━ DARK ALLEY

@Park Bogum In shock and panic that completely took over her body, Irene immediately runs towards the group of guys who was in the middle of knocking out someone who she assume was the one who was wincing in pain now besides the men who had gathered around the unknown poor guy seems to had a strong built and muscular body who are much more stronger than Irene when it comes to their bodies figures.

"Yah! Stop it! Why are you not helping, can't you see that he was being beaten up?!" She shouted in anger as she looks at the people who are infromt of the scene but, not moving an inch, not realizing that they are all staffs as she continues to push the guys away looking at the man who was being beaten up to recognize his familiar facial features.

@Lu Han [Continue in Luhan's penthouse? You can reply there. Sorry for the short reply >.<]

@Lu Han He was rather happy and deleted the video and images right away. She wasn't sure whether he would kill her or not. It wasn't a big deal for him. He could put her corpse anywhere around the house or even dumped her body somewhere. Her parents wouldn't notice it anyway. Instead of killing her,he simply said it wasn't his job. Was he a robot or something? He's so obidient and.. Looks like someone who's in controlled. Maybe he was. She rolled her eyes as he threw the wet shirt on the sofa behind her and showed off his abs. It's a good shape of abs compared to any other man she has seen. Evidence of workout on it's best. Her eyes widened as he caressed her cheek. Just like that kiss, no one ever touched her this gentle before. She could feel her heart beat and unconsciously bit her lower lip. Her cheek showed a slight blush but dissapeared as he talked about her life. "You don't have any rights to talk about my life." She said coldly but deep inside,he melted a little bit of her ice mountain.

She sighed in relief as he walked away and up to the stairs,probably to his room. Before she could celebrated it, Luhan reminded her to deleted all those back ups. *how did he kno-* even before she could ask in her own mind,he told her already. "Mafia your ." She pouted before trying to save her phone from falling onto the ground. Thank God, her phone still alived. Her eyes trailed over the back of Luhan untik he dissapeared from her sight. Escaped from his penthouse wasn't a good option since they're stilk looking for her. In short,she has to stayed here for a time being. First thing first, she needed to take a bath and changed into a decent clothes. Knowing that Luhan wouldn't bother to take care of her,she looked for a clothes in the laundry. Thankfully,she found a newly ironed white T-shirt,long enough for her to wear. Without further, she took a bath and worn back her undies and wear his white shirt. It stopped right on her knee.

Nothing to do for her as she finished her bath but soon, her stomach grumbled out,asking for some food. She remembered they haven't had a dinner yet. After made sure Luhan wasn't going down anytime soon, she sneaked into his kitchen and checked what's inside his fridge. Vegetables,meat, he has almost everything she needed. She wasn't an angel as well but she wanted to make a dinner for them to showed her gratitude. Kimchi stew and mixed rice. Her hands never stopped moving as she started to cook dinner for them. She hoped he would like her food. Once finished, he put it on a nice plate and placed it on the table. "Finally!" She cheered,proud of herself. She put her apron down and called Luhan from downstairs. "Luhan! Do you want to eat? I've cooked some foods!"

@Park Bogum The street lamps offered light for Irene who was in the middle of strolling around in this late evening, the silence that the night had offered gave her peace just as how she needed it tonight in order to relieve stress from work due to being busy on writing a new book that she will be publishing after months or even after this year.

The silence was dirsturbed by the mixture of voices like some people are fighting just a few steps ahead of her and in curiousity, she slowly let her feet head towards the corner to peek into it so that she will saw what was happening and in her shock, she saw a man which she assume was in the middle of being knocked out by a group of men surrounding him.

