C-59
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[ "Hyunjin and Jisung, are you guys positioned?" ]
"I'm dying up here, thanks for asking," Hyunjin replies dramatically as his hands tremble against the sniper.
"Never felt this awesome before," Jisung answers whilst gripping on his taser, looking around like a spy.
[ "Can you focus and answer me seriously? The security cams don't reach your spot." ]
"Oof sorry. Yes, we're positioned and ready."
[ "Geez, was that so hard to say?" ] Seungmin scoffs. [ "I'll get back to you later, so stop making noises because we can all hear it." ]
"There's so many voices!"
[ "All the earpieces are connected. Tsk. Don't do anything stupid." ]
"Don't do anything stupid~" they both mock and the tech guy can do nothing but sigh.
The rest of the guys are still waiting for instructions in either Changbin's car or SME's company van that Yuta borrowed. Seungmin (and Jeongin who's watching cartoons with headphones beside him because they forgot to turn him over) focuses back on Chan's laptop as he monitors the CCTV footage whilst also keeping in contact with Kun and the others. It still baffles him on how easy the police agreed to the plan, but then it's no mystery because as what Minho said: they're slow as fvck.
[ "Guys, Kun-hyung said the cops will arrive in two hours max. Can we wait for that long?" ]
"We talked to them three hours ago and they still didn't act? Didn't we already spoon feed them all the evidence?" Minho fumes.
Maybe the authorities just have a lot on their plates right now, but he's not having any of it because danger doesn't wait. A life is at stake and a single second could take it away.
"I thought they said they're all set? Bambam said he'd wait only until 8pm, and that's two minutes away." Jungwoo grits his teeth in annoyance.
"Tell them I'll sue if they don't come here in an hour," Minho says with finality.
[ "Isn't that too much--" ]
"I didn't ask."
Seungmin can't do anything but send his message, because he looks so dead serious.
"Oh shoot." They all turn to Changbin as he looks at the iPad screen wide-eyed. "The tracker's moving and, uh, it wasn't Bambam's room after all."
"What? You told me it's the door at camera nine where Y/n is. Seungmin only hacked that room's passcode."
"I got confused, okay? It was the armoury. His room's the door at camera six."
Everyone facepalms because of his major fail. Minho hisses and everybody holds him back from strangling Changbin.
"Noona!" Jeongin abandons his cartoons as he watches Seungmin's work instead, pointing to the screen. "Noona with a stickman spidey!"
[ "I can see something!" ]
Seungmin rearranges his eyeglasses and zooms in to camera six, then he frowns seeing a skinny guy with long legs carrying an unconscious girl. His hands automatically ball upon recognising Y/n and he immediately informs everyone about it.
"Screw it, let's go now," Minho orders.
With those words as a signal, the guys go on to carry out their plan with slight alterations--because Changbin confused the numbers six and nine.
"You all memorised the blind spots, right? Listen to me. Changbin and Felix will handle the people on the first floor, Jungwoo and I will head straight upstairs. Bang Chan, help Seungmin here and find out how we can break into that room."
"Sure thing, but that'll take at least an hour," Chan concludes. "Unless we proceed with a different method."
"Hey, spidey!" Jeongin suddenly points to his iPad. "Pew pew pew!"
Minho's face lights up. "Changbin's not entirely a failure. Didn't he say they have an armoury? Maybe they have stuff there we can use."
"Oh, yeah! Let's blow this place up, boys."
Jeongin smiles so widely when they give him candies, then he comes back to his cartoons and blasts Barbie songs in his headphones.
"It's settled then. Chan will break into the armoury and Seungmin will stay in the car to guide us and keep in contact with those snails. But before all that... Hyunjin and Jisung, do your job."
****
Six gang members are lined up in front of the entrance, oblivious to what's about to happen as they chit-chat with each other.
"Oh my ghad, my hands are shaking!" Hyunjin whines as he looks at his target through the sniperscope.
"You can do it, man!" Jisung cheers for him.
[ "Time is running out, idiots! Just pull the trigger already!" ] Seungmin's voice booms in the earpiece.
"Geez, I'm just nervous!"
"Do you want me to do it?"
"Nice try, Jisung. I don't wanna die yet." He shakes his head. "Okay, here goes nothing."
