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Chapter IV: Nick of a Wonderful Time

Katherine's POV

My heart is having a complete rampage inside my ribcage, hammering against my chest in bewilderment. And my dark blue eyes grew wide, nearly jumping out of their sockets. All because of the unexpected encounter of a famous kpop idol

"Rapmonster..." I mumbled in either aghast or shock, staring at the attractive face of the idol

The idol probably didn't know what to do, but he earned himself an attractive laugh from my response. His head habitually hung down and shortly raised back up, laughed

My eyes caught the sight of his plush moist lips contort into a bright smile, while the dimple on his cheek got deeper -- which is so damn cute -- before looking back at him in the eyes

"You, madam, are correct" He mused, still smiling

I laughed with a smile, amused from the way he spoke. And even in my laughter, I saw him briefly stare at me before another smile crept on his lips, his eyes never leaving my face

I somehow found myself getting lost in his eyes, my laughter ceasing but my smile remains. From his eyes, my orbs shifts down to his smile, which looks so perfect; thanks to his pearly white teeth

His smile could melt any woman from how attractive and perfect it looks. Except for me, though. I'm just utterly awestruck, not love struck

I rapidly blinked and cleared my throat, averting my gaze from his eyes which captured my attention a bit too far for my liking. My lips parted as an attempt to speak, but failed and let out an airy laugh instead

"Oh my goodness..." I breathed out, smiling, "I seriously don't know what to say, I'm utterly shocked" I laughed, rubbing my forehead

"Speechless, aren't we?" He teased, tilting his head in slight mockery

I rolled my eyes, "Approximately," I laughed, smiling, "But shut up" I joked, softly smacking him on his shoulder

He's been leaning on the armrest of the seat between us ever since we started our conversation, hence why he's within my reach

"I didn't recognize you, okay!" I blurted out in a low voice, "I thought you were just some random dude, who's allergic to breath polluted air and see light!"

He laughed from my joke and so did I, but we quickly cupped our mouths when we suddenly got self conscious about our laughters being too loud. And once our laughs died down, but still smiling, I looked at him

"I know you're confident yet sensitive. So don't take my joke seriously, I'm just kidding" I softly said

He chuckles at my words, "You're not an ARMY, but you know that side of my personality? Interesting..." He mused, causing me to chuckle

"Are you sure you're not an ARMY?" He asked, cocking an eyebrow

I rolled my eyes and just nodded as my reply. But when I saw the flirtatious smirk form on his lips, I knew he has something up

"You're not an ARMY? But how about now?" He flirted with a wink, after brushing his hair with a hand and ran his thumb across his nose

I let out a hearty laugh before looking at him in slight amusement, "Ahhh, so this is how high your confidence can get. As high as the confidence of your eldest member, Kim Seok Jin" I pointed out, chuckling

"See! I seriously doubt that you're not an ARMY. You even know who Jin-hyung is!"

"Well, if you know how to live with your friends that are head-over-heels for BTS, then there's no questioning on why I know him" I sarcastically said, which oddly sent laughing wholeheartedly

The sound of his attractive laugh spanned to my ears, shifting my gaze back down to his smiling lips in the process of his laughter

His smile is so contagious, I couldn't help but do the same thing on my own lips. I then reached over to softly tug on his beanie

"Now put your disguise back on, Rapmon-ssi" I ordered with a smile, "Before any undercover agents of media companies could spot you

Undercover agents...

He chuckled, "You won't tell anyone that you met me in public, right?"

"That's what you want me to do, right?"

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Third Person View

As the two newly met strangers continued their conversation, seeming to be enjoying each of their presence; mischief is unfortunately being made simultaneously

At the far end wall infront of the open waiting area in the airport, there stood a man wearing a cap over his head with a lolly in his mouth while secretly watching the two strangers from the distance

But even with his suspicious and secretive way of watching, he didn't standout in the thin layer of people around him

The long coat over his turtleneck top and jeans helped him blend within the crowd; however, his strikingly red dyed hair sticking out from the cap he wore is quite eye catching

His dark brown sharp eyes were fixed onto the two, and his gaze were getting sharper by the minute as he examined the face of feminine with hazel brown hair. But not until an audible beep erupted from the earpiece that he wore, snapping him back to his sense

He raised a hand to his ear, pushing a button on his earpiece to answer the incoming call

"Agent 1, do you copy?" Suddenly a low and rough voice spoke through the line, speaking in Korean

Upon hearing his codename made a smirk form on his lips, followed by a snicker. He pulled out his lolly and licked his lips before replying

"Yes sir, I can hear you loud and clear"-- also speaking in Korean

"Status report. How are things going? Is SK there?"

