(Y/N)'s POV
"Dude, where are we going? What are we doing here?"
Two weeks. It had been two weeks without Rosie. It felt really lonely without her. My days went more boring than ever, and my night became much more sleepless than most of the time.
Jonathan and the Blackpink had learnt the thing that had been going on between me and Rosie. And their reaction?
It was too expectable.
Even though Jonathan was there to cheer me up, even though Hana came over to play with me for a little, it didn't bring my spirit up.
It never did.
I never thought my existence would bring a great danger to Rosie, the girl I loved the most. The one really cared for. I never thought that our distance could bring danger to each other.
That leaded us to this separation... and it was beyond our will. I was sure she was as sad as I was right now.
None of us wanted this. All of us. The Blackpink, Jonathan, Kai, Hana... none. Beside that one guy behind the screen, watching us like an idiot.
The one that had put this distance between us.
We decided to go our separate ways for now. Jonathan decided to watch over me while Kai and the Blackpink watch over Rosie. She was more important to everyone and I didn't want anything to go wrong on her job as an artist.
She was far more important than me. It was not just to me, but to everyone who had high expectation on her shoulder.
Her manager, her fans... she needed more support than me. That was the why I put as many people as possible next to her to watch over the girl.
We didn't need any other stupid things like threat letter that got spread across the media. Cause that was the point where things could go wrong.
After two weeks of letting the heat go down, we finally made a move, carefully. And when Jonathan said he knew someone who could "help" me, I thought things could go easily.
But noooo....! Things wouldn't be too dramatic if that happened, would they?
Jonathan said that his friend kept saying no, no, and more no(s)! While I was recovering from my injuries, he was actually trying to convince his friend to help me, all this time!!
Like, geez. I already told him to leave his friend alone, but he kept resisting and kept pushing him! And... here we were!
Around 10.30 in the night, where the street was almost pitch black. As if Jonathan's car and the moon were the only light sources that existed in this area. Cause really, the only thing that I could see was... darkness and a few dim street lights. The lights inside the buildings were quite... minim.
And when he said we're meeting him here...
"What do you mean? I thought I said we're getting help." He said exactly what he had been saying for the past two weeks. 'Getting help' while looking through the darkness on the street.
I never really understood what that really meant. And I had no intention on blowing my head. So I decided to stay silent and let him lead me wherever he could get this 'help'.
He drove slowly for a few meters ahead. Before... "This is the spot." He stopped the car and looked to his right, making look to the same direction.
As far as I could see, it was... an alley. Oh god damn it... Okay, alley is the place I hate the most now. Period.
But at least I didn't go alone this time... at LEAST. So please understood this. Self-note, don't go anywhere... wherever Jonathan is, be sure to be there. Please?
After I made that mental note, we got out of the car and dived into the dark alley. Jonathan turned off the engine before we finally made our steps toward the alley.
Dark, cold, and didn't-smell-too-good alley. I wondered if someone really lived here. I kept walking and kept in track with Jonathan, trying not to get lost on the way. Hell, I would be the stupidest person to ever get lost on a one way alley.
I kept my pace with him until I felt someone's presence behind me that made me froze in track. "I thought you're coming here alone. This is not how the deal works, Jonathan."
Deep voice with cold tone and Korean English accent suddenly came from behind me. Just when I was about to turn, I felt a gun barrel on my back.
You think I went crazy? No! And yes, a gun! Cause from what I knew about guns in Korea, they were heavily restricted!
Alright Jonathan, he's helped enough...
"Hey, come on now! Don't be like that." But Jonathan kept calm and even turned around to me with my tensed face. "He's my friend. Come on! Let him go." He persuaded the gun wielder.
What the fuck was he thinking? Couldn't he see that his friend was being held captive by his 'friend'???
I got a gun being pointed right from my own back! Wow Jonathan, how cool was that, huh?! "This is actually the first time you said that to protect someone. Funny." He chuckled in his low voice.
