LIGHTS ➵ H. JOOCHAN

20

"how are you, Sooah?"

the question was asked over and over again but with different person. she didn't how she feel. she feel miserable, she feel weak, she had lost everything. she was breaking inside but she was trying not to show her weak side to any other people but only two words can answer all above.

"i'm fine, dad." 

she answered her in law. she was having dinner together with her father in law along with Golden Child. 

a smile was plastered on Mr. Hong's face. "you know, your father must be proud of you now. you are handling the clan very well." he stated. Sooah couldn't help but feel her heart ached in pain whenever they were talking about her late father. she let out a heavy sigh and answered her in law with a small smile.

"thank you for helping me these days. i don't know how i can repay you." Mr. Hong just laughed it off. "please, you are already like my daughter. its not a big deal, Sooah." he said.

the dinner was only short because Mr. Hong have to go back to his mansion since he and Joochan took care of their clan in half. some in stay Sooah's mansion, half of them in Hong's mansion.

suddenly Sooah's phone rang, it stated the leader of Bangtan. she excused herself out to the backyard pool. 

"hello?" she answered. "Sooah! we found the antidote!" he exclaimed happily. "really?!" she shrieked. she couldn't help but smile widely at the achievement.

"but," he said. "he only have one vile of the antidote, and it can't be use twice. only once." he explained. that made her frowned, "why is it so?" she asked.

"because it was very hard to produce, the alliance said not all people was searching for the antidote so he didn't produce many." he continued. "hey be thankful you missy! we lost almost the cost of ten of your mansion!" he complained.

she chuckled. "thank you Namjoon-ah. when are you going back?" she asked while walking back into the mansion. "we still want to stay here for awhile, maybe by the end of the month. we need to relieve our stress. you too Sooah, for any long time you will get wrinkles in you keep stressing yourself."

"okay okay." then they ended the call. Sooah let out a happy sigh and ran into the mansion. 

"guys!" she called. fast foot steps then appeared towards the living room. "i have some good news." she said with a smile. the rest of them were petrified when they saw the smile on her face. 

"the antidote is already found in China. Bangtan will send the parcel maybe in few days." she explained making them sigh in relief. "but, there's only one antidote. we need to be extra careful this time so the it will be used wisely." 

she stood up walking towards the kitchen. "i will make some brownies, we can have some relax tea time." she exclaimed happily skipping to the kitchen to make her brownies.

they all have big smiles on their lips. "finally, she's smiling again." said Jangjun. Joochan sighed happily, "we won't hear any wailing in this house." he joked. it was true, Sooah cried almost everyday, Joochan was the one who calmed her down by singing her to sleep.

"should we lend her a hand?" asked Jaehyun. "its just brownies. she can do it herself." Joochan said scrolling through his phone. 

suddenly he was pushed by Donghyun. "you only eat. that's why you never help the one who was cooking." he said rolling his eyes at Joochan.

"CAN ANYONE HELP ME? I CAN'T REACH THE CUPBOARD!"

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"Jaehyun, you haven't pay your debt." Sooah stated making him whined. "can you please let it go?" he said. Sooah just rolled her eyes, "only this time." she warned.

it was Joochan's turn and stopped at one place. Sooah looked at Joochan immediately started an intense eye contact. just then she hold his hands looking at him with pleading eyes. 

"Joochan, please i know you won't do it." she said. Joochan shake his head, "i need it Sooah. i already let you last time." she looked at him in disbelief. "Joochan-ah, i'm your fiancee please. give it to me." she shake him.

Youngtaek grabbed one brownie from the plate. "so are you going to buy it?" he asked. Joochan answered him with a nod. all of them hitched their breath waiting for the next thing that soon to be happen.

Joochan was about to hand in his money suddenly Sooah threw her money at his face. she stood up. "i don't want to play anymore!" she stomped away from the living room.

Seungmin sighed taking a bite of the brownie. "i told you playing monopoly with Sooah again is not a good idea." 

Joochan huffed, "i cant let her win again! i did last time." he picked up Sooah's money. "who wants to replace her?" he asked then Bomin volunteered himself.

then they heard her door clicked open. "I WILL GET YOU NEXT TIME HONG JOOCHAN!" she shouted and slammed the door closed. they were stunned especially Joochan. 

"you are dead Joochan-ah." they teased him. "let's continue. Jibeom i'm still buying the land." he saw fast hands grabbing the brownie one by one.

"hey leave me some!" he exclaimed loudly.

"there are more in the kitchen!" they yelled.

Sooah who was in her room quite frustrated that she lost one land to Joochan. just then her phone rang again. "Namjoon, what's wrong?" she answered as soon as she pick up. 

"he is dead." 

she furrowed her brows. "who do you mean dead?" she asked. "the man that produced the antidote. he was found dead just now." he answered.

"what?" she whispered. "how can?" she asked walking downstairs. "Joochan come up." she called Joochan over then walked back to her room when she saw him stood up.

"they found his body on the floor with a deep slit on his throat. we turned back when Hoseok realized his left his phone there, hours after we left." he said gritting his teeth. she heard Hoseok apologized in the back.

just then Joochan walked into her room sitting on her bed. "we will talk about this later." she said ending the call. 

"he is dead." she stated. Joochan just stare at her. "the man who produced the antidote he was found dead just now." she continued sitting down in front Joochan on her chair.

"do you think it happened because of me?" she suddenly blurted out. he waited for her to continue. "do you think that all this happened there is something related to me?" 

Joochan scoot closer to her holding the her hands. "its just coincidence, maybe." he said. "don't worry." he rubbed his thumbs on her hands.

"i'm really tired Joochan-ah." she confessed. "i'm really tired with things that happening right now." she paused. "i'm still not ready to leading this all, being honest." she slumped into the chair.

Joochan sighed, "things need sacrifices, Sooah. you have to go through problems, that's where you can see your strength, your ability to lead the clan." he stared at her. "i know you can Sooah."

he pulled her into a hug patting her back. "you can do it. we will always be your back bone."

"before i forgot, do you want to know what happened to the woman?" Joochan asked. Sooah raised an eyebrow. 

"well, found out that she is not from our world. she came from the normal people, not like us. well she got into the emergency room." he explained.

"i knew it!" she exclaimed. "i was thinking why didn't she know about me. she even lie that she met me before she came into the school." she rolled her eyes. Joochan chuckled finding out her reaction was cute.

"but," she hissed. "what if she spread false rumors about me in her normal goons? should we just..." she didn't finish her sentence but smirk at her fiancee. he also copied her same expression. 

"the boys and i will take care of her."