CHAPTER 5
“Hurry Wonyeon, hurry!” Soojin screamed in frustation while packing her bag. Wonyeon who was beside her just murmured.
“Hey sweetie, I’m done already. The one that make it long is your make up stuff,” Wonyeon said, pointing at cosmetics stuff that being put in her bag.
“Oh, yes I know! So, how do I look? Nothing’s wrong? Fine?” Soojin searched for her friend’s answer, but her friend just looking at her from head to toe.
“Hmm…”
“Wonyeon! Quick answer!”
“Ok, ok, you look good dear, perfect,” Wonyeon finally said it while trying to hold her chuckle. She never seen her friend so excited like this.
She sure likes Woo a lot eh?
“How do I look Ahra??” Soojin asked her other friend, still excited. Ahra who wasn’t so in the mood, just looked for a second and nodded weakly.
“Ahra…” Wonyeon and Soojin got more worried about her friend. But her friend just stayed mute.
“Yeon, Soojin, just go first ok? You have someone waiting for you…remember? I’ll.. play some squash first,” Ahra said, looking at the ground. Her friends knew her well. She wouldn’t like to be disturbed at times like this, so they just nodded and left Ahra, before that, they gave her bear hugs.
The time showed that it’s 3. 20 p.m.
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“WONYEON! What time is it now?” Soojin said impatiently on Key’s car. Yes. Key has lent his car to those girls to be used. Wonyeon’s driving this time.
“Patient Soojin, it’s 3.26 p.m, we near my apartment already,” Wonyeon replied while looking at the roads.
“But but! Oh man, if Woo Oppa wait too long for me….”
“Trust me, he won’t. I know him well Soojin, he’s gonna arrive late.” Wonyeon replied again.
“Really?Jongmal??”
“Yes. It’s up to you to believe me or not.”
Well, that shut Soojin for a while. Wonyeon who saw that just chuckled. Her friends really like Woo a lot, and she like the fact that her friend gonna fall in good hands. It makes her relieve somehow..
Finally, they arrived at the apartment. When they were about to press the lift button, someone’s hands accidently met Soojin’s hand.
“Bian! Eh, Soojin?” Wooyoung asked in surprise. So did Soojin.
“Eh,er..Oppa…” Soojin said.
“Sorry I’m late! Did you wait for me that long?” Woo asked again.
“It’s okay Oppa,” Soojin smiled cheerfully. They really didn’t notice that Wonyeon was there too.
“Erm erm!” Wonyeon coughed a little to make those two lovebirds back to earth. Wooyoung was surprised, and Soojin blushed.
“Yeonie?? Since when did you there??”
“Oh please, Woo. I’ve been here with Soojin before you came,” Wonyeon rolled her eyes and chuckled.
“Sorry… didn’t notice earlier,” Wooyoung said again.
“Nah, it’s ok. Go go! You guys have a date to do right?” Wonyeon grinned at those two, and both of them blush.
“A..aniyo!” they both said in unison.
“Haha, ok, ok, just go! Be careful! Oh, and Woo… don’t dare touch my friend here..she’s hurt a bit, and you’ll die in my hands,” Wonyeon suddenly said in a very serious tone.
“Arasso, I know that already. We’ll leave now, bye Yeonie.”
“Bye Wonyeon.”
“Bye, have a nice trip!”
After seeing them off, Wonyeon sighed. Whenever she’s alone like this, her memories with Nichkhun would pop out in her head. Slowly, she walked to her Bedroom. She took out a blue box from her draw and put in on her bed.
She opened the box slowly and picked up a necklace, with one shiny ring as its chain. She held the ring and looked at the backside of it with teary eyes.
One and only >> N & W
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Ahra who was still in the base, weakly walked to her favorite place, squash room. She locked the door once she had put all her things in her usual bench, didn’t care what would other thinks about that.
She sat on the bench, and unzipped her jacket. She took the red book out from it. And with shaken hands and almost crying again face, she opened it slowly.
This book belongs to Cheon Dung only. Only he, or Ahra who can opens it.
Then, she opened the first page of it.
