Synopsis: Idols need protecting. You are their protector. But what happens when you just can't get one in particular out of your head?
As you walk into the main lobby of the Lair, headquarters to the POI (Protectors of Idols), you let out a sigh.
Same shit, different day, you think to yourself.
You are an agent of the POI Seoul Division, and one of the best protectors in the business, even though you could care less for that title. You just do what you are told and don't even pay attention to those around you. No one interests you or catches your attention in the slightest.
Your heels click as you walk through the lobby and the faint jingle of your gun holster against your thigh can be heard. You hit the button to the elevator and head to the top floor. You just finished your latest assignment and are headed to the Proctor to receive your new assignment.
You nod as you pass the secretary sitting and pleasantly smiling at her desk just outside the Proctor's office doors. You hear a faint click just before you push open the doors and head inside.
The Proctor is sitting behind her desk behind a very large stack of documents. She has one already in her hands and is reading it through her square glasses that are poised at the tip of her nose. She doesn't even glance up at you, but you know this is because she already knows it is you that has entered her office and she knows why you are there.
You plop yourself down in one of the seats facing her desk and pick up the file from the glass coffee table in front of you knowing it is your next assignment. You open the front cover and glance at the faces looking at you.
"Six of them?" you retort outloud.
"Yes. Is that going to be a problem?" the Proctor mechanically responds.
"Please give me a challenge." You shut the file after memorizing all their details and toss it gently back onto the table. "Where's the pickup?"
"Marronnier Park," she answers.
The Proctor tosses you a set of keys without looking away from her document and you catch them easily. Turning them over you notice the Cadillac symbol and knowing these must be for a Cadillac Escalade Hybrid which would be an 8 passenger SUV to fit everyone.
You get up and swiftly move back out the doors you came in from, but just as you stepped through you hear the Proctor say, "Oh and this time, you have a partner." The doors close and you stand there staring at them.
Seriously.
You roll your eyes, glance at the keys in your hand, grip them tightly and proceed back to the elevator. You press the button for the parking garage located underground and rhythmically jingle the keys in your hands to the soft elevator music as you fly to the bottom floor.
A partner? Seriously who does she think I am, you think as the numbers tick down. I wonder which chucklehead I am going to be stuck with this time.
The red numbers start to change to letters and then finally stops on P4 indicating the floor you want. As the doors open, you swiftly step out and head to the area you know your car will be parked. As soon as you start walking though you hear another pair of footsteps matching yours, but you roll your eyes knowing this must be your "partner."
"Howdy partner," you hear as a hard slap comes down on your back.
You grunt at the impact and glance back to see Kim Seo Hyuk, a very energetic agent. He has only been with POI for 3 years compared to your 4 years and his record was not as outstanding as yours (but really no one's was). You'd worked with him before, but his sudden skinship has always made you slightly uncomfortable.
You twitch your shoulders away from his hand and brush away some invisible dirt.
"Seo Hyuk," you address him simply as you continue to proceed towards your vehicle, clicking the button as you get closer to unlock the doors.
You hop in the driver's seat as Seo Hyuk jumps in shotgun next to you. You turn the key and engine roars to life. Seo Hyuk also roars to life as he begins to talk lively as you speed from the underground parking garage into the bright sunlight. Most of which you just tone out what he's saying and concentrate on driving.
As you pull up to the entrance of the park, you immediately know where your targets are because of the huge swarm of teenage girls in one area of the park. You pull your black cap out of the console and put it on as you eye Seo Hyuk, who has turned on his 'agent mode'. You both nod and jump out of the car, speeding across to the swarm of girls.
Swiftly and without even a whispered apology, you push through the crowd and end up nose-to-nose with one of the boys. He's tall, slim, with black hair, and an emotionless expression. He didn't even look surprised at all to see you.
You glance over and notice Seo Hyuk approaching the line of boys from the other side and ushering them towards you as is the usual plan. You look into the tall boys' eyes again, 'Leo' your mind reminds you of the file you read earlier. Without a word, you simply grab his wrist and pull him back through the crowd you had come through.
The volume around you increases ten fold as you do so, and it seems like you have to push much harder to get through this time. As you push yet another screaming girl out of your way, the holster dangling from your hip was itching for you to use it, but your conscience was screaming at you even louder. They're just simple human girls hopped up on hormones.
Finally breaking through the edge of the crowd, you tug at Leo's hand in yours and glance back to make sure Seo Hyuk had the rest of the boys in order before breaking into a sprint. You are rather surprised that Leo keeps up with you since you can run really fast.
As you approach the waiting car, you let go of Leo's hand and dig out the keys to unlock the doors. All 8 of you swiftly reach the car and jump in, as a few girls smash into the sides just as the doors close. You turn the engine on again and stomp on the gas, speeding down and away from the crazed mass.
"Woo!"
You hear the excited chatter coming from the boys in the back of the car as you speed through the streets of Seoul. This is not social hour for you and Seo Hyuk as both of you are scanning the side streets with your trained eyes watching for anyone or anything approaching. The pickup was made, but that didn't mean you could relax. That just meant They need to try harder.
""Two o'clock," you hear Seo Hyuk say and you glance to the right in the direction he was indicating. You nod as you notice them, too.
Two black motorcycles cut out from a side street together just in front of you and split apart to get on each side of your car. You speed up slightly and let them race you before stomping on the brake and swerving quickly onto another side street. The chatter behind you seems to go quiet and instead you only hear some 'woah's.
You make some more quick turns and fake outs before you are confident you have lost them. Then quickly turn into a parking garage that agents use. You hit a button on your dash and the entrance behind you quickly closes off as you proceed to a lower level.
