Chapter V: Sounds Familiar

Katherine's POV

As soon as my friends have arrived, we didn't waste anymore time. We turned on our heels, and squirmed ourselves through the crowd as we ran; knowing that we merely have 15 minutes left until our plane takes off. Lucky for the three of us, it only took us  2 minutes to arrive at the boarding area after all the running

Unfortunately, as much as I wanted to just forget everything and let the excitement imbued my soul, the thought of seeing him earlier still bothers me until now as we made our way

My insides churns in an unpleasant way just by the thought of seeing him earlier, because he was also a member- an agent, under the power of the agency where I grew up, which I once called my home

Despite that he wore casual clothes, his strikingly red hair gave out his identity; and also because of my sharp senses. And may I add that we both grew up together in that agency, which doesn't make it hard for me to know if it's him or not. And it is him

Wang Eun. But from the last set of news I got about him, he address himself as Agent 1

Ugh, I just want to get in the plane already and hang with my friends. But it would be funny if our flight got canceled, hopefully not

"Wait--WHAT?!" Karen's loud voice boomed out loudly around, legitimately slicing through my train of thoughts

"Oh fuck!" Lori blurted out in surprise as her phone slipped from her hold, and lucky enough she caught it in time

And now that Karen just let out an ear piercing shout which startled both me and Lori, not only us but also the people around us- let's go back. But I fucking swear, my eardrums could've been bleeding by now from how many times I've been blasted with either sounds in full volume or megaphonic (if that's even a word) voices, for one whole damn day...

Going back, me and my best friends are already at the doorway that would lead us to our plane, but when were about to enter, the flight attendant blocked our way. Karen was the one who exchanged words with the attendant after asking what's wrong. And whatever the attendant's reason to block our way must've been crucial enough to make Karen shout. Like damn, for a small frame, where does she get that loud voice?

Lori and I were just standing a few steps behind Karen, minding our own businesses. Lori merely spoke while we both waited for Karen, she has her eyes glued to her phone while her fingers worked on typing something that isn't in my concern

I, on the other hand, was stuck in the depths of my thoughts while my eyes were glued to the floor with my hands stuffed inside my pockets. Like I said- we were stuck in each of our worlds, but not until Karen's voice snapped us back to reality. And with the feeling of disorientation, both of us snapped our heads to Karen after her random outburst

"What the heck do you mean that there's only two seats left in this plane?!" Karen's voice, once again, boomed

The attendant flinched from my friend's loud voice before fixing her glasses with a shaky hand

"I-I'm really sorry ma'am" She apologized, "There really are only two seats left in this plane" She informed, her voice cracking every now and then

Uhm... she didn't said what I think it is, right?

My ears perked up like a rabbit's ear from the attendant's words. I rose a brow in confusion and stared at the two in front of us. From where Lori and I stood, we could hear Karen angrily breathing deeply through the small gasps of her gritted teeth

Yeah, Karen doesn't have that much patience in her which is quite understandable in our situation

My eyes then flicked to Lori's small frame when she walked up to Karen's side in a fast pace. I watched her try to calm down our seething friend with words, but from where I stood, it's quite inaudible since Lori spoke to Karen in a low voice. But for almost knowing the two of them for approximately 4 years, I know that Lori's words aren't effective to Karen when she's angry

"Woah- hey, Karen, you need to chill for a minute" Lori suggested as she grabbed onto Karen's arm, "Calm down, okay?" Lori soothed

Karen gave Lori a brief glance, which lasted less then a minute. And- like I said, Lori's words aren't effective when we have an angry Karen in our hands; she ended out being brushed off as Karen reeled back her arm. Honestly, Karen is the type who's actually the stubborn kind, and the one who gets carried away when they're angry

Lori, on the other hand, is the most sensitive when it comes to harsh words and interactions despite being the social butterfly she is, which results for her to look at Karen in shock

She retracted her hands back to herself while her expression evidently shows that she's hurt, but Karen doesn't seem to notice the look on her face. And she's getting carried away by her anger that she stomped her foot forward, which results to make the attendant step back with a hard gulp

