Painful Secrets

Chapter 37

Seungmin felt his shoulders ache slightly as he just sat on his bed, his legs crossed as he stared constantly at the wall clock in front of him. He had his hands intertwined together as he rested his chin on them.

Jeongin had been gone for 30 minutes. What would Minho be doing to him? Was he hitting him? Forcing him to have sex with him? Was he hurting him? Was Jeongin okay?

His assumption had been killing him from the inside as worry and concern began eating his brain. After taking a breath, he patiently waited for another half hour to pass.

The second an hour passed, Seungmin jumped out of his bed and began walking towards Minho's room like a possessed man. He knocked on the door.

"Come in," Minho's voice answered.

Seungmin twisted the door knob, opening the door and to his relief, Jeongin looked okay. He was cuddled up to Minho's side, his head resting comfortably on his chest while Minho caressed the younger's head.

"What's wrong, Seungmin?" Minho asked.

Seungmin ignored him and turned to Jeongin.

"Sweetheart." He said. "It's bedtime."

"Oh," Jeongin said as he got out of the comfort of Minho's arm before giving the older a quick peck on the cheek. "I'll go now."

He got up and Minho watched as Seungmin took Jeongin by the hand completely disregarding Minho's presence before taking Jeongin out of the room with himself, the door slamming shut as they left.

"Hyung?" Jeongin asked once they were back in Seungmin's room. "Are you angry?"

"Angry?" Seungmin asked. "Why would I be angry?"

"You know what I mean."

Seungmin frowned. "I don't think I do."

"You're mad at Minho hyung, right?"

"Jeongin, we're not talking about that right now."

"Okay." Jeongin said, looking at his feet. "But it's not bedtime yet, we still have an hour left."

"I know." Seungmin responded. "Felix wanted to watch a movie with you."

"But-"

"He really misses you, Jeongin. You haven't spent any time with him for days. He's in the PC room right now. You should go."

Jeongin sighed. "You're right. I'll go. Are you coming?"

Seungmin shook his head. "I'm going out to help Jisung with something."

"Okay," Jeongin smiled. "Bye, hyung."

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"Oh my god! Jeongin, you came!" Felix exclaimed as he hugged the younger. "I was beginning to think Seungmin forgot to tell you. Or maybe you just decided not to come."

They broke the hug.

"So what movie are we watching?" Jeongin asked as he sat down on the left side of the couch.

"Is 'The fortress' okay?" Felix asked.

Jeongin shrugged. "I haven't watched it so, okay."

The door of the room opened and the person to come in was none other than Hyunjin.

Jeongin could feel fear crawl over his body as the male closed the door.

Felix noticed and he got up once he was done setting up the movie. "I hope you don't mind if Hyunjin joins us, do you?"

"I-I don't mind a-at all." Jeongin stuttered as Hyunjin came and sat down on the right side of the couch, leaving the middle spot for Felix.

Felix smiled. "Great, I'll go get some popcorn. Wait for me."

Then Felix strode out of the room leaving Jeongin alone with Hyunjin.

The silence was awkward. Hyunjin never came here because he wanted to watch a movie. He never had interest in watching movies. The only reason he agreed was because he knew he'd end up staring at Felix half way through anyway. But the main reason he was here was because he had to apologize to Jeongin, like Felix wanted. He still didn't fully trust Jeongin but after all that he had done, he couldn't deny he felt bad for Jeongin.

"Yang Jeongin," Hyunjin said, catching Jeongin's attention. "I want to talk to you about something."

"I'm listening."

Hyunjin just stared at the TV screen in front of him as he spoke. "I'm sorry about that day. I didn't really have any intention of scaring you or hurting you. I was just trying to ..... I wanted to..." Hyunjin trailed off, not sure if he wanted to finish the rest.

"You wanted to protect Felix hyung." Jeongin said.

Hyunjin looked at Jeongin who was looking back. He felt as though Jeongin effortlessly managed to read his mind. "You love Felix hyung, don't you?"

"How did you know?"

"I see the way you look at him." Jeongin said. "You admire him so much and you looked after him and took care of him when he was attacked. You even tried to keep me away from him so he could be safe. You protect him with all your life. Even when he wasn't talking to you, you wanted to fix things so desperately. You wouldn't act like that to someone you don't love."

Hyunjin looked back at the screen, feeling his cheeks turn red.

"But don't worry, if you don't want me to tell him," Jeonginsaid. "I won't."

"Please, don't." Hyunjin said.

Jeongin smiled. "Sure."

"I'm back." Felix said as he came back into the room with a bowl of popcorn in his hands.

He took his seat and played the movie.

Never had Hyunjin felt as though he would ever find himself feeling so peaceful and relaxed as he was that night.