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Pulling the cap lower on your eyes, you wait. Nervousness ebbing away your determination. You didn't get enough sleep last night. Till the early hours of morning, you lay in bed trying to sleep, but your brain was too crowded to sleep. You were worried about seeing your father again after years. So many years had passed, yet you were not ready to face your father again. People say you need to let the wound heal, but yours didn't. Now, revenge had to heal it. You needed a new coping mechanism.

You adjust your mask, leaning against the wall of the cafe. The glass door of the cafe opens and a group of school going kids walk out. The cafe's wall and the interior were painted white. Leaning against the wall, you stood out with your all black outfit.

A black van pulled up in front of you. RM stepped out from the passenger seat. He wasn't wearing his sunglasses today, but a leather jacket to cover his tattoos. You could see the ink marks peeking from under the collar of his shirt.

"That's it?" He asks, looking at your luggage, which was a bag sling over your shoulder.

You nod. He didn't know you had rolled your clothes and packed them. All these clothes would last you more than a month.

You follow him to the car and get in the back seat and sit down on the plush leather seats. The air conditioner was on. You shuddered because of the sudden drop in temperature. You set your bag beside you.

"This is Suga." RM said, waving his hand at the man driving the car. You had heard of him. He was RM's right-hand man.

Suga nods in your direction and starts the car. RM plays songs. You could hear the boys mumbling along to the song. You look out of the window. Bangtan lived on the outskirts of Seoul. It was isolated.

After an hour of driving, Suga stops the car in front of a big bungalow. You could tell it had multiple rooms. The exterior was painted white and navy blue. There was a vast lawn behind the house. Several trees and flowers grew in the grass. The house looked like it belonged to a big family instead of a group of assassins. If you didn't know any better, you would think you were invited to a tea party.

RM and Suga lead you through the hallways into what you assume was the drawing room. There were a few men sitting on the couch. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. You smile smugly under your mask. Seven men, you were right.

The five men looked at you. You recognised Taehyung instantly. He was wearing a green jumper and khaki pants. His lips parted. He recognized you too, under your mask and cap.

"Everyone meet Shadow." RM said.

Taehyung looked at the leader with his eyes wide. You knew what he was thinking. But no one had seen Shadow. She could be anyone. Even Kim Yeona.

"She's Shadow?" Taehyung spluttered.

Suga frowned. "Why do you know her?" This was the first time you heard him speak. This voice was deep. Did every member of Bangtan have a deep voice?

Taehyung looked at you again. He was having a mental debate. To make things easier for him, you remove your mask and cap. This was the first time you had done it. You never even met people as Shadow, now you were showing the real you. This could be your greatest mistake, or you would form strong bonds of trust with Bangtan.

"But that's Kim Yeona." The man with dyed blonde hair says. He was with Taehyung the day they left you in that open field.

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"So Yeona and Shadow are the same person." Jin says. You nod. You had just explained to them the mess of your life.

"Does your dad know?" Jungkook asked.

"He does. But he has kept it hidden." You say. If it gets out that Kim Jaeyong's daughter ran away five years ago and now is the most feared assassin who wanted to kill him. It would be bad for his reputation.

You kept your identity hidden because if you tell everyone who you really are, your father will do anything to get you back again. After that, you won't be able to trust anyone. Even Moonseok would try to get you back to your father. Shivers run down your spine when you think about what he could do to you when you went back to him.

You felt Taehyung's eyes on you the whole time you were talking. Did he feel betrayed by you? But you two didn't know each other well. Why would he feel that? Was he just as shocked as everyone else?

"That would be bad for his image if it gets out." Hobi said. His name was Hoseok, but everyone called him Hobi. He pushed the hair out of his eyes. All the members of Bangtan had black hair except for Jimin. He had dyed his hair blonde, and Seokjin's hair was a warm honey shade.

You and Bangtan were sitting at the dining table. Because, apparently, that's where all the important conversations happen. You hadn't expected this house to belong to the Bangtan members. It was comfortable. All the colours were pastel. It was pleasing to look at. You had expected a tower, a bunch of mahogany furniture- a mansion. But this was nothing like it. Bangtan cared for each other like a family outside of work too. This house looked like it belonged to a couple who had been living together for a long time and now just wanted peace and quiet.

Peace and quiet... you liked the sound of that.

While talking to the members, you could see the affection they had for each other. Sometimes you longed for affection. You could get it, but you flinched when someone tried to come close to you.

"Okay, as we have cleared this misunderstanding, Yeona, welcome. I hope you don't mind me calling you that."

"I don't. But you can't tell this to anyone." You say, stressing on the last sentence.

"I understand." Namjoon said. "We won't tell anyone, don't worry."

"If you are Shadow, why did you let yourself get kidnapped. Or was it just a part of your plan?" Yoongi asked.

You had been expecting this question. "It surprised me. I'm not going to lie. Then I couldn't really do anything, because I didn't have a gun with me. And I thought I would find a way to escape."

"Did you find a way?" Jimin asked.

"I did." You say. "Every day, early morning at 4, Jimin, you would come and leave food at the doorstep. All I had to do was wait for you to come back again, take your gun."

"Like you took mine?" Taehyung asked.

"Yeah, but taking your gun was easier because it was strapped to your thigh." You say. You left out the part where you had destroyed it.

"I'm going to prepare for dinner. Come on, Yoongi. And Taehyung do you mind showing Yeona her room?"

Taehyung nodded and got up, gesturing to you to follow him. You pick up your bag. You had been dreading seeing him again. Taehyung and you had gotten close when he had kidnapped you. But things were different then. He didn't know who you were. He just thought of you to be Kim Jaeyong's daughter, who he hides from the world. Now Taehyung knows why he hides his daughter from the world.

He opened the door at the end of the hallway. "This will be your room. There is a bathroom in there too."

You thank him and throw your bag on the bed. Taehyung was leaning against the door.

"You know I didn't expect you to be the most feared assassin." He says.

You roll your eyes. "Yeah I know, I don't look like one."

"It's not that. Sometimes you can read people, you are hard to read."

You weren't sure how to reply to that. But he didn't expect you to answer. Unspoken words pass between you. You turn around to unpack your appurtenance. Taehyung's gaze lingers over you for a moment, then you hear him leave.

"Jin hyung and Yoongi hyung are preparing lunch. You should come down in a while." After saying this, he closed the door behind him.

You sit and fall onto the bed. The bed was comfortable and the Bangtan members weren't bad. They were nice and friendly, like Taehyung.        

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