A man was sat at a wooden table, black laptop in front of him. He had his head propped up on his hand which rested on the little bit of desk the computer wasn't covering.
With a low sigh, he continued to stare at the screen in front of him, blue eyes glaring at the picture in front of him.
He quickly looked at the time in the corner of the screen, 11:30. With another sigh he moved his hand onto the trackpad and changed a few shapes on screen to a light, near sky blue and the text into a very contrasting dark pink.
Making a sort of whimper sound his face fell onto the computer, the thud resulting in a few other people sending him weird or concerned looks before turning away.
Lifting his head up he quickly saved the program and picked up the laptop before pushing it a black and red bag. Slinging the strap over his head he turned and began to walk out of the study hall making sure to weave through other people as he walked.
Unfortunately, not everyone was as careful when walking as him, as not even a minute later, someone bumps into him, making him take a step back and, by the noise, the other person fall onto the ground.
Blinking a few times, he looked down at the person he'd bumped into.
It seemed to be a blond guy who looked disoriented, oh, the thought that he should probably apologize so he didn't seem like a douche came to mind.
Bending down he started to pick up some of the papers the blond had dropped.
"Um… sorry for running into you, wasn't looking where I was going" The blond stood up and took the papers the other handed to him.
"It's okay, guess I was distracted too" The blond turned his head up, eyes wide for a moment.
Now that he looked at the kid, he did seem like any other student here, blond hair (Like that hasn't been said enough), pair of light purple eyes and carrying a small stack of papers.
He also seemed to be shorter than him, by a fair bit, guess that's why he was staring.
A moment later he smiled and started to walk off towards a door at the other end of the hall.
Looking down at his head he realized he picked up the kids' phone, there seemed to be a sort of chat going on.
"Hey, kid" he didn't turn around "Blondie!" That got him to turn around "Think you forgot your phone" he said as the other started walking faster towards him once he saw the device.
"W- wha? Oh, thanks!" He briefly saw a picture of a cat appear on the shorter ones' phone before disappearing by what seemed like spam.
After that encounter, the rest of his day was rather mundane, go to class, chat with what few friends he had and eat lunch.
However, when he went to eat he did see the blond kid again, what seemed like a veterinary book beside him and smiling at his phone, he hoped it wasn't cracked from when it fell.
But now, he was walking down the street, a few minutes off campus with his phone held to his ear.
"Don't need to worry, I'll be home by say… 2300, midnight at the latest" He glanced around and saw a small coffee shop, he'd been meaning to give the stuff a try "Sigh- yes, I just said 'sigh', 2300 means 11 at night, have you learned nothing?"
Turning a corner, he saw a row of apartment buildings with some small shops along the way, most if not all the signs written in Korean, but that didn't deter him. He started to a convenience store when he heard his phone beep and vibrate in his hand.
"One sec…" looking at his screen he saw the icon meaning something was downloading, strange, he ignored it for the time being.
"Huh? Oh, sorry, got distracted, what did you say? … It's just the movies!"
A few minutes later he had hung up and bought some junk from the store, mainly some treats to tide over his 'housemate' for a night or two.
Some gummy worms, chocolate, soda. That's enough to distract a person for the night, right?
As he was saying goodbye to the cashier he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. As he put the treats in his bag he grabbed his phone and check whatever made it ding.
An app was finished downloading: RFA Messenger.
What the hell was RFA?
Sighing, he hovered his finger over the app icon trying to delete it, surprisingly, he couldn't. Even trying as far as to go into the devices app management he couldn't.
Letting his curiosity get the better of him more than his reasoning, he opened the app.
He nearly dropped the phone as it started to make weird noises and green lines of text flew on the screen. He looked around to make sure no one had heard it, luckily, no one did, people seemed to be invested in their own thing thankfully.
He turned his attention back to his phone, a chatroom was open and someone by the username 'Unknown' was online, the person also sent a message.
Unknown: Hello?
MC: Huh?
'MC'? How did the app know…?
Unknown: Can you see this?
Well this didn't seem weird at all? Was that messenger a virus?
Dear lord he would flip if his phone auto downloaded a virus.
MC: Well, wouldn't have responded if I couldn't, who are you?
Unknown: Oh, my apologies ^^
Unknown: I'm a student, currently abroad, I'm in a bit of a predicament…
Unknown: I found this smartphone on the subway but it only had this messenger app.
He was going to ask another question but this 'Unknown' kept typing really fast, too fast almost.
He looked around him for a second but when he turned back to his phone, this 'Unknown' had stopped typing, he read the last few messages.
Unknown: There's just this address and some important-looking numbers save in the notes.
Unknown: As I said, I'd like to go there myself, but I'm still abroad.
Hmm… this was getting weirder and weirder by the message…
He pressed the home button on the phone to leave but, it wouldn't let him, he tried it again before giving up, guessing turning the phone off was out of the question as well…
MC: Wait, what's this about an address?
Unknown: Yes, an address, it's Korean so it should be nearby to where you are.
Unknown: Do you mind going to the address?
Unknown: That's all the phone has, I know you must be surprised by all of this.
Unknown: And my favor but still…
Unknown: I'd appreciate it if you could help.
So, right now he felt like he had a choice, refuse to help the person, and go back home.
