𝐆𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢 (𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐙! 𝐟𝐟)

𝙲𝙷. 𝟸𝟻 ☯︎︎ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑

The store welcomer that had greeted her the moment she came in, walks over to her with their hands behind their back— Mingi, and Yeosang following close behind after noticing she had gone into the shop.

"Excuse me, Miss. I'm afraid that I'm going to need you to set that envelope where it is. It's been reserved." The welcomer informs her matter-of-factly, flashing a charming smile that fits his 'welcoming' role quite well. She looks directly at the Welcomer with furrowed brows that quickly begin to make the man fidget, his once confident smile slowly deteriorating into an intimidated grimace.

"When was this dropped off?" Kurenai asks the man, looking back down at the envelope to look at the name it's addressed to.

"I'm sorry but I don't manage the shipment that comes in and out. We have many people and generous organizations that come in and out to drop off and pick up, it's hard for just one person to keep track of—."

"You said you have people coming in to drop off stuff. Would MALUS be one of those organizations?" She cuts him off with her questions, already starting to open the envelope much to the man's horror.

"Yes, actually, the person that dropped this off claimed to be from there— ma'am, I really don't think you should open something that had been reserved for someone else." He tries to reach out to grab the envelope from her hands but she moves away, taking out the letter and reading through it.

At the same moment, Mingi and Yeosang catch up to the tattooed woman, excusing themselves for panting so heavily and interrupting the conversation between Kurenai and the store welcomer.

"Kurenai, what the hell are doing?" Yeosang is the first to hiss at her, looking at his wristwatch. "We were supposed to get back to the dorms in time for the debriefing of our next assignment. We're gonna be late."

"Wait, did you say Kurenai?" The storm welcomer butts in, the name having seemed to be a tad bit familiar.

"Yes, that's what I said." The brown-haired bomber affirms and Mingi gets confused as to why the stranger even cares.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Never mind that." He waves Mingi off, turning to Kurenai.

"The woman that dropped this off told me it was reserved for a woman named Kurenai. If that's you, then it's all yours." Kurenai looks up at him after seeing the contents of the letter, left even more confused than when she initially saw the envelope from the other side of the display glass.

"Who did you say dropped this off?" She queries and the welcomer thinks back to the day that woman came in.

"She refused to give us a name, only telling us she was coming on behalf of MALUS industries. They drop things off here often so it wasn't out of the usual."

"Was there anything off about the woman?" Mingi asks next for Kurenai. The welcomer thinks harder.

"Mm, no... Oh, wait! She was wearing all red. It was a bright red."

"With red heels?" Yeosang shoots.

"And a red fedora?" Kurenai adds on.

"Yes, both." The three subjects all look at each other in the realization of who it was. Their silent gazes all say the same things.