The Assassin | Dreamcatcher

Chapter 15

"Good morning, Siyeon." Dami greets, opening her office door and inviting the ashamed girl in.

They both sit and Dami clasps her hands together.

"Now, let's talk about the incident yesterday. Can you tell me how the events played out? Just what you know, I'm fully aware you were heavily intoxicated."

"I can't remember everything." Siyeon admits. Even though it was a new day, she was unable to recall anymore details.

"Just what you remember then."

"I went to a bar with, well, the intention of getting drunk. I had several drinks and then the next thing I remember is that I'm arguing with a man who appears to have spilled my drink on me. I was demanding compensation and he wanted me to apologise for insulting him. Then we fought."

"Who attacked first?"

"He did."

"Right." Dami marks some notes down on a form. "Did you ever consider not fighting him?"

"No. I think I wanted to attack him."

"Why?"

"I was in a bad mood."

"It takes more than a bad mood to make someone feel like beating someone else up, hm?"

"I've just...had a difficult few days." Siyeon was reluctant to explain. "I've been feeling really stressed." She avoids saying it was 'love' that was twisting her mind, the excuse not feeling reasonable.

"Okay." She accepts. "But I still feel that's not enough reason. Now, I'm not demanding you tell me what's going on. But...I advise you not to keep it bottled up. You can talk to me or a member of the Mental Welfare team here when you feel ready."

"Thank you." Siyeon accepts with a blase face. "I'll consider it."

Dami frowns, but moves on. "A suitable punishment has been discussed between myself and Mr Yong. You'll be cleaning all the toilets in the building for a few weeks. A disgusting job, might I add. It will take up a lot of your time as well. Hopefully, such a punishment will deter you from behaving badly again."

"It won't happen again." Siyeon promises earnestly, glad that she isn't being delayed into becoming a Senior assassin.

"I hope not." Dami's eyes narrow and she takes a newspaper from her desk to show Siyeon.

"CEO of Y Electronics found murdered at home."

A picture of Minhyuk was below the bold title.

Oh no.

"Oh, dear." She commented blandly, her brain panicking.

"That's the man who killed SuA's family."

"Yeah, I thought so. She must be sort of relieved that he's dead."

"If she didn't do it herself."

Siyeon's eyes widen and her body heats up as she falls under Dami's suspicious gaze. "When could she have done that?"

"On her holiday, obviously." Dami smiles slyly. "The way you're asking these dumb questions makes me think that you're involved."

"Of course not!"

"Your extreme denial makes me even more sure." Her smile stays put. "I've considered punishing both of you. But you're good students, I think I can hang off the punishments. And I can understand why."

"Thank you, Miss Dami."

"And there you are, admitting you were involved. You're too easy to trick, Siyeon."

"Oh."

"You're lucky I'm not suspending you completely from training SuA and missions. If you do misbehave again, I will not be so lenient. Do you understand me?"

"Yes."

"Good, you're free to go."

***

SuA looks up from firing the rifle at moving targets when Siyeon enters the room. "Was the meeting about last night?"

"Yeah." Siyeon admits as her headache comes back in full bloom. She had kept all the pain under wraps while meeting with Dami, but as soon as she left the room...she almost collapsed as the pain overwhelmed her.

"You're pretty pale."

"I'm feeling a little hungover." She replies and sits down to watch SuA. "Remember--"

"It's my test today. I know."SuA rolls her eyes and stands up straight. "When are we starting?"

"When you're ready."

"That's now."

"Okay, I'll go and set the program up." Siyeon disappears into the backroom where she uses the computer to select the test course for Trainee assassins, rigging it to start in one minute. She leaves the room slowly. "It starts in a minute. Be ready."

Siyeon sits on the chair to watch SuA, already feeling sleepy as a yawn works its way out of her gaping mouth. Telling herself to stay awake, she shakes her head around and pinches herself.

The punishment SuA had given her wasn't too bad. Well, it was going to take a while to complete, but...it was going to be okay.

Siyeon had made a mistake, allowing her anger to get the better of her. Now she's paying the consequences with her hangover and punishment.

By the time she returns to the present, the test has already started and the room is alive with the echoes of the rifle firing.

"Oh no." Siyeon breathes, realising her mistake, quickly starting to pay attention. Though she tries, each bang of the gun rocks her mind and she finds herself unable to tell whether SuA had hit the targets correctly.

After what feels like an age, SuA finishes and turns to beam proudly at Siyeon.

"Well done." She compliments quickly, feeling sick when she knows that she's messed up again. Siyeon then rushes into the back room again to recall the targets but when she peers through the screen at where SuA had hit, she is unable to accurately see the marks as her vision swims hazily.

Choosing to go with her gut feeling, Siyeon marks SuA's points down and sends her score off to the Head of Trainee Assassins. It was a little low, but she remembers that SuA had trouble in the past on firing accurately.

It doesn't take long for a reply to be sent by the Head.

'Please send SuA to me in Room N25 so we can have a chat.'

"The Head of Trainees wants to see you." Siyeon relays the message and SuA heads off with a bemused expression.

The chair looks extremely inviting, so she slumps into the chair, promptly falling asleep as her eyelids struggle to stay open.

A/N:
It's the new year finally and I'm back at college. I've finally got to that point where I dread going back to education after a break. Can't believe I used to be excited to go back to school when I was younger lol

Hope everyone has a nice day