Kwan and Cho had arrived at their apartment, they had quite a busy day and Cho was exhausted as he did not catch enough street sleep, immediately heading to his room to catch a quick nap.
They had planned to visit Byung in the hospital much later in the day. Kwan sat in the sitting room with a worried expression, he could not shake off the feeling that something was a bit off but he soon headed into his room to catch some shut-eye. For some reason, he was way more tired than usual due to the overwhelming energy of Jin-Hyuk, of course, this was not known to either him or Cho at this time. The rain increased by the minute; the sound of lightning heard in the far distance. This would postpone Kwan and Cho's plan to visit the hospital till said rain stops.
Kwan, however, did wake up a couple of minutes later thanks to the vibrating and ringing of his phone. It was a message from Byung, informing him that he was on his way.
"And you tell me this because….?" Kwan replied but it didn't take up to 5 seconds to get a reply as his phone vibrated, the reply was simple and straight to the point "…F*ck you!" This brought about a chuckle from Kwan but then wait, was he not admitted to the hospital? I mean, he had a broken leg, or was the injury exaggerated? Well, all this would be answered once he returns.
SFX: Ding Dong!
The bell to the apartment rang and Kwan instantly assumed the person behind that door was Byung and didn't even bother asking who it was, opening the door with excitement but upon seeing the person behind it, the excitement in his eyes would vanish.
"Oh, it is you." He said with utter disappointment with a blank stare. Remembering that Byung had a spare key to gain access into the house.
"Huh! What is with that response!?" The lady behind the door would bark, she was a foreigner. She was a pale-skinned woman with delicate facial features. She had extremely long, sweeping blonde hair. She possessed white clear eyes and her eyebrows were trimmed thinned. And she wore a red shade of lipstick on her lips. She was of an average bust
"No, No! Can't you see I am brimming with so much vigor, Alice." Kwan said with a smile but the sarcastic tone betrayed his facial expression.
"Whatever." She said, shoving him to the side as she made her way into the apartment.
"Where is Cho? Do not tell me, he is sleeping." The lady dressed in a slim fitted black vertical striped self-tie pants that did well to bring out her curves accompanied with an elegant white fitted cotton stretch shirt that was tucked in, with the first four buttons undone. She measured 5'9. Her much slender but curvaceous figure gave off a certain class.
"Fine, then I won't." Responded an unenthusiastic Kwan as he headed back to his room but was stopped by Alice as she held his hand.
"Can't you see I am soaking wet! I got caught up in the rain, aren't you going to offer me dry clothes?" She aggressively barked, how could a question sound like a command? This was just how Alice is as Kwan would let out a very loud irritated sigh.
"You can have a hot shower in the other room. Do not worry about clothes, I will have some waiting for you on this chair. I will get you a towel in a bit." Kwan said, yanking himself out of her firm hold and went into his room to fetch a clean towel. Alice was a work colleague to Cho but had a thing for Kwan or so they thought and used Cho as an excuse to visit as often as she could, which was a lot. Cho rarely spoke to her, only when necessary but due to both Cho and Kwan's respective agency collaborating in the past, this was when Alice first saw Kwan and took an interest in him.
She headed to the bathroom to run a hot shower but wondered just why Kwan hadn't shown any form of interest in her.
Byung had arrived in the apartment soon after with Gyeong, the rain had gotten them but barely due to both taking cover during the heavy downpour in a store that luckily sold umbrellas. Byung made the kid comfortable, pointing to a chair before rushing to the bathroom to take a piss.
He noticed the shower was running but paid it no heed as they were all men living in this apartment, not to mention the shower curtain. But this was when the misunderstanding occurred. Alice thought this was Kwan finally coming around and maybe the towel was just an excuse to take a peek.
She smiled to herself, cooking up some R rated plan for the person she thought to be Kwan, as Byung didn't even mind the shower, focusing on the pleasure relieving oneself entailed. Byung wanted payback for what both Cho and Kwan had done.
Unfortunately, due to the opacity of the curtains, he could not make out the outline of whoever was within. He assumed this to be either Cho or Kwan taking a shower and one could not blame him for thinking such.
Alice, on the other hand, thought the person outside was Kwan. At the same time, Byung would lunge forward in a bid to lightly tackle whoever was behind this curtain, while Alice opened the shower curtains to expose herself to the person she mistook for Kwan. He crashed into her chest headfirst and the comfort he felt was greater than that of his pillow. This mush, what was this heavenly feeling, rubbing his face in while squeezing, as he looked up, he saw the face of a beautiful blonde female.
At this moment, Byung knew, he had f*cked up. He could already see himself in handcuffs being taken away with bystanders commenting on how hideous he looked. He might as well have an extra squeeze, but Alice grabbed his hand firmly and said "That is enough!" but what Byung saw was no longer the beauty moments ago but a ticked off monster, with her face contorted.
Just then, Kwan entered with a towel, and froze in place immediately he saw this sight. Everyone just froze still while he tried to comprehend what his eyes had stumbled upon but what followed soon after was a bright light. Kwan had taken a picture. "That is the spirit! Get in there, man. I shall label this…." Kwan would pause, as if deep in thought, and raised his index finger as he concluded. "Ah! Yes! Byung's first melons." Kwan said before bursting out laughing. Luckily, the position of Byung hid any form of nudity.
"You guys are all the same!" Alice said. Veins popping up on her forehead, she was angry but it was surprising she wasn't embarrassed in the least. Byung's hand that she held, a cracking would originate from it. She had broken two of his fingers as he rolled off her in pain. Now setting her eyes on Kwan, who thought nothing of this little encounter.
"Here you go." He said with a smile, handing her a towel but the problem with Kwan is that he treats everyone as 'one of the guys', and because of that lacked sensitivity and a manual on how to treat ladies would have been his best friend right about now.
"Hey! What are you doing!?" He asked a charging Alice.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Kwan exclaimed, surprised at why Alice was charging at him but then it hit.
"Ah… Right…. The picture." He thought to himself.
Gyeong wondered what was taking so long, and grew rather restless.
"AAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGHH!" This scream was heard from the bathroom.
Rushing inside, she found both Byung and Kwan with exaggerated bumps on their head, it was clear Alice had hit them. Alice would head out the toilet in a huff, wearing the towel as Kwan's phone was seen smashed on the ground.
Jin-Hyuk and Chaewon would be seen, kneeling in front of a figure seated on what seemed like a throne silhouetted by the darkness as the room was barely illuminated by candles. "So, you have failed on this simple quest." The figure would say, his voice was deep, so much that every single word would shake the room. Jin-Hyuk and Chaewon trembled, this fear was unimaginable. They dare not raise their head or they would lose it.
"We underestimated them, My Lord. Please, give us a chance to redeem ourselves!" Jin-Hyuk responded but the man simply chuckled faintly upon hearing this request but it soon ceased.
Standing from his throne, he walked towards both Jin-Hyuk and Chaewon who had their head down. They had no idea what would happen, as each step would bring fresh waves of cold sweat but the man stopped. The silhouette that hid his entire physique had entered the light but with his lower half only visible, he donned a red robe with a crescent moon in the center and he was barefooted.
"Fine, I will give you one last chance. In six days, I want It retrieved within six days, for the Commandments gather on the 7th. There won't be a second chance, little ones. "
"Yes, My Lord!" Both would say in unison.