XX/XX/XX
This day, Ahra is leaving. She said that she didn’t want to be a part of the gang. I know that feeling, but still, I’m so sad. Why didn’t she ask me to come along too? I also, don’t want to be trapped in this house. Why Ahra, why??
She was kind of shocked. She didn’t know, that Cheon Dung also want to leave that cursed house. Then, in the second page…
XX/XX/XX
Heechul hyung mads at me. He said I’m the one who cause Ahra to leave. Hey! What did I do?? I didn’t do anything! I was so mad that I punched Heechul hyung’s face.I really regret that. He must be so mad at me right now. Ahra..you’re doing fine?What are you doing right now out there? I wish I could be in the place where you at…
Ahra burst into tears again. She never knew, that Cheon Dung cares a lot of her. She really regrets when she slapped his face. Speeding up, she opened the next pages of the books. More pages, more tragedies seems happening to Cheon Dung. It is said that he’s been ordered by her Appa not to try searching for Ahra again, only Heechul that could search for her. If he didn’t do that, he’s gonna be killed.
After several pages, her heart stopped at one page. She gasped.
XX/XX/XX
This day, Leader Ahjusshi said that he doesn’t need me anymore. I shall be killed tomorrow. But, I haven’t found Ahra! How could I die that easily? So.. I think it’s my time..to leave this place…
With fear, she opened the next page.
XX/XX/XX
The leader was mad. Yeah, of course he is. He ordered the men to hit me with a block of wood for about…100 times? I don’t know. My back hurts. Really hurts. But he agreed. He said, I can go and search for Ahra, but once I met her, it should be the last time I live. He said that Ahra’s becoming an assassin in one organization right now, I forget the name, but he said that she’ll only killed corruptors or any other defendants. So from now on, I shall kill my heart. And becoming one of those corruptors. In order to find you, Ahra. We’ll meet again, won’t we?
Her tears flew quicker than ever. All of this time.. She never knew that Cheon Dung felt grain pain after she left. But even if she regrets it, her Cheon Dung won’t come back again…
Flipping the page again, she founds nothing. The diary stopped at that page. But she kept insisted opening the page. And on the last page of the book, She found one envelope with Cheon Dung’s handwritten there. She opened the envelope and took the letter out of it. It reads…
To: Ahra
Ahra, the time you read this letter, it means you’ve done a great job. I finally can see you again, and it should be my pleasure, to die in your hands. Don’t blame yourself for what has happened ok? I don’t want to see you sad.
At first, I was so mad that you didn’t ask me to join you escape from that house, but I can’t stand myself to mad at you that long. The more we’re apart, the more I know how my feelings for you. I don’t you if you feel the same, but.. Saranghae. I just knew it recently, Mian…
Keep up your good work. If you want to kill Blackjacks, you must do it at once. Beware, there’s still Heechul hyung and your Appa, your biggest opponent. I’ll always pray that God will always bless you.
You know what Ahra,Sometimes..I hope we can be together…in the next life. Not in this condition….
Your best friend, and also the one who truly loves you,
Cheon Dung
N.b: This is my last give to you. Please wear it, to remember me. Hope this thing will always bless you^^
Again, Ahra’s crying. She was so sad. She didn’t care if people feel worry about her swollen red eyes, she didn’t care anymore. She picked the envelope again, and then she found a bracelet with one stone attached to it. She took it, and instantly wore it on her left hand.
I’ll never forget you.. Cheon Dung ah… thanks for loving me..
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Soojin and Wooyoung walked in awkwardness on each other. They were really really quiet while walking. It’s only until Wooyoung spoke up, couldn’t stand the silence anymore.
“Erm, Soojin…”
“Yes Oppa?” She said, trying to act normally.
“Since when did you learn to dance?” He asked the basic question. A smile crept on her face.
“I never really learn. But well, just like to imitate moves from videos,” she replied.
“Whoa, jjinja?”
“Yeah. What’s wrong?”
“Because your skill is amazing! And oh, one more.. sorry anyway if I ask too many question,” Wooyoung said. Soojin nodded.
“Why are you living with Yeonie? And why did she move anyway? I never been in contact with her anymore after Khun’s incident, that’s why,” Wooyoung asked.
