Special Investigation Team BTS 2
EP 02. Longing
전정국
“Hyung…. That’s not the heroine I know, is it?”
박지민
“…No. No, so don’t get your hopes up.”
As the female protagonist left the conference room, saying she needed to use the bathroom, Jungkook, as if he'd been waiting, asked Jimin, "Isn't that the female protagonist he knows?" His voice trembled slightly.
Another team member, who remained silent, was also momentarily shaken. Because her name was Yeoju. That alone was enough to unsettle them.
김석진
“…Since Yeon Yeo-ju is not Kim Yeo-ju, let’s recognize this fact and not make a mistake. Can you do it?”
"You can do it. You get it?" "No, you can do it." Seokjin himself wasn't sure if he could do it.
정호석
"...Hey, why is everyone like this? No matter who comes, we can do well in our own way! Cheer up!"
Hoseok stood up, clapped his hands a couple of times, and spoke. The corners of his lips were awkwardly pulled up, but there was nothing he could do.
One person had to be able to smile in any situation, and right here and now, that role was Hoseok's.
김석진
"Everyone, please set aside time for tomorrow or the day after. Yeoju..."
김석진
“……Ms. Yeon Yeo-ju too.”
연여주
"……?"
It's annoying that you've been saying "Yeonju..." and then you say "Yeon Yeoju" again. Not once, but twice.
Should I have said "Yeon Yeo-ju" from the beginning, or "Yeo-ju"? I wish I could have said just one.
정호석
"Why tomorrow or the day after?"
김석진
"It's the inauguration of National Assembly member Kim Hyun-woong. I heard he's an acquaintance of a minister and asked us to take charge of his security."
민윤기
"Are we bodyguards? Damn it, they don't want to spend money, so they use civil servants like this."
김석진
"And besides, he's probably trying to show off his virtue. He's got the special investigation team in his hands—something like that, for show?"
전정국
"Oh, do you really have to go to a place like that? I'll investigate one more case while I'm at it."
김남준
"Yeah, bro. Can't you get it out somehow? It seems like it would be a waste of time."
김석진
"I understand and can move on from other things, but he insists on doing this one thing."
Here and there, sighs and the sound of heads being scratched could be heard. Showy security. It seemed to imply the special investigation team was being dragged into a political fight.
연여주
"What should I wear? A suit? A uniform?"
김석진
“There were no specific instructions, but… a suit would be the safest, right?”
박지민
"So we're the only ones guarding it?"
김석진
"No. I heard there's a separate security team dedicated to members of the National Assembly. So I think I'll be working with that team."
민윤기
"This is just sucking up the fresh water."
Yoongi stood up, saying he was already sick and tired of the rich. He didn't respond to Seokjin's question about where he was going. He just left the conference room.
박지민
“Leave it. Whenever Yoongi hyung is in a bad mood, he goes out to get some fresh air.”
김태형
“……I’ll go out for a bit too.”
Taehyung, who had been sitting silently, also stood up. Recalling the disappointment Taehyung had shown her earlier, Yeoju followed him, saying they'd meet again after the meeting was over.
The name Yeoju seemed to hold something for them… but she couldn't go around acting like this because of it. After all, the name Yeoju was her real name, the one she had regained after seven years.
White smoke billowed from the alley next to the police station, and I stuck my face into it, and sure enough, Yoongi and Taehyung, who had left the conference room, were there with me.
They held cigarettes in their hands, and they must have smoked a lot in that short time, as there were a lot of cigarettes at Yoongi's feet. The pungent smoke filling the alley made him frown, but he didn't give up.
The heroine walked toward them, not hiding her presence. They, who had been fixated on the moonlight streaming through the alley, also sensed someone approaching and turned their gazes toward it.
민윤기
“…What is it? Why are you here?”
연여주
"Let me ask you one thing. Who on earth is that woman?"
김태형
"……."
연여주
"Team Leader, you guys, and everyone else too. What's wrong with my name? Why is there such a fuss over the name Yeoju?"
He got straight to the point without any introduction. I was frustrated, didn't understand, and was angry at them for not being able to hide the longing in their eyes whenever they heard the name Yeoju.
I really don't understand what the name Yeoju means to them, and what they see in the name Yeoju other than me, Yeon Yeoju, that makes them do this.
민윤기
"Just go. Don't touch anyone who's standing still."
연여주
"It wasn't me who was messing with the person who was just sitting there. It was the special investigation team members. It's not like I'm ignoring someone who's trying to do a good job. What are you doing?"
민윤기
"If you knew we cared so much about that name, why didn't you just change it? What did we do to you to make you do this?"
연여주
"You don't know that, so you ask?! Look at it now. You're looking at my name, not me. You're swayed by my name, not me!!"
He screamed. Yoongi's face was openly scrunched up, not hiding a single expression, and Taehyung sighed deeply and threw the cigarette he was holding onto the floor.
Taehyung, perhaps not wanting to stay in this place any longer, walked toward Yeoju, intending to leave the alley, but Yeoju stopped him. He needed to hear the answer, right here, right now.
김태형
“…Get out of the way.”
연여주
"Tell me, why on earth do you care so much about that name, Yeoju?"
김태형
"I said Vicky."
연여주
"Why can't people here understand everything at once? I ask them, why is that?"
Taehyung, who had stopped in front of Yeoju with his hands in his pockets, lowered his gaze. Yeoju's eyelids fluttered slightly as she met Taehyung's gaze.
“…You’re not Kim Yeo-ju.”
His eyes, which seemed to be filled with anger, were instead filled with longing and sadness.