Odd and Varied

Maniac 4

"Just tell me what the hell is going on with you." Hyunjin said, exasperation coloring his voice.

Jisung shrugged, turning further away from him. "It's nothing. Don't worry about it."

"Okay, I'm not worried. Can you tell me now that I'm totally not worried?"

The shorter sighed, wiggling a little and glancing at him. "I'm just kind of... sad. About... no, nevermind."

Hyunjin scooted closer to him, crowding them together against the inside of the car. They'd been waiting there for a few minutes by themselves, but Felix and Changbin would join them soon so they could leave.

"Oh, now you have to tell me. Sad about what? Sad about what?" he bumped him with his shoulder, trying to be annoying.

"Ugh, back up." But he was smiling when he said it. "I'm just... something is going on... I don't know if you noticed. But if you haven't noticed I sure as hell don't want to bring any attention to it."

"You mean between the hyungs?"

The younger turned fully to face him. "So you know."

"Channie and Minho? Yeah. Everyone knows. You can hear it all the time."

"Oh, thank God, I thought I was losing my mind. But none of you have said anything!"

Hyunjin quirked a defined brow in question. "Of course not, we want to keep our bones assembled correctly. Wait- you confronted Channie hyung? Is that what that little spat was about a few weeks ago?"

Han nodded, rubbing his face with both hands. "Yeah, it was a pretty dumb idea. It just put me on his radar."

"Chan's no idiot." The taller agreed, placing a comforting hand on his knee. "But yes, we're working on it. He's kind of tipped over into the obsessive realm- so Bin and I decided that it will have to come from Minho."

"What will?"

"The truth. Minnie needs to snap him out of it by putting his foot down. We could all get really upset and make a huge fuss about the whole thing, but hyung will need to be the one to stop it. He's the one allowing it to happen."

"I don't think he has a choice."

"It probably feels that way to him too. But Channie is not evil. He isn't. I think he's just hyper-focused on hyung because he's always wanted him."

"So you have a plan then?"

"Actually, I do." Hyunjin grinned, crossing his arms. "I'm not going after the lion, sweet thing. I'm going after the lion tamer."

It was too late to ask any questions because Felix and Changbin were on their way over to them. There was a rather uneventful ride home and then some other work they had to catch up on once they got there, so it was almost three full hours until Jisung got to be alone with him again. They were both in the family room, the taller on the shared game system.

"So what's the plan?"

"I'm just going to get Minnie hyung to put his foot down."

"Right. How?"

"I have my ways." He waggled his eyebrows suggestively.

Jisung shivered, sitting beside him. "No way. You do NOT want to try anything with him. That would be murder-suicide."

"Chan would not murder me first of all, and someone has to push it into his face. He needs to stand up for himself. I won't let it get too far, he'll probably yell at me right away."

"I think that's a terrible idea."

"Well, I think it'll work."

"When are you planning on trying this totally horrible plan?"