"I found her. She's in the airport, like what we predicted" Agent 1 replied, "However, she haven't noticed me after almost 15 minutes of watching her from afar, which is quite shocking since it's her that were dealing with"

Agent 1 popped the lolly back in his mouth and fished out a pair of shades from the pockets of his coat, slipping them on. The surroundings became dimmer, but with a quick push of the small button somewhere on the frame, his vision became more clearer as if you weren't wearing any shades

"It's been 8 long years. We don't know if she's still the person we knew and trained in the past"

The agent shifted his gaze back to the young lass, and as if the glasses were reading his mind -- which technically is -- his vision zoomed in to the face of the lass

Small pop ups appeared on the lens after the glasses did a quick scan on her face, assuring it is her. And none of those were noticeable or have appeared on the legit lens of the shades, it's only visible on the vision of the person wearing it. They typically call that device as Info Shades

Agent 1 rolled his eyes, "You think I don't know that? We've been searching for the past 5 damn years for her, after realizing it's a total loss of losing someone like her in our agen--"

"Ya! You pabo! (You idiot!) You know you're in public, right? Don't leak such information out in the open!" Boomed the voice of the director through the earpiece, cut him off; however, the agent find it amusing that he chuckled

"We don't know if she's ignoring your presence on purpose, or has something in plan. We don't know what's up in her sleeves, so be cautious!"

The director huffed a breath, "Anyway, H13 has finally hacked into the system and gained access. So there's nothing for you to do, just keep an eye on SK. And wait for my orders"

And with that, a beep erupted on the earpiece after her spoke, a sign that he just killed the line

The red head dropped his hand once their conversation was over as his gaze didn't faltered from staring onto the two across him the whole time

And if his gaze could be anymore sharper than it already is, it can literally slice through anything with one clean cut. Unknown anger began boiling inside him as he continued to watch the two from afar, and the further he watched the boiling point of his anger arises more.

His hand balled into a tight fist that it made his knuckles go white, and he angrily clenched his jaw, causing the plastic handle of his lolly sticking out of his mouth suddenly broke into two with an audible crack

He knows that she's their target and nothing more nothing less, but he is obviously not pleased from the sight; now that the idol transferred to the seat right next to her...

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Katherine's POV

"If you're here... then the other members of Bangtan are here, too?"

Rapmon-ssi now has his face garments back on his face which I ordered him to do. Both of us have actually been conversing about random topics, and would laugh in some point, these past few minutes

He has been accompanying me this whole time while I wait for my friends, who were awfully taking a long ass time. But right now, I honestly can't deny that I'm enjoying the company of Rapmon-ssi, even if our life standards are completely far from one another

The idol nods, "Ne, but not only the Bangtan, though, we also have some of our staffs and crew with us" He answered

He took of and placed his cool HiFi headphones at the armrest between us. I briefly glanced down at the cool ear components before looking back at Rapmon-ssi

"And I assume all of them are in a vehicle- probably a minibus...? That's parked at the back of the airport?" I asked, hesitantly

He softly clapped his large hands once and pointed a finger at me, "Correct." He chuckled and I laughed

"They chose to stay behind in the minibus, and said to call them if our immediate flight is settled" He then shortly explained

"So why're you here in the airport, and not with the other members inside the minibus?"

He shrugged, "I don't know, probably for a change? But don't worry, I'm with our manager, which we mostly call as manager hyung- he told me to wait here while he settles our immediate flight. I actually decided to tag along with him on my own when I noticed that the airport isn't that packed, since our flight schedule was- like I said, immediate. Which resulted the media to be completely oblivious about this whole flight back to Korea" He shortly shared his side on why he's here in the airport

But among all of the things he said, he mentioned something that caught my attention--

"Korea...?" I repeated, but came out more of a question, "You guys are going back to Korea?" I rephrased my words

His head turned to my way from looking down on his hands, and looked like my question is processing in his mind. Yes, even if he wore face garments, I can still tell his expression

After a few seconds, he nods, "Manager hyung is settling a flight for us back to Korea, because we finished doing a photoshoot here and took a small vacation here; it's a bit tiring but we enjoyed our stay" His cheeks rose under his mask, "Let alone that we have an upcoming concert back at Korea that we need to worry about"

"Why so soon?"

"We weren't suppose to go back home until next week, but things just happens" He said, tilting his head to the side, "Why'd you ask anyway?"

I shrugged with a small smile on my lips, "Would it be a good reason, if I answered that me and my friends are also going to Korea as well?" I playfully asked, using my way of talking again

"Jeongmalyo? (Really? [polite])" He asked almost immediately, shock evident in his deep voice

My smile grew nearly into a grin, remembering everything on how we got our tickets from Karen, from how I panicked when they announced that our flight will be later tonight, until to the moment when I met him

Soon enough, I've been telling him all those things. We would also laugh together in some points during my storytelling, but he often do the listening while I do the talking. And until I stumbled upon the question...

