42: The Sister

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They continued to discuss some more things until they finished eating lunch.

Coming out of the local restaurant, they decided to look around the Shinhwa Building and Union Building.

After an hour of looking around...

They were talking to each other, when...

'𝗛𝗲𝘆. 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗷𝗶.' someone said from inside Caspian's mind.

'No. Stop pestering me. I thought we already came to an agreement.'

'𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺.'

'𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺.'

'Are you not going to stop until I fight him?... Sigh. Alright. I'm also curious if I would be able to win...' thought the teen.

As they were walking, Caspian suddenly asked, "Hey, Shinji... Do you wanna have a spar?"

"What?!" exclaimed Erza in surprise.

"Hoh~? Feeling feisty, are you, Cassy~ Or is it Kaspian... Yeah, it's most probably him." Shinji said with a grin.

"So... Are you up for it?"

"Why the hell not." the teen answered, motioning for them to follow.

But, Caspian suddenly stopped and looked at his phone.

"Argh, man..."

'𝙉𝙤!'

"What? What is it?" Shinji asked, wondering why Caspian suddenly halted.

"The Academy said, that the boat is waiting..." he replied, hesitantly.

"Eh, they can wait. Let's go."

Caspian sighed, "But... I don't want to swim back..."

"Argh! Fine. We'll just have that spar once I come back." Shinji told them hesitantly.

...

After saying their farewells, they parted ways. Shinji then called Jiyoung, to see if she was still available for their training.

...

A few more days pass, and a certain light-cream-haired teen ran up to a door with a happy smile.

"I'm home!" he greeted the cats playing with each other.

"How's everyone doing?" he asked them as they rubbed their bodies against his leg.

"Huh? Mr. Kayden? Mr. Kayden, I'm back!"

The teen looked around the house; in the bathroom, in the basement, and in the kitchen.

Still not finding him, he looked at his bedroom, and there he saw a cat taking a bath in a small basin.

"Ah, Jiwoo. You're back? You've been discharged?" asked the fat cat.

"Ah, yes... But, what are you doing here?" Jiwoo asked nervously.

"What else? I'm taking a bath."

Seeing Kayden getting out of the bath, he decided to help dry his body.

"Did you use up a lot of power helping me out?" the teen asked while drying the cat's round body.

"Yeah, but it wasn't that much."

After a few seconds of silence, the teen spoke gently, "Thank you... You're always helping me..."

"Hmph, quit your chatter. Hurry up and get me dry." the cat said, looking away from the teen.

Kayden then added, "Just focus on your training from now on. All of this hassle occurred 'cause you're still too weak."

"Yes, sir! But, well regarding that... Mr. Kayden. I have something to tell you..." Jiwoo informed him.

The cat looked at him as if already knowing what the teen would say, and said, "What? You want to fight that Lee brat or something?"

Jiwoo flinched and shakily nodded his head.

"Hah! You still want to fight him?" asked Kayden.

"Yes!" Jiwoo answered, his eyes full of resolution.

"If you want to beat that brat, then get ready for hellish training!" he replied with a scary grin.

...

The next day, Jiwoo came to school fatigued. But, after grouping up with Jisuk and Wooin, he somehow felt better.

As they were exiting the school campus...

"Huh?" voiced out Jiwoo, seeing someone standing beside roughed-up students.

"Subin Lee...?" muttered Jisuk.

"What now?" said the person.

"Take your foot off of him, bitch." the white-haired teen said as he saw her foot sitting on one of the students' heads.

"What did you just say?" she rhetorically asked angrily.

"You deaf? I said, take your foot off of him." Jisuk replied with aggression.

"Shut up, asshole!" she shouted, sending a kick toward Jisuk, but the teen just dodges.

Subin punches Jisuk, but he put up his hands just in time to block the attack. She sends another barrage of punches, and Jisuk blocks them with his arms.

Seeing an opening with her barrages, he sends a punch toward her.

"Ha... Not bad. But you're still weak, Jisuk Yoo." she said, stopping the fight.

"You little shit, you're acting way too cocky..."

"It's been a while, bastard. You're still as annoying as ever." Subin said with a taunting grin.

"You two know each other?" exclaimed Jiwoo.

Jisuk sighs, and replies, "Yeah. She's the granddaughter of the Union's Chairman and Shinji Lee's twin sister. We've run into each other in the past."

"Eh?!" Jiwoo voiced out.

"Run into each other? Bitch, you went to our birthday party," she said with a snicker.

"What are you doing here? Don't you know that this is Shinhwa territory?" Jisuk asked angrily.

Subin replied, "I just came here to find someone. Do you know a guy named Wooin?"

"Why are you looking for him?" he asked.

"That's none of your business. Do you know him or not?" she insisted.

"Why the fuck would I know an annoying dumbass like him?" Jisuk replied, walking away.

'He sounds like he does know...' she noted inwardly.

"Yo, let's get out of here."

"What are you looking at? Want some too?" she asked at the staring teens.

...

As they were walking away from Subin, a certain light-cream-haired teen pondered about something.

'Should I ask her or not?...'

'No! I should be the one to ask him!'

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