Blaze

Suho's Attempts

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Kris closed his eyes and covered them with his hand as he turned to look out the plane window. The way Tao had approached Namjoo replayed itself in his memory a dozen times more than he wanted. How could Tao have looked at her that way? This wasn't how he'd pictured it.

He felt disappointment and frustration flush through him. The world basically knew of Tao's feelings now and he didn't know whose side Namjoo was going to pick, which made him worry even more. Kris didn't want her to go to Tao.

No...

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Suho glanced at Namjoo who was silently staring into space. She looked sullen and tired. He didn't blame her. This mission outside of Seoul had been filled with too much tension and action, and she'd gotten injured physically and mentally.

It wasn't unusual that they suffer from this kind of stress, because they had before. It was just different this time around because the lead team wasn't just him, Namjoo, and Donghae but five others included.

"You ok?" he nudged her.

"Yea."

He felt his eyes run over her before asking, "I thought your clothes got stolen. Did you borrow a shirt?"

Namjoo's eyes lowered to her hands, "Kris bought them for me."

A smile popped onto his face, "Kris, huh?"

Namjoo gave no reaction. He was hoping talking to her would lighten her mood. Suho knew what Tao had said to her would start stirring her mind and make her think more, which would all but exhaust her. And he didn't want to see his friend exhausted.

Firmly smiling he changed the subject, "Lets go on a blind date when we return to Seoul. You and me, meet up with other people at one of those dating conventions. They're actually quite fun and full of unusual people."

Suho watched Namjoo roll her eyes over to look at him. Now that he'd caught her attention he thought humoring her might lessen the weight on her shoulders.

"Or you could date me instead." Suho chuckled. "I'm always an option you know."

A smile climbed upon his lips when Namjoo lightly smiled and withheld a laugh.

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Tao glanced at Victoria and Chorong, who were sitting in the aisle across from him and Donghae, before slightly glancing back to see Suho talking to Namjoo. He'd wanted to sit with her, but Suho had taken the seat first.

He had thought a lot after they returned from the hospital. There was an urge to start being kind; he'd never felt that kind of impulse before.

Namjoo was the first person he wanted to be nice to and there was something she did that made his heart race like never before.

He'd never seen her powerless before, not until yesterday and he never wanted to see it again. He meant what he'd said to her earlier. He'd spent the whole night thinking about what they'd talked in the Ferris wheel and reminiscing over the small times he spent with her.

Tao would definitely do his best to become a better person so that Namjoo would accept him.

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Eunhyuk...had it really been him? But why had he denied it?

Donghae was so confused. He didn't want Eunyuk to become his enemy. Donghae didn't know if he could face it.

Eunhyuk was a kind person; he couldn't and wouldn't hold a gun. He would never beat up anyone or work in the black circle. His friend wasn't that kind of person, but why...why had that person looked like him?