"wait— so this jeon jeongguk guy is like a bomb shelter kind of person?"

soyou squeezed through a group of foreigners, trying to keep eunseo in her sight. not an easy feat, seeing how easily disgusted she felt when her bare arms brushed against sweaty people in the weekend crowd. the streets of seoul bustled with life as night drew close and the two girls had decided to go shopping. or eunseo had suggested.

"well, yeah, sort of." she called out, finally succumbing to grabbing eunseo's sleeve. the latter slowed down and turned to link her arms with soyou instead. 

"dude, he's a gem!"

"i guess..." inwardly, the girl smiled bashfully. 

as soon as they broke free of the crowd, fresh night air blasted right in their faces as the both of them sighed in relief. 

"then what about the hoseok guy? what's he up to?" 

soyou's lips perked as she frowned. "that's what we're trying to investigate. and i'm going as a spy—"

that caused eunseo to stop in her tracks and widen her eyes. "what?! this is a murder case we're talking about, soyou! please don't be silly and—"

"but seo," soyou cut in. "we've come this far and i don't think we should give up. you're right, this is a murder case and i might get myself killed but i'm the one who started this all so i should finish it as well. i mean, if i hadn't texted jeongguk, i would never have met his brother, and his determination to solve this case would not have existed."

"sheesh." eunseo muttered and looked down, jamming her hands deep into the pockets of her coat. "this unwanted ability of yours has brought you nothing but problems."

cracking a smile, soyou gave a playful smack on her friend's shoulder. "hey, don't look so down. your friend is about to do something great, you know."

"and might get herself in some real trouble, ugh." a pout appeared on eunseo's face. "that bomb shelter of yours better be there when you need him."

"i'm sure he will."

she had faith in jeongguk, really.

reaching the traffic intersection, they stood at the roadside to wait. in an attempt to lighten up the mood, soyou continued, "so how should i go about doing this? what should i tell hoseok?"

"hmm." eunseo pondered for a moment. "seduce him."

"what?" 

"isn't that how it always works in dramas? wear something nice, go out on a date, make the guy drunk, and get him to say the truth! or, if you're looking for something he has, then make him dead drunk first before stealing whatever you're looking for."

"and you do realize that the ending is always bad for such dramas."

eunseo shrugged as the traffic lights turned green. the two made their way across the roads, occassionally parting to allow other pedestrians to walk between them. "well, it's worth a try. besides, from what you've told me, hoseok isn't the bad guy? it's his dad?"

"that's what i hope." 

a/n; aH sorry that i haven't been updating this! work has been really hectic and i didn't even have the strength or mood to do anything else other than eat and sleep oh my god. i'll be on leave for the next 3 days though, so hopefully i'll be able to get more rest!!