Hyunjin bites his lip as he focuses back on his target, then he mentally asks for his mum's guidance before pulling the trigger until it runs out of ammunition. When he checks, he sees all the men down and fast asleep. His knees wobble and he stumbles down whilst clutching his chest.
"Did I just do that?!"
[ "Nice. You're not just a drama llama after all. Let's head in!" ]
Hyunjin's heart flutters when he hears Minho's compliment, but it is short-lived when three unknown dudes emerge from their hiding spot.
He stands up with faux courage, using his tall figure to his advantage as he cracks his knuckles, slightly wincing because who would've thought that would sting?
"Who do we have here? Some spy wannabe?" one of the thugs says and they all laugh.
Hyunjin glares. "Oh please, you wanna be me. Come and fight me, ass."
The three of them accept his invitation and start to inch forward, only then that Hyunjin realises three against one is a lost ground.
"No, I'm kidding!"
Before they can get near him, one of them gets electrified and falls, then the other one, until three of them are down and a very proud Jisung comes into sight.
"Bro, that's sick!"
"You see that? Damn, it feels good to be a gangster!"
Through the earpiece, Seungmin can only question why he's friends with them in the first place. What a tough life.
****
The first floor of Bambam's place looks normal at first sight: a living room in the centre, a large dining table in the side, a few doors here and there. But when the five of them go through the entrance, twelve heads carrying baseball bats and deadly sharp objects turn to them.
It's silent for a bit until Felix decides to break it.
"So this is modern with a touch of old school, huh? I can handle that."
Minho feels like hitting the freckled boy on the back of his head because three of the thugs pull out real pistols that actually kill.
"Deal with this shit." Minho grabs Jungwoo and they run upstairs with Chan following behind.
Changbin groans and pulls Felix behind him. He aims his tranquilliser gun towards the three and pulls the trigger without warning, then he uses the last two bullets to the thugs with big bats.
"We ran out of bullets, didn't we?" Felix whispers and Changbin slowly nods. A boy with a knife charges at them, but luckily Changbin is quick enough to dodge it. He throws the empty gun at his head and the attacker drops down with his eyes rolled back in dizziness.
"Bullseye!" Felix almost claps until he remembers the situation.
"We have to fight them by fist now, can you handle that?" Changbin looks back at the younger boy only to see him grinning like that's not a problem. "It's six versus two, that's not a smiling matter!"
"Time to flex my taekwondo skills then! Can't let my black belt go to waste." He shrugs and the smaller boy unknowingly smiles at his confidence.
"Okay then, let's attack on my mark. In three, two..."
The thugs start crowding them, but it doesn't phase the two one bit. They look at each other and nod in agreement.
"Step out!"
A fight breaks causing a few cuts, broken bones, busted lips, and cheek gashes. Felix isn't kidding with his black belt, and who would've thought being a gym rat can make you hit that good? Changbin can relate.
****
When they arrive at the second floor, Minho and Jungwoo go westwards whilst Chan proceeds to the right wing.
"Seungmin, is this that door?"
[ "Yes, Chan-hyung. The passcode is S-K-R-R-T-9-7." ]
"Thanks. Inform us if you need something there."
[ "Actually, Hyunjin and Jisung are with me now. I'd be really glad if they shut up for a while." ]
"Good luck, kid." Chan shakes his head in slight amusement.
After successfully coding the fingerprint scan that Seungmin created, he goes in. The sight in front astonishes him as few firearms of different calibres are arranged on the wall, bats are stored in a box, and knives of different designs are enclosed in a glass partition.
"Wow, Dabbin is a hardcore gang," Chan states. "We underestimated them a lot."
Chan is looking around in awe, then his whole demeanour changes at the noise outside the door. His eyes narrow coldly as he points the gun in its direction with a clenched jaw. "Show yourself."
"Ow! N-No, it's me! It's me!" Changbin raises his hands in surrender when Chan almost hits him.
"The door was so heavy." Felix giggles as he struts in after him, marvelling at the sight.
Chan sighs and shakes his head as he scans the bruised pair, relaxing his shoulders a bit.
"Wow, these are so cool! Can we take one?"
"No, that's dangerous." Chan shields Felix away from the firearms.
"These things don't matter if Bambam's people don't know how to use them, though." Changbin looks around.
