An Unlikely Pair
atxhyunseok
Dohyun used to live his life without consequence. He would do whatever he wanted because, in most cases, he knew that he could get away with whatever he wanted. He had no qualms about tricking his opponents into betting thousands of dollars, and didn’t even stop to think twice about taking that money when it was awarded to him. Worrying about things like karma had seemed silly to him; if karma was just a cruel twist of probability, then he could easily keep her at bay. Because of this self assured attitude, Dohyun often shrugged off the idea of karma, which had ultimately left him blind to the twisted way in which it worked.
It had begun with his detention. Although he voluntarily confessed his wrongs and admitted to whatever crimes he had committed, the police officers had direct orders to keep him in holding for two extra days (to build character or something to that effect). That holding cell had served as his first introduction to the wicked ways in which karma worked. It had manifested in the form of someone who Dohyun would classify as the most insufferably annoying person he had ever met. The twelve hours they spent together had easily been the most agonizingly long twelve hours of his life; and he all but rejoiced when he had escaped from there. Now that he was at the academy, he was more than ready to place all of that behind him; but that’s when karma reared its ugly head for the second time.
In his orientation group, his group leader had come up with the wonderful idea to place them in groups of two for a bonding exercise. Each group would have to come up with a team name, team slogan, and then use their combined powers and knowledge to solve various puzzles throughout the day. In short, it was torture disguised in the form of a bonding exercise, and he wasn’t on board with the idea. Despite this, he had managed to keep his mouth shut, and even bit his tongue when the group leader insisted that each group was going to be picked at random out of a hat. These were all things he thought he could cope with. However, when he heard his name called along with a name that sounded too painfully familiar, Dohyun had known that he had pissed off whatever god that had been in control of karma.
That smug face and all too recognizable glint in his eye had set Dohyun immediately on edge and he felt his eye twitch. “You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me.”