@Bang Minah Taking her phone back before she handed it to him again with it unlocked to where he could access the video. Lu Han immediately deletes the images and even the video she had inside her phone, it felt a little better, but the sight of those images flashes before his eyes once more and he felt his chest tighten, squeezing his heart so hard he felt like it was going to burst. However, Lu Han was quick enough to come back to reality and notice how Minah stares at him curiously, like she had so much to ask, but only one question slipped. Lu Han turned away and glanced at the picture of his real parents, 'Because mother wouldn't want that.' He thought silently to himself, "I didn't kill you because it wasn't my task." He said, taking off his wet shirt and threw it onto the sofa next to the female. "There's not love in me. I'm just a murderer, I'm sure you know it already." But that was how far he'll go with her tonight. She was just a stranger, a fan on the side like the others. She didn't need to know what goes on in his life just as much as everyone else; the more she digs into the more she'll put her life in danger, Lu Han wouldn't want that. "You are innocent in all of what you witnessed," he continue to speak as he turned to face him, a tender smile slowly curling upwards on his lips. He leans forward and caresses the side of Minah's cheek where a little eyelash had stuck onto. "Don't go wasting your life just because you want to die. There's a reason why you're still living, and you should keep moving forward until you find that reason. Maybe you know it already or maybe you're still lost. You shouldn't want to die so soon, it's one of the most sinful wish a human-being could ever ask for." He explained and pulled his hand away as he patted her head, "I won't kill you. As bad as it sounds coming from someone you witnessed murdering; I want you to live, I'm not god or fallen angel, but I see a bright future ahead of you and you're next step to that path is.." He looks silently tired, but gotten the energy to continue. "Forgive those who wronged you in the past."

Lu Han said no more after that and headed up stairs to go clean himself, her phone still in his hand. "Ah," he turned back and smiled mischievously, "Be sure to delete the hidden evidence you storage in your cell for me. I'm the son of a mafia afterall, I know many things you wouldn't think I would be aware of. So, wipe off that dumbfounded look will you?" He sweetly talks to her in a flirtatious way, seeing the expression she wore on her face made him smile. And only for that moment Lu Han felted like reality had stopped.

Tossing the phone back to Minah he turned his back against and made his disappearance, "Even if you don't delete it I'll be able to crack your phone unlocked later anyways Miss. Bang, don't underestimate my skills as your savior now."

@Lu Han Before her legs walked her out from the dark alley,his hand held on her and pulled her back,pinned her on the cold cemented wall. *Am I hurting his pride?* she thought,feeling guilty of merely second but clenched her fist tight as he told her that love was just a foolish thing. Love,something that she couldn't have no matter how hard she tried. Being number 1, went to arranged marriage,she had done mostly everything just to made her parents proud and loved her. But it was all useless. They didn't care a single thing about her. "You aren't living right now because you can't love. It's because you're afraid of." She hissed unded her breath before her eyes widened in supraised. He pulled out a silver gun,the one she saw earlier. Now everything made sense. He's the one who killed the woman. Was he in a gang or something? She didn't even know but one thing for sure he's a killer and he's going to killed her in a second. Was she afraid? Nope. She wanted,yearning this for a long time. No one mourned over her death and her parents would be happy if she passed away faster than them. She remained calm although bullets were flying here and there,everywhere around her. Just then, voices came out and footsteps were heard. They're back. He's really planning to killed her?n

Before her mind could process anything,he grabbed her wrist and ran away with her. Voices were heard from behind but he didn't stop nor did she. They needed to be alive,safe and sound. That must be his only goal. For what? Maybe for torturing her even more. It was a silent night, only their footsteps and breath were heard as they ran far enough from them. Her eyes didn't catch any vehicle nor people around them. Just two of them.

His hand pulled her inside a penthouse,maybe his own? She didn't care about anything right now. Her breathing was heavy and she's about to be out of her breath when he took the chance and snatched her phone from him. He tried to unlock the phone but itbwas useless. She has her password set. Since he didn't know her password as well,she let him played with her phone a little bit more while her eyes scanning the penthouse. A photo frame caught her attention. In the first one,there's a complete family, father,mother and a son,probably him. In the second one,there's only a man and him. The man definitely wasn't his father. It's different from the first one. 'To the one in heaven' she recalled the thank's to section from one of his book. *could it be..* she thought and her eyes softened as she looked at his back.

Fristrated enough,she snatched her phone back from him before put in her password. "Just do whatever you want." She said as she tossed back her phone to him. It's risky to let him erased the video inside her phone but she still has a copy of it,which he didn't know about that. She sat on the sofa as she stared at the TV blankly. "Why you didn't kill me earlier?" She asked as she looked at his eyes,trying to find a truth beneath it. "It means you have a love inside you. Love is the one who keeps you alive. If you think I'm wrong.." She pointed ro his silver gun. "Just kill me right here,right now" she never afraid of death. Near death experience,how many times she has experienced it? So many times. Even her own parents tried to kill her. They got away because of their money and statuses. that.

