"Where are they?! Bring them here right this instant!!" The man Han Beom saw in the roof yelled, beside him stood an old man who's probably in his late 50s, he was very mad that no one dared to utter a word from fear of losing their jobs, even the girl who knew where Han Beom and Ho Seok were couldn't say a word since the CEO is standing in front of them all with his scary aura and his red eyes.
Han Beom and Ho Seok appeared not in a good state in front of the CEO, all those who knew what's between them blushed and some of them tried to turn their heads and not look at the two. The loud man was dumbfounded but he then smirked knowing his plan is going to work. What he didn't know was that one of the two he's trying to put a collar around his neck is gonna bite him and leave a mark that'll last for the rest of his life.
"Ho Seok?! How could you bring incompetent man like him to our company?! No, how could you dare bring your lover to work here?!! Have you no shame?!!" Ho Seok swallowed down all the curses that were standing at the tip of his tongue just until the whole thing ends, then he can do whatever he wants with him.
"Where's your proof? Beom has been a hard worker since he came, he'd always finish the tasks he's givin' on time and sometimes before the deadline, so in which part is he incompetent?" Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.
Han Beom wasn't only a hard worker but also a very supportive employee, whenever anyone have a hard time he'd lend them a hand so they can finish faster, so they can't see what the loud man saw. As a result, everyone started to whisper about him and how he'd say such things without a solid proof.
When he felt he's losing the fight he used his so called golden card hoping it'll end things faster, "then can you explain to us how J company managed to get a hold of our files and even copy them?" He smirked.
Ho Seok panicked but when he turned to Han Beom and found him calm he calmed down too knowing that whatever will happen, it all will be part of his and Aera's plan.
"What were the files we lost again?" The man he was with the loud one jumped and came forward, "a few files from our team the marketing team and some from the sales team"
A smirk rose and the loud man turned to face the man he talked to before, "and how did you know?"
"Excuse me, sir?"
"I asked you how you knew about that? Could it be that you were working with them?!" The man who thought he was helping panicked and cold sweat started to form on his forehead, what he didn't know that the loud man was planning to do this all along, what's a good plan without getting rid of everything that might expose you?
"Ho Seok? Han Beom? And Lee Hye? Collect your stuff and leave before I get the law to deal with you three" the CEO said coldly scaring by that Ho Seok and Lee Hye, but Han Beom was the less effected by his words and tone. After the three of them collected all they have on their desks they walked out, Beom was the last to leave but before he walked out the company's doors he was met by a happy man, the loud man was happy things worked according to plan, but the beast he messed up with won't let it pass.
Han Beom put a hand on the loud man's shoulder, "you might have won the fight, but you didn't win the war" he whispered and left, the loud man shivered from fear from what Han Beom said. But things were calm for three days so he thought the young man was just messing with his emotions so he let his guards down and relaxed his mind knowing he can do nothing, but he missed a point though, when the beast is quiet and in hide it wouldn't be for no reason, because Han brothers were busy digging the loud man's grave so it took them a bit too long compared to what they planned.
A week later, Han Beom called Ho Seok and Lee Hye to the café he went back to work in after the company's incident, "here" he put two cups of coffee and few plates with different types of desserts in front of them, "have some before we start talking. Don't worry, it's on the café"
They started drinking and eating what they were served but Lee Hye was the least comfortable, Beom noticed that but he decided to wait until the man finish eating so he can talk comfortably. After they ended, Han Beom came back with Han Aera after him and between his hands two files that seemed to have a lot inside them.
Ho Seok and Lee Hye watched the two take their seats and even order some drinks for them, after they took a sip and two from their drinks Han Aera put the two files in front of them and even opened them dropping in front of them piles of papers and some photos of the loud man, "those are-" Lee Hye started but he couldn't finish his sentence from the shock of what the man he trusted had done so far.
"Masks didn't exist for no reason Lee Hye, some of them are too dirty to be shown to the world and that's why their owners do those things in secret. But what they don't know is that there are eyes everywhere and walls have ears~ so those masks some desperately try to hide are shown wide clearly for those like me" Lee Hye looked at Aera in fear, it then turned to shock after that it became admiration, his eyes turned to two stars glittering for Han Aera and Han Beom, "who are you sir?!" He asked excitedly.
"I'm Han Beom's hyung" he grinned before he leaned back and crossed his legs and arms, "and one of the two men no one must mess with" his grin turned to something scary and with Beom's cold eyes beside him, the two looked like monsters ready to cause the worst thing the world would ever see.
