strings & bullets┃hajeongwoo (under revision)

〚 ch: twenty 〛

happy birthday to our lovely yedam! here's a treat for y'all

"i just want to make it clear that this is not the drug and arms trafficking cases we talked about last week."

it was another busy day in their office, and one of the officers called the unit together for a meeting. they discovered that another group of kids, as well as some men, were being held hostage by one of hiro's partners. because of what happened in the warehouses where jeongwoo saved the kids, the transaction was transferred to hiro's partner, which caused problems for hiro. it was delayed for years and they got a tip that they're currently discussing terms from their negotiator outside the country

"this is a case from one of hiro's partners, said that the kids we rescued two years ago were only the first batch of children bound for human trafficking." the officer told them as he moved aside and showed the next slide.

it showed a picture of a man with a cut in his lips and brow and his hair was a mess. he looks young, fair-skinned, and maybe around jeongwoo's age. and for a criminal, he's quite attractive.

"ooh, he's handsome"

"but mama i'm inlOove with a criminaal"

someone whispered behind him, he recognized that it was junkyu and jaehyuk's voices. he turned to face the two and gave them a look, the two laughed at him as they faced each other now giggling. he shook his head before turning to face the officer in the front of him

"hiro's son from his first wife, haru yoshida. remember the rescue from two years ago? he's the one who gave us the tip, and he's currently working with us with the new cases." the officer explains

everyone had different reactions. some simply nodded, while others, including jeongwoo, furrowed their brows. he leaned back in his chair, his hand against his chin, wondering why hiro's son was giving them information.

is he betraying his father? "sir," he calls, and the officer turns to him, nodding as he urged him to continue. "why is this haru yoshida helping us?" he asks. "isn't he supposed to be on his father's side?"

"good question park," the officer snapped his finger at jeongwoo.

his brow furrowed, baffled with the officer's action.

"he offered us a deal, saying he'll give us information about hiro's transactions in order for us to bring him down,"

"in exchange for what, sir?" asks jeongwoo

the officer stepped aside and displayed the next slide, which showed a picture of a woman. jeongwoo's gaze softened as he stared at the woman's warm smile, in the back of his mind, he can imagine his mother smiling at him like that.

"in exchange for the deal, we'll provide protection for his mother. we don't know anything about the family's feud, but it's for his mother, all the risk is for his mother."

"so we're finally going for a mission a month from now huh? not to mention the trafficking transaction case, i'm tired." jaehyuk says with his eyes closed as his head rested on the table.

junkyu laughed and went to pat the younger's shoulder, giving him a wide smile showing a bit of his dimple. it was contagious, and jeongwoo couldn't help but smile as he sat in his seat, staring at the two.

"don't worry, the smiles on the faces of the people we're saving are worth it," junkyu said as he turned his back and walked to sit beside jeongwoo who chuckled, it's his hyung and his wise words again.

jaehyuk lifted his head and smiled, now chuckling as he moved closer to the two, holding a banana milk.

"you're right, hyung," jaehyuk replied as he sipped his drink, now turning to face jeongwoo. "anyway, you'll be working with mr. yoshida, right?"

jeongwoo remained silent but responded with a nod. as the unit's captain, he was instructed to work with the man as they carry out the mission. despite the fact that he doesn't know him, he must be professional when they meet someday.

"wait, jeongwoo will be working with that haru yoshida?" junkyu asks, his nose wrinkled and the corner of his lips drawn down in confusion.

jeongwoo and jaehyuk groaned and closed their eyes as they let out a heavy sigh. the older was obviously not paying attention to the officer earlier.

"hyung," jaehyuk said, his brow furrowed, the silence is too loud as they stared at each other, "seriously?" he asked, his tone laced with disbelief.

junkyu rolled his eyes as he straightened his back and had his arms crossed, "what? of course, i am listening. what do you think of me?" he said in pout

"ya, hyung, of course he's not listening. he's probably busy texting that guy he met yesterday" jeongwoo said as he shook his head and waved his hand telling jaehyuk to pay no attention to the older's words

jaehyuk gasped as he abruptly stood up from his seat, his eyes wide as he stared at junkyu. "hyung, why didn't you tell us? WHO? IS? THIS? GUY?"

jeongwoo burst into laughter as realization dawned on him, he just revealed what junkyu had told him earlier. he hid his face with his hand as he turned his head to the side to avoid the older's deadly stare

"sit down jaehyuk, it's just the guy who stole doyoung's wallet." junkyu mumbled

jaehyuk scoffed, now pulling his chair closer to seat "and why are you texting him?" he asked

"is that even a question? obviously because- "

"becAUuse?" jaehyuk and jeongwoo said in unison as they leaned forward to the older, obviously mocking him. the two laughed as they clapped their hands

"oh shut up, i don't even know why. he's the one who's texting me alright?"

jeongwoo snorted "you told me yesterday you asked for his number because he's cute"

jaehyuk's eyes squinted, a teasing smile slowly forming on his lips. "damn, you really don't have to deny it like that hyung"

junkyu groaned and stood up from his seat, "shut up jaehyuk. let's go, hyunsuk hyung said he'll treat us for lunch"

the two gasped and quickly stood up from their seats as they gathered their things. jeongwoo pulled jaehyuk behind him before he could even run, "ya! park jeongwoo!"

the younger looked back and laughed while still running as jaehyuk quickly tried to catch up.

junkyu chortled, obviously, he made that up to distract the two, "idiots" he shook his head while walking slowly and humming tunes along the way.

he's gonna have fun watching jeongwoo and jaehyuk barge inside hyunsuk's office completely unannounced

cc.