It was silent for a while. Chris found himself sitting by Seungmin until he heard his cries die down. "Just go... okay?" The brunette whispers and Chris hesitates to speak for a second. But he knew he had to do it.
"No." Is the first word Chris says, loud and clear. Seungmin's eyes widen, and his eyebrows furrow.
"What do you mean no?" Seungmin shifts to see Chris staring at him. That same cold, expressionless stare. The brunette still couldn't believe that Chris had talked, he had to see it for himself.
"I mean no, I'm not leaving." Chris' voice was fitting for his figure. It was deep. Not as deep as Felix's, but it was still surprising after not hearing him talk all this time. Seungmin sits up, trying to wipe his face more before he talks again.
"Why did you decide to talk now?" The raven stares at him once again, and Seungmin starts to regret asking more questions. He should have just-
"Because I felt like it." Chris says, cutting off Seungmin's thoughts.
"Then... are we friends?" The brunette asks, wondering how Chris could just stare at him for so long.
Chris nods, and Seungmin could help the small smile that grew on his face. Just then, Chris gets a call on his phone. The name Jeongin flashes on his screen, and he gets up to answer the call outside of the dorm so Seungmin can't hear him.
"Are you with Seungmin?"
"Yeah."
"Where are you?"
"At Seungmin's dorm." Then, Chris was going to ask a question, but Jeongin already knew what he was going to say.
"We finished the mission."
"How?"
1 hour ago
After Chris and Seungmin left, Felix gets up and heads to the bathroom. He checks under all of the stalls before he speaks. "We can't kill him here; this place has cameras everywhere." The blonde says, and everyone hears him through the earpiece. But then he gets a text on his phone.
I know. That's why I brought one of my friends here to help us out. Just then a man walks out with a plate of food. One hand behind his back. He had black hair, had to be at least 6 feet tall, and had the same glare on his face that the shadow's had. Felix comes out of the bathroom the see the boy placing the plate of food down in front of their target. "What is this? I didn't order this." Their target says, and the boy twists his lips into what seemed to be a forced smile.
"It's on the house sir." The man nods, but before the boy could walk away, he says something else.
"What is your name?" The boy pauses for a second, and then he answers.
"Choi Soobin." The man nods once again, and while Soobin walks away his smile drops as he re-ties his apron tighter around his waist. After a little while of waiting, the man begins to cough. His coughs get more violent, and as people go to help him, Soobin comes back out. He calmly tells everyone to step aside and pats the man on the back. "You might want to get some fresh air." He whispers, and the man stares at him.
"What... did you do to me?" No one heard him as he struggles to get his words out and his coughs get louder. Soobin grabs the man's arm and walks outside with him. Everyone could hear him coughing until the sound slowly dies down. Soobin comes back inside, and everyone begins to question him.
"I took him across the street and called a taxi to take him to hospital. He'll be fine everyone." Soobin announces, except that was not the full truth. Soobin did take him across the street, but he didn't call a taxi.
Matter of fact he had one of his friends waiting. The man died as soon as he got in the car. Soobin doesn't know where he took the man, but it was their problem now.
Chris says goodbye to Jeongin without asking any further questions and walks back into the room to see Seungmin lying on his stomach. His eyes were closed, and he could hear him breathing softly. The raven sighs, leaving the room and heading down to his car. He drove back to his house, took his shirt off per usual, and sat on his bed continuing to read his book. Honestly, he could sit there for hours and just read a book, he could spend hours in the dark, hours doing nothing at all.
Just then Chris gets a knock at his door. No one knew where he lived except Minho, Felix, Jeongin, and now Seungmin. But Seungmin was just sleeping, and the others wouldn't just show up unannounced. Chris stands up and walks to the door. He wasn't scared, he normally wasn't scared of anything. So, someone knocking at his door wasn't something to be scared of. He opens the door, but all he could see was a folded piece of paper at the bottom of his door. He picks it up and walks back inside, but the only thing on it was a phone number.
Chris picks up his phone, dials the number and someone answers the call almost immediately.
"Christopher Bahng, right? Hi! Of course, I won't tell you my name because then you'll know who's trying to kill you! So let me get to the point. I want you... to help me and fulfil my wish. What's my wish you may ask? My wish is to simply... ruin your life. Anyone who you care about will be killed, and the blood will be on your hands. Those kids you work with. Jeongin, Felix, Minho and... what was his name...Seungmin?"
Chris' eyebrows furrow at the last name. But he had enough training and knowledge to know to keep his mouth shut. He knew him and the shadows could deal with anything, but he didn't want Seungmin and his friends to get roped up in their business.
"Seungmin and the others he's close with. I know you're getting close to that boy. And I'm going to fuck everything up for you because of what you did to me and my group-" Chris hangs up, not wanting to listen to anymore. He goes back to his bedroom, takes his notepad out of his pocket, and copies the number down. Then he picks his phone back up and calls the shadows.
"Hello?" He hears Minho first.
"Yo Chris." Then Felix.
"Where's Jeongin?" Chris asks, and it stayed silent for a bit.
"We don't know, after eating he went somewhere with Changbin."
"Find him. This is really important." Chris hangs up, and after a while he gets a knock at his door again. He walks and looks through the peephole to see Jeongin standing there with a mask on. He opens the door with furrowed eyebrows, and he tugs at the mask. But Jeongin jerks back as he walks inside. "What's wrong with you?" He mumbles, finally pulling the mask off.
And when he does Jeongin just stands there. Chris runs his finger over the boy's lips and sighs. "Jeongin... why are your lips swollen?"
Same time different place
Seungmin, Jisung, and Hyunjin stare at Changbin in confusion as he's looking at his phone. But when he turns to see them looking at him, he realizes why. "Uh, Changbin..." Jisung begins. "What happened to your lips?"
