[ no matter how much jaejin would rather keep vie entirely separate from this, there's really no way to do that, especially not when he's right. there isn't anyone he's on decent enough terms with who is close to the amber house, not like vie is. he can spend as long as he likes collecting miscellaneous pieces of information and pictures, but it's all useless. he brushes his fingers against the back of one of vie's hands and nods. ]

Okay. [ he wants to believe they're in this together, or at least wants to try. there's so much space between them now, even as close as they are physically. he's thankful vie doesn't fight him on it though, regardless of what that means. it's such a small thing, but he needs it. ] I just need a way to get close to him. I haven't been able to find anything that might give me the opportunity to do that yet.

[ he doesn't think he needs to expand on that. whatever happens, he wants sunni's father dead. it doesn't matter how. ]