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"Hey, sorry for the long wait. Should we start now?" Namjoon looked up from his phone and smiled. He sat up properly and opened the folder, tilting it so that you can read it on your end.

"Of course, I hope you studied," He teased. You rolled your eyes playfully, your relationship with him was more than acquaintances now so you can definitely do it to him. You were comfortable around him anyway. You nodded and began answering the test paper provided by your tutor.

While you were answering, Namjoon couldn't help but observe everything about you. Your neat handwriting, the focused expression, and the posture. Meanwhile at your side, you couldn't help but feel intimidated by your tutor's stares and be nervous since he's basically checking your answers. You were sweating bullets while Namjoon was confused as to why you were producing more sweat glands than usual.

You ignored his stares and continued answering. Few numbers later and finally, you finished the test.

Namjoon took the paper from your hands and began to check the paper. Halfway through, the corner of his lips turned up as he kept checking the paper. He then proceeded to count the correct items and tallied them up.

"Wow, this is surprising!" Namjoon held the paper in front of him and smiled. You looked up, wondering what he was saying. Was it the amount of wrong answers you got or the opposite? You waited for a while. The tutor showed your score while smiling proudly. You couldn't believe it either, even though you have obviously been studying for the past few days.

"You passed the test!"

You were proud of yourself, you can understand a bit of Korean now! It may be little but it's a progress!

"Let's prove it if you can really understand what I'm about to say," Namjoon said, putting the things in his bag and leaned back on the couch. You were nervous, but this was another test to prove if you can understand bits and pieces of the language. You nodded at him, ready for it.

"나는 훌륭한 선생님이있어서 오늘 시험에 잘됐다!" Your tutor enthusiastically said.

It was long, but you could understand what he said!

"I was great at the exam today because I have a great teacher!" How sneaky of him to do that. But you understood the full sentence it surprised both you and your tutor! You were very happy about it, you would be lying if you said it didn't boost up your confidence. You thanked Namjoon for his patience and for his teachings that you wanted to celebrate with him by letting him stay for dinner.

Sadly, he declined politely.

"My apologies, Detective..." He trailed off, scratching the back of his neck sheepishly, "I still have to tutor a kid tonight," He excused himself. He really is a busy man, having time to start his own business and at the same time, teach some kids.

"It's alright," You responded.

Since there was still time, you both decided to chat to waste it.

You learned that Bang Namjoon was a cool person to hang out with. He graduated as a valedictorian and had a master's degree in Business Administration. Namjoon started to work in an early age and he has brothers. You felt comfortable in his presence and you see Namjoon as a friend and you were happy to consider him a close one.

It was 5 PM, time for Namjoon to leave. You both bid farewell to each other and you stayed with him, helping him find a taxi. Once he found and got in one, you waved at him until he was gone from your sight.

You were once again alone in your home. What you actually said to him some days ago was true, you felt lonely in your home. It may be cheesy but you couldn't stop the feeling of longing for someone. You shook your head and pinched your cheeks. You went back to your living room and turned on the television, not even watching it. Just letting the sound of it envelop the silent home as you cooked your meal for dinner. Despite being alone, you were very happy about passing the test. So for the sake of celebrating for your achievement, you added a bit of Soju in your meal.

"Just like mama said, celebrate every achievement no matter how difficult it was~" You smiled as a single tear trailed down to your cheek.

You missed your family.

As you were placing your food in a bowl, your phone rang. You stopped what you were doing and went to your phone, "Hee-seul!"

You picked up the phone call and hear the said girl mumbling, "Hey! About the location of the unknown number," She paused. You remember it now, some stranger called your number and didn't say a single word. You shivered, the time and the situation now wasn't helping with your uneasiness.

"Yes? What about it?" You asked her.

There was a brief pause before Hee-seul answered your question.

"The location of the phone number is near you!"

Your breath hitched. you shivered once more. You looked around but no presence was present. You looked out the window and saw nothing. Feeling the extreme paranoia, you shut all the windows tight, top to bottom of your house. Covered them with the curtains before responding back to her, "R-Really?"

Hee-seul noticed your stutter and hesitated whether to continue or not, "Well... Did you see the unfinished restaurant building? Like across the street a kilometer away before turning right to the main road?"

"Yes?" You were more nervous than ever.

"Do you remember what time you called me?" She asked.

"From the call history, I called you 12:20 noon..." You pressed the phone next to your ear with the help of your shoulder, going back to putting your meal in a bowl.

"30 minutes later after you called, we got a call from a construction worker there, working on the site. They saw a dead naked body," Hee-seul responded.

You paused your movement, the new information was doubling up your fear, "A-And the phone used to call me?"

Your boss paused before continuing, "It was the victim's phone... I sent police officers and Taehyung to the site and the construction workers guessed that the body has been there for weeks. The body had multiple stab wounds. A female, maybe 16 to 18 years old..."

Well, say goodbye to your appetite, "The construction workers said that the body was not there yesterday and guessed that it was probably transported from another place. We're trying to find any left DNA of the killer on her body. The autopsy is still in progress. She was filed missing a week ago too..." Hee-seul finished with her report.

You were too shocked to comprehend what happened to the girl. A girl killed last week with multiple stab wounds? It must be the girl who was killed by the rabbit masked killer in front of her very own eyes... But why was the body found today? Was there a pattern? You decided to keep everything, every information and connected possibilities to yourself.

"T-Thank you for the report..."

"You're welcome! I want you to be indoors every night from now on. Lock your doors and windows every time you come home. We don't know, the killer might be near your house already... Always be cautious!" Can someone stop Hee-seul from scaring the living shit out of you?

"Alright, thanks again..."

You went back to your bowl and well, you were now disgusted so you decided to not eat it anymore. What a waste of food.