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63. operation Lees

"Minho?" Jisung hummed quietly, patting the bed around him aimlessly to get ahold of the latter.

When he was met only with the soft sheets his tired eyes fluttered open and he slowly sat up.

Yawning and stretching his arms, he rubbed his eyes to get the sleepiness out of them and looked around the room. No sight of Minho whatsoever, and he couldn't hear the water running either so Minho must've been already in the kitchen or elsewhere in the house.

He got up and got ready for the day before walking to the kitchen where he was met with Hyunjin and Changbin discussing something in the older's phone.

"Oh.. Minho isn't here?" He asked quietly, slightly disappointed at the discovery.

"Morning Jisung." Hyunjin smiled at him. He hasn't been smiling as much since Felix went missing so he was happy his friend was having a little better day.

His head was starting to run wild though.

"Minho wasn't here." Changbin answered his previous question with slightly tilted head in confusion. That made sense. Minho usually waited for Jisung so they would go for breakfast together. But he wasn't anywhere in their bedroom either.

"He's not in our room. Nor in the bathroom." He explains briefly, nibbling on his bottom lip uncertainly. Maybe he went to work out or for a walk. It didn't feel like Minho to do that though.

"Well maybe he's with Chan, have you tried calling him?" Hyunjin suggested. It was true, they were working almost nonstop on finding Yongbok, so it would only made sense for him to be already in his office.

Jisung took his phone and quickly dialed his hyung's number, nervously nibbling on his bottom lip as he started to pace around the kitchen. Minho wasn't picking up. Not the first call nor the third and Jisung was slowly losing it.

After a few failed tries, he chose to call Chan instead. It took a few seconds until he picked up, but once he did Jisung was almost shaking in anticipation. He needed to hear that Minho was with him. He needed to know he was okay.

"What's the matter?" Chan asked tiredly in a soft voice. The fact that he sounded as if he just woke up didn't ease Jisung's mind. "Have you seen Minho?"

"Like, today?"

"Yeah."

"No, me and Jeongin just woke up like five minutes ago." It made Jisung's blood run cold.

So he wasn't with Chan either. Was he with Seungmin? But Seungmin never went to work before having breakfast and there was no signs of him in the kitchen.

"Okay."

"Is he missing?" Chan asked worriedly and Jisung could feel his eyes starting to sting with tears. Usually, he wouldn't consider the worst right away however since Felix went missing nothing seemed to be going in their favor. "I.. I don't know. I'm worried hyung." He whispered in weak voice, leaning against the counter as he felt so weak at the moment.

What if he was gone? What would he do then? He grew so used to having him around that only the image of him being somewhere out of his reach seemed too frightening.

"Try to call Seungmin and I'll call Woosan, maybe he talked to them."

"Okay." Jisung answered quietly, fidgeting with the hem of Minho's t-shirt that he quickly put on before he went downstairs. He was already starting to feel his throat closing up and his anxiety getting the best of him.

"He'll be alright Jisung. Maybe he just needed to be alone for a second." Chan tried to softly console him, however he wasn't able to properly answer anymore instead he relied on a few words and hums.