Minchan: Fighting The Storms With You

14

All the Minho investigation stuff was kind of affecting my song writing and academics too. I was feeling guilty but I just couldn't focus on anything. All I was thinking about was Minho.

It was either how to get close to him or why he is suffering so much.

So here I am, getting yelled at by the teacher for doing very badly at the test and also for not doing any of my homework.

But, at that moment, I didn't know what was coming up next. If I knew, I would be grinning at the teacher.

After he left, I slumped on my desk being extremely sad. A tap on my shoulder made me look up. And there stood Minho with all his beauty.

At first I thought I was dreaming. As I imagined him the night before in my bedroom giving me erotic signs, I thought imagining him coming up to my desk is also possible. So I just stared at him. *I know what you are thinking right now! But NO! I am not in love with Minho!*

I realized that I was not dreaming when he lightly kicked my desk shaking me up. My eyes widened. I gasped. *So embarrassing*

Minho just casually handed me a few notebooks. I looked at him with surprise.

"You either keep staring at me or sleep in the class. Take this." He said with a stern face.

But trust me when I say that I saw flowers all around him, and there was a pair of wings behind him.

I grinned like an idiot and took the notebooks. I knew I was blushing like a cherry at that point. So I didn't even try to play it cool.

Minho left after that.

It was my biggest achievement until now. I then decided to get more in trouble now and then so that Minho will come and help me.

That day, after going home, I wrote a few lines...they became pretty famous later on. Fans said that they could feel the depth of the lyrics. Why wouldn't they...the lines were written from the depth of my heart. A teenage boy who was experiencing 'love' for the first time. He was learning for the first time that the same old and boring world looks different when you love someone, your world revolves around that person, so it's a completely new world.

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However, I didn't know that Han was observing us.

Later that day, at lunch, Han asked me to meet him in the garden.

"You talked me into leaving Minho...so that you can get close to him...right?" That was the first thing Han said.

I mean I can't blame him. Everything actually looked like that.

"But did you leave him for what I said?" I asked.

"I know you said things to Minho too. Seungmin was saying something like that... wasn't he? And you acted like you knew nothing. And then Minho just told me to get away from him. Does it make sense to you?"

"Look... I know it all seems to be pointing at me. But trust me! I have no such motive."

"You are lying!"

"Look... at that time, Minho hated me more than anything. And now I just feel bad for him and I want to apologize through helping him. Trust me!"

"I miss him..." Han whispered, he was holding back his tears but it was too obvious. I felt disgusting...I felt low as I believed that I am the reason for their fall.

"I think there is something I should let you know..." I said.

He looked up. "What?"

"There is something going on between him and Seungmin. He is constantly chasing that guy and that guy treats him like a dirty stray dog. You said that they used to be best friends. I want to free Minho from this cycle of chasing an asshole and getting bullied everyday. For that I need to know more about all this."

Han just stared at me. So I continued.

"Think about it. He is always sick. He seems so weak. But no one knows what disease he has. All this feels like a psycho thriller to me... don't you think so?.........so....I want to solve this mystery and free Minho for real this time. But I need your help."

I offered my hand for a handshake. Han just stared at my hand for a few seconds, then again looked at me.

"Before that..... you help fix ....me and Minho."