haneul and minho exchanged looks as jaehoon devoured the cookies sitting across from them

"wait so, you didn't kill mom, but you stalked us-"

"for the tenth time, yes" jaehoon huffed

"that's... even more confusing!" minho whined

jaehoon stood up, "I'll get going now that I've gotten that off my chest"

"yeah, thank you so much for making us panic" haneul rolled her eyes

the boy bid them goodbye and left without any other words

"one mystery solved.. but one mystery became even more mysterious. when are we ever gonna escape this hell hole of unsolved cases" minho sighed and leaned back

"i wanna die-"

"DON'T YOU DARE EVEN THINK OF IT HWANG HANEUL"

"geez, hold your horses"

haneul sighed and reached for her phone, scrolling through different apps while minho just stared at her

"han"

"hm?"

"do you wanna go home for a few days?"

haneul frowned, "why? is my presence disturbing you?"

"no no no! never! i just thought that you're a little bored here, and you look a bit homesick too, if you wanna go back then I'll go with you of course" minho said in a hurry, thinking that the girl had misunderstood him

"home.. i don't know to be honest"

minho let out a sigh and embraced haneul in a tight hug, patting her back and rocking back and forth

"what's up with you?" haneul chuckled

"you've been through so much, i just want to stop everything now, you've suffered enough, you didn't deserve to suffer in tge first place! I'll make sure to put an end to your hurting just to see you at peace, just don't lose hope, hannie" minho tightened his grip as he shared his concerns with his lover

at that moment haneul felt a mix of emotions. how would minho know she was having a hard time?

"your eyes say it all han" minho pulled away from the hug and made eye contact with haneul, who's eyes were open wide

"how-"

"you try to bottle up your negative emotions so that nobody notices, but your eyes tell the truth" minho leaned in

"and i am lucky enough to always find it out"

and with that, the boy placed a long peck on the flustered girl's forehead