"What do you mean... Luke failed?" He growled as he stared right at me.

"Sir, it turns out not all of them were training an—"

"I don't want excuses! I want to know how he failed!"

"Sir, he was distracted."

"Distracted by what, Lyn?"

I flinched at his words. He never calls anyone by their name, only when he is extremely angry. I'm fucked.

"D-Dayana, sir." I stuttered.

"This is a disaster! I sent you to go undercover to protect her, and she still got kidnapped! I sent Luke to go get her and what happened? Same results. Failure, failure, failure!" He slammed his hands on his desk once he was done speaking.

"What should we do sir?"

"I don't know, Lyn. Must I do it myself?"

Sarcasm. Stage two of his anger.

"That actually sounds like a good idea." He muttered.

I immediately looked up to see him smiling. However, this smile was different from what I see whenever he's with Dayana. It was cynical and full of malice.

"Gather everyone else in the briefing room." He ordered and left.

~

I stared at all the information I have gathered about Quasar.

It turns out that they only have five legitimate members; their leader, his assistant, their hacker, a member who handles all their weapons, and another who specializes in hand-to-hand combat. However, they use Keens, Armadillo, and Dizblood to do their negotiations. Out of the nine gangs in this city, they rank second, next to us.

Could it be, that they're after Dayana in order to be on top?

If so, is Luke a part of their gang? Or part of K.A.D.?

I rubbed my temples as I moved some of the paper to make room on my desk. As I was doing so, a piece of paper fell from my hands.

My eyes widened as I finally know who Luke is.

"H-he's..." I stuttered, "He's Luke Grayson?"

~

"Dayana?" A voice called out.

"Hm?" I replied, not bothering to open my eyes.

I was sleeping peacefully and I didn't want anyone to disturb that so I snuggled deeper into my pillow.

"Dayana, wake up." They said as they shook me gently.

"No." I said, hugging my pillow.

"DAYANA AUTUMN YOU STAND UP RIGHT NOW OR SO HELP ME I WILL THROW AWAY YOUR NEW PHONE."

I groaned and sat up, "Keep your voice down, Kylie."

"Look at where you're sleeping, young lady." She told me.

I looked to my side and—

I quickly got out of the bed, my cheeks heating up, mirroring Leon's.

The only difference was that he was smiling and I was embarrassed. How the hell did I fall asleep snuggling next to him?

"I'll go ahead, do you wanna stay here?" Xander asked.

"Yeah," I replied.

He nodded and left, leaving only Leon and me.

I sat on the chair that was conveniently placed next to his bed. I took his hand and rubbed circles in his palm with my thumb.

"I'm sorry this had to happen to you, Leon." I told him.

"Dayana..." He muttered.

I looked at him, but he was still fast asleep. I felt heat creeping up my cheeks when I realized that he was calling out to me whilst still asleep.

"I'm here."

I was about to leave but something suddenly grabbed my arm— or should I say, someone.

Within seconds, I was next to Leon while being trapped in his hug. He was still asleep.

I stared at his peaceful face. Even with a bruise, he looked like a masterpiece. I snuggled into his chest and fell asleep.

I reddened even more as I remembered.

"You're quite a snuggle monster, Dayana." Leon told me with a smug smile.

"Shut up." I said weakly.

Kylie snickered next to me, "You mind if I take Dayana away now, Leon?"

"Yeah, I've spent enough time with her."

"Meanie." I complained.

"Let's go, I got you a new phone." Kylie said and dragged me away.

"Bye bye, snuggle monster!" Leon called out.

"Bad bye, idiot!" I yelled back.

"You already like him again, huh?" Kylie asked while we were on the elevator.

"What? Me? Him? N-no, I would never! Not saying that he's not likeable but it's just tha—"

"Chill. It's just that you had a tiny crush on him when you guys first met."

"Really?"

"Yeah, just a tiny bit. But he never really moved on from you."

"He likes me?"

"You may have lost your memory, but you're still dense."

"Hey, in my defense, the body never forgets, according to Alex."

"The body never forgets, huh?"

"Yeah."

"So... do you still, like, have split-personality?"

"I'm sorry what?"

She stared at me for a bit, before looking down, "Well, you used to have split-personality."

The elevator opened and we got out, heading straight to our room.

"Why did I have split-personality?" I asked immediately.

"You know, trauma." She replied.

"About what?"

"You never really wanted to talk about it, and I couldn't ask Ana, you're other personality, what it was."

"Why not?"

"Well, people have split-personality since they want to forget something. Their other personality is for them to forget it."

"What was my other personality like?"

"She's like you. Your normal self, on the other hand, was a complete psychopath.".

My head started spinning and I had to lean against the wall for support.

"Are you okay?" Kylie asked frantically.

"I-I'm fine! My head just hurts." I exclaimed, rubbing my temples.

"Wait, I still have some painkillers." She said and hurried to the bathroom.

In closed my eyes as I sat down on the floor, not being able to hold my weight down anymore.

"What's our relationship?" He asked, glancing at me before turning his attention back to the road.

"Dunno. I think we're mutual." I said with a giggle.

"Why only 'mutual'? Why can't we be together already?" He practically whined.

"Aw, little Xander is rushing our relationship. How cute." I cooed.

I shrieked in pain.

"Here, here take this." Kylie said, suddenly appearing next to me with a pill and a glass of water.

I took the pill from her hands and immediately gulped the water down.

"I think I wanna lay down."

~

"Who sent you?" I asked him, glaring straight into his eyes.

"Listen, Lawrence, I don't really wanna be interrogated right now."

"Damn it, Luke! I do not want this shit right now, so tell me who sent you!"

"Hades."

I grabbed a fistful of his shirt, "Tell me now!"

"Rence, I was sent by Hades." He replied, "We don't know his real name, all we know is that he calls himself Hades!"

I let go of him, "What does he want?"

"Dayana."

"Why?"

"She's her strength, Rence." He replied, "He doesn't care if his gang is ranked last or first, as long as he gets Dayana, he's fine."

"Is he from Quasar?"

He smirked, "Is he from Quasar? Oh, Lawrence, he found Quasar."

Ah, and the plot thickens. So who do you think is Hades? Does the name "Lyn" ring a bell? You might want to read a few chapters back ;)

I'd wanna be Leon's snuggle monster tbh.

♡~Yelly