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There were so many things that had happened within the past two weeks that had brought Myung more happiness than she could have ever imagined. She always believed that she couldn’t be happier when she got her dream job, however, she had still been a recluse and spent most of her days alone inside or at the studio. Now she felt as though she was bursting at the seams with joy as she sat curled up on the couch next to her fiance. Yes, in the past two weeks she managed to find who she thought was the love of her life was dragged into the RFA on a whim. She had grown to love all of the members as though she had known them since high school.
She easily conversed with Yoosung who humored her with his naivety and found herself chatting with Zen who she could share an interest with theatre with. Jaehee reminded her of herself when she began her job, scrambling and ever nervous. Jaehee was a sweetheart that Myung loved to call and encourage whenever she could. Jumin was the best person that she had ever met.
She recalled the first days of using the messenger app and how she effortlessly talked to Jumin. He was so stoic at first so Myung considered it a challenge to get him to open up...and she also enjoyed whenever he would post photos of his cat and shake the chatroom. Of course, she would have never believed that she would ever get this close to him. To say that it wasn’t hard or nerve wracking at times would be a lie but nonetheless with compassion they both were able to get past the...struggles that came with her staying at his penthouse for those few days as he pulled himself together.
The party had come faster than anyone had anticipated and Jumin proposed to her so suddenly. Yes, it had been an excellent two weeks and everyone was utterly content with the new development. Everyone seemed ecstatic for the party and the proposal.
Except for Luciel.
This bothered Myung in such a way that she often would zone out or stay awake worrying over him. She cringes each time she remembers that phone call the day before the party. Only hours before had she noticed that something was wrong. After he and Yoosung had gone and found Elizabeth in an “outing” he has not been the same. He was dull and lifeless in the chatroom and the phone call had confirmed her worries. He has called her blubbering and miserable and wouldn't dare explain what on earth was wrong with him other than that Myung only cared about Jumin and something about his heart being bread crumbs or some sort of nonsense.
After the party, he visited the chatroom maybe one time and no one had heard anything else from him. Everyone voiced their concern in the messenger and Yoosung had even called her to vent his worries. Even Jumin knew that there was something wrong, however he didn’t spend much thought or energy on Luciel because he was driving himself mad trying to get a hold of V. Jumin knew something was wrong and Myung had the sense that he could feel something wrong that she couldn’t when it came to V.
Of course, they had been friends since childhood and Jumin knew him fairly well. Even Jumin didn’t know what he was hiding. He had so many questions about Rika’s apartment and even suspected that V knew something about the hacker.
In the midst of contentedness with each other, Jumin and Myung were both concerned about something. So today, Jumin took off work early and they curled up on the couch with each other and Myung had introduced caramel popcorn to him. It was the perfect chance to forget their worries for a while and just enjoy each other’s company. Even Elizabeth the 3rd had joined them and caused Jumin to suffer a heart attack when she grabbed a piece of caramel popcorn from the bowl and ate it. After convincing him that the popcorn (probably) wouldn’t hurt her, Myung got up to go fix them both a pot of tea.
As she stood by the countertop and waited for the tea to finish steeping a notification sounded from her phone. The text message caused to nearly scream in the kitchen. It was from Luciel and she couldn’t have opened the messenger faster. There were only two simple sentences.
Don’t Trust V. He’s a liar.
She didn’t wait for the tea to finish steeping nor did she hesitate to walk briskly to the couch. She held out the phone in front of Jumin, the screen illuminated his face.
“Seven just texted me this! Do you think this explains anything about what is going on?” Myung spurted excitedly. She expected a more grand reaction from her fiance but he only gave her a frown. She could see the wheels turning behind his dark eyes before he spoke up, his voice quiet.
“I don’t think we should believe that without any evidence. From what I understand, Luciel is emotionally unstable right now and could just be impulsively saying things.” he paused as he noticed the halfway disappointed look on her face. “ I know it’s easy to believe him since this is the first time he has appeared in days, however it is best to gather evidence. I trust that V is just unavailable at the moment and will reveal his answers when he is back. I have to be patient as well” he said calmly in his usually monotone voice. She could she the sincerity on his face and hesitated to argue with him.
She took her seat next to him, glancing again at the phone screen before she spoke.
“But Jumin, what if this is evidence? You know that V and Seven speak to each other way more than to any of us. You can’t deny that Seven probably knows something that we don’t.” She leaned into his side as she continued, “Besides, he’s been acting so strange lately and I know something is wrong. I just think that we should at least try to get him to tell us what he knows and hope that it might clarify some things.” Myung tried to reason and inwardly smiled as she saw Jumin consider her words for a moment. Without saying anything, he wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pressed a kiss to her temple. Myung slightly pulled away. She could see that he was just trying to comfort her but she didn’t want to be comforted. She wanted to be on edge until she solved this mystery and helped out her friend.
“Look, darling, I know you’re just concerned about Luciel and I love that you’re always so kind and caring…” He trailed off as he looked her in the eyes, his eyes pooled with adoration and understanding and what she deciphered as a hint of uncertainty, “But I think it’s best to leave Luciel to his problems right now. He’ll return to his old self eventually and everything will be fine. For now, I think you should leave him alone and not worry so much. I don’t want to see you get disappointed by him.”
She gazed into his eyes and considered his words before she closed her eyes. She leaned back into his embrace trying to let his warmth convince her.
“Okay. I’ll try to stop worrying so much.” she listened as he hummed in response. “Should we start the movie? This one is a famous American classic and I think it’s dubbed.”
They both sat in comfortable silence through the movie, however, Myung’s mind was not easily comforted by the imagery of spaceships, galactic emperors, and goofy aliens.