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Already, he could hear the scolding. Even though the other hadn't shown up yet, he knew it was coming. Haneul was supposed to be on his best behavior, and keep his nose out of trouble. That was the condition which his grandmother allowed him to come back.

Yet old habits were just too hard to break. It also didn't help that he had been left under the eye of Drake, who was somehow related to a friend of his grandmother's. Some sort of diluted connection, but one that didn't change his urge to defy. If anything, it amplified it. Someone who's nerves he could actively get on, while maintaining the bakery job he had earned.

It wasn't often that Haneul came across someone who remembered him, and the trouble he used to cause. And how good he was at it. Those days weren't that far behind him, but he had hoped they were further back than they were.

Six years ago, he had run off to Korea, avoiding some charges that may or may not have been coming his way. He was back, though, and supposedly a changed man. Back in Korea, his grandmother had been strict enough to put his focus towards something better and now he was working for a relative of a friend of hers. Haneul had been wanting to come back to the States for a while, though he wasn't entirely sure if he wanted to just slip back into his old ways or to prove that he had become a changed man.

Standing outside of the bakery he now worked at, he was covered in flour and a myriad of other things, enjoying his cigarette. The voice he heard was somewhat familiar, though he couldn't place it, yet it was enough to catch his attention. He didn't have to look long to find the somewhat familiar face, shrugging his shoulders. "Shame, huh? Perhaps I've lost my way, then. The pay does suck now. It's also not as exciting."

Haneul used to be quite the spark, full of fire. He was your typical, angry male with mother issues that was determined to take it out on the world. Somewhere, he managed to fall in with the right crowd that helped him to walk away with more than just scraped knuckles and bruises. Most importantly, he was able to take care of his half-sister, the one person he would've killed anyone for without a second thought. She was what made him the most angry, if it's just for the way their home life had been towards her. He wasn't a white knight by any means, or beyond dragging her down with him, but their home life had been literal hell. It used to be rare to see him without her following close behind, but he found himself in more trouble than she ever had. Now, he was standing here by himself, with his sister...Where ever the hell she ended up.

"Are you here to be my guiding angel? Or you just couldn't resist saying something?"

"I promise, there's nothing that can go wrong as long as we play this right...Things will be fine." Even Haneul wasn't entirely sure if his plan would work, but it was a plan he was intending to try. Worst case scenario was that he paid for a divorce, because it was his own idea, after all.

"They give different breaks and stuff to married couples all the time. So, we fly out to Vegas and get officially married. Once we have the paperwork, we come back and things will ideally be smoother. We can even meet with a lawyer and do one of those prenup things, so they're even more convinced we're serious. Also, just to save ourselves any other headaches. It has to work, right?" Haneul was more trying to convince himself, but they both could use the financial breaks that being a 'married couple' offered. There were a lot of benefits to it, and he was willing to try. After all, it wasn't like they could convict him of anything, right? He hoped...

Beomgyu studied the guy in front of him for a moment, observing the scene in front of him. The other man didn't behave like someone who just killed someone. Leaving would be the smart move because whatever happened to the other man wasn't his business. "Relax, I'm not going to hurt you. A smart criminal wouldn't kill you off. Why kill someone when they can take the fall from your crime?" A soft sigh escaped his lips as he looked around the surrounding area. "You should be worried about the police. When they find you, they'll certainly send you straight to jail."

"Don't freak out on me." Beomgyu looked back at the other boy, slipping his hands back into the pockets of his jacket. The auditor couldn't leave the other boy to deal with law enforcement by himself. He seemed like the type of person who would want to help the police, but that would be his biggest mistake. "I can help you get out of this situation without getting caught. You need to listen to everything I say. First drag your dead friend behind the trash can. What's your shoes and clothing size? You'll need some new clothes." Beomgyu rubbed his eyes, forcing himself to maintain to remain calm. For their plan to work he needed to remain calm...well...as calm as possible given their current situation.

As much as Haneul wished this had been the first time he had found himself like this, it wasn't. It was only the second, and the last time he knew the guy. That was years ago, though. Before he managed to reform himself, and change his path. His eyes were focused on the other's body language, unable to help but agree with what he said about the police. Sure, he knew he could convince them, but he also didn't feel like spending hours or days in a police station again. Especially not with his past. He may have been a juvenile, but the police were absolutely aware of his history.

Haneul looked completely panicked as he knelt beside the body. He had simply stepped out for a smoke break when he heard what sounded like a fight just the next block over. It was when he reached the source that he found the man covered in blood. Right away, he tried to locate the wounds and stop the bleeding though apparently to no avail. Hearing another set of footsteps, his head shot up, preparing for it to be the attacker coming back to get rid of him as well.

"Hm...I'll word it like this: I like the idea of being watched, but I don't like the risk that comes with doing things out in public. I'm mostly a pretty private person, and I really can't risk being caught like that."

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"I'm definitely an exhibitionist, though one of the sort that more leans towards seeing how quiet we can be. Doing all we can to see who makes a noise first and gets us caught. I guess I'm still a little bit of a troublemaker like that."