Or, help this person and… there really was no other upsides to helping this strange person…
He sighed, pushing his glasses up slightly to rub at his eyes. It felt like it was going to be a long day. But, not much else to do right now besides walk and wait till 19:30, 7:30PM, to go to the movies.
Plus, even if this person was a bit creepy, he just wanted to return a phone, so, why not help him?
MC: Alright, what can I do to help?
Unknown: Um… this might seem weird, but I'd like for you to go to the address saved here.
Unknown: I saw the street view through the Internet, and I've been there before.
Unknown: It's an apartment downtown. Very crowded this time of day.
Unknown: It's a really safe place. If you feel unsafe, you can turn around and leave.
Unknown: I know the area, it's developed. Please?
He knew he shouldn't trust this guy, his gut was practically screaming for him to say no and that something bad was going to happen.
But… there was a chance something good might happen. A small part of him thought.
He started typing a response.
MC: Fine, I'll go, but I will leave if anything feels off.
Unknown: You trust me…
Unknown: Thank you!
Hah, nope, not trust just… well, guess it was trust… stupid overly trusting self!
Unknown: I got the address, here it is.
Unknown: [Address] Click Link
Pressing the link, it brought him to a map of the area, after searching for a couple of minutes he found where he was in relation to the apartment building.
It seemed to be just a couple of minutes away, still far from home but, it was on his way.
After a boring walk, he couldn't even listen to music thanks to this Unknown person, he was stuck in the chatroom, he found a tall apartment, 14 floors it seemed.
Walking inside he spotted a person at desk to his right, he walked up to them.
"Um, hello, I've visiting a friend but they didn't give me clear directions, can you show me where this apartment is?"
The lady answered his question by pointing to the elevator and saying to go to the 14th floor after he showed her the address.
He thanked her and left to the elevator.
When the doors opened, he saw another man leaning against the back wall of the elevator, he had white hair with pink on the ends of it, he was a bit short, at least compared to him, and he had a black leather-like jacket on, hanging off his one shoulder showing a tattoo. Mint eyes staring at him.
Deciding to ignore the man he got on.
"What floor?" asked the white-haired man, his voice scratchy, most likely from thirst.
"Um, 14th please" The man leaned forward and pressed the specified floor. He didn't press any others so he guessed they were going to the same floor, it was an apartment building after all.
The elevator started moving up, both men silent, the white-haired male seemed to be staring at him, glancing from his light brown hair to the jeans he was wearing.
"So uh… where are you going to?" He asked, trying to not look at the man's eyes.
"Friends…" He responded with, rolling his mint colored eyes in annoyance.
Well he doesn't seem to be a… noon person but uh, it's rude to leave a conversation hanging so…
"Haha, me too, they uh… need some… help! Yeah!" Dammit stop being nervous! Why was this guy making him nervous, afraid almost?
The man grumbled something to himself as the elevator doors opened. The white-haired man left first, walking straight down the first hall at a slow pace.
He released a nervous breath and turned right from the elevator and around a corner down the hall.
He could see the city below from the window, looking at the doors he saw the apartment he was meant to be at, and, at that same time, his phone buzzed.
Unknown: Are you there? ^^ See. Nothing strange.
How… did this person know he was at the door?
He turned around and saw a camera blinking, it was like that before but, it was also turned towards him now.
Was Unknown watching him? He began to doubt that 'abroad' thing…
Unknown: Is there a password lock on the door?
Okay… really creepy… he took a step away from the door and glanced around himself before replying
MC: Yes.
If he wasn't distracted by the messenger and replying to Unknown sending him some digits, he would have heard some footsteps from the way of the elevator.
He punched in the digits, the password seemed to be the apartments floor number with the apartment number added on.
Even with his doubt, he heard a click as the door creaked open a bit, he took a quick glance inside.
He briefly saw a black chair and sofa before he stopped and turned back to his phone.
MC: It worked… the door's open.
Unknown: Good. Why don't you go inside?
He felt his stomach twist as he reread it a few times, even though it seemed like a request, it read more like an order, or a challenge.
He was already doubting the abroad thing, and guessed Unknown was watching him somehow, and he would rather be anywhere else but in the hall currently. Also, for some reason, the apartment felt safe.
Quickly replying he zipped inside and closed the door, locking it behind him.
He looked around when his phone started beeping and buzzing again.
Unknown: Th
Unknown: ank
Unknown: you…
Unknown has left the chatroom
Now that he was inside he looked around again, the black chair was actually a red one sat up to a glass desk which held a very expensive looking desktop.
Past the desk was a single closed door which he guessed lead into the bedroom, a large desk sat in the middle of the room.
On the opposite side of the apartment was a closed door to what he guessed was a bathroom, a few feet away was an empty door leading to a dusty kitchen.
A red couch sat near the door to the kitchen in front of a large television.
His eyes widened with realization, as a weird feeling surfaced, it felt warm…
As he took a step forward his phone buzzed, again.
Looking down at it he was in a different chatroom, Unknown gone.
MC has entered the chatroom
Yoosung: Failed my midterms fml T_T
Yoosung: *Crying emoji*
707: Cuz u played LOLOL all night lol.
Jumin: If you want to work for our company, you should take care of your GPA.
Yoosung: I'm still on the list?! +_+
Yoosung: *Starry eyed emoji*
Jumin: Yes.
