*Note* I DO NOT OWN MYSTIC MESSENGER! ALL CHARACTERS (Except Kao) AND SOME OF THE DIALOGUE (In this chapter) BELONGS TO CHERIZ!

*I changed the ages of Jumin and Jaehee because I thought they were out of the age group a little (originally 27 and 26, now 25, 24.) Note, the main character is 22 in this fanfiction, so the age difference is not as large now. I plan to make this a series, possibly with different branches even! Adding a Saeran branch and a V branch, and making Jaehee's branch more gay XD. A LOT of the dialogue is from the game in the first chapter, and it is not mine! I do add some things and make it more realistic, but I mainly recycled the dialogue to keep the feel of it. It won't be like this for the rest of the chapters though.*

*You don't have to play or finish Mystic Messenger to read this Fanfic, though it's recommended. I'll try not to spoil too much -* (FYI Mystic Messenger is a app for those who didn't know)

*First chapter is long...please bear with me and read it through!*

Chapter 1- The Beginning Of The End

He was staring at me, with those emerald green eyes of his. He was sucking me in, and I couldn't escape from his gaze. The gun in his hand was irrelevant, just from his stare, I knew he loved me. His eyes softened and he touched my face, whispering my name.

"Kao." I swallowed nervously, my emotions were in a catastrophic wreak. All I could do was stay silent. The door banged open with a crash and our connection was broken, he turned around slowly, unlocking the safety on his gun.

"I knew you'd come." He said softly.

"Let her go." I clenched my teeth, my hands reached the knife I always had in my back pocket, it flipped silently in my hands and started to cut the rope. "She's not the one you want."

"Yes, she is." As soon as the bonds came free I dived for the emerald eyed man as the gunshot went off.

And then there was silence.

Four weeks earlier

The night lights of Korea were beautiful at night. Red, yellow, orange lights bordering the signs and advertisements next to multiple red lanterns strung up on strings. The lights emitted a faint aura that cloaked the nearby buildings, making them beacons against the obsidian evening sky. A cool breeze could be felt, lightly brushing the cheeks of all, it was a special evening, the heat wasn't heavy and humid. Something special always happens on these rare evenings.

The muffled sound of traffic from the main streets blended with the soft buzz of constant talking. The faint smell of vendor food came wafting through my nose, Japchae, Bulgogi. Despite the fact that I had just ate, the smell made me want to eat more, mouth watering, I turned away from the smell.

"Kao?" I blinked and looked at my friend.

"Yeah?" I replied.

"Welcome back." Hwan said slyly. I looked at expectant faces around me and laughed nervously.

"Sorry, just admiring the night view." I said quickly.

"It's like she doesn't live in Korea." Shu said shortly.

"Yeah." Seong added, laughing. I rolled my eyes and scratched my head.

-ping-

I glanced at my phone. "One sec." Hwan nodded and walked forward a little bit, gesturing to the others to do their own thing for a bit. I took my phone out of my pocket. I had never heard that ringer before, it was like a little bell. I tapped the screen and saw a small message box with the name unknown above it. Huh? It was from RFA...?

It seemed to be a app. I had never downloaded it though. Was it a virus?

"...Hello...?" It read. I stared at it bewildered, my fingers hesitating. Was it safe to respond? Did I even know this person? How were they talking to me? I didn't even know what RFA was. But my curiosity won out, and I responded shortly.

"?" I typed. There, not revealing. Just a question mark. I glanced at Hwan who was laughing with the others, leaned against the wall behind me, and looked at my phone again.

-ping-

"Can you see this?" Unknown typed.

"Who are you?" I ignored the question.

"I'm sure you're surprised. It's not everyday you get a text from a stranger." Unknown typed. I stared at my phone in silence. I was surprised, yes.

"I'm a bit flustered myself, I found a smartphone at the subway station, but all it had was this RFA app downloaded on it. I want to find the owner, but I don't see any contact info or call records... I've been sending messages with this app but no one has replied..." The messaging stopped, and waited for my reply. This 'unknown' didn't seem to be a bad person, it wouldn't hurt to help them find the owner. Before I could respond the a message popped up again.

But how did he get in contact with me through an app I had never used before? Unknown continued to type.

"All I see is an important looking address and some important looking numbers saved in notes. I'd like to go there myself but I'm currently abroad..." Ok...?

"First who are you?" I asked.

"Just a Korean student studying abroad, haha. I would tell you my name, but I don't really know who you are." Unknown replied. Fair enough, I thought.

"So what do you need?" I typed.

"Can you help me find the owner of this phone?" I stared at my phone and shook my head.

"Can't you just turn it in to the post office?"

"I'm busy right now, I don't have time to go to the post office."

"Call." I typed. There was a brief pause.

"To be honest, I just want someone to go to this address. I'm really curious about it, and it's not like the phone has any clues on it so the post office couldn't do much." Unknown typed.

"Turn it in to the police then."

"It'll be the same thing. All you have to do is go to this address and tell me what you find, I can't go, like I said, studying abroad." I stared at my phone and re-read the message a few times. Woah woah woah. Slow down. Did this person think I was stupid? Who the hell goes to an address at the request of someone you just met?

