Murder at the Masquerade | Minsung

Meeting [5]

Jisung wakes up to the warmth of Minho missing and faint voices talking downstairs. He pulls his eyes away from the spot he is staring at on the ceiling and looks over to the clock that displays the numbers 3:00. He had to only have slept for two hours at the most.

He rolls out of bed and puts on the clothes set on the chair in the corner of the room with a note saying 'Jisung' on it.

There's a pair of black shorts with a drawstring and a large grey t-shit with something probably offensive written in a different language.

Jisung finishes putting on the clothes as hears a door close from downstairs. He walks down the stairs and into the kitchen to find the three guys he met yesterday.

"Oh hey!" The one in the middle says, "I don't think we've properly introduced ourselves. I'm chan, that's Changbin," he points at the muscular one then at the taller blond, "and that's Jeongin."

He nods in understanding, "do any of you guys know where Minho is?"

"In the practice room downstairs," this time it's Jeongin the replies.

Jisung follows the boy's finger pointing to the stairs.

He has a habit of counting his steps while walking up and downstairs, on crosswalks, making sure he has the same number of steps in one slab of concrete as the next.

It takes him exactly 16 steps to reach the bottom where he finds Minho punching a boxing bag.

Shirtless.

Jisung traces all the lines of his body with his eyes before he can realize that the older is staring at him with a knowing look, "A photo would last longer, you know?"

"Oh, sorry."

"It's alright, not the first time weirdly enough. Why are you down here?" he asks.

"I felt out of place, alone in your room," Jisung makes sure his eyes aren't darting down to the other's chest while he speaks, "and I don't really like talking to new people."

"I understand. My boss has already delt with the police so we don't have to worry about them coming here, but we do need to go talk to him about... you."

He looks at Minho strangely before the black haired continues, "we can't let you go back home because you might tell someone . So you either have to join our crew or get killed."

"But I won't tell anyone!" the other panics.

"I believe you, Ji. But not everyone else does."

Minho and Jisung spend a while looking through Minho's clothes to find something that fit him and Minho deems okay to wear to a meeting with his boss.

He ends up wearing a gray, undone blazer with matching pants and a black tie. Minho wears black pants and a black button up shirt with a couple buttons undone at the top to show off his collar bone.

Someone comes to pick them up from Minho's house in a black van that idols would be in, but idols are famous and get attention from fans, whereas Jisung and Minho are hiding from the public eye and are going to a secret meeting with a mafia boss.

"Don't call it a mafia. It is but I don't like that word. Crew seems much more tame and less aggressive," Jisung isn't aware he spoke until Minho replied.

Jisung looks over to see Minho staring out the window seemingly contemplating something.

"Do you think he'll allow me to stay?" Jisung mumbles.

"I'm honestly not sure. I hope so," he replies, but says the last bit quiet enough that the other can't hear.

The next couple minutes of the drive were accompanied by silence until the driver speaks, "Mr. Lee we will arrive in about five minutes."