@Bang Minah Lu Han felt the slap coming, he just knew she was going to do it. But the fact that he wronged her from the start also meant that he has no rights to protest, it was his fault to begin with and now he needs to man up to his mistake and replace it with a fixed. "You're right.." He spoke after her and wipe the place on his cheek where she slapped. It hurt. But nothing hurts more than living in two completely split lives just being one person. By day he was who he dreamed to be and wanted to be, but by night he becomes this killing machine that if no one was willing to pull the trigger to stop; he won't stop what he's started. "I don't understand it. And I don't want to understand something so foolish." He said clearly as he stepped infront of Minah for a moment. "The fact that I don't understand it nor had experienced it is the only reason why I'm still alive right now." Lu Han glanced into her eyes seriously, his tone darker and colder than before. He reaches behind his back where he had hid his gun underneath his grey shirt; he pulled it out, holding it by her head pointing straight ahead Lu Han's eyes suddenly soften, "Go a head and replace your shelves of books, I never intended to be so interesting to you from the start anyway Miss. Bang Minah.. it was just you who was intrigued to me. And that's why for this second time, I'll make up my mistake for kissing you without your permission." With those short words Lu Han pulled the trigger and the bullet alerted the water sprays in the building, gunshots flooded the air and voices of his team were heard in their surrounding. They were found.

"Let's go." Lu Han demanded, grabbing a hold of Minah's small wrist into his hand and stormed out into the darkness outside. This escape plan wasn't enough to hold back his team knowing that the one leading them at the moment was his father's special assistant Ethan, an almost exact replica of his father. Ethan and Lu Han were the same age, putting them two of them in ring was difficult to decide who'll win a fight. They were both smart and skillful in their own ways, everything supposively came easy for them.

Leading Minah down the silent night where no vehicles, but very few passes by, Lu Han took a turn and decided it'll be better off to take her to his place for the night. In his mind he knew that letting her go home all alone meant that she'll be dead before 6 AM, but if she were to hide where Ethan and the other's would least expect than it'll at least give Lu Han some time to think of how he'll settle the situation. First step of course, is to get rid of the evidence on Minah's cellphone. Second, is to save this girl in a way where she'll continue to live. And three, face his father for his betrayal. Indeed the real easy way to end all of this is to kill Minah, but Lu Han wasn't going to do it now that he has already decided to save her twice.

"Get in." He opens the door to his penthouse and drags Minah in. He lets go of her wrist immediately just incase she lost her temper with him again and locked the door. "You should be alright if you stay here for the night." He tells her, breathing heavily with small droplets of sweats dripping down onto his floor. Lu Han than looks up at her then glances down at her phone. "..This won't do you any good." He takes the phone into his hands, pressing the button in the center and notices that the phone needed a code. He groaned in exhaustion as he closed his eyes a little pissed at the fact that he'll have to spend time breaking into her cellphone just to erase the evidence. He could've just asked her for the code, but knowing the fact that she was upset with him and probably even more pissed off that he brought her here he knew she'd tell him to go himself or something than storm out to doom herself. He doesn't know why either, but if he can't save her than it would really mean he's meant to be the bad guy. Despite all the sinful things he's done in the past Minah was the only reason to prove that he's not exactly what his 'father' had made him into. If Minah was alive than so was his hope. He couldn't let them harm her. Not today. Not tomorrow.

@Lu Han She never thought to meet with best seller author in this dadk alley,didn't even know why she's not even run away,escaping herself while he's thinking of his next plan. Maybe because it's a rare opportunity to meet him with just two of them? Or maybe because she couldn't even approach him to take a picture and now she could do whatever she wants? Her eyes eyed him for a long time,searching for some answer behind all of his weird action,saved her. Her mind still thinking the reason behind his sudden appearance. As much as she wanted to watched back what her phone has recorded,she knew she couldn't fine the answer there since her phone basically recorded a gunshot and black shadows around. Credits to no light bulb in this dark alley.

