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In public eyes, Boo Seungkwan was a friendly, jovial person. Yet it was also a public secret that 'messing with his closed ones' was a one-way ticket to crack that bright façade and reveal the rarely seen side of him.
Just like what Lee Chan was experiencing right now.
Oh no, please do not get it wrong. Lee Chan was not the culprit who provoked the notoriously friendly scholar into a silently fuming bomb. He was one of the reasons why, yes, but the culprit? No, no, definitely no.
While his other two seniors at the investigation bureau were busy delivering punishment to the perpetrator, Chan got dragged away by Seungkwan into another room, so they could have a private conversation.
Which was how Chan ended up cowering under his piercing stare.
"You. Are not . A burden."
Gulping suddenly became a difficult thing to do for the junior detective. He dared not raise his head; listening to Seungkwan's unusually cold and stern voice reduced him into a scaredy cat.
"Chan-ah, repeat after me: I am not a burden." While saying that, Seungkwan grabbed his shoulder. His strength was a great contrast to his soft face. Lee Chan had no choice but to obey that order and repeated after him: "I am not a burden."
"Once again."
"I am not a burden..."
"With more conviction!"
"I! Am not ! A burden!!"
Seungkwan nodded in approval. "Okay, once again, loud enough so that you can stop those two's wrath." He flatly added, "If you don't, our leader will charge them with attempted murder."
Flailing, the newly joined recruit shouted on top of his lungs: "I, LEE CHAN, AM NOT A BURDEN! I AM NOT, I WILL NOT, AND I WILL NEVER CONSIDER MYSELF A BURDEN TO MY SUNBAENIMS!"
Only then Seungkwan's sunny smile returned.
"Okay! Let's stop our Seokmin-hyung and Soonyoung-hyung before the higher ups find them with blood in their hands, shall we?" And he merrily strolled out of the room, leaving Lee Chan alone, trying to gather the fragment of his soul that was broken out of fright.
(by the time Lee Chan arrived at the backyard of their office, he jumped in fear seeing not only Seungkwan enjoying the torture from the side; next to him was the other two members of their bureau's gentle squad, namely Yoon Jeonghan and Hong Jisoo. The three of them had packages of melon seed opened on their laps, and the inedible skin lying on the ground near their feet.
"Ah, here is our Channie. Come, come, have some melon seed, it's pretty tasty~"
Contrary to Jeonghan's relaxed voice, a scene of torture was happening behind his back. Lee Chan recognized some of his sunbaenims' shape of back. Much to his fear, the general leader of their bureau was leading the process directly.
The public made a note not to mess with the youngest of the investigation bureau after that incident)