Taeyong paced back and forth at the Violent Crimes Unit meeting room. Jongin couldn't be reached. Bomin was at the hospital. Jieun was hurt. They had arrested Hwanhee and his two lackeys, but on interrogation, the three had kept their mouths tightly shut. Wary of Taeyong's bad mood, everyone was on their toes at the Neo Police Station.
"Tae-"
"Unless you have something valuable to add, you better not speak."
Johnny made a face and threw his hands in the air. "Fine. Keep being a moody ass."
"Repeat that." Taeyong said as stomped his way to Johnny's desk and stared hard into his eyes.
Knowing Johnny, he would have repeated himself. Hence before that could happen, Doyoung put his hand on Taeyong's shoulder and dragged him back to his chair. Taeyong let himself be dragged but once Doyoung let go of his arm, he looked ready to murder Johnny. A side eye from Doyoung made him let the thought go.
"Alright. Enough behaving like kids." Doyoung said clapping his hands. He put his hands on his hips as if he was scolding small kids. "I hope our lovely team leader and squad chief remember that the case at hand is more important than their petty bickering."
At his nagging, both Johnny and Taeyong huffed, deliberately looking away from each other with crossed arms.
"I clearly said, to talk only if there was information."
"And how would you know it isn't if you won't stop being a prick."
"Who you calling a prick?"
"You-"
"Okay enough!" Doyoung shouted. Holding his head in frustration, he turned to Taeyong. "I told you to hold that temper in." Taeyong made a face and mumbled, "be lucky you are my best friend." Turning to Johnny, Doyoung tapped his feet impatiently. "And how many times do we tell you to stop provoking people?"
Johnny dared to look offended. "That's Yuta's job. I just spit facts."
"That's actually my job." A new voice said from behind all of them.
All of them turned to the sight of a raven-haired boy standing there in his signature white cap put on backwards, wearing round glasses, a black sweatshirt, and ripped blue jeans. He had the goofiest smile plastered on his face.
"Yo dude, whatsup?"
Yuta was the first to run over and hug him like his life depended on it. The rest of the department followed, showering the boy with greetings, hugs, fist bumps and high-fives. Even Taeyong cracked a smile.
"Long time no see Mark."
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"Eun!"
Jieun lifted her head at the familiar voice.
Her moist eyes teared up more when they lay on Mark walking closer to her.
From the turning of the hallway, Renjun and his friends emerged, with hands full of snacks, right in time to see Jieun stand up and rush into Mark's arms. They all stopped, staring as the boy tightly wrapped his arms around Jieun. Some boys, specifically Haechan and Chenle glanced at Renjun from the corner of their eyes.
Renjun's face looked unnervingly blank, but anyone standing near him could feel a sense of tension radiating off him. It felt like the calm before the storm.
Jisung on the contrary, pushed past the boys cheerily and rushed towards Mark, having recognised him.
Renjun watched the three of them of them for a heartbeat and then wordlessly walked over.
"Jieun."
Jieun looked over Mark's shoulders to see Renjun approaching her. "Renjun." She let go of Mark's hand making the older boy turn around in confusion.
He eyed the smaller boy and Renjun returned the gesture. "Who's this?" Both burst out protectively.
Jieun reacted immediately, resting a hand over the older boy's arm. "Mark easy. He's a friend."
Mark raised his brows in question. "He doesn't look friend material."
Jieun smacked the back of his head. "When did you start judging people? And he may not look like it but he's a nice person."
Mark was not satisfied by her answer. "I don't like him."
"I didn't ask you to like me." Renjun fired back.
Jisung looked back and forth between the two, contemplating how he'll hate it if he'll be forced to choose sides.
Jieun sighed. She looked at the other boys for help. Haechan and Jaemin with bright smiles, simply raised their hands in defeat while Chenle shook his head and moved a little closer to Jisung. Only Jeno let his eye smile show, encouraging her. Jieun nodded, smiling gratefully. She moved to stand between Mark and Renjun, a little to the side so that they had space to shake hands.
"Boys please. Let's be civil." Gesturing to each boy with her hands, she continued. "Mark this is Huang Renjun. Renjun this is Lee Mark."
Despite Jieun's cheerful introduction the two boys stared each other down. Knowing that Jieun would feel hurt, the two grudgingly gave in and shook hands.
When Renjun tried to take back his hand though, Mark held it tighter. Renjun narrowed his eyes as Mark stared back challengingly.
Jisung, sensing his sister's discomfort, cleared his throat loudly. He came forward, deliberately standing very close to Mark and Renjun to hide how he placed his hands on their hands and pinched them, forcing them to let go of each other's hands. "Woah, it's so amazing. I've always wanted to introduce Mark hyung to these guys. Can't believe this is how it ended up happening."
Both older males sharply looked at him, but no one can resist Jisung's pleading eyes, so their momentary anger melted away.
Jisung then proceeded to introduce Mark to the rest of the boys. Meanwhile, Renjun turned to Jieun and held out the neatly wrapped sweet bun he was holding in his hands.
"Oh. Thank you..." She said, shyly taking the food from his hands. While the rest of the boys made teasing noises save Jisung and Jeno, Mark eyed her and Renjun warily.
In the midst of all this Haechan took a moment to observe Mark's actions. He watched Mark watch Jieun and Renjun. Despite knowing that the male was probably closer to Jieun than any of them are, he could not shake off the feeling that Mark was hiding something. Not to mention, he also vaguely remembered having seen his face somewhere before.
Right then and there he made up his mind to keep an eye on Mark.
"Mark, whatever secret you are harboring... I'm going to uncover it. I will not stand any of my friends getting hurt. Ever."
Hahah look who updated. 😁🤭
Not exactly the chapter I visioned but atleast it's something. I lowkey forgot what I had written so far, had to go back and re-read the previous chapters.
I'm sorry for being MIA... I have been so busy that I wasn't able to write anything.
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