red string ( jongtae )

coincidence

Taemin rubbed his temples in frustration and looked at the pile of paperwork which still lay on his desk. He sighed and pulled the first sheet glancing over it, he growled as he realised this wasn't even his departments work this was the another but here he was at almost midnight. With a raging headache and a growling stomach. He picked up the pile and walked down the corridor and threw it onto Minho's desk. He smirked as he said to himself "good luck Minho". He dusted his hands and walked back to his office. Grabbing his blazer, glasses and wallet he walked out the building.      

Slowly he strolled down the empty corridors and the lights dim and he shivered ever so slightly as he thought to himself "well this is like the perfect scene for a horror movie". "Thanks" he said to himself. He continued strolling quickening his pace ever so fractionally and then he pressed the call button on the elevator and waited for it to arrive.

He pulled out his phone searching through google to find takeaways still open at this time at night. He found on like twenty minutes away and it was pizza. Perfect. He climbed into the elevator and pressed the ground floor button. he watch as the numbers changed one by one and then it stopped at level 7 and a guy with blonde hair and dark brown eyes that hid behind his glasses as he looked at Taemin.

They kind of looked at each other none of them moving. The doors began to move and Taemin stopped them with his hand.

"You getting on or are we going to suffer the awkward stare off?" he laughed.
The guy laughed it off "yeah I was kind hoping I could get on but you kind of looked at me like I shouldn't" he said walking into the elevator.
"Yeah sorry about that I'm just really hungry" he said.
"Don't sweat it I'm starving too you know any good places?" he asked.
"Yeah on my way to this pizza place like twenty minutes away you can join if you want?" Taemin offered. "What are you doing you don't even know his name and now you are asking him to dinner! Is this a date? This better not be a date! Dude gets you together!" a voice in Taemin's head screamed.
They blonde smiled at him "sounds good we can split a cab".
"Nah it cool I have my car" Taemin said.
"You aren't some serial killer or like molester are you?" the blonde said hugging him.

Taemin couldn't control the laughter that left him as he shook his head "well thanks do I look like one?" he said presenting himself.
"Maybe" the blonde teased.
"Well I'm Taemin I work in the control headquarters you know where they make the major decisions that like gets sent to the other departments in the place" Taemin explained.
"I'm Jonghyun I'm in the music department I create all the music that accompanies everything" he laughed ruffling his hair and pushing his glasses up.

Taemin looked at Jonghyun and then the elevator jittered and then the lights flickered and then there was a stomach churning spine chilling creak that made bother the boy gulp in fear. They looked at one another and then pressed the emergency button but nothing. They were stuck.

Taemin began to forget to breath they were too quick too rapid for it to be safe. Jonghyun had noticed this and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Now look at me" he said and Taemin did. He was sweating profusely and his eyes were out of focus as the panic attack grew worse and worse.
"I need you to count and do jumping jacks" Jonghyun said.
"What?" Taemin's said with a gasp of breath.
"Do it" Jonghyun demanded.
Taemin began to do them and his breathing became more levelled and consistent and Taemin began to feel the blood run back to his head the world stopped closing in on him but a wave of dizziness completely washed over his body and he head butted the wall as he collapsed.

Taemin opened his eyes as he looked at Jonghyun. Sweat soaking the blonde's fringe and his brow was in a tight knot and his lips in a line.
"You okay?" he asked worry coating his words.
"What happened?" Taemin replied with another question. His head throbbing and his dizziness not fully resolved.
"You had a panic attack and passed out" Jonghyun explained.
"Okay. So firstly sorry, secondly once I can see straight I promise your lap will be freed" he said.
Jonghyun laughed "sounds good".