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The Fiance (Twenty Five)
“Who are you? Why do you know that lockout technique?”
Tak
Haejun kicked the gun previously held by Krystal and locked the woman's slender body using her body. No matter the blood that seeped from his arm and dripped down on the floor he was on, right now all he wanted was to know the true identity of the woman because she was so similar to Yuka. And every inch of his body was carrying an electric shock that he had always felt when he came into contact with Yuka.
“I repeat once again, who are you exactly?”
Krystal rolled her eyes lazily while trying to escape Haejun's confinement. The fresh blood flowing from Haejun's arm disgusted him and felt like vomiting. But unfortunately Haejun this time did not want to let go easily because the man had so many questions lodged in his head regarding him.
“Is my previous explanation unclear? Me, KRYSTAL PARK! The owner and leader of Bloods. If you knew who I really was, you'd better get your hands off my body because I wouldn't hesitate to kill you, even if I had to chase you all over the world, I would.” says Krystal full of determination. Haejun smiled bitterly at the woman's words and immediately removed his hand from Krystal's body. He glimpsed at a glance the gaping wound lodged in his arm. It was not the first time he had gotten the same wound on his arm because he had also gotten it.
“You remind me of my wife.” said Haejun flatly and immediately walked away leaving Krystal who was still standing on the spot staring angrily at Haejun who had troubled him today
Flashbacks
“Eye view must be in line with the direction of arrival of the bullet. You must focus and do not let your guard down once in a while, because the enemy will not hesitate to kill you. Then pull the trigger.”
Haejun stood behind Yuka while teaching Yuka the correct shooting techniques for Yuka's abilities to get better. Although Yuka had mastered all the techniques he taught, but he still had to sharpen it repeatedly so that the technique was increasingly sharp attached in Yuka's mind.
Dorr!
“Good, you managed to shoot the target center. Your abilities are increasing Yuka.”
Yuka smiled happily as she looked at Haejun twinkling. Finally, after a long time as a disciple of the captain, he could hear the words of praise from Lee Haejun's lips. Even during this time he never imagined he would get that praise because of his captain's stingy attitude of praise.
“Hmm.. You're seducing me captain.” seductive Yuka with a naughty wink. Haejun looked at the two sharp Yuka beads, then suddenly he twisted Yuka's hand backwards. Yuka complained in pain while snorting furiously because the captain suddenly attacked her while she was not ready.
“Lesson two, you must not let your guard down, even if it's your own lover.” grin Haejun satisfied. Yuka was still complaining of pain because Haejun never let go of the lockdown. The man actually further aggravated his pain by locking his right hand that was holding a gun to point directly towards his own neck.
“In one pull, you can die.”
“Let me go captain Lee!! You want to kill your own lover? Just be right!” yuka was annoyed. Haejun just stared at Yuka sharply and did not intend to let go of her hand lock from Yuka.
“Fight me, and find a technique to release it.”
Yuka snorted angrily and started to make brutal moves, but Haejun had already blocked his hand so tightly that his movements felt futile.
Ten minutes later Yuka was still in the same place as Haejun who was still twisting his body. If only one of the agents entered the room, the two of them would naturally get punished for their scandal. However, they deliberately chose the practice time above eleven o'clock at night because no agent was still wandering around the base at eleven o'clock. Everyone would naturally choose to sink into their respective dreamland rather than having to do a grueling exercise like Yuka.
“Oppa... hosh hosh hoshh I give up.”.
Yuka was seen limp inside Haejun's check with her hands still behind her body and also next to her neck. The woman droops weakly in Haejun's check, but Haejun remains reluctant to let Yuka go. Because he really wanted to test Yuka.
“If you are weak, your enemy will easily shoot you.”
“So you're also going to kill me now? God, even we just started this relationship a month ago. You want to kill your own lover?” yuka shouted annoyed. Haejun still maintained his unreadable flat expression in front of Yuka. He thought his girlfriend was more spoiled than usual.
