Lets Not Fall in love.

It has been 2 days since my run in with various members of a South Korean mafia. Two days I've been afraid to step out of my house. I was just grateful my mother believe my story about leaving my bag on a bus, running to catch after it, and then on the bus breaking down making me late. She was just worried.

I didn't tell juniper about my experience. Certainly not my mother. I was afraid she'd never mind. Out of house again if I did. So I watch the street of the neighborhood from my window, peeking through the blinds every so often. And I was even afraid to go check the mail. One good thing that came out of this hectic week; I got an immediate callback from the retail store. The clothing store with the nice lady behind the counter. I was to come in Monday. And I was grateful school for me didn't start for another month and a half.

The right now, I was still in my bed. I had just about finished unpacking everything, folding things and putting them where they belong keeping my room nice neat and organized
. That help me take my mind off of all stuff.

Juniper had decided to go to Uncle Ken's house this morning to help him with some stuff for some extra cash. But I'd stayed in bed while Mom went to work, and Hansol had an off day. I was grateful to him because he wasn't one who like to get all in my business but here after necessary questions in order to get to know me. And I like that. But I have to admit I did get slightly agitated when he knocked on my door.

He open the door only after I said it was okay to come in I leaned up and saw him leaning against my door frame with a comfortable walking smirk on his face. " you feeling sick?" He asked me. To which I just shook my head. "Oh, good. I was just thinking, since it was just you and me we could do something I don't like to stay in the house and from the store is your mom told me staying in for you was a little bit unusual." My mouth was covered with some of my comforter so my glare just seem like I was narrowing my eyes at him.

" I just didn't feel like getting up is all." I answered glumly.

" not even for food?" Damn damn damn. Damn him for knowing my weak spot, and down my stomach for being so weak!

I groaned defeating for my covers off then I looked up at him in interest. "I knew it, alright. Get dressed I'll take you downtown." I froze a little bit, "why down town?" I asked it in a nonchalant tone as I pulled out some clothes to wear.

"Because there's one spot that has the best soup and dumplings you'll ever taste." He explained before leaving me in closing the door behind him. My stomach churned as if to tell me something, and nobody was hungry. That was a separate problem that could be easily fixed.

It was twisting and turning at Hansol's words as if to warn me not to go downtown. But I would be with him, do nothing bad will happen to me right?*******

"Why do you keep looking around with your eyes like you've got ADHD?" Hansol asked as he pulled out my chair at the restaurant. It was true the hole right here I had set so far back in my seat checking behind me, out of his window and out of my own for familiar cars with tinted black windows. Damn juniper and his paranoia. It always found a way on to me.

" no reason." I lied. It was a terrible lie. But he bought it and unless. We ordered soon after and then Hansol started asking me questions. Then deep conversations about life. Started but I didn't mind it, I felt oddly comfortable with him. It didn't take me that long to get used to someone. My brother was a different story.

I was in the middle of laughing at one Hansol's jokes, when the door to the small restaurant opened and the bell on the doors jingled. I initially paid no mind to it, But Hansol looked over my head at whoever it was that came in, and that Got my curioustiy going. Fortunately, I didn't have to turn around... Unforturnately, it wasn't just some random customer.

It was like a chunk of ice had frozen over in my veins and my heart dropped like it had just been kicked off the Empire State Building.

Taking the table behind us was babyface and the guy with the Mohawk, Taeyang. I immediately looked at my bowl of chowder in a panic. That tickling sensation you get when you're falling is still there and I felt my hands shake slightly. I tried to tell myself that perhaps they weren't tailing me, or rather hadn't been tailing me the whole day. So I kept my eyes on Hansol The whole time, too afraid to look over his shoulder. "Your skin got so pale all of a sudden." He said taking a drink of his tea." I laughed nervously to play it off. " I just got the random case of some chills just now." I told him with a slight smile. And I went back to asking him questions. One's about work, some about how he met my mom, stuff like that.

As he talked I couldn't help but let my eyes wander a little bit, I felt a lump rise in my throat when I made immediate eye contact with Taeyang. He was smiling at me, it was a smug smile. I had been so captivated in his glare that I didn't hear the next question that was asked to me. I stopped myself out of it to answer him. "Oh, sorry... Um... Boyfriends? In California. No, I didn't have one when I left." Hansol laughed a little. "Well I don't know if your mom told you this but, these Korean men-"

"They'll eat me up?" i tried to finish for him.