707: Nice~ Can't believe u get to work straight after college lol
707: In this day and age!
ZEN: Lame. It's nepotism.
Jumin: It's called recruitment actually.
ZEN: It's giving a free pass instead of actually training the worker.
Jumin: Whatever. I couldn't care less what you say.
ZEN: What's the difference between recruitment and nepotism?
707: Thought they r the same? O_O?
707: *Confused emoji*
Jumin: It's nepotism if you recruit a person you know and they aren't of any help.
Yoosung: Oh… So you become a candidate for nepotism the same time you're recruited!
ZEN: *… emoji*
707: Wait!
Yoosung: Why?
ZEN: ?
707: Think someone entered the chat room;;
Jumin: MC…?
ZEN: Wtf. How did it get in here?
707: Hacker!
Yoosung: Hacker!? Therae's a hacker in ouer room!
Wait, did these people think he hacked into this chat? He might be good with computers but hacking, tried to learn for fun once, but gave up.
And, typos…
He glanced up from his phone and looked around the apartment again, he spotted a small flashing light. It was attached to a camera, great…
Sighing he walked over and sat on the couch, the couch felt very soft, almost like he could sleep on it right then. But then again, that might have been the fact of walking for 20 minutes straight hitting him.
He glanced back at the chatroom.
It seems that quite a bit of text had gone by without him noticing, probably not important though, just initial panic setting into confusion.
ZEN: Maybe someone downloaded the app on two phones?
707: Maybe?
Jumin: Who downloaded it twice?
Yoosung: Not me!
He decided to attempt and clear confusion… by possibly causing more panic.
MC: Um… hello…
Yoosung: Gahhhh it's talking!
Yoosung: *Shocked emoji*
ZEN: So it's not two smartphones.
Jumin: Who is it?
Yoosung: Find out what it is!
Jaehee: How did you find out about this place? Where did you download the application?
707: Oh… ^^; Wait.
ZEN: What is it. Hurry and tell me.
707: I traced the IP…
707: It's from Rika's apartment.
Yoosung: Rika's apartment?
JUMIN: Where was it?
Jaehee: The location is not revealed. I know it to be classified.
707: Anyways, someone must have broken into her apt.
707: It talked now, so it must be a person ^^;
This person, must be the only smart one here… give him award…!
The fact they were still calling him an 'it' still bugged him though.
He thought that if he talked a bit more, he'd get some better answers than panic, he would have talked more, if it weren't for the fact that these people typed really fast! Like what, were they using keyboards instead of phones?!
Yoosung: So it hacked the program, Seven?
707: Yup
Yoosung: Who are you?! How did you get into Rika's apartment?!
Yoosung: How did you get this app?!
Yoosung: Gah~ So scared right now…
Yoosung: *Depressed emoji*
Yoosung: I thought the apartment has a passworh lobk?
ZEN: Typo
He decided he liked this guy already, he now knew that, this being the second time username 'ZEN' corrected 'Yoosung' on grammar, that they were both grammar freaks, hurray!
Maybe 'ZEN' more so than him, but, still, grammar friend!
Jaehee: I assume it was a break in.
Jaehee: Username "MC", I recommend that you confess.
Okay miss logical woman, he would talk if they SLOWED DOWN!
ZEN: Jaehee, would you voluntarily confess to everything if it were you?
Jaehee: No. But it is good to ask first.
707: Lolol
Jumin: Quit shitting around.
Jumin: MC… Who are you?
Jumin: Reveal yourself, stranger.
Jumin: If you do not reveal yourself, you will pay.
ZEN: Stranger you will pay? Lmfao
ZEN: omg~*so scary*~
ZEN: It might be a girl.
707: That's sexist lol. U should watch what u say now that ur a famous actor.
ZEN: I'm not famous;; just a bit recognizable.
Yoosung: Nah~ Look at the youtube hits~
He put a hand to his chest in mock offence, how dare they assume his gender. But, not like he cared if these people thought he was a guy or girl, that kind of stuff didn't really bother him, annoyed maybe, but not much else.
He stood up and opened the bag he brought that held his schooling supplies, and grabbed the bag of candy food.
If these people were going to be funny and get off topic, why not enjoy the show?
He threw a candy into his mouth.
ZEN: Dude. Stawp;;
707: lolol
Jaehee: That video is still excellent no matter how many times I watch it.
Yoosung: Zen, when do you start your next piece?
ZEN: ;;Don't know. It's up to the director.
Yoosung: He's a celebrity lol! I'm gonna tell everyone at school.
Jumin: Hey.
Jumin: Don't get distracted.
And back on track by Mr. Richman.
If the picture of a man in an expensive looking suit by his username said anything.
Yoosung: Oh, right. Username MC…
Jaehee: … An abrupt stranger.
707: My hands r shaking as I hack.
Jumin: Who are you? Reveal yourself right now.
Yoosung: Yeees! Who are u?!
ZEN: Use proper English please.
707: If it doesn't say anything I'll hack in and find out.
He nearly shot up off the couch, candy food making him choke and cough.
He was going to hack into his phone?! There are histories that no one needs to see and he hasn't cleared in a long time!
He was about to close the app to clear said histories but found again, he couldn't. He most likely wouldn't have either as more text bubbles appeared.