I didn't know how God or Jonathan managed to do it. But soon enough, he felt convinced as he put down the gun from my back. Hallelujah, I managed to breathe again. Knowing that it was already safe, I turned to see a guy around my age behind me.
But I could barely see his face clearly, due to the lack of the lights we had here. But from his accent, he was like Jisoo. But more fluent, and his voice was heavier. Well, duh... he was a male after all.
"Come on. This way." He nudged my shoulder, telling me to follow the man whose name was still unknown. Well, rather than being pointed by a gun again only to force me, I decided to follow his words with Jonathan following us from our back.
The mysterious "friend" opened a door into a building that was actually a back door to his apartment. The apartment was really simple and decent.
No glamorous lights, no red carpet, no royal decoration. Just... normal. Really normal, but not as bad as mind. Hell, I didn't even want to call my house 'an apartment'. It was too... fucked up.
We ascended to his room with no voice coming out of our mouths. It was really quiet, only the sound of the taps coming from our shoes.
Well, I wouldn't be surprised. Since we came here around 11 in the night. After a few minutes of walking in the dim hall, we finally stopped in front of a door as the guy turned to me with his serious eyes.
"Before you get in, promise me not to say a word of what's inside to anyone." His tone was as serious as a guy who was ready to make his last wish. "Except to this pabo (idiot)." He nudged his head to Jonathan who was rolling his playful eyes.
"Fine, I promise."
Even with a simple 'yes', he was easily satisfied and unlocked the door. He looked like someone who didn't like to take things too long, or someone who was in a hurry.
As he pushed the door, I got to see what was inside. And it was unbelievable! It was like a person from the ancient time suddenly stepped into the future.
I couldn't help but stare at his room. For a simple apartment, this room was just the finest... Mine was much worse than this, of course.
"So, what is it that you need me for?" I turned to see the guy (geez, who was he again? Jonathan never mentioned him to me) sitting with a can of cola in his hand.
When I saw Jonathan sat down on the couch, I decided to do the same thing next to him. "Well (Y/N), this is Tae Joon. He and me, we're 'buddy buddy' since we were in high school." He proudly introduced his buddy. Uhuh, your buddy sure was scary. What a 'nice to meet you' he showed me.
"Cut it, Williams. You're making things more cringy to me." This Tae Joon looked disgusted at the phrase Jonathan used. But being sassed by the spicy mouth, he just laughed it off like it was his thousandth times this happened.
And being a good friend I was, I did what I always did to new people. I extended my hand for him to shake it. But he... "What are you doing?" he raised his eyebrow in confusion.
"Uumm... ever heard of handshakes?" I put a 'duh' face at him.
Well, it was awkward, of course. But thank God he shook my hand quickly and lifted the tense a little. "Tae Joon Park."
Park? Is he- "Things about surnames in Korea could be quite similar from one family to the others. You're gonna get used to it." Jonathan explained out of nowhere as he opened the can of cola in his hand.
Where the fuck did they get those colas?
"O-Oh... umm- (Y/N) (L/N)." I introduced myself.
That was the most awkward introduction I have ever been. Good thing introduction happens only once.
As the tense was over, we were finally back at how we were before.
"Well, back to business. (Y/N) right here... my friend needs some help from you." Tae Joon's attention was automatically turned to me. His eyes weren't glaring at me. But I could tell he had a sharp pair of eyes. "He's in danger. He and his friend."
"Oh? Danger? What kind of danger?" Tae Joon tried to specified what Jonathan had spoken as he crossed his feet and leant back to the chair.
I really had no intention on sharing my problems to someone I barely knew. But since things came to this point, I had no choice...
"Someone will definitely hurt me or my friend if we get too close to each other. And... none of us knew who this person is." Tae Joon just nodded before sipping more cola from his can. "I was hoping that you could help me find the one behind this." Hearing this, he just rested his head on his palm.
