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[maero]

hi there! (and masterlist!)

welcome to my tumblr account where I will be reposting my wattpad stories! (and perhaps some one shots too!)

My wattpad account is @Nctrash127 - just to clear up any confusion around why both accounts have different names!

see you on the other side!

MASTERLIST

NCT

You’re My Target - Johnny x Reader, Some foul language and mature scenes/topics

You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 |

Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 |

Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 |

Chapter 13 | Chapter 14 | Chapter 15 |

Total word count: 18,738

Targeting Together - Book 2 to ‘You’re My Target’ - Johnny x Reader (ONGOING) Some foul language and mature scenes/topics

Sequel to ‘You’re My Target’ - takes place after the events of Book 1. You’re tasked with another target, but this time alongside a familiar face.

Chapter 1 |

[maero]

〖 1 〗 R e c o n c i l e

Summary: You’re an assassin, he has become the informant. What happens when you’re placed together in the same mission?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 1,503

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

Raining yet again, same thing different day. Reflective of the first time you were called into the office. Reflective of him, the unspoken one. A feeling of deja vu washes over as you climb into the backseat of a taxi, taking you to none other than the MI9 headquarters.

The bright street lamps place a warm veil over the city, revealing a quiet road although barely past 7pm at night. How unusual. Still, could be much worse.

Upon reaching the final bend in the road, butterflies begin to swirl within your stomach as all the memories suddenly come flooding back caused by the sight of the entrance. You were off on vacation until out of nowhere your presence was required due to an emergency. Dread and excitement fill your thoughts but also understandably annoyed at how your holiday was cut short.

Arrival. How thrilling. You take a deep breath and exhale onto the window, drinking in the sight in front of you. Excited to take on a new challenge so to speak. Before you knew it, the window became fogged up - taking it as a sign, you promptly hop out of the taxi and make your way into the building to see the main man himself - Mr Bang Yamazaki, for how urgently he needed to see you.

Adrenaline now set in stone, before you stood the passage of next opportunities, a new chapter as some may call it. All you had to do now was open the double doors and your new journey would begin. Undoubtedly, it had been raining just like the first time - perhaps being significant to the next nature of the job. With an optimists heart, you swing open the doors accompanied with a slight hop in your step.

Enterance. Nothing out of the ordinary. His office was dark, pitch black even. The only remnants of light arise from those bright street lamps outside, illuminating the boss's face. He stood away from you, peering out the rather big and lavish window with his hands clasped behind his back. His office seemingly towered over the rest of the buildings, creating some sort of competition.

"Thank you for arriving promptly, Miss (L/N). It's always a pleasure to see you again." His unusually soft words snapped you back into reality. The whole situation seems bizarre.

You failed to notice how... cold his office had become - a chill ran down your spine, instantaneously on guard as instinct. There was one slight problem - you couldn't see at all.

"Thank you sir, I try my upmost to ensure that I do my job properly." You shift your weight from both feet, not moving from where you are stood. "Is there a reason as to why your office-"

Without missing a beat, he insists on interrupting - "I'd like to take a moment to introduce you to your partner." This was the emergency? You wanted to leave.

"With all due respect sir my partner is Jaehyun, why would you need to introduce me to someone I already know?" You feel the atmosphere shift. He walks over to the wall, flicking on the light switch in an attempt to appear mysterious. The light immediately fills the room, taking your eyesight out in due time.

As your eyes adjust, your eyes land on him sat on the other side of the room complacently with his legs crossed. Johnny Seo. You freeze, suddenly feeling helpless and a little bit betrayed by your own boss. There must be some sort of explanation for this.

He rises from his seat, closing in on you. Unaware of his actions and what he was capable of. How was he free? What was he doing here? Why is he your partner? Did he bribe his way out? All of these thoughts bombarded your head with no room for a possible explanation. It just didn't make any sense.

"Well, look who we have here." You wanted to punch his smug face right then and there. This man infuriated you, he looked good - he wasn't supposed to look good, his sheer confidence made your legs weak. How did this come to happen? "You should be in prison, why are you here?" He ignores you as you clearly become frustrated.

Johnny continues to look you up and down, clearly having not forgotten about how you quite literally back stabbed him a few months prior. You stand there, mouth agape.

He slowly approaches your frozen stature to lean down, his lips barely touching your ear. "This is going to be fun." His sultry voice left you speechless.

Mr Yamazaki clears his throat, stopping Johnny from advancing. "Now, now let's not get irrational. (Y/N), I can explain why Mr Big-shot here is currently standing with us in this room." He motions for us both to sit down in front of him. You glare at Johnny from under your eyelashes, the tension so thick it could be cut. Mr Yamazaki slams his palms upon his desk, no stranger to the rivalry you two have going on.

"If you're going to act like children, then I suggest you find another job." Both you and Johnny apologetically nod your heads in unison while you focus all your attention back onto this whole strange situation.

"Thank you. As I was saying, the reason as to why Johnny is presently with us here in the MI9 headquarters is because he is now an informant, meaning that in response to being let out of prison, he must supply the government with all the information he knows about Mafia. This in turn makes the perfect partner as you both can work together to take down as many active groups as possible."

"So, you mean that all my hard work has just been destroyed because he thought it would be convenient for himself?" Feeling annoyed by this, you cross your arms and can't help but roll your eyes. Just your luck. "Unfortunately (Y/N) that is the case, but with Johnny's help we can track down these groups much quicker through the use of inside knowledge."

Coming to terms with this, you suppose you just have to accept it. It won't be changed just for you. The harsh reality is that you have to like it or lump it. However, your denial of attraction for each other will make it unbearable. A part of you is glad but the other part is scared of his unpredictable nature. Although this could be due to the mafia persona you're used to.

"I'll take your silence as affirmation. Now that's been established, it's time to inform you of your mission together." Forgetting about Johnny for a split second, you bolt upwards in your seat in order to not miss any details, it is important after all.

"This Monday coming, you both will be expected to board a flight to New York. Here through the use of new identities, you will infiltrate the opening night of a new bookstore called 'bookworm'. That event occurs that Saturday." Mr Yamazaki produces a Polaroid picture from a file, assuming that individual is who you both are looking for.

"Meet your suspect Johnny and (Y/N), Mr Lee Taeyong. Wanted for fraud and embezzlement. We want you to keep him alive and detain him. I repeat, keep him alive. He is essential in our part of the investigation."

You and Johnny exchange side glances at each other, offering a short nod to confirm. "Alright sir, we got this." You grab the Polaroid off the desk and slide it into your pocket for later research and reference. All 3 of you stand and seal the agreement with mutual handshakes followed by specific paperwork.

"You both are free to go, I'll contact you via phone if there are any problems." Relieved, you make a beeline for the elevator at the end of the hall, not bothering to look back for Johnny as sleep awaits you at home.

You press the ground floor button and wait for the doors to close when straight away a foot appears forcing the doors to reopen. It's none other than Johnny. "Good evening, nice weather we're having." His sarcastic tone makes you chuckle lightly. The doors finally closed, you're in an enclosed area with the man you tricked. Not to mention you're on the 75th floor, so it's going to be a while.

Silence and awkwardness quickly fill the tight, almost claustrophobic space. The atmosphere so tense.

"Fuck it." Johnny mutters to himself before capturing your lips with an intense kiss laced with need and pent up desire. You felt the need to no longer run away as you melt into the kiss by tangling your hands in his hair. His hands cupping your face while backing you up against the elevator wall. He begins to leave wet kisses along your jaw and neck as you wrap your legs around his waist for more access.

Not long before the chime of the elevator forces you both to freeze in a suggestive position.

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【 15 】 E n d - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 2,141

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

MASTERLIST | TARGETING TOGETHER CHP 1

"I wanted you to come looking for me, therefore I stirred up quite a fuss in town." His words filled you with dread. What were his intentions exactly? This man stood in front of you was unpredictable in every sense. The way that he could just change his demeanour suddenly was terrifying.

"But why?" You called out to him, desperately wanting some damn answers. This was all too confusing at this point.

Johnny scoffed and began kicking at the sand below him, sarcastically joking "cuz I felt like it". This was something you had never seen before, the way he could just nonchalantly joke about such things made your skin crawl. After all, you were here to finish things as he was your target.

Manipulation is your strong point, you wouldn't be here without it - let alone be with Johnny on 'vacation' together. Yes, you realise that you've had to do some questionable things in order to get where you are but that's all part of the job. Even going as far as to lie to the readers that you were falling in love, to make it convincing enough.

But now you have him where you want him. Alone, perfect.

In all honesty, Johnny doesn't need to justify what he did, there's enough evidence of what he's done back at the headquarters. This would only just add to it.

The comfortable silence shifted to awkwardness after you both are just standing there without doing much. The waves violently causing a scene behind you - filling the awkward atmosphere with at least a pleasant background noise.

He was in the perfect position for you to apprehend his ass, yet you had forgotten one essential item - bullets for your damn gun.

"How about we go for a little walk?" You suggest, trying to hide your true intentions by keeping a straight face and making eye contact with him in order to not shy away.

"I would like that very much" he extended his open palm in response for you to take it - which you ultimately did do.

Keeping up the facade was difficult at times, it's hard to not authentically be in love with someone. However, you had a job to do and he was not going to get in the way.

"Uhh hey can we stop off at the house, I want to change into something more... comfortable." You shot a wink his way, hoping it wouldn't go unnoticed.

He swallowed hard. "Yeah s-sure." his eyes became as bright as the damn moon.

Swiftly you swooped inside the house with indignation and softly closed the door behind you. The panic sets in. "How the fuck am

I supposed to wear something skimpy and hide the gun." To be fair, you brought this on yourself by making it a suggestive comment at the time.

You pull out the various swimsuits that you had brought - a red one piece, a blue bikini and a black two set bikini with a sarong. "Ugh none of these will be good enough to hide it properly but I guess it'll have to be the black one - I'll just stay close by his side."

You slip on the black swimsuit without the sarong at first in order to gear up. You wrap the holster around your thigh tightly in order for it not to fall and reveal your true intentions. Since this holster is a single piece and not attached by a larger belt, the chances of it falling are high.

Lastly, the sarong is attached at the hip - completing the look. You stand back to look at yourself in the mirror - the sarong was unbelievably transparent, you could clearly see what was underneath but hopefully the darkness outside was in your favour tonight.

Now that the gun was loaded, it was go time.

You stop just before opening the door to realise that Johnny has his gun with him - you cannot mess up otherwise it's fatal.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense and you dreaded having to face him.

With a moment of instant motivation- you found the strength to fling the door open and meet Johnny outside.

His eyes shifted up and down your body as you approach him - shyly of course, shielding your arms. This was the first time on this trip that you had worn a bikini so it was new even to you.

His staring caused you to look at the ground and shift awkwardly between your feet. Johnny extended his hand out to reach for yours, you finally flashed him a smile and laced your hand in his.

You both had been through the town to look at all the bright lights illuminating the night sky. Johnny began to stir up a conversation but you could only concentrate on the fact that most likely everyone could see what you were hiding underneath - so you suggested another condition as you both approached the beachside restaurant.

