Title: Chief of Police Niece
Category: Mystic Messenger
Rating: T
Pairing: MC (You) w/ RFA V + Saeran
Summary: There is mentions of guns and there is gun shooting involved. No one gets hurt expect for in Seven's chapter. There is also some cussing involved. You are the daughter of the retired chief of police. You know how to shoot a gun and usually keeps her father's retired police issued gun on her. RFA, V, and Saeran learn this when they are the ones who she is protecting. 2nd POV
Disclaimer: I do not owe any rights to the Mystic Messenger. This was just a headcanon idea I had so I wrote it out. Each chapter belongs to a character. This is just something I wrote and I do not condone any violence that is in this story.
~~Story Begins~~
Chapter 6 - V
It was late at night and you were helping V with last minute preparations for the opening day to the public of his first ever art exhibit that was focused solely on him. Two weeks after this event, he was going to be getting eye surgery so he could continue taking photos.
V had sent security home and tried to send you home. He always forgets that no matter how sweet, kind, helpful, and considerate you are, you can also be stubborn.
"Go home, I'll be done shortly," V said.
"But you aren't heading home," you said in response crossing your arms. You still were not used to wearing such a fancy dress, you saw his eyes glance at your exposed leg that had your gun holster on it, but it looked like a part of a ribbon and when asked why you wore it, you said it was for good luck and protection.
V took it as the truth and you were thinking that he knew something was up. He's never looked at your legs, tried to look at your legs, or sneak glances at your legs as much as he did now. He was doing that a lot tonight.
V chuckled and shook his head. "It's getting late. You should head home."
"You live farther than I do, so no worries," you said with a smile. "I'll go make sure your flower pictures are ready for tomorrow's big day after the party that we just held this night."
There was a special VIP Party that was hosted tonight that ended a little while ago. Most of V's pictures were already bought and paid for. 95% of the proceedings will go to charities and organizations while the last 5% will stay with V.
You walked away before he could say anything. If you let him stay here by himself, than everything would take a lot longer to get done.
You was on your way back to V when you noticed a man was screaming gibberish at V and holding a knife.
Seriously? V already went through hell and there was no way that you was going to have that again. V doesn't have a choice now with you being involved so you backed away to a safe distance. You called your uncle knowing that your dad was also with him and let them know the situation in a shush voice before hanging up. You made your way back to V and the man and hid behind the wall.
"You won the event that allowed this to happen due to bribery!" the stranger said. "You used your connections to win, why? Because you are greedy! Why do you need more money? Aren't you rich enough? What about those who are struggling?"
You moved your dress out of the way and pulled your gun out of its holster quietly. You really didn't want to do this because V was still healing from Mint Eye and Rika. You took a deep breath, this was going to be hard.
No matter what, Rika had a special part in everyone's hearts, a special place buried in V's own heart. A part in which you can never replace and you accepted that. You would be second fiddle, but you was used to it. After all, your younger sister was more loved and became your father's favorite daughter when she expressed interest in going into the force while you didn't. You learned a year ago that you was replaceable, so you accepted that your destiny will always hide underneath someone else's shadow.
"Sir, I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but I didn't use any tricks to win," V said breaking you out of your thoughts. "I'm still surprised that I won-"
"Shut up with your fake modesty!" the stranger said. "I'm not fooled by it. The money that you receive is just going to line your already filthy pockets with dirty money."
"Do you not read," you said from behind the wall as you mentally started to cuss. The place was still spacious enough that you didn't give your location away, but this was a part of you that you didn't want V to see. "If you read the pamphlets, it says 95% of the proceeds go to charity." This is your father coming out of you. Straight to the point while insulting the intelligence of someone who's acting like an idiot. "Why are you so upset over it anyway? There's more contests out there to enter."
"None of them offer the amount of prize money like this one did or the chance to get recognition," the stranger said. "I need it, my girlfriend wants me to buy her this car-" a sob, "-if I don't buy it for her, she'll leave me."
Seriously? Do females besides Jaehee, Rika, your family, and yourself not believe in working? You was a lowkey freelance voice actor used for minor characters that had five lines at max before they were killed off, other than that you are a lifeguard/swim teacher at a rec center and a chef at a restaurant. Your dream was to be an animator but everything was too expensive so you changed paths.
"Than, she sounds like she's using you. Did she-" you started to say but sirens were heard.
"You called the police!?" the stranger said.
Your heels clicked across the floor as you came out from your hiding spot, the gun aimed at the stranger who looked at you from the noise. V's eyes went wide as he made out the vague shape that you was holding.
"You have a gun?" V asked almost screaming.
"I thought you knew, considering you kept looking at my holster," you said.
"I was?" V said back in confusion.
"You kept looking at my leg!" you said.
"Wow," the man said. "I thought I had problems with my girlfriend."
Before V could respond, you snapped at the man with a simple, "We aren't dating."
It's true, you weren't dating him. You wanted to but there was enough damage, trauma, and heartbreak for him to heal from and you wasn't going to push it. After all, you was replaceable.
Your father, your uncle, some officers, and your sister appeared. The stranger knew it was over and dropped the knife. You put the gun back in your holster confirming that no shots were fired with the police investigation. You was out of there before V was, but he was looking for you.