His eyes travelled down from her eyes to her delicate fingers. Her eyes followed his gaze and ended up in her phone. *why is he looking at my phone* she thought about it and an idea came accross her. Her suspicion rose up as he asked her to give her phone. He didn't have any reason to take her phone not she had a reson to give him her phone. It's the most valuable electronic device nowadays and there's no reason to gave it to someone she has just met. He should have known that abvious statement as well. Her heart rate rose up as Luhan put his arms between hers,pinned her against the cold wall. Her breath wouldn't cooperate with her and her chest moved up and down slowly. She inhaled his manly colonge as he leaned closer and their faces were just inches apart.

She neved had anguy this intimate and close ro her and her obvious reaction would be blushing. Her cheeks were as red as tomato as he asked for her phone number. Would she gave her? She didn't even know if she would. He's the first guy who called her cute girl. Men were always called her y or cool since her DJ ing skills were beyond what people have expected. They had respect over her because of that. Compliments weren't in her dictionary since her parents always abused her verbally and mentally sometimes. It hurt her but after sometime,she's used to that. Her mind accepted abusive language but nit compliment. It was like a virus that her body continuosly avoided it. "Why should I give you my phone number?" She usually gave her phone number in case they had a job for her but with him, she sensed some other motives.

First reason, cute girl? There's tons of girls who's much cuter than her and she never thought Luhan was a person who always called random girl cute and she never felt herself cute. Second, even his first comment,asked her to hand him her phone rose up her suspicion. It's like he covered up his own motives and asked for her number instead. Called her paranoid or even a CSI mania, but watched CSI helped her with her deduction and the obvious result from it would be- crap. She blinked as he leaned even closer and claimed her lips. Her heart couldn't take it and melted slowly.

At first she stayed still but he tried his best to made her enjoyed their sinful kiss. her mind couldn't process anything nor even told her mind to shut it up and enjoy a passionate kiss with her favorite author. As her mind worked back once again,he pulled apart and apologized for his sudden action. Her eyes never left his lips but then a tear rolled down from her eyes. She didn't want this. Her mind reminded her about her principal. She shouldn't gave her kiss to just any man. She should fought against him,protecting what's hers and not his.

SLAP

Her hand slapped him hard accross the face,leaving a red harsh mark on his fair skin. She felt like screaming,crying,cursing him for taking her precious first kiss. She tried her best to pushed away all those men who wanted her in the nightclub but he suddenly came and ruined everything. "Sorry? So you always kiss a cute girl and said sorry? Do you know how precious a first kiss is? Oh... Maybe you can grab any girl and with them." She said sarcastically. "Yes... Just like the book you wrote down... You never experience love and you won't be able to know what it feels to love someone,hate someone,thank's to you, I think i'll change my bookshelf completely." She said as she pushed him away to make some space for her to got out. She didn't spare him a second glance. She knew she risked her life if she got out. Those gangsters might be still around her,but just be with Luhan made her angry and felt like killing him.

@Bang Minah “Bang Minah?” He repeated her name after she introduce herself to him, which was not surprising since people had always had this habit of telling him who they were before he could even ask, but knowing him. He wouldn’t bother. The situation at the moment had nothing to do with 'making friends.' Soon enough his people would all notice his disappearance and come looking for him, and if they find out that Lu Han had saved the girl who witnessed one thing she shouldn’t have. Not only will she die automatically, but Lu Han will face a loud of crap when he gets back to his father, who may or may not kill Lu Han himself. The problem could be settle in many ways and most of them had no way out, it was either death or trapped. Either way he knew this wasn’t going to be easy.

Lu Han glances down at the phone held in the girls’ right hand. Her phone. The evidence. He must get rid of it. But how can he do that without actually killing the chick? he don’t know. Swinging his longer slender fingers through his brown hair as he tried to shrug off the heavy tension Lu Han turns towards the female and held out his free hand, "The phone," he quietly spoke with his eyes locked with hers, "give it to me." If she refuses the give him her cellphone what was his next move going to be? Kill her? No, not a chance. She didn’t do anything particularly wrong. All she did was witnessed the scene in which was part of him and his teams fault for not being careful enough. She didn’t deserve to be dead, it wouldn’t be fair and more of she had so much more to life that she needed to worry and live for than die.

