HOUSE OF CARDS | NAMJIN

Chapter 3

"Where have you been all night, Hyung? I was worried. You left no messages.", Jin's younger brother asked him as soon as he walked through the front door.

"Why aren't you in school?", he heard himself asking, still disoriented.

"It's Saturday. Are you okay?", Jimin looked at his older brother with concern.

"Yeah I'm fine. I was at a friend's house; we had a couple of drinks and I didn't want to drive, so I spent the night there. Is Taehyung here?", the shower was running and he already knew that the younger's closest friend had spent the night over.
 
  Those two have been inseparable ever since childhood, and went as far as calling themselves soulmates. Jin never believed in soulmates himself, maybe because he had never been in a serious relationship, but it was nice seeing them care so deeply about each other. And in a way it made Jin worry less about his brother, for he knew that he'll always have someone by his side.

"Yes, he spent the night over. Do you want some breakfast? I was just going to make some.", he smiled at his brother. He always was a caring kid, he was nice to the point where Jin used to worry if people would one day use his kindness against him. But Jimin was a smart guy, he could take care of himself.

"No, I don't have time. I have to shower and go back to the station, check if there is anything new."

Stepping into the shower, the dark-haired male couldn't help but recall all of yesterday's events. From finding a new victim's corpse, to meeting that angel like man at the bar. The day couldn't be more confusing.

  He knew that he didn't have time to date, he was always so preoccupied with his job and his brother, that at times he forgot about taking care of himself. He didn't mind that. He had established a sort of a routine for himself these past few years and he didn't want to change it any time soon.

  But there was something about the beautiful stranger's brown eyes and snow-like hair color. And the way their lips molded together made him feel safe and secure, which was odd, seeing how he only just met him. Yet he felt like they have known each other for years.

Wrapping a towel around his lower body, Jin couldn't help but feel silly. He wasn't even sure if Namjoon would call him. Hell, he probably didn't even like the previous night. That thought made his stomach drop.

"Get a grip of yourself.", he muttered quietly while walking towards his closet.

***

"Sorry I'm late." Jin yelled out as soon as he walked into the police department.

"Everything okay?", he saw Hoseok advancing towards him with a small folder in his hands.

"Why does everyone keep asking me that? Can't I show up late? Plus, I thought I was the boss around here.", he ran a finger through his hair, something he did when he was frustrated. Sure, he didn't always spend the night out, but he was a grown-ass man he could take care of himself.

"Woah. Chill, Hyung, I was just asking. Anyway, here is the autopsy report from yesterday.", he handed Jin the small yellow folder he was holding. "Her name is Kim Mi Soo, she was eighteen years old, and as of now there is nothing that connects her to the previous victims."

"Well that's just great.", they really weren't getting any closer to figuring this thing out, and you could see that everyone in the station was getting both annoyed and scared. Annoyed, because it made them look like idiots to the public because a whole team couldn't take a single man out, and scared because they had never faced a criminal like him, and no one knew when his next move was going to be. He had them all wrapped around his finger, and they couldn't do anything about it.

Jin was sitting in his office, the sun was starting to go down and there was small sunlight coming from the windows that looked towards the city of Seoul. He was finishing up a report when he suddenly got a text message that made his heart beat ten times faster than normal.

-E. DIGGORY