Runaway

Chapter 11: The day after

Johnny woke up in his bed.
Memories from last night filled his mind.
The soft kiss he left on Taeyong's pale lips.

He turned around to hug the small boy, to be met with the cold mattress Taeyong seemed to love.

Johnny figured he would be in the bathroom. Getting up he made his way there to find the door wide open.
It seemed weird, but then again Taeyong himself was weird.
After washing his face he went to the dining room.

"Good morning Johnny! How did you sleep?"

"It- it was good Doyoung, thank you."

"Hyung! Did you just stutter?"

"N-no! Shut up. No I didn't!"

"But you did-"

"Mark?"

"I'm just going to shut up."

"Good for you! Um- did anyone see Taeyong ?"

"No we didn't. I was discussing that with Doyoung and Chan hyung just a few minutes before because he didn't come to help with the breakfast. It is weird as he's always there to help, sometimes he's there before us too."

"So nobody saw him?"

"No... he could be sleeping down-"

"That's impossible. "

"I mean- his bedroom is downstairs so-"

"Yeah, but we slept together yesterday!"

"You what?"

"Um- Felix- don't make a fuss. "

"I'll just let it slide... for now."

"I'm going to see if he's down there."

Johnny opened Taeyong's bedroom door only to be met with emptiness.

Was it always that empty?

He looked around to search for Taeyong's phone and bag, he always carries around to find nothing at all.

His heartbeat started to raise.
Where the hell was he?
Did he runaway?

He run up the stairs startling the others.
He begged to find him there.
He begged for him to not go.
He begged for him to not go back there ever again even if he and his friends were in danger, he didn’t want Taeyong to suffer and get hurt.

He stopped running trying to catch his breath and saw a boy a few meters ahead of him watering the blue and black roses that filled that little spot in his mansion's yard.

He ran again and engulfed the now red haired boy.

"Oh- Johnny! Good m-"

"Oh my lord you don't know how scared I was."

"What? Why?"

"Baby, I thought you left. Please don't leave me... I don't want you to go through all of this all over again."

Taeyong blushed at the word baby. Had he ever thought about that?
Hell yeah! But hearing it actually coming from Johnny created butterflies in his stomach.

"I- don't w-worry Johnny... I will do everything to keep you and me safe."

"Promise me you won't go back there."

"I p-promise."

Johnny hugged him once again.
Taeyong's heart was beating rapidly against his chest.

"Wow! Taeyong are you feeling okay baby?"

"Um- yeah why?"

"Your heart is beating so fast! Are you sick? Did you hurt? Let's sit down-"

"I- I'm fine-"

"But your-"

"It's because of y-you-" Taeyong finally admitted in a small voice.

"Oh my... I'm sorry baby-"

"... and this word..."

"Baby?"

"You'll make me have a heart attack."

"Oh no! We don't want that baby!"

"You said it again!" Taeyong left out with a pout

"Oh I'm sorry, but I can't help it love. You are my baby..."

"B-but- you d-don't even kn-know me-"

"Do you really think you were the only one who spied? "

"Wh-what do you mean?"

"What you think love. Now let's go inside before you get cold. It's autumn, we don't want you coming down with a cold!"

"But- you still don't know me well-"

"That's what we'll do. We'll learn and love everything about each other. "

"Did- you really mean what you said yesterday?"

"I love you, if you want to hear it again."

"I love you too Johnny... I'm sorry. "

But the last one was just a whisper barely heard by even Taeyong himself... someone however read his lips from the other side of the yard...