The two sitting with them on the same table trembled from fear but Han Aera comforted them that they'll be safe and things will be alright since they left things to the two of them, he even promised them better future since he still has another golden card in hide in case things don't end the way they want them to.
"Here's what we'll be doing..." Han Beom and Ho Seok walked to the company and entered it ignoring the guards who tried to stop them but failed, everyone watched the two walk all the way to the elevator, "...Beom and Ho Seok will be going first to the company and go to get the annoying man who framed you three" Han Beom and Ho Seok went to the loud man's office, he was sitting comfortably in his seat talking to someone about his last night in a club, but he fell from his seat when he heard the voice he had nightmares from, "knock, knock. Time to finish an old business" Han Beom leaned on the door and gave him a scary smile before Ho Seok walked toward him and snatch him from the floor.
"... And Lee Hye?" Aera turned to the man who jolted and waited for his turn in the plan, "I'll need your help with something I can't do alone, do you remember the face of the police officer that is in contact with the CEO?" Lee Hye smiled and nodded his head excitedly, "he's not an old man but his position and the harsh things he went through made him look older than his age, he has a big build and broad shoulders, also he likes to pull his sleeves up. Oh and he has dark skin and black hair with few white strands! What?"
Aera smiled for him and shook his head, slowly he stood from his seat and turned to face the other side, Lee Hye followed after him taking slow strides inside the police office looking for the man he described to them, when Lee Hye found him he poked Aera to look to the place he pointed to.
When Aera saw the wanted man, his eyes turned wide before he mumbled something made Lee Hye blush, "shit, he's a whole meal"
"E- excuse me??!"
"Nothing, let's go and finish our business here before things get complicated with the two in the company" Lee Hye nodded and followed after him, Aera clenched the two files in his hands, because the man they're approaching looks more and more scary the closer they got to him.
Ho Seok rose his hand making everyone to look at him, "what will we do if that annoying man tried to do anything to escape our trap before even falling into it?"
Aera pondered then turned to Beom who was busy messaging someone from his phone, "Beom? Remember what that man taught you?" Han Beom glanced at his hyung before he gave him back his phone and sit in a better position, "let your prey get the upper hand, because the higher they'll feel they are, the more painful it'll be when they fall down"
"To put it simple, let him do whatever he wants. Me and Lee Hye will try to finish our business in the police office as fast as possible to save you from what might happen to you" the three nodded their heads and proceeded with their planning.
Aera pulled two walkie talkie and gave them to Han Beom and Ho Seok, "wear those so we can stay in contact with each other, and just in case, we'll give that officer one so he can be up to date about the things we're doing and will do"
"Do you think this is a good idea? I know those stuff are illegal" Ho Seok swallowed and trembled while holding the walkie talkie, "I have my people so it's fine" Han Aera answered him shrugging as if this is nothing, Ho Seok and Lee Hye turned to look at Han Beom asking for an explanation but he just shrugged to them scaring the two even more.
"Alright, let's get back to our plan shall we?" They got closer to the table to hear the rest of the plan.
"After you two reach the CEO's office, make sure you lock the door after you so no one can disturb you" Beom locked the door after him and even took the key and hid it in his leather jacket's zip pocket, "what do you think you're doing?!" The CEO yelled, he tried to contact his secretary and even the guards but no one answered, "don't bother, I shut off all the connections here, after all, we have a lot to talk about" he pointed with his hand to the sofas in the middle of the room, the four of them took a seat and stayed silent until the two trembling bodies calmed down a bit.
"Shall we start?" The two in front of him looked up at him, cold sweat started to form on their foreheads from fear but Han Beom tried to look as calm as possible with no hint of anger or coldness.
"A- about what?" The CEO stuttered, Ho Seok leaned forward and rose an eyebrow, "about what happened with us and Lee Hye?" He asked making the loud man jolt and turn to look at Han Beom who he met eyes with, he couldn't contain the happiness he felt inside so he smiled wickedly to him since it seemed he remembered what he told him before leaving the company, "you didn't win the war" Han Beom mouthed making the loud man gasp and tremble more from fear.
'Could it be possible? Did Han Beom find anything about me? No that's impossible, everything's hidden that no proof was left' he thought assuming the things Han Beom and Ho Seok will provide are related to the reason they were fired, he never thought it could be about his history 'till this day plus the matter related to that incident.