I huffed out a breath upon slightly finding Karen's act bothersome in our current situation, but if I weren't to do anything things might get fucked up in Karen's current attitude. And I have to do something or anything before that could even happen

"Can you, like- explain to us on how something like that would happened?" Karen sternly asked, "Because I know that when I- no, we just freshly booked our flight earlier this evening. Just a few minutes actually" Spat Karen with a slight laugh of mockery

"Karen." I called out as I took baby steps towards her from behind, but like what she did to Lori, I was ignored

Karen raised her three fingers "Can you count? Because there's three of us here! I bought airplane tickets for the three of us! Fixed our passports, booked our flight tonight for three people earlier this afternoon! Making a clean and serene proof that we are booked for a flight on this plane, for the three of us!" Karen exclaimed, emphasizing every word that would describe us "And now you're saying that there's only two free seats on the plane we should be in?! That's complete bullshit!!"

I creased my forehead annoyed and from fact, that she was causing a commotion

I abruptly gripped on Karen's shoukder "Karen!" I yelled and she did stop before looking at me by her shoulder "That's enough, you already said what you want to say" I scolded "Now, calm the fuck down"

Karen balled her fists before looking down in defeat

I rubbed my forehead with my free hand "Look, there must've been some type of error with the airports system or something else" I stated with a calm voice as I reeled my hand back to me, trying to convince my friends in process

"We can fix this in some way," I crossed my arms "But anger isn't the way on how to fix things"

Karen huffed before deciding to step back, next to Lori. Leaving me infront

"What's all the commotion about?" A male voice suddenly spoke up from out of nowhere

We looked at the direction where the voice came from. A man with a hair waxed, slick-backed brown hair that wore a pair of black shoes, some slacks and a buttoned up polo, walked up to us

He also wore a clip-on ID on the left breast pocket of his polo, which has his picture and his name. He genuinely smiled

"Good evening, ma'am. My name is Henry, the head manager of this airport. Nice to meet you," He introduced himself politely

I reached out a fingerless motor gloved hand and shook hands with the manager "Yeah, Nice to meet you too" I said before reeling my hand back to me

"The names Kath, Katherine Fox. And these are my friends" I introduced, nonchalantly and didn't bother to include my middle name

He nodded "That's delightful," He smiled "So, what seems to be the problem here?" He asked

I shifted my weight on one leg "You see," I started "One of my friends booked a flight earlier this morning for our trip, and this plane was assigned to us to be on when we travel" I pointed out while jabbing a thumb behind me, somewhat pointing to Karen and Lori who stood behind me on my right

"Now your flight attendant here, said that there was only two seats left after blocking us on our way in" I stated and briefly glanced at the nervous female flight attendant

The others, on the other hand, remained silent and the manager giving a few timid nods

"So, could you tell us what exactly happened? That it came to this?" I asked

Manager Henry held his chin and hummed in a thinking manner "I get your point, ma'am" He timidly bowed, "Sorry for the inconvenience. We'll be delaying this plane's take off for a few minutes for your time" He said before he leaned over to the attendant and mumbled something to her ear, she then quickly ran off into the front desk after

Later did the attendant from before came back after a few minutes, now with a tablet (gadget) in hand. Manager Henry took the gadget from her and began to tap something from here and there, seemed to searching something

After one more tap, his face brightened up "Katherine Anne Fox, Karen Anderson and Loraine Vargas, am I right?" He stated out our names, asking

All of us nodded and his face slowly contorted into a puzzled looked "Well, that's odd"

I raised a questioning brow

He hummed again, in a thinking manner "I don't see your name written in here Miss Fox" He stated "Hold on, just let me..." His voice trailed off

He then tapped a few more times before his eyes suddenly grew wide and instantly snapped his gaze to me, which surprised me a bit.

All of us looked at him with a puzzled look "This might take a while to explain," He stated and cleared his throat "but it appears that it was not a miscount with the passangers for this plane" He said

I nodded, motioning him to continue

He obliged "Like what you said before, the three of you are assigned for this plane" He repeated "But sadly, Miss Anderson and Vargas are the only ones assigned for this plane"

My eyes grew "Wait--what?! How could that possibly happen?" I blurted out "Sir! You have got to fix this!"

