Night-Owl Romance
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Note: Thank you reviewers so far TwT I'm touched you liked it so much, it gave me motivation to try harder and to update faster than planned.
Compared to the first chapter, the following ones will have a more lighthearted tendency, since we all know how fun the R.F.A. people are, especially when clashing with each other.
I'll try not to replicate much of the chat lines/phone calls already in the game – I'll take advantage of the MC being able to mutter more than a few lines within each chat room.
Edit: You're free to share/reblog the fic where you want, as long as you credit me as the original writer and link to this place too - *love*. Even if it doesn't look like it yet, Zen will be a lucky alien in the end.
PS: Originally, I wrote Yoosung's chat name with a black star (visible on AO3 version), but it is not a symbol supported by fanfiction, so it's not showing ;-; so much... sob.
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Chapter 2: Cosmic Shifting 180
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Panic greeted Mina for she couldn't force the door to budge an inch to save her life. She made sure to carefully repeat the steps in the exact same order she had been instructed to by 'Unknown', but the problem lied with the lock system adjoined to the door. It kept denying her the possibility to exit the apartment no matter how many times she slid her phone over the scanner. The password code provided by 'Unknown' gave continuous errors, rendering the thing completely useless at this moment.
She was trapped within these walls, her heart pounding dangerously fast in her chest. The narrow hallway started becoming far too suffocating for her shuddering figure.
She - she needed air!
The girl rushed back to the main area, reaching for the nearest window found by the office table and then slammed it wide open, allowing for some cold fresh air to inundate her lungs. 'Calm down.'(E), she inhaled deeply a couple of times as she was trying to control her shattered nerves.
She had to come up with a plan to get out of the mess in one piece.
Her eyes quickly took notice of a metallic structure on the far right of the building. "Fire exit!", Mina blurted out happily, however it was short lived.
"No..."(E)
The staircase wasn't connected to the apartments so the most probable way to access it had to be through this floor's main corridor from what she could guess - the corridor she could not access anymore. "Tch!", she also noticed how little footing space there was underneath the window sill to escape. One wrong step and the scenery bellow the streets wouldn't be too pretty colored in her red hues.
It was far too risky to attempt anything.
Her sanity was crumbling like a Jenga game in its end stages, Mina planting her hands on top of her head and painfully pulling onto her brown locks. She ran out of ideas on how to work her way out of this place without referring to outside aid, which in this case meant... the police.
No chance the outcome would be helpful judging from her past experience with them.
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This was it for the girl! \(º □ º l|l)/
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Meanwhile, the chat room had turned into a chaotic mess, her phone now a complete buzzing tool from all the vibrations those messages were making. The sounds were anxiety-inducing and were poking at her brain so much that she was almost in tears again – as if she hadn't cried enough today already. Mina's features soured as she bit her lips and closed her eyes, finally admitting defeat after no other brilliant ideas came.
Collapsing onto the nearby couch, she poked her head into the chat room and tried reading through the clutter whilst struggling with her shaking hands and glossy vision.
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Was she really going to be abducted?
Were these people really out to punish her severely?
She was merely following somebody's instructions and was trying to do a good deed!
Eh?!
What is this water thing?!
Torture contraptions?!
Wasn't this overkill?!
She did not present a danger to anybody, less these people! ;=;
If they'd let her go, she would remain silent on the whole endeavor and pretend to have all been a hallucination!
She was kind of good at pretending!
It wasn't her fault she was here!
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...much.'
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Fine, it was 100% her damn fault for being naive and careless.
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Honestly though, she did have the best intentions at heart when she'd agreed to help Unknown in his quest! Why was she being treated in such a manner like she had just committed an atrocious sin?! Sure, she had her doubts regarding how legal this mission of hers had been.
Not legal at all...;;;
Ne-Nevertheless!
Mina wasn't planning to leave her sticky hands on any item she did not own and steal from the owner. The thought hadn't crossed her mind once! Plus, all she wanted to do was return the info about their missing phone and then run. Run as far away as possible and never look back. Maybe do the responsible adult thing and come clean to her mother about her constant failures in Seoul, switching from being her beloved daughter to the disappointment of the century for the woman while the girl returns to Daegu for good. (╥﹏╥)
'I'm completely innocent!'
Actually,
The more her thoughts twirled towards this direction, the more her confidence was building up in trying to defend her situation and offer them reasonable explanations while debunking their aggressive threats. "Yeah... YES! I am innocent here! I'm a freaking victim!", Mina was at a crossroad with her jumbled emotions and she was unable to sit quietly anymore.
She couldn't let them all trample over her without a fight in return!
She was going to fight this injustice!
Somehow!
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[707]: Hullllll, usually it would work by now. *bored emoji*
[707]: Not even bargaining for its life yet.