"Maybe we should hit the beach for a swim?" You smugly nudged Johnny as soon as this sentence left your lips. His eyebrows knitted together for a second, wondering what he was going to say until finally a smirk arose from his lips.

"What?" You stare at him, pretending to be oblivious. "There's nothing wrong with going for a swim, get your head out of the gutter!" You playfully hit Johnny on the arm while he began to chuckle in surrender. "Alright, alright (Y/N)..." Johnny's big hand covered the top of yours as his words trailed off as his gaze made its way over to the sandy beach.

The beach was pitch black, no lights whatsoever - one might say very romantic indeed.

At this point you were going to be frank - you enjoyed the evening so far but it was going to get even better.

Your toes sunk into the fluffy yet damp sand as you both walk down the beach together hand in hand. The beach in question was extremely empty so the experience is made even more personal.

To try to make some conversation, you decide to jokingly ask questions about why he staged the whole ordeal. "So, how much did you pay the bar in order to carry out the whole thing!"

Johnny sighed and took a little while to respond.

"Well you see, I had to obviously pay for the damage caused to the ceiling which wasn't too bad. But everyone who 'acted' wanted a small percentage." You pursed your lips together, this man was something else. "Like I said, I did it because I wanted to see what you were capable of and clearly it worked."

You hummed back in response, it still didn't make much sense to you but you decided to still play along.

Quickly diverting the conversation to another area you ask if he wants to go for a swim in the sea.

Quickly checking your phone, you see that you've received a text message from Jaehyun but you decide to ignore it and toss it back onto the dry sand.

You stand back, taking a good look at Johnny while he, himself looks down at his own attire. "I think I'm going to have to strip all down!" he yells out to you, trying to restrict his laughter from erupting into something much larger.

"It's okay! Meet you in the water!" And with that off you trudge further into the sea.

Moments later, Johnny joins you in the water. You both begin to have a water fight by splashing the water as hard as you can into the other persons face.

Your laughing really hard at this point as you instinctively pull Johnny closer by wrapping your arms around his neck and kiss his lips passionately for a few seconds.

With that you steadily pull apart and time crawls to a slow pace as you release your left arm from his neck.

You look Johnny directly in the eye as you tug your gun out of the holster under the water. Aiming the gun at his lower stomach, you cock the gun back and within seconds a muffled gunshot sound could be heard.

You have stopped smiling at this point as you promptly acquire your gun back inside it's holster.

Darkness surrounds Johnny as the blood spills out from his wound as he begins to float away.

Your mission was not to kill him, but to apprehend him so he can be used for questioning. Mission accomplished.

You drag his lifeless body back to shore and apply pressure to his wound using your damp sarong for now. The team would soon be here.

Johnny at this point is grunting and unable to form proper sentences. "I... should've seen... this coming..." his breathless tone makes him for the first time in his mafia career - helpless.

"This is why you should never trust anyone." Your response was short but held a lot of meaning. You sighed as you crouched next to Johnny's taut body.

You take this opportunity to finally chase up on the text message Jaehyun sent you.

"We're on standby. Tell us when."

You promptly reply back to him and within moments armed forces began to sweep through the beach lead by Jaehyun.

They surround you in a circle, all aiming their guns at you two. You slowly rise from the crouching position with your hands up before Jaehyun finally emerges from the green.

"Don't worry guys, she's with us." They all begin to lower their guns as a team approaches Johnny and flips him over to handcuff him. A large groan escapes his lips due to the pain.

Jaehyun strides towards you and pulls you into a rather large hug. "Good work (Y/N), Yamazaki will be pleased to hear about this."

You sink into his arms and sigh, finally glad that it's all over.

You watch as they unexpectedly lift Johnny up to take him away in all his glory.

You jokingly add "we'll see you back in London Johnny."

"So, (Y/N) your flight back to London is scheduled for tomorrow morning along with the rest of the team. We expect you to be ready to go when the time comes. Goodnight." Jaehyun takes off with the rest of the team which leaves you alone on the beach.

You nod back half-heartedly even after he left, only really anticipating a good nights sleep after all of this. You weren't sure if you felt bad yet but it is your job after all.

You look down at yourself after everyone had scarpered - what a night indeed. There were only traces of dried blood on your legs since the water would've washed it off.

You wander aimlessly through town to find your way back to the house, you were exhausted and just needed some sleep.

That night you fell asleep instantly as soon as your head hit the pillow due to all of the events that had taken place in that one single day. You didn't even dream, everything was empty.

Next day you found yourself in a plane, heading back to London. You work here was done, however thoughts began to swirl around your mind as you peer out the tiny, restricted window. Hopefully the agency would keep you safe if Johnny ever did get out. There's no doubt about it that he would hold a grudge - he's just like sort of person.

Back at MI9 your efforts were continuously praised by your boss, you finally proved your worth to the agency. You felt happy and relieved at the same time.

Making your way down in the building to the interrogation rooms, you could hear his voice coming from one of the rooms. You quickly peered inside each room until you finally saw him, handcuffed and looking disheveled. Luckily he couldn't see you though otherwise you really would be dead.

You now had to walk back down the long corridor to the reach the elevator. All of a sudden you heard a door unlocking and that's when you saw him accompanied by two guards.

You froze in shock as you both made eye contact with each other. No words were exchanged as he simply just walked past you. When he was a few meters in front of you, he stopped, turned to face you and said:

"I guess you could say I really was your target then." The guards hustled him to keep going but all you could do was stare aimlessly as he was now a distant figure.

He had used your words from when you were playing pretend and all you could do was just stand there, frozen, unable to move.

You can't let your feelings get in the way of your job, you knew that from the get-go but somehow they still managed to creep their way in.

You're just happy that he is okay.

[maero]

【 14 】 D i s c l o s u r e - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 667

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 15

Dropping the name tag instantly as your instincts suddenly jump start into action as you now take all of your surroundings into consideration. You aimlessly stand back up and shoot your gaze over to the open side of the forest which presents you with yet ANOTHER beach.

Another empty beach...

Every inch of your body is fighting back, not letting you move to investigate but your gut feeling tells you otherwise. Shrugging off this sensation, you wander through the last of the shrubs - leaving the suspicious suitcase behind.

You ready your gun, moving slowly out behind the shrub.

Jumping into action, pointing the gun both ways... to nothing. Absolutely nothing. Nothing but sandy whiteness that covers the beautiful perimeter. "Fuck." Is all you could mutter to yourself.

Kicking the sand in frustration, you look around for anything, something at least... and that's when you noticed the curvature of the island.

This was your last chance to find him before you had to depart tomorrow back to Chicago to inform your colleagues whether you had been successful or not. Let's just say this, once you had gotten around - there awaited some long overdue evidence.

A lonesome orange tent, mysteriously placed centrally on the sand.

"A fucking tent?" disbelief filled your thoughts, it almost feels as if you're in the damn twilight zone by how peculiar this situation is playing out.

You unwillingly decide to approach said tent but all while being vigilant - you were not just about to be killed now considering how far you've come.

Getting closer, you could tell it was pretty small - maybe fitting two people at best but it would be quite a snug fit.

Merely meters away, rustling makes you stop dead in your tracks as you involuntarily snap your head around to face the direction in which the noise came from.

Emerging from deep within the forest came... Johnny, looking rather calloused.

His clothes were torn and his hair falls rough upon his face.

He notices you and automatically produces his gun, pointing it straight at you from a healthy distance. Instinctively, you do the same.

It has now become a standoff. He is the first one to speak.

"How did you find me?" Worry and anger lacing his words as he shifts to singlehandedly point the gun. A scoff is suddenly projected from your mouth - "Find you? Jesus Christ Johnny, this island is tiny! As if it would have taken me years to have found you." You decide to bite the bullet and walk towards him slowly.

"I'm more confused about why the hell you caused a damn scene at the bar and then ran off like some teenager." He backs up a bit before lowering his gun in defeat. "Didn't take much did it?" You are now within meters apart and suddenly jolted forward quickly to take the gun and disarm him.

"Are you going to tell me or are you just going to give me the silent treatment instead? Take your pick." You glare up at him, wanting some damn answers from his complex way of thinking.

He sighs loudly before giving up: "Okay, okay. I'll tell you everything you need to know, I'm genuinely tired of running away." He confused the fuck out of you sometimes.

"You could have gotten me killed, why didn't you think before going through with it all?"

Here you two stood, alone on an empty beach accompanied by a lonesome tent.

It felt lonely, how could anyone want to be out here alone for so long?

"It was all fabricated." His words snapped you out of your thoughts.

What? Had you been duped? Played at your own game? He was testing you all along?

No words, just silence attended with the soothing sound of the crashing waves.

A smirk plastered across his smug face, you wanted to slap it right off. Anger and embarrassment boiled inside you - you had been played, but for what cost?

You needed answers, and you needed them NOW.

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【 13 】 R i d d l e - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 810

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 14

Emptiness laced with nostalgia.

Good God, what had you gotten yourself into by taking this case?

This man is cold and cunning yet masks it with a warm exterior. It was infuriating to say the least. Johnny's mafia leader persona was showing - the real him, nothing you'd ever seen before. The kind and, dare you say, caring man you'd known prior who saved YOU had completely disappeared.

Here you are: chained up and had been figured out from the start. How are you ever going to get out of this?

Johnny - who was dressed in all black - approached your helpless body sprawled on presumably his floor. Sharply, he knelt beside you.

"Hmmm and what do we have here?" His words sent shivers down your spine as he reached out to retrieve your gun from the holster you put on previously.

With every movement, you felt sick. You had failed, he got you, you thought that you had persuaded him but clearly to no avail. Your hands were mangled together by a metal chain - no escaping now, your time is up. Game over.

You peer to your right and discover a mirror. With what vision you had left, you could barely make out that someone or something had beaten you due to many bruises and the amount of blood weeping from your head. However, weirdly no pain at all.

He put the gun in his back pocket and cupped your face with both hands.

"Such a shame a pretty face will no longer grace the earth of her presence."

"What d-do you m-mean?" You spat at him in disgust. Surrendering to his quite obvious dominance.

No words. Nothing. Johnny stood up and backed up a few steps. Hesitating before finally pulling the gun out from his pocket.

He slowly cocked the gun, pointing it at you, with a smirk. It was like this was a damn game to him and it hurt to watch this man be devoured by a darker force.

"And what will you be doing with that?" You managed to breathe out those few words.

Before suddenly, everything fell silent following a deafening bang.

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You jolted awake in a cold sweat, breathing heavily, thankful it wasn't real. This nightmare ultimately gave you a reality check of this mission. You cannot be dillydallying with trying to seduce him - you have a DAMN job to do and you will succeed either one way or another.

Failure to do so will indefinitely result in your death - I mean come on we're talking about a cold-blooded Mafia leader here who's capable of everything under the damn sun.

A couple of minutes had passed and by some sheer luck the alarm bursted into life, loud enough to disrupt the whole island.

You'd had enough games with Johnny at this point, still missing and the flight back home is approaching. You swear you could kill this man with your bare hands at this point. The holiday homes were all investigated but no sign of him anywhere which only fuelled your anger.

It was almost as if he disappeared into thin air.

