Casino War: Episode 4

Mu Yeong sees the car crashing in front of his eyes. He runs to her car and find her already unconscious, blood splatters all across. He holds her and starts to cry uncontrollably. Mu Yeong asks people around to call an ambulance and police while he sits there and holds her on his lap.

Hang Ah is brought to a hospital while the police investigates the accident. Mu Yeong choose to go to hospital. On his way he calls his boss, Jeong Hak. 

“Boss, I’m on my way to hospital. There’s car accident. I beg you to go to police station to get updates,” Mu Yeong tells Jeong Hak.
“Hey hey, why do you call me? Why I have to go to police station?”
“It’s long story, about Hang Ah. Please, I ask you!”
“Hey kid, do you think I don’t have anything else to do?”
“...”

Mu Yeong ends his call and makes Jeong Hak frustrated. But he ends up at the police station anyway. He asks begrudgingly at the police station for their record on car accident. One thing for sure, whether it’s intentional or not, the brake system is not working properly. But the police can’t decide whether the brake system has failed from the start or it somehow gets broken while driving. Jeong Hak calls Mu Yeong on this info, making Mu Yeong all more frustrated. He can barely contain his tears in front of unconscious Hang Ah. 

 Myong Guk comes to the hospital to visit Hang Ah. She’s still in coma because of head injury. He doesn’t say anything, but looks at her pitifully.

“Well, it’s pitiful we lost Comrade Kim Hang Ah. I guess we can’t use her anymore,” Myong Guk says.
“Are you even a human? Do you think I don’t know you had set up the car?”
“If you tell someone something you don’t have evidence, it’s not proof, it’s accusation.”
“I should really kill you on that day!!”
“That day, you are even weaker than now. Then again, what’s the point, I won’t interfere you anymore. In fact, I’ll strip her from her title and set her free.”
“How easy for you to say things!” Mu Yeong is even more upset.

Myong Guk reminds him that it’s always Mu Yeong who wants to set free Hang Ah, not him, he only executes what they want to do. Mu Yeong can’t believe Myong Guk easily discard Hang Ah and even tries to kill her. But then again this man will do anything as he likes. Mu Yeong asks him to leave before he really kills him with his own hands. Myong Suk sneers at him and leaves the hospital.

A week later....

Mu Yeong is always by Hang Ah’s side while his boss, Jeong Hak is getting nervous day by day if they are known to help North Korean, a spy nonetheless. Finally, Hang Ah wakes up from her coma, fortunately she doesn’t have serious head injury or external bleeding. Mu Yeong is relieved.

But one night Hang Ah wakes up and looks at Mu Yeong worriedly, she has nightmare that some men in black suits chase them. Mu Yeong holds her sweating hands, assures her that it’s just a dream. Hang Ah wants to come to Myong Guk. She just worries about them if she doesn’t contact Myong Guk. Mu Yeong is concerned and doesn’t give straight answer. Mu Yeong asks her to wait for few says before she can meet him. She nods and agrees with Mu Yeong. 

Three days later and Hang Ah contacts her boss to meet him. Myong Guk receives her call while he’s at a gym, trains himself to boxing. Myong Guk knows she will ask to meet him so he just gives her a place and time to meet up. 

Mu Yeong looks at her longingly, as if he’s not ready if he will lose her soon. Hang Ah looks at him and smiles. She will come back to him, she said.

“If... if you can come again to me, I’ll wait for you today. We’ll meet up at 5 pm at my boss’ office. But if... somehow you can’t come and you have to go back to North or worse, I’ll still wait for you day by day. Either way, I will wait for you,” Mu Yeong tells her then wraps her up in hug.

She feels her heart stops beating for a bit. She feels painful because there’s no guarantee she will come back alive given her boss nature. But she braces herself for whatever comes.

“See you later, Mu Yeong,” she says, really hopeful they’ll meet again.

Hang Ah goes to meet his boss in an abandoned building. She looks at her boss, unsure how she should ask. Myong Guk just stands there, waiting for her to talk first. 

“Boss, you said you will stip me of my title?” Hang Ah asks.
“Yes. But only with one condition. You have to be ready whenever we call you again, on whatever mission.”
“Really strange. You’re not the kind of person who’d give up on someone,” she notes.
“Do you think I’ll take you back to our country after what can be labeled as treason? I’m 100% sure you’d die before you can take a breath there.”

She looks at Myong Guk at disbelief, but he just tells her to quickly go. There’s nothing else he could say. She just needs to remember that one condition and be ready whenever he calls on for mission. She says thank you and sorry and then leaves him. Mu Yeong already waits for her in the office. She finally comes. 

“Am I too late?”
“Nope, I guess I’m too early,” he smiles.

Jeong Hak meets them. They look so happy that even Jeong Hak becomes jealous of them.

“Do you know Ms. Kim? The only thing worse than a guy who hates you: a guy that loves you. Are you okay with that?”
She smiles shyly before answers, “Yes, I’m okay with that.” 

Jeong Hak teases them that he feels he has goosebumps seeing them lovey dovey like that. They smile shyly but can’t hide their happiness, it’s one of a kind that spy can marry one another. Most of the time, given their origins they would kill each other. Jeong Hak is little bit annoying seeing them in front of him. He tells them to just leave now, tomorrow might be not as bright as today. Mu Yeong understands his boss. He holds Hang Ah’s hands, interlocks their fingers and gives his boss a smile before leaving. 

3 weeks later and they officially married. Mu Yeong gives her simple but beautiful ring, but only on one condition: she has to wear it on index finger. Hang Ah says it’s too absurd but Mu Yeong is still concerned with their safety, better not allow anyone else to think they’re married.

Hang Ah pouts, it’s a shame that they can’t show off their marriage or even have proper wedding. Mu Yeong gives her backhug, saying things will slowly change.

“Only one thing will never change.”
“What?”
“My love for you.”

Hang Ah scoffs at him and reminds him not so cheesy because she might having goosebumps from it. But Mu Yeong hugs her even tighter and kisses the back of her neck.

“Hmm, so Comrade Kim Hang Ah, how many children do you want to have? 2? 3? Or even 5?”
“Forget it, one is better. Don’t you know the prices of milk, baby clothes, so on and so forth. Raising children need a lot of money and we don’t even know if we get decent jobs.”
“Aigoo, just leave it to our luck and the future, why bother?” 

Mu Yeong smiles at her and kisses her lips lightly, making Hang Ah blushing. The next minute, Mu Yeong pushes her towards the bed and she falls on their bed. His eyes turn naughty, he moves closer to her. He gives her light kiss on the lips, then on the cheek and back to the lips. Now they’re kissing passionately and their hands hurriedly takes off each other clothes. But before Mu Yeong takes off her clothes, she pushes Mu Yeong and holds his body. Now, she’s sitting on his lap and looking straight at his eyes.

“You just like to be on top right?” Mu Yeong teases her. 

She smiles sheepishly, wraps her hands around his neck and kisses him. They roll on the bed... That night seems to be the hottest one than ever.

-The End-

Writer: kanz
Cr: Casino War, as tagged, to owner

Special thanks to Casino War on Empress Ki DC for inspiration and Dear Readers!

Note: I plan to make it into season 2, maybe next January or February. Thanks for enjoying this fanfic.