Transient Waters

24

Mingi was definitely going to be grabbing Yunho, as he figured it was time that Seonghwa meet their crew-mate, the one that had helped him get onto the ship. Yunho and Jongho had both been instrumental in aiding Seonghwa, not that he was sure that the other knew it, but considering Jongho was holed up in the kitchens and that he would be unlikely to be able to drag the other out, it made sense to go to Yunho, particularly since he needed to speak to the other in the first place anyways. Not to mention, Yunho and Jongho rarely wandered about the boat, and he doubted that Seonghwa was going to be walking around the boat much if the last few days were any indication.

"Mingi?" Yunho huffed out, lugging one of the barrels from the base of the ship to be brought to the Kitchens, and more than likely it was at Jongho's orders. That may pose a problem. Mingi was not sure that Jongho would let him take Yunho if it came down to it. As much as Jongho had a weakness for Wooyoung, that was because he was small and cute, and Mingi was neither of those. Furthermore, he disliked when his helpers were moved around too much. Neither Yunho, nor Jongho, had tried to talk with Seonghwa lately either, and he knew that part of it was because Seonghwa had been holed up with Yeosang for a while, and then Wooyoung and San, before finally finding residence in Captain's cabin, but now that it came down to it, he had to admit that he was somewhat nervous to be trying to talk Yunho in to agreeing to see the Omega. "I almost never see you on the main deck, anything happen so far?"

"I just came to talk to Hongjoong about charting a new course to get to Taemin faster. He is quite anxious to talk to another Omega to see what we can do for Seonghwa." He explained simply. "We talked about different routes, and there is not much, but we should be able to reach him at least a little faster." Yunho nodded, bending down to grab the top of the handle once more before pausing, glancing up towards him once more.

"The Omega boy? The one Wooyoung insisted that we bring with him?" He asked curiously. "I was wondering how he was doing, I haven't seen him since he got here, neither has Jongho, actually." Mingi gave a slightly nervous smile as he nodded. He had known that, of course, and hence was a reason why he wanted to talk to Yunho in the first place, but now he was kind of nervous to actually ask if he wanted to see the Omega. He was clearly busy, and Mingi knew that Jongho would not take kindly to him taking his helpers.

"Ah, yes, actually, I was coming to get you...because of that really." Yunho's expression turned from curious to worried in a split moment and Mingi's own eyes widened hands out to shake his head as he tried to reassure Yunho that it was nothing bad, or at least he was fairly sure that it was nothing bad. "I just wanted to introduce you guys a bit more...well, officially I suppose." He said with a slight shrug, his voice having gone quiet from nerves. He glanced towards the other curiously. "Of course, you don't have to. I just thought it would be nice, since it seems that Hongjoong intends to keep him around for a while."

"Oh?" Yunho questioned, tilting his head to the side curiously. "What makes you say that?"

"He has been having the Omega stay in his cabin and help him sorting out papers and clean up his room. Which is a good thing, we all know how messy Hongjoong can get so it is good that someone is able to really keep things organized now. It will cut down on a lot of time." Yunho laughed at his quip, leaving Mingi's tenseness slowly to dissolve, though it did not dissipate entirely. "Of course, I know that you are helping Jongho right now so maybe..."

"Oh don't worry about that. I'll just drop this off at the kitchens and then we can go visit the Omega. Besides, if what you says is true...I have more reason to meet him properly now then later. HongJoong has never taken that sort of interest in a person before, so this is new!" Mingi laughed nervously, but he could not deny that he was glad that Yunho had agreed, even if it was mostly out of curiosity than anything else. "Just help me with this, and then we can head up to the bay. That is, assuming Yeosang will let us in anyways." Mingi huffed, but agreed, moving to help grab one side of the barrel before they slowly carted it the rest of the way to the kitchens.

"I have to agree on that end, Hongjoong does seem to be quite invested in the Omega. He even told me how anxious he was to talk to Taemin so that he could better help him." Mingi stated simply. Yunho gave Mingi a sly smile.

"I suppose it was bound to happen at some point. Seonghwa is not necessarily unattractive either, though most Omegas are somewhat attractive in many ways, barring that I think that it would be good for both of them. Seonghwa needs stability after what he went through, which I can only imagine would be worse than what Wooyoung dealt with, and from what Wooyoung told me..." Yunho shuddered visually. "I don't really think I want to know more." Mingi furrowed his brows slightly.

"Wooyoung has talked to you about what went on in the Navy boat?" He asked softly, worry flooding his features. Yunho's eyes widened as he realized...

"No, Well, he talked to Hongjoong about it, I am fairly sure mostly to help the Omega a little bit so that we could try and avoid certain things, but I was near the cabin and overheard the conversations a little. You can't tell Hongjoong, or Wooyoung either, though. I will be in so much trouble if they found out I was wandering around when I wasn't supposed to and heard confidential information." Mingji just nodded easily in agreement.

"No worries." He said softly. He was more worried about running into Jongho at the moment.