"I believe in Y/n's friends. They might be young but they're brave."
"I know right? I'm so amazed at how much they treasure their friendship with her."
"Friendship, you say?" Chan smirks. "What kind of friendship to be voluntarily risking their lives--"
[ "I'm sorry to break it, but can you please find the stuff to break this door down already? We're literally dying here-- ouch!" ] Jungwoo says through the earpiece.
The three look at each other and shrug before rummaging through every corner of the armoury. In the farthest and uppermost shelf in the room, the boys find a small safe. Chan reaches for it and all three carry it towards the part with good lighting.
"This is heavy for a small vault."
Chan cranes his neck as he inspects it. There's a combination lock with six digits.
"Should we just break it? Or maybe we can use the gun." Changbin frowns impatiently.
"No way. What if there's a C-4 inside?" Chan shakes his head.
"Hmm... What could be the code?"
"Try 191028."
Chan tries but the lock doesn't move one bit. "Invalid."
"How about 000801?" Felix suggests.
"What's with the random numbers?" Chan encodes it and their eyes widen when the safe opens. "How..."
"That's my bestie's birthday! Wow... That Bambam is indeed obsessed."
Chan takes out the sole content of the safe and all of their eyes widen again, if that's even possible.
"I was just kidding when I said to blow this place up, but damn."
"I'm just glad we didn't use the gun."
They look at each other and shudder at the thought of their body parts being bombed apart.
"Let's bring this to Seungmin."
****
To say that it's awkward is an understatement. You know that feeling where you want to talk to someone after a fight but you just can't because your pride is too strong? And you can't bear to say something because of the unwritten rule that if you speak first, you lose?
They're so stiff like exes who had a not-so-nice breakup and are forced to be in the same place again, except Minho and Jungwoo aren't a couple. They're ex-friends which makes it nothing better.
They walk through the hallway stealthily, guns pressed to their palms and triggers ready to be pulled. They're side by side, avoiding each other as much as the space allows them.
"Move!"
Just then, Minho senses something and he pulls Jungwoo down with him. A guy holding a knife stumbles forward. He swishes his knife towards the two, but Minho is faster and he's able to land a punch at the attacker's face that sends his eyes rolling to the moon and back.
Jungwoo looks at him wide-eyed. "Minho, I--"
"Apology accepted."
"Eh?"
"I don't need your thank you or sorry or whatever. I need you to do your best and help me save Y/n. That's the only way I can forgive you, do you understand?"
Jungwoo nods. "Thank you-- oh, sorry-- I mean, ah whatever!" His cheeks are pink as he stammers.
He has never really asked for forgiveness formally so when Minho said that, he feels bashful and can only show his gratitude in an incoherent way. Even though he's shy to say it, he's really thankful that he gave him another chance.
Jungwoo never imagined saying this, but he just found himself agreeing with his thoughts.
"Now I see why Y/n likes you. I hate to admit, but you deserve her."
"Duh?" Minho says as if it's the most obvious thing, but his red ears say otherwise. He didn't know it felt good to hear that. He clears his throat and pats Jungwoo's back awkwardly. "Uh, let's move on."
They both continue their walk, wary of the surroundings in case another attacker comes.
"--MINHO!"
Minho freezes on his steps when he hears a really familiar voice shouting for his name.
Jungwoo frowns as he recognises it too. "Isn't that..."
Distressed sounds are heard through the earpieces as Seungmin notifies them of what he's seeing.
[ "Stay alert! There's about seven people coming your way!" ]
Minho finally snaps out of his momentary frozen state. "Which way?"
[ "Four on your left and three on your right!" ]
Minho faces left and Jungwoo turns right. They're now back to back with alert stances, gripping on their handguns as the thugs finally emerge with bats and knives in their hands.
"Are you ready for it?"
"Hell yeah."
"In three, two, one... shoot!"
Jungwoo aims his gun at the goons and shoots thrice, only missing one. He receives a jab on his jaw that makes him stagger a bit.
"Ouch!"
He hisses and kicks the opposing boy on his groin, making his life flash right in front of his eyes before passing out.
On the other side, Minho managed to take them all out but he ran out of ammunition already.
"Where's the door to Y/n?" Minho's heart thumps loudly when he remembers her crying his name.
