~Meanwhile~

The sound of wind chimes echoed through a small store, just as it had previously done before, only this time, it was much more louder and aggressive. In there, stood an elegant man with a shocked face.

The kind cashier that had previously sold the mirror to Jin was now greeting the strange, shorter male who had light blonde hair and was wearing a tight pair of rather expensive looking pants, and a large, oversized suit.

"That." He suddenly pointed at an empty spot within one of his shelves. The elder followed him as the young man rummaged all around the shelf with a slight tremble in his breath.

"That mirror. The one with the thin, reddish colored rim around it, where has it gone, mister?" The cashier shook his head, explaining that someone had already purchased that mirror.

"Find it. Find the person that purchased that mirror right now, before the unthinkable happens to it." He demanded, giving the elder man a hard time to understand what was going on.

"B-but that's just a MIRROR. How can it be harmful? The person that left it here told me that it just glowed dark red at night... Or oftentimes blue, for some reason. But that's all."

Suddenly, the young, tall male placed his phone down to show the cashier a photo.

"Take a good look at this photo, and tell me what you see in it, mister." He instructed, leaving the elder to investigate the picture in front of him. At first sight, he didn't see anything wrong with it at all.

It was just a normal looking mirror selfie of the man, posing in his bathroom. Nothing out of the norm.

"You see, the person who I purchased this mirror from, and the same one that donated it to your thrift shop, he must have surely warned you about it. Did he?" The older male shook his head in agreement to what the younger was saying.

"Yes, he did. And, I see nothing wrong with this photo."

The light blonde haired man shut his eyes, smirking. "Not yet. But when night dawns, this
mirror comes to life, and it listens to anything and everything that you say. Or what? Haven't you heard any voices around this place late at night?" That's when the elder man
grew uneasy, feeling a rumble in his stomach while he cocked his head up at the young male.

"My name is Kim Taehyung, the previous and first official owner of said mirror." Taehyung said, introducing himself to the elder man after calming down and formally apologizing to him for his previous actions.

"Well, Taehyung, that mirror was already sold off to a tall, older looking man earlier today, and I don't accept refunds or returns in here. So, if you will-" The cashier stood up and guided Taehyung towards the exit, but the young man refused to move an inch.

"W-w-wait a MINUTE, sir. Do you happen to know what this man looked like?" This encouraged the elder to halt his shoving momentarily, to explain the previous guy's appearance to Taehyung while the younger stood there at the entrance of his store.

"Okay, so... Tall, black hair, black eyes, was wearing a turtleneck and an... Iron Man smart watch?" The last sentence made Taehyung feel rather confused, yet he still wanted to gather as much information as possible on this man.

And with that, the store owner simply nodded, nearly pushing Taehyung outside of his store while locking it up entirely. Just as the elder started to walk away, he was followed by Taehyung into the spacious parking lot.

"What about his name? Did you get this man's name by any chance? Or do you at least know what his car looked like?" As the minutes went by, the cashier grew annoyed with such personal questions that the young blonde male was asking him.

"No, young man. I just sold the mirror to him and he left without saying another word. Please, excuse me. I have to get to my car." His car, unfortunately, just so happened to be parked right next to the curious man who kept on questioning him, and that only made Taehyung more desperate to know about the person who purchased his mirror.

"Well, what about his... Address? Do you know what his house looks like, sir?" That's when the elder had enough of Taehyung's continuous questions and brought it to his attention.

"A-ADDRESS??! I'm not a private investigator, mister. I only sell reused merchandise, that's all. Just buy a new mirror if you're so desperate to see your reflection!" Taehyung bit his bottom lip out of desperation as the elder got inside of his car and ignited his rusty engine.

Before he left, Taehyung knocked on his window with a less amusing look on his face. His eyes looked like a pair of sharpened daggers that pierced through his stubbornness, gaining his full attention.

"Alright young man, now what do you-" The cashier pushed his head back inside of his car when a knife was suddenly held up to his jugular, by such a seemingly kind younger male who was now threatening to take his life away in one swift slice to the throat if he didn't find out where the new owner of the mysterious mirror was located at.

With babbles and a slight tremble in his tone of voice, an audible sentence finally left the victim's lips that filled Taehyung with satisfaction as he smirked, running his tongue across his top row of teeth while slowly retreating the sharp weapon away from the cashier's neck.

"B-Busan! He's from Busan! B...b...but that's all that I was able to see f-from his licence plate. P-please, don't kill me!"

"So, he lives in Busan, huh?" The intimidating, suited male pulled his arm out of the shaken elder man's car, and without saying a word, the cashier pushed down on his gas pedal, never to be seen again by the younger male.

Taehyung lowered his head and brought a hidden microphone up to his lips which had been tapped to the inside of his suit.

"Agent Min, we found the dead man in the mirror. Please report this to the boss. Over."

"Excellent job, agent Kim. I'll spread the word to everyone in the agency right away. And if you know what's good for you, keep your mouth shut about Mr. Jeon."

"Not to worry. Now that I know Jungkook is living with this man, things couldn't be easier. I'll find him, and get our mirror back before dawn.

Agent Kim, out."

✖ Mirror Mirror | NamJin ✖