A/N: So a large portion of this is from Day 5's chatroom "It's been bugging me" I tried to adlib and cut it down in size so it didn't take over the entire chapter, but I felt like it was a mandatory conversation to include.
Saeyoung clutched his head desperately trying to pull himself out of his dreamland. He still hadn't gotten this assignment for the agency finished and the deadline was any day now.
Spinning around in his chair he came to the obvious conclusion that he just needed a little break; that's all. Maybe he would continue to tinker with the robot puppy he had made for….just what did he make it for again? A flash of brown entered the corner of his eye and his head snapped towards the CCTV at record speed.
It was her again.
He scooted his chair as closely to the monitor as humanly possible and rested his head on his arms, just watching her every move. She looked like she was dancing cleaning again.
Haha you are silly aren't you? He sighed and felt his cheeks rising in temperature. The way her delicate frame moved was almost hypnotic, he was a devout Catholic but he couldn't help but feel a little sinful observing her figure like this.
Well I'm still a man. God will forgive me. All of a sudden a beeping sound snapped the hacker out of his trance, ugh. It was a message from Vanderwood; he was on his way back to the house.
Great. Now I actually have to get this work done. He turned back to the camera feed and sighed wistfully, he wanted to watch her more as she sat with her phone in one hand and some manga in the other. Saeyoung wanted to know what sort of person she was outside of the chatrooms. He'd meet her at the upcoming party of course, but he had a selfish desire of wanting to know her more than everyone else, especially the guys.
He glanced at the clock, there was still a little bit of time before his snooping "maid" came back, so he tapped away on his phone and entered the chatroom. She was online talking to Yoosung… an absent pang hit him inside the chest, she seemed to be quite cosy with the blonde game addict and he didn't like it, he scrolled through their conversation and he scanned every word between the two within seconds; it seemed innocent at first; things like "Did you eat?" and about eachothers day, but he could tell Yoosung had taken a liking to her.
707 has entered the chatroom.
707: Oh no
Yes
Nope
Yup!
No!
NO~ !
Uhm - MC
Aaaaargh!
I let MC see my consciousness splitting!
MC: It's okay...haha. But what were you talking about?
Yoosung: I guess you don't care about me seeing you like that…
But what's no?
707: I can't focus.
Yoosung: Huh?
Why are you being so weak? It's not like you.
Saeyoung sighed, Yoosung was right, this was not like him at all. He was the #1 hacker in the agency, always focused and never missed a deadline in his life!
707: To be honest… I can't help but keep watching the CCTV feed even when it's not my turn.
I keep getting worried about MC.
MC: Then….come see me!
His eyes widened, in disbelief he took his glasses off and wiped them on his jacket. Was he reading this right? She wanted him to go to see her? But why him, why not Yoosung or any of the others? He knew it was selfish but he wanted to see her too, but with Vanderwood on the way it just wouldn't happen anytime soon; and then there was the deadline to worry about…
707: I can't come right now, I still have more work to do.
To be honest I would have come straight away if it weren't for that damn Vanderwood!
Vanderwood was not really a maid but more of an assistant to ensure he completed his work, and if he didn't get this deadline then Vanderwood would not hesitate to report him to the agency or even terminate him. But he couldn't tell any of the RFA members about this.
Yoosung: Huh? Your maid gets in the way THAT much?
Crap he'd aroused their curiosity, they'd start asking questions now. What kind of Maid doesn't let someone leave their house?
Yoosung: Well maybe you could send over that puppy robot?
707: The puppy robot?
Yoosung: Yeah! You spent all that time making it.. Maybe it could protect MC a little bit?
MC: To be honest… I want it ^^
Yoosung: See! MC says she wants one too!
Seven froze in place, whilst it was true he wanted to protect MC he wasn't sure it was appropriate to give her a handmade gift, and now Yoosung was poking his nose in where it didn't really belong.
Stop kidding yourself, you made it for her didn't you. He bit his lip, from the third day of MC joining the RFA he'd been getting distracted, and from what he'd known of her then she responded very well to cute things so he'd shot up out of his chair as soon as Vanderwood had left for the day and worked nonstop on something she'd find cute. It was true, Yoosung had seen right through him, he had intended to give MC the dog as a gift.
But he knew realistically he could never actually present it to her.
If he gave her the dog she might start to develop feelings for him, and he couldn't reciprocate; not with his line of work. And certainly not with his emotional state.
Yoosung: It'll represent how much you're worrying about her so I think it's a good idea.
Bile rose in his throat, this boy was trying to play cupid. A slave to his emotions, he slammed his fingers across the keyboard, spilling all of his thoughts out.
707: WORRYING ABOUT HER?!
You think..?
I'm just so nervous.
And feel worried
And want to make things
And I can't focus
And I keep wanting to turn on the messenger
And see the CCTV just in case she's in the hallway
And I want to call her!
Gahhh I feel like I'm about to explode.
He started trembling with every sentence, his brain was completely overloaded.
707: I'm going crazy.
My concentration is my gift!
Maybe my brain is melting because I had too much caffeine?!
Yoosung: Caffeine doesn't melt brains…
707: That's true.
MC: Seven...you don't….?
He hovered over the keyboard. Was she trying to ask the forbidden question? His hands felt clammy and his heart was practically beating out of his chest, he'd have to shut her down. Crush any sort of hope Yoosung seemed to give her.
707: My brain isn't wired to have such emotions.
Yoosung: But I kind of thought that too…
Since you know, you have feelings for MC.