[ "Uh, turn to that hallway to your left and-- dang! There's five people approaching from your left!" ]
Jungwoo physically groans and rubs his sore jaw. "Why's there so many of them?!"
"We ran out of tranquillisers. When are the cops coming?!" Minho cracks his knuckles when they hear approaching footsteps.
[ "They said in 30 minutes-- wait, I'm trying to reprogram this bomb with Chan-hyung!" ] Seungmin's line got cut.
"Hello? Shit."
Minho fists his hands when the hooligans block their path. One of them has a very sharp knife which is glinting in mischief, so the two have no choice but to take a few steps back.
"This area is off-limits. Show yourselves out if you still want to live."
"Oh, piss off."
"This boy has guts!" the thug laughs sarcastically. "There's only two of you and there's five of us. Game over--"
"Please! Anyone, help!"
Minho's blood boils hearing Y/n's pained cries, and it ticks something off in him that screams murder if anyone decides to get on his way to her. His glare is so icy, but his fists are on fire.
"Shut up and go away!"
He makes a swift turn and kicks the knife off the thug's hand, catching then tossing it to Jungwoo so he can use something to defend himself. He faces the thug back and twists his arm, making him writhe in immense pain. Another comes to attack him behind but Minho's reflexes are so keen that he's able to sense and dodge it.
"Better watch out!"
He pushed the guy who is about to charge at Jungwoo, receiving a hit on his head that makes him hiss. Minho grits his teeth as he tastes blood from the cut on his lips, then he returns the favour to the thug twice as much.
"Where's Seungmin when we need him?" Minho breathes through his parted lips as Jungwoo finishes off his last opponent.
[ "Hello? Minnie-hyung left me. Hmp! Is oki, he's going to noona with his cool robot and the two loud kids. Mr. Chan is using the phone to talk to police, now I can't watch! Tss. Huh? They coming fifty mins? Fifteen? Mr. Chan says they coming!" ]
Jungwoo whines and slides down the wall in exhaustion. "Did they ice out both their wrists that they can barely see the time running out?"
Minho rolls his eyes and looks for the specific door where Y/n is being held. His heart beats so hard that he feels like it'll jump out of his chest any minute. He's so worried about her wellbeing that he didn't even feel the gash on his cheeks and his bleeding lips.
Finally, their saving grace appears in the form of their class valedictorian in glasses and wrinkled school uniform, none other than Kim Seungmin.
****
"Are you sure that would work?"
"Of course! It was so hard to reprogram that it made me wanna give up, but then again no, I didn't give up. Y/n's waiting for us."
"He was in the robotics team!" Hyunjin and Jisung shout from the other end of the hallway.
Seungmin raises a small circular tube. "Since he uses electronics in his locking system, I figured bombing the circuitry will suffice. He's such a high tech thug for having a computerised explosive--"
"I get that you're a genius, but can we get Y/n out now?" Minho taps his feet impatiently.
Seungmin hurriedly obliges and attaches the explosive to the door, but then the burglar alarm blares off and the lights go out that startles even the tech boy himself.
"Don't tell me we failed!" Jungwoo's heart sinks at the thought of it.
"I didn't think this through, aish." The spectacled boy closes his eyes for a second to grasp his thoughts, then a light bulb seems to appear above his head. "Oh, I almost forgot! I turned it into a short-range power burst explosion so we won't create much damage. It's feeding on the electricity right now which triggers the alarm."
The object lights up and it shows a timer of one minute.
"Won't that kill us in the process?" Jungwoo asks sceptically.
"We won't know until we try it."
"What?!"
Seungmin pulls both of them a few metres away from the door when the timer starts to go down.
"We won't die if we're far enough. I think we're safe here."
"You're not sure?!"
"That's the first step in science, hypothesis!"
As Seungmin and Jungwoo argue their cases, a crashing noise is heard before the light turns on. The door bursts open and the tech boy smiles smugly.
"Now my hypothesis is proven and tested."
****
With every step Minho takes, he loses his rationality little by little. He swears he'd stay as sane as possible whatever the situation is in there, but he seems to forget every bit of his self-control when he catches sight of Y/n's dishevelled state on the bed. His whole body shakes in anger when Bambam grabs Y/n and uses her as a shield.
"Stay back or I won't let her go!"
Little did Bambam know, he just made his life a living hell.
