❝ 𝙾𝚑 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛, 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐? ❞
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Park Geonyeob curses under his breath as he fiddles his hands, trying to get rid of the rope tying him. However, his efforts have yet shown any positive outcome.

People in the same room as him know about the incident involving his mother. He wants answers, but for now, he needs to find a way to escape first. He has called Dohoon to get Gamin, even though it's embarrassing, he kinda hopes that they will win with the four-eyes on their side.

"Let's dig up some clues about the culprit from their conversation," An Taehwan, or also known as Anti, snaps Geonyeob out of his thoughts. "Is that what you're thinking?"

Geonyeon widens his eyes as he turns his attention to the mop-haired male in front of him. "What are you, Detective Conan? Haha, you fucker. You must be delusional." Anti laughs, bending slightly to reach his eye level. "You might be reunited with your mom up in heaven today. You can ask her personally! Who killed her---"

Click.

The sound of the door unlocking catches their attention. They watch as the door is pushed open, revealing a certain red haired female.

"Oh dear, is this kidnapping?" She gasps, her tone fakes a surprise. "I was walking outside when I heard people talking. My curiosity gets the best of me, my bad!" She hits the side of her head playfully.

One of the men approaches her, his tone harsh as he speaks. "Who are you, bitch? Don't you know that we're busy right now?!" He asks, raising his voice.

(Name) doesn't even flinch at his threatening tone. She tilts her head to the side, "I don't know, sorry~" her apology doesn't even sound serious. "But I know that guy over there needs some help." She points at the tied up Geonyeob who stares at her in both shock and concern.

A few mocking chuckle rumble from the men. "And what does a bitch like can do to help him, huh? Scream?" More laughter echoes in the room.

Geonyeob grits his teeth, his eyes narrowing. "Leave! They're not the ones for you to play with!" He tried to warn the girl, but she doesn't seem to care to listen to his warning.

"I'm not here to play, though..." she pouts. "I have enough humanity to help you, you know? Where's my thanks?" She huffs, crossing her arms across her chest.

"You---" Geonyeob cuts himself off with a gasp, his eyes widen at the sight of a man raising his hand at (name), attempting to harm her. "Watch out!"

Keyword: attempting.

Bang!

The sound of the door crashing down earns another gasp from Geonyeob, along with Anti who is in front of him. (Name) ducks, dodging the piece of metal flying across the room, hitting the man who attempted to harm her along the way. She whistles, turning her head to the figure in the smoke.

When she sees his face, her expression turns sour.

"What's with that sour face, you problem child?" Detective Na sighs, appearing from the smoke. "Long time no see, Park Geonyeob." Geonyeob raises an eyebrow at the fact that the detective knows his name.

"Now, I know you dummies don't have any respect for your elders..." he clenches his fist. "...so let's end this quick."

(Name) who is hearing all along, cringes. "Wow, what an outstanding appearance, old man." She comments, and Detective Na sighs again.

He continues beating up the men as (name) makes her way to the stunned Geonyeob, surprised by both her and the detective's arrival. Two men lung in her direction, and Geonyeob tries to warn her about that. But before he can scream a word, she dodges the hands and fists of those men, her movements are so smooth and natural, as if it's her second nature.

Detective Na finishes with his side and moves to grab the two men's collars and bumps their heads together, the sound of their heads banging against each other makes (name) wince. "Ouch, that must've hurt." She chuckles, making her way to the poor boy.

She walks to his back and starts untying the rope as Detective Na chases Anti and Sangmin, who takes a run while he's beating the shit out of the older ones inside the room.

"Fuck..." the older man curses. "There was a back door?" He hits the door frame with his clenched fist in frustration.

"Just give up, old man, they have a car," (Name) mutters, focusing on untying the teen. "It'll be stupid to chase them now."

She finishes, and the rope around his body loosens a bit, enough for him to get himself free. "There," she smiles in satisfaction as she moves in front of him, one knee on the floor while her arm rests on the other.

"Are you okay?" She asks softly, as gentle as ever. Geonyeob awkwardly nods his head as he rubs his wrists, his eyebrows furrow at her. "Who are you?" He asks in caution.

(Name) gives him a closed-eye smile as she reaches out her hand to touch his cheek, brushing away a trail of blood from his face gently. "A senior from your school, that's all."

Her hand rests on his shoulder, her eyes averting to the right side of his torso before looking at him again. "You're hurt," she murmurs, her smile flatters for a while. "I think you need some treatment."

"She's right," (name) almost irks at Detective Na's voice. "You need to go to the hospital, kid."

"No, let's go to a clinic instead," she suggests, her smile is back, but Geonyeob sweatdrops at how forced it seems to be. 'She just wants to protest against that cop, doesn't she...' he thought.

Detective Na sighs for the nth time that day. "Listen, redhead, I don't know why you're so upset with me while we just met---"

"I'll be going, bye." Without even waiting for the detective to finish, (name) stands up, startling the poor teen and walks away. Both males watch as she exits the room before exchanging glances with each other.

Detective Na clears his throat as Geonyeob narrows his eyes at him. "Who are you and how do you know my name?" He asks cautiously.

The detective runs a hand through his hair as he tries to find a suitable answer for his question. "Uh... Gamin! He told me---" once again, before he can finish his sentence, Geonyeob is already walking away.

He groans at the rudeness; two people already disrespected him today. "Hey, brat! Aren't you going to thank me?!" Geonyeon halts his steps at that and turns to glare at him. "Where are you going? I still need to investigate this!"

The poor detective is once again ignored as Geonyeob continues limping his feet away from that place. He takes out his phone and calls Dohoon to ask him about the cop and to take him.

"...I see. So Yoon Gamin asked for that cop's help." He sighs, running a hand through his hair. "Can you come and get me---"

His phone is suddenly snatched away, and he turns around only to see (name) holding his phone and says: "Get him at the hospital, okay? Thank you!" before ending the call.

Geonyeob feels his right eye twitch with irritation and discomfort as he takes his phone back. "Why are you still here?" He asks, narrowing his eyes at her.

The girl smiles and grabs his wrist, her grip gentle yet firm as she drags him with her, making her way to the nearest hospital. "I'm taking you to the hospital, since kids like you won't be bothered enough to get yourself treated." She sings.

Geonyeob tries to pry her hand from his wrist, but fails. 'Why the fuck is she so strong?' He curses. "Let me go...! It's none of your business!" He protests, but (name) only turns dead ears on his words.

"You can go once you get your injuries treated," she utters, not even sparing a glance at him. "And don't even think of escaping. With your limping legs, you won't get far before I chase after you."

He groans in frustration before slumping his shoulders, giving up from his futile attempts to escape her grip. He sighs as his eyes avert to her, taking in her appearance.

Red hair and beautiful eyes... that description fits her. He heard about the new transfer student in senior class yesterday. He was interested, but he's too busy with his revenge to get to know her.

"What's your name?"

He lifts his head at her, seeing that her gaze on him. A smile displays on her pretty face.

"...Park Geonyeob," he mutters, averting his gaze away from her mesmerizing brown eyes. "From the first year."

(Name) nods her head in acknowledgement as she softens her grip on his wrist, her smile turns into a toothy grin. "I'm (name)," she tilts her head slightly as the moon shines behind her, her red hair glistening under the moonlight.

"Nice to meet you, Geonyeob."

He softens his eyes, the muscles on his face relax.

"...nice to meet you too."

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chapter two : end