"Right, today's mission- a rival gang are going to attempt to take our supplies from our supplier, we'll be carrying out this mission in that building." Jeno spoke, the screen behind him illuminating with the layout of the area.

"Donghyuck and Jaemin, you'll be leading the attack- Renjun and I will defend the supplies from inside. Jisung will be ready to guide the mission from behind the scenes and Chenle will be situated inside on the top floor looking down at the supplying room."

"What about me?" Heejin commented, leaning against her headrest.

"You'll be assisting me, but more like away from all the danger."

"Jeno! I will be right in the danger thank you very much." She argued back, narrowed eyes.

Jeno sighed, knowing he couldn't argue with her.

"Seowoo, you're still training so I think it's best to stay with Chenle. Not many people find him except the odd one or two but I think you're skilled enough to take one or two people on."

"Don't worry, we'll actually give you weapons." Heejin commented, winking at the girl.

Seowoo nodded but her hand gripped onto the armrest of the chair, nails digging into the leather as all she could think about was what Haewon had told her a few days ago.

It almost consumed her, unable to think about anything else as her stomach churned; unable to plaster on a smile or fake a façade.

Chenle was sat across from her, eyes raking over her curiously yet he wasn't overly interested in her.

She's annoying anyway

Donghyuck from next to her leaned in towards her in concern, his hand encasing over hers and squeezing it.

Chenle's eyes drifted over to their hands before running back up to where Donghyuck tilted his head down so he could take a better look at Seowoo.

"Are you okay?" Donghyuck almost gushed in a quiet voice, pouting at her lack of enthusiasm.

She nodded, blinking away her daze.

Donghyuck took her hand in both of his to stop the slight trembling she was displaying before leaning in to whisper something.

It went unheard to everyone else but it made Seowoo's lips curve up into a small smile.

How annoying.

Chenle tore his eyes away, facing the front where Jeno was briefing them all.

His eyes were blank, no expression as he listened.

Donghyuck leaned away from her, smiling that she had smiled and letting his hands fall to his lap.

Seowoo glanced up subconsciously at the cold boy opposite her, admiring the chiseled structure of his side profile- wondering why he was so closed off

Curiousity about Zhong Chenle and who he actually was.

She sighed, her shoulders slumping and found herself looking down at her lap as she was unable to push the thoughts from her mind.

He knew he was going to die, why didn't he stop it- why did he bring me?

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Placing down his sniper case, he hooked the black mask over his mouth so only his void eyes and dark hair were seen.

She was quite a distance away, lethargically pulling herself further onto the third floor of the building and into the hallway where Chenle was.

It overlooked the whole inside building, the warehouse was quite big in itself.

Was Haewon sure he knew he was going to die? Why didn't he at least tell me?

No matter how hard she tried to make sense of it all, nothing added up and it only fuelled the need to figure it all out.

How much was there to his death?

Noticing her lack of comments or questions, Chenle flickered his eyes over to the girl.

She was stood leaning against the door, head back and eyes closed as she used the door to support herself.

He pushed down the urge to say something, instead tearing his eyes away to adjust his sniper.

The whole time they were up there, none of them spoke a word.

Usually, Seowoo would ask him a question or make a remark but as she hadn't spoken yet- the air was silent aside from his his gunshots.

"Seowoo, someone is coming up." Jisung spoke.

There wasn't a reply from her and the dark haired boy glanced over at her as she was deep in thought.

He clicked his tongue, squinting into his sniper to shoot the perfect shot before looking at her again.

"Did you hear?" He asked, voice slightly muffled by the chaotic atmosphere and the intense battle ground below them.

"Now's not the time to be ignoring me Angel, you've got about five seconds before he comes."

Seowoo looked up from her inner thoughts, looking up at Chenle but it was short-lived as the door knob began violently shaking.

Her breath hitched, stepping back as she instinctively grabbed the gun from her waistband.

This can't be happening, not now

Okay, just breathe- calm down

Seowoo gulped as she internally readied herself, hand already trembling as she aimed it towards the door.

The jiggling of the door knob halted, silence consumed for a split second before a harsh kick to it resulted in the door breaking open.

On the other side, the man halted at the sight of Seowoo already holding the gun towards him.

He looked young, no older than 19 as his eyes widened- visibly terrified.

Seowoo kept her eyes on him despite the erratic beating of her heart and the hellish thoughts trapped inside her hurricane of a mind.

The boy was frozen by the door, his body coursing with panic.

"Shoot him." Jisung spoke through the earpiece.

It sent shivers down her spine, gut churning.

"Shoot him." A man urged out, cocking a brow up at the gunman who held the aim at Jeongmin.

"Shoot him now, I said shoot him!"

"No, no! Stop, please don't- please-!" Her plead was cut off by the several merciless ringing of bullets spiralling through the air and ricocheting inside her brother.

"Seowoo!" Jeno yelled despite attempting to overthrow a rival he was fighting against.

Seowoo gripped the gun with two hands to stabilise her shaky hands, her eyesight blurring with the tears as the air around her stilled.

All the noise was cut off, only the sound of her laboured breaths and thumping of her pulse behind her ears accompanied by a deafening ringing sound.

Standing there with a gun pointed at the boy mirrored the sight she saw that day.

The murderer- the one that killed her brother.

Her breaths became heavier yet shallow and burdensome to her lungs frozen as the feeling of bile scorched at her throat.

"Seowoo fucking shoot him!" Renjun exclaimed, aggravated. "Fuck sakes, what's her purpose here in the first place." He muttered.

The girl squeezed her eyes shut as she gripped the gun in her hands as the first tear slipped from her eyes and the deafening ringing of the bullet resounded through the air.

Damn

Also I know her character might be seen as annoying etc but I wanted to like emphasise that she is traumatised by her brother but still wants to seek justice for him no matter how inexperienced or hard it is

But she hasn't even allowed herself to grieve so she believes she's somehow okay

I'm not sure if that made sense lmao I hope she isn't annoying you too much