"Yes. I didn't expect to find you here too, Mr. Yeong!" Dae Hyuk blurted out with a chuckle.
His subordinate was a bit puzzled with the situation and glanced at him cryptically. "Umm, Reaper 999, why is he calling you Mr. Yeong?" He inquired sharply.
Dae Hyuk immediately shifted his gaze towards him and smirked. "Didn't you know, apart from that atypical secret agent name, he was known by Kang Yeon Shin in his last life. That name sounds cooler to me, so I chose to call him by that." He explained.
The guy giggled with the unexpected revelation and poked Yeon with his elbow before asking, "then, can I call you as Mr. Yeon too?"
Yeon was getting agitated with the interference and glared at his subordinate with a dense expression. "Can you please stop blurting out nonsense?" He grumbled and immediately turned his face towards Dae Hyuk, "and you darn human, why are you messing with me out from yesterday?" He sounded quite angry.
Dae Hyuk felt offended by his stirred response and pouted his face. "Hey! I just told you it was purely accidental to find you here! But, what you two are doing here outside the store? Don't you have money to grab something?" He inquired.
"Oh, the convenience store manager is gonna die today. So, we are here to take his soul away with us. To be honest, it was a task assigned to me, but Reaper 999 came here to help me in case I mess up anything as I am still a rookie." His subordinate came upfront and answered with a gentle voice.
Dae Hyuk rolled his eyes in surprise and stared at them intensively before uttering his exclamation. "That's so awesome! So you guys do get notified prior to anyone's upcoming death, right?"
Yeon glared at him with the response. "And why are you so excited to hear this? I just don't get it, why aren't you afraid of us? We are the representatives of death!" He countered.
"But it's not like you guys are monsters! You are just doing your assigned jobs just as we do. I am a detective too, so I am finding all this quite exciting!" He reciprocated his query.
His subordinate ogled at him in wonder and slowly approached closer to him. "Umm, are you a detective? That's cool thou. You seem much kinder than some arrogant humans." He complimented him with a sneer.
"Ahh, thanks. But your superior seems too frigid to me." Dae Hyuk raised his eyebrows wittily while teasing Yeon. "By the way, is the manager gonna die right away now?" He sounded curious.
The subordinate firmly shook his head in declination. "No, we still have some time before that--"
"Reaper 299, why are you explaining everything to him? And this mere human should stay out of our business!" Yeon grumbled at him in a deep voice.
Dae Hyuk felt quite annoyed with his rude gesture and scrunched his eyebrows. "Hey, how many times I have to tell you don't designate me as a mere human! I have a name-Lee Dae Hyuk! Why are you being so impolite to me? Where are your manners, you rude reaper?" He started bickering with a frown face.
"And why should I show my manners to you? Why are you bothering me from yesterday--"
"Please both of you, don't bicker like children. We are grown-ups now!" His subordinate interrupted their squabbling with a fervent resonance.
Both of them gritted their teeth in anger and turned their face away from each other while pouting like kids. Dae Hyuk shifted his gaze towards the other grim reaper before asking him politely, "anyways, if you have some time, do you want to join me in grabbing some instant noodles?"
Yeon immediately glanced at him and frowned his face. "Why would he accompany a human like you?" He sounded quite hoarse.
"But we have enough time now, I think we should grab something." He seemed a little blissful with the invitation from Dae Hyuk and grinned broadly. "I will go with you, mister." He continued.
Dae Hyuk smirked victoriously with his answer and peeked at Yeon with an impish expression. "Well, if any rude grim reaper wants to join us in the meal, I won't mind it." He fired a sly taunt and turned away to head towards the convenience store.
"Pffft!" His subordinate suddenly chuckled with his response and stared at Yeon who was standing all benumbed with the insult. He controlled his laughter before speaking, "umm, by the rude grim reaper, he actually implied towards you."
"You don't need to interpret it!" Yeon scowled at him with his dark eyes to define his frustration. The guy quickly followed Dae Hyuk inside the store leaving him alone behind at the bus stand.
Suddenly, Yeon's stomach growled aloud which clearly depicted his high appetite. With a heavy sigh, he slowly walked inside the store while mumbling with a troubled mood, "what a pain in the ass!"
.....
As he walked in, he immediately glanced both Dae Hyuk and his subordinate were gulping down some instant noodles and chattering with each other in a friendly gesture. He was feeling a bit displeased with the situation but couldn't help it as he was quite hungry. As he looked around, only a seat beside Dae Hyuk was vacant and he reluctantly walked towards it.
Dae Hyuk silently peeked at him with a smirk as he pulled out the chair beside him to grab his seat. It made him want to tease him a bit furthermore to enjoy his reactions.
"I didn't think, an ice-cold grim reaper would actually join us in the meal. Besides, he is also grabbing the seat beside me... Nice!" He murmured with a foxy grin.
Yeon glared at him once while beginning his meal. "Yeah, even I didn't think any human can piss me off so badly! Nice!" He reciprocated his teasing.
The guy was enjoying their bickering with a broad smile on his face. "But really, you guys really emit out married couple vibes." He blurted out with a chuckle.
Both of them immediately turned their gaze in a flash of a second towards him. They rolled their eyes in wonder and shrieked together, "what?"