[707]: What's with this silent attitude?!
[707]: It's a first at this stage.
[707]: *annoyed tantrum emoji*
[Yoosung ]: OMG, what's going to happen?!
[Yoosung ]: It's so scary TwT!
[Yoosung ]: I'm shaking...
[Yoosung ]: Someone is in Rika's apartment!
[Yoosung ]: *scared emoji*
[ZEN]: Maybe you scared off the intruder with the 100 years in prison gag or the 7 ways to torture someone with water (lower font: wtf man, how am I supposed to take showers in peace now?!).
[Yoosung ]: *crying emoji*
[ZEN]: Or...
[ZEN]: Yoosung did with his constant crying.
[ZEN]: I'm leaning towards the kid right now.
[Yoosung ]: I'm not crying!
[Yoosung ]: And I'm not that much younger than you, hyung!
[Yoosung ]: *upset emoji*
[ZEN]: You're much more of a kid than I was at your age. *annoyed emoji*
[707]: Shhhh!
[707]: Guys, don't ruin my hardwork, I almost had it frozen in fear for sure!
[707]: I'll crack the danger soon and then-!
[707]: *inserts explosion photo*
[707]: Fireworks~! *proud emoji*
[ZEN]: *somuchsighing emoji*
[Jumin Han]: Seven. Any news from V on your end? I cannot contact him using any of my sources.
[Yoosung ]: At a time like for V to disappear... no surprise there. =.=
[707]: Have no fear!
[707]: God Seven has taken care of these worldly problems and has found solutions~!
[707]: I've already sent V the warning on another channel; he'll be rushing here soon to set up our next course of action.
[707]: Meanwhile!
[707]: Maybe I should hack the feed and get the images ready for my grand masterplan~!
[707]: And see who MC really is before the apartment's fiery clean up~!
[Yoosung ]: Fiery clean-up?
[707]: *raises eyeglasses emoji*
[ZEN]: *suspicious emoji*
[Jaehee Kang]: This is a clear privacy violation that breaks the law regardless of the intruder's intentions.
[707]: Rephrasing. Maybe I should find the feed images online, by accident, and under no circumstance do I seek help or use any of my secret codes used for hacginkh. And I shall not save it in my unofficial bingo book for secret secrecy clean-out missions, or help me God~!
[Jaehee Kang]: ...
[Jaehee Kang]: No one would believe such a story.
[Jaehee Kang]: In fact, all that you said sounds incredibly far-fetched even for you.
[Jaehee Kang]: *ican'tbelievethis-sigh emoji*
[Yoosung ]: Seconded! That typo is intentional too...
[Yoosung ]: Still...
[Yoosung ]: Why isn't it talking to us?!
[Yoosung ]: Or.
[Yoosung ]: Is it even... human? O-o
[707]: For sure it's not a robot. Or Robocop. Unfortunately.
[707]: Not even a data virus.
[707]: It's human.
[707]: Or...
[707]: OR!
[707]: Something alien!
[707]: Uwhaaaa!
[707]: UWHAAAAAAAAA!
[Yoosung ]: A-A-ALIEN?!
[707]: Or just a plain human.
[707]: *bored emoji*
[ZEN]: You feel upset about the strangest things ;;
[ZEN]: Yoosung... there are no such thing as aliens, come on dude!
[ZEN]: I should know if there were for I am 100% certain that they would have definitely been jealous of my otherworldly beauty and abduct me by now.
[Yoosung ]: *are you serious emoji*
[Jumin Han]: I digress. I do not think your face would constitute as compelling research material for a cosmic race to explore. There wouldn't be any relevant or important data to gather from you.
[ZEN]: Hey... you really looking for an argument now?!
[Jumin Han]: It's not my intention to waste my energy on imaginary conflicts with you.
[ZEN]: *angry emoji*
[Jaehee Kang]: Zen's beauty is unique and with an enchanting aura to it; you cannot stray away from his face when you see him in person and get frozen in time. No data could fully explain his charms~!
[Jaehee Kang]: I agree with that aspect, .
[Jumin Han]: I did not specify anything you've written down, Assistant Kang. Please double check the sentence or replace your glasses with ones that can provide you with better reading aid.
[Jaehee Kang]: ...
[ZEN]: Well, I can't help it. My genes are what Michelangelo wished he could immortalize in stone as David, but chose the next best option.
[ZEN]: Perfection~!*winks*
[ZEN]: Jaehee, don't listen to your awful boss.
[Jaehee Kang]: At least the intruder has no means of escaping thanks to Seven's quick reaction to secure the locks.
[Jumin Han]: For now.