“There are no exceptions for you Yuka, even though you are my lover. When you're on the field you only have two options, kill or be killed. What if at any time I stood on the enemy's side, do you not want to get rid of me? Do you still want to defend me even though I am a traitor to be exterminated?” haejun whispered right in Yuka's ear. The warm air blowing from his nose hit the skin of Yuka's neck and caused the woman to squirm a little amusedly. But Haejun still maintained his position until Yuka completely fought him and removed the lock from his own body.
“Killed or killed... All right, if that's your wish captain.”
Yuka starts using her martial techniques to fight Haejun. One of his legs he pointed back to kick Haejun's shins, but Haejun managed to dodge and instead twisted his hand more and more to the right until Yuka squealed in pain because her hand felt almost broken. But he does not want to be labeled as a weak woman by Haejun, he still has to fight it even though Haejun is cruel for treating her like that.
“I won't lose to you. hosh hosh, I definitely can.”
Yuka again uses her martial technique to fight Haejun first before she can escape from Haejun's check. He kissed Haejun's stomach and this time he managed to make Haejun slightly relax his right hand checks, but only slightly. After that Haejun again blocked it, and this time it was stronger until he heard the sound of bone cracking like it was going to break.
“Akhh... did my bones break?”
“Fight me and use all the weapons you have. Your hand will be completely broken if you just complain and do nothing to get your body out of my check. And if today I was your lover who turned out to be a traitor, would you still let me live?”
Yuka was glued to the spot with the entire whisper sentence Haejun spoke. Tonight the man was too strange to suddenly attack him. And he thought it was possible that Haejun was one of the traitors, because no one could have guessed what had happened to one of the intel members at the headquarters. Even one of the council generals could likely turn into a traitor just for the sake of treasure and women, then what about his lover? Of course he also has the same chance to be a traitor.
Bugh.
Yuka kicked Haejun's shins brutally and began to take a swing to release Haejun's still loyal right hand perched near his neck with the muzzle of the gun attached perfect in his veins. He began to release the checks on his left hand so that he could elbow Haejun's stomach and break away from the man. And Haejun did not want to facilitate Yuka's movement because the man also fought back until Yuka felt both hands were getting sore due to Haejun's actions.
“Why? Have you given up.”
Yuka looked at Haejun ferociously and with all her might she used her right elbow to stomp Haejun's right hand. After that he tried to weaken Haejun by kicking Haejun's calf bone and making the man slightly loosen the check on his left hand. Then he made a circular motion to release the checks on his left hand until finally they could face each other with Yuka's left hand still in Haejun's hand.
“Good, now shoot me. That way you can be free from my checks.” said Haejun casually. Yuka stared at the semi-automatic pistol in her right hand. The gun was now empty as he had used his last bullet to shoot the target board. And an hour ago her lover said that he only filled one bullet so that Yuka could really make good use of her opportunity. Because one bullet would be worth shooting at his enemies.
“You will regret your fight against me captain.” grin Yuka cynically and instantly pull the trigger of her gun.
Dorr
Yuka was suffocated in shock when her gun pulled out a bullet that shot straight towards Haejun. And in an instant the floor that Haejun was treading on was dirty by the drops of blood seeping from Haejun's arm.
Clangs
Yuka threw away her gun carelessly and immediately ran towards Haejun who was currently looking at her with a flat gaze.
“Oppa.. oppa. I'm sorry, I thought the gun was empty. I don't intend to kill you.”
Yuka almost cried when she saw Haejun's arm that had been bleeding in front of her. He then ripped his sleeve to stop the bleeding that had occurred on Haejun's left arm. A drop of clear hair drenched Yuka's cheeks as she was so afraid of what she had just done. He doesn't know if the gun could hurt Haejun.
“You only shot him in the arm? Next time you should not hesitate to shoot him right here.”
Haejun brought Yuka's hand to feel her left chest which was currently beating regularly. Yuka's clear eyes and Haejun's stern eyes stared at each other for quite a long time. Without Yuka noticing, the setets of clear feathers escaped from her eye patch and made Haejun reflexively remove them with his free right hand.
