You couldn't believe your luck when you downloaded the RFA server. At first, you were only looking to meet new people, but you found so much more than that. You now have six best friends, a new job as a party planner, and a secure place to live. Even better than that, you were currently on Daechon Beach just outside of Seoul, celebrating your first successful party. Jumin offered to take everyone out for a relaxing vacation, and there was no way anyone was going to turn it down.

    With everything that happened, what with Unknown manifesting himself in an attempt to not only ruin the party but destroy the RFA entirely, you couldn't believe you could be this happy right now. You were so content in your current state that you even found yourself developing feelings for a certain red-headed hacker.

    That's right; ever since you entered the RFA server, you found yourself attracted to the mysterious goofball that was in charge of all of the organization's classified information. Despite his constant flirting, he never took it any further than stupid jokes, making you believe that he could never see you as anything more than his closest friend or youngest sister.

    It hurt to know you could never have the elusive hacker, but you were determined to get over it, especially now that you were on the white sandy beaches of South Korea. This was your opportunity to meet a nice guy that could take your mind off of your wild secret agent, even if only for a few days.

    However, you never expected the vacation to hurt this much.

    Just as this was an opportunity for you to meet new guys, this was also an opportunity for Seven to explore the exotic women. What started out as one woman asking if a chair was taken at a crowded hotel pool ended up with a boyfriend-stealer taking Seven on several tours of a nearby town.

    Alas, Seven was only your man who wasn't really your man, so you had no valid claim over him. The only thing you could do was watch as you felt your heart being carved out of your chest, the pain threatening to make you cry and throw up at the same time.

    The RFA was beyond happy to see the hacker out and about with this strange woman, claiming that she may be the only person capable of calming him down and turning him into a more sensible man. The boys didn't know of your crush on your best friend, and now that he was seeing other people, you wanted to keep it that way.

    You couldn't stand to be near Seven anymore, especially not after he returned from one of his dates. Even hearing about their budding relationship was enough to make you burst into tears on the spot, so as you guys sat on the edge of the hotel pool, you decided to leave as soon as the group began questioning the redhead of his next date with her.

    "I'm going to walk on the beach," you announced as soon as the question rolled off of Jumin's tongue, earning you the shocked expressions of everyone in the organization.

    "Are you okay, MC?" Jaehee asked concernedly, noticing the frown etched on your face, "You've been distant ever since we got here."

    "I'm fine," you nodded, pressing your lips into a thin line so that their quivering wouldn't betray your true emotions, "I've just had a lot on my mind recently after the whole Unknown thing. I'd rather enjoy some time on the beach right now."

    Seven merely sat there, staring at you with his deep amber eyes. You couldn't tell what he was thinking, but he didn't even feel the need to check on you.

    "Are you sure you don't want someone coming with you? It'd be a shame to let such a beautiful woman walk on the beach by herself," Zen called, moving to stand up himself, "especially with all those wolves walking around. A normal man would never be able to control himself after looking at you."

    "I appreciate it, Zen, but I'd really like to just be alone right now," you reassured him, motioning for him to stay sitting, "I can take care of myself."

    "Well, you have your phone, right?" Zen worried, waiting for you to show him the life-saving device, "If anybody starts messing with you, call me and I'll be there in an instant."

    His worry for you brought a small smile to your face despite your horrid situation. "Of course. Thanks, Zen."

    With that, you waved goodbye to your friends, glad to finally be away from their pity stares as you felt like you could finally breathe. You tried to ignore Seven's lack of concern, but you couldn't blame him. He was probably really excited to tell the group about his wonderful date with his new fling, but you ruined it and captured everyone's attention immediately.

    You knew you shouldn't feel like this, but you couldn't help it. It was selfish, yes, but you really thought you had a chance with him in the chatroom. Now that you've met him in person, you couldn't believe who wrong you were.

    However, what you didn't know was that Seven was grilling the group about you as soon as you left.

    "What's wrong with MC?" Seven asked, unable to prevent the worry from dripping into his voice, "She seems off."

    "She's been like that ever since we got here," Yoosung shrugged, "Maybe she doesn't like the beach."