“That’s 2 questions, not one haha. Well, I live with her because I’m too bored at home. My Oppa is busy almost everyday with his job, and my parents are in the overseas having a mission. And Wonyeon said she moved to the apartment to get her some fresh and new environment. You know, her ex-boyfriend’s death have a really great impact on her,” Soojin replied, chuckled. But suddenly she remembered something. Did she just say her parents have a MISSION? Crap.
“Err.. mission?” Woo raised his eyebrows.
“O… I mean like a job! Yeah! They were taking control our company overseas,” Soojin sweatly grinned and Woo just nodded.
“Anyway, Oppa, where is the shop you want to go to? We’ve been walking for a while now.”
“Oh, it’s not that important. I just want to hang out with you. Let’s check some shops if we find one,” he said slyly, unaware of Soojin’s blushing cheeks.
“Err.. okay.”
Suddenly Soojin saw a huge kitty doll on the cross of the street. She stared at it in awe until Woo noticed her gaze. He smiled and dragged her across the street. Soojin was so surprise herself.
“Oppa!”
“You want that doll, don’t you?” Woo asked, and Soojin just stared at him in blank.
“Ahjusshi! How much is this doll?”
“Oh young boy, it’s not for sale. You must play first. If you shot those yellow cans 4 times, then this doll is yours, but it’s hard once you tried it,” said the stand ahjusshi. The shop centre there was having a bazaar, and so those kinds of carnaval games could be spotted there. Smiling, Woo payed for one game.
BANG BANG BANG!
He hit them 4 times. He almost didn’t make the last one though, but luckily he did. He was so happy and even did an “ASA!” after his last shot.
“There, young man! The kitty doll!” ahjusshi gave it to him and he happily gave it to Soojin. Soojin just stared at the doll in awe and moved her gaze to Woo.
“Oppa, I didn’t ask for this, but thanks so much!” she smiled widely
“Your welcome Soojin,” he smiled, looking at her eyes.
“How did you know?”
“Well, you couldn’t stop looking at the doll and I’m getting a little jealous over the kitty so I decided to just give it to you,” Woo was sweet-talking for 2nd time. He didn’t know why he do that to her. And this time, She blushed. Again.
Looking at the couple, the stand ahjushhi chuckled.
“Yah, you guys make a cute couple here. As my gift, here’s a pair of stone necklace for you. It is believed that the stone will keep you guys together forever. It’s not a love stone but it has its own power so just see. It’s free, because I just remembered my wife and I used to be like that,” the old man gave them the necklaces and they took it, blushing at his statement.
They thanked and bowed at the ahjusshi before leaving, trying to get something to eat. Woo walked while holding the necklaces on his hand, and Soojin hugged the kitty doll tightly so he couldn’t see that she was still blushing.
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Jonghyun was panicked. He was overslept and it should be the time he picked Wonyeon up. Panickly he choosed his clothes and headed out of his house. After he had put his things on his convertible car, he texted Wonyeon.
From: Jonghyun
Mianhe Wonyeon-sshi! I’m late! Omw now, don’t be mad…
Not long after that…
From: Wonyeon
That’s okay, I’ll be waiting J And please just call me Wonyeon hehe.. Do you know the way to my house anyway?
Smiling, Jonghyun replied…
From: Jonghyun
Woo told me. Okay, I’ll be there in mere 20 minutes J
From: Wonyeon
Okay. Drive savely!
Smiling even wider, he started the engine and headed out to her apartment..
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TOK TOK
“Wonyeon?” Jonghyun was already in front of her door. He knocked several times but no answer. He tried again.
“Wonyeon?? I’m Jonghyun,” He talked in kind of loud noise. Not long after that, the door opened.
“OMG I’m so sorry! I’ve just dried my hair, that’s why.. come in come in,” Wonyeon replied, with towel around her shoulder. Jonghyun tried not to gape. She looks so...... with that wet hair……
“Jonghyun? Are you alright? Come in.”
“Ah..yes,” he said shyly and walked inside her apartment. Wonyeon quickly put her towel and served him a glass of ice tea while he was sitting on her couch.
“Gomawo,” he said, smiling at her.