“You don't deserve to cry for your wounded enemy.”
“But you are not my enemy. Stop playing at such a crucial time! Do you know I'm very worried about you.” said the beaver Yuka. He removed his hand on Haejun's left chest to tighten the cloth ties on Haejun's arm so that Haejun would not bleed out. Then with a little coercion Yuka pulled Haejun's hand to stand up because the man had to get treatment in the hospital immediately.
“We have to go to the hospital now.”
Haejun rubbed the tears down Yuka's cheeks gently, she said, then he kissed Yuka's forehead to calm the woman down so that she would stop dropping her precious tears. To be honest, he really hated seeing Yuka cry. And all this time he always swore to himself to always protect Yuka so that Yuka would not have to shed her tears again in front of him.
Flashback end
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Krystal looked at the rustled body of the strapping foreign man who was slowly disappearing from her sight. The drops of blood seeping from his left arm looked like traces that followed the departure of his footsteps. Before long, Yunho emerged from a passageway while looking at him worriedly. The servant watched Krystal's body closely and tried to make sure she was okay. After five minutes Yunho examined Krystal's body and there was nothing to worry about, then the man could breathe a sigh of relief while exhaling his breath calmly.
“Nona, what happened? Why are there so many blood stains scattered here?”
Yunho observed a trail of blood droplets that seemed unbroken behind the darkness of the dense basement floor. Besides, Yunho could see a corpse that had just been killed by his nonaya. He was prepared to contact one of his men to clean up the mess that had just happened at The Wyn. But Krystal had spoken first and made him undo his intention to contact the men.
“There was a foreign man who saw me kill that man.”
“Why did you let her get away with it, miss? That guy could be troubling you. Have I not always taught you to always work cleanly, and do not leave a single eyewitness in every action you do. La...”
“Shut!”
Krystal spoke loudly with a little hunting breath. His head ached, and Yunho instead lectured him with words that were completely useless to him. And again, it should help him to catch the foreign man, not hunt him down as if he were the wisest and righteous man.
“I don't need any advice from you, all I need is your actions. You find the guy and finish him off when you find him. The man has a gunshot wound to his arm, and you can follow the trail of blood that the man left behind before coming out of this basement. Do you understand?”
Yunho nodded in understanding and started talking to his men. The man gave a complete set of instructions to his men and left Krystal alone with extreme pain in his head. Unknowingly Krystal was already clinging to the wall and she almost fell to the ground if Yunho did not swiftly catch her dazed body.
“We go home now miss, you should take your medicine immediately.”
Krystal did not say a word and just fell silent to let Yunho drag her out of the basement of his casino. His entire strength now seemed to have decayed, and was replaced with a headache that was so jolting in his head. Though this afternoon he had told Yunho to give him morphine, but still the liquid could not cure his headache. The liquid could only paralyze his nerves, not make his illness go away or disappear like an invisible ghost.
-00-
Haejun closed his eyes tightly, permeating the pain that spread around his left arm. Although the doctor had taken the bullet out an hour ago, the pain grew more painful as the effects of the drug dwindled. In the midst of the pain
his arm, Haejun suddenly recalled Enzo. Since he arrived in America this afternoon, he has not told Enzo at all if he is currently abroad. He opened his eyes and started looking for his phone which he kept in a drawer next to his cage.
“Halo”
Jaekyung's distinctive voice immediately flowed in his hearing after he attached the square object to his right ear. Haejun sighed softly and began to mentally prepare him to talk to Jaekyung.
“Lee Haejun! You're where? Why don't you go home? Did something happen to you? Where are you now? Quickly tell me, I'm very worried about you.”
Jaekyung flocked him with various questions to make his ears feel buzzing. Haejun put the square object back in his ear, and tried to be a little soft on Jaekyung, even though his mouth was eager to snap at the chatty woman.
“I'm in America. I want to talk to Enzo, has he slept?”
“What!! You're in America? How could? Did something bad happen to you? Your eyes look hoarse, you must be sick. Come confess Lee Haejun, you worry me.”
