YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL ── hyunlix

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"Hyunjin! Holy shit, would you slow down- Hyunjin!"

Pausing his steps towards his desk, Hyunjin turned over his shoulder and gave Eric an expectant look. Eric's usually neatly styled hair was askew, gelled strands sticking out in all sorts of directions.

Once Eric had come up beside him and leaned his hands on his knees, as though he had just ran a marathon- his lungs begging for oxygen, Hyunjin furrowed his eyebrows.

"What did you need?" He asked, lightly laying a hand on Eric's shoulder as he stood up straight again, "it sounds like it was pretty damn important if it couldn't wait until I got to my desk."

Eric's already flushed face got redder, the blush creeping to the tips of his ears as he brushed down his hair sheepishly. "They found a lead on Lee Minho last night- someone called in to the P.D. because of suspicious activity. Footage showed someone with Seungmin's description of Minho."

"How long ago was this?" Hyunjin asked, shifting the folder into his other hand as he began to migrate towards his desk quickly, "and have they got ahold of him at all? Or has anyone at least tried to get him?"

He dropped the folder onto his desk and powered on the computer, leaning over the back of his chair as he clicked into the database. Eric stood beside him, leaning on the table.

"They tried, but when they got there he was already long gone and the surrounding buildings didn't have any security cameras."

How convenient. Hyunjin wanted to throw his computer across the room when the information that Eric had already told him popped up on the screen.

Minho was a suspect, that much he knew; that much they all knew. The fact that he had fled from Seungmin's home and didn't care to show himself was enough leverage for them to say that he had some form of involvement.

It made sense. Hyunjin knew it did. Seungmin was as stubborn as a mule with a hankering for carrots. If he didn't want something uncovered, then nothing was going to get uncovered. Even if that meant covering for someone. And Hyunjin was kicking himself for not staying at the hospital longer to pull more from Seungmin.

"Has anyone talked to Seungmin since the incident? Hospital visit? Anything?" He asked, grabbing a pen off of the desk to tuck it into the pocket of his blazer, "anything?"

Eric pressed his lips together. "The hospital said that no one came to visit Seungmin, and there wasn't anything on their records that showed that someone visited before he was discharged."

He chewed on his cheek. "Cool. You're my partner now, and we're going on a field trip."

Eric squawked out an unheard response.

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Hyunjin knocked on the door while Eric shuffled uncomfortably beside him. Seconds passed, and there was still no response. But, what could Hyunjin really expect?

Again, he knocked on the door- harder this time.

"Oh my fuck, I'm coming!" Footsteps bounded towards the door, and Eric stepped behind Hyunjin's shoulder for protection (it's supposed to be the other way around, you semi-truck of an idiot, Hyunjin internally reprimanded) as the door swung open. "What do you want?"

Even seeing Seungmin fuming because of being interrupted so early in the morning, leaning on a single crutch, Hyunjin stepped forward. "Where's Minho?"

Seungmin's jaw visibly tensed. "I told you. I don't know. How many times is it going to take for you to believe me?"

"A lot," he responded quickly, taking another step forward even as Eric grabbed onto the back of his coat, "so, I'm going to ask you again- where is Minho?"