Minji
"LEE HYEIN!" I shout as I barge through the door to the younger girl's office.
She quite literally jumps out of her seat and nearly trips over the rubbish bin as she stumbles to the wall. Her eyes are as wide as saucers and her hand is clutching her chest like I'm so terrifying ghost she's seen. I can't tell whether she's genuinely scared or she's teasing me, because Hyein has the skill of an A list actress.
But I guess she was actually startled this time, because her eyes soon narrowed into slits as she ran her hand through her hair in frustration. She shoots bullets from her eyes at me as she walks back towards her desk and slumps into her chair. She turns around in the chair like one of those mafia bosses in a crime movie or something.
"What is it old lady?" Hyein asks, a slight shadow of a smirk on her face.
Normally I'd lighten up a little but now I just groan at her antics and shake my head, face palming so hard I'm basically slapping myself. Hyein seems rightfully caught off guard by my reaction as she gets up slowly, approaching me.
"Unnie, what's wrong?" she grabs my hand and removes it from my face.
Her hardened features soften when she sees...tears? I guess it is because I can feel their haunting warmth running down my face. Damn it, not the time Kim Minji!
Hyein pulls me into a hug, pressing a kiss to my cheek and I squirm a little away from her at that. Geez, this must be Dani's doing. Hyein has been spending too much time around that rizzler. I can't believe in such a serious time like this Hyein's trying to rizz me up!
Nevertheless, I let her hug me, savouring the warmth. But somehow, I want to feel Hanni's arms around me again too. I miss her so much and it hasn't even been that long.
"Hanni Unnie is missing," Haerin speaks up from behind me. Hyein peeks over my shoulder and catches sight of the cat eyed girl.
"Oh, you're Dani Unnie's crush," the taller girl exclaims, a wide smirk walking onto her face at the way Haerin becomes a blushing mess. I fight back the urge to face palm myself, how can someone be so blunt?
I gently pull away, my face hardening into a serious stone expression, and Hyein immediately gets the hint, because she crosses her arms and raises her eyebrows in a questioning (almost rizzing) way.
"I need you to track down this call," I hold up my phone.
Hyein works at a security firm while Dani works at a fashion company. I fugred Hyein might be able to help me trace the call. The girl looks reluctant, because doing this without the boss requesting such a thing could get her fired. But she takes the phone anyway, giving me a confident nod.
She walks over to her computer, typing furiously as she inspects the number displayed. Her brows furrow and she stops for second, squinting at it as though it's a specimen under a microscope.
"Are you sure this is the right number?" she turns to me with a confused look in her eyes.
"Mr Park is a traitor, you can listen to the call if you want," I sighed out, irritation laced in my voice.
Hyein only nods, continuing to work on tracking down the location of the call, her eyes diligently scanning the screen as her fingers danced across the keyboard. Haerin is very very fidgety as she sits next to me, and I'm starting to wonder whether I should call Dani to come and comfort her. Or get her to call Dani (I mean, assuming if they have each other's numbers). I decide against it, not wanting to get Dani involved in this shithole. I've already gotten Hyein involved which I really didn't want to, but she's the best at this stuff.
"Your Unnie will be ok," I rest a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
Haerin looks at me, her eyes filled with anxiety and suspicion.
"You can't promise that," she whispers. Yes, I can't promise anything. I'm not even sure what I'm doing, my only driving force is that I want to see her again, I want to get to know her more and I want to bring her into my arms and shower her with all the love she's been deprived of. I have no idea where this path is going to lead me, but if there's a chance it'll lead me to Hanni, I believe it'll be worth it. "I'm sorry,"
Haerin rests her head on my shoulder, closing her eyes as drops of tears escapes the tiny slits. Damn, I don't know whether getting this cat eyed girl involved was a good idea. But I'd need all the help I can get just in case. I mean I have Ni-ki and Heeseung plus the other body guards (Jake, Sunoo and Jungwon). I'm pretty good at martial arts myself too.
"Give me your phone," I request, holding out my hand.
Haerin looks at me confusedly, but she reaches into her jacket pocket and pulls out the device I seek anyway. I take it and surprisingly it has no passcode. Damn, that's risky. I ignore that and go straight into her contacts, trying to find anything that looks remotely like Dani's.
Danielle (hopefully my future girlfriend)
I bite back a laugh at the contact name and Haerin tries to peek over my shoulder to see what I'm doing, but I move further away, earning a whine from her. I simply smirk, pressing the call button.
"Hey Rinrin, what's up?" Dani answers with an overly sweet tone. I can see Haerin perk up at the sound of Dani's voice and I'm struggling to not just burst out laughing.
"Dani, it's me," I choke out, finally letting out the giggles.
"Unnie? Why are you using Haerin's phone?" Dani sounds like she's been caught red handed and I can tell she's blushing like crazy.
"I need you to come to Hyein's security firm, I'll explain later,"
When Dani arrives, Hyein finally manages to track down the number. I asked Dani to take care of Haerin and Hyein while I go into the battlefield. All three of them were reluctant to let me go face the wrath of Mr Park alone, but I'm not letting them get involved for no reason whatsoever. Just in case, I told Jake and Sunoo to stay with them as well, I'm not taking any risks.
Me, Ni-ki, Heeseung and Jungwon are now in my car, driving towards the location. It's honestly in the middle of nowhere and Hyein struggled to even get the signal for the location, which is weird because Hanni called from there.
My grip tightens on the steering wheel, my mind racing with thoughts of Hanni. I don't know when I suddenly cared so much about her. Maybe it's because of all the things that's been happening recently, but I suddenly feel like I can't live without her, like she has a piece of my heart that she'd be walking away with if I lose her.
I speed up, determined to get this over and done with.
Hanni, I'm coming.
Hanni
I can't breathe. The night is beginning to take over the once peaceful day, the moon casting a comforting glow that almost seems mocking as I glance out the small window of this fridge like dungeon.
I'm squirming as I try to free myself from the tight grip of the rough rope that bounds me, my chest aching, my struggle to breathe evident as I do anything and everything to give myself access to air. But of course it's futile. I'm sat up against the unforgiving cold brick wall, a metal bar pressing against my torso, shivering in the cold in these thin clothes that are already ripped from the punishment earlier for attempting to escape before Mr Park restrained me.
I could've ran, but instead I grabbed his phone and called Minji. Yes, I called my boss and begged her to save me. I know, what am I thinking? I denied our status as friends, yet when I'm in trouble, she's the first person I think of. Not Haerin, but Minji. A magnetic force so strong is making me gravitate towards her, and no matter how hard I try to resist, I give in anyway.
I'm so scared of losing her, yet each time I run into her arms and unintentionally push her further into the danger zone. There's so much more to the accident when I was 5 and I know, I just don't know what it is, and it's make me a walking target for some reason.
My tears finally barrage out of their prison, streaming down my face like an endless waterfall. A muffled sob escapes my gagged mouth and I long to be in her arms again. I want to hug and snuggle up with her and never let go. I miss her so much, but I shouldn't miss her.
I'm just her mere secretary. I look down at my wrists, the skin raw from the rope's assault and my self harm. I deserve this shit anyway, I'm such a horrible selfish person. I stop struggling and lean my head against the wall, my eyes closed.
Who am I kidding? No one will ever care for me or love me.