[Jumin Han]: How did they get access to Rika's apartment, Luciel? Wasn't the security you implemented supposed to be so great that it is revered as being at the top spot in the country?
[Jumin Han]: You are constantly mentioning how it surpasses even my company's – by a landslide.
[707]: Yo.
[707]: 'Supposed to be'?!
[707]:It is la creme de la creme of such systems!!
[Jumin Han]: Clearly... until today.
[Jumin Han]: Now it is of inferior quality compared to a simple door chain.
[707]: *shocked emoji*
[707]: S-S-S-S-So coooold. (ಥ﹏ಥ)
[ZEN]: Interrupting your clearly 'important' discussion for a sec.
[ZEN]: If MC isn't writing here. And 'it' is clearly not a machine. (Why did you suggest this option in the first place... ;;)
[ZEN]: I see only one plausible explanation for the silence.
[Yoosung ]: OH! What is it?!
[ZEN]: Maybe it's because MC is one of my fan girls who had fallen so deeply in love with me that she had to do anything in her powers to break in the apartment and confess to me~~!
[ZEN]: *sexy face emoji*
[Yoosung ]: *shocked emoji*
[Jumin Han]: ...
[Jumin Han]: *angry emoji*
[Jaehee Kang]: Ha...
[Jaehee Kang]: Haha...
[Jaehee Kang]: ...
[Jaehee Kang]: *ican'tbelievethis-sigh emoji*
[707]: And you guys thought the alien thing was too far-fetched. *bored emoji*
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Most of the girl's fears had been wiped clean after this point as a lot of confusion marred her features. Her cheeks were still stained as a result of all the mortifying threats that had been written down at the beginning, ranging from the horrific kidnapping, to experiencing agonizing water boarding tortures, to then lifelong imprisonment in darkly lit dungeons under extreme daily agony until the whole thing went kind of overboard. And overboard to such an extent that she had become undeniably certain that some of these – if not ALL of the threats, the more she looked at it with a clearer mindset – were simply a truckload filled with excruciatingly creative bullocks.
Their whole charade fell apart rather fast when they decided to bicker between themselves and thus the veil of terrors had been promptly lifted from her eyes.
Those had been just empty words meant to give the girl a nice little scare.
'Mission accomplished...', Mina was quite ashamed by her stupidity at times, her cheeks reddening from the boiling bitterness and her fingers crushing the screen. She was not going to let this slide!
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[MC]: Good evening everybody.
[MC]: There's been a huge misunderstanding.
[ZEN]: N-No way!
[ZEN]: *shocked emoji* I was right!
[ZEN]: *winky emote*
[Yoosung ]: AHHHHHHHH!
[Yoosung ]: IT'S ALIVE!
[Yoosung ]: SEVEN!
[Yoosung ]: DO SOMETHING!
[707]: Entering the feed in 3.
[707]: 2.
[MC]: The feed?
[707]: 1.
[707]: ...
[MC]: What's this 'feed' you keep mentioning?
[707]: EXTRA SHOCK ATTACK!
[707]: *shocked emoji*
[Yoosung ]: OMG, WHAT DID YOU SEE?!
[Yoosung ]: IS IT REALLY AN ALIEN?!
[Yoosung ]: *scared emoji*
[707]: Ah... my heart had been dealt extreme damage like never before.
[707]: Heart is speaking... baddump...
[707]: BADDUMP BADDUMP!
[707]: So loudly~!
[707]: *hearteyes emoji*
[MC]: ...
[Yoosung ]: I AM CONFUSED!
[MC]: Same here. ;;
[MC]: What's going on?
[ZEN]: So, she really is a girl~!
[ZEN]: I knew it!
[Jumin Han]: Unbelievable...
[ZEN]: I KNOW!
[ZEN]: I think we all deserve to see this pretty lady's face now, too!
[MC]: Huh?!
[ZEN]: Come on, Seven! On with it!
[Yoosung ]: A g-g-girl?! *shy emoji*
[Yoosung ]: Oh man, oh man, oh man!
[Yoosung ]: Seven's reaction to her is no joke.
[Yoosung ]: I am so curious! OwO
[MC]: I – I – I...
[707]: Hehehehehehhehehehehehehheheheheheheeeeeee~~~~!
[Jaehee Kang]:*iscurious emoji*
[Jumin Han]: *tired emoji*
[Jumin Han]: Focus on the important matters at hand and stop fraternizing with the intruder!
[MC]: Wait a second...
[MC]: Seven.
[707]: *hearts emoji*
[MC]: Can you really see me right now?
[707]: *hearts emoji*
[MC]: HOW?!
[707]: I've made no such claims... OxO
[707]: *hearts emoji*
[707]: *hearts emoji*
[707]: *hearts emoji*
[Yoosung ]: Don't hide it now, man! Come on, it's not fair!