"Um, no, sorry." I replied quickly, this was a mistake, the person was obviously a creep. I was about to turn off the phone when unknown responded.

"But you're curious aren't you...? About the house."

"Please stop texting me."

"Please, I don't have any other leads."

"I'll delete this number"

"Ok fine, I get it, you don't trust me, can you at least see if someone lives in the apartment? Call them or something." Unknown typed.

"Why should I? You can do it can't you?

"Because your curious. You wouldn't have even responded to my first message if you weren't. I don't have the time to call them."

Damn it...they were right. I debated this, it was true, I was curious. This was the single most eventful thing that had happened to me for a while. Which was pretty sad. I didn't know what the app RFA was either. It was like a mystery case! I glanced to my right and blinked when Hwan and the others weren't there. Had they left? I walked forward and looked around. They had! Those little-. I sighed.

-ping-

"Hello?" Unknown typed.

"I'll think about it..." I responded finally. My curiosity was ravaging my common sense. I sighed and made my way to the nearest phone booth, opening the door and slipping into it. Luckily, there was a old yellow phone book sitting on the metal shelf. I grabbed it and opened it. There was nothing wrong with calling right? It was just calling, if no one picked up, then I would delete unknown's number and forget this ever happened. And if someone did pick up. My heart skipped a beat. Then... I abandoned the thought.

-ping-

I glanced at my phone. A address appeared along with a "thank you! ^^" I searched the phone book for the address and found it after a minute or two. There's nothing wrong with calling, I told myself again. I hesitantly dialed the number and waited nervously.

A few seconds passed.

" Hello?" My heart skipped a beat. Someone had picked up! It was a male voice, not too low, smooth, early twenties?

" Umm, hi."

"Who is this?"

"Uhh, I want to find the owner of a phone-"

"Oh! My phone you found it! Thank you so much! I looked everywhere for it! Can you drop it off at my house? Sorry, I'm kind of in a rush! The voice restated their address and the line clicked off before I could respond.

"Oh...no I don't have the phone, I was just told to-." I said shortly, but no one heard me.

-ping-

"Anything yet?" Unknown asked. Anger was biting at me, first Hwan and the others left me and now I had to deal with this.

"They just assumed I had the phone and hung up." I typed bitterly.

"So there was someone there! See? Can't you just stop by and tell them you don't have it?"

"I'll call again." I replied.

"-.- suit yourself." Unknown replied after a brief pause. I glanced at my phone and tried calling the number again, to no avail.

-ping-

"Did they pick up? Unknown asked.

I didn't bother responding, I would just stop by the address and tell the owner. They didn't seem suspicious. It was fine, safe, right? Besides, it seemed to be in a safe neighborhood. I pushed aside my doubts and made my way to the apartment.

"Damn stairs." I uttered beneath my breath as I arrived at the top of the apartment, stretching.

-ping-

"hello?" Unknown typed.

"I'm at the house." I said finally.

"So they didn't respond?

"No..."

"All right, just a brief check right? And a note saying my contact info. Thanks for this, I couldn't have done it without you." He typed, he then sent his number. That's right, just a check. I wouldn't even have to go inside, just write a note with his contact info.

I walked down the hallway. Looking for the address when I stopped at the last door. There was a password lock and a note on the door.

"Please leave my phone inside, thank you."

Did he leave the door open? There was a small crack in between the wall and door. He did, what an idiot. I guess I couldn't say anything, I was going to a address at the request of someone that I had just met after all. Well, going inside wouldn't hurt right? He left a note saying I could. I opened the door carefully and stepped inside.

A mat place sat in front of me, with a spare pair of flip flops sitting on it. A desk and lamp sat in the corner with a work table and a few spare bookshelves lining the walls with a door at the back of the room. Overall the place was nice, but nothing of value stuck out to me. When I tried the door in the back of the room I realized it was locked. Well, at least the owners weren't complete idiots.

I walked over to the desk and began to write a note with a note pad and pen on the desk when something caught my eye. The small drawer on the right of the desk had a large yellow panflit sticking out of it. A peek wouldn't hurt right? I grabbed it and looked at the front.

"Rika's Fundraising Association." I had never heard of that before. I began to open the pamphlet when I heard-

-ping-

I took my phone out of my pocket, but there was no message from unknown. Where did it come from?

-ping-

I glanced at my phone again, a black screen stared back at me. I swallowed nervously, was I going crazy?

-ping-

It wasn't coming from my phone, obviously. I looked around the room wildly.

-ping-

I turned around, was it coming from the desk? I searched the desk frantically and then my eye caught on the open drawer. I opened it and dug under the white papers.

-ping-

Bingo. A small phone stared at me from under the white papers. I hesitated and then picked it up, turning it on. Several message boxes popped, and then a passcode. Suddenly-

-...ping...-

I glanced at my phone, where the notification was coming from this time. A white message floated on the black screen.

"Kao has entered the chatroom."

