got a secret, can you keep it
As a part of my Birthday Prompt Party, got a secret, can you keep it is dedicated to the enthusiastic @sungjaesgf who has requested #97 “Can you please tell me why we are locked in the school’s janitor closet?” with Sungjae from BTOB. 😉 I hope you like it! 💖
Words: 1213
Setting: high school AU
Genre: action, fluff, comedy, slice of life
Pairing: best friend!Sungjae x secret spy!reader
You didn’t want to end up in the school’s janitor closet with your best friend but you didn’t have a choice. They were after you.
The only problem was that Sungjae didn’t know who they were. He shouldn’t have known.
“Can you please tell me why we are locked in the school’s janitor closet?” The boy asked frantically as his hands were searching for the light switch in the utter darkness. Despite the fact that you dragged him into the closet with you, not bothering to answer any of his questions, he was still in a quite sane state.
You immediately grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him closer, so that he wouldn’t search for the light switch any longer. Even though now his body was pressed against yours, it was the only way you could avoid getting caught. If he turned on the lights, they would find you immediately. Despite the fact that the closet only had a small window, its lights could turn both of you in.
“I promise I’ll tell you later but it’s not the right time to discuss it. So please keep quiet, Sungjae! They are coming.” You warned him indignantly, your heart hammering wildly.
Even though you were trained how to take care of yourself, this time you had another person to take care of. On top of that, that person happened to be your best friend and you wouldn’t forgive yourself if he got hurt because of you.
“Who?” Sungjae blurted out, his eyes widening in fear.
“Ssshh…” You put your index finger on his lips as you caught sight of the two men wandering in the corridor. Luckily, the closet had a tiny little window, so you could see what they were up to and whether they were getting closer or went further away from you.
When they showed up in the library approximately 3 minutes before the closet incident, you froze for a moment and your best friend noticed the change in behaviour. Yet, you didn’t think twice. You were trained, so your mind immediately started searching for a way out. After you reminded yourself that the library had two entrance options, you managed to sneak out of the place because the two masculine men were coming in from the opposite direction.
Needless to say, Sungjae liked to be involved in everything, so he couldn’t watch you escape without knowing why you were suddenly so eager to leave the library. He kept questioning you on the way and even managed to fall in step with you. When you found the fire exit closed, you were so scared to see the men behind you in the corridor and being left with limited options that you did what was probably the only thing you could do.
You grabbed Sungjae by the arm, tossed him into the closet and followed him without hesitation. You hastily closed the door, hoping that you managed to escape and protect yourself and Sungjae, too.
But of course Sungjae couldn’t shut his mouth, he was always too curious. Nevertheless, you didn’t have the time, neither the right circumstances to share with him why you were chased by bodyguard-looking dudes.
You saw from the corner of your eyes that the two men turned left at the end of the corridor, so you were relieved. You let out a weary sigh and looked at your best friend. When you realised that your finger was still on his lips and he blinked at you with his eyes wide open, you took a step back and let go of him.
“What was that?” He whispered, his voice shaking a bit. He peeked out of the window but only found an empty corridor. Small wonder why he looked so confused when he reverted his eyes back to you.
“I need to tell you something.”
“Well, I’m not surprised.” He let out an awkward giggle. You saw that his chest was still rising wildly like he had just run a marathon. He tried to catch his breath before he continued. “I would be mad if you didn’t tell me anything about this whole action movie-like running and searching for a place to hide. Really, I thought that we were in some kind of a show and played secret spies who were chased by some bad guys.” He joked half-heartedly just to cover up his bewilderment.
When he examined your expression and saw that you didn’t laugh at his absurd suggestion, let alone shake your head as a sign of protest, his jaw dropped.
“You can’t say that…” He gasped. You nodded a bit reluctantly.
“I’m actually a secret spy and those men were chasing me because I found something that they wouldn’t want to reveal. So for the first time in your life, your theory actually proved to be right.” You explained with a heavy heart, afraid to see his reaction.
Your parents obviously knew about your training since they were spies as well. They didn’t train you but they knew the person who was responsible for your training. Other than that, you had only Sungjae who was your best friend because no one got so close to you that you had to worry they would find out about your little secret. It was sometimes difficult to balance school and your secret occupation but he wasn’t suspicious of your sudden illnesses and worldwide trips with your family. Your parents were fairly rich (thanks to their job) and you sometimes had to go overseas for business stuff.
Yet, no matter what you thought your best friend would tell you, Sungjae merely laughed it off.
“Oh my gosh, my best friend is a secret spy! I mean how cool is that?” He let out a carefree giggle and crashed you into a big bear hug.
You honestly felt like crying in his warm embrace after such intense minutes but you were too shocked to move, let alone cry.
“Believe me, I’ll support you as best as I can and I won’t tell your secret to anyone. I promise!” He put his hand on his heart as he broke out of the hug, a sudden serious expression painted on his face.
Maybe you learned hundreds of techniques on how to attack someone with only a simple pan but you weren’t thought how to react when your best friend got to know that you were a secret spy without making a fuss about it.
So instead of doing anything extraordinary, it was you who crashed him into a hug this time. You were so thankful that you didn’t know how to express yourself. You were good with knives but you weren’t good with words. Such a weird girl, right?
“Thank you.” You whispered on the verge of crying, hugging him tighter than ever.
“I should be the one who’s saying thank you.”
“Why would you?” You furrowed your eyebrows in question. Why would he thank you for scaring him to death with this little action movie scene?
“Thank you for saving my ass.” Sungjae said seriously but his joke was the only thing that could hold you back from crying.
Maybe being locked in the school’s janitor closet wasn’t the worst thing after all. You were both alive in the end.