Chapter 08
Wonyoung's pov.
I glared at Y/n as Hyunjin gently held her wrist before guiding her out of the meeting room. I feel so envious of her, she is so beautiful and her looks could literally make anyone fall for her. I gritted my teeth in anger.
"Miss Jang, I'm sorry about Hyunjin's behavior." Jyp apologised once everyone left the meeting room.
"It's fine, Jyp-nim. You can just call me Wonyoung." I replied, drying the fake tears on my cheeks.
"Wonyoung-shi, I must say you are an excellent actress." Jyp commented.
"Aegyo has always been Hyunjin's weakness." I smirked lightly as I brushed a few strands of my hair away from my face.
"Wonyoung, I'm sorry again. I know you have always loved Hyunjin since young-" he started.
"Yes, that's why I'm not giving up on him." I cut him off. My fist clenched upon remembering his members teasing him about him and Y/n. Seriously, he just met her like a few hours ago and now he has a crush on her?!?
"I would actually really love to see you two together. Make him fall for you, you don't have these visuals for nothing. Wonyoung-ah, fighting."
"Thank you for your support. Though, I'm pretty sure you would love to see us together for business purposes only, am I right?" I asked with a raised brow.
"That's fifty percent of the reason." Jyp smiled.
"Anyway, are you going to tell her that he killed her family members?" I continued.
"No. I would only be using her to finish Hybe and Sm. Wonyoung-shi, please do not tell any of them about him being the killer. Not even the gangs under me." Jyp said.
"My lips are sealed. Ummm don't Hyunjin and Yeji know who the killer is too?" I asked.
"At that time when they witnessed the kill, they were too young to remember anything." Jyp answered.
"Don't mind me asking, but why did you put her in Stray Kids and let Itzy be so close to her?"
"Well, I added her into Stray Kids so that the chances of their mission succeeding would be higher. And I let Itzy be close to her to dig out information." Jyp smirked.
"Well, you must be careful about this. If Y/n found out, she'll probably tear down the entire building." I chuckled.
"Don't worry, I have made precautions. Wonyoung-ah, why not we make an agreement?" Jyp asked.
"Agreement of what?" I quirked an eyebrow.
"I would help you to let Hyunjin fall for you, but in return, do not let anyone know who the killer is." Jyp stated.
"My lips are sealed."
Yeji pov.
"Guys, go onto the staircase. Wonyoung is coming out of the meeting room soon." I pushed my members towards the staircase.
"Yeji, so you and Hyunjin have met the person that killed Y/n's family before?" Lia asked.
"I have no idea. Hyunjin and I have been with Jyp since the age of five and went on countless missions with him. I don't remember when I have met the killer. We can try asking Hyunjin later." I replied, scratching my head.
"Maybe we just have to get clues. We could go and look through the other files from three years back. It might help." Chaeryeong suggested.
"Honestly? I have thought of Y/n as a younger sister already." Ryujin said, making us murmur in agreement.
"Andddd, we found out one more thing, Wonyoung is faking her personality!" Yuna chirped.
"Yeji, did you manage to record the whole conversation?" Lia asked me, I nodded.
"Duck!" Ryujin whisper-shouted. All of us immediately dropped onto our knees and pressed ourselves against the side of the staircase. Wonyoung walked past us without glancing at our direction. All of us let out a relieved sigh once she left.
"Research time, guys!" Chaeryeong cheered.
This is getting so confusing. I have met the killer before? Why did Jyp even tell Wonyoung so much information? Why didn't he want us to know who killed the Parks?
"Yeji, you coming?" Yuna called out.
I snapped out from my thoughts, "Yeah, I was just thinking-" I paused.
"Something wrong?" Lia asked as the others came closer to me.
"Isn't Jyp's name called Park Jinyoung? Y/n's family name is also 'Park'. Could they be related?" I pointed out.
"I'm sure it has to be just a coincidence." Ryujin answered.
"They might be related, Jyp looked into Y/n's family member's death. Just now you heard him too right? Maybe he wanted to take revenge with Y/n together." Chaeryeong said.
"But then, just now he said he is using Y/n and also, why won't he want us to know who the killer is?" Yuna asked.
"This is too much information." I rubbed my temples.
"Yeah, let's just find the killer first. That can be settled another time." Lia said.
Y/n pov.
"Here is the weapon's room." Hyunjin introduced. We have been walking around the building for the past-half an hour and having casual conversations with one another.
"To kill time, why not let's play a 'game' ?" I suggested.
"Sure."
"We would ask each other questions and the other person has to answer truthfully." I explained.
"Eager to get answers?" Hyunjin smirked lightly as he pushed a strand of his hair behind his ear. Gwad, why does he look so hot when doing that? Someone save me please.
"It's more like getting information to confirm...stuff." I replied, tearing my gaze away from his angelic face.
"Hmm, okay. Go ahead and ask." He answered.
"I can start asking first?"
"Yup, don't make me regret my choice, darling." He leaned closer to my face teasingly. I sucked a breath before nudging him away gently.
"I can ask... anything?" I quirked my eyebrow. Hyunjin just hummed in reply as he started to re-arrange the guns. "Do you like Wonyoung?" I asked.
"Not romantically, but platonically. I love her like... a younger sister, like Yeji." Hyunjin shrugged. I just nodded my head simply. "Why do you ask?" He continued.
Ah *, how am I gonna explain this?
Hyunjin pov.
I looked at Y/n, waiting for her reply. Her cheeks are flushed slightly as she struggled to answer my question. "Before you start saying Y/n doesn't like you, I'm positive that she at least has a crush on you, you literally have these killer looks." Han's voice rang in my head. I looked back at Y/n who was avoiding my gaze.
"U-urmmmmmmm, it's b'cuz just now you said you didn't like her in front of everyone but before the meeting you kissed and hugged her." Y/n answered as she fiddled with the sleeves of her top nervously.
I didn't kiss and hug her! She was the one who did that, not me. You just came in at the wrong time! Plus, I didn't know how to push her away because I was shocked! Y/n, I don't like her like that! My mind screamed in reply. However, my mouth seemed to work on it's own.
My lips parted as the words rolled of my tongue, "Are you jealous, princess?"
My lips then stretched into a flirtatious smirk despite my mind screaming at me to stop embarrassing myself.
Author's notes:
Annyeong! Thx for reading :) I really enjoyed reading your comments btw. Sarranghae~
~Yuwon