"Rapmon-ssi? Just wanna know, when will your manager come back to update your flight back to Korea?" I looked at the time on my phone, "It's 8:45 pm, isn't it getting kind of late?"

Yeah, and my friends are still talking to the lady on the counter, I thought to myself and mentally face palmed

The idol slightly titters closer to me, as an attempt to probably answer my question. But right on cue, a man wearing a hoodie, a cap and a mask, came rushing our way and tapped the idol's shoulder from behind

Rapmon-ssi turned to the person after muttering a small wait to me; and he seemed to know the guy when they began having their own conversation. I, on the other hand, decided to leave them with their business

But as I wait, my eyes swept across the thin layer of people before looking down at my hands, and feeling my insides churn in an unpleasant way; the feeling whenever I felt uneasy

My skin crawled along with the cold chills running down my spine, as I felt the oddest feeling of somehow being watched. I didn't even notice my fingers absentmindedly started to tap on my lap. I'm feeling agitated, again

I huffed as I tried brushing off the uneasiness in my system, but it's no use, now that my eyes kept flicking in different directions in paranoia. And my gaze went sharper by the minute, as I narrowed my eyes as a habit of mine- or on how I was trained to do

The uneasiness gradually increased whenever I further tried to know the reason of this feeling. It has been quite a long time ever since I last felt this immense uneasiness in my system; it's when I was still an agent and doing the tasks that they would give me which were better off not to be mentioned; and especially when they're still involved in my life

But if it's been that long, and knowing that they're the trigger for this feeling, then that means...

Don't tell me they're here?! I thought to myself as my eyes widened in realization

No. It can't be them I thought, trying to convince myself

But if it is them, what are they planning to do? Now that they finally found me after 8 long years of searching...

Memories, awful memories when I was still an agent which I wish I could delete in my mind, came flooding back into me. The ruthless punishments I received when I was still in training, their merciless orders and the tasks they give which would make you kill yourself instead of doing the task- all, along with others that are best not to be mentioned, came back into me, leaving me afresh from each memory

My hand balled into a tight fist that made my knuckles go white, as anger boiled inside me

But when Rapmon-ssi suddenly stood up from his seat, it made me snap out of my thoughts as my head turned to his direction.
He straightened out the small creases on his clothes before grabbing and placing his headphones around his neck, while I looked at him in confusion; and also noticing that the guy in a cap earlier is nowhere to be seen

"Well, that's my cue" He said with a huff, his broad shoulder drooping as he habitually stood up with his shoulders slightly hunched

His words took a while to process in my mind, and when I understand on what he's trying to say, my eyes softens

"Oh... your leaving?"

He nods with a low chuckle, "I'm impressed, your guesses are always correct" He stated

"But I also guess that this is goodbye" He said with a slight tease, but with slight sadness is evident in his deep voice

He reached out a hand for me to shake, "It was great meeting you, and I enjoyed your company" He said with a smile creased on his mask, "Kamsahamnida (Thank you)" He added, giving a brief bow before reaching a hand for me to shake

I looked at him softly with a smile plastered on my lips, as I stood up and brush past his hand after placing down my string bag on my seat; and realizing on how tall he is compared to me

"You know... Goodbyes aren't really my thing to say whenever I met someone new and they have to leave" I took off my bracelet that I hid under my sleeve "Here, take this with you," I said, placing my navy blue rosary bracelet in his hand

"It's something to remember me by, because I too enjoyed your company, and spent a nick of a wonderful time with you" I quoted as my eye habitually winked right after

"Kamsahamnida!" He cheerfully thanked and shortly bowed, again, "Oh! I didn't manage to get your name" He added, pointing a finger at me

I giggled, "The names Kathy, for for Katherine Anne Fox" I introduced and playfully bowed down, taking off my imaginary top hat

His attractive laugh spanned to my ears which were enough to make me smile as I raised my head, only to hear him say...

"Kathy, I like it" He said, "It's cute"

I chuckled with a nod, "Till we meet again" I quoted, "That's something more suitable to say in our situation, for my own consideration at least" I added, ignoring the fact the he called my name cute

"Uhm..." He laughed nervously while patting his sidepockets, "I actually have nothing to give you" He said

He continued to pat and shoved his hands in his pockets, thinking if he could fish something out. I was just about to say that he doesn't need to give me anything, but he cut my attempt to speak when his hands find their way to his headphones

"Oh! How about this?" He asked as he took off his headphones

I immediately shook my head in denial to his offer, looking at him as if he was crazy

He laughs, "Come on, Kathy! Yes, I know that it's mine and I'm giving it to you now" He informed, sending a mental note that it's his decision and I got no choice other than to accept

I let him encircle his arms around me, placing the ear components around my neck. My nostrils got the brief whiff of his alluring cologne, as I also noticed that I'm nearly just below the height of his ear. He reeled his hand back after placing his headphones on my neck

"Are you sure? Isn't it too much for you to give?" I asked, bringing my hands to the components as an attempt to take it off but he stopped me by placing a hand over mine

His sudden touch sent thousands shocks of electricity under my skin...