"You piece of crap!"
Minho is not having any of it, that's why he grabs the knife from Jungwoo and throws it towards the gang leader, missing his forehead by an inch and making him stagger in shock. He releases Y/n unknowingly and she takes the opportunity to run away.
Minho immediately unties Y/n's hands and he takes off his blazer to wrap around her body. Her eyes are bloodshot red and he has to force himself not to tear up.
"Did you wait for long?" Minho asks softly and Y/n shakes her head. Her body trembles against his, that has him taking deep breaths. He brushes his thumb across her cheeks to wipe her tears before glaring back at Bambam.
"Are you crazy?!" Bambam exclaims after gaining his balance.
"Yes! So don't scare her, don't touch her, don't talk to her. How dare you lay your filthy hands on my girl?"
Bambam picks up a baseball bat and charges at them, and Minho uses his body to cover Y/n as an impulse. He hisses in pain when it hits his shoulder and in return, he kicks Bambam in the area between his legs that sends him rolling to the ground for the second time in the night.
Minho faces Y/n and cups her cheeks, then he kisses her forehead before sending her out the door. "The guys are waiting downstairs and the police will come anytime. Seungmin, can you hear me? Please take Y/n away from here."
"What about you?"
"Don't worry about me, I can handle this. Besides, I'm with Jungwoo."
"W-What can I do?" Y/n asks through her hiccups.
"Just be safe and wait for me. That's all you have to do." Minho kisses her wrists one last time before making Seungmin take her to safety.
Minho goes back to the room where Jungwoo and Yugyeom are brawling on the floor. His eyes are dark with murderous intent as it lands on the obnoxious boy who's still trying to get over the pain in his groin.
"It's been four years and your screws are still loose? You're not getting away this time, I'll make sure you'll end up in jail."
"You're not the one who lost her so stop saying like you know how I feel!"
"Sorry for your loss then," Minho says with full sarcasm. "Can't you hear yourself? You've gone psycho."
"I won't lose to you again! I was so close to completing my plan with her, but you ruined it."
Minho's eyes turn into sharp slits and he grabs Bambam by his collar. "What?"
The insolent boy has the audacity to smirk. "What do you think?"
He fumes as he grasps for any self-restraint in his body because he might kill someone tonight.
"She looked so pretty under me!"
Minho cracks his knuckles, then his fist moves on its own towards Bambam's face. "You're a fvcking disgrace!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The Dabbin leader laughs sadistically like he's gone mad whilst Neo's honorary member lashes his anger out on him. Minho keeps hitting and Bambam tries to dodge it. One, two, a counterpunch, and knockout at last.
"Minho, that's enough!" Jungwoo tries to pull him off. "Let the police handle him. Y/n is waiting so let's go!"
With a single mention of her name, Minho's senses come back. He looks at the hideous sight of Bambam wide-eyed, turning to Jungwoo for confirmation.
The tall boy shakes his head. "No, he's just sleeping. You knocked him out pretty hard."
The warning sounds of police vehicles blares through the whole vicinity and Minho finally sighs in relief for the first time in the whole day.
Is it over now?
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Y/n's POV
The whole place lights up with red and blue as I hear police sirens approaching us from a distance. Felix gives out boiled eggs that he took from the kitchen whilst Jisung and Hyunjin distribute ice to reduce the soreness of their bruises. The guys stand outside the car in precaution, where I sit on the backseat with a crying Jeongin beside me.
"Am sorry, noona!" He sniffles. "Innie couldn't protecc you from the bad stickman spidey."
I shake my head and hug him. "Noona heard you let them use your iPad. Don't you know that you helped them big time?"
He finally stops crying as he blinks up at me. "Really?"
I nod and ruffle his hair. "I'm so proud of my little Innie."
"Hehe." He smiles and gives me a wet kiss on both cheeks.
Chan comes and takes Jeongin so I can finally be alone, and I sigh in relief when I don't have to look strong in front of my cousin anymore.
"Y/n?" Seungmin peeks inside, handing me an ice pack. "Put this on your jaw to reduce the swelling."
"T-Thank you." My lips quiver as I do what he says. "Can you please not close the door? I'm scared."
His face softens and he flicks the light on. "Better?" I slowly nod and he gives me a small smile. "Just tell me what you need and I'll try to get it for you."