Huh?! What chatroom? The phone that wasn't mine vibrated strongly, I jumped and instinctively dropped it. It landed on the floor with a loud thud. Oh shit.

Another message appeared on my screen. I clicked on it without hesitation. What the hell was going on? A chatroom opened up on my screen.

"Yes." The name Jumin Han hung over it.

"Nice~ Can't believe u get to work right after college lol. In this day and age!" The numbers 707 hung over this one.

"Lame. It's nepotism." Made by...Zen?

"It's called recruitment." Jumin again.

I read the appearing messages and stared blankly at the screen. What was this? Were these real people?

"It's giving a free pass instead of training the worker." -Zen-

"I couldn't care less what you say." -Jumin-.

I peered at the profile pictures next to the messages and blinked. So...GOOD LOOKING! DAMN! HOLY SHIT! THESE HAD TO BE COMPUTERS!

Zen- "Yeah? What's the difference between recruitment and nepotism?"

Jumin was what one would call a dark horse? Maybe? Sexy, with cleanly cut black hair. The front hair to his right hung above his right eye while the left was parted to the side. It was cut at the nape of his neck. His obsidian eyes stared at the screen in disappointment.

707- "I thought they r the same? O_O?"

Jumin Han - "It's nepotism if you recruit a person you know and they're useless." A sarcastic emoji appeared.

The one named Zen had a beautiful face. Almost like porcelain. His eyes were a bright seductive amber, shining brilliantly against the pearl white of his fair hair that laid over his forehead. His profile picture was him smiling at the screen slyly. Damn.

707- "Wait!"

Yoosung- "What?"

Zen- "?"

Yoosung had a adorable face, the kind that made you want to hug someone like him and never let go. His hair was blonde, with a large brown hair clip keeping his hair in place. His eyes were closed and he was smiling at the camera innocently. So...cute~.

707- "Think someone entered the chat room?;;"

707 (strange name?) was neither sexy, nor beautiful, nor cute. But still very attractive. He had red hair, slightly curly, hanging over his yellow glasses. He stared at the camera out of the corner of his beautiful golden eyes. I stared at them and forced my eyes to move on but they stayed there, until finally they flicked away.

Jumin Han- "Kao...?"

I read over the messages. And then re read it. Huh? Kao? My name? HUH?!

Zen- "Wtf. How did they get in here?"

GAAAAAAAH! NONONONO!

707- "Hacker!"

I shut off my phone in a panic. And then turned it on two seconds later. But I still appeared to be in the classroom.

Yoosung- "Theares a hacker in ovur room! Sevnee do someting!"

Zen- "typos. -_-;;"

707- "One sec. I'm searching."

SHIT SHIT SHIT! NO! I didn't even want to enter the classroom! It just happened! How'd I even get in?!

Jumin Han- "Who are you? Reveal yourself. Hey, Assistant Kang, are you even here?"

Jaehee Kang- "Yes, I am here."

Amongst my panic, I still recognized a new face. It was a female this time, with a mature face and glasses. Her hair was a chocolate brown and was cut like a male's. She looked businesslike and proper. She wore a fancy suit suit like outfit and stared at the screen blankly.

Zen- "You were so quiet I thought you went somewhere."

Jaehee Kang- "Nothing was out of the ordinary so I was just observing. But there seems to be excitement now."

Yoosung- "omg!"

Jumin Han- "Why is a stranger in our chatroom?"

Believe me! I was wondering the exact same thing! I was sitting against the desk now, frozen, my hands sweating.

Jaehee Kang- "No one can enter this chatroom without installing the private app we use...It seems someone has downloaded the RFA messenger.

Yoosung- "I thought Seven only let us download it?"

Wait what?

Zen- "Perhaps someone downloaded the app on two phones?"

707- "Maybe?"

Wait wait, no, the app had just appeared all of the sudden.

Jumin Han- Who downloaded it twice?

Yoosung- Not me!

Okay okay enough. Fingers trembling I decided to respond.

"Hello..." I typed. That wasn't bad, was it? Just a greeting...The chat burst into energy.

Yoosung- "GAAHHHHHH it's talking!"

I held my phone nervously.

Zen- "So it's not two smartphones..."

Jumin Han- "Who is it?"

Yoosung- "Find out who or what it is!"

Jaehee Kang- "How did you find out about this place? Where did you download this application?"

707- "Oh...^^; Wait. Found something. This is really weird."

Zen- "What is it. Hurry and tell us"

707- " I traced the IP... It's from Rika's apartment."

Yoosung- "Rika's apartment?"

Rika's apartment?! Who the hell was Rika? I was so confused.

Jumin- "Where was her apartment anyhow?"

Jaehee Kang- "The location is not revealed. I thought it was classified."

707- "Anyways, someone must have broken into her apt. It talked now so...it must be a person ^^;"

GAAAAAAAAAHH! I was gonna get arrested. It was over for me. NO! I didn't break in! Who the hell was Rika?! What was this app?! Why did I suddenly join this chatroom?! What was going on?! I panicked, trying to clean up the room to look like I had never entered. I picked up the phone I had dropped earlier and tidied up the desk. Meanwhile, the messages continued popping up. I looked back at my phone.