“Gwenchana,” she replied and took a seat beside him. He took a sip of the tea and started talking.
“So, any problem you want to share with me? I don’t like it when girls hide their feelings, it makes them suffering you know,” he said. Wonyeon chuckled.
“You sure a very caring playboy eh?”
“Who said I’m a playboy??”
“Well, your acts… kind of looks like a player, sorry…” Wonyeon squeaked. Jonghyun sighed and smiled.
“Hey, I’m not a playboy, really..”
“Then, why do you care about me so much?” She asked that question.
“Just because… I care of you.”
“Erm….. like a friend?” Wonyeon started to feel her face redder. She even didn’t know why she acted like that.
“Maybe yes, maybe more than that.. only God knows, hehe,” He replied and looked at her. She was blushing and he chuckled.
“What?” She felt irritated.
“You’re funny. So, what’s the problem?” He asked and she smiled bitterly.
“Well…I’m just sad…”
“About what?”
“I still can’t get over my ex-boyfriend…” She sighed.
“Who was he? What did he do to you?”
“He…..” Wonyeon stayed quiet. She was considering whether she should tell him or not. Because they’re just met for 2 TIMES and she was going to reveal all her past to this stranger? Heck no.
“Um….”
“You don’t want to tell me? That’s ok. I’ll be waiting till you said that to me,” Jonghyun who seems to know what she was thinking smiled and patted her head.
“Gomawo,” Wonyeon muttered.
“Your welcome. Now! If that’s okay, let’s have a pizza party to cheer your mood up! I’m gonna order it,” He stood up from the couch and she chuckled.
“Yeah that’s ok.. I was thinking of pizza anyway hehe,, and would u accompany me buy an ice cream on the near store?”
“Nah, I know better place for ice cream,Wonyeon. Let me take you after we finished the pizza. What topping?” He walked and grabbed his phone.
“Super Supreme!” She squealed and he laughed. Nodded, he started to type the number on his phone.
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Key walked around his room in nervous. He was nervous about 2 things. First was his car. He didn’t know if it would still be save being driven by Wonyeon and Soojin and it feared him to death if they hit something on their way home. And the second was Soojin. He didn’t know why but the fact that his dongsaeng met with a guy kind of annoyed him. Okay, he knew it was for the sake of her college thingy, but will it be just for college?
“Would you please stop walking like that Ki Bum?” A deep voice sounded. Key surprised and looked at his left. He found his father was on his office door.
“Appa! You’re back already?” Key rushed to his Appa and they were sharing guys hug.
“Yes my son. I’m back. And… I’m here for a job again,” he said firmly. Key, who quickly understood the situation, nodded at his father.
“You know Blackjacks right?”
“Yes, Appa. Of course.”
“Be prepared to track them down. I can’t stand about their acts anymore, because I got some informations about them overseas.”
“What did they do again?”
“They’re selling drugs, Ki Bum, especially by exporting them to Europe,” dragkheimhell leader said to Key while looking at his eyes. Key gasped and then came back to his serious state.
“And, I need to talk to you about something. Would you just let your dad sit?”
“Ah yes Appa,” with that they walked to the office chair and sat steadily.
“Now Kibum. Do you ever take care of our database?”
“Huh?”
“I said, do you ever, for once look at our database and check everything is okay?” he said again and Key gulped. To be honest, he didn’t check it often like he should do.
“Mianhe Appa, I’m not.”
“Okay, I appreciate your honesty. You know, someone successfully tracked one of our member’s profile, and although his computer got a deadly virus that we had set up, he successfully get.. Ace’s profile.”
“BWOH?!”
“Steady son. I know it was an accident but we shouldn’t let that happen again. So, from now, I order you guys to take an extra care after Ace, and one more thing, let’s try to get a hacker for our organization.”
“Nde, arasso.”
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“ Minho! Where are we going?” Onew sulked in when his friend dragged him to his car and trapped him on the back seat.
“Yeah, I didn’t get what he thinks about too,” Taemin, who had seated at the back seat already too, sighed.
“Oh please? I better be with my girlfriend than hanging out with you with no direction like this Minho!” Donghae sounded.
