#brought to you by me staring at my document trying my damndest to figure out how to make the narrative feel balanced

[pizzabookbuying]

I always start my fic like .okay. This time I will pick whether or not this is told from multiple perspectives and I will STICK to that decision. And then I never do that obviously

[youremyplayground]

This Isn’t It Chapter 5

“What should we do?” Hakyeon asked, his arm around my waist.

“Well..getting her memories back will be a stressful and painful experience. Some patients pass out every time they remember anything. I suggest someone being with her at all times just in case she loses consciousness again. And you said you have to leave to do some business, correct?” Jin asked, his legs were crossed and his hands folded neatly on top of them.

 “I won’t be back for 2 weeks. I’ll just take her with me.”

 “I would prefer if you left her here, where I would be able to keep an eye on her progress.”

 “Well then what do you suggest?” I could see Hakyeon getting more and angrier.

 I stayed silent, my mind was still reeling from what I remembered. It terrified me to even meet Hakyeon’s eyes. Ever since I woke up, I did my damndest to not have to look into them. I know that before whatever happened, I was in love with him. Those feelings hadn’t returned. If anything they were replaced by sheer terror.

 “Is there anyone you trust enough to leave her with?”

 “I trust all our boys. They’re all good kids.”

 “Alright, then..how about Wonho? She probably trusts him the most at this moment in time. Is that correct?” Jin asked, looking at me.

 “Y..yes.” Honestly, I didn’t trust any of them. Now that I knew what kind of people they were. All I could picture was all the blood on their hands. They acted like Wonho and I being beaten to a pulp was a normal thing. They didn’t seem too surprised. And Wonho’s little brother is allowed to just stroll in here no problem? How did he not figure out what they were doing? More importantly, how was he safe?

 “Okay, that settles it. Wonho will be her guardian, you’ll take care of your business and I’ll make sure she doesn’t have an aneurysm.” Jin said with a wide smile.

 Even though it was meant to be a joke, neither I or Hakyeon laughed. Jin cleared his throat awkwardly. Nodding to himself, he turned to his computer before opening a Word document and started quickly typing away. My mind drifted once again to what I remembered. Jaebum.I guess he was my friend? And he betrayed me? If what Daehyun said what true, then that means Jaebum had to betray me to protect his family. How could I be mad over that? Especially when I was a criminal.

 “Okay, uh…you haven’t told us her name,” Jin said, looking up from the document and looking at me and Hakyeon. I looked over at Hakyeon as well and saw he had a glint to his eyes that looked like he was deep in thought. As much as I was uncomfortable with his arm around me, I had to keep up the act that I was willing to be close to him. Who knows if I didn’t, he may kill me. Tapping his knee, I brought him back into the room where Jin laughed at his expression and repeated the question.

 “Oh! It’s Haeun.” Hakyeon said, rubbing my side.

 I fought to jump against his touch, taking in my name. I thought that my name would sound familiar to me if I had ever heard it, but..it didn’t. It sounded like any other name. Furrowing my eyebrows I let it sink in but felt nothing. It was just as strange to me as any of the men I’ve met today.

 Suddenly, the door opened and the same man who slapped Wonho earlier walked in as Jin continued to type on his computer. He had a terrifying aura around him. Almost like the air itself dropped to freezing temperatures as it touched him. My heart beat immediately began to race as he walked over. His eyes didn’t leave the ground until he was next to Hakyeon where they slowly looked up and flicked over my face then to Hakyeon’s.

 “Leo, what is it?”

 “Everything is packed. We’re ready when you are. Just let me know if there’s anything you need last minute.”

 “No, I’m fine. Ah, send in Wonho.” Hakyeon said, not looking up at the man. His voice took on a deep tone to it. It was quite intimidating. So this is the boss everyone knows. Why is he so different in front of me, Key, and Jin?

 “Right away, sir. Also, miss. I apologize for not saying anything to you earlier.” Leo bowed before walking out of the room. The room seemed to return to its original temperature as soon as he left.

 A couple minutes and lots of typing from Jin later, Wonho limped into the room. He looked a little more bruised since I last saw him. The slap from Leo must’ve really hurt. He avoided everyone’s eyes and went instead straight to Hakyeon’s side and bowed. This man has everyone terrified and I was in love with him?

 “As you know, a couple of us have to leave for 2 weeks. We caught onto a tip that Daehyun is vacationing up north. We are going to try and take him out, but we don’t want to rush it. You know how it is. Jin here said that he wants someone to be with Haeun at all moments in case something like this happens again. I want that person to be you. You up for it?”

