oh, darling of mine | michaeng

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Chaeyoung's POV

"Sooo, that's pretty much it about them"

"Not enough details, but enough words to cover it up" Smart-ass. She gave me just the right amount of information to calm my questionnaire, but not enough details to get me satisfy.  

She gave me the confused look. Of course I had anticipated what she was going to say.

"You mentioned that you attended a conference. What was it about?" People say curiosity killed the cat, but I'm a tiger, I ate curiosity.

"Hmm ... " Oh, I asked the right question. This is where things become more interesting.

She turned her body to face the bright sky and stayed silent for a couple minutes, as if she was figuring out how to put words together in order to reveal the exact amount of data without exposing whatever she was hiding. After she seemed to have figured it out, she turned to me once again and looked straight into my eyes.

"Science" So now I'm speechless. She took this long to say one word.

"Elaborate" Patience is my friend, but we're not that close.

"Why are you so interested? I told you it was just an absurd conference about science" Her tone definitely switch from calm and pure to anxious and fearsome. I could tell by the way she was double breathing, although trying to hide it, she couldn't stop scratching her pinky finger. Plus the crooked look in her eyes told me it was more than one word she wanted to say.

"You also mentioned that it was about bizarre topics" What is it, Mina.

She gulped so hard, I thought she forced herself to chew all the words and swallow them to not speak.

I understand.

Secrets.

They eat us alive.    

I turned off my detective mode and dressed up to get into the house. I am not exasperated with her for not telling me what I wanted to know, it is the total opposite. I think I stepped over the line and now I have to back off. It was rude and inconsiderate of me to push her to such extreme, it is not fair.

Her mouth didn't articulate any word, but her eyes spoke so loud I got the message right away. She feels guilty, which makes me feel even more guilty for my actions. Damn me.

I left her there and went into the house to take a shower and calm down. As I made my way to the bathroom, I heard a curious beeping sound coming from my room so I went there. The sound was coming from Mina's phone, she had a lot missed calls and texts from her friends and family. It was brought to my attention her mother's text, it was written in Japanese: "すみません、保存できませんでした。 私を許してください。" I'm sorry, I couldn't save them. Please, forgive me.

What is this.

The phone beeped again. "あなたのお父さんは彼らを終わらせるでしょう" Your father will end them.

I threw the phone on the bed and stood in front of it like a mummy, paralyzed. It was a similar sensation to the one I felt when I touched Mina's ring. The feeling of being trapped in flames.

I can't move. 

I can't breathe.