Or, he could just talk and not have the redhead hack his phone.
ZEN: …Maybe
ZEN: one of my fans?
MC: Don't do that!
MC: Hack my phone I mean…
707: Ohhh~ Someone must have secrets~!
707 Or histories~
Yoosung: Both being things people would rather not have hacked…
Yoosung: *Depressed emoji*
Jumin: If you are talking Username 'MC'
Jumin: I suggest you tell us exactly how you got into our chatroom
Welp, any chance he had at just walking away scot free has just shriveled up and died a lonely death.
He chuckled to himself and began replying.
MC: Well throwing the start of my day to the curb, I got a message from a person asking for help...
With that, he reiterated everything that had happened from leaving the store, to entering the apartment. And, trying to be funny, threw in some jokes, bad ones, but an attempt nonetheless.
MC: So yeah, that happened, and now I'm with you guys +1 girl!
707: lololol
707: Personally, I don't think you're felien, I'm pawsative you're telling the truth
ZEN: Good god stop it with the cat puns Seven!
ZEN: g
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ZEN: g
ZEN: g
ZEN: g
ZEN: There… my nose was istching…
Jumin: Typo
Jaehee: Cat jokes aside, it is very foolish to follow a strangers' direction
ZEN: Yeah, you should never blindly listen to strangers
ZEN: Wouldn't want you to have gotten kidnapped
MC: Ok ok~
MC: But I'm still sort of confused as to what I stumbled upon
MC: I said how I got here, what about you end of the bargain?
Jumin: I do not remember striking a deal with anyone in the past day
Yoosung: Still! Shouldn't we introduce ourselves?
Jumin: Are you serious?
Jaehee: I have to agree with Mr. Han
Jaehee seemed like a party pooper, maybe he could get her to 'loosen up'? That'd be difficult, but possible at the right times…
Oh, right, so Zen introduced himself has a 23-year-old musical actor saying not to look him up. He wasn't planning to anyways.
He did have to admit he was handsome, from the photo he sent he had long silvery-white hair that went back into a ponytail that he had the want to cut off and bright red eyes, were those natural or contacts?
Too which Yoosung commended him for his bravery and Jumin sassed him.
707 said he is just called 707, real name was a secret and residence was as well. So, basically, Seven, the 21-year-old hacker. So scery~
Sadly, he got no picture for Seven so all he had to go off was his profile picture.
Yoosung was the 21-year-old broke college student. And by the selfie he took, he looked familiar…
Semi long blond hair, soft purple eyes and a bright blue hoodie with pins relating to League of Loneliness of Legends, he could have sworn he saw him somewhere… maybe around the university?
Eh, he decided to think about it later, Seven had introduced Jumin and Jaehee as a corporate heir and assistant, 26 and 25 respectively.
And the apparent cat of Jumin, Elizabeth 3rd.
At least that got him a photo of Seven, in monotone colors but, still something!
But, after a while, the Jaehee woman got everyone back to focusing on him which, for some reason, caused him to blush.
Jaehee: Could it be that we have a security breach?
ZEN: True. MC, how did you get in here?
Yoosung: Is it really in Rika's apartment?
707: Yup. It's for sure…
707: How did it get the apartment password?!
ZEN: Where the hell is the apartment?
MC: I came here while talking to a person called 'Unknown' I'd show you the chat record but it got deleted
Plus, he couldn't exit out of the chatroom in the first place!
MC: Do you know him by any chance?
Jumin: Unknown?
ZEN: Maybe he just didn't set a username?
707: It's mandatory to set a username so he must have set it that way.
707: Maybe…
707: *Shocked emoji*
707: A hacker…?!
Yoosung: !
Wonderful response kid…
707: I thought I had everything covered!
707: Hey, MC. So he told you the password for the door lock?
You know, he was starting to prefer when the attention wasn't directed at him, it was making him slightly uncomfortable.
He answered anyways knowing that if he didn't… something bad would probably happen.
MC: Ya. I know nothing
Jumin: Ya?
ZEN: Cute lol
Yoosung: But…
Yoosung: How did you end up chatting with that person?
Jaehee: I see.
Jaehee: Where did you download this messenger app?
Jaehee: MC, you are quite strange as well.
ZEN: Do you think this person's a creep? No way.
The man sighed and resolved to lying on his back while on the couch after several sitting positions, smiling at how the furniture felt.
And, appearing in a chatroom he wasn't meant to be in, could be considered creepy.
MC: I don't know… it downloaded itself when I left the store, they got delicious candy food btw
MC: That's all that I know, trust me
Jumin: Hmm...
Jumin: Trust is out of the question, we just need answers
MC: Sorry…
707: Anyways;;
707: I should trace the person who distributed the app.
Jumin: If what she is saying is true.
Jaehee: I think it would be a good idea to contact V.
707: Yeah. I think that's a good idea.
707: I'll call and explain everything.
Yoosung: Seven seems talk to V pretty often.
MC: This 'V' seems pretty important, may I ask who they are?
Jumin: Hmm, formal
ZEN: V is… like our boss.
707: The evil mastermind.
Jumin: …or not. He's the person who has control over this chat room and the organization we're in.
He sat up and stood up from the couch, cracking his back he turned to where he saw a camera previously, he walked towards it and stared at it, his phone buzzed.