"More like devour you." He said with a slight nod. I felt myself blush, and then I took a nervous sip of my mango milkshake and laughed. "I think I know what you mean." I said looking down at my lap.

"Did something happen when you were job hunting the other day?" He is all of a sudden, my face snapped up to look at him and I purse my lips in thought." That was out of the blue, what made you ask." I put on a front not just for him, before the spectators behind me too. I was a lot of things but I wasn't a snitch.

" just a general safety question, I don't want anything to happen to you kids." I felt a strong cloud of affection well up in my chest for Hansol. " you know," I started a smug smile crossed my face as I looked up at him." Roommates don't usually take general interest in other roommate's kids like this." I pointed. To which he set back in his chair and gave an embarrassed laugh while covering his face with a hand. I laughed too and lead across the table towards him.

"Busted." I teased and continued on with the conversation. " yeah, but no. Nothing happen to me the other day I've just been feeling rather bizarre but I'm OK, I'll be fine once I start working at the clothing store."

"And Juniper?" asked Hansol. " will he be okay after a while? I mean you're his sister you guys are pretty much just joined at the hip." I let out a sigh and explain to him that Juniper took longer to adjust than I did, and then I suggested we find some anger management classes for him. Because he has severe anger issues. And the last thing I needed was him snapping on a sweet guy like Hansol. ******

I had wish that my time with Hansol lasted a little longer. But he had been called into work. That was okay with me we both got up from the table paid the bill, and walked outside to his car. I didn't dare look behind me to see if babyface and Mohawk were still watching me.

Hansol apologized to me repeatedly as he dropped me off at the house, he told me he'd see me later and gave me a friendly wink before speeding off to handle whatever he had been called in for. I felt a little at ease knowing no cars were following us. No suspicious looking cars were driving behind or beside us anyways. So I felt safer. I had first went upstairs to grab my purse from under my bed, I had seen a small cafe close to the house in a plaza type area and so I decided I would go there.

I was even comfortable knowing that there were a lot of people in this area. Either going to or coming from the plaza. And it was comfortable. Earbuds in my ear, and purse strap slung over my shoulders, I had started my comfortable walk towards the plaza.

The feeling of serenity had been snatched just as fast as it had been placed upon me; from behind, one single hand had taken my earbuds out of my ear, and another held my arm.

Bending really close to my ear, a thick accent told me in English, " don't draw attention to yourself, and keep walking. Listen to me and you won't get hurt." I felt myself go cold. I hadn't heard this voice before, at least I think I hadn't heard it before. But I did as he told me anyways. Not because his voice was scary.

But because I felt the small barrel of a gun on my lower back.
To be perfectly honest with you, out of my brother and I, I wasn't the one that usually gotten to the trouble. Not because I was daddys little angel. But because I never put myself in situations where I would get into trouble, I always took the long way around and avoid the peer pressure. Not to say that I didn't had my fair share of... Adventures, but certainly nothing like this.

I hadn't even been in South Korea a week and I found myself already in a tight spot.

From across the small table in the cafe, I looked up at my temporary captor: Hyungwon. He stared at me with intent chocolate brown eyes for a while not saying a thing and allowing me to order a Frappuccino which was the sole reason I came here in the first damn place!

" I will be honest with you." He began, but it was strange and his thick accent. It was like he wasn't used to speaking English well, duh, it wasn't his first language of course he wasn't used to speaking it.

My hands actually stayed in my lap, I was afraid to make sudden movements now that I knew he had a gun. I was going to risk making a scene in public.

But Hyungwon continued anyways. " I was writing the uh... Bus when I saw you... I had to see you again, had to talk to you." He even close his mouth like he was thinking. After a long enough to realize what was wrong; English was hard for him. So in korean, I asked him, and he responded by bashfully looking away.

" I speak Korean." I said continuing on in the native language. "I'm half." Hyungwon look back up at my face, some of them look like it was tremendous relief. " I wasn't supposed to let you go th-the other night." He explained in an ashamed tone. He sounded very angry with himself. Annoyed maybe.

