"Mummy loves you, baby."
"Alina loves mumma too.''
"Mumma? Daddy? WHERE ARE YOU?"
Alina shot up from the bed panting. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, all sleep lost to the nightmare that has been haunting her since the last 13 years.
She looked down at her shaking hands and clasped them together to stop the action.
After calming her racing heart she looked at the clock on the wall, 5:27 it read.
"Wow, now that's a record." She said to herself chuckling as she pushed the blanket off her sweating body.
She looked at the clothes that she was still wearing from last night. She sighed in frustration.
Yesterday after her annoying encounter with Yug, she was in a bad mood. So her best friend Daniel had decided to take her out to refresh. And Daniel being the smart person he is decided that Alina's little refreshment should be done in a club.
How smart.
Alina isn't a party person, she doesn't like crowded places or loud music so it was pretty normal that they stayed there for about 30 minutes until she decided to threaten Daniel to kill him and they had immediately left.
The whole way back home all Daniel heard was Alina making a plan about how she would cut off all parts of Daniel's body and throw them in different parts of the city.
"Be more creative, buddy." Daniel had replied to which he had gotten a shoe thrown right at his face which made him almost bleed from his nose. He had managed to drop a raging Alina home without getting killed successfully.
The loud noise and the crowd had drained Alina so much that she didn't even bother to change her clothes and just threw herself on the bed of her apartment as soon as she entered.
'He can be so annoying sometimes.'
Alina thought as she removed her clothes, throwing them all over her room and went inside the shower to get started for a new day.
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Alina entered the station and sat down on her table. Her fingers tapped on the desk as she stared at her black computer screen lost in thoughts.
"You okay Alina?" It was the first thing she heard making her flinch. Upon realising who it was and recognising the voice she looked up at her brother. She sighed as she stared at the male from whom she could never hide anything.
"I'm fine brother i promise," she reassured Yuhan trying to sound
convincing. But who was she kidding, this was her brother who knows her inside out.
He just gave Alina a look,
"Great joke." and kept the sandwich and banana milk he had bought for Alina on her table.
Knowing Alina for god knows how long, he knew for a fact she must have skipped her breakfast.
Alina picked up the sandwich and started eating it since she was indeed pretty hungry. It was pretty normal for her. Most days, her meals were bought by her brother only. She looked up at Yuhan who was still waiting for her reply.
She groaned at this, "Oh god i told you I am fine, right? Leave me alone grumpy old man." Alina's voice came muffled because of the sandwich in her mouth.
Yuhan had the urge to pinch those stuffed cheeks but calmed himself down not to be mad at his sister at this moment, he knows Alina was in a bad mood.
"My Alina never enters the station and goes straight to her desk when is fine. She loves her colleagues and would always greet them before even greeting me. So come on now spit it out." Yuhan said and Alina pouted feeling guilty.
She looked around and indeed noticed her colleagues stealing glances at her. She knows they all care about her, but she really hates it when they worry too much.
"Come on Alina, you know we are always here right." Another voice said and Alina looked up to see her senior Junghyun standing just beside Yuhan.
"Oh god guys, it was just a nightmare okay?" She said out loud and everyone heard it.
They all felt bad for their her. They absolutely adored her. The way she is always so energetic and positive gives them strength.
Every single day it's her whose face makes them ready for the everyday challenges of being a police officer. But whenever she gets into trouble they all get scared and scold her a lot. And seeing their ball of energy down like this pains their heart.
"Come on Alina, the Commissioner assigned us a new case today, let's check it out." Junghyun said, changing the atmosphere. He really preferred the energetic girl instead of this one.
Alina who was staring at her hands on her lap immediately looked up at the mention of the case and stood up enthusiastically almost making her chair fall down but Yuhan caught it on time.
"Oh my god brother! Why didn't you tell me before? Let's go right now." She immediately started dragging Junghyun along with him who chuckled at him mumbling a 'this kid'.
"Come on Scooby." Alina shouted at her best friend who had just entered the station still holding his pillow. Daniel didn't even leave his pillow and just followed where Alina went, too sleepy to think.
Yuhan sighed looking at the sudden change in Alina's expression. She went from pouting heavily to smiling widely. Yuhan never understands Alina's love for her job. He loves his job too but the way she gets crazy doing her work is something he can never get.
He smiled remembering Alina's father who was a police officer as well. She is just like her father.
Hardworking. Too hardworking.
"I just hope she doesn't end up like her father." Yuhan mumbled to himself as they all walked
into the discussion room where the commissioner was waiting for their team.