707: EEEEKKK!
707: *Shocked emoji*
Jaehee: Is something wrong?
707: You're staring at my camera~
707: It scared me when I checked…
707: Oh, I should call V
Jumin: I'll do it
707: Already on it lol
ZEN: Wait, you can see MC?
Yoosung: Not fair~! I wanna see her too
Jumin: Focus
Yoosung: Oh, right…
The small exchange caused him to laugh a tiny bit, smirking at the camera he put his hand to his lips and blew an over exaggerated kiss to it.
Yoosung: Shouldn't we tell MC what this chatroom is about? She has to know how serious her being at Rika's apartment is!
707: Aww~ Muah~ Back to you MC! lolol
Jaehee: I'm ready to call the police at any time Mr. Han
And startled back to reality, can't flirt with someone over a camera if you're in jail, plus, he was too young to go to jail!
MC: Uh… police won't be needed Mrs. Jaehee!
MC: I'll be a good boy and sit on the couch
707: Noooooooo~
707: Mycamerabuddy~
MC: Camera buddy~
Jaehee: You understood him? Wow
Jaehee: Also, just Jaehee is fine
707: Sorry callingvandtypingwithonehand
Yoosung: Type after you call him…
707: lookingintoownerofdevice
707: she'scutelolol
Yoosung: You did a background check on her!? So MC is definitely a girl?
MC: … But I'm not a girl…
707: thenwhyareyoureadingthisstory
MC: You can see me, right?
Yoosung: ?
ZEN: Are you a girl or a boy?
707: youdidntreadsweetfantasyforladies?
MC: Are you just ignoring me right now?
Yoosung: I heard that's just the company's marketing scheme;
Yoosung: Anyways, are you a girl or a boy?
Yoosung: *Confused emoji*
707: girl
MC: I am so going to get you back for this 707
Jaehee: Let's just say she's a girl.
ZEN: Oh! A girl!
MC: Ugh, fine, I'm a girl…
Yoosung: Conformation!
Well, this just got more interesting, everyone is very insistent on thinking he's a female.
He pulled his messy light brown hair, still short, he then placed his hand on his semi muscular chest, flat, not a girl. Well, may as well play along, might be fun?
Jumin: What? So it's really a girl?
Oh come on, not him too! He was smart!
707: Ya
V has entered the chatroom
ZEN: Show me a photo
707: Nope~
707: How dare you try to violate her privacy like that
MC: I would strangle you if I could…
707: EEKK! Scary lady is scary~!
MC: I swear to god…
Seven then sent a photo of a woman with short hair and wearing a pantsuit with some documents in hand climbing out of a car.
From his knowledge of the language, the ID on the lanyard said 'Jaehee Kang'.
Everyone seemed to be freaking out about the photo until Jaehee herself stated it was a picture of her from a couple months ago, to which everyone apologized.
MC: Don't worry Jaehee, people can't recognise me in photos either :(
Yoosung: You don't have personalized emojis?
Jaehee: Thank you for the sympathy, but let's try and stay on task this time, where is V?
707: V's coming here soon. He just hung up
V: I'm already logged in
707: Oh, V ^^ you're here!
ZEN: Finally…
V: Yeah, I guess I'm the last one to know about this
Jumin: Oh well
V: How is everyone, Jaehee, you've been well?
Jaehee: Yes, thank you for asking
Yoosung: Hey V
V: Hey
This guy seems to know these guys a lot, something told him to not get on his bad side, even though he seemed like him and rarely got mad.
Still, better safe than sorry.
V: Luciel told me of the situation
V: MC is in Rika's apartment because a stranger asked her too
MC: That's the basic jist of it, yeah
V: For safety reasons, only Luciel and I knew the address
V: I ask everyone to not try and find the apartment
V: There is information there that must be protected
V: MC
MC: Um… yes?
V: I ask you to not reveal the address, and to everyone, do not ask MC for it either
MC: What's classified information?
V: All the information there is classified.
V: So MC… Is that what I call you?
V: Please do not touch anything there.
V: For example, if you try to force open one of the drawers…
V: The alarm will ring.
ZEN: *Shocked emoji*
Yoosung: What do we do about her apartment?
Yoosung: Can MC stay there?
V: First…
V: No one here is going to go to Rika's apartment, right?
V: Since the information involves everyone around us, there might be trouble if we are not careful.
Jumin: Yeah yeah. You can stop explaining. Classified information. Got it.
Thank you Jumin! He was starting to be bored with all the talk of 'classified information'. Bit sad he couldn't have people over… wait, stay here?!
MC: Wait… stay here?! What do you mean stay here
MC: I have places I need to be, home for starters!
V: Oh, yes, I'm sorry that I neglected to think that you lived somewhere else…
V: I'm sorry MC, and I know this is a big request
V: But I will be needing you to stay at the apartment until further notice…
Yoosung: So MC is staying at Rika's apartment~?
Jumin: I don't think that's the best course of action but
Jumin: I trust V, so I will respect his judgment
He began to pace around the apartment, starting from the camera to the front door and back. He also began to think of ways his housemate was going to kill him for this…
707: Not good to pace like that MC~ lololol
MC: I CAN PACE AS I WANT
ZEN: Fierce lol
He sighed, beginning to zone out as he walked around the couch mostly ignoring the chatroom and those in it.
