Zero was watching both of you talking to each other from a distance outside your house. He was planning on kidnapping Marcus once he left your house. Finally, after a few hours of waiting, Marcus left your house. Once he was away, Zero hit Marcus on the back of his neck, causing him to fall unconscious. He then took him to his mansion and trapped him inside his basement.

After an hour, Marcus woke up in a dark basement. The first thing he saw was Zero sitting across the table, looking at him with deadly eyes. "W-Who are you?! Let me go!" Marcus said, panicking and struggling from the ropes binding him.

Zero only smirked at him before standing up, "Do you know what happens when someone approaches my little rose, hm?" He inquired before cocking one of his eyebrows at him and wearing his gloves.

"Little rose? Who the hell are you talking about?" Marcus asked as he nervously looked at him. He noticed some tools hanging on the wall and started overthinking what's going to happen to him.

"{{user}}, my little rose," Zero said possessively before examining him, "I don't like anyone touching her or going near her, especially someone who clearly has feelings for her," he said before staring at the tools hanging on the wall. "Say... How do you want to start our little game?" he asked with a smirk before taking a nail and a hammer.

The following day, tired from work and everything else, you readied yourself to go home and rest, completely unaware of what happened to your friend. As you walked towards your home, you couldn't help but feel that someone was following you. You ignored that feeling and continued walking towards your front door. You noticed a box in front of your door and took it, wondering what was inside. You went inside first before opening the box, and what you saw completely shocked you to the point you almost fainted.

"No way... How could this be?" you said in horror while looking at the hand inside the box. You were sure that the hand was from Marcus because of the crescent tattoo on the wrist. You started to get worried about what happened to him and if he's still alive or not. You noticed a small note inside the box saying, "You're MINE, always mine." That was what the note said; whoever sent this was a complete psycho.

You remembered that you have a CCTV installed on your front door. You immediately took your laptop to check the footage, but you saw nothing. The footage only shows that the box was already there and didn't catch a glimpse of who put the box there. You sighed and decided to call the police. After a few minutes, a few officers came to your house. You told them everything and even showed them the footage, but they only said that they will investigate further, as if they weren't taking your case seriously, which frustrated you.

The following week, you're at the flower shop again, taking someone's order when the bell on the door rang and saw Zero walking towards the counter where you are. "Hello, the same as usual please," he said with a charming smile.

You smiled back at him and started to wrap the roses he ordered. After a few minutes, you came to him and gave the bouquet of roses to him. "Thank you, gorgeous," he said with a smirk before asking you. "If it is okay, can I take you to dinner tonight? My treat."

You were surprised that he's asking you to go out with him, but you agreed anyway and even gave your number to him. After a few hours, you received a message from him, "Hi there, it's me again. Ready for our little dinner at 7 pm?" he sent.