23 Ready, Go

"Eunica, can you tell me," Dr. Arlene was assisting Eunica in drinking water.

Eunica looked at Dr. Arlene who looks like she's thinking deeply while talking to her.

"You remembered everything, right?" She looked straight to Eunica's eyes.

"The way you reacted when you saw the President, you know who he is, that means... when did you remember?" Dr. Arlene asks.

Eunica was unable to react.

She knows someone will notice.

She takes a deep breath, there's no sense in hiding it away from Dr. Arlene.

"Yes, since... uh, when I first met you. Remember when I went to the clinic due to a wound in my head? That's the time," Eunica laid down after finishing her water.

Her whole body still can't move due to the pain.

The sign of bruises are gone but it still aches with a small movement.

She can't even breath properly with her stomachache.

"I see... Don't worry, I won't tell anyone if that's what you are afraid of," Dr. Arlene leans on the chair.

"I... I am sorry, we weren't able to get to you on time," she frowns.

"I thought it was just some kind of threat, but when I found out you're missing, I knew something was wrong but I wasn't able to save you in time," her voice cracks.

Her tears began to shed and her lips tremble.

She knew it.

She knew who was behind it.

She knew what Eunica went through.

"Sore, that's the as*hole who hurt you, he also tried to rape me. But Hyung arrived at the exact time before he can do it. I was naked. I was ashamed. But I'm glad someone saved me," Dr. Arlene didn't look at Eunica while she was talking.

"But we arrived too late for you, I am sorry..."

Eunica just looks at her with shock.

She can't believe that Dr. Arlene suffered from that.

She's always strong and smiling even after the years they haven't seen each other.

"Of course, we can't kick out a man who is not under us. The President kept him," Dr. Arlene tried to laugh but her tears betray her emotions.

"No need to feel sorry about what happened to me," Eunica covered her eyes with her arms.

"It's my fault. I mean, I didn't want to be in that situation. But if only I listened to Jin to what you guys are telling me- to hide. Then..." Eunica sighs.

It's nobody's fault but whenever something bad happens, it's natural for humans to blame something.

"Please, stop blaming yourselves..." Eunica turns around in bed, she doesn't want them to see her cry.

"Then, just rest," Dr. Arlene stands up and saw Jin standing in the doorway.

"She's awake, but she needs to rest."

Jin heard what Eunica said.

But he still blames himself.

"Jin," Eunica called.

He looked at Eunica's back.

He didn't want to come closer because he feels she'll get hurt.

"Don't blame yourself too much, I'm fine. Even if I died, never blame yourself and I'm sorry I yelled at you, I didn't mean to push you away, I'm sorry."

"Now, both of you need to rest. It's past midnight, go to sleep Jin," Dr. Arlene knows that this is not a good time for Eunica or Jin to talk.

Jin just watches Eunica sleep while the door closes in front of him.

"Jin, just like what Eunica told you. Don't blame yourself. We have to focus on putting our enemies down. Go to sleep, both of you needs to get ready for tomorrow."

Dr. Arlene was packing medical supplies.

"Tomorrow?" Jin sits in one of the beds.

"Yes, Hyung told you, right? You're going out with Eunica tomorrow."

Dr. Arlene checks the expiration dates of the medicines she's putting on the bag, just in case, they have to stay longer outside.

"I didn't know it is tomorrow, I thought... Eunica's not yet fully recovered."

"I know, but we can't let her stay here any longer, every minute that she's with us, the more dangerous it is. Your mother doesn't know when they plan on attacking."

After his conversation with his mother earlier, he can't stop himself from not believing her.

"You really believe her?" Jin asks.

"Why not? I mean, yes, she was one of the traitors before. But she changed."

"Really?" Jin asks with scorn, "Just because she spilled the plan doesn't mean we can trust her."

"Jin... Just this once, I believed her, Hyung believed her. So, if you can't believe her, believe in us. Go on, you need to rest," Dr. Arlene watches Jin turns his back and walk away.

"If only you didn't let your heart control your head Jessica, then your son might've adorned you," she whispers.

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Jin wasn't able to sleep the whole night.

But for some reasons he's not tired.

He feels excited.

Every time he thinks about going out, his heart won't stop having a race with its beat.

He took a shower and that's the moment he only noticed that there's a bag beside his table.