"I mean," he motions closer to her, corning her as he trapped her between the wall and himself. His arms both held at each of her side to make sure she wouldn’t be able to run off on him and than recklessly do get herself killed. His team won’t stop searching for her until she is found and by being with Lu Han at the moment is likely the only reason why she’s still alive and not dead. He leans in closer to Minah, he could smell the elegant scent of her perfume travel through his nostrils as their lips were only inches away. She was quite adorable up close, and the reaction she gave him only made him more interested. "I just need to get a cute girls phone number, is that too much to ask for?" He closes in as he softly whispers the words into her ear, his nose buried behind her curls as he takes in the sweet smell of her fragrance scent.

Lu Han indeed needed her phone for another reason, but the fact that he just asked for it so suddenly would definitely earn him a rejection note on that one. So, how was he going to get it before she places the evidence in the hands of the cops?

He’s going to have to sneak out from her. Not by playing her; he’s not that type of guy. Not by tricking her into it. But by making her his women. If they were both going to get out of this situation without nobody dying than the first step to it is to make her his girlfriend for the maintime, that way not even his team members or dad could harm her temporarily and whenever she comes to trust him he’ll take the evidence and burn it all away. It’s not that he doesn’t wish to do this, but there was no other way. The only way out was to become the bad person, and that was what he is.

A criminal. A monster.

Lu Han than slowly did the honors and pressed his lips passionately against her lips. This, he didn’t do because of his plan. Lu Han only kissed her because the way their bodies were so close to one another and the fact that she was so beautiful only made him want her. Lu Han wanted her like he wanted his freedom, although this was only their first time they’ve met her lips told him another story.

Immediately Lu Han pulls himself away from her and scans his thumb across his lips. "..Sorry.." He mumbled out to her, "I couldn’t help myself."

@Lu Han While other people went home from their schedule for the day as the sun set and darkness filled in the sky,that's Minah's cue to woke up and started her day. Called her owl,because she's like one. Sleeping in the day and working for the rest of the night. Never once her schedule changed to gave her a short break,even if she didn't have any gig,her biological sleeping habit didn't even change. She's like a robot who took a bath at 6,after 30 minutes,claded herself in casual outfit yet emphasized her iness,suitable for nightlife vibe before put some light make up and ready to go with her lovely motorcycle.

Tonight, a new nightclub invited her to showed her skills for rheir grand opening party. Famous people,mostly well known pop stars were invited to attract more customer. As long as you paid her high enough,she would go,even if it's in Artic. 30 minutes before the grand opening,she practiced her skills,even thought about some new skills her boss taught her before. People filled in the place,pop stars first before commoners came and chased their stars inside. Music blasted inside the underground nightclub as she showed off her skills and fired up the party that night. Free drinks and even possibilities of making out with their star.... Or they already di as her eyes caught a well known pop star with 2 girls on his thigs.

One night stand was definitely enough for them,especially when their star didn't wear and hard inside them. Getting pregnant was the bonus. She always thought how stupid they were,selling their body to their star without even thinking about their future. Maybe that's what her father e thought as well. One night stand and heaps of money from his father,not to mentioned unlimited credit card that he gave his favorite one. As rhe night deepened,the crowd was getting wild,they even had kn public and she knew no one listening to her music anymore. Their staff replaced her as her shift ended already. The boss handed her a brown envelope,thick enough for her as he patted her and complimeted for her great job. She noded in response before went out from the club.

The cold breeze hit her,called her to take a walk instead of riding her motorcycle. *Maybe that's the best option* she thought and left her motorcycle there. No one was around, only herself alone since it's 2 AM in the morning. She wasn't familiar with this new neighbourhood but her body frozs as her eyes caught several manly figure and recognized a woman's voice among them. The metal thing the moonlight shone upon to was a gun. Her heart beat faster and she got the outline of what was happening there. *should I call the police?* she thought but she needed an evidence. Her phone was the only device she brought along and unconsciously,she recorded the scene silently. It was so dark and she couldn't see their face clearly. 'Bang!' Her heart dropped as she heard a gunshot echoed through the dark alley.

The woman fell down and she knew there would be some blood. Changed the format to photo,she used her flashlight and took the picture but it felt the time stopped as her phone made a sound. *!* she cursed herself before ran up for her dear life.no one was there and she knew they would kill her after deleted the video and picture. She wasn't stupid and she knew their tactics. People were chasing her as she slowed down her speed. The high heels would be the one she blame if she got into the news in the 'passed away people' list. Just as her stamina dropped drastically, a hand yanked her in an empty corner and prevented her from screaming out of shock.