Another day, another search for this dickhead. Time to get up and get on.

It was relatively early still - around 7am, which is the perfect time to do some rounds of the island. However this time, you had promised yourself to venture into the more uninhabited parts of the island to check everywhere.

Boots? Check. Gun? Check. The fucking motive to kill? Check. Time to rock'n'roll.

The forest is absolutely breathtaking, how the green trees compliment the blue sparkling water is beyond words. This is all great for a second but as you make your way into the heart of the forest, this imagery slowly morphs into that of somewhat loneliness.

The forest is massive, to makeup for the lack of internet and a reliable satnav - you had been placing sticks upright in the dirt to be certain that you could make your way back to society. That is if you somehow make it out unharmed of course but it would be great posts to help find the body.

After what seems like hours, you were almost ready to give up as you collapse to your ass underneath a tree. That was until a piece of silver had been reflecting sunlight onto the ground from the bushes. Hurriedly, you push the bush out of the way to make more sense of the mysterious item.

The blood drained from your face when you realised what the mysterious item was. Your hands immediately gripped your face in shock.

"B-but how?!" anger began to fuel inside of you yet again.

Inside of the bush lay an abandoned suitcase. The worst comes to mind when you hesitantly reach for the name tag on the item. You turn it around.

And to no surprise it writes:

"Johnny S ;)"

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【 12 】 I n d r a w n - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 2,189

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 13

It was now the morning after the little incident that had occurred the previous night. You woke up with back ache due to you deciding to bunk out on the sofa although to Johnny it would look like you had just happen to fall asleep there as you couldn't make it to the bed somehow. A quiet groan escapes from your mouth when you eventually sat up and stretched your arms above your head, giving you a little remedy to try and help with the pain shooting through your back. Slowly, you began to stand up and cautiously look around the abnormally quiet room. Without a sound, you poke your head around the corner slightly to peer into the bedroom... no sign of Johnny, the bed is still made and it looks like the doors to the balcony were locked as the keys were still by the windowsill on a hook.

A sudden surge of panic overcame you as you quite literally tore up the room to look for your phone. "Oh god, this is very very bad!" Fear laces your words as you desperately continue the search to inform your boss about this terrible situation. "That bastard is going to fucking pay!" Anger gets the best of you as you begin to throw things around the room, making quite the noise. "I've only gone and fucked up haven't I?" As you grasp the table in shame, you hear a distant vibration coming from the furthest point of the room, the bathroom. As you enter the bathroom you lock eyes with your phone, "It isn't over yet." You sigh and quickly lunge to retrieve your phone. "New message from Mr Yamazaki, isn't it about time? Thank god for the timing though." Relief courses through you as the text message reads "Any updates?" Now is the time to just bite the bullet and just tell him that Johnny got away because he'd find out sooner or later. With that, you reluctantly sent that text message only to be met with a notification after around 3 minutes.

"Come on Y/N I can open this damn message." Pacing up and down the room, energy arises from nowhere. "Fuck it!" And with that surge of energy you finally opened it. With wide eyes the text message read "So, what are you doing still? Get out there and investigate like you were trained to do, you could've replied to me later. Also, go armed." You didn't bother sending a confirmation text back, you knew this was protocol yet you sat around while he's out there probably attempting to leave.

One search for evidence for any stolen goods was conducted in the bedroom as that contained most of the items we had brought with us. There is no need to continue in the kitchen as it had already been searched following your outburst. You checked everything in the bedroom: weapons suitcase, closet, side drawers and even the bathroom, no sign of anything gone. It was going well so far, until you peered underneath the bed. "Only one suitcase which is mine." You pulled it out and noticed that the tag had been damaged, almost as if someone had pulled something by force. You quickly make a note of this and pull the weapons suitcase from the closet. You choose to put on the shoulder holster accompanied by a pistol and some ammo, nothing too extravagant. "This looks very subtle." You chuckle to yourself before you throw on a jacket over the top to conceal the weapon. In the suitcase there is your badge which you grab and push into your pocket just in case.

Before you leave you turn your attention to the look of the front door, to identify forced entry. Which seems to be none but the extra key next to the door is gone as you have the real one on you in the front pocket. "But why would he take his suitcase AND the extra key if he was leaving?"

You have no time to waste, Mr Yamazaki had put his faith in you for all the right reasons. The sun is shining and it seems to be about 11 in the morning. You have around 12 hours to crack this and report back to Mr Yamazaki or he will not be pleased at all.

Rapidly, you burst through the front door and consequently leave it open on your way out, not caring about the property only about the suspect at hand. Carefully keeping the gun hidden, you consciously make your way over to the towns centre and work your way from there. You had no plan forming in your mind but had only one important mission. Apprehend. The. Bastard. Before. He. Gets. Away. The first thing you thought of was the bar you spotted him at last night with a lovely young lady upon his arm, the audacity to be fair. You weren't serious or anything, in fact you felt disgusted if a thought of Johnny crossed your mind, hell even you felt worse at yourself as you'd LET this happen on your watch. How irresponsible you thought, no wonder Mr Yamazaki had to keep his cool.

You felt anger begin to build up inside you yet again as the thought of you making the rookie mistake to trust another suspect. Last time this happened, you didn't dare to inform Mr Yamazaki about it. Although you felt a bit better that you did eventually gather the guts to tell him.

As the landscape of the bar comes into view, suspiciously there is no one around except the employee behind the bar surface. Great time to go and ask a few questions. As you approach you lay out your badge to the employee who begins to look a little bit startled but you're not surprised, it happens most of the time so you've learnt to deal with it. "Good morning, I'd like to ask you a couple of questions regarding last night." The employee shifts a little in space and continues, "Uhhh I'm not in trouble about last night right?" You frown to yourself, last night? What happened last night? Were you THAT out of it? "This may seem unprofessional of me but, can you enlighten me about last nights events? I wasn't aware anything had happened. I promise that you're not in trouble sir." Your words were laced with reassurance, of course you weren't going to arrest this man on sight, he's most likely a witness to whatever went down last night as you ran away in sadness. Of course you let emotions get the best of you, but hey it happens and it cannot be helped especially when you feel betrayed.

The man went to grab a stool to sit down behind the bar as you grabbed your phone to take some notes. "May I ask for your name sir?" You look up at him and make direct eye contact, you meant business. "O-of course, Daniel. Daniel Warwick, I'm working abroad for experience in bartending - I'm originally from the UK." His words were filled with fear and shock, poor guy he sounds shaken from what happened last night.

You make a quick note of his name before asking the real questions. "So before we jump right into the occurrence, I'd like to know how much this incident has shocked you and if you'd ever experience anything like this before? By the way your talking it sounds like it's had an impact." He adjusts and shifts in his seat, thinking of what to say before finally, "Indeed it has, nothing like this has ever happened to me when I've worked a shift. I thought I would die by the way the atmosphere changed so quickly. I feel a bit rough and shaken today because my boss has forced me to be on shift again even though that happened yesterday." With a stiff lip you noted it down and with that you needed to hear what actually went down moments after you fled the scene. "What can you tell me about what happened yesterday Daniel?"

He momentarily held back before he let go of all the information he gave to you. "I believe it was around 9:30 this all occurred. Three men and two women were the only ones present at the scene. I can confirm that it was one of the men who started all of this." You begin to listen even closer to what this man had to say. "They were all incredibly drunk but I thought nothing of it as obviously this is a bar and people sometimes come here to get wasted on holiday. I didn't quite get their names but one dark haired man stood out and looked particularly suspicious to me as his behaviour changed drastically in comparison to when he was sober when he arrived earlier that evening." Dark haired man?

He continued on with a huge gulp, you log his hesitation to form words. "...Then all of sudden this man pulls a gun from the inside of his jacket pocket and started to threaten all of us, including the people he was with. My body went into complete shock, I didn't know what to do in that moment so I just collapsed to my knees with my hands in the air to surrender." You look at Daniel with sympathy, "That must've been hard to deal with, I'm sorry this happened."

He turned away slightly, "But that's not quite the end, he actually shot a round and damaged the roof before he fled in a hurry." Daniel points to the ceiling where you are presented with a single bullet hole, the impact was huge as the hole was massive." As you turn back, Daniel catches a glimpse of the gun in your holster and in response he covers his head with both hands. "Oh gosh I'm so sorry you had to see that, I'll be more careful. Don't worry I'm not going to shoot." You speak softly and carry a comforting smile. He looks back up and slowly releases himself from his grasp. Daniel sighs hard as his hands collapse into his lap out of frustration. He looks around the now silent room and you take the moment to make note of his appearance in notes, just in case they need it for witnesses. His brown slicked back hair as well as his square rimmed glasses frame his face nicely especially since he has green eyes, such a nice contract it's so unique. His face appears chiselled by the gods but that's going off topic.

"Do you have any other information you'd like to share about the perpetrator?" He twiddles his thumbs in his lap, pursing his lips hard and raising his eyebrow to try and remember at least something. A moment passes. "Ahh, yes. I think he mentioned that he works in debt collecting to the woman that he left with after the incident took place." That's it. That's all you needed to hear. "Thank you so much for giving me your time today Daniel. I really appreciate it and I wish you the best of luck in the future. Don't be alarmed but we may contact you in the future to conduct an interview online." Daniel got up from the stool and stood to shake your hand. "You're more than welcome, I'm happy to help anytime." And with that you two shot a pleased smile at each other before you were on your way.

You now knew that you had to search more for Johnny, he for sure is in hiding somewhere around here. As you walked around town, you were looking for a place to stop and grab some lunch, hoping to catch a glimpse of Johnny somewhere around town. He can't hide forever and obviously he knew that, he's not stupid.

As you settle down for lunch you look back over the notes you've taken provided by Daniel our key eyewitness. "Where did he get the gun from? No guns were taken from my weapons suitcase? Perhaps someone provided it to him while we were here? Is that why he suggested to come here in the first place?" All these dire thoughts flood your mind as you cannot wrap your brain around it. What is his motive? You need to get to the bottom of this.

As you stare out onto the rest of the shops filling the town, a flyer that's taped onto the shop door catches your attention. "Holiday rentals homes in-" rental homes... THATS IT! This part of the island only has places available to rent for the summer. That woman must've taken him back to her home! But which home is the problem here, you cannot come barging in without a warrant you could get in trouble for it. Yet again you'd just have to knock and ask politely to come in to ask a few questions. If they refuse, that will raise suspicion.

So far you haven't had to use your gun, but it may be needed if something gets out of hand.

[maero]

【 11 】 C y n i c a l - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 1,406

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 12

It had been overnight since Johnny leant in for the kiss first. A strong, fuzzy feeling began to form inside of you as you lay there in bed in complete bliss, only the sound of the birds whistling sweet melodies to each other. As you turn to lay on your side, you catch the breathtaking view outside of the balcony in the cold, summer morning. Someone had left the doors open to the balcony before they had gone to bed, you automatically put the blame onto Johnny.

