HACKER

chapter 12

i was holding onto renjun's arm for support as we walked around the park, but nothing sparked up from my memory, so we took a rest on the bench nearby.

"well that was a waste of time" renjun said. i nodded and agreed.

"we could at least enjoy the scenery so that it won't be a waste" i told him. i looked around and saw kids laughing and couples holding hands. it was a nice weekend.

i felt uncomfortable when i felt like there was someone watching me. i looked left to right until i saw someone watching me from afar. we had eye contact but he broke it immediately. i clung onto renjun's arm and went to face him until the guy who i made eye contact with was the one who i clung onto, and renjun was nowhere in sight.

"you knew it..."

"yeonha, i tried to— we all tried"

"shut up, all of you, don't approach me anymore"

"he said he wanted to——"

"just shut up b——"

"YEONHA!"

renjun was shaking me to get back to reality. i felt tears rushing down and just saw a blurry image of renjun in front of me.

"what happened?"

"i don't know... i saw someone familiar and then when i clung onto you, he appeared" i tried to explain. "i've seen him before, i'm not sure who he is though. he had platinum blond hair though"

"what about this, let's try getting permission from taeyong-hyung to check the files" renjun suggested. he gently wiped the tears off my cheeks and gave me his handkerchief. "let's go back to the base"

i nodded and the two of us went back to the base to see jaemin and hyuck resting in the living room where the stairs to go downstairs were. jaemin immediately hugged me tightly as he saw my slightly puffy eyes.

"renjun, what happened?" jaemin asked as he broke the hug. renjun sighed and looked at him. "she saw a guy that triggered her memory, we're not sure who it is"

"yeonha, rest up, your head probably hurts" jaemin patted my back and i walked towards my room. i decided eavesdrop though, since hyuck looked kinda worried.

"we've got a problem" hyuck said as he sat up from the couch. "apparently golden child has someone they want from us, so we planned to release our hostages right away to avoid conflict"

"so?" renjun questioned. "we'll get the money quicker from them and it'll all get settled, what're y'all so afraid of?"

"if they don't stop sending threats, that means they want yeonha" jaemin said with a sigh. renjun's eyes widened at jaemin had said. "yeonha? why yeonha?"

"it must be something that happened" jaemin replied. "we have to get yeonha's memories back as soon as possible, so that we know our next move"

"let me talk to taeyong-hyung first" renjun said as he started walking down the hallway i was in. i quickly tried to get in my room without him noticing. "stop"

my body immediately froze from that one word as i slowly turn to renjun who had his arms crossed. he shook his head slowly.

"how much did you hear?" he questioned as i looked down, avoiding eye contact. he grabbed my wrist and pulled me into his office. "everything?"

"yes, i'm sorry" i replied and avoided eye contact as much as possible. i heard renjun's sigh and looked at him.

"i'll call taeyong-hyung, don't eavesdrop again" renjun told me as he dialed taeyong. he put him on speaker. "taeyong-hyung"

"what is it renjun?" taeyong questioned on the other line.

"i need yeonha to check the pictures of different gang members. i think she was associated with a member" renjun informed the boss.

"alright, you know the password anyways"

he took me to the room where they kept all their files. he looked for a certain folder, and gave it to me.

"golden child?" i questioned. "what do i need to do?"

"their background is arranged by age, check their faces" renjun said and looked at me.

i looked at their faces, it didn't seem like i knew the first few ones, but they seemed quite familiar. i turned to the next page and saw that same guy i saw earlier. i dropped the folder as my head started to throb.

"yeonha, please come back"

"seungmin and i will help you escape, don't worry"

"yeonha, run!"

i felt arms embracing me tightly as i realized i was being hugged by renjun. his sweet scent was very present as it gave me somewhat comfort.

"that guy, he's that guy" i said calmly as renjun's hug made me calm. "he was good to me though, he was trying to help me escape from something"

that guy. bong jaehyun.