STOLEN

twenty nine

❝hyung...❞

❝yes, bear?❞

i fiddle with my hands and looked at him. ❝i'm gonna miss everyone.❞

❝i know. me too.❞ hyung pat the space behind him to let me know i'm free to sit down. i did and i hugged him to my heart's content.

❝we will come back, i promise you that.❞

❝yes, we will.❞

we shared a couple of words about the thing we'll do when we get there and the things that the family who stayed here would do.

hyung said when the other gang has finally surrendered to the officials, only then we will come back. he assured me that it's for our own safety and the safety of the gang that my dad has protected ever since.

a few hours and we'll finally cross the long bridge.

❝where's mark?❞ jeno asked while he was carrying our luggage in the van.

i look around and found none of his presence too. ❝maybe upstairs?❞

i went back and asked for a couple of minutes to find mark. his luggage is already in the van so why isn't he here?

❝love?❞ i call out in his room.

he's not here. not even in the bathroom and not in his safe space which is the place he usually goes into when he sneaks out.

where the hell is mark?

i grabbed my phone and dialled his number.

❝baby bear.❞ ten hyung called me. he motions for me to come close and added, ❝mark is already at the airport. let's go?❞

❝he went there first?❞ i cut the call and asked hyung with a confused face. ❝why?❞

❝to check on something. let's go. he's already waiting for us.❞

that's odd.

i shrug it anyway and went with my family. i'm glad renjun and yangyang went with us because not only do we need a nurse, i also need a friend whom i'm gonna be spending beautiful days with in the US.

❝bear. this trip is a no backing out trip. once we're in the airport already, you cannot decide to stay, alright?❞

i nodded. ❝of course, hyung. we already decided this earlier.❞

❝good.❞ he sighed.

we talked about a lot of things in the van and thirty minutes later, we're already here. the first thing i did was search for mark.

❝where is he?❞

ten allowed me to go inside first. ❝we only have little time.❞

i searched around and found him in the benches. he's wearing his usual uniform when he's with the gang, except now, he looks a bit weird.

weird because he does not feel alright.

❝love.❞ he smiled widely and grabbed my waist.

i pout. ❝what's wrong?❞

❝nothing.❞ still smiling. but i know there is. there's something wrong.

i pulled away from him and scanned him from head to toe. he looks like he's not going anywhere. i mean anywhere, like not even with us. with me.

❝listen—❞

❝you're not leaving with us, are you?❞

his hands tremble. ❝haechanah...❞