As your breathing regulates and your vision becomes normal, you shift to lay on your back again. You sigh in content. Your hands begin to travel around the silk sheets, searching for Johnny but to no avail, it was cold. Frantically, you shot up and glanced in both directions before you spot a lonesome flip flop on the balcony. You get up from your pit and wrap a silk robe around yourself as you make your way over to the balcony. Doors already wide open, you slip out and see Johnny leaning against the banister, taking in the view of the sea. You smile to yourself first and then approach him.

"Spectacular isn't it?" You spoke softly but it was enough to snap Johnny back into reality on this spontaneous trip from being outlaws. Johnnys glance automatically met yours as he extends his arm out to hold you closer to him. "I guess it is, I haven't seen anything like it to be fair." he too spoke in a whisper, as if trying to not disturb nature. "Well there is a first for everything." You chuckle lightheartedly as you both remain there together for a few seconds longer, as if you both lingered.

You ultimately climbed out of Johnnys grasp and that's when the cold summer air started to take its toll as it was still very early in the morning, you hadn't checked your phone at all. Although it was cold, Johnny refused to come inside and get breakfast. Stubborn one isn't he? You made your way back inside to make some breakfast for both of you.

~

The day up until the afternoon had been going normally, until Johnny suggested that the two of you branch out and do some activities by yourselves. With the mission still in mind, you hesitantly agreed but you set a time to be back by which was 7pm. This means that you could do whatever you wanted to, but you knew that just meant chilling by the sea all afternoon, soaking up the sun. Unsure of what Johnny will be doing, you packed all of your beachwear and parted ways for the afternoon. You made sure that if he pulls anything funny, you'd call him out for it and he also agreed that if he stepped out of line too.

Hours of relaxing by the sea were absolute bliss to be honest, it was incredibly peaceful. By this time it was 6:30pm just half an hour shy before you had to be back to the villa. As you lay there, lounging in the sun you begin to drift off into inevitable thought about - what is happening back in London? Are they worried at all? You did inform the boss of your whereabouts and they did seem to support this idea to taking a holiday, presumably that you were still on board with carrying out the mission - which is still in full swing, just that there hasn't been a moment where Johnny hasn't swept you off your feet in order to realise the mistakes he's made as you're incredibly and utterly flustered with the thought of him even close to you, let alone touching you in sensitive areas like that. It must be done properly, otherwise you'd be suspended and their trust in you would decrease for future employment at the agency.

As you begin to surface back into reality you realise that 15 minutes had passed since you "rested" your eyelids. You frantically pack all of your things into the beach bag and find your way back into the villa to meet with Johnny again. As you burst through the doors of the villa you quickly set down the bag and collapse in the chair due to the heaviness of the weighty bag containing beach items. You stay there for a few minutes, just breaching yourself in the peacefulness again - now this is indeed a holiday well needed.

Eyelids began to fall heavy and you find yourself drift off to sleep, careless of what time it was as you didn't care in the moment or things.

By the time you awaken, you rub your sore eyes to readjust your eyesight to the darkness of the villa.

"I cannot see shit right now." You pace around the dark room trying to feel for your phone to check the time.

It was now 9pm and no sign of Johnny anywhere in the Villa as the lights were all off, and the loud sound of the door opening and closing would've woken you up. Gingerly, you switch the phones flashlight on to find a light switch to make this place come alive. The living room area was now lightened and eventually the thought of Johnny leaving you had just kicked in. To make sure he wasn't asleep in the bedroom or balcony before you left on your adventure, you quickly switch on the light and inspect both areas before concluding that it is indeed both empty of Johnnys presence.

"So you want to play that game huh? Well two can play that game." You click your teeth while changing into someone more... suitable and loading yourself with the hidden weaponry just in case this whole plan as backfired onto you and serious diversions need to be made in the event of Johnny turning his back onto you.

You were mad. Mad at yourself more as you let your guard down, and ensured that this could happen to you. Why out of all people? Angrily, you grab the coffee table with both hands and leant against it, eventually huffing out a very large sigh indeed. "If the agency find out about this my career is fucking over!" Tears begin to prick at the corners of your eyes as you frustratedly open the front door to begin your search for Johnny.

"I'll teach that lying bastard a thing or two." You didn't know where to look, but you had to start somewhere. Somewhere you both loved or thought he loved was the beach.

You approach the beach and although everything was lit for nightlife the beach was extremely empty, almost felt abandoned. You stood there in the sand in complete disarray at the whole situation. For once you had no lead. You fought back those tears but through the blurriness of your sight you notice a restaurant that was still brightly lit just in the far distance to the right of you.

The bar was in full swing for even at this time of night which wasn't very late at all. The multicolouredness of the scene threw you off a tad as it was very late for loud music - almost like a party. You begin to walk slowly towards the raving crowd.

And there, amongst the bar members was Johnny sat upon the table with a girl in arm - quite clearly slightly drunk should you mention. You froze on the spot, unsure of what to do with yourself at this present time, never in a million years would you have suspected Johnny to be with another girl. Was this jealously or just an attempt to get closer to him to find out what he's really hiding from you.

To be mature about this as it was already late, you decided to just confront him about the situation tomorrow morning, when we all feel refreshed and when he is least expecting it as he won't realise that you were there amongst the crowd onlooking. He would think that you would've been in bed, asleep. Well he is dead wrong about that, in fact you're wide awake.

He better prepare himself for tomorrow's events as he will get one hell of an ass whooping tomorrow for betraying ones trust. He knew how important this was as you hold all the authority in this relationship.

Now he will know what it feels like to mess with the wrong person.

[maero]

【 10 】 A t m o s p h e r i c - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 1,100

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 11

At the strike of 6am, you both woke up to catch the plane all the way to Florida keys. You wouldn't get there until sometime tomorrow as it takes around 20 hours from Chicago to get there. The amount of time spent on the plane will probably make you go insane but what's at the end of the ride is the only thing that's motivating you as it is absolutely breathtaking. You both barely converse as it is way too early to make small talk this early in the morning. All you could think about was paradise and probably the same with Johnny if you think about it. Escapism. The best source of running away from your problems and also another way of solving them.

The whole process of getting to the airport and eventually getting on the plane was a blur. It took way too long and yet all you could do in those moments was stand there waiting in agony for comfort of those plane seats. If you were being honest, as soon as you both sit down in the plane you were out like a light. At least this would cause time to go faster. By this time it was 9am. The plane finally took off and both of your were sound asleep already. Numerous amount of hours went by due to sleep. You woke up first and checked your phone. "5pm" not bad, 12 more hours until you arrive in Florida keys. You look to your left and see Johnny sleeping peacefully next to you. His black hair had become messy and my god was it hot. You had to control yourself though and forcefully made yourself face the front and pretend to look through the selection of movies just in case he woke up.

Time went by slowly, you began to feel restless and a bit frustrated but you knew that this long flight was going to be painful. Before you knew it, the man behind the speaker announced that you were landing in around 10 minutes. Finally. You stretched your arms up and accidentally hit johnny in the face in the process of doing so. "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry!" you laugh as you jokingly hold his face. The amount of sleep you've had has drained you. It was 5am at this point so there was no point in going to sleep when you got to your villa.

~

After an hour, you both finally made your way to the villa awaiting you by the beach. "The view is absolutely breathtaking!" Johnny lightly chuckles at you before taking his and your luggage to the villa, leaving you to your own devices. It's as if your in your own world. The sun began to rise and eventually covered the landscape in red. The was the definition of a picture perfect moment. You are so glad that Mr Yamazaki suggested you do this.

"Y/N! Come and help me unpack!" Your fantasy was unfortunately cut short by the sound of Johnnys voice echoing. "Oh yes... uhm sure!" You quickly ran inside.

Unpacking took so long. Too long. It was eventually lunch time by the time everything was done. You both thought it would be great to get lunch out. This was a good chance to have a nice chat with him.

You took to lunch at a local restaurant. Johnny looked rather nice as he wore jeans and a suit shirt and you wore a nice mini dress. Over lunch you discussed details about his work and what he used to do and why he did it. This would soon help with the investigation, but he weren't to know this. Then came the inevitable questions about your job. You answered these types of questions in order for Johnny to trust you. Lunch soon turned into dinner at the same place as you both had doubtably good chemistry with each other as there was nothing you didn't talk about. It was true that you spent hours talking and getting to know each other on a personal level. Maybe this wasn't a good idea as it only contributed more to your feelings.

Nighttime fell and there was a sensual atmosphere between the two of you as you both make your way back to the villa. All of a sudden you let go of Johnnys hand, divert from him and make your way to the now cold beach. Johnny follows after you.

You stare out, looking at the final moments of the sun before it sets for the day. You clutch onto your jacket harder as the bitter wind becomes colder as the sun sets. Johnny swiftly wraps his arm around your shoulder and draws you closer into him. You both stare out in amazement. Even after the sun has gone, you both still stand there in each other's arms. No words need to be exchanged between you, the atmosphere alone is enough to signal whatever happens next.

Your head rests softly against Johnnys arm as he swoops down to lightly kiss the top of your head. You smile in content and wanted to make the next move.

"Johnny..." you break away from his embrace to turn to face him. The silence was real. Johnny eventually broke the silence by picking you up bridal style by surprise. "Put me down!! aha!" You laugh, scared that he might throw you in the sea. Luckily he stopped just before the sea began to come in. You both stopped to look at each other, his features became prominent in the bright moonlight. Without thinking, almost as if it was natural, you cupped his face and leaned in to plant a kiss upon his soft lips. It was sweet at first but it soon turned rough. "Johnny..." you breathed his name out as he began to kiss your neck. This could only mean one thing you thought...

You were abruptly placed back on the floor and he quickly intertwined his fingers with yours. "Oh what you do to me Y/N." You were practically dragged back, you were tired as well. You had to cut this night short, unfortunately.

"Uhm, Johnny do you mind if it waits? I am so exhausted after the flight." Just inches from the villa, Johnny turns to you and nods in agreement. "I agree, I was just a bit frisky and a tad bit out of order." You smile back at him. "Thank you." You swiftly slide past him and dibs the shower first.

That kiss could mean one thing...

Could Johnny be catching feelings as well?

[maero]

【 9 】 E s c a p e - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 735

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 10

"How about we take a little trip?"

Johnny eyes you from across the room, a confused look plastered all over his face. "What's your game?" He leans forward, standing up almost as if he took some form of offence to that remark. "I just think that we should get away from here before any of my correspondents realise that I haven't fulfilled the mission and instead I've kinda betrayed them infact..." you said trailing off and looking towards the open window with a somber look appearing quite visibly on your face. Hoping that Johnny didn't notice, you quickly adverted to the kitchen to make your retreat from the situation. "Y/N, if it means that much to you... I guess I can do that, just don't try anything funny with me or else." Johnny had followed you into the kitchen to continue the conversation that you had just escaped from, his last remark made you gasp loudly. This made you smirk. "Or else what?" You smile at him before throwing a damp tea towel at him "Go on and dry up the dishes will you?" As you walked away all you could hear was a loud groan emerge from the kitchen.