Yoosung- "So it hacked the program Seven?"

707- "Yup"

NO! I DIDN'T HACK SHIT!

Yoosung- "Who are you?! How did you get into Rika's apartment?! How did you get this app?! So scared right now -...I thought the apartment has a pasworth lobk?"

Zen- "Typo -_-"

Jaehee Kang- "I assume it was a break in. "Kao" I recommend that you confess."

Ok that was it. They were just assuming shit now.

Zen- "Jaehee, would you voluntarily confess if it were you?"

Jaehee Kang- "No. But there is nothing wrong with asking."

707- "Lolol"

Jumin Han- "Quit shitting around. Kao who are you? Reveal yourself, stranger. If you don't you will pay."

I stared at the screen angrily. Excuse me?

Zen- "Stranger you will pay? Lmfao *so scary*- It might be a girl."

Anger was clouding my fear now. As if I could get scared by a comment like that.

707- "That's sexist lol. U should watch what u say now that ur a famous actor."

I felt a bit better after that.

Zen- "I'm not famous;; just a bit recognizable."

Yoosung- "Nah~ Look at the youtube hits~"

Okay stop.

"Hold it." I typed. The chat was silenced. "I didn't hack into anything. Nor did I break into whose ever house this is." I thought a bit to myself. I probably should say something about myself, as proof I wasn't a hacker or thief. "My name is Kao." I typed as a compromising statement. The brief silence was broken and the chat exploded again.

Jumin Han- "How did you get in the apartment?"

Yoosung- "What? That's impossible!"

Zen- "Hmm..they seem more normal then I thought."

Jaehee Kang- "Is there a way you could prove that you didn't break in?"

707- "It doesn't appear to be a computer, they talk normally."

Yoosung- "Wait, should we introduce ourselves?"

Jumin Han- "Are you serious...?"

Zen- "Hi. I'm Zen (24 yrs old) Musical actor...Don't look me up on the internet, it's embarrassing ^^."

Yoosung- "Woah Zen! So brave!"

Jumin Han- "So careless. Guess he wanted to show off."

Zen- "*gasp*No way~!"

Wait...Zen?! THE ZEN?! THE ZEN THAT APPEARS IN THE RED PEPPER WAS SO HOT (AKA HOT JALAPENOS TOPPING PRODOCTION?!) I stared at the picture in awe. It was him! I didn't recognize him at first. Holy SHIT!

"ZEN?!" I typed quickly.

Zen- "You know me?~"

"Yes!"

Zen- "I'm flattered~"

"Are you the real one?"

Zen- "Of couse~"

Was he shitting me?! As if he could read my thoughts, he sent me a picture of himself. He was smiling at the camera, his amber eyes narrowed, his white hair perfectly framing his face. I had never seen that picture before! Was it really him?!

Kao- "I'm...honored!" I typed quickly.

Zen- "Haha, your cute~"

I stared at the messages. Was...I?

Yoosung- "OMG a photo too?!"

Jaehee Kang- "He has nothing to be ashamed of...my eyes have been cleansed..."

Jumin- "I see that he has zero interest in his privacy.

707- "Lolol. My nickname's 707, real name is a secret. Fyi, Zen's real name is Hyun Ryu."

Zen- "Your name's a secret but not mine?;"

707- "You don't care anyways lol."

It appeared to be true.

Jaehee Kang- "707 does have the strangest name, so I can understand his secrecy."

Kao- "Secrets are chill" I typed, I had many as well after all.

707- "Yasss! Besides, my name's too holy to be spread around to you unholy citizens~ I'm gonna pray after I finish hacking."

Zen- "Pray, yeah right;"

707- "Just remember me as the 22 yr old young hacker ^^, Where I live is also a secret."

Zen- "So many secrets;;"

Yoosung- "I'm Yoosung Kim! I'm a collage student. 21 year old." A picture appeared of him, smiling at the camera.

I noticed that he had purple eyes, which surprised me. They were a beautiful lavender, dark and light at the same time.

707- "Lol so warm and fuzzy here~"

With a shock, I realized he was right. My anger was gone, along with my fear.

Jumin Han- "I don't understand why everyone is so eagerly introducing themselves. We don't even know if this 'Kao' was telling the truth, she could be manipulating us for all we know."

Ah, there it was. But the others appeared to ignore Jumin's comment.

Zen- "Lol, Seven you don't have an selfies to show?"

707- "Nothing recent, Jumin's the heir of a pretty famous corporation and Jaehee is his assistant. 25 and 24 years respectively, do you have a better sense of who we are now?"

I was thankful for that.

Kao- "Yeah, I do, thanks."

Jumin Han- "Why the hell did you say that?

707- "Doubted you'd do it yourself"

Jumin Han- "Stop shitting around."

Ouch.

707- "Fyi, Jumin has the cutest cat!"

Jumin Han- "Hey! Don't go talking about Elizabeth 3rd to a stranger."

