AIDEN'S POV

I dropped Anna and reached the mansion in few minutes only to meet with an awkward silence.

' something's wrong'.

As I went inside I heard some weird noise like someone was shouting also a groaning sound.

As soon as I entered the hallway I saw Tan. He was hovering and punching almost an unconscious man with full of anger.

Bodyguards and Mark were standing silently beside them. Watching everything but wasn't daring to stop him.

I understood the situation that man must be the spy we were searching from last two weeks.

I rushed towards him and grabbed his hand, trying to stop him from punching the man more. " Tan stop it. Leave him". I shouted and tried to grab his arm but he yanked my hand away and started punching again.

" This bastard deserves to die. He was betraying me. How dare he?". He yelled.

" Tan stop it. He is unconscious now". He came back to his senses but still, he punched that man one last time before he stood up. He glanced at the bleeding man with his blood shoot eyes before heading towards the main door with heavy steps, leaving everything behind.

" Take him to the basement and clean all the mess". I ordered the guards. They nodded. I turned my attention towards Mark. " Go to your room. NOW". With that I ran towards Tan who was now outside the mansion.

I know what's up with him. It's all because of what he did with Anna that night. Yes, He is angry because of what that man did but what Tan did was not like him. He always takes slow steps. With plan. One by one.

But since that night, he is burning in range. Torturing and killing enemies like he hasn't since edges. He has an anger issue but he was trying to control it as much as he can but since last week he isn't.

Now only I know how to control his burning ass. I sat in my car and turned on the tape on full volume. I started the engine and drive till next to him. I pushed the horn still driving slowly beside him.

"STOP IT AIDEN". He shouted and I stopped. He opened the door and sat in. I smirked.

I took him with me to the lake where we usually go when something gets wrong, to calm down. I brought Coca-Cola from a nearby store. We get off the car and sat on it near the lake, under the cold wind, drinking Coca-Cola.

After a few minutes of silence that angry man finally decided to speak. "Aiden". He didn't turn his gaze towards me. "Aiden... Anna-".

" She cried. She cried over you". I replied honestly. I didn't see her crying but her puffy eyes, red nose, and tear-stained cheek didn't go unnoticed by me.

" I knew it". He mumbled clenching his jaw. He looked mad at himself. His gaze was still fixed on the lake.

"Then why don't you reach out to her? Why don't you give her the closure she needs?"  I questioned out of frustration.

"BECAUSE I'M HURTING TOO, AIDEN". His voice raised, he turned his emotionless face towards me and sighed heavily. " I'm afraid that if I see her crying in front of me again, I'll apologize and beg for her back. But I can't do that". He shook his head and his gaze dropped. "I can't hurt her any more than I already have". His voice came out lower and lower.

"For God's sake, Tan. Please don't speak like this. I feel like I've stuck between a Romeo and Juliet. She is crying there and here you are. You both are precious to me, Tan. You are my brother and she's my-"

"Don't complete the sentence Aiden". My words got cut by his cold tone.

" She's my brother's Juliet, that's what I was going to say. Jealous bastard". I mumbled last words.

" I heard that". He said taking a sip.

" You were supposed to hear that." Eventually, I got a most stupid Idea this time. I tuned towards Tan and tapped hard on his arm. "Hey, Tan. Hey...hey". I called out shaking him for his attention. He turned his head towards me slowly and gave me a 'not again' look.

" Just imagine, Tan. If instead of that shitty twin of yours, there was a twin of Anna. Wow..... Then both of us would have one. I paused for a while thinking deeply. 'Tanna'. How is that? Anna for Aiden and Tanna for Tan. Woah! Why didn't my sharp mind think of this before?" I started blabbering to change his mood but that shit got me dreaming.

He chuckled. "Come out of your imagination Aiden it's not good in there". He finally laughed. "And about Anna". He paused showing me his index finger as a warning sign. " She was, is, and always will be mine. You have that Tanna if you want. She can have an angelic face like her but she can't have a beautiful heart like my Anna". He said childishly. I'm the only one who has seen this side of his.

" Be good to her, She's rare". I used my serious tone and got 'hmm' in response.

Signing simultaneously we spent some time there talking about Anna and our next targets. We support so many people who don't get justice because of having strong opponents. Jumping in their cases increasing our enemies but Tan says he'll continue to do that because his mother didn't get any support just like them.

" From tomorrow, pick and drop Mark's sister ' Mia', from college it's not safe for her now ". He commanded drinking his coca-cola.

" The hell, Tan. Look at me. I'm a hacker, I'm a shooter, I'm a freaking mafia and you want me to be a driver of that little girl. Seriously." I threw my hands in air.