"The location I have in mind is Florida Keys." You practically shout so that hopefully Johnny can hear you. All of a sudden you hear a loud clanging and the sound of heavy footsteps against the wooden floor approaching your direction. "Florida Keys!? That's like a 20 hour drive from Chicago! Are you out of your mind?!" He enters the room with his jaw practically on the floor. "Relax, it will be nice to get away from this wouldn't it? Unless you want to get caught or something be my guest. Plus we wouldn’t be driving, so get that idea out of your head.” You lightly laugh and roll your eyes as you turn to face him on your chair.

Out of nowhere his mood had changed, he was now full of life and could see the positives of this idea. "Okay fine, it seems like a nice place to go, and I've always wanted to go there anyway." Johnny walks away from the room with a skip in his step, he finally gets a break, let's see if you finally get a break.

After a while, you finally had some good news to tell Johnny. "Johnny! We leave for the airport tomorrow!" "What?! How so quickly?!" At this point you're both practically shouting to each other from across the apartment. "I know people in that business, it was no worries at all." You smirk to yourself, chuffed with how things turned out in the end. Now you can only think about being in paradise with Johnny, who knows if something will happen we'll just have to wait and see. "We should probably start packing for this trip!" You get up and make your way towards your bedroom where your suitcase is.

You decide to take the secret weapons suitcase, concealed with clothes in case he takes advantage of this situation and your kindness. You weren't taking any prisoners. Johnny soon follows into the bedroom where he too begins to pack a spare suitcase you had which thankfully did not have any agent material in it. You pull out a black two piece bikini from your drawer and Johnny looks briefly before you interrupt his thoughts. "Uhm... what are you looking at?" Now that you called him out for looking he begins to get flustered and began stuttering over his words "Ohh... uhm... n-nothing." You laugh before playfully punching him lightly in the arm "I'm just kidding." He nervously laughed back, still alarmed.

Now that the packing is done, it is now time for the waiting process to commence before you are finally on that plane to paradise. After all this was your boss's idea.

Night fell and the same routine took place, nothing had happened between the two of you since the first night but you secretly hoped that the trip will influence what happens. Your boss will be extremely unhappy if he finds out you have caught feelings for real, there is even the risk of being discharged. Your bed suddenly became cold and dampened by your sweat caused by the sudden realisation.

Even if catching feelings is wrong, it's a big day tomorrow and the show must go on no matter what happens.

[maero]

【 8 】 D i s a r r a y - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 728

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 9

You slowly approach your phone, hesitating slightly before picking it up as only pessimistic thoughts began to race around the back of your head. "No, no. It's going to be fine" and with those brief words of courage you immediately unlock your phone to face the objective

"Oh god, of course. Why didn't I expect this to come..." he's a wanted man, you understand why they want you to get close to him. You cling onto the side of the kitchen countertop, trying to grasp some sense of the situation before bouncing back over to your phone to reread the message from your boss.

“Good morning Y/N,

NEW OBJECTIVE: you will now have to pretend to fall in love with Johnny until we track your location to intercept the two of you and detain Johnny. Thank you for your cooperation this early in the morning. I will be contacting you frequently with more updates on the case while you are away from the office."

Little did your boss know that you developed down-low feelings for Johnny already. You couldn't help it, you liked the excitement and danger of this bond you've formed overnight with this fiend in your bedroom. Although you couldn't help but think about the possibility of this magic just being a one-night-stand. You had to come to terms with yourself one way or another. But not today, you'll see how this one goes.

As the day gets on, you try to forget about the text message, but it always comes back to remind you once in a while. To your surprise, Johnny never left the apartment after last nights event. Instead he stayed with you, curled up on the sofa with you and even helped you make dinner for the two of you. Johnny was kind and gentle towards you, the absolute polar opposite of what a mafia leader should be. Maybe he was right that he did change after all...

Although this kindness can be accounted for, you never once let your guard down just in case. This resulted in a few awkward incidents where you'd accidentally karate chop Johnny in the genitals whenever he'd jokingly scare you.

Nighttime approached, reminding you of you and Johnnys little rendezvous. The setting similar as well. Such as the bright moon filling the bedroom with light. The setting was so peace revoking that it practically ordered you to go and have an early night. As you adjust yourself comfortably on one side of the bed, you hear loud, bellowing footsteps coming towards your bedroom door. Your eyes immediately shoot open.

The bedroom door swings open a little bit, revealing yet again a shirtless and messy haired Johnny standing in the hallway. "Jesus Christ Johnny, you scared the shit out of me." You say pretending to clutch onto your heart in agony. Johnny lightly chuckles before stopping to ask, "Can I sleep in your bed? It's lonely in the other room." His voice trails off towards the end of his sentence, this plays with your heartstrings even further. God how can this man be so irresistible?! "Oh yeah that's fine, just make yourself comfortable." You say, kindness lacing your words as you smile sweetly towards him. "Alright, thank you." His words made your stomach do backflips. Hold on, is this a sign?!

Johnny settles in beside you, not making any skin to skin contact to be respectful. You appreciate this at first, but then your body longed for some form of embrace. You insinuated this by "accidentally" touching his hand before he finally pulled you over to him. Johnny knew exactly what you wanted, affection. You placed your head on his bare chest, followed by one hand placed upon his chest too. Johnny had one arm wrapped around you to secure you. The moment was absolutely picture perfect. You lifted your head slightly to look at Johnny. He was away with the butterflies... how cute. You smiled at him in response before retreating back to how you were before. Why did the cute things only happen during the night? This confused you and you'd be sure to confront Johnny about it the next day. But for now, you can enjoy this peace which eventually led to you having a decent night sleep for once in a while.

Maybe this isn't such a bad thing after a while?

[maero]

【 7 】 C e a s e - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 988

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 8

You waste no time at all. Within a few seconds of entering the room again Johnny already had a tight grip on your hips as you stand in front of his sitting figure. You couldn't help but to gently wrap your arms around his neck. You thought this was extremely romantic, how no lights accentuated both of your bare, colliding bodies. Johnny removes his hands from your hips to tug slightly at the hem of your pyjama shirt. Obviously hinting to take it off. Without exchanging any words, you did so while Johnny sat back and watched. The cold air suddenly hit your torso and you noticeably shivered.

"We'll make sure to change the temperature in this room." Johnny shot you a visible smirk as he noticed you shivered. You couldn't help but cover your face with both of your hands in response. What a dork. You stood back while Johnny was still sat on the edge of the bed. You took this chance to slowly pull down your pyjama pants, making sure to extend each leg slowly. This will surely make him suffer. Small groans could be heard from his side of the room, you could only smile to yourself. Did you finally break him? Now you were stood there in just underwear. You begin to walk towards Johnny when suddenly he shot up and approaches you fast.

"So you think you can get away with torture, huh?" Johnny backs you up against the bedroom door and places both arms either side of you. "Let me think about that... yes." Uh oh, big mistake. Your response riles up some playful frustration within him. This is what you get for teasing, he will do it back but worse. Johnny towers over you, grabs both of your wrists and holds them above your head. Johnny pushes himself up against you to get a stronger grip on your waist while he kisses you roughly. You began to moan in between rough kisses as he had become the dominant so quickly. Just as you were expecting more kisses, he promptly removes himself from you and lets go. This is the absolute peak of teasing.

Johnny retreats back to the edge of the bed, you just standing there absolutely flabbergasted at what he had just done. "You are not getting away that easily. My turn." You practically ran over to him and pushed him on the bed so that his back was flat. You took this opportunity to straddle his hips. As you did so, you left wet kisses upon his neck and chest. This made him weak underneath your touch, he couldn't wait any longer. You felt him underneath you and you slowly began to push up against him, getting your own back from what he did to you. "Nuugh..." you were looking smug right now, he was powerless.

All of a sudden, Johnny musters up this power to flip positions. You take it that he's had enough of the teasing. You lay there, trapped by Johnny on top of you. His messy hair looked so sexy. You looked at each other for a moment before you reached up and caressed his cheek. He smiled softly before whispering, "Are you sure about this?" This is where it gets real, such a gentleman for asking. "I'm sure" you smiled sweetly and kissed him gently. Johnny nodded in response and well, the rest of the night is history.

It was the morning after last night and you awoke to the red sky. Someone had a tight grip around your waist - it was Johnny. You both didn't bother to get under the duvet covers, so instead you were both covered by a white blanket. Last nights events flashed through your thoughts for the very first time and what triggered them was when you peered down and noticed that you were bare. You weren't sure if you made a bad decision, but damn it made you feel good for at least once.

You successfully pry your way out of Johnnys grip without disturbing him. You grab the extra white blanket and wrap it around you, shielding your naked body from the cold. You peer out of the window, the sun shining directly onto you, creating a silhouette of your body. Not noticing that Johnny had woken up and turned over to face the window where you were, he got a nice view of your figure underneath the blanket.

You turn around and immediately notice Johnny staring at you while biting his lip. "Hey... not fair" you stamp your foot playfully followed by a light chuckle. You ache and unable to walk from last nights events. Johnny noticed that you walked funny as you approached him on the bed. All he could do was laugh, "Am i that good?" He says while stretching his arms up. You playfully hit him on the chest in response, "Perv". Before you climbed back into bed to cuddle with Johnny again, you gathered up fresh clothes to go for a shower. You stood just before opening the bedroom door and you made sure that Johnny was watching you. "Johnny..." and suddenly you drop the white blanket so it falls to the floor, revealing you bare again. You quickly dash out of the room, followed by a huge groan that obviously was let loose by Johnny. "Why do you do this to me Y/N!"

Before making it to the bathroom, your phone lets off a loud notification ring. You sigh loudly and make your way to the kitchen where you last left it. It was beside Jaehyun's letter. You picked up your phone and noticed it was sent by Mr Bang Yamazaki. You began to read the little preview iPhones give you. It read: "Good morning Y/N, NEW OBJECTIVE: you will now have to pretend to fa-" the preview just cuts off the new focus.

What does this mean?

[maero]

【 6 】 I n t i m a c y ? - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 1,316

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 7

You immediately begin to become flustered by just looking at him. Why does he have to look so good effortlessly!? You start to cuss to yourself as all of your works morals have all been forgotten about in the space of time he has entered your apartment. Johnny peers up to notice you standing there with your mouth gaping open at the sight of him.

"Oh, Y/N I didn't notice you had been standing there" he says as he struggles to pull up his pyjama pants. You giggle to yourself at how adorable he sounded, "Yeah... oh need some help?" You say sarcastically, raising your eyebrow slightly. You want  to get closer to him. This is absolutely going against the order of your boss, but you didn't care anymore. Just the presence of this man alone, his confidence, literally anything made you nervous around someone for once.

You've never felt this way about someone, especially how quick the feelings have formed, regardless of their tragic past. Some may say that he's dangerous, but all you see is a broken man standing before you, illuminated by the strong moonlight seeping through the blinds on the windowsill. Oh god, the way he looked made you melt.

You were closer to him now, so close that you could feel his breath on your face. What made you surprised is that he hasn't pushed you away yet, has he caught feelings as well? You only hoped. "Wait, why am I doing this? I'm going to get fired, oh god." you think to yourself, standing there frozen. Danger excited you though, just the thought of being caught put you on edge. Your bedrooms light was dim but the moonlight still visible. You retreat from this proximity briefly to turn off the light. Whilst you were away from him, your body had turned cold, missing the heat from your colliding bodies. The moonlight illuminated his face and his toned chest. He looked absolutely beautiful under this light, his messy black hair only contributed to the atmosphere. There was definitely sensual tension in the air.

