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Baekhyun followed Miran out of the bathroom, grabbing a towel off the rack by the door and wrapping it securely around his waist. Minha followed them out as well, grabbing a towel to cover herself and assess the damage she had made. A smile formed on her lips which she tried to subdue in order to make herself appear innocent in the whole ordeal. Miran on the other hand was hysterical, but she chose instead to walk away over causing a big fight. The last thing she wanted was to give Minha the satisfaction of knowing she had won. Baekhyun called after her, asking her to listen. "Baby, are you really just going to leave without hearing me out?"

Miran was already on her way out the door when she turned towards him. Her eyes were glazed over with tears, but there was the anger left after feeling the betrayal. She couldn't hold back, she wanted answers. She glared at him, her anger hurting him. "How do you plan to excuse yourself, Light? I know what I saw." Her voice shook with emotion when she added, "You were in the shower with her, and you were making out. I told you before that you don't have to stay with me because we're going to have a baby. If you want to get back with her, go right ahead. Just don't keep stringing me along."

"I thought it was you!" He swore, eyes peeled in exasperation. "Who else would I want in the shower with me?"

Miran rolled her eyes at him.

"And anyway, as soon as I knew it was her, I pushed her away." He continued explaining, while Minha stood there watching everything.

She quickly added fuel to the fire, as though she hadn't already done enough damage. "Don't lie to her, Light. Tell her that you're the one who invited me to come into your room and shower with you while she was out." She said in an innocent tone. 

"Shut up before I put you back in a coma. You're fucking insane." Baekhyun growled at her in anger, a very real threat in his words. He quickly looked to Miran, his tone softening several octaves. Now he was pleading instead. "That's not true, baby. I swear she's lying."

Miran sucked in a deep breath and heaved a sigh. Her anger was so much in that moment that she considered for a flash of a second to do something she would surely regret later. The only thing stopping her from reaching into the top drawer of their night stand and pulling out his gun was the fact that there was the possibility that Baekhyun was totally innocent and telling the truth. But even then, she was highly tempted to use that gun on Minha. It took all of her willpower to calm herself down enough to speak. "I don't want to talk to you while she is in the room. Please make her go away."

Baekhyun didn't hesitate for an instant. He went over to Minha and grabbed her by the arm. She immediately began to protest and try to wrench herself out of his grip, but he wouldn't budge. He had dragged her to the door and threw her out into the hallway, shutting the door in her face and quickly locked the door behind her. 

She tried to get back in the room, pounding on the door desperately. But she was ignored.

Baekhyun took a step towards Miran, reaching for her desperately. But she took a step back, further from his reach. "Don't touch me, Light."

"But you said--"

Her hand balled up into a fist, and her eyes closed. She didn't even want to see him in that moment, or feel his presence. "I know what I said. You just need to give me some time to breathe because if you take one more step in my direction I swear you're gonna be collecting your teeth on the street, and I really don't want to do that."

-

"You'd better be careful with this woman, Taku. I don't trust her." Mitsuki whispered to her brother as they rode in the car which would get them to an expensive restaurant in Yakuza territory. Kiri and her brothers, who were the main ones running the mob after their father had retired, had planned for her to finally meet Terada Takuya, the Nightmares' second in command.

The Yakuza princess was often hanging around Mitsuki's home, mostly sticking by her husband Shin Wonho, but had yet to meet Takuya. It was an understatement to say that Mitsuki disliked Kiri. She felt threatened by her because she saw what her husband couldn't see--that she was interested in him. Mitsuki knew that Shin loved her, and they had finally decided to start over with their relationship. But with all their previous problems, she feared that he might try to find solace in another woman. 

"Is she at least hot?" Her brother wondered with a grin.

She rolled her eyes at him in annoyance at the fact that she was trying to have a serious conversation with him. Meanwhile he was more interested in knowing about the physical appearance of the girl who was very close to becoming his girlfriend. All before even meeting her. It was a negotiation that had everything to do with power and alliances, and nothing to do with actual love. But her brother knew nothing about love anyway. He had never fallen in love with someone. "Taku, please. That's not the issue here. The issue is that I want her out of our lives. I don't know why she says she wants to meet you so badly when she's clearly interested in my Shin."

Her brother reassured her with an amused chuckle. "I think you're just overreacting."

"She was practically sitting on his lap that one time." Mitsuki hissed under her breath, replaying the scene in her mind that made her blood boil. "If I carried around my gun and were as rash at making decisions as you, her blood would have been the new wall color of Shin's office." Her brother's eyes widened in surprise. When it came to personality, she and him were opposites. He was like a spark, and it took little to make him angry. With Mitsuki it took a lot. But somehow, Kiri managed to anger her with little effort.

Her husband, on the other hand, was completely oblivious to their conversation. He was more busy and concentrated, talking on the phone with a supplier, now that they were in the area. 

A sigh escaped her lips, and she settled more calmly in her seat. She saw that there was no use in getting angry over it. Shin was her husband and in the end it was her brother Takuya who would be stuck in a relationship with the Yakuza's sister. But she didn't want Kiri for her brother either. She only hoped that her brother would be smart enough and see right through her. Her intentions were clear. The only reason why she wanted to be with Takuya was because she wanted to get closer to Shin.

"Honestly," She began with her arms crossed over her chest. "As soon as all of this mess with the Yakuza is over, I want us all to take a vacation. We don't even have to leave Japan or anything. I just mean that I want us to not be working. Ignore the world for a few days and enjoy each other's company."

"You just wanna be alone with Shin." Her brother pointed out knowingly.

Ever since they had gotten back together, they had been inseparable. And since their leader was the only one in the house who had a relationship, the others could sometimes hear them at night. Takuya was the most disturbed, despite the fact that it was something natural for them to do. But it was his sister, and he definitely didn't want to know what their life in the bedroom was like. In his eyes, she was pure and innocent. 

She nodded her head in agreement. "I'm not even going to deny it. But seriously," Her voice lowered once again into a warning. "I don't think that girl is good for you, Taku. She just wants to use you."

-

the first part is very dramatic, but the second part was mostly filler because there has been a lot of baek action and i have once again started neglecting the others. next chapter im going to try to write some silxing (silver + yixing) and chella (chan + hella) action.

so please stay tuned and look forward to that.

thank you all loads for reading, and i hope you all have a wonderful night. also, im gonna shamelessly announce that today i bought 115$ worth of exo, bts, and samuel kim albums/merch at koreatown. and im gonna film some unboxing videos for youtube. so please look forward to that as well.

-clary