added.

"it's likely that you really were being watched by someone," the officer continued, "but we don't know what that person's agenda is yet."

jihoon frowned slightly as wonwoo sighed, while jeonghan was too occupied asking questions to the other investigators.

the officer said, "did you have a recent heated argument with someone?"

jihoon replied, shaking his head."not really, i only have a small circle of friends and i haven't gotten into any fights with them since i rarely went to see them because of my busy schedule."

the officer once again inquired, "can you tell me more about your circle friends?"

the pink-haired doctor nodded.

"well, aside from wonwoo and jeonghan," jihoon explained, referring to the two other doctors who he had already introduced to the officer.

"hm, chan and seungkwan are the only two that i could think of," jihoon said.

"Chan and Seungkwan, you say?"

"yeah. seungkwan is one of my closest friends; we went to the same school from elementary through middle school, but he's younger than me; he also traveled abroad to earn his degree and recently returned to korea," jihoon explained.

"as for chan, he's a younger cousin so he's more of a sibling to me," he added.

"aside from those two-" the officer hesitated.

jihoon answered, "i have no one left."

"however, is there anyone who acts suspiciously around you?" the officer asked, "even if it's not a close friend but a friend's friend or something."

jihoon made every effort to recall anything.

"i really can't think of anyone at all -"

"i have someone in mind," wonwoo interrupted.

"wait, you do?" jihoon asked as the black haired responded with a nod.

"and, perhaps, who is it?" says the officer.

"i used to have a patient named mingyu, but he was recently discharged, and he has this cousin who is strangely interested in getting to know my friend jihoon," wonwoo explained.

wait, he's right. jihoon pondered.

"wait, now that you've said that, i can see you've got a point," said jihoon.

he's almost forgotten about the maroon-haired man until wonwoo brought him up.