Don't touch me // Minsung

29. 𝘈 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦

tw: blood, torture, panic attack

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Back to Jisung's town, the friends had all gathered in his apartment after receiving his worrying message. They had come running to him and were now panting in the living room, waiting for a very detailed explanation to ease their concerns.

"Come on just tell us already" Changbin asked, tense, as Jisung remained silent, unsure of what to say. He could only stare at the ground, only ponder if telling them the truth was the right solution. Every time he tried to speak, the words remained stuck in his mouth and he could only sigh and fidget, uncomfortable under his friends' incessant stares.

And as Jisung's silence grew louder and louder, Seungmin's worry turned into dread. He had not seen him in such a state for a long time and he was getting more and more scared as to what Jisung would tell them. He did not want to rush his friend, but his message had been more than alarming, and still not having an answer was slowly turning him insane.

"Promise me you won't get mad" Jisung finally said quietly, mustering the courage to look at them all and staring longer at Seungmin who gulped down, his body even tenser than before. Still, they all nodded as he tried his best to contain his emotions and speak clearly.

"I went to Minho's dorm," he started, only able to stare at the ground but he could already hear a few sighs from his disappointed friends. Still he continued, they would never guess what he was going to reveal.

"The door was open. Everything was destroyed inside, it was a mess, as if someone broke in or something. But he was not there..." he looked up at his friends' anxious faces, his voice shaking as he recalled. "And I tried calling him again just in case, and I don't know why but he unblocked me. But he still didn't answer and it's weird, I-I shouldn't have gone there but I was worried and now I don't know what to do and-"

"Hey, hey, why would we get mad, I don't get it" Changbin tried to reassure Jisung amidst the overall anxiety everyone was sinking in. Whatever had happened, Jisung was not at fault, so why was he acting up like that?

"Because I think I know what happened..." he replied, stopping for a second as they were all glued to his lips. Worried for Minho yes, but particularly concerned because of the state Jisung was in. They could only wait for their friend to gather his words and his courage, tension rising inside the room. Where was Minho? What happened to him?

After some time, in between sighing and pacing around to avoid the fight that would surely happen afterwards, Jisung finally spoke. It was too late to back down now.

"He was part of a gang and I think they captured him because he escaped..."

Silence.

No one moving, no one blinking, no one breathing.

Jisung's trembling voice kept echoing in their minds. A gang? What was this nonsense? They would have believed a joke, if only Jisung did not look so scared in front of them... Avoiding their eyes, holding back the tears, waiting for his judgment.

"Wait, how do you even know that?" Changbin asked, the first one to get out of his shocked state and breathe again.

But on the other hand, Seungmin had heard enough. He could not believe he had been right about Minho, that all along he had been right.

"I fucking told you!" His emotions betrayed him as his voice kept cracking through his screams. "All of you! You never fucking listen to me! I knew he was weird!" He yelled, feeling like the whole world was crashing down in front of him.