"When is Minho coming? Are you guys alright?"
"Don't worry about us, we're fine," Seungmin assures me as he clicks something on his ear. "Jungwoo-hyung, where are you?"
[ "We're almost there, we just handed Bambam and Yugyeom to the police." ]
He sighs in relief as he looks back at me. "You don't have to be scared anymore, those thugs are in the cops' hands now."
My tears fall as I hear the good news. Finally, no one will bother us anymore. I wipe my eyes with the back of my hands as I try to suppress my hiccups. Seungmin pats my shoulder in reassurance and hands me a bottle of water.
"You might faint with all this crying," he jokes to lift my mood up but my overwhelming emotions can't stop my eyes from raining out.
I look outside and I didn't know it's possible to cry even more when I see two advancing figures who are supporting each other to walk.
"Minho!"
I run out of the car towards him, and he immediately picks me up and wraps his arms on my waist for support. For the first time in this night, I finally feel safe.
"Let's give them some privacy," Jungwoo says and everyone goes elsewhere.
Minho carries me back to the car and sits me gently, then he crouches down in front of me and starts checking my body for injuries.
"Are you alright? Does it hurt? What can I do?" His eyes become glassy as he caresses my swollen jaw, then he traces the purple marks that encircle my wrists.
"H-How about you? Are you okay?" I cup his cheeks and he suddenly winces when I graze the gash on it. He puts his hands over mine and nods. "Sure?"
"Sure." He sniffles. "You must've been so scared... I swear I tried everything just to get to you on time. I was worried sick."
"I know... I'm just glad you guys came. I don't know what could've happened because it seems like he lost his mind."
"Did he do anything? Did he..." He bites his lip as if he can't finish his sentence and I almost sob remembering what I went through.
"Almost."
With a single word, tears come pouring out of Minho's eyes and he breaks down on my lap. He inhales sharply, his body trembling against mine. "I'm sorry, Y/n! I'm sorry you had to be alone with him. I'm sorry for being late and not reaching you on time again."
"No! It's not your fault, Minho." I cup his face and wipes his tears away. "I'm fine now and it's all thanks to you and our friends. Don't blame yourself, hmm?"
Minho always looks reliable and strong whenever I'm with him, so it pains me to see him breaking down like this. He's my soft boy and I'd do anything just to see him smile again.
I comb my fingers through his hair to calm him down as he nuzzles his face on my stomach. "The cops got the bad guys because of your help and now, no one will bother us anymore. It's all good now, Min."
He looks up at me with twinkling eyes, and we cry together as relief washes in our system. We're finally free.
"Yeah, it's all good now-- ah..." He winces in pain as he massages his temples with closed eyes.
"W-What's wrong? Are you... hurt."
My eyes widen and I gasp in horror when I withdraw my hand from his nape and see blood.
"I'm okay," he says through half-lidded eyes.
"No, you're not! Help! Minho is injured!"
Everything happens so fast and before I know it, we're already entering the emergency department of the hospital with Minho on the stretcher.
"Blunt head trauma with GCS of..."
The paramedics wheel the bed through the glass doors, and someone grabs me away from Minho that causes hysteria into my body.
"What's happening to him? What does that mean?!"
"Y/n, you need to get treated too!"
"Tell me he's going to be fine! Tell me he's okay! T-Tell me..."
"Y/n? Y/N!"
Suddenly, I lose all my coherence as I feel all the adrenaline surrounding me fades. Minho in blood is the last thing I see before my lids shut down.
****
"Noona?"
I groan when I hear noises that disrupt my peaceful sleep. "Go away."
"Wakey-wakey, it's time to wake up~"
I sigh and finally open my eyes. My head stings as I sit up, massaging my temples and sore jaw in the process whilst trying to avoid exerting my bandaged wrists too much. I frown in confusion when I see an IV secured on my arm, but then I remember fainting last night because of my panicked state.
"Gumorning." Jeongin smiles at me from beside the bed as he sits on Felix's lap.
"G-Good morning," I greet them weakly. "Where's Minho?"
"Woah, calm down. You just woke up and your heart rate is already doing cardio." Felix points to the monitor showing my vitals.
"Don't you care about us too?" Hyunjin pouts beside Seungmin and Jisung on the sofa.