I refrained from bursting out in laughter. ELIZABETH 3RD?! WAS THAT THE CAT'S NAME? HOLY-

707- "The cat's name is Elizabeth 3rd"

I WAS RIGHT! AHAHA THAT WAS HILARIOUS! A picture of Jumin petting the so called Elizabeth 3rd appeared. My smile faded. That was strange. Jumin looked...nice? Not what I expected out of how he was acting in the chat. His black hair hung over his eyes that were narrowed in kindness as he fondly pet the cat. The cat...oh my. SO cute! It was completely white.

Kao- "It's...beautiful."

Jumin Han- "Of course it is.

Yoosung- "That info is useless isn't it? We're not even close with this 'Kao' person yet lol.

Kao- "I think it's valuable. I love cats~!"

707- "Yay! Cat lover society! It's a thing you know."

Jumin Han- "Cats are beautiful creatures. But still, I cannot believe you showed a photo of Elizabeth 3rd to a stranger... Idiot. I know you came to my house the other day and harassed her. It's all on CCTV." A picture of Seven cuddling Elizabe-...the cat, showed up.

707- "*gasp* My privacy!"

Zen- "Cause you're so crazy about privacy."

Yoosung- "CCTV screenshots omg, so serious."

Jumin Han- "And Yoosung, my Elizabeth 3rd is not useless."

I chuckled to myself.

707- "That was so fun~ I want Elly all for myself!"

Jumin Han- "I refuse, don't lay your hands on Elizabeth 3rd, don't shorten her name either."

707- "I'll sneak in again."

Jumin Han- "Don't."

707- "You can't hold me back from seeing my love."

Jumin Han- "I'll arrest you."

Kao- "Love is painful T - T"

707- "T - T Kao understands my pain. We will bond over our love for Elizabeth 3rd!"

Kao- "Yes! Love shall prevail!"

Jumin Han- "I refuse."

Yoosung- "Lol"

Zen- "Stop talking about cats. Uck, giving me goosebumps."

Jaehee Kang- "I agree, shouldn't we take care of this stranger first? Could it be that we have a security breach?"

No?

Kao- "I didn't hack anything, I swear. I came here while chatting with a Unknown. Just before I started talking to him, this app appeared, I didn't even download it."

Jumin Han- "How bizarre."

Yoosung- "Unknown?"

707- "Wait, do u still have the person's username or chat record?"

That's right, I had completely forgot about reporting to him. I checked the messaging with Unknown, but there was simply a black screen. Had it been deleted...?

Kao- No, sorry, all I know is that he's a Korean student who's studying abroad. The chat record looks like it's been deleted.

707- "That's very odd, I made it impossible to log in without setting a username. Nothing's in the log... What was he like?

Kao- "Normal, fairly well mannered."

707- "Did he seem...dangerous?

Kao- "He told me to check out this address, and I refused at first but...well, it's a long story. I'm not sure."

Jumin Han- "How naive."

Zen- "So cute lol~"

It was naive and stupid of me. But even so, I didn't regret it, I was excited. Adrenaline was pumping through me, the mystery of unknown. This app, these people.

Jaehee Kang- "Everyone please calm down. Let's look at the situation clearly."

Kao- "Yes, thank you."

Jaehee Kang- "Seven, who do you think this Unknown is?"

707- "It sounds like it might be...A HACKER!"

Yoosung- "!"

707- "Which is strange, because I had everything covered;; Kao, did Unknown tell you the password lock for the door?"

Password lock...? Thats right, there was a password lock.

Kao- "No, there was a note on the door with the password on it."

707- "What? How?

Kao- "I was talking to the owner of this residence and they told me to come here to drop their phone off. But I didn't have it, Unknown had contacted me to find the owner of that very phone and I simply came here to leave a note telling them to contact this Unknown. The original owner of the phone and this apartment had his password on the door and I came in only to enter this chatroom unwillingly."

Zen- "That's a mouthful."

Kao- "Tell me about it. It's even more exhausting typing it -_-"

Zen- "lol"

Yoosung- "Wait- you talked to the owner of this residence?!"

Kao- "Yes."

Yoosung- "Who were they? What did they sound like?"

Kao- "It sounded like a young male."

Yoosung- "Ah..."

Zen- "Yoosung, you didn't actually think it was Rika did you?"

Yoosung- "..."

Zen- "She's gone, you know that."

Yoosung- "Yeah...I know."

707- "Then who was it?"

Jaehee Kang- "Could it have been V?"

Jumin Han- "That's impossible, V doesn't even know the passcode of Rika's apartment. But someone should call V, he should hear this."

707- "Yeah, that's a good idea, I'll give him a call."

Who was V? Who was Rika?

Zen- "V is so busy these days. I can't even talk to him anymore."

Yoosung- "We're all busy and yet V never comes into the chatroom. I don't think it's fair."

Zen- "..."

Jaehee Kang- "At least we'll be able to talk to him now. Seven are you calling him?

707- "Ya

Jaehee Kang- "But for now, can we really trust Kao? The fact that she didn't break in?"