"So, you're saying that I need to track down a killer or something?"
"W-Well...I don't know if he's a killer or not." I expressed how confused I was with the situation. I didn't know his motive, I didn't know where he was, I didn't know who he was...
"Okay, have fun then. Count me out." my heart sank as I saw his unsatisfied with his head resting on his palm. I could tell that he was uninterested from his eyes.
Maybe I was... desperate. Already. I just wanted to end this. Fast... I wanted this to end and got back to Rosie like normal.
The only thing I wanted to be near her and I had been wanting it ever since our separation started. I began to go crazy for her...
"Ey, come on now! You said you were gonna help us!"
"I didn't agree on getting involved in some criminal. Blackmailing is something serious and close to criminality." The guy in undercut hair began to resist helping me...
My heart sank into its very depth. Cause I had to finish this. Whatever it cost. I would get back to Rosie... even if it was the last thing I could do in this life.
I could slowly feel myself bowing to his direction. I didn't even know why I really bowed since his help wasn't something I was desperate of. I was desperate of getting back to Rosie, not his help.
Like I said, if this couldn't help, I would find another way. And I would keep looking, until I finished this.
I knew I shouldn't had brought this to someone I barely knew. I should had realized that this was stupid.
For a few seconds, I got no response. And it gave me a quick answer. Why should I even come here, then? I began to get up and walked toward the door.
Suddenly, my eyes widened by the billionaire saying something that involved money. And I knew that there would be a large amount of money he would spend just to get a help from his own friend's help.
he proposed his deal with his usual grin on his face. M-m-m-million?! Did he just say one million?!
No! Not this ag-
Before I got to interfere, he already rose from his seat and left me dumb-founded before I got a chance to talk back.
I quickly turned to Jonathan who was also standing with satisfied smile. "Jonathan, for Pete's sake! I thought we're discussing it!"
"And we got the answer already, buddy. Cheer up." He ruffled my hair before going to the direction Tae Joon went. Having no choice, now that the deal was set, I followed them too.
Tae Joon leaded us to another locked room. He pulled another key from his pocket before injecting it into the keyhole and twisted it and he opened the door.
He turned to me with his serious face. "Remember. No word." I couldn't help but getting annoyed at this guy. I began to dislike this guy. Not only he wasted my time earlier, he willingly took one million dollars from his own friend to help me!
"Fine." I said with annoyed tone.
He pushed the door open, revealing something that I had never seen as a gamer. Maybe I had seen some gaming gear setups where you used a wide ass monitor so enemy movements were more monitored.
And those flashy gaming equipment like big budget mouse, high end mechanical keyboard, and flashy headphones? Yeah, I had seen such things. I would be lying if I said I didn't want it.
But this?!
Where did he get all these? The aliens? "Alright. Start from the very beginning. Where and when did this happen in the first place?"
Rosé's POV
"Chae, come on. You have to eat, even just a little. You haven't eaten for the whole day!" For the past two weeks, the Blackpink had been trying to cheer me. Lisa, Jennie Unnie, and Jisoo Unnie... they had been looking out for me.
Whether I ate well or not, whether I could sleep well or not, whether I was okay to practice or not... as if they never got their eyes off of me like a 24/7 CCTV.
But their presences weren't something I needed. They didn't really give much impact to me. In fact, I didn't really want it.
I didn't want to sound so rude or something. But without (Y/N), Lisa, and everyone who had been trying to cheer me up... they were annoying.
They acted like they could replace him, it irritated me. They acted like they could make things better, they were actually doing the opposite. They acted like they understood me, without even knowing what was inside my head.
It really... stressed me out. I wanted to cry it out, but my tears were already dry. I had shed my last tears few days ago.
It was when I cried for the last time, and my head decided that I couldn't cry anymore... with this feeling welling inside me.
I couldn't believe that I would be separated like this. And it was freaking painful! It was like a female craving for some crazy stuffs on her pregnant period.
