As the morning came by, Ashlyn and the others woke up one by one; feeling refreshed. They sat at the dining table as Seokjin hollered everyone for breakfast. Ashlyn was surprised to see food for her because she thought she wouldn't get any food judging by Seokjin's liking to her. She was surprised furthermore by the quality of the food.

"Hey, I know we're not on good terms, but this thing is amazing," Ashlyn spoke with a mouthful of rice.

"And you're not just doing that to not gain ground?" He raised an eyebrow.

"No."

"Well, I already know my cooking is fabulous." He shrugged, turning his attention back to his food. Ash bit back a counter-argument and was diverted back to her meal by its savoriness. 

After breakfast ended, everyone went on with their own business, and Ash was headed out for some light exercise when Namjoon caught up with her.

"Headed to digest your food?" He asked while tying his shoes.

"Mhm. You?"

"Same. Would you like to take a look around the HQ of BC?" 

"Sure, walking counts as exercise."

They both walked in silence till they reached the HQ which wasn't far away; it was a 2-minute walk from their apartment. It consisted of various different buildings, each pair connected with a skyway. Namjoon first acknowledged the buildings and each one's purpose, although Ashlyn was still confused about which building was used for what, given their similar exterior. She just mindlessly nodded after a couple of minutes and tuned back in when the pair entered the first building.

"So remember what building is this?" He questioned enthusiastically.

"...Training building?" Her face showed scepticism. 

"Bingo!" He turned around on his heels and began to explain what kind of training they had when he received a phone call. "Just a sec'," 

Ashlyn nodded and wandered off into a room where she found Jimin. It was an archery room— the most common room in any kind of physical training centre. Jimin didn't seem to notice her, as he was wearing goggles and AirPods.

"Holy shit," She muttered and Jimin almost hit the bullseye. She picked up a bow and an arrow and shot it, but it was nowhere near the bullseye— in fact, it almost hit Jimin's board. He finally noticed her, took off his goggles, and sighed. She smiled sheepishly but Jimin simply ignored her. She unknowingly sulked, I mean, she didn't do anything to offend them in any way— except for the fact that she was sharing Jimin's room without his liking— but they still seemed to find a fault in her consistently.

"There you are! I was searching for you," Namjoon's ringing voice caught her attention. "Jimin's here too!" 

"Hey hyung," He greeted back caustically.

"Are you sti— great." Namjoon paused halfway as Jimin already fled the place. It was clear that he was avoiding them. Ashlyn's mouth formed a thin line before speaking.

"So, how many more buildings do we need to go through? I would love to do that but—"

"I know you would love to, but we need to go elsewhere," He frowned, which soon became a smile again. "You're officially being a part of team bulletproof now!" 

"Officially? Are we gonna do some kinda ceremony or what?" She was taken aback.

"No, it's more gonna be like you getting your agent name!" His eyes shone. She stopped herself from jumping and hugging the latter and smiled widely.

"What are you waiting for? Lead the way!"

-x-x-x-

"What the hell is this," Ashlyn spoke in a monotone voice.

"Your code name?" Namjoon peeked at the folder in her hands.

"What kind of name is 'Agent duck'?"

"Wha- sorry, you got the wrong folder," He hurriedly passed her another folder.

"So you mean there's another agent who's called duck?" She raised an eye-brow.

"Yea', it's not really in our hands, the authorities deci—"

"Well, fuck the authorities. I'm grieving for this person tonight, don't disturb me." She looked like someone murdered her dog.

"O...kay," He stepped back a bit.

"My code name is B-15? Did they give this name to me to match me up with Jimshit— I mean Jimin? We both are B's," 

"Not a chance, they wouldn't know who hits the hay with who."

"For your information, we do not share a bed." She said, her tone sarcastic.

"I did not mean that—" He huffed as Ashlyn walked out on him, right after Jimin did. "Hurt right in my nipples."

None of them was in the mood to go sightseeing, or rather, building-seeing anymore. Ashlyn arrived first at the apartment, followed by Namjoon. The first person Ash saw was an eating Yoongi. He acknowledged her with a slight nod, and she did the same.

"Good to see you both are back. We are receiving our new mission this evening, this one's a trivial one. They're giving us an easy task for our newcomer," He spoke mostly to Namjoon.

"Great. We still got some time for prep'. Ruan-ssi, ready to hit the road?" He smirked evilly.

"H-Huh—" She was cut short as she was dragged to the terrace of their apartment. Namjoon told her to wait a bit as he pulled out his laptop, and entered her name in the Bulletproof folder. Once he was done, they were ready to combat.

Again.

And Ash had no choice but to play along with this with a sad smile.

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To be continued...