"It's my decision Kathy, and you really don't have any other choice other than to accept" He said with an amused laugh

I playfully glared at him, Just as I thought

"Besides, it's also... something to remember me by, because I too enjoyed your company and spent a nick of a wonderful time with you" He added, repeating my words earlier

I rolled my eyes with a giggle , "Kamsahamnida, Rapmon-ssi" I thanked him with a bright smile and a slight brow, "Now go! Before your plane leaves!" I added in a hurry, waving him off

He nods and made a few baby steps back, his gaze not faltering with mine but not until when he timidly waved goodbye, because that's when he turned in his heels and rushed to the escalator

And when he reached the moving flight of stairs of the escalator, he turned to my direction and suddenly waved widely at me; he doesn't seem to be bothered by the people giving him stares.

I giggled and rolled my eyes, This is so clichè, I thought

"Have a safe trip!" I hollered, waving widely back at him

"You too! Till we meet again!" He hollered, repeating my words earlier, and soon he was out of my sight

I let out a sigh as I dropped my hands while staring at the escalator where I last saw the idol. And slowly raise a hand to the components he gave me before he left; I smiled

Slightly excited, I sat back down on my seat as I placed my string bag back to my lap, took off my earphones and stored it in my bag then slipped on my headphones.

I picked out a random song in my phone once I slipped on my newly given headphones. My mind drifts off along with the mysterious magic of music; it would also be a way to kill some time while I wait for my friends to come back who are awfully taking so damn long. Like, is the lady in the counter a tortoise or something?

I shook my head as I pushed it behind my mind, but once I did, my dark blue eyes suddenly got a brief sight of a guy in the crowd. And something didn't feel right when I saw him, so I looked back at him. He stood at the far end wall in front of me, and from the distance I could tell that he has his gaze settled on my frame

I sat up straight in my seat as I titled my head to side while I tried to make out his appearance, but so far I could only see his clothing; a long coat that's over his jeans and his turtleneck top, and he also wears a pair of shades and a cap. But my eyes immediately grew wide when they landed on his strikingly red hair that was sticking out from the cap he's wearing

No... It can't be...

At that moment, it felt as if the whole world slowed down. And I froze in place, with the kind of chilling sensation you get when you began feeling extremely nervous that makes your fingertips cold. I could feel my heart skipped an entire beat in an unpleasant way, as my breath hitched in my throat upon realizing who he is

Wang Eun...?

In spite with the distance between us, I could see by slightly squinting that the corner of his thin lips lifts into a mischievous smirk; and suddenly felt the uneasiness creep back in me along with the chills and goosebumps. My jaw tightened as I have my lips closed, and my hand balling into a tight fist

Shit. So that's why I felt so uneasy all of a sudden earlier...

This can't be good, if Eun's here then that means... the others are here too?!

"Kathy?" I heard a female voice call me by my name from behind, her voice slicing through my thoughts

My head instinctively whisked around to the person's direction, as my hands pulled my headphones down to my neck in process. But with paranoia building up inside me, my movements came out more abrupt than I expected

"Whoa! Kathy, chill. It's just me- Leori isseoyo (I'm Lori)" Lori softly laughs

My eyes landed upon the small frame of my best friend once I have turned my head around, and my expression softens upon realization

Lori was the one who called me earlier, whom I thought is someone that's involved with the agency. She staggered a bit away from me because of my abrupt movements. While Karen doesn't seem a bit fazed from what happened, because of her attention completely focused on the papers she held, and she's just standing behind Lori

"Hey, are you alright? You look like you've seen a ghost" Lori jokingly asked, but worry is evident in her voice, "What happened?"

My hands began to fidget on its own, one of my habits in these kind of situations. You know, the truth is that I really want to tell my friends- everything about the side that I confidentially have, but I'm afraid to do so. Because if I were to tell them all about me, it might be used against me and their own lives- now that the agency have found me

My eyes took a brief moment to look at my friends, then around to look back at the place where I saw Eun but unfortunately, he's no longer there. I looked back to my beloved best friend shortly after, as my lips curves into a genuine smile then said...

"It's nothing"

I'm sorry Lori. I'm sorry Karen. I'll eventually tell you guys everything...

I just need more time...

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Hmm... I wonder who's Wang Eun? 🤔 And what is his involvement in Kath's life in the past as Agent 1? 🤔

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