The Assassin | Dreamcatcher

Chapter 28

"Siyeon." Someone calls her name and she wakes with a grunt. Her eyes blink silently at the dark ceiling.

"Siyeon!" They call again, more urgently this time.

She sits up with effort and looks for the source of the voice, finding a silhouette by the window where the moon was shining through. The curtain itself was blowing in the wind, from through the open window.

"Who is it?" She asks.

"Could you, switch on your light?" They ask and Siyeon instantly knows who it is.

With irritation and anger, Siyeon gets to her feet and slams her hand on the switch to turn it on.

Light illuminates the room and the two girls.

"SuA." She scowls at her.

SuA acts like a frightened mouse, shrinking away from her gaze to walk further into the room.

"Stay right there. Do not come further into my room." Siyeon takes a handgun from her bedside table and points it at her after taking the safety off. "Do not give me reason to use this."

SuA holds her hands up in an attempt to pacify. "Alright." She stops in her tracks and retreats.

"Good." Siyeon puts the safety back on and rests the gun on the sheets, ready to pick up again. "Why the fuck are you here?"

"I wanted to talk."

"Well, I don't bloody want to. Get out!"

"Please, Siyeon. Can I just--"

"No, you can't. I don't want to hear anything your lying mouth says."

"No, Siyeon! Not everything I ever said was a lie. I really do like you!"

"Oh, bullshit!" She roars in reply, causing the girl to flinch. "You betray me like that and then say that 'not everything was a lie' and that you like me? What kind of crap-talker are you?"

"Siyeon..." SuA says miserably. "I was forced into this. Handong chose me for a mission, I didn't know what was going to happen. My mission was just to infiltrate the company and assassinate you! But...I got cold feet when I started to really get to know you."

Her lip wrinkles. "Uh-huh. You're going to try and make me believe that cock-and-bull story? Just, please...get out." All the energy is sucked out of her and she sinks onto the bed, looking forlornly away. "You ruined my life and you can't change that. I don't think I'll ever be able to trust you again."

SuA watches her like a wounded animal, desperately wanting to be closer to Siyeon, but also knowing that Siyeon was likely to carry out her threats if she did.

"Just...go away. Don't seek me out again." Siyeon turns back to her as tears glisten in her eyes.

SuA gives one last begging look and climbs out of the window, disappearing out of sight.

The door opens and Yoohyeon enters the room cautiously. "Who was that?"

"SuA." She replies and walks to the window, watching SuA use a wire to lower herself back to the ground. The wire was moored in the wall under her window and it was so tempting to just...yank it out and get rid of her problem forever.

Yoohyeon hugs her from behind. "I won't say anything if you do pull it out."

"Was I talking aloud?"

"Yeah." She says, also watching SuA.

"We're only on the fifth floor. It wouldn't hurt her too bad if I did." She leans out of the window, her hand hovering over the hook as she watches SuA abseil down.

"But should you?" Yoohyeon questions neutrally.

"No." She answers in a small voice and straightens back into the room. How much did you hear?"

"A lot." She replies, still hugging her. "Do you want to swap rooms? Mine doesn't have a window."

"She won't come back." Siyeon says and slips back into bed, her facial expressions showing sadness. "I just don't know if anything she says is true anymore."

***

Siyeon stops her training early, her heart no longer able to carry on beating the punching bag. Her fists are already bloody because she didn't want to put on gloves through it has just caused more pain for her. The pain is dull and doesn't really bother her, reminding Siyeon that she was still alive.

Her hand reaches out for the punching bag to steady herself as she leans on it, closing her eyes.

"I don't want to go on like this anymore." Siyeon tells herself tiredly. "But I don't know how to change it so that I'm happier."

Tears spark at her eyes, but they do not fall. She squeezes her eyes shut desperately for the tears to fall, to tell herself that she really was upset; but they refuse to fall.

"I want to give up." Siyeon murmurs and straightens again. "But I just sound pathetic saying that."

A/N:
Another short chapter whoops

I finally have a deadline for my coursework and now I have less than a week to complete it blergh. But this will count as my final grade because they cancelled our A-levels so I've got to work hard.

Hope you all have a nice day and stay safe.