Thief - NAMJIN YOONMIN TAEKOOK

Ch. Four 👑

- Welcome! What can I help you with?

- Hey! I'm new here, I would like something typical of Daegu. I haven't been here in years!

Jungkook smiles as the baker prepares some things for him to choose from. He starts a small conversation so he can eventually get to the real questions

- I got here yesterday, is this street where most markets are?

Working for Jimin allowed him to develop the ability of talking to strangers. The point was to use it to get information from enemies. However that was never necessary. With time, Jimin helped him to turn that ability into knowing people, which was parcialy to keep an eye on everyone but also helped him make a lot of friends and know trustworthy people.

In just 10 minutes he learns the baker is called Kihyun, his husband is called Shownu, he loves baking since he was a kid and learned everything from one of his best friends who now works somewhere else. The moment of doing his job starts now. He grabs what he bought and casually says...

- You know, I need to buy some more things because I was robbed yesterday.

- You were??!!! Oh my, I'm so sorry to hear that!

- Just out of curiosity, is there a part of town that's more...dangerous? I wouldn't wanna pass through that again

- I'm sorry, I wish I could tell you but honestly there haven't been many robberies around here

Jungkook starts to get confused. Kihyun sounds honest and convinced, however he knows first hand there have been many robberies on the roads. Maybe it wasn't close to town?

- I see, well it's good to know... -he looks at Kihyun's expression carefully - ...Suga and Hope aren't from around here.

He sees it. The exact moment where Kihyun opens his eyes a little wider only to act normal a second later. He knows them. Kihyun's smile is now a fake smile. And his voice gets a little harsh

- I don't know who you are talking about but I wish you good luck. See you!

Surprised, Jungkook leaves the store. If he wouldn't have named them he could have stayed there half more hour. But Kihyun clearly doesn't want to talk about them. Store after store no matter what they sell or who they are, the answer is the same. They're all kind and warm people until the moment he names the thieves. And then, he's out of each place in less than 20 seconds. He needs to change the strategy so he tries a new one on the last store.

- Hello, welcome! You are not from around here, are you?

The girl behind the counter asks with a welcoming smile. And immediately, Jungkook lies while smiling back.

- Not really, I'm from Ilsan!

He begins the chat as always, relaxed, asking normal questions and looking at the many rings the girl sells

- I'll take that one, with the white stone

As she puts it in a bag, he prepares the question hoping not to be kicked out.

- So Jennie, did you hear about the Prince who was robbed on the road here?

She puts on a serious face and Jungkook tries not to show any different emotions.

- Yes, everyone heard about that, why?

-Well, it's my first time in Daegu and the first thing I hear is they robbed a Prince! Should I be more careful around here?

- Oh hahahaha don't worry about it! - she genuinely smiles - you'll be fine! We don't get robbed very often. Besides we all know each other, we would know who robbed us immediately