"So your next target is Flint Miles." Ha-yoon said puffing smoke in the air, "Yep!...but wow, when Cyrus said Flint was kinda famous, I didn't expect him to be a ViewTuber, I'm going through his content right now." Seong-min said.
"ViewTuber? what's his Chanel about?" Ha-yoon asked, "True crime! mainly unsolved cases and he's famous because he apparently helped solving few cold cases...ones that police couldn't handle." Seong-min said.
"Seems like all of them are heading a straight road...You won't be seeking revenge on him, are you?" Ha-yoon asked.
"I still need to investigate him Noona, he could be a faker... just because he solves some unsolved crimes, doesn't mean he's a good guy.
But Thanks to these infos, I have the perfect opportunity to get closer to Flint."
"Huh?... perfect opportunity?"
"He does true crime content, what's better than to give him just that!...it seems as if He is coming back to his home town to search for cold cases to solve."
"I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at Seong-min."
"Jin's mother's case, Lily-Mae Harrison's mysterious and unsolved murder, I will suggest Flint to take on that case." Seong-min said enthusiastically, but as soon as she did, Ha-yoon's cigarette slipped, falling of from between her fingers and onto the floor.
"ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE?!" Ha-yoon screamed, "DIDN'T THINK OF YOUR BROTHER?! HOW CAN YOU USE HIS DEAD MOTHER AS AN EXCUSE FOR YOUR SHITTY PLAN SEONG-MIN?!"
Startled, "Now calm down?! Shouldn't Flint be already aware of that case? I mean this is where Flint lived the bigger part of his life! chances he doesn't know are low but either way, I'm just gonna remind him of the case and work on solving it with him!
It'll be like killing two birds with one stone Ha-yoon! we get to solve her death and see if Flint is worth the revenge or not! don't you think?" Seong-min explained.
"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT WHAT YOU THINK!"
"Ha-yoon just calm down?! what the hell has gotten into you all of the sudden! if it bothers you then don't get involved!"
"DAMN RIGHT I WON'T!" Ha-yoon screamed one last time before storming out of Seong-Min's room, with Seong-min left behind as confused as she could be.
"Jeez, I should pay her more so she wouldn't scream at me again...that was intense!" Seong-min mumbled.
...Some time later...
Sitting in the cafe, and having enough of the Awkward silence that Their situation imposed on them, finally one of them spoke. "Miss Young."
"Let's drop the formalities Blake, I know why the two of you wanted to meet me."
"Good thing you are aware of it, I was getting tired of this lack of communication." Blake replied slightly annoyed, "Margaret told me everything you made her do...but I also would want to hear your motive behind it as well." he added.
"Rudy, you also want to know huh?" Seong-min asked picking up her latte, "I do... I never met you before, so why would you want to hurt me Miss?" Rudy replied nervously.
"Seong-min...Rudy, did you notice what last name your lover called me with?" Seong-min pointed out.
"You mean 'Young'?... That last name does sound familiar, but I'm still not sure what you mean by 'did you notice'." Rudy replied.
"What does your last name has anything to do with this, Seong-min?" Blake asked, "It has everything to do with it Blake.
Now Rudy, take away 'Seong-Min' and replace it with 'Jin'...what do you get?" Seong-min said.
Taken back, Rudy's eyes went a little too open, "Jin OMG! he was...well kinda was our buddy too." Rudy replied.
"Buddy? you mean there was another bully?" Blake asked.
"No, not exactly a bully, I mean our group was mainly three but then Moses forced Jin to become a bully too against his will...Jin was Another pawn in Moses's hands.
it was a game of bully or be bullied, and at the time Moses chose a guy named Jin Young, cheerfull skinny but tall boy who was one of the popular boys in our school.
The girls loved Jin a lot because he was a gentleman, and a good student as well which bothered Moses who couldn't get any girl's attention without using force.
At the beginning Moses treated Jin like a dear friend, tricking him into believing he wants what's best for him, but then he started to bully Jin especially when he found out Jin was possibly gay.
The bullying started getting worse for Jin, and people didn't do anything to help him, because he was hanging out with Moses whom everybody despised at the moment, and the once popular boy became a loner just like Moses wanted him to be, an easy target." Rudy explained.
"The more I hear about this Moses kid... the more I wonder what kind of a person would go this far to ruin people's lives?! does he drive pleasure from such Acts?
Maybe he has a horrible situation at home and he took it out on other kids, but that coping mechanism is still wrong!" Blake said astonished.
"I can't deny the possibility that during that period of his life, Moses may have been experiencing some sort of abuse or lack of power within his home life, that made him turn into a vicious bully in school in order to feel powerful against the weak, to feel better about himself.
There's nothing more empowering than the feeling of having total control over another human being's life." Seong-min said.
"Although evil, That is true! but still to think all this misery was caused by a high school boy is so scary!
A teenager boy doing all of this damage, what the hell push him to do this?!" Blake replied.
"We can only speculate about Moses's motives back then, but the truth is that with or without motive, it's been seven years already...and that time although passed, it still haunts the lives of everyone that crossed paths with the king of bullies.
Including You Rudy, Julian's loved ones and my Brother Jin." Seong-min replied dropping her bombshell.
