✦ . — kingdom come
a simple delivery hardly seems like a task for ace team members but joohyun could never say no to a mission — at least, she never would’ve until she realized who else they were sending with her. part of her is offended, because surely she could handle it on her own. she’d been on her own for the past few years and it feels like added insult to choose one of, if not, the strongest. stoic expression already settling in place, she doesn’t look at sehun for long when he arrives and when the package is set down in front of them, she understands more. while she could lift it for a small period of time, there’s no doubt that she’d fail to get it far past the doors of 7th heaven by herself. small in stature, she’s just as disadvantaged when it comes to physical strength. it’s speed and accuracy that have allowed her to survive til now, both being traits that won’t help her with this predicament, walking behind him and remembering the days she would chase after him and jongdae.
combing through her hair with lithe fingers, she clears her throat softly, wets her lips, yet nothing cures her dry throat. the rifle against her back feels heavier than normal too and she wonders if it’s the weight of everything unsaid catching up to her. whenever she looks at him lately, it’s all she can see and it makes her useless if she can’t focus in battle, a reason she considered not joining the team and yet she didn’t want to be that kind of person — someone who can’t concentrate because they’re too distracted by someone else. so she pushes those thoughts away, reminds herself that he was just jongdae’s friend, just her old neighbor. words like childhood crush and first love sound too foolish now.