Ouch.

Jumin Han- "This is true, always be ready to call the police."

Double ouch.

Jaehee Kang- "Before everything is figured out, I don't think we should reveal any more."

707-YaSorrycallingandtypingwithonehand."

Triple ouch.

Yoosung- "Type after you call XD"

707- "LookedintoKao'sprofile. She's cute."

I read the words and the re read them. What? WHAT?! WHAAAT?!

Kao- "HOW DID YOU FIND MY FACE?!"

707- "Hacker mad skills~"

Zen- "So it is a girl! I thought as much."

Jumin Han- "Interesting."

Jaehee Kang- " Another girl in this chat room is a breath of fresh air, I'm glad."

I flushed.

Zen- "How cute?"

707- "Really cute."

Zen- "Oh la la~ Show me a photo."

Kao- "NO!"

707- "Nope~"

That was a relief.

Kao- "Thanks Seven..."

707- "I'm going to keep it all to myself."

Jaehee Kang- "Oh dear..."

Yoosung- "0/0"

Jumin Han- "..."

Zen- "That's not fair~"

707- "You don't have my mad hacker skills :p"

Jumin Han- "How childish."

Kao- "Delete that photo."

707- " - "

Kao- "Seven!"

707- "I'll just get another one. And then set it as my profile pic."

Kao- " - _ -"

Jumin Han- "Where is V?"

V- "I'm already logged in."

I peered at V's profile pic. It wasn't as revealing as the others. It appeared to be a young man around the same age as the others, his hair was blue and hung over his left eye. Both of his eyes were covered by black sunglasses.

Zen- "Finally he's here."

V- "Yeah, guess I'm the last one to know about this."

Jumin Han- "Oh well..."

V- "How is everyone? It's been a while. Jaehee, how have you been?"

Jaehee Kang- "It's been a long time V, I've been doing good."

Yoosung- "...Hey V."

V- "Hey. Well I read about the situation."

707- "Yup, I told him everything through the phone."

Jumin Han- "So then who disclosed the passcode for Rika's apartment?"

Yoosung- "I thought V knew. Rika never invited me to her apartment.

Jumin Han- "No one has been there before."

Yoosung- "Tell us the address, I'll go there...I want to check who Kao is myself. Seven, you know right? You traced the ip address."

707- "Sorry...I can't tell you that."

Yoosung- "Why not? I'm her surviving family, I should have known a long time ago."

Zen- "Your're her cousin."

Yoosung- "Yeah."

Who was V exactly, who was Rika?! What was going on?

Kao- "I'm sorry, but who is Rika?"

Yoosung- "She was an amazing person..."

Zen- "She's not with us anymore."

Jumin Han- "She was the founder of RFA."

The founder of RFA? Did they mean the founder of this app? She...wasn't alive anymore?

Kao- "Ah...Yoosung, I'm sorry."

Yoosung- "It's ok...it happened a year and a half ago.

Kao- "Wait, what does RFA stand for?"

Jumin Han- "Rika's Fundraising Association."

I realized with a start that the name was the one on the pamphlet. Everything was coming together now.

Kao- "And Rika had previously lived here before she..."

Zen- "Yeah."

Kao- "And V, what's your relation with Rika?"

Jumin Han- "Rika was V's fiance."

So that was it.

Kao- "Ah...V, I'm sorry."

V- "There is nothing to apologize for, but thank you for doing so."

Yoosung- "But why can't I know the address?"

707- "The apartment doesn't belong to Rika anymore, it belongs to V."

Yoosung- "...Does V even know the password?"

V- "That is irrelevant."

Yoosung- "Were you even in a relationship with her?"

Jumin Han- "Yoosung stop."

V- "...Rika worked there, so there were several documents that must not be damaged. As such, I took ownership of them as her finance, and I can't say the address because those documents are valuable and sensitive."

Yoosung- "So you don't trust us enough."

Zen- "..."

Jumin Han- "It's probably for the best."

Yoosung...didn't seem to like V very much. Wasn't he the finance of his cousin? Wouldn't it have been natural to like him? They might have had some kind of falling out.

Yoosung- "Seven, how did you know that Kao's current ip address was Rika's apartment?"

Jaehee Kang- "Seven is in charge of the classified information."

707- "Yup, and I'm also the one who created this app. I went to her place to connect this app with several of her own documents.

Jumin Han- "I see."

V- "Luciel and I are the only ones who know Rika's address."

Who was Luciel?

Kao- "Who is Luciel?"

707- "Gah! Guess the secret is out, that's me :p"

V- "Yes, Seven's real name is Luciel."

Kao- "Woah, it really is holy."

707- "Haha XD"

Jaehee Kang- "It truly it is a strange name."

It was, but I liked it. It was very unique.

V- "Anyhow, Kao, please do not reveal the address."

Kao- "Of course."

I understood why it should be kept a secret.

V- "Thank you for your understanding. No one is going to her apartment, correct?

Jumin Han- "Of course not."

Zen- "No."

Jaehee Kang- "No."

