"Don't snag your dress", Ryujin told me.
"Don't tell me what to do", I said as I hopped down from a metal ladder on the side of a building in my heels, "You've been doing that since we broke into teams"
"I wasn't trying to be a jerk about it", she argued, "All I did was tell you not to snag your dress! Why are you even reacting like this?"
We were at EXO's party, getting ready to do the ambush, but Ryujin and I were already fighting. She and I didn't mix. Obviously.
"Yeah, well", I rubbed my hands together to get the dirt off of them, "You've been acting like you know more than me since you got here"
"That's because I do", she glared, "At least when it comes to the mafia business"
We started sneaking our way to one of the venue's side doors.
"I may not have been doing this as long as you have", I whispered angrily, "But I've been through a lot for the past few months. I have experience"
"I had a ton of experience when I started out, too", she rolled her eyes, "I had to learn to trust my members, and we learned about each other through spending time", she shot a look, "Not by digging in each other's profiles at the Seoul City Hall"
I froze for a second, "I was sorry for that!", I felt the anger rise in me, "I fought with Jaemin and that's enough!"
"You never apologized", she scoffed, "Mind your business"
"I would mind my business", I said, "But I knew there was something up with Jaemin from the start, and I wanted to help him"
"He has me!", she shouted in the dark alleyway, "He has NCT Dream! He doesn't need to spill every personal problem of his to some stranger"
"You don't get it", I felt my jaw lock and my voice grow unstable, "I wanted to talk to Jaemin after I read he was an orphan!"
"Why would you wanna do that?", Ryujin kept her eyes fixed on me.
"Because", I felt a tear leak from my eye, "I wanted someone who could relate to what I'm feeling right now...", I bit my lip, "I don't know what to do with myself"
She stopped walking for a second, "I...", she started, "I-I didn't know"
I wiped my eye with my bare wrist.
"I'm just being dramatic", I tried to hold in all the others tears.
She pulled a tissue put of her purse and gave it to me, "Hey", she sighed, "I misjudged you."
"And I'd love to take more time to apologize", she continued, "But you and I have a job to do tonight, and we can't get carried away"
I opened my mouth, but I couldn't find any words. Ryujin was right.
"Fine", I said quietly, "I'm...sorry"
She nodded.
She looked at her watch, "Jaemin and Jeno said they were going to light an explosive in the left wing of the building at 10:00"
"Well, what time is it now?", I asked.
She checked her watch again, "9:47"
"Ah", I said. I tried to act calm, but I felt my heart pace quicken; we were only minutes away from show time.
We sat there in the dark, keeping an eye on the door we were sitting by.
Boom!
"What the-?!", there was an explosion Ryujin was totally caught off guard.
"But its not even 10:00!", I shouted. I kept my hands over my ears, but my ears still rang.
I slowly looked up.
Flames already started to show.
"Guys!", Jeno ran in our direction, "Was that you?!"
We stared at him.
"N-No, of course not!", Ryujin said as she got a grip of herself and stood up, "Aren't you supposed to be with Jaemin"
"Jaemin said that he was gonna go check on you two!", Jeno looked more panicked then I've ever seen him.
"But", I started to state the obvious, "He's not here, though"
None of us said a word, and we just looked through the side door, looking at the flames that started to eat the building up.
"He said he needed to apologize to someone", Jeno looked at me as he tried to catch his breath.
"Apologize to someone"?
"Did you and Jaemin fight at all?", I slowly asked Ryujin.
She shook her head.
"And he told you that he was coming to us?", I clarified with Jeno.
He nodded.
"Dammit", I whispered under my breath.
Jaemin just got caught in an explosion because of me.