    Jaehee bit her tongue as she relived the last few days, a terrible secret making her stomach churn.

    Being your best friend, Jaehee was the only person you trusted with your feminine secrets. You were so glad that there was another girl in the group to help you when you had complicated feelings like these.

    As soon as you met in person and confirmed that what you felt for Seven was real, you immediately found Jaehee, managing to pull her to the side long enough to tell her what you had been holding in for so long. She was the only person in the group that knew of your long-lasting crush on the hacker, which you were grateful for right now.

    She knew exactly why you were being weird, but she couldn't tell anyone else. At least, not without betraying your trust.

    So, she sat there in almost complete silence, denying any knowledge as to why you could be acting so distant after such an amazing party.

    "This isn't like her," Zen pouted, "Even at the party in front of several strangers, she was so bubbly and bright. What could possibly be bothering her so badly?"

    "She said she's been worrying about the Unknown situation," Yoosung reminded the group, "You don't think she's still concerned about him returning, do you?"

    "She has nothing to worry about," Seven reiterated, "I took care of everything."

    "She went through a lot in that last week," V reminded the group, "She was practically forced into a new apartment, stalked by a creepy stranger, and nearly kidnapped for her relation to a group that she never had any intention of joining. Not to mention, she lived for days with a bomb she didn't know for certain was safe. The shock is probably wearing off by now, and she's finally realizing everything that happened to her."

    "Well, we can't just leave her alone while she struggles with all of this, can we?" Zen questioned from his seat, "We got her in all of this, so we can't let her deal with the trauma alone."

    "No, I think we should leave her alone," Jumin muttered for the first time.

    "What? You really think we should leave her alone during such a stressful time?!" Zen exploded, "You really are heartless!"

    "She asked to be alone," Jumin shrugged, "Butting in is only going to make her push away from us more. She needs some time to process everything before we start bothering her about it."

    "I agree with Jumin too, Zen," V agreed, silencing any rebellion in the white-haired man, "She needs to come to us about this on her own."

    As the boys talked, Jaehee wondered exactly how she could help you through any of this without eluding to the boys that there was something much deeper going on here. During one of your late-night chats, you expressed complete trust in the organization, promising that you weren't worried about Unknown in the slightest. But again, Jaehee was the only one who understood you completely.

    "Still, shouldn't someone check on her?" Seven fretted, "We don't want one of those guys going after her on the beach-"

    "Well, what about your girl?" V asked, hoping to change the subject so that people wouldn't try to bother you, "Where is she right now?"

    "Why does that matter?" Seven spat, disgusted by the subject change.

    "Are you seriously letting your beautiful girl walk around here by herself without any protection?" Zen gaped, "What kind of man does that?"

    'The kind of man that secretly likes his best friend,' Seven thought to himself, but he couldn't let his friends hear that.

    Seven's heart raced as soon as he performed a background check on you when you entered the chatroom. Your beauty immediately caught his eye, but the longer he dug into your personal life, the more he fell in love with your bubbly online personality. You gave off soft girl vibes, urging him to protect you and your innocence for all he was worth.

    There was no way someone as amazing as you could ever be with him. He was a risky secret agent with a collapsed family and a deteriorating mental state. You could never want to be with him; at least, not in a proper state of mind. Seven knew you deserved somebody much better than him, someone who didn't have to run from his father by disappearing from society and severing ties with the only real family he ever had. It wasn't fair for him to have a crush on you, so he decided to distract himself from his ever-growing feelings by messing around with a strange woman, but it didn't work.

    All he could think about was you and what you could possibly be doing if you were still so worried about Unknown.

    But he knew he couldn't allow himself to dwell on the thoughts. He needed to get over his feelings for you before you guys returned to their normal lives. He couldn't live with the pain and distraction anymore.

    "You're right," Seven nodded, pushing himself to his feet, "I'll go find her."

    With that, Seven found himself walking into the hotel to check her room, even though his body screamed at him to scope out the beach for his beautiful brunette.
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It can never be a happy ending with Seven, can it? I hope you guys enjoyed this despite the cliffhanger! If you guys would like to see a part two, please let me know in the comments!