You may call me crazy, weird, disgusting... I didn't care anymore... I was craving for him. I wanted to hug him... hold him... kiss him...
Feeling that the place had too much heat, I decided to move as I stood up from my couch. "Chaeyoung-ah? Where are you-"
"I'm going out. Don't follow me." I cut Jennie Unnie and quickly got out with my mask on before anyone asked another question. For the past three hours, they had been taking the space I needed.
And it was really, really uncomfortable to me. So, I let my feet drag me wherever my mind told them to go. Any place would do for now, as long as I got the chill I needed.
Wandering in the city where the time was almost midnight, had been something I had been doing to calm myself down from all this mess.
While my feet brought me through the night, my head was all blank. All I could think about was (Y/N), (Y/N), and (Y/N).
With hope of getting rid of him for a while, chance of success for this was a total zero. Zero, 0, z-e-r-o.
Maybe in a few days, I would go crazy without him...
All I wanted was things to go normally. But it was the most difficult thing to get for both of us. All I wanted was to live normally without any fear of someone, love (Y/N) without adding any distance between us.
And whoever this guy behind everything... I swear, when I find you... I'll make you regret this.
"(Y/N) ... where are you? I need you..." I silently mumbled to... I didn't even know who I was talking to...
Something beeped on my pocket, making my silent moment went blur and created some irritation coming from my temple. WHY? WHY, FOR FOOD'S SAKE, WHY?!
WHY COULDN'T I HAVE A SINGLE MOMENT FOR MYSELF TO CALM DOWN?! STOP PUSHING ME TO DO SOMETHING I DON'T WANT TO DO!
I cursed this stupid beep and pushed my hand inside my pocket to pick the stupid phone that broke my moment of silence. But rather than a notification from someone, it was actually an alarm... that I had set a few weeks ago.
Fan Meeting With (ɔ˘ ³Blinkeu(ˆvˆc)!
Tomorrow (All day)
Note: Sleep earlier, Chipmunk!
The alarm was like it was a surprise attack. How could I forget this thing?! How come I didn't remember anything about this?
*Sigh* More work... I wish I could just quit...
1:30 A.M.
(Y/N)'s POV
"Got it!" Tae Joon's surprise call woke both me and Jonathan who was already half asleep.
"W-W-What? What did you get?" Jonathan yawned while trying to speak normally which was barely understandable for us.
I was as confused as him who just woke up a few seconds later earlier than me. "What do you think, baegchi (idiot)? We got the the jabjong (bastard) you're looking for." He stretched a bit in exhaustion as he made our hopes up.
"Really? How?" I quickly got up from my seat after the long wait. I couldn't believe that he was actually able to find him.
"You gave me the date and place. I simply hacked into the security connection and got some CCTV footages. I simply replayed the recordings from 2 weeks ago from the place you said earlier. I gotta say, that was pretty annoying. But once I had the person, he won't be able to get away. His face, his car, his license plate, everything will be known."
D-D-Did he just say 'hack' into the security connection?! "B-But what if someone noticed that you're there?" something snapped in my head.
"Duh, I would have known it. A good hacker never leaves trail that'll only lead toward exposing themselves." He relaxed himself in the chair where he had sat for the last few hours while sipping his last can of energy drink. That was included with one, two... fifteen other empty cans.
Finally... some green light... "Then what the hell are we waiting for? Let's go get this son of a bitch." Jonathan snapped his finger, ready for some action.
"No. Not now. We need to confirm that he wouldn't move out of his current position for the time being." Tae Joon quickly disagreed. "Besides, our equipment is not ready yet."
Wait what? This didn't come out before. Equipment? What were we actually going to do? "What equipment?"
"I'll explain later. Come back here around 9 A.M. Don't be late, be earlier is preferable. We need to do some briefing. After that..."
I'm in a middle of a war, guys (I mean, F I N A L S)! Things are really rough here (but not as rough as what (Y/N) is going through! XD