"Once the prey starts to sense an approaching danger, he'll try whatever he can to could escape, he might put the blame on someone else, and when you show the pictures he might say they're fake or someone edited them so you two can take your revenge on him.
But I assume the CEO isn't that dumb. I mean, he saw most of the people in that field so he sure knows who's lying and who's not, maybe he didn't notice that last time because his emotions were controlling him but he'd probably make better decisions when you guys are alone" Ho Seok and Lee Hye were flabbergasted by all what Aera had planned and analyzed so far that they found themselves speechless.
"Whoa, Han Aera it seems to me you're the one with most experience in that field" Lee Hye clapped while commenting, his eyes glowed more after what he said getting more and more excited to proceed with that amazing plan.
Ho Seok pondered for a minute, "what will happen next?"
Aera smirked, his expression on sync with Beom's while he watched the loud man lose control over himself and panic from all the things exposed about him, "that's impossible! Who did you ask to edit this shit?! Are you that desperate to take your revenge on me?!?!!" The CEO sat in his seat watching the man in panic while he read the papers in his hands, he sighed before he stood from his place and walked back to his seat.
"Sir?" The CEO didn't look at him, he didn't look at anyone from embarrassment, he has seen a lot of people and sides yet he couldn't find out this lie, he sometimes would forget he's a human so he was surprised so he wanted to sit and think it all again.
Beom gave a sign to Ho Seok, the man smiled happily and pulled the loud man by his collar, "oh how badly I wanted to punch this disgusting face of yours" he said before he punched him so hard making him bleed.
"I'm gonna sue you, all of you! Don't think the war ended!!" He screamed with his face turning red from anger, "oh no, this is the end of the war" Aera said while leaning on the door, Ho Seok looked back and forth at the brothers wondering if this is something common between them but that's the least of his concern with the man beside him, the officer Aera and Lee Hye went to meet decided to join them to meet the man he'll arrest and when he saw him his face turned ugly which meant he knew him.
Aera called for Beom, who before he left, took the loud man with him as he and Aera planned alone, Aera had already talked to the police officer and even warned him to not get into their business any further or he will be the one in danger. The man Han Beom took had already lost conscious so it was a calm ride for them to the wanted location.
"Ho Seok? Lee Hye?" The CEO called for them, "I want to apologize to all what happened... If you two are ok with it, would you like to come back? I'll promote you two to better positions, positions you deserve" the two looked at each other and smiled planning to ask for some stuff they wanted and saw fit for them all.
"Augh... Whe- where am I?" The loud man asked.
"Oh, I don't think you want to know~" Han Aera said before he crouched down in front of him with a cigarette on his lips and a wide smirk eating his face with smoke slowly rising hiding part of his face, "because this is the last place you'll be seeing, after all you had done to my beloved lil bro~!"
A group of scary men in black suits came out of the shadows and behind Han Aera appeared Han Beom who looked more terrifying than before, the smoke from his cigarette and the dim light in the place made him like a criminal about to attempt a crime.
Han Aera pulled him by his chin and looked at him, "tsk, you're not worth dirtying my hands nor my bro's, so I'll leave these nice and sweet gentlemen to take care of you~" the so called nice and sweet gentlemen approached him with there scary looks and weapons in hand, "no, please no, w- wait!!! I'm sorry! I'll do whatever you want but please!! Please, I don't want to die! No, no no! Arghhhhhhh!!!"
Han brothers walked out without looking back, when they were met by the cold wind, Aera shivered so Beom put his jacket on his shoulders, "thank you dear~"
"What was the golden card you kept 'till the end?" He asked curiously, Han Aera smiled and pointed at himself, "me~!!"
Han Beom blinked and when he understood what he meant he laughed hysterically "Ha, haha, guess I'll always be surprised by whatever you say or do hyung... Lemme take this" he said pulling his ringing phone out of his pocket, "go ahead, but can you please light up this cigar for me?"
"Hello?" Han Beom answered while lighting the lighter letting the small flame heat the cigar for his hyung, "a CEO? Me? Which branch?" Han Aera rose an eyebrow in interest to what he's hearing right now, "America? I see, thank you guys... You too, goodnight"
"A CEO huh?" Both of them smirked and turned to look at the dark sky watching it glow with the stars and their future.
Whatever it holds for them...
Good or bad?
Only time will tell...