Yoosung- "...I guess not."

V- "Good. But if it's someone who knows the address and password, then it might be someone that Rika trusted. Kao, you said someone had answered the phone when you called them correct?"

Kao- "Yes."

V- "That person might have been close to Rika, I don't know why they pretended to live there, but there must be a reason.

Kao- You think the person was pretending?"

707- "Yeah, no one lives in the apartment right now."

Yoosung- "Someone Rika trusted...?"

Zen- "?"

Jumin Han- "It's strange that she trusted someone else more then V."

Yoosung- "It's strange that she trusted someone more then all of us...I can't believe that."

V- "Rika was complicated. She...had her own world. But if I am correct. Then Kao being at her apartment must have been what she wanted."

...What? Rika wanted me here? How? Wasn't she dead? Was unknown possibly someone Rika had hired?

Jumin Han- "How is that possible?"

V- "Rika wanted someone to do the work that she did, so she must have found someone to get a new successor.

Woah woah wait. New successor? Just what was I succeeding? The association? This chatroom?

Yoosung- "WHAT?!"

Zen- "No way..."

Jaehee Kang- "Hosting parties...that would be passed onto someone else?"

Yoosung- "Rika might have planned this?"

This was getting serious. Much more serious then I had originally thought.

V- "It is merely a guess. She...didn't exactly leave a will."

707- "And I looked into Kao, she's not dangerous."

Hm.

Kao- "What is this chatroom for exactly?"

Yoosung- "Rika created RFA for fundraising purposes. We would host parties and raise money for organizations. It was so fun..."

Zen- "Yeah, we held a couple, but ever since Rika passed away we haven't held a single one."

707- "The chatroom became a place to talk about personal problems.

So that was it...

Jumin Han- "I'm not sure about this. Does that mean we're just accepting Kao and letting her take Rika's spot?

Huh?

V- "She knows about the classroom anyhow. It's not like we can make her forget."

Jaehee Kang- "That is true."

Zen- "If that's what V thinks, then I guess...I don't know how I feel about it though."

Jumin Han- "I don't understand.

707- "If that's your decision I won't oppose it."

Kao- OK WAIT."

The chat was silenced.

Kao- "Can I please state my opinion briefly?"

V- "Of course."

Kao- "What do you mean accepted? Like a part of this chatroom? I didn't ask for this."

V- "Your right, I didn't consider your opinion, I apologize."

Jaehee Kang- "Even if you want to join or not, I still can't trust you, my apologies."

Kao- "Me?"

Jaehee Kang- "Yes. "

I had trust issues. So I could understand.

Kao- "Don't worry Jaehee, I completely understand. I would do the same exact thing if I were you. To be honest, I don't know you all very well either. And I'm not sure about all of this..."

Jumin Han- "I appreciate your maturity."

Jaehee Kang- "Yes, thank you Kao."

V- "Thank you for your opinion Jaehee, but I would like it if you could trust me for now, you as well Jumin, I am sure Kao can be trusted. Kao can you hear us out?"

Kao- "Yeah."

Jumin Han- "..Very well."

Jaehee Kang- "Of course."

Jumin Han- "It's just, I don't even know who she is."

Zen- "I don't know why, but I trust her already."

707- "Me too, she seems trustworthy."

Kao- "Thanks..."

I was still confused on what was going on. Was I now a part of this chatroom? Taking Rika's place?

V- "Perhaps Kao was chosen by Rika. For now, please trust me."

707- "I'll look into Unknown and the person on the phone."

V- "Yes, thank you Luciel, Kao, please don't touch anything in the apartment, for classified reasons and in case the alarm would ring.

...I decided not to touch the desk again.

V- "I'm afraid I have to go now, Luciel, can you explain the rest?"

707- "Of course. You'll have automatic access to guest's information and be able to contact them for the party, you'll be able to send personal messages of course. No one else has it because they won't be in charge of the parties.

Hold it.

Kao- "Wait what?"

707- "?"

Kao- "In charge of parties? I never agreed to this. I have a life, friends, a job. I'm busy, I may not have time for this. And having all of this on my shoulders is too much."

It was true. I never signed up for this.

707- "...We won't force you."

Jumin Han- "Either way works."

Jaehee Kang- "I agree."

Zen- "..."

Yoosung- "Please join!"

Jumin Han- "Yoosung, stop."

Yoosung- "Please...V hardly talks to us anymore. We haven't had any fundraising parties since Rika died... We need a leader. And I feel like I can trust you!"

Jaehee Kang- "Yoosung stop, it is not your place to tell her what you want her to do."

The truth was...I enjoyed talking to everyone. But did anyone even want me to join? Other then Yoosung? I felt like they were unsure about it. How did they feel about me? If they didn't want me to join then I wouldn't.

Kao- "Do you guys even want me to join? Other then Yoosung?"

There was silence.

707- "I do."

I blinked in surprise...Seven?

707- "I think...we need it. As a organization we need a leader to take Rika's place. And V can't bear to do that."

