"Good morning." Lisa smiles at me, "hey are you feeling better?" I pass her a plate.
Lisa nods her head, "definitely... Also glad to be back." She lean over the counter, "I saw what they did for over a year, Unnie." Lisa muttered.
"It's over now." I try to assure her, but we both know deep in our guts that this isn't over. It's far from over. They didn't get what they want.
We then sat in silence in the dining room. We are always the earliest for breakfast, it's very peaceful before the boys come in and start shouting at each other.
"What's up, everybody!" Kris steps in with a big smile, "I would send you back to The Fallen Phoenix if I could." I utter under my breath. Kris snaps his head at me, "thats not very nice, little one." He ruffles my hair.
"I can't wait to see my mother." Baekhyun smiles from ear to ear when he walks in, already all dressed up to head out.
"Kris, do you feel better?" I look up at him, Kris nods his head in response. "You will take charge when you guys are out there, alright?"
"Yes, Ma'am." Kris salutes me and sat at the center of the table.
"So erm, we cool with The Phoenix now?" Kris ask, "I had some bad blood in that Case 597... The one I did with Park Chanyeol."
I sigh, "it's been years since that case, Oppa."
Kris shrugs his shoulders, "I won't bother you today." He mutters.
I flash a small smile at him. Having Kris back gives me assurance. He's like a big brother to me, he protects me from everything.
"Good morning." Min-Seok enters the room, "The Deaths called for backup and they will be at the Palace later on today." He informs all of us. I nod my head, "take it slow and steady today. We will start work tomorrow." I stood up and left to the office.
The Empire Headquarters by the coast runs underground. We have more ships and submarines here than helicopters and jets.
The headquarters have 15 floors. We have all kinds of things here. The center is where we are staying, the rooms, the living room, the kitchen and the movie theatre. We have a lab where we run tests, medical rooms, a big gym and a two floors of our office.
I sat down at my desk, "paging to Hawaii Empire, this is Kim Chae-Won speaking, do anyone copy?" I brought the talkie to my mouth.
There was some static before I hear the familiar voice, "this is Lee Tae-Min speaking, how are you, unnie? Everyone went off the grid."
I let out a sigh of relief, "I will need an army to come to South Korea." I instructed.
"roger that." Tae-Min answers immediately.
"Expect us in a few days." Tae-Min says. "Okay, over and out." I end our conversation.
I lean back in my chair and shut my eyes.
"Chae-Won," my eyes flutter open to see Min-Seok standing over me. "Yes?" I look up into his eyes, "go to your room to sleep." He murmurs.
"It's okay— erm, why aren't you out there? Have you met your family?" I raise my brows at him, only an hour has passed. Everyone is out doing their own things, Jun-Myeon is probably with Lisa, in search of her family.
"I don't know where my family are, it's complicated." Min-Seok says, looking away from me. I sat up in the chair, "oh I am sorry."
Min-Seok smiles, "it's okay."
"By the way, the babies has been crying for over half an hour, what do I do with them—"
My eyes widen in realisation, "I forgot to feed them!"
Min-Seok burst out laughing, "you will be a horrible mother."
I enter the gym after putting my siblings to sleep. Min-Seok has his shirt off and I can see his scars on his body.
"Fancy seeing you here." Min-Seok glances at me for a second, "well there's nothing to do." I muttered.
"Bored?" He raise a brow at me, I look at him questionably.
"Let's spar." He stated.
"No thanks." I went towards the weights, "that wasn't a question, Chae-Won." Min-Seok enters the boxing ring.
"I am your commander, Min-Seok ssi." I reminded him, "do I look like I care right now? The world is corrupted. Let's see why you're commander, Commander." Min-Seok challenges.
I look down at my hands, "bring it on." I took off my shirt and enter the boxing ring.
"Nice tattoo." Min-Seok pointed to my back, which has a dragon tattooed in the center. "Yours are nice too." I shrug my shoulders.
"What martial arts have you learn?" Min-Seok ask, taking a step forward.
I smirked, "everything."
I grab his arm and throw him onto the ground, "oh my go— I never saw that coming." Min-Seok groans. He hook his arm around my neck and pull me on top of his chest, choking me.
I elbowed him in the ribs and got up, "c'mon, you are the leader of Phoenix, what are you doing?" I taunt him.
Min-Seok got up and walk towards me, he plants his soft lips on my lips.
He took a step back, "you talk too much." He whispers.
I stare at him in disbelief.
What just happened?
I then hear my siblings crying out loud, oh god, thank you!
"I need to get that, bye!" I run out of the gym and put my hand over my racing heart.
Stop it, he's nuts! What did he just do?
Min-Seok tilt his head back and groan, "why did I do that?" He run his hand through his hair.
"Why are her lips so kissable though?"