 Wonho lifted his head and flitted his eyes over us, surprise covered his face. Had he never gotten an assignment like this before? Come to think of it, why hadn’t anyone else in the gang even know about me? Did we hide my identity from the entire gang? How?

 “Yes, sir. I won’t let anything happen to her, sir.”

 “Alright well, I suggest we start anew. The pictures in your penthouse overwhelmed her so I suggest she lives in one of the other ones for now. The memories when they do come back could be too much. Plus we don’t want to stress her out more by constant reminders of things she can’t remember,” Jin said, grabbing a sheet of paper he printed. “It’s good to try and get back into a routine. You also need lots of bed rest. Try to take a good portion of this week just relaxing and let your body heal. Take these pills whenever you have a headache or if your hip starts to act up. I should’ve given them to you earlier, but you make it easier when you came down here again.” He winked at me.

 “Hey now, flirt,” Hakyeon warned, a smile on his face.

 “Wonho, I want you to make sure she doesn’t overexert herself. She looks like she’s having a hard time standing or her face gets really pale, make her sit down and get her whatever she needs. It’s important to heal before trying to regain lost memories. This other part is exercises to do later in the week. They may help. I want to see you back here on Sunday, however, if you suddenly feel like you remember something or if you feel something is wrong with your body, I want you to come here right away. Don’t push it off.” He handed the paper to me.

 Suddenly a flash of me grabbing a paper and folding it then putting it in my back pocket popped through my mind. I ignored it and bowed towards Jin. Hakyeon’s phone started to go off, but he ignored it and helped me stand up. Pecking me on the cheek, he pulled me into a hug.

 “I’ll be back soon okay?” He said before walking out of the room.

 “Follow me, miss,” Wonho said, bowing. I bowed once again to Jin before folding the paper and stuffing it into my back pocket.

 Looking down at my clothes I realized just how dirty and tattered they were. Wonho seemed to too. He bit his lip before looking around and seeing Hakyeon not too far away. He lightly jogged best he could over to him.

 “Ah, sir, what do we do about her clothes?”

 “Oh right! Hmm...Jin said not to surround her with her old stuff. So send Bam on a trip and buy her new stuff. I’ll text him her sizes.”

  A couple hours passed and I sat on the couch in a penthouse remarkably similar to the one I supposedly shared with Hakyeon, except this one was basically empty furniture wise. It had the necessities. Apparently, this was used by a former member who mysteriously disappeared during a mission. That’s a normal thing around here I guess.

 I tried my best to not be as awkward around Wonho. It’s not his fault I was completely terrified by anything and everything. He was trying pretty hard to keep the chitchat happening so that the stretches of silence weren’t too deafening. I appreciated that, honestly. We talked about him, his brother, how he got into this, why he stayed.

 It was pretty heartbreaking to hear about how he loved his brother so much that he’d die just to have him not know what kind of work he did. To not have him end up going down the same road that he did. The boy apparently was an extremely talented dancer. Wonho was hoping he’d be in a boy group one day but knew that wouldn’t be able to happen. Not with the kind of trouble his brother gets into. People would find out in an instant.

 As the night came to a close I did begin to feel a little closer to Wonho. I was just happy Hakyeon didn’t leave me with Woozi. I really would’ve lost my mind with him. He was just TOO calm. Like he’d seen death and just stared it in the face way too many times. I just hope I won’t have to be strapped into that chair again. I’d rather go back to that damn warehouse. At least they showed emotion, even if it was anger.

 “Well, you should probably go to bed. It’s been one hell of a day for you.” Wonho said from the other side of the couch, standing up slowly. He was just as sore as I was. “And judging from you passing out twice today, I think its suffice to say you’re exhausted.”

 He held out his hand to me to help me up. I took it and stood up, making my way to the master bedroom. It was a gorgeous seafoam green color with accents of cream. Much like the rest of the penthouse. The windows were all covered long ago. Just because the gang used an office building as a headquarters doesn’t mean they were stupid. Apparently, they had a shooter climb up an old building and shoot everyone inside a room.

 “Where will you sleep?” I asked Wonho, sitting down on the bed.

 “In the living room, keeping an eye on the door. The only point of entry.”

 “Oh..okay.”

 “Goodnight, Miss Haeun.” He smiled.

 “Goodnight..”