I could see from the corner of my dark blue eyes that Karen pull her hair in anxiety and frustration. To both Lori and Karen, it felt like their world stopped after hearing what the manager said

"But" I heard the manager say, grabbing our attention "Lucky enough, Miss Fox. The plane you're assigned to be on is also going to South Korea"

I stared at him, once again shocked to his words. It felt like the heavy and problematic atmosphere earlier was lifted, we relaxed and was at ease after he announced that

"Your lucky to be assigned on this plane," He stated and smiled "Because of the major difficulties, your name was somehow added, with one of my relative's private plane who just booked an immediate flight to Korea" He chimed

"I'll call him and explain the issue we have right now and ask if he were to allow one extra person"

Whoa--wait. Immediate flight? That sounds familiar...

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Namjoon's POV

"What's taking manager hyung so long?" Wondered one of our group's maknaes, the one with dark brown dyed hair, Taehyung

I shrugged "Beats me"

I sat down in one of the sofas in the lounging area of the plane that we're in. I looked at him as he continues to peer outside in one of the windows of the plane

"His relative called him, right? The one who's the manager of the airport?" He asked and glanced at me

I sighed and nodded. I took my shades off and placed them on the coffee table

I leaned back onto my seat "It's actually been thirty minutes since he stepped out from the plane" I added after taking a quick glance at the time on my phone "But he'll be back eventually"

Taehyung huffed and walked away from the window while I began to lay down onto the long sofa, occupying the whole thing with my tall figure. I watched Taehyunv slump down on one of the single seater sofa, sighing

Someone misses Korea

He immediately reached for the remote and turned the television on that's attached to the wall. I placed an arm over my forehead, before I began hearing switching of one channel to another from the television

My eyes then caught the sight of my blue and black patterned rosary bracelet on my wrist, the one that a new friend of mine gave to me earlier

I raised my arm a bit to get a better look before yanking it off my wrist and held it in my hand, caressing one of the beads with my thumb

I let out a chuckle, when I find her cool when she listenins to music through her earphones with her eyes closed

I was actually thankful for Taehyung to text me, it snapped me out from staring at her too much

"Cool bracelet, hyung" Once again, I snapped out of my trance after hearing a low voice speak

My eyes darted to the source of the voice which obviously came from Taehyung, again

I slipped my bracelet back on as he leaned to the armrest of the couch he's in "Where'd you get it?" He asked, curious

"Yeah, where did you get that bracelet, Namjoon?"

I jolted in my place in surprised after hearing another voice spoke out of nowhere "You've been staring at it enough for it to melt"

I snapped my head to the other single seater couch across from Taehyung, only to see my behalf, Yoon-hyung

I was probably deep in thought to not even notice him enter the lounge, nor even heard him sit down

"You didn't even notice me walk in" He chuckled, as if reading my mind

Taehyung laughed from Yoon-hyung's words. I rolled my eyes before laying back down

"Ha. Ha. Very funny, hyung" I sarcastically laugh which made Yoon-hyung chuckle again

He shifted on his seat "Who gave you that anyway?" He asked before looking back at the television "Or did you bought it somewhere?"

Taehyung got curious as well, switching his gaze between me and Yoon-hyung as we speak

I sighed and looked back at my bracelet, "A new friend of mine gave it to me at the airport a few moments ago" I stated

Taehyung rose a brow "A new friend? We're they a fan or something?" He asked, curios

I hummed in a thinking manner, trying to remember if she's an ARMY. I could recall that she seemed to know our songs but isn't a fan of it

I shook my head "Ani (No)," I said with a calm voice "She isn't an ARMY but she knows some of our songs and recognized my voice. Though she couldn't figure it out until I took my face gear off" I shrugged

All of us then heard a voice speak as the door of the plane opened "Bangtan Boys! Staffs! Everyone! Come at the Lounge!" It was manager hyung's voice, calling all of us

Yoon-hyung mouthed 'Talk later' to me before the other boys of the Bangtan group, along with the other crew and staff members came in the lounge

I sat up properly, peeping over the back to look at the door. Manager hyung was standing in front of the door with a familiar girl standing next to him

Manager hyung smiled

"Everyone. Meet Katherine Anne Fox"

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