But as he spoke, I looked around the room. Looking to who I could possibly grab onto and scream for help if I need it. But the weird part was, I didn't feel threatened around him. I didn't feel threatened by his presence that night either. Even if his buddies were getting ready to have their way with me in a dark alley.

" then why did you?" I asked. I was actually trying to sound brave. But I couldn't find my curiosity as to why he actually let go when I told him to. & I was taken aback by his answer.

"Because you told me to."

For a few seconds all I could do was stare at him wide-eyed my mouth probably a bit ajar at his confession. What kind of thug was he? if South Korea was home to dangerous gangs what was he doing gang banging?

That's exactly what I asked him if I leaned across the table. " what kind of gangster are you?" I asked slowly making sure no one around us was listening in on our conversation. I thought he would be mad, but he only laughed at me and said. " one that forgets to load a gun when he leaves his home." I SAT back in my chair in surprise, that whole time I've been afraid of nothing! In the realization and relieved I started laughing too along with him. He had a throaty deep chuckle but it was still boyish and fun.

"What is your name?" Hyungwon asked me after he caught his breath, I don't know why I was surprised at the question. Maybe it was because it had come so late in the conversation I had forgot that I hadn't even told him my name. For some odd reason I didn't feel like I was in danger with him. He wasn't very intimidating, his angel like complex was fascinating to me.

"Amaryllis." I told him at last and then quickly added, "most people just call me Amy because my name is a mouthful." He smiles a little bit, and then told me how pretty my name was causing my cheeks to heat up a little bit. Things got really serious then he leaned across the table to me making sure I was only one in earshot of his voice. "Did Big Bang hurt you?"

"Big bang?" I was never good at hiding my emotions, mainly because I never tried. I wear them on my sleeve. All the time unless I didn't want to. It really depends on the situation I was in.

"That's what they're called." He tried explaining to me. He gave me a quick rundown of what was going on without giving me too much information or too little. " they're like the gods of Gwanju. Seunghyun Choi is there later, after his father. Block B is their rival I haven't met them personally or even seen them. But my brother told me there even more dangerous than Big Bang. Or at least to a degree can be. When they abducted you, my brother thought you'd be dead for sure."

Big bang huh....

"No." I answered. " they didn't hurt me, I was scared. But I didn't get hurt I even kicked a guy in the face and gave him a bloody nose. On my own good luck charm when my own brother is around." I didn't bother asking Hyungwon what team is Cooper doing patrolling the streets like dogs cuz I knew I probably wouldn't get a proper answer. But right as I opened up my mouth to speak, he pulled out a cell phone from his pocket and look down to read a message. " I'm sorry. I must go now but maybe I will see you again?" I frowned slightly. If that tall handsome psychopath, Choi was serious about seeing me again, then maybe it wasn't a good idea to and I told him that. And they gave him a poly confused look when he started laughing. " is that not what makes it better?" He said giving me a full lips smile. If I had Gabriel's horn I would have blown it.

" what do you mean?" I am sitting back in my chair.

" what I mean is, there is an excitement that comes with doing something you shouldn't. And that's why you do it." He winked at me then as you stood up and I felt my cheeks heat up even more. Only because I was flattered and impressed with his intelligence and way with words. I know that my brother juniper would actually agree with him, so I took his words into consideration. he actually was far from wrong.

I watched Hyungwon walk out of the doors and finally turned back with mine now slightly melted Frappuccino. My face is still warm. How could a girl like that belong to a gang? Especially a gang that dared to call themselves ruthless.

I didn't bother myself in this situation or ponder over the question too much. Because I knew I would probably give myself a headache. I stay in the Kathy a little longer getting comfortable for standing and walking out. I should have stayed in the cafe. My nerves were prepared for when I stepped out and saw Choi leaning against a grey Mercedes with his sunglasses on top of his head. He gave me a father type look what is dangerous smirk was still on his face. Only things he said were; " told you I would find you." I'm in the same breath, without letting me speak, he said. "Get in the car."

Notes

Ohhhh, who's the mystery man.

Jangmi means rose. So Amaryllis, her mom, and her brother Juniper are all named after plants.