He told himself to calm down, but he felt the cold bite of fear anyway.
Once upon a time, the answer would have been of course. Now, he wasn’t so sure. They both changed - if he did, then she might have as well. These dealings with Phoenix, what were they?
“Stay away from the other gangs. Go back to Seoul, Dani, and be with your family.”
She didn’t break into pieces, tears didn’t appear in her eyes. There should be joy, acceptance, the ease of the heart, but all in all, she just felt exhausted. Kyungsoo had been on her mind ever since he left, she had been in love with him, confessed it to him with the simplicity of words before they parted, without actually saying it as it was meant to, but she was, and with how they came to be in this situation, it was clear something had changed, but it was hard for her to figure out what actually had.
Deep down, it was a relief that all the bad she thought about her best friend was nothing real, or she hoped it wasn’t. It did make sense that he was undercover, it made way more sense of him turning his back on everyone and joining a gang, especially his sister. That wound wasn’t even her own, and it had nearly killed her.
Did he trust her, though? He seemed uncertain, almost careful. It was easy to read in his eyes, something they could only do to each other when it came to emotions and feelings, it’s what made them realize it was more to them than just a simple friendship.
It was hard to be mad still when there was an apparent reason he had ignored you for a full year and more.
Her eyes narrowed, back when she was younger, she would’ve listened to him. “You know I can’t, so long you’re here. I’m not going.” Dani was also still extremely stubborn; that didn’t change, he should know by now, telling her to do things didn’t actually work. “I--- They murdered my brother, K. I can’t leave after that.”
