SEVENTEEN

Chapter 25

 Chapter 25 

     It didn't take them that long to get back in the car once they left the coffee shop. Though Jeonghan and Mingyu kept Sammy in the middle of them just to be on the safe side. Just because it didn't look like they were being followed at the moment didn't mean that someone was nearby ready to strike at any moment. It was better to be safe than sorry at this point. And Jeonghan was going to be damned if he let anyone come near his two dongsaengs. He quickly ushered Samuel into the back seat while Mingyu walked around the car and got in the driver's seat. Then Jeonghan got in the front passenger seat. Or at least he was trying to. He had to stop himself and lean up against the car as he was trying to open the door. He was suddenly hit with a dizzy spell that tried to topple him over. It quickly passed thankfully, but it still left his head spinning. He pulled open the door and got into the car.  

         Mingyu and Samuel didn't say anything at first. They just let him get in, and settled before they said anything. Mingyu looked at him, and Jeonghan promptly ignored him. He knew that the younger man was worried about him, but they didn't have time to do this. They had more important things to do at the moment. Jeonghan took a deep breath and then turned his attention to Samuel in the backseat. He turned around to face the younger before he spoke. "Sammy-ah." Jeonghan said to get his attention. The younger had looked up at the call of his name from where he had been looking at his hands in his lap. "Yes, Hyung?" Sammy asked. Jeonghan couldn't help but to smile at him. God, he missed the younger so much. "Are you okay?" He asked him. Sammy didn't hesitate and quickly nodded his head. "I'm fine Hyung, but what about you and Mingyu-Hyung and the rest of the Hyungs?" He asked him. "We're fine Sammy, we're more concerned about you at the moment." Mingyu said as he butted in. Samuel didn't say anything and just nodded his head in understanding.  

             "Does this mean that you can explain what exactly is going on now?" Samuel asked. "Not that I'm not happy to see you, but it's been awhile and the last time that I saw you guys, Seungcheol-Hyung wasn't exactly happy with me." He told them. Jeonghan just laughed and shook his head fondly at the younger. "Don't worry about it Sammy, Cheollie's not mad at you anymore he never was." Jeonghan told him. "And it's a long story." He said. "But we can explain as we drive back to the safehouse where the others are." He told him. "But first I need to ask you something." Jeonghan explained to him. "Sure Hyung." Sam told him. "Have you noticed anything strange going on recently?" He asked him. Samuel looked at him funny for a couple of minutes. "What do you mean strange Hyung?" He asked him. "Like strange people coming around the coffee shop." Mingyu said. "People that you've never seen before that just started popping up all over the place." He said. "Someone you've never met before that just started walking up to you and talking, wanting to know your whole life story." He told him. "Or someone following you, watching while you work, and trying to follow you to school or home or something?" Jeonghan asked.  

                Samuel didn't say anything for a couple of minutes. The two elders could tell that the younger was thinking about it. "I don't think so." Samuel told them. "I'll admit that I'm not as cautious as I was about the world around as I was with you guys." He admitted. "But I still look over my shoulder a lot more than any kid my age should." He told them. "I haven't really noticed anyone off coming in." He told them. "It's just been the regulars and the occasional tourists." He told them. "I haven't noticed anyone trying to tail me and follow me anywhere." He told them. "What about cars, have you seen the same car a lot in the past couple of months or so?" Jeonghan asked him. "Just parking out front near the shop and not moving for hours?" Samuel hummed at that. "I don't think so." He told them. "At one point I thought that I did, but as it turns out it was a private investigator." He told them."As it turned out he was tailing one of our regulars because he was stepping out on his wife and was having regular meetups with his mistress before going to their regular scheduled hotel." Sam told them. "He gave the wife a call and she showed up and got in a fist fight in the middle of the lunch rush." He told them. "Yeji-Noona and I had a heck of a hard time trying to break it up before the police got there."He said. "It was kind of awesome, it kind of reminded me of Seungcheol-Hyung a little bit." He told them.