You pull into a spot, put the car in park, and begin to get out.
"Naga," you say as you notice the figures in back sitting motionlessly.
You and Seo Hyuk jump out as the 6 boys in back slowly get out. The are all standing close together eyeing you two suspiciously.
"Ttalawa."
You motion for them to follow you as you head for the elevator, but immediately you stop as you notice three large men standing in front of it. You inhale sharply as you mentally kick yourself. How could they have gotten in here? Your hand reaches down and hovers over the holster at your thigh. You step back as Seo Hyuk comes up beside you, his weapon already drawn.
Then you hear it, a low growl coming from above you, and you freeze calculating your next moves in your head.
All at once, the three men advance as Seo Hyuk runs towards them firing his weapon, but you remain focused on the area above you. You draw your weapon and aim upwards, but not in time as you are hit full force and your weapon goes flying to the side. You hit the ground with a pained grunt and a huge weight on top of you. A clawed hand hits you across the face, and you can feel the cold pain where it must have broken the skin.
You begin to see red as a growl escapes your throat. You push at the disfigured creature on top of you and manage to fling it across the space and immediately kick yourself onto your feet. You shake your head trying to clear the red in your vision. You glance at where your weapon landed, but decide it will be no good to you now.
The creature lands between you and where Seo Hyuk was fighting the three other men, leaving the 6 members of Vixx safely behind you. It lets out a threatening growl bearing its fangs at you.
You flex your long fingers, extending your sharp nails, in a threatening pose blocking the path between the creature and the members of Vixx. They want these boys and it is your job to stop them. The creature in front of you sends another threatening growl your way as if to tell you to move. You stand your ground firmly and glare back at the creature as if to say 'make me.'
Just then the creature snaps its head to the side like it heard something and then takes off. You notice that the three men Seo Hyuk was fighting also take off in the same direction. They are retreating, you think. But why? Then just as suddenly as it began, it was over. Maybe.
You run back to the six guys still huddling together next to the car, eyeing the car lot around you. You had to get them in that elevator and down to the locked safe haven. You glance back at Seo Hyuk who had the sense to hit the elevator button and was now holding it open beckoning you all to him. You grab the nearest member, which happens to be Leo again.
"Gaja!" you shout as you pull Leo with you.
All of you run full sprint straight into the elevator. You hit the back wall as Leo puts both his hands on each side of you so he doesn't slam into you also. The rest of the guys pile into the elevator making for a very cramped space. You turn around between Leo's arms to make sure everyone made it in and that Seo Hyuk has hit the button for the correct floor. You look up into Leo's eyes and clear your throat as the closeness is making your insides feel weird.
"Mianhaeyo," he whispers as some of the guys push on his back but he keeps his arms locked so he doesn't push into you. No one else seems to notice you two shoved into the back corner of the crammed elevator.
You bite your lower lip slightly as you try to find somewhere to look besides his eyes.
"Gwaenchanh-ayo," you whisper back even though you felt anything but okay at that moment.
You place your hands on the back wall of the elevator to help straighten yourself up, but stop when it seems like your faces will touch.
The elevator ride seems to last forever and Leo's breathing surrounds you as you two get a little closer with every beep. You look up and notice Leo's eyes staring back at you. Your first instinct is to look away, but you just can't seem to pry your gaze away from his soft chocolate brown eyes. A tightening in your chest threatens to choke you as he keeps gazing into your eyes.
Suddenly the elevator doors pull open and you can't help but let out the breath you are holding in. You feel an instant sense of relief that Leo will no longer be pushed against you, but at the same time there is a small part of you that feels sad about it too. You shake yourself mentally as all the guys crowding the elevator file out, but Leo remains standing still in front of you with his arms on each side of you.
Questioningly you look up into his eyes, but the soft gaze that was there earlier is now a stern hard stare.
"Leo, museun il-iya? Ga."
You squirm uncomfortably under his hard stare and try to push him gently away from you. He doesn't budge though and simply shakes his head once.
Out of the corner of your eye, you see Seo Hyuk peek back into the elevator. "Aren't you two getting off? Ya!" but he's cut off as the elevator doors slide shut.
Leo reaches over to the controls and hits the red lock button firmly shutting you two in there together with everyone else outside. He positions both arms on each side of your head, elbows bent so his face is so close you can feel his breath on your face. You can feel his body pressing lightly against yours holding you still against the back wall. With all of your training, this is a simple situation to get out of, but with the way his eyes are staring at you your whole body seems paralyzed.
After a few minutes of silence, you can't take any more and finally speak up.
"L-Leo, wh-what are you d-doing?"
You want to sound firm and menancing, but your voice only comes out in a stuttered whisper.
"Waiting," he answers simply, squinting a little at you as if he was trying to figure something out.
"Waiting? For what?" His answer is more confusing than his current behavior. What the hell is he waiting for?
You are fed up with his little game and give him a firm shove away from you. He bounces back a good two feet. You reach over to the controls to unlock the doors as you hear shouts and bangs from the other side, but Leo grabs your wrist and again pushes you against the wall.
He pins your arm above your head and presses his body firmly against yours. You wriggle under his grip, still debating whether to use full force with him as he is being too persistent. Leo's other hand comes up and grabs you by the chin forcing your face to look up at him. You blink as you stare up into his hard chocolate eyes, swallowing hard against the hard lump that has formed in your throat.
Leo's lips part as if he is going to say something, and you mentally brace yourself not knowing what he is thinking or what he wants.
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