Painful Secrets

Chapter 8

"Where is Jeongin?" Minho asked as he saw Seungmin walk in the kitchen , alone .

Seungmin raised his eyebrows , slightly shocked at Minho's concern but smirked later .

"Relax , darling. He's just getting his knees bandaged up . He'll be down with Felix any minute now." Seungmin paused to give Minho a teasing look. "Why? Did you miss him already ? It has only been one night ."

"Yah!Kim Seungmin! Shut up!" Minho said as he slapped the taller's chest .

"Minho hyung." a voice called which Minho recognized as Changbin's who had now entered the kitchen . "Did you really bring home a boy you found in the alley?"

Minho sighed, "Yes , I did."

Changbin gave him a weird look before asking, "Why?"

The short question made Minho think hard . He had never hesitated to kill any witness before . So why did he spare Jeongin? Why?

It was a question he couldn't answer himself. Damn , he's so stupid .

However , the topic was not further discussed once Chan entered the kitchen .

"Good morning." Changbin mumbled to which Chan smiled .

"How are things with Yang's case?" Seungmin asked .

"Not well . Hyunjin came back home last night . I had sent him to Yang's lair in the further region of Seoul. I guess Yang must've known we were searching for his drug cartel's blueprint , since neither of his lairs , I think he must've either hidden or destroyed it."

"He didn't destroy it." Hyunjin spoke as he walked in the kitchen , his dark hair tied back into a loose ponytail.

"What do you mean?" Changbin asked.

"I heard him discussing it with his wife . He destroyed the copies of the blueprint but he had hidden the real one somewhere in the underground lair. Not the building one , the underground one near his house."

"I've searched every single corner of the place .It's not there." Minho said.

"It is. There is a computered room in the basement where Yang keeps his weapons. Really cleverly designed. It is only opened by some USB drive Haneul keeps in his casino or his own thumbprint. I tried to grab it once he had opened it but the room was guarded heavily . I got outnumbered . We need a fully organised plan for this job."

"Did you hear anything about the image of the blueprint being saved in a drive or a USB?" Chan asked.

Hyunjin shook his head as a "no".

"If he had saved it in a drive then he would've destroyed the blueprint too instead of hiding it so securely." said Seungmin.

Chan sighed. "Give it a rest for now. We'll have a meeting and discuss the plan thoroughly once it has been formed. Let's just have breakfast."

"Good morning , everyone ." Felix said as he came in with Jeongins arm around his shoulder to help Jeongin walk .

"Is that the boy you brought home , Minho hyung?" Hyunjin asked as he eyed Jeongin suspiciously, making Jeongin gulp.

"Don't stare at him like that, Hyunjin. You look like a creep." Seungmin snapped as he took Jeongin from Felix.

Minho watched as Jeongin clinged onto Seungmin's arm. Jeongin looked so fragile , pretty and small in Seungmin's clothes . Minho couldn't deny that Jeongin was adorable . It did seem like Jeongin really trusted Seungmin . How close could they have gotten in one night? Did they sleep together ? Minho really thinks they did . Seungmin didn't have any air mattress and he wouldn't have offered to share his if he was going to dump Jeongin on the couch , anyway .

However, though he didn't know why , Minho wished Jeongin was clinging to his arm rather than Seungmin's.