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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 : 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞

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"Yeonjun... is that... really you?" The other members could only watch in confusion as their leader, stunned as ever, was practically radiating pure shock and happiness. "In the flesh, indeed it is. I haven't seen you in a quite sometime. Figured I'd pay a little visit." The pink-haired male nodded. He was quick to move slightly as he saw Chan rushing towards him.

But when Chan halted, he too, was just as confused as the rest. "Uhh... what exactly were you do-" The confused male was, within a second, silenced as the rather emotional boy embraced him, tightly. Yeonjun went stiff for a second before slowly hugging back the older who cried into his shoulder.

"Gee, did something happen while I was away or are you just glad to see the glorious Yeonjun in the flesh again?" Chan simply shook his head. "Both..." He continued, "I still you see haven't lost that touch of arrogance within you." Pulling away from the hug, they simply stared at each other before they both bursted out into laughter.

Only, Yeonjun's laughter seemed to have been more forced. But Chan figured that it was because the male was simply in denial about his arrogance. He couldn't necessarily blame him for it though as he knew that he'd do the same as he was quite arrogant for a self-proclaimed, prideful gang leader.

"Listen... we could really use your help right now and-" He was cut short as a voice had spoken from behind the curious pink-haired male. "Wow, I guess my existence isn't valuable enough to be acknowledged, huh?" This time, it was Jeongin who stood up in shock.

"JISUNG!" Jeongin stood still for a moment and turned to Jisung who laid on the bed, groaning in pain as he looked toward him in confusion. The younger sheepishly apologized before correcting himself. "PARK JISUNG!" The two youngest excitedly ran toward each other as they, too, had not seen each other for a long time like Yeonjun and Chan hadn't.

"So uh... who exactly are these two...?" Hyunjin questioned, genuinely confused as he didn't know who Yeonjun nor who Park Jisung was whilst Chan and Jeongin seemingly did. They all turned to face Hyunjin and simply gave him a smile. That obviously did not help as it had scared the soul out of the boy.

"It's a... long story. But that's besides the point now. With Yeonjun and... Park Jisung, now by our side, we're heading back." Hyunjin looked at Chan with wide-eyes. "Have you gone insane?! There is no way we are going back! You saw what happened Jisung back there, didn't you? If it wasn't for Jeongin who spotted him, handing off the metal bars of the balcony lining, he would've been dead!" Chan looked over at Jisung who was now sound-asleep on the bed with a rather painful expression and bit his lip.

Hanging his head low, he gestured for the rest to chat amongst themselves, to which they nodded and proceeded to do so. Seeing that now they everyone was distracted, Chan slowly made his way over to Hyunjin and put a hand on his shoulder.

"I know... but now with half of the members missing, we really can't afford to just leave them behind like that." Chan started. Hyunjin shook his head and sighed before clapping back. "Well we also can't afford to lose anyone else now, can we?" As Chan was about to reply, Hyunjin continued on with his response, "Plus, I really don't trust those two... I mean, just look at them..." Hyunjin said, pointing his head towards them as he saw Yeonjun wink at him. But as Chan turned toward him, Yeonjun immediately looked away and continued on with the conversation between him, Jeongin, and Park Jisung.

"Jin, I've known him for years now. And I'm sure Jeongin has known Park Jisung for quite some time now." He went on, "I get that you're worried about Jisung and all but I can assure you that they're not our enemies. Our real enemies are the ones who sabotaged us back at Jinyoung's building." Chan explained. But Hyunjin simply denied it all as his suspicions were further increasing.

"I get it, it's okay be parano-" Hyunjin cut the older off as he was not about to have Chan call him that. "I AM NOT PARANOID!" He shouted, earning a strange look from Jeongin who looked at him in concern. Hyunjin shook his head and waved him off, earning a nod from the younger who still held a bit of concern for the older as he was evidently stressed.

"DON'T YOU HAVE ANY IDEA?! THE WAY HE LOOKS AND ACTS, HE LITERALLY DODGED YOUR HUG!"

"THAT'S JUST BECAUSE HE PROBABLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO ATTACK HIM!"

"WELL IF HE'S YOUR LONG-TIME FRIEND, WHY WOULD HE THINK THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ATTACK HIM?!"

Frustrating responses after even more frustrating responses. Hyunjin was one more reply away from walking out the door. He couldn't believe how Chan was taking their side, as the little slip of trust between them was slowly slipping away as they continued to speak and sometimes even shout at each other.

The three who were chatting amongst themselves were now filled with nothing but pure confusion and concern. Of course, the loud shouting and arguing didn't go unnoticed by Jisung either as the silver-haired member tried his best to sit up to get a better look of the scene.

"WELL MAYBE YOU SHOULD'VE NEVER JOINED IN THE FIRST PLACE!"

Silence.

Hyunjin simply stayed silent as so did the rest of the boys. But then, the tallest in the room started feeling something wet drip down his cheeks.

The boy could hardly remember the last time he ever cried. But now he did. Throwing his arms to the sides of his body, he hung his head low and bit his lip. Chan was rather taken aback upon seeing Hyunjin's teary, watery eyes but kept his posture the way it was.

Jeongin slowly turned his head over to Chan. And as he did so, Hyunjin shook his head and ran away, opening the bunker's cellar door and slamming it shut. Chan simply allowed him to do so with seemingly no regrets.

The rest could only watch as Chan proceeded to punch a hole in the wall. Perhaps it was out of pure anger or guilt. Or maybe even both. But nobody could tell as they didn't dare to even think about talking down to Chan any time soon.

As the leader made his way over to them, they stepped back. "We heading back to the building. Now. With or without Hyunjin, we're getting the other members back." Chan strictly ordered, earning nothing but simple and curt nods from the three who stood in silence. Jeongin was even shaking in fear.

"Jeongin, you stay back. We need someone to look out for Jisung in the meantime and I don't think you'll be fit for this mission in particular." Jeongin felt hurt by that but nodded, walking over to Jisung and sitting on the edge of the mattress as the three proceeded to head out.

"If I can ask... who exactly is this other Jisung...?" Jisung asked, looking over at the younger as he was the only one he was able to talk comfortably with for now after the surprising event that left the room in silence.

"He's my childhood friend... and was always a rebel. But, he saved me... he saved my life, Jisung. He really did..." Jisung felt guilty for asking now as the blue-haired boy started to tear up whilst remembering his childhood with included having Park Jisung alongside him for the wild ride.

"Innie... I'm sorry for asking. You don't have to go on if you-" Jisung was briefly cut short as Jeongin shook his head. "If it's anyone... it's you, who I trust the most." The slightly guilty male smiled, a small smile as Jeongin proceeded onwards. After all, it was now or never and now just seemed to be the time where he would be able to finally tell someone a part of his story.

"I never..."

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