“Yeah, and we better do some streetball,” Shindong protested. Minho just stayed quiet and started his engine.
“Can you just tell us where we’re going?” The impatient Eunhyuk said. Minho sighed for a while and finally said something.
“East Sun Academy.”
“ BWOH? What are you going to do there? It’s not our campus for God’s sake!” All of them shouted in unison.
Again, Minho stayed quiet and driving. He was too lazy to give any explanation to them. His target was to check on Ahra on that campus, so maybe he could get some information that he needed for. But, a stranger going all alone to East Sun Academy? No, definitely no. He might be noticed as a weird person if he was alone, so he dragged his friends along.
When he arrived there, he quickly stepped into the information center, fastly moving as he didn’t want to hear his bickering friends. Seeing his serious state, his friends lowering their voices, but still…sulking in.
“Excuse me Mam,” Minho said when he arrived at the information center.
“Yes young man? Can I help you with anything?” A big woman with glasess greeted him and his friends.
“I’m looking for my friend. She is in this campus but since I haven’t met her in a long time, I don’t know what major she’s in, and what class she’s at,” Minho lied. His friends shocked. Minho NEVER had a friend in East Sun Academy, moreover, it’s a girl. Eunhyuk and Shindong opened their mouth, Donghae and Taemin just saw in amazement, and Onew raised an eyebrow.
“What?” Minho looked at his friends.
“You.Never.Tell.Us.You.Have.A.Girlfriend.Jerk,” Eunhyuk said.
“Bwoh? No she’s not a girlfriend! Gah, I just met her several days ago, okay?”
“Reallyyyy~~?” his friends chanted behind his back while he was started to concentrate on what the woman told him about.
“Oh God, SHUT UP Y’ALL!”
“Sorry mam,” he said that afterwards. The lady smiled sheepishly and then talked again.
“So, what’s her name?”
“Her name is Choi Ahra.” And after that the lady started to search for the name of that girl in her database. After a while, she smiled.
“Oh, you mean Choi Ahra, our best athlete and squash and archery? Well, she’s on the pyshicology major, class 2 – E,” the lady said.
“Is she on campus now?” Minho asked again, smile crept on his face relievely.
“I’m afraid not. She’s absence today due to some personal problem,” the lady replied. And Minho sighed.
“Is it happened frequently?” He asked again
“Well, whenever Ahra absence, there’s 2 persons who absence with her too. They are her bestfriends, Young Wonyeon and Kim Soojin.”
“Oh, I see. Thx mam.”
“Your welcome young man,” the lady smiled and Minho with his friends walked out from the campus.
“Who’s Choi Ahra?” Taemin asked.
“Yeah, who’s she?”
“Your girlfriend right? Don’t lie!”
“When did you two meet?”
“How you confessed it to her?”
His friends keep asking him and he had a headache already from their questions. Stayed mute, he walked to his car and unlocked the key.
“Shut up or I won’t offer my car anymore again for you guys.”
“Arasso arasso, We’re just curious, don’t be bad dude!” Eunhyuk punched his chest lightly and smiled.
“I’ll tell you guys when the time comes.”
“Well, okay… MINHO! Crap! Go back now! I need to go to my girlfriend’s house! I’m taking her to movies today!” Donghae looked at his watch and started being panic.
“Okay!” the boys jumped to the car, and Minho drove rapidly for the sake of his friend. He knew that Donghae’s girlfriend easily get worried of her boyfriend and he never want to hear that girl’s speech again when they came with donghae late at night and saw that girl waited on Donghae’s door.
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“Sir, the report here already. As we expected, Thunder died,” a man walked to his boss’s office and put the report on the table.
“I see…. So it’s time for us to move on.”
“Yes sir, and dragkheimhell leader had known our illegal transactions on Europe.”
“Oh that old man. It’s okay, we still have loads other business beside that.”
“And Ahra’s profile got hacked several days ago.”
“What? Well.. another person tried to track her huh? Track the person who done that instantly!” the boss ordered and his man nodded, left the room.
Ahra…. You’ll soon come back to me, and we will be together again…
The man gripped at his own necklace and opened it since it was like a locket. And he saw a photo of a girl inside it, which happened to be… Ahra.
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