When he arrived at his room last night, he didn't bother opening the lights.

He opened it and saw clothes, money and a map.

While analyzing what the map is locating, Hyung entered.

"Hey! Good morning!" He enthusiastically greeted.

He leans on the door, "Are you ready? This was supposed to be a surprise but seems like someone can't keep her mouth shut," Hyung looks behind him.

There's Dr. Arlene who rolls her eyes at Hyung and Eunica.

She wears a grey sweater with a beanie.

She seems like she's still not fine but she can stand without having to hold onto something.

But she wasn't looking at Jin.

"She's fine, she can run and keep up with you. I gave her a medication that will make her feel energetic and the pain she feels will be mild, unlike the normal. But she has to take this every 5 hours. She has it in her bag," Dr. Arlene brushes Eunica's hair.

Jin saw that she's carrying a backpack that is the same size as his.

"Hey, let me carry that," Jin offers his hand but Eunica just stands back.

"Nah, let women carry their stuff unless they told you to carry it," Hyung pats Jin's back, "I'll meet you at my office, your mother has prepared the car for you two. But we want you to clear things between you two, so... make up" Hyung eyed Dr. Arlene.

"We'll see you there when you're ready," Dr. Arlene kissed Eunica's head.

Jin just stared at Eunica who's looking down.

"Come in," Jin opened his door.

Eunica went inside without looking at Jin.

"Now, why don't you put your bag down first?" Jin held Eunica's bag and waited for her to take it off.

"We'll put this here," Jin puts Eunica's bag beside his.

"Then, why don't you sit here?" Jin sits on his bed.

Eunica looked at him like she's sorry.

"Come on, Angel, I'm not angry..." Jin's voice became soft and his eyes became welcoming for Eunica.

She sat beside him and began to talk.

"I'm sorry because I shouted at you and I told you to not talk to me and then I said that I will stay in my room but I still went out. I told you that I will be fine and then it happened, I'm sorry," Eunica's voice was loud at first but as she talks it became soft and sad.

"You don't have to say sorry, I know I shouldn't order you around and tell you what you need to do, I should be the one who's sorry because I wasn't able to protect you and I can't save you... I know you called my name," Jin looked at Eunica's hand.

'I know you were waiting,' he thought.

"You know what, I learned my lessons. It is to always listen to you," Eunica suddenly became enthusiastic, 'Ugh, this is because of the meds,' she thought.

"But... we have the adventure to face today! We're going out! Aren't you excited?" Eunica stands up and jumps.

Jin got shocked by the sudden change of emotion of Eunica.

"I'm going home!" She said with the brightest smile.

Jin can't help but smile with her.

It's true, they have an adventure today.

He doesn't need to destroy that.

He just has to trust Hyung's decision.

"You'll meet my dad, my siblings, my mom..."

Eunica started getting excited to see her family.

"Your mom?" Jin suddenly remembered his aunt.

Eunica's stepmom, his aunt, treated him better than his own mother.

"Yes, she's pretty and kind, and a good cook!"

Now that Eunica understands what they did was for her sake, she began to love her mother.

"Is that so?" Jin stands up.

He suddenly felt hot.

It's like he wants to devour Eunica.

It's so sudden that he even surprised himself with what he wants to do.

His face became red.

"Ye-yes," Eunica stuttered.

Jin suddenly looked different.

'His eyes are... seductive?' Eunica thought as Jin walks closer to her.

"Jin?" She called his name.

Jin's eyes grew wide when he heard his name and it became hotter.

"Eunica," he whispered in a husky voice.

Eunica felt that she's blushing.

The way he called her name, it made her feel weak.

Jin pinned Eunica on the wall.

His face was on her neck, sniffing her vanilla perfume.

Jin's breath tickled Eunica making her snort.

But he didn't mind her reaction.

His nose traces her neck up to her ears.

"Hey, you're like a cat you know," Eunica didn't move but it reminded her of cats.

The way he caresses her, it was sexy and sweet.

"Oh, if you didn't know, I'm a cat breed," Jin's voice was still husky.

"SEE! I TOLD YOU HE'S ON HEAT!" Hyung suddenly barged in with Dr. Arlene and Jin's Mom.

Eunica pushed him and he fell on his bed, shocking him.