He walked towards the kitchen and opened the fridge after placing his phone on the nearby counter island.
If he was going to be forced to stay here, may as well look around.
As he went to open one of the pantry cupboards he stopped and remembered what V said, if he tried to open anything, an alarm would ring.
Tapping his lip he turned to his phone, sighing as he picked it up.
Everyone seemed to be talking about this Rika woman again
MC: Okay, two things
707: Anything I can do to be of help mylady?
MC: Besides letting me STRANGLE YOU…
MC: No
MC: V?
V: I see Luciel has done something to anger MC, is something wrong?
He chuckled at the comment before hearing his stomach growl, a light blush came to his face as he turned to the camera.
MC: No, he's just… being Seven, anyways, you said I can't open things, right?
V: Yes, there is a lot of classified information I wish for you not to look at
MC: What about the cupboards…? If i'm being forced to stay here, where will I put food?
707: Oh, the cupboards are fine, same with everything in the kitchen really, it's just the office
MC: Coolio
Jumin: Coolio?
MC: Second thing, why exactly do I have to stay here?
MC: I just came here to find the owner of a phone…
707: Owner of a phone?
707: ou were phished lol
707: Opps, typo lolol
707: Anyways, according to V's guess, Rika… the person who used to live there
707: had the person 'Unknown' convince u to go to the apartment
He put the phone back down as more messages appeared, he walked up to each of the cupboard and opened them, looking at what was inside.
Soup, soup, soup, soup, dead spider, soup, sou- wait what?
"AHHHH!" He jumped back at the sight of the spider lying in the cupboard. He picked up the phone again.
707: Huh?
707: MC, you OK, saw you jump and scream…
707: Stop panicking… why are you panicking?
MC: What the hell! When was the last time Rika cleaned this place I found a dead spider!
V: …
707: Oh… um…
Yoosung: Should we tell her…?
Yoosung: *Depressed emoji*
Jaehee: Well, there is no avoiding it now, I guess we should
Yoosung: Okay…
ZEN: Rika is…
ZEN: V's old girlfriend, and the person who created this chatroom
Yoosung: Rika hosted parties regularly for a good cause
Yoosung: She organized a group called RFA to plan the party and manage participants
Oh, right, they did mention parties, how'd he forget.
He lightly slapped face palmed at his stupidity. And, from people's reactions, it seemed like she was dead or something.
But, good cause? Did they talk about that already?
MC: Good cause?
707: She hosted a fundraiser to help those in need
707: and introduced the guests to one another to arrange business deals
MC: Oh, by 'hosted'... you mean…
707: Yes
MC: Oh… sorry for yelling at her about the spider… that would explain the dust everywhere
V: No need to apologise MC, you did nothing wrong
V: You did not know…
707: Rika
707: founded the organization called RFA four years ago and hosted two parties until so far
707: The six of us who knew her personally joined the organization and helped her host the parties
Yoosung then posted a black and white picture of of a woman with long curly hair made into a ponytail. She had what seemed to be a pantsuit like what Jaehee wore in the picture and was holding a large book, she stood in what seemed to be a party.
Yoosung: She was an amazing person…
Yoosung: She always sparkled
ZEN: As you guessed before…
ZEN: Rika is no longer with us…
ZEN: She passed away a year and a half ago
Putting the phone down he turned to a row of pictures on a mantle, on it were several pictures of who he guessed were Rika, long blond hair flowing down her back, in one of them, a purple eyed brunette was with her, both making funny faces in front of a fireplace wearing christmas sweaters, a dog lying next to them.
He was curious of who the brunette was, but decided now wasn't a good time to ask. He put a hand to his forehead as he felt a headache coming on.
Ugh, always hurts around this time…
After shaking his head and clearing some hair from his eyes he picked back up his phone, Seven seemed to be explaining that the app had an email function that allowed party related emails to be sent to it for him to answer.
He was also able to contact everyone else.
A minute later V said he had to leave.
V has left the chatroom
Everyone seemed really nice, asking him to come back to the chatroom to well, chat.
At that moment, he decided he wouldn't just leave them, his housemate always did say he should make new friends, and if they were the result of being baited by an unknown hacker, then, so be it(?).
Jaehee started to summarize everything per Jumins order.
Jaehee: Alright
Jaehee: RFA is an organization Rika created so that anyone can freely make donations regardless of class or nationality
Jaehee: At the time, she hosted quite large parties once every two years, and they were very successful
ZEN: Those were busy days. I thought people were going to trample me
Jaehee: This chatroom was used to discuss plans for the party
707: I created this chatroom lol
He smiled a bit.
Yoosung: We already knew that…
Jaehee: Because this chatroom contained a lot of information that cannot be publicly released
Jaehee: the app was distributed in secret only for RFA members
Jaehee: But ever since Rika passed away, we have not hosted a single party
Jumin: Not a single one…
Jumin: We wanted to but… we couldn't
Jaehee: …And this chatroom became a place for us to talk about personal matters
707: We check that everyone's alive with this chatroom and literally just chat
He bit his lip and nodded, still thinking about the situation.
