Reasons to Stay // Hyunin

~23~

At the time of Jeongin's struggle, Seungmin was also well into Felix's neighborhood. Won was in dark shadows, not far behind. Seungmin checked his phone. He looked back up. Yes, this should be the house.

Seungmin was only wanting to be friendly and casual, just wanted information on Jeongin. But Won would make it alot harder.

Minnie walked up the steps and ding-donged the front door. He heard footsteps coming and waited patiently. "hello?" Felix's deep voice was heard as he opened the door to see who was there. "Hi..." Seungmin began but Changbin spotted him and raised an eyebrow. That was...the creepily genius Sky from the gang? And Felix must not know because he actually had never see him before, so he doesn't know what he looks like!

"You can come in, it's cold outside," Felix offered innocently.

Changbin hurried to the door, anxious. Before Seungmin could react, Dwaekki grabbed his wrists tight and yelled, "Run Felix! He's part of the thing!"

"The...thing?" Felix was confused and frozen.

"The...um, Hyunjin- gang- SKY!" Changbin struggled to find words as he was worried for his Lixxie's life.

As Felix's eyes widened in shock, Seungmin blinked at his misfortune. This was not supposed to happen. He probably should have checked that someone was at Lix's house. "Wait, let me explain, I'm not-"

His words were cut off as he felt his weight being pushed and he winced. Next thing he knew, he was on the floor and so was Changbin. What?? He hadn't expected Lix to be someone who'd enter the fight. And he was right. Because it wasn't Lix. It was... WON?!

Won pounced on Changbin and started punching him like crazy and the latter was trying to fend him off. "Run Felix!" he tried to say but Lixxie was shocked and frozen like a statue.

In the struggle, a revolver slipped from Won, and Seungmin quickly grabbed it from the ground. This was getting out of control. If he needed to end Won's madness then he would go ahead and do so.

"He's got a gun!" Changbin screamed at Felix, which seemed to unstick him from his spot. But he couldn't just abandon Changbin like that. He guessed he would just have to take on Seungmin.

Nobody noticed the small head peek through the slightly opened door. Jeonginnie's eyes were fearful as he watched Changbin and Felix fighting off guys. He thought he was coming to a safe place, but no—it was a lot more violence.

He saw Changbin evenly fighting with a guy he'd never seen, and Felix advancing toward another guy...who had a gun in his hand?!

Jeongin's mind quickly flashed his childhood memories. Running around in his bedroom with his Minnie-hyung and pretending to be heroes saving "people" (their stuffed animals). Many children in the orphanage dreamed of being a hero...but as Innie had grown up, it had faded away, and he had always been the person who was protected. Now in front of him was Lixxie facing a man with a gun, Lixxie-hyung who had warned Jeongin of Hyunjin so many times, and stubborn, stupid Jeongin had never listened and even decided to ignore such a good friend!

Go to hell Hwang Hyunjin... Jeongin gritted his teeth, becoming angry and he felt his adrenaline pumped up. He rushed forward into the house and pushed Felix out of the way, and flew himself onto the guy with the gun. "You don't touch Felix!" he yelled and pinned him to the floor, hands pinning his shoulders, knee pinning the gun and kneeling on his stomach.

Seungmin winced in pain and found it hard to breathe, but it was even worse as he opened his eyes and realised that it was Yang Jeongin on top of him. When did he get here? "Innie-yah--" he found it hard to form words.

Innie-yah responded with a punch to Seungmin's face. His knee pushing Seungmin's stomach, Seungmin coughed out blood and struggled. Innie-yah! It's me, Seungminnie-hyung! And even though he couldn't speak it out, Jeongin looked at his face and had an epiphany. SEUNGMIN-HYUNG IS ALIVE TOO?! Had he been captured and had surrendered to the gang?!

His strength left him and little Innie was back. "Hyung..." he whispered hoarsely and he couldn't fight him. Not even if he were a criminal, a gangster, or the leader of a gang. "S-seungminnie h-hyung..." he mumbled and his face felt hot, tears coming. You crybaby why do you cry now? Innie thought to himself. He couldn't help it.

He realised he was crushing Seungmin's body and he gently rolled off to lay next to him and hugged Seungmin's side. "Hyung-!" his cries muffled into Seungmin's shoulder and he held him tightly, no thought of the gun in his hand.

But the gun was in Changbin's thoughts and after blowing a kick to Won's head, temporarily knocking him out, Changbin looked over at how the fight with Seungmin was faring, but instead of Felix he saw Innie (?) and his body was limp next to the "criminal" Sky's. When had Innie come?! Had Changbin been so absorbed in his fight with someone else that he had let one of his precious dongsaeng's fall?! (but please don't blame Changbin, because we all know that he can't multitask... 😔)

Without a word Changbin struggled the revolver out of Seungmin's hands and he did not hesitate to stab the muzzle, then barrel of the revolver into Seungmin's stomach...

The jolt of Seungmin's body made Jeongin slowly hold his head up and see what was happening. He saw something was thrust in his hyung's stomach and blood was everywhere, he felt his hyung's arm twitching beneath him...

No....NO! Seungmin-hyung don't die! We have a whole life to live together! Remember we said when we grow up we would live together, eat ramyeon and sing karaoke everyday...we would become singers and be the perfect duo, and we would...we would call ourselves...the...

Jeongin was feeling dizzy and the surroundings were blurry. He tried to keep his eyes open but he couldn't. In the distance he heard police sirens (Felix had called the cops) and men's voices coming into the house. Stay- awake-!...

As he was falling into darkness Jeongin felt himself being pulled up into the arms of someone strong, his Binnie-hyung. This feeling was all to familiar...all too similar to the night of the fire, where he was faint but carried and saved by...that guy-

He couldn't stay awake so he let himself rest in Changbin's arms, the shouts of the people turning into murmurs and mumbling in his ears.

"...pronounce dead at the scene..."