Obsessed [Editing]

Chapter 28 (X)

(A/N: I tried writing the courtroom part as best as I could. Sorry if it's bad, I did a little bit of research. I hope you enjoy this chapter!)

It had been a week since Hongjoong unexpectedly moved out, also not telling Tyler that he was leaving until he had already packed his things and was gone. The bar was closed, about to be opened in 10 minutes. Right now, Tyler was sitting at the bar when the news came on and it was about Hongjoong's kidnapping case. On the bottom read: Kim Hongjoong's Kidnapper Found and Identified.

Tyler's eyes widened and he hurried to grab the remote to turn the volume up.

"The case that left detectives stumped and desperate to find Kim Hongjoong, as well as his abductor, has been solved and the kidnapper has been identified as Park Seonghwa."

A picture of Seonghwa appeared on screen and Tyler almost dropped the glass cup in shock. He knew it... he fucking called it and nobody believed him. Naomi was standing a few feet away from him, watching the TV, her mouth falling open when she heard that name and saw the familiar face of the man she used to work with. San and Wooyoung were just as shocked. Tyler hurried to pull his phone out of his pocket and went to Hongjoong's contact, quickly pressing it but it went to voicemail after just one ring.

"Naomi, can I borrow your phone, please?"

She walked over to him, putting in her passcode before holding her phone out for Tyler to take and he dialled Hongjoong's number. He listened to it ring a few times. "Pick up, pick up, pick―"

Hongjoong answered... "Hello, this is Hongjoong speaking."

"Hongjoong, it's Tyler―"

"Are you happy now?" Hongjoong muttered, voice filled with sadness and before Tyler could answer, Hongjoong continued to talk,

"Are you happy that you were right all along? Or are you happy that the man you continuously bullied and called a creep is probably going to jail? Are you happy, Tyler? Because I'm not. Not one bit. You don't understand and no matter how I try to explain, you won't accept my answer because you're so fucking stubborn. He doesn't deserve this, but the world is a cruel place, isn't it? We don't always get what we want and it doesn't always turn out to be the happy ending we all desperately want. There is a very high possibility that the man I love so dearly is going to jail and I won't see him for a few years or longer. Congratulations, you got what you wanted. Goodbye, Tyler. Don't bother trying to contact me again."

Tyler couldn't even get a word in because Hongjoong hung up and he pulled his phone away from his ear to look at the screen which showed his friend's contact. He frowned, clenching his teeth and he could feel his eyes growing watery.

Naomi approached him, a frown on her face. "What did he say?" Tyler clenched his phone and slowly slid it back into his pocket.

"A lot. He said a lot of things. But the one thing that stood out to me, out of all of that, was that he told me to never contact him again and that was it." He handed her phone back and she pocketed it. "I was right about it being Seonghwa."

"We had been working with a kidnapper and we didn't even know! That sick bastard!" Naomi scoffed, looking back up at the TV just as it showed Seonghwa being led into the station, hands cuffed behind his back and his head lowered. "Why didn't Hongjoong just tell the detectives? Why would he not tell them?"

Tyler had been watching the TV as well and at hearing her words, he turned to look at her, lips tugging down into a frown. "Because he had fallen in love with him." Naomi stared shocked at him. "He's got Stockholm Syndrome and needs serious help getting over Seonghwa."