𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦 || 𝘫𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯

𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗

   “...You’re late”

   “Sorry, I didn’t want to come”

   At this, the man gave him a heavy sigh as he placed a hand on his template. “I swear one of these days I'll throw you and your nasty remarks out the window" 

   "Hehe, can't wait" Joshua chuckled.

   As he approached the table, Joshua tossed him the cold water bottle in his hands, giggled as he watched Seungcheol struggle to catch it, and smiled as he then took a seat. "I thought it’d be a good idea to bring something for you workaholics. But of course, all I got in exchange was a threat, by my boss nonetheless"

   "To be honest, if I were him I would also threat you nonstop, Joshua Hong" 

   The words caused him to burst out in chuckles. "Don't worry, you already do, Hao"

   "Don't call me that"

   “I see the two of you have been getting along quite well, huh?” Seungcheol said as he opened the water bottle and gave them both a side smile.

   Instantly, Minghao turned around to give him a frown and a scoff. "And what made you think that? I want to strangle his and the mafioso's neck 23/7, is it not obvious?"

   "No, because that one hour you're worrying about us~" Joshua batted his eyelashes. “I freaking knew it, you big softie!"   

   "Why you-”

   "Anyways," Seungcheol interrupted. "I don't have time right now, and I'm sure the both of you are more than busy, some probably more than others, so I'll be quick"

   Joshua scoffed. 'Wow, the shade..'

   "Joshua, I was told by Mr. Xù here that you and Jeonghan had direct contact with none other than Wen Junhui and his right hand man, Hansol Vernon Chwe. In fact, I was noted that he's the reason for why you’re injured" Seunghcheol cleared his throat. "I was also told that apparently, they both knew who each of you were and your background. Especially Jeonghan's"

   "Strange, isn't it?" Joshua said with a frown. "It had been odd since the beginning, how Hansol didn't even look at our invitation yet knew exactly who we were. What's even more odd is how he even called us by our real names, not the ones we were using as disguise"

   "And although we know all of these things, we still don't know how they did it; how they found out about it in the first place" Cheol tsked. "What's worse is that this isn't the first time something like this has happened"

   "Right!?" Minghao intervened. "Joshua, in case you're wondering, on past missions many of our men would either come back injured or wouldn’t come back at all, all because two pieces of scum suddenly knew everything about them. Their names, where the mission would take place, their total number of relatives, and worst of all their weaknesses" 

   He sighed. "Although I hate to admit it, we’ve come to be so used to it that It's not even much of a surprise to know you two are victims of it as well.."

   At this, Joshua clicked his tongue. "If it's happened countless times, how come you guys haven't figured out how they get the information in the first place?"

   "Trust me, we've checked everywhere. We even got help from professional white hat's to check if they're getting into our system without us noticing. But every single time, there's absolutely nothing. Not one hint of evidence anywhere!" Seungcheol groaned. “Besides, with all the things Luna has been doing we barely even have time to get into this case since according to upper officials, it’s not our priority”