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" i need to keep my eyes open. "
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JUNG EUNAE

i really can't trust anyone. even daniel lied, what am i supposed to think of that? i didn't want to suspect him at all, since he was my friend now.

but i have to keep my eyes open. i can't trust anyone.

i decided on the way that i should visit daniel too. i'm not going to ask about the pictures, yet. i should see if there's anything suspicious first going on.

i stopped outside daniel's door when i heard loud voices inside.

"hyung, you can't possibly be serious." a voice said.

"i am. i don't know what to do." daniel.

"you know what happen."

"i know, guanlin."

"i would know....." pause. "be careful, don't be dumb. the last time you were dumb—never mind."

"don't bring it up now. i'm over it."

"i'm sure you are. i gotta go, see you later."

i gulped hearing the words, trying to think of how to pull my eavesdropping off before this "guanlin" dude opens the door—

too late.

the door swung open, revealing a tall male, that i assumed was this guanlin dude.

guanlin raised his eyebrows. "ah...so you're—"

"oh hey eunae!" daniel said cheerfully, regardless of the dark-sounding atmosphere that i heard from earlier.

"hi daniel." i said.

"this is my friend, guanlin." daniel said.

"hello." guanlin said. "you must be jung eunae."

i raised my eyebrow. "you know me?"

"daniel talks about you too much." guanlin said. "have fun you two." he said, stuffing his hands in his pockets and then walking away.

i chuckled and stepped inside his complex. it was neat. i'm not surprised.

"what have you been up to?" i asked.

daniel shrugged. "nothing much. i was talking with him."

"you're my only friend." i chuckled.

"that's sad. you should become friends with my friends, then." daniel said, but the paused. "on second thought, maybe they're too wild."

i laughed. "wild?"

"definitely."

"are you wild?"

"you'll see if i am or not." daniel smirked, walking closer to me.

"no thanks." i said, heat crawling up my face.

daniel wrapped an arm around my shoulders, leading me to the couch, where we both sat down. i was quite flustered the entire time and especially since daniel's arm never actually left my shoulders.

"so, what are you here for?" he asked in a low voice.

my heart raced a little faster at his voice niiiiiice and up close. "nothing. i visited jihoon to make amends."

"jihoon?" daniel asked, his tone changing.

i raised my eyebrow. "yeah. he thinks i'm gonna kill him or something in his apartment." i snickered.

"sounds like him." daniel said.

"are you guys friends?" i asked. "or, used to be friends?"

"yeah." daniel replied. "best friends, but something happened, with a girl."

"oh." i said.

"but i've forgotten about it. i've moved on. he doesn't need me in his life, and i don't need him."

"that's sad." i said.

"what about you? i don't know anything about you, eunae." daniel said, grinning.

"there are a lot of things to know about me." i said.

"where do you work?"

"i work part-time jobs." i said. "i'm a cashier at a cafe, nothing special. where do you work?"

"i work at a supermarket." daniel said.

"oh? which one?" i asked.

"...lotte mart." he said.

"oh." i said.

"...eunae."

i looked at him.

"who do you think is the killer?" daniel asked.

"i...don't know, daniel." i said and sighed. "park jihoon, right now i guess."

"why?"

"because he has no evidence leading up to him and...yeah." i said, hesitating to tell daniel about the picture i saw. not yet.

"who do you think it is?" i asked.

"jihoon too." daniel replied.

"this wouldn't he the first time he was involved in a murder."