Mr. Grim Reaper

Chapter - 12

"WHATTTTT????????????" I scream in horror.

"Please be present tomorrow morning at the Fines and Crimes Department." the man says and disappears.

"Huh? What the heck? Why am I being charged of a fine? I'm a student, right??" I ask Eun-woo.

"Well..... I think you were supposed to take my help only in your first case. So..... that's why?" He guesses.

"WHAT? YOU 'THINK'? DIDN'T YOU KNOW??" I shout at him.

"WELL. YOU'RE MY FIRST STUDENT, OKAY??" He shouts back.

"YOU'RE SO CARELESS, MR. LEEEEEEEEE!" I shout again, hitting him a little on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry. I should've been careful. I'm soo sorry, Moon-Young." he says, making a sad face.

"Hmm. It's alright. But...... what is this 'fine', anyway? Money?" I ask.

"I think we will soon find out. I've never paid such a fine. Sooo..... yeah." He says.

"Wow. Well, we'll see about it later, I guess. Let's celebrate for noww, shall we?" I say, cheerfully.

"Yeah, okay." He says, smiling.

And my heart skips a beat.

We both get out of the building and find Yoona and Sung-jae coming from a distance.

"Heyy guyss!! Did you get him?" Yoona asks.

We both smile as a sign of agreement. Sung-jae beams at us and says, "Ohhh. That's a relief. I thought we lost him again."

Eun-woo starts explaining the details of our little action sequence to both of them. I speak in between.

"I was thinking........."

"What?" Both Yoona and Sung-jae say at the same time.

"Maybe we can celebrate our little win." I say.

"Aww. Sure!! Lets go to that new restaurant today~~" Yoona says, delighted.

We go to the restaurant Yoona suggested. All of us have a great time. But neither me nor Eun-woo tell them of the 'fine' that I'm supposed to pay. I guess it's just not worth telling them. We can deal with it, right?

"Alright, then! See you tomorrow, cuties~~" Yoona says, as she bids us goodbye after we have a nice time in the restaurant.

We start heading back to home in our car.

"Fines and Crimes Department. Hmmm.... It's right next to the hall where we had our party, actually. We can go together tomorrow." Eun-woo suggests while driving.

I stay quiet for a moment. Now, I really appreciate him going with me and all, but I'm pretty sure I'll be fine on my own. I mean, it's right next to that hall,right? I can go there alone. I..... don't really need help.

Actually, the real reason is not that. And I know it. The reason I wanna go alone is because.... I feel like I might run into Joon again. And then maybe, listen to his version of the story. I.... really wanna know if what Eun-woo thinks is true and if Joon really is the culprit behind what happened to Moon-bin.

"But it's right next to that hall. Don't be bothered. It was not your fault. I'll deal with this on my own, alright?" I tell him, smiling a little confidently.

"Umm.... Okay. If that's what you want. But be careful, okay?" He says.

We both get home. After resting for a while, we start our game of - 'UNO'

And.. this time too, I win. Pretty easily, actually. He's good, but he doesn't understand the subtle art of winning a game of Uno. I don't blame him though, most people just don't.