"HUH?! YOU'RE JIN'S SISTER?! HE HAS A SISTER?!" Rudy shouted in disbelief.
...Few minutes later...
"So that's my story." Seong-min said taking her first sip of her third latte so far.
"Jesus Christ." Blake Mumbled, " I'm so sorry Seong-min! I really didn't think we ended up hurting Jin that bad... I've been a coward, I should have reached out for him, to ask for his forgiveness even if he'd turn me back like Nikolai did!" Rudy said feeling sorry for himself.
"You apologized to Nikolai?" Seong-min asked, "Yeah! We actually met face to face in The cemetery once...were Julian is buried." Rudy replied.
"When did that happen?" she asked, "Well I actually studied outside the whole city to become a nurse, but once I finished school which was three years ago, I came back here to work at the hospital in this area as a way to redeem myself.
But before I went for the job, I decided to go visit Julian's grave to apologize and pray for him as well, I was shocked when I saw Nikolai there, placing flowers on the grave...and that's when I decided to apologize to him, but understandably he was furious with me." Rudy explained.
"I guess you're worth forgiveness after all Rudy." Seong-min said with a smile, "Hold on, I just remembered something!" Blake said with big eyes.
"What did you remember?" Rudy asked, "Jin Young...isn't that the name of Nikolai's current boyfriend? the one who made headlines recently?" Blake said.
"HUH?! JIN AND NIKOLAI ARE BACK TOGETHER?!" Rudy shouted again.
"Didn't you see the news?" Seong-min asked, "I was too busy to follow anything, besides I avoid anything Nikolai-related usually.
Although I did hear a rumor that Nikolai has a boyfriend but I never imagined him to be Jin?! hold on let me see!" Rudy said pulling his phone out.
After few seconds of searching, "OMG?! it's real?! It's fucking real?! they are back together!" Rudy said enthusiastically, "Jin looks so different but happier! way to go dude!" He added smiling like an idiot.
Seong-min was taken back by how genuinely happy Rudy was that Jin And Nikolai are back together, she found herself fighting a smile as she sipped her latte, "I'm glad I didn't let Cyrus kill you." she thought to herself.
...Few minutes later...
"Thank you for the ride!" Seong-min slightly bowed with her head outside the car, "It's our pleasure Seong-min...Next time you come into our live, just make sure you don't cause anymore trouble." Blake responded to her from the driver seat.
"Stay healthy! and safe too!" Rudy said waving at her from the passenger seat with a big smile.
"And you stay away from Cyrus! make sure to block him and lock your doors and windows...if he ever bothered any of you two, come to me." Seong-min replied before walking inside the house.
She heard the car drive off and took a sigh of relief, "What a weird day, I wonder what Nikollai-ssi and Jin are doing?" She whispered to herself as she took off her shoes.
"I wonder if Ha-yoon is in the studio room." She mumbled while heading there, she found the door unlocked which confirmed her theory.
Ha-yoon was indeed inside, but she wasn't working on the music, instead she was inside the room with the glass window recording herself sing, and she didn't notice Seong-min coming inside.
Putting the headphones on, "Wow her voice is so pretty! why would she need me when she can sing like that?!" Seong-min exclaimed in awe.
Suddenly the beat changed slightly and instead of Singing, Ha-yoon began rapping.
"My mind likes to remind me that I'm sinner,
that nothing will change the dark within me.
Tears, fears, feeling like hanging myself on the spot,
can't get these suicidal thoughts to leave me.
Told my reckless myself hundred, no! A Billion times,
Ain't no way to save someone so stupid like me.
In the dark or light, my reflection is always evil,
I should just accept that no one will ever love me.
Tried to lie, lived the lie and it Costed me a life,
I can't deny I did this to myself, truth's that i hurt me.
I'm not faithful but lord if you can hear my prayers,
I hope the people I hurt in my life would forgive me."
Seong-min sat dumbfounded as her eyes met Ha-yoon, she was crying when she stopped Rapping "These lyrics...so this is who you are Ha-yoon." Seong-min Mumbled with a sad smile.
... Meanwhile...
"Underground rapper?" Nikolai said, "Yeah! can you believe it! my mom was an underground rapper!" Jin replied chuckling.
"What was her fame name? 'Lil Lily'?" Nikolai said jokingly making Jin crack up, "Ahahaha?! no! my mom used to call herself 'Poison Lily' actually." Jin responded.
"You got Prof? I wanna see my mother in-law spitting some solid bars right now." Nikolai said.
"I don't have'em on me, but I kept her recordings and stuff at Ha-yoon's place, we can visit her once you have some free time." Jin replied.
"Damn...there ain't a thing left you didn't surprise me with yet Jin, underground rapper you say."
"Why you're so surprised, Niko?"
"Cuz my Mom was an underground rapper too, when she was in her youth...she used to go to these shady ass tournaments that happened in some deserted parking lot, where all sort of people diss each other and stuff." Nikolai replied.
"No shit! Maybe she knows my mom? she went to those competitions too!" Jin replied.
"Look at these ladies, our moms! badass bitches, rapped in shady places then 'POOF' They became Moms all of the sudden." Nikolai said.
"Glad they chose to have us, so we can be together." Jin said hugging him.
Scoffing, "Ugh, so cheesey." Nikolai replied.