Surprisingly, Johnny made the first move. Without a word, he wrapped his arms around your waist and pulled you even closer. Both of your arms land on his chest as you find yourself snuggling into him. You were absolutely content, just standing there in his arms, without a care in the world.

There is just something about the nighttime atmosphere which brings out the feelings in people. The darkness filled with some light can bring out the intimacy in some people. But most importantly, it can be a factor into making people admit their true feelings when they're alone with each other. That is the beauty of shared darkness.

A few moments swift by without a move and you both eventually pull away. You already begin to miss his body on yours when the coldness begins to seep through the windows. You both stand there making eye contact as the moonlight fills the room with natural lighting, wondering who will be the first to make the second move. You take the initiative to go second since he did it first.

You slowly walk up to him and place both hands on his cheeks, Johnny places his hands on your hips. You look at him lovingly before smiling. Johnny smiles back at you. "Where has this come from now?" He says with a smirk before he pulls you into a passionate kiss. He's so tall that you have to stand on your tippy toes to get a good angle. The kiss was slow, and loving. It wasn't needy or rough, it was just absolute bliss. You pull away smiling, this was everything you needed to take the stress away. Be it a mistake in the end, you didn't know, but right here and right now you didn't care at all. Johnny begins to tease you by standing on his tippy toes, he towers over you as a result. "Oh god!" You say as you lightly hit him on the chest. He laughs and pulls you into a bear hug. Johnny lowers his head so he reaches down to your ear and whispers, "I know the way we met has been a bit... let's say different, but I want to try and be in a normal relationship and no mafia related business. I've been longing for a normal life for so long, but family connections have been making my life difficult for trying to escape that lifestyle."

Hearing those sincere words escape Johnny's mouth just confused you even more. You were entirely certain that you have gained feelings for him by the way he acted so calmly back at the ball and how he openly told you his story. All of this moved you for some reason, it dissolved the rock hard shell you had displayed on the outside. You don't understand why you feel this way. All of a sudden, rain begins to pour, reminding you of when you got set the mission in the first place. This only added to your library of thoughts. "I understand fully." You say back to him. All of the whispering endurances made you get goosebumps. Johnny had taken note of this. You noticed that Johnny was still shirtless and standing before you in all of his glory except pyjama pants. This began to make you flustered again and you were thankful that the lights were off so he couldn't see your blushed red cheeks. You couldn't believe any of this, it was like a dream.

Out of nowhere, Johnny lifts you off of the ground and carries you bridal style. While still carrying you, he plants a soft kiss upon your lips as you hold his cheek with one hand. "Where are you taking me?" You ask as he suddenly kicks open the second bedroom door across the hall. This is the room Johnny is supposed to be bunking in until tomorrow. You suddenly realise his intentions and smirked secretly. As you reach the room, Johnny places you down on your feet and swiftly closes the door in one smooth move. He approaches you and kisses you but this time it was lustful and hard. This wasn't a kiss of passion anymore, it consisted of need and want. You begin to take control by making him sit on the end of the bed while you still stand in between his legs. The room was silent and consisted of only slight grunts. Johnny begins to undress you by taking off your shirt and throwing it carelessly in front of him, leaving you only in a bra and pyjama pants. The room began to become hot and full of intimacy as you both got closer.

Out of nowhere, there is a ring of the door bell. In the middle of Johnny pulling your pyjama pants down, you pull them back up and retreat your shirt from the floor. "Just when it was getting good!" You shout as you close the bedroom door behind you. You can hear the distant laughter of Johnny and you smile to yourself. You approach the door and peep through the look hole. It was Jaehyun standing there. You had forgotten that you had told him where you were staying. You gasped and tip toed to hide behind the counter. A few minutes passed and eventually he left but he posted a letter through the letterbox and let out an enormous sigh. You collected the letter and by being too distracted by who you have in the second guest bedroom, you left it on the counter.

You gingerly open the bedroom door to find Johnny waiting in the exact position you left him in. You walk over to him slowly, swaying your hips as you go.

"Now, where were we?" You say with a smirk upon your mischievous face.

[maero]

【 5 】 C r o s s - E x a m i n e - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 1,272

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 6

You slam your hands down between Johnny, startling him. "It must've caught him off guard." you thought to yourself while half smiling. "What are you smiling for?" Johnny asks while scanning you up and down. "Oh this is about to get fun..." you whisper to yourself while pulling the desk chair towards Johnny who is still sat on the floor.

Within a matter of minutes, you had unclasped Johnny from the radiator and tied him to the desk chair, using the silk bed blanket. You wheel Johnny to face the end of the bed, where you would then take a seat. "So, are you going to answer my previous question then?" You say raising an eyebrow to him.

"Oh yes, about that woman... she's actually just a friend, there's no need to be so nosey." Johnny shifts himself in the seat to get comfortable.

"Ah is that so..?" You say while getting up and circling him.

"To be frank with you..." you start before you slam the desk again to startle him.

"I'm going to ask you a couple more questions, is that okay?" Johnny mumbles under his breath in agreement.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" You say leaning closer to his right ear

"I said, yes that's fine." His tone was stern, as if you had extremely annoyed him.

"Okay then, let's begin with a simple one. Why are you here tonight?" You say trying to initiate eye contact by staring into the side of his head, hoping that he would notice.

"Business opportunities. Anyway can we just hurry this up!? I really need to be somewhere soon." Johnny says as he squirms in his seat. You lean into his ear and whisper, "Why are you in such a rush? The nights only just begun..." you were secretly hoping that this would send chills down his spine.

"I know what you're trying to do." He snaps back at you. "Using flirtation as a method to get them to fall for you." Well he wasn't wrong you thought, it was in fact your method. Your eyes widen at his remark. You don't say anything back to that and let the room fall silent yet again.

A few minutes passed before you rustled up the courage to ask, "What business opportunities, I know what you've done in the past, it's no secret to anyone." You say as you crossed your arms against your chest and refuse eye contact. Johnny gasps at the fact you brought up his past. "Who gave you the right to bring that up?" Johnny says while furrowing his brows and looking at his lap. You can clearly see the pain written across his face. Something definitely must have happened to him for this to happen. Unexpectedly, Johnny follows up with more.

"I didn't have a choice in any of it." Johnny says while staring at the wall blankly.

"I know I shouldn't be making excuses especially since many innocent people died." Johnny closes his eyes and looks around the room mindlessly. His eyes finally find yours, which are giving a pained expression back to him.

"I didn't know that was part of being a Mafia boss. I didn't know what I was getting myself into, especially with my hard upbringing. I didn't know right from wrong."

All you could do was stand at a loss for words as he practically came clean right in front of you.

"I finally realised around a month ago that a mafia boss lifestyle wasn't for me after being in that business for a year." Johnny says while never unlocking eye contact with you.

"I think I finally realise why you're here, to arrest me for my past dirty work. Isn't it?" You nod slowly before finally saying, "How can I take your truthful word for it?"

Johnny retorts by saying, "I guess I'll take that flirtation method." He says while slightly biting his lip. Johnny was unaware of what he was doing, acting dumb as if he didn't know what it was doing to you secretly.

"Yeah, yeah stop trying to seduce me." You caught him right in the act of trying to change the subject. How could you take his word for it?

"If you believe that you're a changed man, then you'd have no problem coming with me then?" Finally a way to get out of here without looking suspicious, you can only pray that he agrees.

"Okay, deal. However, I must get something in return." Johnny says smirking.

"Well, like what?" You say retreating to the end of the bed.

"I think you know very well what I'd like from you."

"Uh I really don't."

He is definitely assuming things about you as a result of your damn flirting. You should problem change your method of interrogation. After a few seconds, realisation hit you about what he meant.

"No! Who do you think I am!" You retort back at Johnny.

"Well it was worth a shot I guess..." he should know to never try to get in a woman's pants he just literally just met! You finally untie Johnny from the seat and allow him to stand up. "Wow he's tall?!" You only just noticed as he's literally just been sat on the floor the entire time. You both sort out yourselves before removing the sign from the door and exiting the room together.

"Let's link arms, no one will know otherwise." You suggest and Johnny confides with the idea. You both walk down the stairs, arms linked making you seem like a cute couple. It was a perfect plan, no one would suspect a thing. The only bad thing now was that you'd have to bring him back to your apartment for the night so you can both catch the flight tomorrow. How exciting...

You both finally got back to your apartment. "Welcome to my humble abode my friend." You say while opening the door to your apartment. Johnny immediately caught on that you'd both have to sleep in the same bed together. He didn't make anything of it though. You both collapsed onto the bed out of exhaustion. You were both still in your formal attire though.

"Bagsy the first shower!" You say as you practically run towards the only bathroom.

"May I join you?" Johnny cheekily asks you.

"No!" You completely shut him off as you laugh at his fake sadness.

"But it saves water!" He cries out after you jokingly. At this point you had already shut the door and locked it.

"Finally some me time, peace and quiet." You sign heavily and turn on the hot water.

After you were done you turned off the shower and wrapped a towel around yourself before exiting and finding some knitwear. Unaware that Johnny was clearly on the bed next to the ensuite, he witnessed your form in a towel. After you had gathered your clothes, you finally noticed Johnny eyeing you up. You let out the biggest gasp and dropped your clothes on the floor. "Oh my gosh! You scared me." And that was when you realised you were just literally standing there in a towel. You quickly collect your clothes from the floor and run into the bathroom, only hearing a little chuckle escape from Johnny's mouth.

"Why does he have to be cute." You pout to yourself in the mirror. "Wait did I just say that?" Shit. Get yourself together Y/N stop thinking like this.

You had finally dressed yourself and opened the bathroom door to reveal a shirtless Johnny in the middle of changing. Just... underwear though?!

Surely this won't go down well!

[maero]

【 4 】 P r e s s u r e - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 1,520

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 5

The tall male lays unconscious on the bathroom floor as you try to slap together a last minute plan. The pressure began to rise when you knew that if you didn't act fast, someone was bound to find out about your dirty work. You find yourself pacing back and forth in the bathroom, seeking for a plan. You stopped moving, you swore that you saw some movement from the corner of your eye as you whipped around to look over to Johnny who had twitched slightly, possibly out of discomfort. The only choice you had was to move him out of the public bathroom and into another room while the party was still at full strength downstairs. You took a large deep breath before taking a step towards the door.

You gingerly open the door and step out slightly to see if anyone is approaching. A brief moment of relief washed over you as you still had some hope left about this incredibly risky mission. You walk over to Johnny and try to pull him up by the hand. That however, failed and resulted in you almost falling into him on the floor. God that would've been a recipe for a disaster if that occurred. You then try to pull him up by the waist, hurrah it succeeded... well just barely. His ratio of weight to your strength was just too overpowering, almost losing balance as you put his arm around your shoulder for extra support. You both just barely make it out of the bathroom as you make your way to the bedroom all the way on the other side of the hallway. You practically jogged there while Johnny's feet were dragging against the wooden floorboards. This caused unbelievable noise and it alerted someone from downstairs to shout up. "Hello?!” they said as they cautiously made their way upstairs. "Shit" you thought to yourself and braced yourself if someone were to be inside the room. The guards footsteps were getting louder as the wood from the stairs were creaking. "3..2..1!" And with that you opened the bedroom door and shut it behind you.