Haejun growled with Jaekyung's overreaction. The woman's unrelenting noise made her even more headache and more pain from her throbbing wound. But he can't just ignore Jaekyung because he wants to talk to Enzo. Wanted
he did not want to have to listen to the terrible torment before he could actually talk to his son.
“I'm fine, just a little accident so I'm currently in the hospital. I hope you don't respond to it too much because I'm bothered by your noisy mane. So..”
“But are you really okay? I'll catch up with you when..”.
“Do not cut my speech and call Enzo.”
Eventually Haejun loses his temper and is forced to yell at Jaekyung. With a bit of surprise Jaekyung immediately ran towards the second floor to summon Enzo who was probably changing clothes after school.
“Daddy.”
Haejun smiled as Enzo's voice finally flashed lightly on the phone. The pain that had previously been piercing in his arm, now gradually lessened after he heard Enzo's cheerful voice across the phone. Inevitably when he imagined Enzo, Yuka's face also participated
swirling around inside his head, as if he was smiling gently at him. However, he quickly cast aside the shadow and began to focus on Enzo who had been waiting for him since.
“Hai, how are you son?”
“I'm fine. Daddy didn't come home? Now I'm changing clothes after school.”
Haejun reflexively glanced at his new watch at twelve in the morning, but now in Korea it has been shown at two in the afternoon, so no wonder if Enzo has finished taking lessons at school, while here even the sun has not risen at all.
“Daddy is at work, and maybe daddy won't be home for another three days. You're fine at home with aunty Jae, don't bother him.”
Haejun heard the sound of Enzo's breath sounding so softly across the phone, he knew that Enzo must have been grumbling in his heart because again he had to stay with the chatty Jaekyung. But tomorrow his mother-in-law will come and stay at his house because mistress Im misses her grandson, so at least Enzo will be a little helped by the appearance of his grandmother
“Halmeoni is coming tomorrow, please tell aunty Jae to pick up the halmeoni at the station. And please tell halmeoni if daddy is having an important job, so daddy will be a little late to meet halmeoni.”
Enzo nodded silently as he stared blankly at the photo of Yuka displayed on the wall of the living room. The little boy stared at the photo for a long time, then he unconsciously muttered softly to Haejun.
“Dad, I miss mommy. Let's visit mommy.”
“We will visit mommy after daddy comes back, so wait a minute until daddy comes home.”
“Hmm... Don't take too long, I don't like to hear the shrill voice of aunty Jae.” Enzo said sulking. Haejun laughed softly and agreed to the request of his only adorable puppet son. He will definitely return home as soon as all the mysteries that plague him are solved. After all, he was so curious about the identity of the lady Bloods who had a face that was so similar to Yuka. But he really hoped that the woman was really Krystal, because he could not imagine if the woman was Yuka. Too risky and will make him weak because in the end he had to kill the woman because they proved to be at the opposite poles.
“Daddy will be home soon. Take care of yourself, don't bother aunty Jae.”
Haejun ended his phone call with all the emotions that had infiltrated his heart. Ever since Yuka left two years ago, her talk with Enzo had always made her feel an overabundance of emotions. Maybe because Enzo is too similar to Yuka and he misses Yuka so much, that sometimes he feels weak if he is talking to Enzo. But parents are still parents. No matter how hard he tries to be assertive, he is still a father to Enzo who will bring out his tender side for the child. So he felt a cold mask and his feet would not apply if he was talking to Enzo.
Srek
Haejun heard a suspicious voice coming from his treatment room. He also vigilantly began to come down from his cage to peek at the situation outside his care room which happened to be quiet.
Krekk
The sound of the drifting infusion pole slowly added to the gripping atmosphere that occurred in the hallway of the hospital where Haejun was treated. Haejun tried to research every corner of the deserted passageway, but nothing suspicious. Finally he decided to go back to his hospital room and rest. Tomorrow he will have to continue his investigation of The Wyn, Bloods, and the lady Bloods named Krystal Park. Because the three objects seem to be giving the right answers to all the questions that have been lodged in his head.