You get worried, want to make her gifts, and all that.
Yoosung I swear to my God, if you don't shut up I'm going to hack into your LOLOL account and sell your high tier armour sets.
This wasn't even a private chat; as soon as the others logged on they'd also be able to read the entire thing and sure enough everyone would try to play matchmaker.
707: HAVE FEELINGS?!
Yoosung: Yes! I've never been in a relationship before but I've read a fair amount of relationship advice books!
If you have feelings for someone you keep staring at your phone, can't focus on anything because you're thinking about the person and you want to know what he or she likes.
707: Yeah.. but I've read expert Playboy and it didn't mention anything like that.
There, now she'll see that I'm a sinful monster of a man and recoil with disgust.
Yoosung: That's a book on being a playboy...I read shoujo manga, pick some proper books!
MC: I think.. Taking action is more important than listening to a boy who's never dated girls before. I'm ready!
Yoosung: SEVEN! MC says she's ready lololol! If you really do have feelings for her. Then I support it 100% haha!
He couldn't believe what he was reading, between Yoosung sussing him out and MC encouraging it his brain felt like an egg in a microwave. Vanderwood was due any moment but Saeyoung knew he had to nip this in the bud, once and for all but Yoosung kept pressing the topic even stating reasons why he and MC would make a great couple.
There was no way MC had feelings for him, she'd only known him a few days and Saeyoung mostly kept to himself; only talking with the fake happy 707 persona.
Oh I am definitely selling your gear now, Yoosung.
707: Uhm.. how am I supposed to react here?
We were just joking around.
Yoosung: It's true that you made the robot dog!
You just made it for fun then...really?
707: Well I umm thats..
I couldn't really calm down and was all over the place.
It just put its parts together and created itself?
MC: Creating itself with the blessing of God Seven…
This is almost a myth.
707: Greek Seven Mythology.
Yoosung: Dude… you made that robot. Stop saying ridiculous things.
What I am trying to say is if you cared enough to create a robot for her then I'm sure you've developed some sort of feelings for MC.
All that's left is the beginning of a romantic relationship ~
I haven't even gotten close to that T_T
707: lololol romantic lolololol
MC: Romantic...that sounds nice…. I want to experience what that's like ~
707: Hmm..
I want to live in a world where that is possible
Yoosung: A romantic relationship is totally possible in the world we live in lolol…
Dude, why are you backing out?
His inner cheek was red raw from biting and sucking at it now, he had just intended to prank Yoosung, joke around with MC for a bit and then get back to his work.
707: Because I don't do things like that.
I'm going to spend my whole life staring at the computer. Lol.
Romantic relationships aren't for me.
Yoosung: What… that doesn't make any sense.
707: Yeah. I don't think I make sense either.
I don't know why I made that robot… I'll just throw it away.
MC: Don't! Someday you might use it for something!
Yoosung: I feel like you need Zens advice right now, Seven…
707: Well it's been awhile since he was in a relationship…
Gahh!
So I made the robot, big deal.
I made Zen a tripter bot too, does that mean I have feelings for him too?
Anyways, the fact of the matter is: I have a pure heart that is so pure and firm like a glass marble that I can just whip out robots and tripter bots.
There is no way I would have lovey dovey feelings for someone. Lol
Yoosung: I don't think you're being honest….
MC: Seven…
"OI! You'd better be nearly done with that assignment or I'll get the taser out you lazy brat!" Heavy footsteps could be heard getting louder.
Shit! He's home… I'd better wrap this...whatever it is up quickly.
707: Honesty is a luxury for me, what if I go out of my way and something bad happens?
Yoosung: Alright, alright I get it but just promise me you won't throw the robot away.
707: OH RIGHT!
I was working wasn't I.
Bye Yoosung!
You take care, okay MC?
707 has left the chatroom.
The door behind him nearly came off its hinges.
"IF YOU'RE STARING AT THAT GIRL AGAIN I SWEA- " Saeyoung had logged out just in the nick of time, he'd pulled up a random window of code from a past project and started typing gibberish if and or statements, Vanderwood himself wasn't a hacker and didn't know much about code, so he wouldn't know any better.
"Oh. Well looks like you're finally back to normal, that's good, here…" The tall brunette threw a bag of honey chips and a can of Doctor pepper at the pranksters head, barely missing him.
Saeyoung flinched as he felt them graze past his ear.
"I'm going to go take care of some stuff downstairs, I'll be back in an hour to check your progress. Do not disappoint me." and with that he was gone again, leaving Saeyoung alone with his thoughts once more.
Saeyoung stood up slowly, checked the door for any permanent damage and started to pace up and down his bedroom; his head was about to explode.
"You have feelings for MC" "You'd make a good couple" "I don't think you're being honest" "She laughs at your jokes and you get along really well" the words screamed inside his head, repeating over and over again, images of MC flashing inside of his mind.
"Damn it, damn it, DAMN IT!" Saeyoung cursed and booted his desk, immediately regretting it due to the dull throbbing in his toe. He never got angry like this; not over something so trivial.
He slumped back down in his chair, opening another bag of honey chips and nursing his swollen toe with the cold can of Doctor Pepper, leaning back slightly he caught sight of MC on the feed, she was reading another manga series and seemed to be enjoying it; she closed the book and cradled it lovingly.
Must have been a good book..? He was just about to turn away and then she did something unexpected that made Saeyoung reel in his chair.
With a dreamy expression and a blush spread across her face she turned to look directly at the CCTV camera and mouthed very clearly "I like you".