Chapter 11

Pretty lady! Don't need passwords, come on in!'

The sound from his gate security system brought a smile to Seven's face. She's here.

The door opened and a feminine figure stepped in.

"Can you change the system to not say 'pretty lady' every time I'm here? It's embarrassing. ", Ha Eun asked.

"Why? It's a privilege to enter the Great 707's place that easily.", replied Seven.

"No it's embarrassing. Besides, what pretty lady....", mumbled Ha Eun.

You are pretty.

"You want to make it hard then?", asked Seven.

"Not too hard of course. I remember Yoosung saying that the door's interface is crazy."

Ha Eun walked across the messy and bizarre apartment towards Seven that is busy with his computer as always. She took out her phone from her bag and gave it to Seven.

"Here's my phone. Reporting for the bi-monthly security upgrade. And the door need some security upgrade too.", said Ha Eun.

"No~ no~ no one questions the ability of genius hacker 707."

Ha Eun walks around the spacious main hall. She places a box of delicious smelling food on a table. She laid them out, making sure Seven sees them or at least smells them.

"I don't see many Honey Buddha Chips empty packages lying on the floor. That's good.", commented Ha Eun.

"I told Vanderwood to clean them up before you came."

"To stop me from nagging? I made Zen stop smoking and cut down on his drinking. I'm sure I can do the same to you."

"I already stopped smoking, drinking alcohol and coffee."

"You never did. Really, Seven, you need to eat something other than Honey Buddha Chips.", said Ha Eun.

"Nooooo, Honey Buddha Chips is life!"

Ha Eun approaches Seven again, still not budging from his seat.

"You know, you can ask some normal questions rather than making it crazy like Yoosung said, the door I mean. Like 'What is Seven's real name?' 'Luciel Choi. Ding."

"Congratulations you have put the great 707's life in jeopardy."

"What?! Not many people knows about your name!"

The sound of Seven and his keyboard clicking fills the room.

'Luciel....Luciel...Luciel...'

Seven glanced discreetly at Ha Eun who was mumbling to herself. His name never sounded as sweet as when it was spoken by her.

"You know what, most angels names end up with 'el' syllables. Like Raphael, Gabriel. Lots of others.", said Ha Eun.

"Like?"

"There is Remiel, the angel of Visions, Leliel, angel of night, Raziel, angel of mysteries, Azrael, angel of death and lots of others.", Ha Eun said with a chuckle.

"You know your angels.", commented Seven.

"Because I have one of my own."

Seven looked at Ha Eun, who is smiling happily.

"Guardian Angel, Luciel"

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The flashback from his memory of months ago, pushes Seven to pick up his phone.

I have to protect her.

He's the guardian angel.

Ha Eun stepped inside the line on the bus stop. Her heels clicking against the ground. With her hair let down and no glasses, she felt much lighter. Zen himself was in awe as she never saw her in such a smart business look.

"You sure you don't want me to take you there?", asked Zen with his puppy eyes.

"No, you have rehearsals and it's not on the same way!"

"But I'm afraid the other men will look at you...."

She just came back from the first stage of the recruitment and she felt confident. Her phone rings inside her bag, she reached inside and grab it out.

'707'

"Oh, Seven!"

"On your way home?"

"Are you....", Ha Eun lowers her voice down," hacking the station's security camera?"

"..... No."

"Seven! Why would you do that? Is everything alright?"

"Everything is fine... It's just.... You know, there has been talks about Zen's girlfriend on the internet."

Ha Eun moved back from the line and found a place to sit, somewhere far from people.

"It's nothing new, people talk about it all the time.", replied Ha Eun.

"But there's been a rise in activity lately and it came from Zen's fan-café."

"Are some fans angry or something?"

"I'm checking if there's something behind it. But don't let it bother you. Just read it if you have time in the toilet or something. Don't worry about it."

"Of course."

"Guardian Angel Luciel is here.", said Seven.

---

Ha Eun was still busy scrolling through her phone on the bed even though it's already night time. Zen came and placed a kiss on her shoulder.

"You're awfully busy on your phone since you came back. Is it about the new job?", asked Zen.

"No, it's about you actually."

"What? Me?"

Zen's curiosity peaked intensively as he seats himself beside Ha Eun. Ha Eun shows Zen her phone, showing Zen's fan café main post page.

"You know when a post is highly talked about between members, they appear on top of the other pages."

"Okay."

"And this was on top for I don't know how long, but it got a high comment count.", Ha Eun gave Zen her phone.

"Umm... 'Zen has a girlfriend. 100% confirmed....'"

"Click on it."

Zen scrolled through the post. His eyes got bigger and his smiling face turned upside down.

"'Zen-oppa belongs to every fan. Not just a girl.' 'The girl must've used witchcraft on him!' 'Zen's love should belong with his fans!'", Zen reads the post out.

"Keep going there is another comment from the original writer of the thread.", said Ha Eun.

"Okay, oh I found it. 'I have confirmed that Zen has a girlfriend. If Zen-oppa doesn't respond to the will of his fans, I will release the picture of his girlfriend here and let's all get her."

Disbelief, that was the only thing Zen could think of after he saw it. His fans were never this violent, never this mean. Why have they changed?

"You're in danger, they know you...."

"No, no, that's not what I want to talk about. You know Seven said that since several days ago some people start appearing on the chat centre and they..."

"Ha Eun-ah!"

His raised voice shocked her too. He never raised his voice at her, she went silent in response. Zen held Ha Eun's face tightly, forcing her to focus on him.

"These people.... They've threatened you. I can't let that happen.", Zen said sadly.

"It's nothing to worry about. What's important is who's behind this."

"They're not important!"

Ha Eun was still taken aback by another raise of voice. He truly is anxious.

"You know what? You are my life now. You are most important. I can't let you be in danger because someone was angry to me.... Everything comes next. You're my priority."

Ha Eun felt the heavy air of Zen's fear. He won't listen to anything at this point, she's sure of it. He won't be the least interested to know who's behind this.

"So, what are you going to do?", asked Ha Eun softly.

"They want me to say something, I don't know. I'll think of what to say, I'll ask the company. But I need to get the fans to understand about you.", answered Zen.

"No, don't."

It was another thing that throws Zen into disbelief again. Why would Ha Eun say no?

"What do you mean, no?", asked Zen surprised.

"It's the new job. I can't have the company not hiring me or hiring me because of this problem."

"But it's your safety...."

"I'm safe, it's your career that's having problems right now!"

"I'm sorry."

Zen stepped down from the bed and went outside to the balcony. Ha Eun follows him worryingly. The balcony was chilly for the night wind. Even at this time, Zen still think of Ha Eun first as he took off his cardigan and placed it on Ha Eun.

"I'm sorry that my career is hindering your dream.", Zen said.

"Things doesn't always happen the way we want them to be, you said so."

"What should we do, Ha Eun-ah?"

"I'll go."

Even though it was night and wind was very cruelly cold, Zen felt his head getting hot. Is this the talk again?

"No, before you think about jumping off the building, I'm not breaking up with you.", she added fast.

"Thank God."

"But I really mean it when I said I'm going. We need some time apart, I need to lay low. At least until the recruitment period ended, and then we can deal with yours. I can focus more and you have your new musical starting off this week right?"

"Do you really have to go? How long?"

Ha Eun hugged Zen as tight as she can. She couldn't handle seeing his sad looking eyes. How can she ever leave the kindest man she has ever met in the whole world?

"Give me 2 months. Just that. I promise I'll come back, I will never leave you as you will never leave me. After that, no matter what problem comes our way, whether it was yours or mine, we'll do it together."

"I love you."