Art of the Kill

CONTRACT 5 - Dull and Boring

One might think the life of an assassin is all action and no rest for the wicked. Live a normal life at day, slip your turtleneck on and slit some throats at night, or vice versa. But the truth is, it's incredibly dull and boring. At least that's how it felt to Dahyun as she sat down at the sofa, scrolling through social media sites, and trending news. Seoul police insist there's no drug prob... Sugar costs at an all time hi... Actor dies from prop malfunc... Three corpses found in the riv... Soloist Chungha releases new single...

Dahyun put down her phone and got ready to take a bath. It's been three days since their last contract, and so far, no contract came from their handler. In fact no communication was done between the team and their agency since completion of the Basilisk contract. Dahyun sighed as the hot water hit her back and steam permeated within the shower room. She can't help but draw a smile upon the glass. There was a time when looking at foggy glass would suddenly take her back to the past, to the freezing claustrophobic cooler they would put her and other trainees in as punishment for failures, she would feel the memory of the cold freezer on her skin despite the shower putting out immense heat. But that was long gone, now she has the time to let down her hair a lot. Sometimes, dull and boring is a good thing. She has more time to think about mundane shit. Like what to eat today, or if there are any assigned homeworks last night that she forgot to do. That and what improvements she could make on their various equipment. Like maybe a coin that can be thrown at a person and tases them, but that goes against their "no evidence left behind" rule, well more like a guideline really, you can't always be perfect and not leave behind something, you just have to make sure that something can't be traced back to you. Yet one can't just leave things like that behind, tech that could be copied or studied. She's quite stingy about people getting their hands on her property.

Her two housemates have just finished getting ready as well when she got out of her room. She looked at their outfits and had to bite back her comment of how similar clothing is only required when they're doing joint contracts. Dahyun herself was wearing a large white tee with its front tucked under her black skinny jeans, complementing the outfit with white sneakers. It would seem the other two had a similar idea today though Tzuyu was wearing a pink pastel shirt while Chaeyoung was going all black. If the other two gave an outward indication that they noticed the motif, Dahyun didn't see anything. Tzuyu has already slipped into her blank facade, while Chaeyoung still seemed somewhat sleepy. "Been staying up all night again, Chaeng?" she asked her. "Not my fault. Sleep hates me or something." the other girl whined. It still amazes Dahyun how this whining girl is the same one who can drown a person in toilet water or slit their throat without batting an eye. Then again, even she and Tzuyu aren't immune to a little whining from time to time. "You know, we could just drive a car to school. It's not like we're lacking any of those in our garage." Tzuyu suggested as they started their walk to school. "Tired of walking to school, Tzuyu?" challenged Dahyun. Tzuyu rolled her eyes, "Nah. Just a suggestion, seeing how catgirl over here is always sleepy." Dahyun grinned, "Well as long as Chaeyoung is the assigned driver, I'll have no problem with that." Tzuyu let her facade slip for a second and snorted. Chaeyoung, being in the middle, elbowed the two, "Alright. You've filled your quota of Chaeyoung-not-a-morning-person jokes for the week, both of you.". "Heh. In all seriousness though, we're gonna draw unwanted attention to ourselves if we started driving to school when we've been walking to school the whole year." Dahyun reminded them. "But if we ever just decide to not care about unwanted attention..." she let the statement hang in the air. "The school would probably collectively drop their jaws upon seeing Chaeyoung on a motorcycle and a leather jacket." said Tzuyu. "Flattery won't get you a pass to make more morning person jokes at my expense." this time, it was Chaeyoung rolling her eyes, but playful. "Damn, guess I'll move on to height jokes now." Tzuyu deadpanned, receiving a light slap on the arm from both the smaller girls. Dahyun smiled, yeah, dull and boring is alright.