You did show up for the public exhibit, but you avoided V, especially since your sister was there. A reminder that you are replaceable since the RFA members all took a liking to her upon being introduced. You was literally cut out of the conversation and no one noticed when you walked away. This also included Seven and Saeran who knew about her beforehand with their research and background check they did on you. You did introduce your sister to V and left them alone.
"You seem distressed," Jumin said to V. "Still getting over what happened last night?"
"Haha, I guess you could say that," V said. "(Y/N) has been avoiding me since last night. Ever since I found out that she was wearing a gun holster on her leg." He placed a hand over his face. "I just thought it was a ribbon and I kept imagining on how beautiful her leg would look if it was off."
Jumin made no response, just letting V ramble on. Once his best friend was done, Jumin said, "No wonder she's avoiding you. Last night is the night you gave her the most attention."
"Huh?"
"You usually just give a brief glance, maintain eye contact while talking to her, or a simple phase like 'thank you'. Even after all that she's done for you and still is doing for you, you are still clueless."
"What do you mean by that?" V asked looking over in your direction as you talked with a visitor who wanted to see him, but you interfered. He was grateful for that because he just needed some time away from them. He needed a break.
"Even now, my friend, she's doing things to help you without you even asking. It is no secret that she prefers your company over everyone else and that she has feelings for you, but is giving you time and space to heal."
"That isn't true," V argued back. "She would have-"
"I hope you realize that Jaehee and her are best friends, right?" Jumin said interrupted. "(Y/N) is essentially being the person for you to lean on the most without having to worry about hurting the others images of Rika." He patted his friend's shoulder. "I'm sure you understand what I'm referring too."
V nods his head and let a sigh. He hasn't known you for very long, but he believes that you tend to keep your emotions hidden from everyone when they need someone to vent too.
Three days later, you volunteered to work your shift as a lifeguard to the public pool that was short a lifeguard, which just also happens to be a very hot day and schools were bringing their children for a field trip.
So there you were, sitting on your high chair, sunglasses on your nose, wearing the red uniform swimsuit, watching the paying people relax, cool off, and have fun. You noticed three familiar people enter and of course, one of the lifeguards is already yelling at Seven that there is no running. You chuckled to yourself as you saw Saeran and Yoosung as well and gave them a brief wave. When it's break time, you'll visit them while you lounged in the pool...tormenting them.
Your attention was diverted as a swimmer started causing a scene with another swimmer by the diving boards so you didn't notice a familiar teal hair man walk in. The scene passed and you focused back on your area, stretching a bit. You was most definitely going to have a nice tan.
"Pardon me for asking, but is it against the rules to talk to the prettiest lifeguard here about non-pool related topics?" a voice asked scaring you. "Or do I need to be in the water for that?"
You looked down at V who was smiling up at you, his own sunglasses protecting his eyes (especially his left) from the sun. "I'm pretty sure you have the wrong lifeguard for starters," you said. "Second of all, considering you are getting prepared to get eye surgery, being in the pool is a bad idea. Lastly, no you don't."
You looked back at the pool. "Well, I don't know what type of shades you have, but you are by far the most gorgeous lifeguard I've ever seen," V said with a chuckle. "I thought you was a che?"
"I am," you said. "Bao, if we have to tell you one more time not to jump in on top of someone, the fifteen minute penalty will be enforced on you!"
V stared at the pool. "You know him?"
"Went to school with his sister," you said standing up as the bell rang signalling that it was break time for you and the rest of the guards.
You waited once everyone was out, you took off your sunglasses and placed them on your chair right before you dived into the pool, others following your lead while some went to get fresh water and ice cream. You sawm your way towards Yoosung. Seven and Saeran were watching you, but Yoosung was unexpecting of you coming closer. V watched you with a frown, you was avoiding him, but that didn't matter.
He did promise the three of them a whole day at the pool. He watched as you grabbed Yoosung's ankles scaring him before you pushed away from the wall and swam back to him. V used his cane to help him keep his balance as he squatted by the pool. He really wished he brought his camera because the image of you coming up from the water was beautiful.
You crossed your arms at the surface and leaned against it looking up at V. "You said you wanted to talk to about non-pool topics? I have thirteen minutes where I can just focus on you."
He smiled. "You've been avoiding me (Y/N)," he said. "I don't like it. Especially since I haven't had a chance to properly thank you for that night."
"You want to thank me? Why? You are opposed to violence," you said. "I mean, I carry around a police issued gun that was given to me by my father."
"That still doesn't change who you are to me," V said. "I hope you don't mind a dinner tonight at my place. We can continue our conversations there with the more private topics."
"It shouldn't matter," you said raising yourself out of the water. "I'm easily replaceable."
"I will argue with you there," V said and you had to reattempt to get out of the water. Never before have you heard such anger in his voice and the way he gripped his cane as he stood up straight as you got out of the water successfully the second time. "No one is replaceable, especially you. You saved RFA, you saved everyone, you saved me. So who told you that you are replaceable?"
"No reason for you to be concerned about," you said with a roll of your shoulders. "It is a family issue so there is no reason for you to even talk about it."
The whole day, V never left your side except for when you was in the pool or when he went and surprised you with bottled waters since you used your breaks to spend time with him out in this heat instead of inside the A/C building where he couldn't go. He was determined for you to open up to him, but you never did at the pool. You did when you was having dinner with him, mainly because he wouldn't let go of the hug that he had you trapped you, until you did.