Thank goodness there was no one else in this room. The room was particularly big and accompanied with an ensuite. "I'm guessing the theme of this house is red..?" You thought to yourself as you slumped Johnny in front of the radiator. You lifted up your dress to unclasp the handcuffs from the garter belt. You then lifted his right hand and handcuffed him to the radiator. You stared at him for a few seconds before retreating to the end of the bed. "God this has been a pain in the ass" you whispered to yourself as you rub your face. You sigh heavily before your phone vibrates against your inner thigh. 'NEW MESSAGE: Mr Yamazaki'

"Hello Y/N, I hope the mission is going to plan, if anything has happened to our dear friend Johnny, then please reply to this message with a picture of the condition he is in"

You swipe to reply and use the camera to get Johnny into frame. In the picture it is clear he has been through so much, his face displays all with a small black outline around his left eye. You can't help but feel a bit guilty and that you could've gone about it a bit more maturely. Tonight has been a bit of a mess already, none of it has been going to plan due to research of this mansion having faults. Now, you had no idea how to get him out of here before you interrogate him when he wakes up.

It has been approximately an hour since you knocked him out and he's still unconscious. It begins to worry you a little bit, but soon you scold yourself for thoughts like that as you remind yourself of what he's done to people. He lays there looking helpless, "I wonder what happened in his childhood to replenish all of this..?" This thought fills your mind as you lay back on the bed and stare at the ceiling. The ball is still roaring downstairs. It will continue to be like this for another couple of hours. However, people will begin to notice that he is not down there and will begin to search for him. You clench your face at the thought of dealing with other people tonight "I gotta do what I have to if it means that it comes down to it." You say as you stand up and walk over to a desk with a door sign on it. You pick it up and examine it. 'Do not disturb'. Perfect, you instinctively put it on the door handle outside, which signals that people inside are... well you know... busy. But it will not be what people think. You smile to yourself as you shut the door. You walk over to Johnny and whisper "I'll be back in a few." You take your purse and make your way back downstairs to get yourself two drinks.

You are back on the downstairs floor, you try not to make any suspicious eye contact with anyone as they'll ask questions. You finally got to the bar without anyone asking questions before your luck ran out. "Hey Y/N, do you know where Johnny is? I saw him with you earlier" as those words ran out of their mouth, you felt your entire insides drop. You knew you had to make up a lie. You turn around to face the nameless person, your eyes widen as you both make tense eye contact. It was the mysterious woman he was with earlier on the staircase. Who knows who this woman is to him? Girlfriend? Sister? You had to make something up quick. "Oh, hello erm... he went to use the bathroom a few minutes ago." She stared back at you, eyeing you carefully with every word that comes out of your mouth. You sound unsure but somehow she believed it. "Hmm okay then..." she walks off leaving you surprised as she sways her hips. You quickly take the two drinks that you ordered upstairs straight away and retreat back into the room without anyone knowing, particularly that woman.

As you enter the room, you notice that Johnny has now regained conscious. You shut the door behind you with the heel of your stilettos. You set down a glass of water on the floor for Johnny next to the radiator, his left hand is free to pick up the glass. The room falls deadly silent as you both stare at each other from across the room. You both awkwardly sip your drinks at the same time. A mumble escapes from Johnny's mouth as he sets down his glass of water next to him. You walk over to the nearest desk, the clicking sound of your heels filling the room as you set down your drink this time. You sigh and part your lips just a tiny bit before turning around and sitting on the end of the bed. Johnny never takes his eyes off of you during all of this.

"I'm terribly sorry about all of this..." you say while denying eye contact with him and looking down at your lap instead. "It was never supposed to be like this, I hoped that it would've been more subtle. I had a different plan." You didn't know whether to be truthful with him but you just had to come clean about this whole situation about him being locked up in a room. "We couldn't be seen leaving together, that's why." Johnny didn't answer you for a moment, he was thinking of something to say. "Has anyone downstairs been looking for me?" You were stuck for words at this point, you practically had to force your words. "Only one person. That woman you were with on the staircase earlier." Johnny began to struggle, as if he felt the need to go and see her. "Hey. Don't move, you'll make noise." You said with a stern tone. "Good, just what I need to get me out of here." You get off the bed and crouch down in front of him, locking tense eye contact with him. "I'm sorry it had to be this way, but this is all for a reason." You try to stand up but he lifts his left hand and grabs your wrist to pull you back to his level. You gasp at the contact but he shushes you. Why is he doing this all of a sudden whereas earlier he struggled so hard? "Listen, I know I'm a wanted man, so all of this is quite accountable to what it is towards to." He says while releasing his grip on your wrist. "Oh yeah? What if I'm just a stalker who has a crush on you?" you say flirtatiously while looking at your fingernails. "We'll soon find out." he says while giving you the eye.

"Anyway enough of the flirting, who is that woman who accompanies you tonight?" Your tone shifts from playful to determination.

The intense interrogation starts now.

[maero]

【 3 】 I n f i l t r a t e ? - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 1,424

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 4

You squirmed and finally sat up, drenched in your own formidable sweat. "Oh gosh, it happened again. Two nights in a row? I must be going insane or something!" As you throw your arms above your head in complete and utter bewilderment before rubbing your eyes to try and gather the reading of the time. It was three in the morning again, how peculiar. Yesterday you woke up at around 3:30, it is starting to become a bit bizarre and how this has all happened ever since you've been set with this task of assassinating this so called "Mafia Leader". Yet again, you didn't find an answer and resulted in falling back into a deep sleep.

Morning came around and how you were not up and out of bed to prepare for the Ball today. Reality has not quite hit you yet as you are still feeling optimistic about the mission rather than considering what bad things could happen to you. The ball started in the evening at 7pm and would last until midnight or so to speak. The so called mafia leader is attending to deliver a speech about how Chicago could be improved environmentally, but secretly we know he doesn't care all that much. You have studied the floor plans of the mansion it is being held in as it was put up for sale not too long ago. Everything was going to plan so far as lunchtime rolls around, at least you hoped it would anyway.

It was now 6pm. It was now officially go time to get prepared and ready. You start off by pulling out the weapons suitcase carefully placed underneath your bed and unzipping it to reveal a golden Beretta M9A3 placed next to a silencer. The suppressor is going to be extremely useful in this situation. Underneath the soft velvet padding with the guns, there lays a black, lace gun garter belt with a holster specifically designed for your make of gun. "This is going to be too much fun" you whisper to yourself in amusement before skipping to the wardrobe and pulling out the neatly displayed dress.

You smile to yourself and quickly retreat to the bathroom to apply the dress to yourself. You exit the bathroom in no time and quickly find the full length mirror inside the wardrobe. You stood there in awe, analysing yourself. The dress was black, off the shoulder and had a slight dip down the chest. It also hugged your waist and the ever so slight slit down the leg really applied the sexy factor to the dress. You slapped on some black jewellery before waiting to put on the garter belt around your thigh. However you decided to get your makeup and hair done before doing any of that. The makeup done is elegant and sophisticated with a slight smokey eye, topped off with a thin line of eyeliner that really steals the look. A small smidge of clear lipgloss was also applied giving you that clean look. Your hair was curled ever so slightly to create that elegant look.

Now was finally the time to strap on the garter belt around your thigh. You thought it was best to put it around the leg that didn't have the slit as that would ultimately be game over if he saw it at all. You adjusted the garter belt tightly to avoid it slipping without warning before slipping on black heels fit for the occasion and grabbing a clutch handbag. One final look before heading out and walking towards the Belldown Ball. The moment was finally coming and thinking about it formed butterflies in your stomach. Why is it that all of a sudden butterflies form?!

You finally make it to the right address, many guests are already making their way inside the mansion and it's barely five past seven. Gazing up, your eyes widen at the sight of the mansion. It's extremely spacious whilst the grass and bushes outside leading up to the entrance have been mowed and cut to fit the occasion. Heading on, there are two massive staircases that lead into the entrance of the mansion. Standing there are two people checking invitations.

You gracefully show the two men the invitation and make your way inside the mansion alive. As of yet, you have not seen the perpetrator and the suspense is killing you. Looking around inside and you notice how almost all walls are plastered with elegantly looking paintings and other hanging of art. To the left of the main ball room area leads to another part of the mansion that is yet again still crowded with people.

You walk into the new room, swaying your hips as you walk before glancing up at the staircase to notice someone standing there with a drink in hand talking to another woman. After moments of trying to identify this man, it finally clicks. He is our culprit. Not trying to make it too obvious of being surprised, you started to walk to a different area of the same room to try and catch another glimpse.

You hate to admit it but, there's just something about this man that is extremely compelling. You're not sure if it's his good looks or just the excitement of working on a interesting case. You walk into the centre of the room before catching a glimpse of a food table just in the room next door as well as a drinks bar. You decided to go and treat yourself to an alcoholic beverage just this once to fit in. "Just one martini thank you." Before waiting to be served your drink. After a few moments of waiting, your drink is ready and you tip the barman before retreating back to the other room in a rush to try and follow him around without being too suspicious.

You are walking rather quickly before your face collided with a rock hard surface thus resulting in your drink spilling all over this poor person. "I am so sorry!" You say before glancing up and realising who it was you just crashed into. Your eyes widen in shock before you both lock intense eye contact with each other. He finally responded with "Its no problem, really" before flashing you a quick yet forced smile. "I can help you clean yourself up, it's not too much to do and plus it will kind of be a repayment" you say before dragging him without a say to the nearest washroom.

You push him inside the washroom before he lashes out. "What the actual hell are you doing?!" he says venom lacing his words. "I'm just trying to help you!" You say innocently yet almost sarcastically. Here you are in the bathroom arguing with your target rather than infiltrating him! Trying to stir up normal conversation, you randomly blurt out, "What is your name?" before he retorts back with "Why do you need to know?". Ahaha this man is trying to make another argument! "It would make this a little less awkward." You say with demand in your voice. "...Johnny..." he mumbles under his breath. "Johnny? It has a nice ring to it" you lie. "My name is (Y/N), nice to meet you Johnny" You say as you extend a hand for him to shake.

He graciously takes the handshake and begins to sit on the floor of the washroom as you prepare a cloth to try and get the alcohol off of his expensive suit.

You kneel down and become eye level with Johnny. The atmosphere is tense yet almost intimate but, the mission is to still carry on no matter how charming his looks are. You take this time to examine his looks more. His black hair is long towards the front of his head and flops to one side of his face which framed him nicely. He almost looks like a cat dare you say. His cupids-bow is extremely defined giving him nicely shaped lips. Johnny catches on that you are staring and waves a hand in front of your face. "Ah sorry, I was just thinking about something." You lied yet again. However nice he looks, you still had a job to fulfil and a part of you almost didn't want to do what you are about to do.