Yoosung: We shared fond memories we had with Rika here as well
Jaehee: …MC, I think you were led to that place without any explanation
Jaehee: If V is right, it seems that someone sent you there to fill Rika's position
Jaehee: Considering that you know about the existence of that place as satisfies the conditions for joining the organization, following V's orders…
Yoosung: Is she… really becoming a new member? I hope so…
Jumin: Don't get too hopeful yet Yoosung, we still have not heard from MC
Jumin: MC, all we are trying to do is host parties, get people together and help people
Jumin: by means of donations
Jumin: RFA has done a lot of good so far…
Jumin: If you join… I can personally promise
Jumin: You will never regret it
Yoosung: Huh? I thought you were against MC joining…
Jumin: V believes it is the best thing to do, so I am simply following
ZEN: If you join the organization, we'll be able to talk more. Not everyday we meet a pretty girl
He smiled again, turning away from the camera that was mounted to the mantel, not wanting Seven to see the blush on his face.
Even if Zen still called him a girl, the compliment was nice and the thought was there as well.
707: lololol
707: How would you know? I haven't sent a photo
ZEN: Send the photo
707: No
ZEN: Damn…
Heh, men will be men…
Jumin: Men will be men
Well then…
ZEN: And you're not a man?
707: I heard somewhere that Jumin is gay
MC: Does Jumin Han is gay?
707: lolololololol
Jumin: …
Jumin: Not worth responding too
Yoosung: But Zen, you have really low standards. You still care for looks?
707: I will say one thing, she wears glasses
707: Just my type lololol
707: *Heart eyes emoji*
Jumin: You're 'type' in people who can barely see?
MC: My eyes work just fine thank you very much
707: Then why are you wearing glasses?
707: …
707: Was that an attempt at a pout?
MC: The better to see you with
MC: My love~ 3
707: *Heart eyes emoji*
ZEN: God I'm cringing already...
ZEN: But you do wear glasses? Cute lol
MC: Yes, I wear glasses
MC: Jumin, you were speaking?
Jumin: Oh, yes
Jumin: MC, will you join RFA?
MC: I'm guessing I don't have a lot of time to think about this?
707: Not really lolol
Well, besides going to the university every now and then to get assignments, and hanging out with friends so, why not.
MC: Hmm…
MC: Sure
MC: You guys seem nice, and you just want to help people
MC: So I don't really see a reason not to join
Jaehee: That is one way of looking at it…
Yoosung: Yeah! We got a new member!
Yoosung: *Party emoji*
Jumin: Ha. I like it.
Jaehee: I wonder if you have thought this through.
ZEN: Welcome, MC. Oi, Seven. Register her info asap.
707: Ya. I have to register her before she changes her mind.
Yoosung: Even the processing is fast…
Yoosung: MC must be a positive person, seeing that she made her decision so fast.
Jaehee: She may not be a careful person.
Jumin: Assistant Kang, is there something you do not like about her?
MC: Yeah um… I'm sorry if I offended you somehow Jaehee, didn't mean to if I did…
Jaehee: It's… not that, MC, you did not offend me
Jaehee: I hope you do not see my words that way
Yoosung: …I'm glad we have a girl now! It was a hopeless sausage fest until now lol
MC: Hehehe… totally not one anymore…
707: lolololol
ZEN: ?
MC: Nothing~ Nothing~
After that was mainly just everyone welcoming him into the RFA and saying they needed to leave.
Seven for work, Jumin and Jaehee for work most likely, Yoosung for… something, and the same for Zen.
Seeing that everyone left, he decided to leave as well.
MC has left the chatroom
Taking a deep breath, he shoved his phone into his sweater pocket and flopped into the couch, covering his face with his hands he groaned.
"What have I just gotten myself into…?"
Uncovering his eyes, he turned to his bag, then to the door "One guess is running away is far gone now…" He turned and grabbed the bag and pulled out his laptop.
"May as well try and do some work"
Thankfully, in the time he worked, he got one of his projects about half done, as it was almost 17:00, 5PM, he decided to get some dinner- oh wait, there was no food…
It was also too late to go out and get something, even though he saw a small coffee shop a few minutes away before he entered the building, he wasn't sure it he was allowed to leave, period.
He grabbed his phone to call Seven and found he had a variety of texts, 10 to be exact.
He opened the first one which seemed to be from Yoosung.
Yoosung
You alright? We didn't overwhelm you, did we?
Sorry if we did…
MC
Oh god, no no no!
I'm fine, promise!
Just got caught up in school work
University is hell T_T
As he went to exit the text menu, he got a reply.
Yoosung
Oh, that's good! Was worried there haha
You go to university?! The nearest one is SKY, do you go there?
If so, we should meet up! :D
Smiling, he put the phone away and grabbed the bag of candy food from his school bag and began to nibble on one of the treats.
Deciding he had enough of the candy food, no matter how much of it he wanted to eat, he put it away and stashed it under other school work so he wouldn't be tempted to eat it without seeing the work he needed to do.
He also decided it was about time for a shower.
Walking to a nearby door, he opened it expecting the bathroom, but no, the only thing he got, were many towels and blankets falling on his head.
With a yelp he fell to the ground as he was submerged in blankets. Poking his head out of the mound of closet towels, he sighed in exasperation as he pulled himself out of the pile.
Picking up most of the things that fell he put away all of the towels, except one, and the three blankets.