"Of course, I do! It's just... he was unconscious the last time I saw him and it scares me a lot. I'm sorry."
"Don't be!" Jisung smiles at me before throwing a glare at Hyunjin. "We're just glad that you're okay now."
"How about you, guys? Did you all get treated already?" I ask as I look at their faces with a few bandaids and scratches. "What are you doing here, by the way?"
"We're fine, just got scolded by our folks for a bit." Felix huffs. "It's all worth it though."
"We came for a checkup earlier, but then we saw your baby cousin and he told us no one will watch over you because your family and trainee friends are handling the case against your abductors." Seungmin shrugs. "We stayed with him since we had nothing to do anyway."
"Thank you..." I say sincerely because I feel really touched by their kindness.
Who would've thought someone like me could have friends as wonderful as them? I smile as I watch Jeongin give each of them a pack of treats.
"No problem! What are best friends for?" Hyunjin gives me his signature eye smile.
Felix frowns as he points to himself. "Excuse me? I'm the best friend!"
"I'm the first friend! What are you two talking about?" Jisung argues.
"We got closer first!"
"We live next to each other!"
"Oh yeah?" Hyunjin points to Jisung accusingly. "Then you should've tried getting closer to her better!"
Jisung points back. "Then you should've tried not getting in the way better!"
"She's my noona!" Jeongin pouts and takes back all the packs of treats he gave them, save for Seungmin's.
Before they start debating right inside my hospital room, Seungmin decides to step in. "Sorry to break it to the three of you, but no one really stands a chance against Lee Minho's fist."
Just hearing his name, concern creeps into my heart again as I remember his bloodied and unconscious state from last night, making me shudder at the thought of the worst scenarios that could've happened.
"Hey, what's wrong? Your pulse is sky high again."
"I need to see Minho."
"Oh."
The four of them look at each other knowingly, making me really anxious and nervous.
"Can you please tell me where he is?"
"Uh... Um..."
"What?"
"Aren't you tired? You should rest some more--"
"No, I'm perfectly fine now. Just tell me where he is."
"But it's not advisable for you to walk around in your state--"
"I don't care." I frown when they keep dodging my questions. "If you're not going to tell me, then I'll go find him myself."
"Noona, I saw Dori's twin next door-- mmn!"
My three friends facepalm at Felix, who is too late in covering Jeongin's mouth. I pat his head as I get up from the bed and drag the steel IV stand, using it for support to walk.
"H-Hey, stop right there-- fine..." Felix sighs in defeat.
"It's not our fault if you see something you shouldn't," Hyunjin warns me.
"W-What do you mean?" I ask and Jisung just shakes his head as an answer.
My heart became heavy as I thought of the worst. I hurriedly exit the door and the hallway greets me with doctors and nurses doing rounds, patients walking around, and visitors going in and out.
I look at the door next to mine, and I make slow strides whilst trying to build my courage to face whatever awaits me.
"Room 408, no pulse!"
Before I can lay my hands on the doorknob, nurses start moving around as they announce the only code that I am familiar with.
"Code Blue!"
I'm dumbfounded when they move past me and rush inside the room I'm about to go into. Medicine carts and equipment are wheeled in and I can do nothing but step aside for their convenience.
I cover my mouth in shock as I look at the door wide-eyed. "What... Oh my..."
"Y/n? You shouldn't be here!" Changbin appears and pulls me away from the commotion. "You're supposed to be resting!"
"Is Minho okay? What happened? Please, just tell me!"
"Y/n..." He avoids my eyes as I plead for an answer.
"Can you please take me to him? I swear I'll behave!"
He shakes his head firmly with an apologetic look. "I'm sorry, Y/n. I can't."
"Why? I'm going crazy overthinking--"
I wish I never asked, because the answer I got is way worse than what I expected.
Changbin puts his hands on my shoulder as he faces me seriously, then he lets out a sigh and shakes his head with a sullen expression.
"Minho's gone..."
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The inspo for the whole chapter is that one Finding SKZ trailer. I couldn't find the rest of the pics but here the boys are. I hope you liked it. I absolutely have no experience and only based my knowledge on action movies I watched so please excuse me if it's too goofy. Reminder to never bring children if you ever get into a gang fight (Innie is the only exception heh).