It's like he suddenly woke up and he blushed hard that he covered his face with pillows.

"When I said makeup, I mean to fix your problems not make out!" Hyung laughs while covering his face in disbelief.

"Goodness, what if they do something when they get out?" Dr. Arlene tries to hide her smile.

"Hey, Jin, I'm not ready to be a grandmother," Secretary Luinn says.

"SHUT UP!" Jin shouts with pillows on his face.

Eunica was sliding on the wall as she sits down on the floor.

She just realized what she did.

'With my cousin?' she thought and then slaps her face.

"Hey, Hon, don't hurt yourself. That'll hurt when the medication wears off," Dr. Arlene went inside and bents her knees to see Eunica's face.

Her slap was hard so it left a red mark on her face.

"That's normal," Dr. Arlene smirks.

Eunica looked at her with disgust and disbelief.

Dr. Arlene suddenly got surprised by Eunica's reaction.

"How can you say that?" She whispered.

Dr. Arlene got confused with her question and whispered, "Why?"

"He's my cousin," Eunica whispered.

Dr. Arlene raised her eyebrows and lets out a smile and then she suddenly laughs uncontrollably.

Hyung just watches at Dr. Arlene fall on her knees while laughing.

Secretary Luinn and Jin looked at her with confusion.

"What?" Eunica asks.

"WHAT IS IT?" Eunica then screams.

She feels disgusted and now Dr. Arlene is laughing at her.

"What's the problem?" Hyung asks, "Care to share?"

Dr. Arlene wipes her tears from laughing too hard and tried to inhale to stop her laughs.

"Okay," she laughs again, and then she cleared her throat, "Okay... Eunica..." She once again laughed.

Everyone rolled their eyes.

"What about her?" Hyung asks.

"She.." She lets out a laugh.

"What is it, you stupid woman!" Hyung holds Dr. Arlene's shoulders.

"Okay, okay..."

Hyung lets her go and she stands up.

Eunica stands up as well.

"I can't believe you said that..." Dr. Arlene whispers to Eunica.

"Nothing, she just wants to take a condom with them," Dr. Arlene puts her arm around Eunica.

"Of course, we can't let them know that you remember, but can we talk?" Dr. Arlene whispers to Eunica's ears.

Eunica, on the other hand, has red all over her face.

Jin just stared at her.

She can't distinguish what he is thinking.

Even though Jin hasn't been outside, as a kid who loves science, he knows what Dr. Arlene said.

'O my god, she made it sound like I want to do it,' Eunica facepalms.

"We're going to have a talk about that," Dr. Arlene winks at Jin.

"Come on," she pulls Eunica outside.

"Jin, it's not like that!" Eunica shouted as they went outside.

"I guess our pretty boy's not the only one who's in heat, even the other feline is," Hyung laughs.

"Your mom has to say something, don't be arrogant," Hyung left the secretary and Jin alone.

Hyung followed Dr. Arlene and Eunica.

They were on a hallway but Hyung suddenly stops when he heard what they were talking about.

"He's not your cousin, okay? Your mom, your real mom, she's the hybrid. The mom that you know, is your stepmom. We told you about this before but seems like you can't remember," Dr. Arlene slowly told Eunica the details.

It may come off as a shock for her since she can't remember.

Eunica just looks at her.

With her forehead creased, "What?"

Hyung suddenly lights up and joined the conversation.

"You remember us?" He asks.

The ladies shrieked with his appearance.

"What the... why are you here?" Dr. Arlene hugged Eunica to protect her in case it's not a friend.

"Well, I was going to follow you but I heard what you're talking about. I mean, I can't let my ears avoid listening if there's something to listen to, don't worry if that's a secret, I won't tell anyone." Hyung clicked his tongue with his index finger and thumb up.

"Okay... okay... Is that alright, Eunica?" Dr. Arlene lets go of Eunica and she got surprised by Eunica's expression.

She's crying but she's smiling like an idiot.

"We're not cousin..." Eunica repeats it to herself.

"That means I'm not into incest, that means what I feel is normal, that means... I can love Jin!"

Hyung and Dr. Arlene laugh.

"This is how she reacted that time, right? She even kissed Jin's cheek," Hyung whispers.

"Yeah, the good times will return someday," Dr. Arlene smiles as Eunica runs back to Jin's room.