I was in front of a burning house. Everyone that I loved was in that house, but I could not do anything. I was incapable of doing anything. What should I do? What could I do?

I could just watch. Watch them burn. Watch them die.

Suddenly I was woken up by my mobile phone vibrating. It was just a dream.

I looked at my phone and realized that Luhan had texted me.

Be here.
ASAP.
L.

-

It took me a few minutes to get where Luhan wanted me to be.

"Key", someone greeted me as I was in front of the building where I was heading to. His name was Kangin and he was the bodyguard of this building. He was also hired by the same company as me and this company was called S.M. "How was it working for Jonghyun? Is he as bad as everyone says?"

Actually this company was a mafia-like organization, ruled by one single person, and that was Siwon. He separated this organizations in five groups, all located in this country. One of the group's leader was Luhan, whom I had worked for since I turned down the offer to become a leader by myself. Jonghyun was also a leader of a group and since I was by far the best at what I was doing I had to help him because he was in trouble with some other people from YG, another organization or gang which I hated since I was six years old.

What the others and I were doing? Well, that's easy. We assassinate people.

Yes, S.M. was a killing organization. It is actually a really good business. Not 'good' but earning money was easy and this business was running just great!

"Well, I guess these are all rumors. Jonghyun is actually quite nice", I answered Kangin and entered the building. Kangin was one of the few who did not kill anyone but serve S.M. and protect it by any cost.

Inside the building, some people greeted me. I knew their names but only their pseudonym. Luhan, Kangin and Jonghyun were not the actual names of them, and except for themselves and Siwon, no one knew the actual names of anyone. My name wasn't 'Key' either. 'Key' was my pseudonym. My real name was Taemin. Siwon was the only person who knew it. From all of us.

Anyway I had a little talk with a friend of mine who's also working here.

"Dude, I want to stop", he said.

"Minho", I whispered. No one should hear what he had to say. "You can't. You know what they are going to do with you."

"Yes, yes, I know, you don't have to tell me", he said and so our conversation ended and he walked away.

That's the only thing. If you wanted to quit, you'd get removed - or killed.

I hoped that Minho would stick to S.M., I did not want to see him dead. He was a friend of mine.

I headed towards Luhan's office. There he was waiting for me.

"Ah! Key! Finally. Welcome back!", he greeted me and I sat down across from him. "How was having Jonghyun as boss? You missed me, right?"

I laughed. "Sure I did. YG made a few problems. I assume you already knew that."

"Yeah, I know. And I also know how much you hate YG. So, is there everything alright then?"

"Yes, everything's alright", I ensured him.

"That's good to hear", he responded. "By the way, there is a new job for you."

"That was obvious. Where is the file?", I asked. Of course there was a new job for me. Luhan would not call me over just to talk about fun times. I was ordered to assassinate someone.

"You're good, but that was also obvious. You're the best of all and Siwon acknowledges you. Here he is", he said and handed me over my victim's file.

There was a picture of him on the first page and also his name: Kim Jongin.

"Just the usual", Luhan said after I had studied the file. "Get rid of him without anyone knowing and seeing."

I did not say anything but walked out of the office with my new target: Jongin.

I studied the file at home as usual. It offered me any kind of information about Jongin except for the reason for his death. His address was written in there and also many addresses where he was seen frequently and very often. His job was nothing special, just an assistant of an author who was not very famous. I've never heard of the author before. Seemed like a rookie to me. Whatever.

I sighed and made myself a cup of tea. This was going to be a long afternoon.