" You never complaint when I told you to do the same with Anna". He glared.

I cleared my throat awkwardly and averted my eyes aside. "Ummm.... It's a different thing because-"

"...because it's Anna right?" He completed my sentance.

I nodded slowly hiding my blush. I knew his ass was burning at that point.

"You are never going to stop speaking sh*t. Will you?"

"Nah!"

EZRA'S POV

I closed my laptop and put that on my side stand when I was done with the remaining office work. I turned off the light of my bedroom about to go to sleep but I heard a knock on the main door.

"Uhhgggg...".
I groan in frustration. 'Who must be here this late?'. Anyways no Stanger can come up. There is a security guard out there.

I made my hair into a messy bun still in my pajama. I went to open the door.

As soon as I opened the door I saw Won who pushed me aside gently and went inside my living room within a second. I closed the door and followed him behind. He plopped on the couch and grabbed his hair tightly. Looking down at his own feet.

Shaking my head I exhaled. This isn't something new, he randomly does this in England too whenever he is confused or tensed or has to tell me whatever going inside his pretty head. He always comes to me no matter if he has good news or bad one.

He is my best friend, the person can I tell all my secrets to, the person I can trust with my eyes closed, the first person I wants to talk to when I wake up every day, and the last person I wants to talk to before drift off to sleep every night.

When something good happens to me, he is the first person I run to share. When I'm troubled by something or if I get any bad news, he is the one I go to, for comfort and support.

He is so much more to me than a friend to me, he is the love of my life. He is my friend, lover, comfort, and also my strength. I am so lucky to have him. I just wanted him to know how happy I am to have him in my life.

But I'm afraid to confess. Afraid that he might say 'No'. Afraid to lose love as well as friendship.

Taking a seat next to him I asked. " What is it? Fight with your Dad?".

He raised his head to looked at me like he is trying to find words to say. He never hesitate to say anything then why is he acting strange today?

He grabbed my palm with both of his hands and came a little closer to me. I stared, waiting for him to spell out.

"Ezra, have you ever meet someone that surprised you? Like... Ummmm..... you meet a person, and at first, you hardly pay any attention to them. You may not be at all attracted to that person, but as you get to know them, you notice yourself falling for them". He asked with the most beautiful puppy eyes I've ever seen.

His eyes are the reflection of his heart. ' So beautiful and so pure'.
If you'll ever talk to him you will feel like you are his favorite person. He talks to everyone with the same affections. No matter if it's a random kid or a big business man, he gives the same attention to both of them.

If you'll ask me to describe him I'll say...' He is a man with the purest heart'.

'But who is he talking about? Me? NO...
No ways...it cannot be true...but if not me then who?'

My heart started to beat rapidly at the thoughts. I  nervously gulped down my saliva to wet my dry throat. "Ezra, I'm talking to you!". He shook my hands which he was still in his hold.

Snapping out of my thoughts I nodded. " Yeah. I'm listening".

And he continued. " ...the person who was once nothing to you has become everything. All of the sudden, they're the most beautiful person you've ever met. Isn't it funny? Is that even possible, Ezra? Has that ever happened with you?" He asked the hardest question to be answered by me.

" First of all, Won, tell me who are you talking about?" I dared to ask. Tried my best not to stutter knowing his answer either gonna break my heart or gonna make me the happiest soul.

He let go of my wrist and moved back a little. Diverting his eyes here and there scratching the back of his head. " It's Ummm... It's Anna". He replied nervously, looking at my reaction from the corner of his eyes.

My heart dropped. This is it. This was the thing I feared the most. The fear of losing him finally won over the fear of confession. I clenched the hem of my t-shirt tightly and stopped my tears from forming in my eyes.

" Ezra?" He whined.

" Huh?". I uttered feeling hard to speak.

" I hate it when you zone out every time like this ". He shoot a glare.

After a few moments of gathering all my courage, I finally spoke. "Love isn't something you can control, Won. Sometimes it just happens, and you can't explain why out of all the people in the world, your heart decided to skip a beat just for a specific person". I lost my words but I tried to explain to him.

" Does that means I'm in love?". He asked.

I sucked a good amount of air using my mouth. This is how he is. He asks silly questions like this. He asks everything to me before doing it. He trusts me a lot. He knows that I know him more than he knows himself. He even asked me if he is in love or not. How am I supposed to not fall in love with this man?

" You look good in love." I smiled at him weakly.

" I'm so happy ." He wrapped his arms around me and hugged me tightly out of excitement. I slowly hugged him back. I was able to feel his dancing heartbeat against my chest. Also a warm tear that silently rolled down on my cheek.

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