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@mixlian

After work was done and he was done with his shifts, he often went to the Grotto as one of the places on his list to frequent for drinks and relaxation after work. He wasn’t the very flashy type so he tried to keep himself under wraps and often just chilled out at the bar or close to the door, so that if things went south, he could make a quick getaway. He stared at the drink in front, deep in thought, before turning to the girl he ran security there and decided to ask her a very hypothetical question. 

“Yamin, hypothetically, if i was dealing with a case where there was no clear suspect and everyone has a motive, how should I go about solving it?” he asked her, drinking the whiskey shot. Inititally they had become friends purely accidentally, but Taekwoon actually liked spending time at the grotto with the other girl. It was nice. “Seriously though, like talking all hypotheticals, how would i solve this?” 

regulars weren't all too uncommon at the grotto, given the business's ulterior operations, and lian had long stopped worrying about several of them. a few, she knew well enough now that they were on a first name basis, sharing drinks when she wasn't working, and simply chatting when she was.

seungwoo doesn’t think he can be anything other than a whore. or a nuisance. he can’t do anything well other than sell his body, is the point. he knows wooseok claims otherwise, but it’ll take a little more convincing for him to believe it, or more than that, proof. 

he’s willing to try, though, and more than that, he wants to help lian if he can. it’s not that he thinks she needs help– she can more than handle herself –he just…maybe he wants to do something better. he doesn’t expect security to ever become his job at the grotto; he’s pretty sure he assured he would could do no different here than he does, but maybe he can help, and he can learn. that’s enough for him. if he can help her successfully, maybe he can do something else somewhere else.

(would he go somewhere else, though? are lian and weijun the main reason he’s still here?)

he sits beside her, at attention, nodding along as she explains. does weijun know he’s here with her? oh well. he’s used to weijun being mad at him, and hopefully lian will buy him out of any trouble. he gasps when she mentions the client rooms, however. “you mean you’ve been watching this entire time? lian!” it makes sense, of course. he just never really considered it before. he laughs, belatedly, then nods again. “yeah, i get it.”

at seungwoo’s response, she can’t help but laugh, his reaction bringing a soft smile. “well ideally, no. but sometimes.” she teases. “it’s not like anyone is specifically watching them all the time, but more as a security measure for when things do happen. understand? recordings have to be kept for legitimate crimes so that there’s proper persecution.”

lian pauses, and sighs, taking a seat in the chair next to him. “it’s a lot to keep up with, but i don’t expect that you’ll be available very often to do it, unless you just need a longer break than usual.” she jokes, “then we’ll just tell weijun i pulled you, hm?” it’s probably not very fair to seungwoo, she thinks, taking his time when he could be making more of a profit, but lain never intends to keep him away long enough for it to make a real dent. 

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