[Yoosung ]: Don't be mean!
[ZEN]: Yeah, Seven. Don't leave us hanging like this!
[707]: *hearts emoji*
[MC]: There has to be a camera somewhere then!
[MC]: Right?!
[707]: 'A camera' she says... so cute.
[707]: So naive ~!
[MC]: ...
[707]: Multiple cameras... is what I'd like to say, but it's not something I can confirm, nor deny~!
[707]: Oh, come on, there's no need to hide your face underneath that hoody.
[707]: Is what I'd say if I would have seen the feed.
[707]: Which I do not have access to. OxO
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[Jumin Han]: That's enough fooling around!
[Jumin Han]: *angry emoji*
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[707]: UWHAAAAAAAA!
[707]: S-Scary!
[Jumin Han]: MC. Reveal your true identity and your intentions this instance!
[Jumin Han]: What do you aim to achieve by illegally accessing the R.F.A. headquarters?
[Jumin Han]: Who hired you to infiltrate our organization?
[Jumin Han]: What is your purpose of breaking into Rika's apartment?
[ZEN]: And also – this is the most important information people are forgetting to ask you.
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[ZEN]: Are you single or taken?
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[Jumin Han]: *angry emoji*
[Yoosung ]:*surprised emoji*
[707]: *hearts emoji*
[Jaehee Kang]: *ican'tbelievethis-sigh emoji*
[MC]: ...O-O;;;
[Jaehee Kang]: Zen...
[Jaehee Kang]: Please do not attempt anything rash.
[Jaehee Kang]: Think of your reputation and career.
[707]: Single for sure.
[707]: I've checked and found nothing of substance in her dating profile.
[707]: Is what I'd say if it were true.
[MC]: How are you doing this?! Please stop it, I don't li –
[ZEN]: *posts selfie picture*
[Yoosung ]:*surprised emoji*
[Yoosung ]: S-So brave!
[ZEN]: Swept away by my handsome features, yet? *wink*
[Jaehee Kang]: It's like a wave of happiness cleansing my tired eyes.*happy emoji*
[Jaehee Kang]: I feel rejuvenated.
[707]: That's cheating! *shocked emoji*
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[Jumin Han]: ENOUGH ALREADY!
[Jumin Han]: *angry emoji*
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[MC]: ...
[MC]: It really feels like I'm experiencing a bad dream for sure.
[ZEN]: *super shocked emoji*
[ZEN]: WHAT IS THIS?!
[Yoosung ]: OMG!
[Yoosung ]: Zen got super rejected!
[Jaehee Kang]: My heart's more at ease but it feels slightly unnerving.
[Jumin Han]: *laughing emoji*
[ZEN]: HOW CAN YOU BE LAUGHING RIGHT NOW?!
[Jumin Han]: It was an involuntary slip of the finger.
[ZEN]: *angry emoji*
[ZEN]: Don't let me involuntarily show you another type of finger slip.
[707]: You're so bold with your direct preferences for Jumin.
[707]: Kinky.
[707]: *hearts emoji*
[ZEN]: NO!DON'T YOU DARE GO THAT ROUTE AGAIN!
[ZEN]: *angry emoji*
[ZEN]: Anyway!
[ZEN]: It has to be a mistake!
[ZEN]: Yo, MC!
[ZEN]: What's a bad dream to you?!
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[MC]: You are.
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[ZEN]: ...
[Jumin Han]: *laughing emoji*
[707] & [Yoosung ] & [Jaehee Kang]: *shocked emoji*
[MC]: All of you – no discrimination intended.
[ZEN]: What's this feeling...
[ZEN]: Sinking so low and painfully.
[ZEN]: Is this what they call...
[ZEN]: A 'heartbreak'?
[Yoosung ]: If Zen's not your type, then maybe I have a chance? O-O *questioning emoji*
[Yoosung ]: *posts selfie picture*
[MC]: Please, stop making things worse for me.
[Yoosung ]: *crying emoji*
[MC]: I'm serious.
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"Insane.", she eventually mumbled, her trembling having ceased for a while now. "The people in this entire chat room... are insane.", Mina nodded her heard in agreement to her own assessment, narrowing her eyes while she searched for the location of these hidden cameras. The hood back on her head proved that her movement was indeed being monitored, which begged her to ask...
'R.F.A...'
'What's this place?'
'A secret organization?'
From the looks of it, it wasn't far from the truth. This group was definitely shrouded in some veil of secrecy for its security was no joke.
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It didn't take too long to get some clear answers in the midst of all that spamming.
And with the arrival of 'V' in the chat room,
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Things for Mina had changed drastically.
But in a surprising manner.