You whisper "Sorry I have to do this." and Johnny glances up at you in puzzlement before you knock him out in one punch. The clock only ticks faster from here before he regains consciousness...

[maero]

【 2 】 A l l u r e m e n t - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 1,101

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 3

A cold sweat washed over you as you sat upright, trying to make sense of what in the hell you just unfortunately experienced. As frustrated as you were, you raised a sweaty palm to your face and rubbed your dry eyes. You quickly made a peaceful retreat to reality by checking your phone which had been found at the end of your bed. Your eyes grazed over the lock-screen to make sense of what the time was. "3:44" you whispered to yourself in disbelief. This wasn't the first time you had woken up at some ungodly hour of the morning due to a realistic nightmare. The thought of getting at least some rest overcame your mind, seeing as you will have a long flight at 9am for your upcoming mission. You finally drifted off to sleep as you could no longer keep your eyes open.

You woke up to the noise of continuous ringing from the alarm clock, you peacefully opened your eyes and sat upright. As you glanced at the alarm clock for a split second, the alarm clock read '7:56'. Within a matter of seconds, you were up and dressed- no time for a shower or anything as you were late getting up. You opened up the blinds in your bedroom, you were met with the sight of rain yet again and dark clouds fill the sky. You sigh to yourself as the light from outside fills your room with natural radiance. "This is..." you stop yourself mid sentence to reflect on the weather outside, "Only going to go terribly wrong".

With a few words of persuasion and determination, you shut your lips tightly and grabbed the suitcase which had been neatly tucked under the bed. You make your way to exit the bedroom, stopping at the open, large door frame. "Wish me luck" you muttered to yourself before closing all doors inside your apartment. The time now reads '8:10' and you wait patiently for the taxi to arrive to take you to undoubtedly 'paradise'. After waiting about what seemed like forever, there was a sudden, distant beep that came from outside and you also received a text alerting you the taxi had now arrived.

After you put your luggage in the trunk, you finally find yourself a seat at the back of the taxi, luckily it was just you and the taxi driver. "Where to miss?" the taxi driver asked, avoiding eye contact. "Heathrow airport please." as you smiled at him. This is going to be at least a 40 minute drive, so you put in your right earbud and kept the left ear free in case of an opportunity to make conversation.

After what seemed a lifetime of driving, you finally got there and just 10 minutes to spare! You kindly thanked the driver and payed him the amount with a tip before running to catch the flight. Luckily they were boarding people early and so you took to finding your seat by a window. You can finally relax in a comfy chair now for hours until you get off. As the plane began to take off, sleep got the best of you and so you fell asleep extremely quickly as you could not keep your eyes open any longer.

The sound of rustling and the sensation of movement forced your eyes to open and realise that you were now in America as people were now getting off. As quickly as you possibly could, you gathered up the bag you took on the plane and made way to go and collect your luggage from baggage. After successfully collecting the right luggage, you notice that your partner Jaehyun had texted you hours ago.

"Hey Y/N! Good luck with the mission, I'll be rooting for you here back in London. Just make sure you get back here in one piece okay?"

As a result of receiving this text, it made you smile at your phone like an idiot.

Everything was on the line for this mission, the day of the ball is tomorrow and if everything goes wrong, your boss will be extremely disappointed. As a result of motivating yourself, you quickly hop in a taxi and make your way to the hotel. A hotel that's not too far away from the Belldown Ball. As soon as you get there, you quickly thank the driver and give the money before rapidly grabbing all of the luggage and checking yourself into the right room. "Would you like to be shown to the room?" The receptionist asks. "Uhh, I think I'll be fine, but thanks for the offer anyway" you flash the receptionist a smile before getting to grips with how tomorrow will be made out to go.

Instantly, you find the assigned room and don't even look at the fine exterior as you do not have time to be messing around at this point in time. You pull out the second suitcase already under the bed which had been carefully placed there for your arrival and place them side by side on the pristine white sheets before opening both of them simultaneously. The one which was placed under the bed is loaded with weaponry and ammunition whilst the suitcase you took with yourself had the glam and glitz inside it, such as the dress and makeup. Looking to the left, there is a vanity table so you place all the makeup on there from the suitcase. Fortunately there was a wardrobe that you could hang up the dress in to avoid creasing for the big day. Lastly you decided to keep the weaponry in the suitcase in case anyone has to come into this room for any reason. 

Alas, nighttime had finally arrived and the city of Chicago was in full swing with beaming lights. The hotel room had a balcony over looking the city and the view was absolutely stunning. You sigh in content, forgetting about what bad scenarios could approach your way tomorrow, only thinking about the present time and enjoying every moment of this view. Of course all good things must come to an end when the time reads "8:00" and you must hurry along to sleep as a big day is ahead of you

You climb into bed, staring at the ceiling for a while before ever so drifting off into a deep sleep...

There were distant, continuous beeping noises...

"Where is she?!"

Was that Jaehyun?! Where am I? I can't move!

"When will she regain consciousness?!"

Who?! Is this a result of the mission going bad?!

I still can't move...

[maero]

【 1 】 I n q u i r i n g - You’re My Target

Summary: You’re an assassin, he’s the man you’re tasked with. What could possibly go wrong?

Pairing: Johnny Seo (NCT) x Reader

Word count: 1,348

Warnings: Contains foul language and mature scenes/topics. Continue at your own discretion.

CHAPTER 2

It appears that this day was not going to get any better, judging by the torrential rain falling at a pace that makes the general public shelter for 'safety'.

This however, was not your typical morning. You had been unexpectedly called into work, for a reason even you didn't know. As a result of this last minute drama, you quickly hopped into a taxi and made your way to the MI9 Headquarters. Yes that is where you worked, but you couldn't tell anyone as it was top secret.

After around half an hour of driving, you finally reached the headquarters and quickly ran into the building, looking like an absolute mess as the rain had dampened your clothes and made your hair curly. As you walked in, the receptionist known as Mrs Kim flashed you a bright but concerned smile as you walked past her to grab the next elevator up to your office looking as though you had just been dragged through a bush backwards.

Once you were in the elevator alone, you looked at your reflection and saw the tragedy the rain had caused you. Somehow, you shook it off and proceeded to wait until you got to your desired floor. Floor 8 was where you met your destiny. First stop was your own office before making your way to your boss's office. Oh how you dreaded personally meeting with your boss as it brought you discomfort and awkwardness. However you still had to take one for the team, no matter what task he sets out for you to achieve.

For that reason alone, it motivated you even more. You seemed to have picked up the pace in walking down the corridor and subsequently reached your office within a few minutes. As you reluctantly opened the door, the feeling of coldness strikes you as the office hadn't been used in over 24 hours. You brush off the tingling sensation and continue to declutter your bag rapidly. Suddenly you hear a familiar voice quietly coming from the top left corner of your office. It was your boss demanding that you quickly make an appearance in his office as this was probably the biggest mission you'll ever have.

You promptly run out of your office, with a mixture of feelings such as exhilaration but simultaneously the fear of the unknown. The walkway to your boss's office suddenly became elongated as fear began to show. "Y/N, it's going to be OK." You whimsically whispered to yourself. Finally, you approached the door handle and opened it, revealing your boss's brightly lit office by modern technology such as two 60 inch TVs facing you directly as you walked in. This sight made you become confident in yourself again as it was what you were used to. You were finally at peace with yourself again.

Unknowingly, your boss, also known as Mr Bang Yamazaki had drawn his patient attention to you. You finally snapped back into reality and stood upright confidently. "Y/N, do you know why you are here honestly?" He said sharply and quick-wittily. You stifled in agony trying to think of an educated answer. You had everlastingly came up with "With all respect sir, I honestly do not know."

And with that, he let out a loud yet pretentious snarl that widened your eyes ever so slightly. "Y/N, you are one of the best agents here, yet you seem to be completely mindless as to why I have summoned you in here? Anyway, I have called you up here to set you another mission. However this time, you'll be going alone and not with your partner Jaehyun." With those words, you just nodded in agreement to hear Mr Yamazaki out about his offer which had caught your attention. "Before you either agree or disagree by signing the contract, let me first show you the next specimen target." He said with building confidence.

Mr Yamazaki picked up the projector controller and showcased a compilation of photos of this so called "target". You glanced up to take a look at the pictures. The man showcased had a somewhat symmetrical figure and his short but yet long, luscious black hair drooped down the left side of his face which framed his face very nicely if you may add. However this wasn't the time to be studying this mans undeniably good looks.

"His name is Johnny Seo and he has the unfortunate, or fortunate in his case, title of being a dangerous Mafia leader from Chicago. He ordered the deaths of many innocent people who needed his help, whether it would be with debt if they didn't pay him back or getting into unfriendly arguments with other leaders which would turn deadly."

Mr Yamazaki spoke with a stern tone as to imply that this situation would get worse if we do not do anything about this quickly. "Y/N, we need you to infiltrate the Belldown Ball which is being held in Chicago on Monday. It just so happens that Johnny is also attending, this means we can easily assassinate him before he causes harm to anyone else." Mr Yamazaki was now making tense eye contact with you.

You raised one eyebrow and nodded as in to agree to carry out this assassination. "Excellent decision Y/N, we will fly you out to Chicago tomorrow at 9am sharp. Oh and one more thing before you leave my office. Be careful Y/N, he is an incredibly dangerous man." Mr Yamazaki spoke with sympathy as if he thinks you won't get out alive.

And with that, you turned around and walked out his office. Once you got outside, you heavily sighed to yourself. "I might as well stay here to conduct more research on this so called Johnny Seo guy..." you thought to yourself. You grinned to yourself as you had thought of a malevolent yet genius plan. You were going to research on Johnny Seo and revise the floor plan of the Belldown Ball.

Hours and hours of research went by and before you knew it, the security guard was doing his rounds. He noticed you were sound asleep at your desk. He reluctantly decided to wake you up, as a result of this, you noticed the time and began panicking as you were not home and hadn't packed anything for the journey tomorrow. You also had to make a quick stop at a luxury dress shop for the ball, to make a good first impression. It was 7pm at this point. You hurriedly grabbed your small bag and began making your way back downstairs to call a taxi.

It had been about 10 minutes before you entered the shop. You just couldn't decide on a dress to wear. Flicking through the rack of dresses, none really stood out to you before suddenly stumbling across this sleek, sexy black dress with a slit down the leg which can appeal to everyone who will be attending.

The dress had dangling shoulder jewellery, which added to the sexy factor even more.

After becoming satisfied with your pick, you purchase the lovely dress and head straight home to prepare for a busy yet early day tomorrow at the airport.

As your head hit the pillow, your thoughts began to transpire into a lucid dream, where everything became surreal to you. In the distance a tall, mysterious figure could be seen just standing mindlessly and swaying from side to sides. The figure gradually became visible, but this time it was saying your name. "Y/N, Y/N, Y/N" the figure managed to choke out your name 3 times before finally becoming mute. However this did not stop what was about to come next. At first you saw black hair and a well sculptured face. The man also seemed to be holding a rather large gun in his left hand. And that is when it hit you. Hard.

"JOHNNY SEO?!"

And before you could scream, you abruptly pulled the covers off of yourself and sat upright.

"How could this be...?"