Black Rose

Chapter 82

She won't rest until you do Oni- Pufai

Okay okay. His name is Thana. I'm here already text you guys later 😘 Love y'all! 🥰-Oni

Flashback ends

But she hadn't texted she had been too excited by how he looked waiting for her with white roses. She had been too distracted and next thing she knew she was here. She sobbed. We're they looking for her? She knew Nida would but where was she? Could they find her? Would she die here?

She had seen him drag that other girl's body out of the fridge, she had screamed uncontrollably at the sight. Was she next?

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Saturday morning

Nida looked at the messages and frowned. She had texted and called Oni for 3 days now. She was supposed to be here for her dinner today, but she had replied only by text saying she was sorry, her family had an emergency and she would be out for a couple of days that she would be back soon, maybe tonight. She felt a weird feeling in her gut, but maybe she was being dramatic. She would wait until tonight and after that if she didn't show up she would tell Mew.

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Later that afternoon

Saint and Mild stopped by the cafe. Saint peeked in. They couldn't go inside or he would know they knew he worked there.

"What are you two doing!?" The guys jumped in shock. They turned to find a frowning Bright and a confused Win.

They quickly pulled them aside "Come on follow us,he can't see us" they walked down the block away from the cafe.

"Guys what the fuck are y'all up to? And who can't see you?"Bright asked annoyed.

They hesitated for a moment, Bright was too protective when it came to Kana but the more help they could get the better.

"We think there's something weird with Gulf's new intern, the way he looks at him, and little things he does just raise flags, we just want to make sure we're not exaggerating, that's all" Mild said looking between Bright and Saint.

"Gulf's intern? And why would he be there" he said looking towards where the cafe was.

"He said he worked at a restaurant but Mild saw him wearing the uniform for that cafe" Saint said

"Why would he lie!?"

"We don't know" they answered in unison.

"But we can't exactly check since he knows us" Mild said frustrated. Saint elbowed him and he followed his eyes. Win was standing next to Bright listening quietly.

Bright realized they were staring at Win and turned to him, he looked at him confused and wide eye "W-what?"

Bright shook his head "I can go, what does he look like"

Saint pulled out his phone and showed him. Bright froze. The man in the picture was the same one he had run into when they played soccer that one time. He was also the reason why he always brought their own cooler with snacks and waters now, he hadn't liked the way he looked at Gulf then so he decided they didn't need to go back in there.His grip on the phone tightened "This is the intern? He's working alongside Gulf?"

"What's wrong?" Saint asked watching his reaction "Do you know him!?"

"The day we played here and we came to the cafe for waters he was behind the counter, he was eyeing Gulf like prey and looked at me like he wanted to murder me"

"I knew it!" Mild said loudly "I knew I wasn't wrong, so he does work there and he lied! He's hiding something"

"Okay now we know he's here let's go to his place" Saint said standing up

"But his mother is in the hos-"

"Mild if he lied about something as simple as a job I'm sure he lied about his sick mother as well" Saint interrupted, he turned

"Bright keep an eye out if you see him leave here can you let us know?" Bright nodded in agreement.

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They pulled up to the seedy neighborhood. Mild held the flowers in his hands, they decided if they showed up and just started asking questions no one would help so they would use the hospital excuse to their benefit.
They spotted a lady sitting on her porch knitting and glancing their way. "Come on" Saint said.

"Hello" he spoke gently "I'm looking for Tul Pakorn's place?" The lady stopped rocking her chair at that "We're his coworkers, we heard his mother was in the hospital and she was released today, we brought her some goodies" he said raising the basket of treats in his hands and motioning to the flowers Mild held.

The lady cackled "You're wasting your time" she said resuming her rocking "that lady ain't sick she's just a drunk. A crazy drunk who abused that kid"

Saint and Mild looked at each other.

"Oh, we must of misunderstood, he said she was sick so we assumed.."

"She's not sick" the lady cackled again followed by a cough "she's just addicted to the bottle" she glanced at the goodie basket "she'll just look for a way to trade that for some booze"

Mild's phone beeped. He nodded at Saint confirming time was up.

"Well we don't want her to worsen so" he placed the basket at her feet " thank you so much for your help!" He said bowing and walking away.

Once they were in the car Saint looked a Mild. The eerie feeling they had, had intensified. They needed to speak to his mother.

"Should we tell Gulf?" Mild asked Saint

"Not yet" and took off.

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Saturday night

Gulf was nervous, really nervous. He knew he didn't need to be.Mild, Boat and Saint would be there but it didn't  help him at all. He took one last look in the mirror. The black turtle neck complimented him well with the shirt on top, he hated dressing up . He frowned. He still didn't know what him and Mew were and now he was meeting his mom. This felt like it was all a bit too much, too fast. His heart was pounding away in his chest. His phone beeped, he checked it quickly, Mild was almost here. He grabbed his keys taking one last look in the mirror. Okay, we said we would try right? This was him trying. He sighed and stepped out.