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A huge sigh was heard throughout a certain car-lover’s apartment. “Why can work never end?”
A glance at his left-most monitor put a small grin on his face. Beautiful hair, beautiful body, beautiful in general. Just catching a glimpse of her, however small, made his day that much brighter. He especially loved it when she would look at him with that beautiful smile and wave up at him.
It caused his heart to skip a beat.
Lately though, since last night, his heart would ache. And it would throb. And it would hurt . He didn’t know what this feeling was. He didn’t know what to do. Why was his heart hurting when he saw her? Seeing her put a smile on his face, so it didn’t make sense that his heart would hurt. He didn’t understand .
“Why aren’t you working, Agent 707?”
Seven glanced behind him to see Vanderwood standing behind him with his hands on his hips and a frown on his face. He gave a sigh, absently rubbing his chest over his heart. Vanderwood frowned at the motion.
“I am working,” Seven mumbled out, glancing at the monitor to the apartment once more. Vanderwood shook his head.
“Nothing is going to happen to her within the span of a few minutes, ya know,” he said. Seven scowled at his screen, not looking at the other agent.
“You don’t know that,” he said. Vanderwood scowled.
“Regardless, you need to work on what the agent gave you. You need to be alive to keep her safe, don’t you?”
“Yes, I know,” Seven replied. He glanced at the CCTV once more, only to see her on the screen. She paused at the door at the end of the hallway and looked up to the camera. Seven’s breath hitched as they technically locked eyes, not that MC would know that. She gave a bright grin and waved.
“Ow,” Seven muttered under his breath, rubbing at his chest once more. Despite the smile that MC put on his face.
“Is your chest bothering you?” Vanderwood asked, watching Seven carefully. The man sighed at the question.
“Ya,” he let out as a whisper, still rubbing at his chest. Vanderwood rolled his eyes at the detailed answer he received before letting a hand rest on the other’s agent’s shoulder.
“What hurts?” he asked, voice uncharacteristically gentle. Seven shook his head.
“My heart,” he answered reluctantly. Vanderwood blinked.
“Your heart hurts?” he asked. “What did you do?”
“I don’t know!” Seven shouted out, letting his hands slam against the top of his computer desk. Vanderwood jumped slightly at the outburst, but watched as Seven’s head soon followed his a soft ‘thump.’
“When does it hurt?” Vanderwood asked.
“When I see her ,” Seven replied, voice cracking at the last word. Vanderwood frowned, watching the CCTV for a moment.
“Seven, do you have feelings for this girl?” Vanderwood asked. He turned to see a tear silently drip down the redhead’s face.
“I don’t know,” he whispered out. Vanderwood frowned.
“You know what will happen if you let yourself fall in love with her,” Vanderwood said softly. Seven picked his head up to give the other agent a watery glare.
“I know that,” he said, voice shaking. “But it throbs and skips a beat, and it hurts . But she still puts a smile on my face. I don’t get it . Why would it hurt if she makes me smile?”
Vanderwood shook his head sadly. “That means that you love her, Agent 707.”
“What?” Seven gasped out. He clenched his teeth together and shook his head in denial. “B-But I can’t . I can’t love her. I don’t have the luxury of feelings. I don’t deserve them, Vanderwood! I would only end up hurting her anyways. I can’t...I can’t do that to her.”
“Luciel…”
Vanderwood only sighed. He knew that if he said anything, they would fall on deaf ears. Only MC would probably be able to help the boy now. And there was no way he would let her be in more danger than she was already in with the RFA. For now, he could only watch as Seven suffered in silence at his computer.
Looking back at the CCTV feed every 2.35 seconds.
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