At least he knew where the extra blankets were…
With a towel under his arm he made his way to the second closed door and opened it with a moment of hesitation.
He felt relief when nothing fell of him and he a bathroom awaited him.
The floor was covered in shiny mint green tiles with a dark magenta paint on the walls, a single vent in the roof for air. It also had everything needed to be considered a bathroom, sink, toilet, shower.
He was a bit surprised that it was just a glass shower, used to having a tub being connected but accepted it with a shrug.
As he pulled off his shirt he remembered something, he had have to spend the night. He'd have to re wear his clothes.
That annoyed him a bit.
He felt his phone buzz in his pocket, pulling it out a notification appeared.
A new chatroom has opened
That's helpful, maybe Seven would be in there so he could chat with him, and ask if he could go home for clothes of course.
MC has entered the chatroom
MC: Whoot! Whoot~!
707: Hey babe~
His eyes widened, what?
Oh, two can play that game, he smirked, not realizing he was blushing.
MC: I'm here babe, what do you need~?
707: omg
707: We were so disgusting just now
707: You're hard to beat MC…
707: But I shall not give up!
707: To be honest
707: I came here to procrastinate from work…
707: Why can I not focus?
707: *Confused emoji*
With that last message, he could practically feel the playfulness Seven was trying to bring and his smile, it brought a warm feeling to him.
MC: Because I joined?
707: Hmm…
707: ...Yes
707: To be honest, I found something cute about u
707: The password for ur online shopping mall account and ur email account
707: are
707: the
707: same!
707: It's so cute… lololol
MC: Oh no~ You know my passwords, I am at your mercy Seven! Please, spare me!
707: Huh?
707: Oh!
707: Do not worry darling MC, I, God Seven, shall spare you~!
707: Okay, joke's over
707: To be honest, what I was thinking was…
707: What if Rika was alive?
MC: Do you have feelings for Rika?
707: Yes I do
His face fell, he also felt something inside him break. Seven continued typing.
707: If only I could give up my life to get her to come back…
707: It would be nice if only I could do that
707: She did more good to the world than I would ever do
707: If it weren't for Rika, I wouldn't be here right now
707: ^^
MC: Seven…
MC: You can't say things like that…
MC: No matter how much you care for someone
MC: you shouldn't give your life for them if they're already gone
MC: What about the people who care for you, who want to help you, who… love you?
MC: How would they feel towards that person knowing they're the reason you're not here?
707: MC…
MC: Just promise me you'll try not to think like that, okay?
707: …
707: Okay
He continued to stare at his phone when he noticed he was sitting on the couch. He sighed remembering he always did have a habit to walk around aimlessly at times.
Seven posted a picture of a woman with long blond hair that seemingly went past her shoulders. She wore a sundress and large white dress. With one eye closed, her remaining amber one shined.
He tilted his head, a bit confused as to why Seven would post a picture like this. Was it meant to be Rika?
MC: Is that… Rika?
MC: To be honest, the first picture I saw of her from Yoosung, doesn't do her a lot of justice
707: lololol
707: That is… a picture of me lololololol
What? That's Seven?!
He looked back at his profile picture next to his messages, the amber eyes were the same.
MC: No wonder something felt off xD
MC: Why did you have to show this now;;
707: _
707: I don't like talking about depressing stuff here
707: Only happy thoughts live in this haven~
707: I can see you smiling, is it cause of my photo?
Well more like because of his messages, but sure.
From the little he could see of Seven, he was sad, and tried to hide it as to not worry others. Much like himself in some ways.
MC: Yes, God Seven has made me smile lololol
MC: Dear lord, you got me doing that too! 'lololol' you idiot!
707: Yes, fall for me!
707: I- I mean my traps!
707: Anyways!
707: I'm continuing in my search for whoever lead you to Rika's apartment
707: V did order me to
707: But I'm worried that you might be in danger
707: If this 'Unknown' isn't related to Rika, it means someone knows where you're staying
707: If anything happens, please
707: come to this chatroom
He smiled at the thought that Seven was worried about him, maybe not with the situation, he'll be damned if anything happens to him as weird as that is. His housemate would probably go to hell just to make him pay rent!
MC: Don't worry Luciel, I'll come here, but don't worry, I'm stronger than I look!
Standing up off the couch he turned to the camera. Putting one hand on his hip he did the most fabulous hair flip.
707: Nice hair flip MC
707: *Happy emoji*
MC: Wait…
He looked down and saw he was still shirtless, he felt his face heat up tremendously.
MC: DEAR GOD DAMNIT I HAVE NO SHIRT ON!
He quickly ran towards and into the bathroom.
707: lololololololol
707: Haven't laughed that much in a loooooong time!
707: Anyways, think I'm gunna peace now
707: Getting dark
Confused, he looked out the small window that was in the washroom, it was indeed getting dark, nearly twilight if memory served him right.
MC: I will never get used to Korean timezones…
MC: I'm built to go to sleep much later than this
MC: Well, night and thanks for telling me those things
MC: I'll probably be up for another… 7 hours or so, don't worry if you wanna talk ^^
707: I should be the one thanking you for the advice
707: God Seven, out!
707 has left the chatroom
MC has left the chatroom
"Okay… shower time, for real"
He inspected the showerhead, there were weird pellets inside.
He groaned "Why are things so different here…?"