Blaze

Tao: The Secret Weapon

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Suho eyed Namjoo from the passenger's seat wondering if he should ask her about Kris. He was honestly caught off guard when Kris opened the door that morning. Namjoo usually sayed alone and he never heard of anyone sleeping at her place before.

Suho thought that it was quite interesting.

"I wonder why Donghae let everyone off today," Namjoo went on, oblivious to the curious gleam in his eyes. "We should be running around, don't you think? Shouldn't we be exploring other areas or trying to go back to cover our tracks? Have we been too obvious?"

A smile splintered over his face with how sucked in she was.

"Wouldn't you have liked a day off though? Spend it with; perhaps, someone else?"

"The heck," Namjoo turned to frown at him. "What are you talking about?"

Slightly laughing he turned to peer out the window, "Nothing."

"What were you doing with Chorong this morning?"

Suho's mind became a boggy mess as the words became baffled through his lips. He recalled the anxiety that had taken him over that morning.

"Wh...I...what are you talking about?" Suho exclaimed. "I wasn't doing anything. We did nothing."

"You didn't hear?" Namjoo asked as oblivious as ever to his worry that she may have been hinting at something else.

As the flushed anxiousness died down he turned to look at her blankly, "Hear what?"

"They caught some thugs yesterday."

"They...they did?"

Namjoo nodded, "But I bet they were just simpletons. It happened in a neighborhood, a house. I bet something happened that made Chorong go to headquarters for security."

Suho raised his brows. He hadn't thought of that possibility. Chorong was uncomfortable for many reasons, but they were all valid. Why hadn't he asked?

Then he remembered seeing the tiredness in her eyes and felt sorry for being mean.

Turning to Namjoo surprised he asked, "How do you know? I don't remember Donghae saying anything about this. Who told you?"

The words seemed caught up in Namjoo's mouth causing her to hesitate ever so slightly. Then remaining cool she told, "No, Kris told me."

Again excited, Suho raised a brow and looked at her.

"Ooh, Kris," Suho spoke in a much lower tone to tease her. "I see. You two are getting along quite well these days. So how close are you now?"

A flabbergasted laugh rolled out of her lips. Suho's chest heaved as he laughed at her from inside. Whatever Namjoo was hiding, Suho thought Kris would come to him for help anyway. Then he would know just what it was that was going on.

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Finally awake, Tao walked sleepily out of his room, scratching his back and looked around with half-opened eyes.

"Donghae, is there food?" Tao asked, laziness coated in his tone.

Turning his head he peered around to find that the apartment was cold empty.

"Donghae?" Tao called out again, but no one answered.

Walking into the kitchen hopeful for leftovers he quickly spotted the pot on the table with a note underneath. Donghae was off on a job, but had given him a day of as promised last night. Laughing and smiling, Tao chucked the note aside before sitting down to eat.