Jaehee Kang- "You don't seem like a bad person, I would like to get to know you better."

Zen- "I miss the parties we used to hold. I want things to return to the way they were again. So yes.

Kao- "...Jumin?"

My hands were sweating again. My nervousness had come back again. There was a long pause.

Jumin Han- "I'll see how you do."

Joy flooded my heart. And my cheeks flushed.

Kao- "Then...I'll try my best."

Jumin Han- "That's a good attitude to have."

Jaehee Kang- "I agree."

707- "Looking forward to it Kao."

Zen- "Cant wait to see how you do."

I smiled idiotically, I didn't even know what I was supposed to do exactly. But I knew that I would be talking to them almost everyday after this.

And that made me happy.

I made my way home while chatting to each of the members individually.

Jaehee, though seeming strict was actually very hardworking and caring. She seemed lonely and we immediately hit it off, fan girling about Zen and complaining about work.

Jaehee Kang- "-And he always gives me his cat!"

Kao- "But Elizabeth 3rd is so beautiful T - T"

Jaehee Kang- "It's hair gets all over my suit, and covers my apartment. But Mr. Han simply does not care.

Kao- "I could take care of her if you want. I love cats."

Jaehee Kang- "If you did that I would be incredibly grateful, though you would have to ask Mr. Han."

Kao- "He's your boss, right?

Jaehee Kang- "Yes...unfortunately.

Kao- "XD lol"

Jaehee Kang- "It's nothing to laugh about, he doesn't care about me at all. Which is fine, I suppose, his money makes up for it.

Kao- "Haha XD."

Zen was...well Zen. So charming and seductive, almost every comment he made was him flirting. Which...I didn't hate at all. Even I flirted a little back.

Zen- "So you did see it~"

Kao- "Just a little...-/-"

Zen- "Haha, your blushing. So cute. Well? Favorite scene?"

Kao- "Of "The Red Pepper Was So Hot?"

Zen- "Yup."

Kao- "That's...private."

Zen- "Tell me? Please?~"

Kao- "No!"

Zen- "Why not?"

Kao- "It's a secret!"

Zen- ";o"

Zen- "I'll never send you a picture of my incredibly handsome face then~"

Kao- "Zen!"

Zen- "Haha."

Yoosung was so relatable, I found out that he played LOLOL a game that I had played off and off in between my working days.

Kao- "I'm almost at Dia."

Yoosung-"Woah~ Already?!"

Kao- "Mhm, dont underestimate the girl who played this almost everyday a few years ago."

Yoosung- "I won't make that mistake again! What level exactly?"

Kao- "Not telling, I'll make it to Dia first. And then I'll pvp you!"

Yoosung- "And lose."

Kao- "Nupe, win. And I'll get all dem monez."

Yoosung- "Hey! Now your underestimating me!"

Kao- "Ya, I'm your senpai."

Yoosung- "Your just a year older!"

Kao- ":P"

Jumin on the other hand was harder to talk to. I was careful and formal when I talked to him. But when we agreed on a point, I knew it was him being honest about it, and we agreed that we gave each other good ideas.

Jumin Han- "Elizabeth 3rd?"

Kao- "Yes."

Jumin Han- "That's quite a jump in our relationship, she's the most precious thing in the universe."

Kao- "I will have to work for her?"

Jumin Han- "Yes, Elizabeth 3rd requires work to even touch."

Kao- "What do I have to do?"

Jumin Han- "That one idea about Elizabeth 3rd drinking wine, that was satisfying. I would appreciate it if you would give me more like that."

Kao- "Of course. Anything for Elizabeth 3rd. And then I'll be able to take care of her?

Jumin Han- "On business trips only."

Kao- "Thanks Jumin."

Jumin Han- "Your welcome. I'm glad there's finally someone who loves her almost as much as I do excluding Seven.

Kao- "Always happy to help."

Finally Seven. So weird and quirky, I felt like our conversations could last forever. And I never got tired of talking to him.

Kao- "AND THEN?!"

707- "AND THEN I STOLE DEM BUDDAH CHIPS!"

Kao- "NOOOOO!"

707- "YASS! AND THE GANG CHASED ME!

Kao- "0.0. Did you get away?!"

707- "Guess~"

Kao- "YOU DID!"

707- "I DID!"

Kao- "MASTER SEVEN!"

707- "MUHAHAHAHA. And then, I went back to my warehouse. And filled it up completely.

Kao- "With Honey Buddah Chips!"

707- "Yup! My smuggled Honey Buddah Chips. And I'm eating them to this day."

Kao- "*gasp* They haven't gone stale yet?

707- "Nope, cause their special. That's why none can be found even on the black market."

Kao- "Will...you ever let me taste one?"

707- "Hmm...maybe."

Kao- "Yes!"

707- "^^"

Little did I know that at that time. There was much more going on then I thought, much darker things behind the scenes.

Ok done! Did anyone even make it here? Or did everyone stop reading... Aaa! Idk. And reviews would be greatly appreciated and follows too, cause I'm going to update this a good amount.

Next chapter a new (important) character is introduced!