Her heart beat faster as she thought it would be the end of her life,but her heart calmed down as he spoke,assuming that he had see that scene as well. Groaned of dissapontment heard and the sounds of their footsteps ceased away. She was so exhausted and her legs gave away, panted hard,trying to caught her breath that was once lost. "Thank you.." She managed to raised up an turned around to see who it was. As the moon shone on him,she recognized his face. He's her favorite novelist,Xi Luhan. She never thought she would met him personally as he appeared too cold even for his book signing event. "You see that too?" She asked,almost whispering. Her eyss darted around,trying to find any clue if they were still in this neighbourhood. "I'm Bang Minah." She introduced herself amidst of what has happened to her just a minute ago. "I'm a big fan of yours.. But what are you doing here?" She eyed him suspiciously. She would recognize him if he's in the nightclub,but he wasn't. He also saw that scene but she didn't feel any other person presented as that time. Her deductions raised up her suspicious side into him.

Lu Han presses the gun against the side of his victim’s head. This was it, another night of murder done by the hands of a man whose angelic looks deceives the people’s eyes and admiration from his true identity. The next heir to his 'father’s' mafia throne.

She lowers her head in defeat as she felt the cool metal gripped to the side of her head. Lu Han hated this, he can’t bare to watch another person die just because they wrong his 'father' in a way Lu Han couldn’t seem to understand, “Love is cruel..” he recall the words of the older man’s, “it makes you crazy, and if you can’t have that person, than no one else can.” Lu Han watches the female tremble in fear under his gun, tears streaming down her face as she continue to look down at the blood on her hands; she was afraid. 'If you can’t have that person, than no one else can.' His father’s words echo through the young lad’s head. Love..? He has written about the word multiple times in his books, but not once had he truly felt the desire for it. Being in love, what does it offer? Freedom? Peace? Or a chance to finally be able to be yourself and not turn into this killing machine at the end of the day, when the sun sets down and the moon raises up? Lu Han didn’t know. It all sounded too fake to be true, or did it?

“Sir, time’s wasting.” A cool voice alerted Lu Han back to reality. He stood behind Lu Han who shook his head from one side to the other to regain himself before actually forcing himself to focus again. “I’m sorry this must happen to you,” Lu Han spoken out of guilt, “Farewell.” And in one pull---the trigger snapped, and so falling to the ground as her blood soaked the ground underneath his feet the female died instantly. The young male pulled his eyelids over his sight, he didn’t mean for her to die, but he had no choice. He was in debt of the man who took him in once his actual parents died. There was no option left to choose from. This was.. the 'destiny' given to him.

'Snap!' Goes the sound of a camera. ! Someone witnessed the scene. Lu Han and his team turn all heads backwards to where the snap of the camera came from. Standing a few feet away was another female. She had her cellphone held infront of her face, making it difficult to identity her face around this time of the night. Lu Han couldn’t risk taking another life, if he doesn’t kill her than the other rest of his team would. If he doesn’t choose to go against his father’s orders now and protect this girl; she’s going to die.

“Kill her.” Said a taller male, Ethan. He deadly stares ahead at the witnessed female. The members smirk in enjoyment as they all charged towards her, but she was already off running for her own dear life. She can run, but chances are she was going to get caught in no time. Lu Han didn’t waste anymore seconds debating for a decision, his body already made the choice and so, he took off running in a direction where he’ll be able to reach her before the others.

Hiding behind a building Lu Han waited a few minutes, spotting the shadowy figure of the girls’ shadow come into few as too, he could hear the heavy breathing escaping from her lips as she continue to force herself onwards. One stop meant death. And as her presence came into few Lu Han stretched his arms out to grab her; he yanked her off into the corner and into the abandon building with a hand over her mouth to keep her from shouting. “If you don’t want to die than shut up,” he warned, “The gang you just witnessed is one of the most deadliest gangs in Seoul. Escaping tonight does not mean they’re not going to come after you tomorrow.” Lu Han explains to the girl as her pressed her against the warmth of his body, listening from inside the building footsteps of the others were heard and their disappointing voices reached out loud enough to where Lu Han felt guilt once more kicked through the insides of his stomach. He had just saved someone who witnessed him murdered. He had betrayed his father.

[ I apologize if the starter isn’t as interesting. In my head it was so much better. ]