End To Start || Haechan

5

"Wake up!"

I was awoken by a loud yell. The sense of danger overwhelmed my brain causing me to react quickly. Unfortunately for me, my body was still half asleep so I plummeted from the bed to the ground.

I groaned in pain as I heard Johnny's laughter fill the room.

"What the hell! I thought we were being attacked." I groggily stood up, picking up loose pages from the floor. The last thing I remember was reading the case file before bed. I must have tossed the papers in my sleep.

"Fortunately for you, we are in the safe zone for now." Johnny stood by the open door frame of my temporary room.

I cracked my neck and stretched my arms, adjusting my eyes to the sunlight.

"What time is it?"

"Noon." He crossed his arms. "You have about ten minutes to wash up before the NIS agents get here."

My eyes shot wide open.

"What! Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"

"I did." He gave me a blank stare. "You mumbled something along the lines of 5 more minutes." He paused and looked at his watch. "That was about an hour ago."

"Damn it Johnny," I muttered and grabbed a random button up blouse and skirt, racing straight to the washroom.

I quickly showered and brushed my teeth, skipping my skin care routine entirely. After changing and tossing my wet hair into a bun, I stumbled my way to the living room. Johnny was already sitting, discussing with Jaehyun and another female Agent.

I bowed respectfully when they noticed me.

"You must be Agent Romano." The female agent stood up and looked at me with an unimpressed expression.

"Y-Yes, yes." I stuttered nervously.

"We were discussing the details of the mission tonight as you may already know. Unfortunately I cannot stay longer to go over the information again, but Agent Jung will be staying to oversee the preparations. I take my leave now." She bowed and excused herself. "Oh, and the make up artist will arrive shortly."

"I'm sorry, did you say make up artist?"

"Yes," She blankly stared at me. "It's a charity Gala. You didn't plan to go looking like," She paused and eyed me up and down. "Well as you do now."

"N-No, of course not." I forced a fake smile.

She didn't reply, leaving without saying anything else.

"Sorry about her," Jaehyun apologized. "She isn't the most pleasant person on our team."

"I almost didn't notice." I sarcastically responded.

There was a knock on the door thankfully saving me from the dreadful encounter. A female and male stood outside, each with a small travel case by their side.

Assuming they were the makeup artists that the female agent had mentioned, I let them in and led them to the living room.

"Agent Jung." The female flirtatiously greeted him.

"Minji." He vaguely acknowledged her before introducing Johnny and I.

"This is Agent Suh and Agent Romano of the DEA." He looked at us and introduced the pair in return,"This is Minji, a trusted member of the NIS and Agent Kim our weapons and gadgets specialist."

"We look forward to working with you." Johnny and I politely bowed.

"Shall we get started?" The young woman named Minji enthusiastically asked.